This is where discussion on the tiering status of Baton Pass will take place. I implore each and every one of you to add to the discussion with well thought out reasoning describing why you feel that Baton Pass should be banned as a whole from the OU metagame or why it should remain in the tier as is, under the current clause.
The OU Council believes that Baton Pass, as a move, should be banned from the SM OU metagame. Despite having a clause implemented to hinder Baton Pass teams, there are clearly still effective teams that make use of this strategy. Baton Pass teams are one of the most controversial parts of the metagame currently and this is in large part due to the strategy behind them, passing stat boosts to threatening Pokemon that can take advantage of them without many drawbacks. Common abusers of this strategy, such as Necrozma, Magearna, and Espeon, take advantage of being passed Speed boosts from Scolipede and then set up on their own, proceeding to sweep through a significant portion of the metagame and teams that are used. Therefore, the OU council believes that these teams have no place in the SM OU metagame and we must do something to change this.
If we were to consider amending the current clause, then any prospective future clause would likely be largely arbitrary and generally a lackluster solution to the full problem at hand. Additionally, the current clause, as is, seems to be ineffective in the current metagame because people found ways to use the aforementioned Baton Pass teams in a broken fashion. Moreover, banning the move Baton Pass as a whole will be a clear-cut solution as the strategy will be eliminated from the metagame and there will be no ways around that.
This topic will be left open until whatever point we feel the discussion has reached its conclusion and then we will post an ultimate decision on the topic. Please keep all posts and discussion relevant to the current SM OU metagame.
The OU Council believes that Baton Pass, as a move, should be banned from the SM OU metagame. Despite having a clause implemented to hinder Baton Pass teams, there are clearly still effective teams that make use of this strategy. Baton Pass teams are one of the most controversial parts of the metagame currently and this is in large part due to the strategy behind them, passing stat boosts to threatening Pokemon that can take advantage of them without many drawbacks. Common abusers of this strategy, such as Necrozma, Magearna, and Espeon, take advantage of being passed Speed boosts from Scolipede and then set up on their own, proceeding to sweep through a significant portion of the metagame and teams that are used. Therefore, the OU council believes that these teams have no place in the SM OU metagame and we must do something to change this.
If we were to consider amending the current clause, then any prospective future clause would likely be largely arbitrary and generally a lackluster solution to the full problem at hand. Additionally, the current clause, as is, seems to be ineffective in the current metagame because people found ways to use the aforementioned Baton Pass teams in a broken fashion. Moreover, banning the move Baton Pass as a whole will be a clear-cut solution as the strategy will be eliminated from the metagame and there will be no ways around that.
This topic will be left open until whatever point we feel the discussion has reached its conclusion and then we will post an ultimate decision on the topic. Please keep all posts and discussion relevant to the current SM OU metagame.
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