(this is me speaking, not the council)
a few weeks ago, Ojama brought forth the idea of banning bw sleep. after ruminating a bit, i wholeheartedly agree with this push moving forward.
if you're unfamiliar with bw building, one of the mandatory additions to any team is an anti-sleep mon. in most cases, this is a sleep talk user (i.e. amoonguss, latios, ferrothorn, random scarfs..), or a pokemon like protect gliscor (which forces your lead and loses to some amoong sets anyway). if you lack an initial response to spore, you will be at a 5-6 disadvantage due to the incredibly overpowered bw sleep mechanics. unlike any other old gen, bw has strongest sleep users with the least adequate counterplay. sleep talk rolls heavily influence games, leading to swingy situations where a 1/3 roll can change the game state.
the recent proliferation of breloom only cements spore as integral to the metagame, and i believe it provides an overwhelming strain on pre-game and the battle. with sleep moves banned, the tier will be able to more effectively cover many of the massive threats there are to offer, as well as have less rng involved in-game.
opponents of this have cited keldeo as a reason to not ban spore... but let's remember we shouldn't subscribe to "letting broken check broken". furthermore, if you need proof that you can cover keldeo without amoonguss, i have not used an amoonguss in a bw tour match in almost 2 years, winning the latest bw cup not using it once! (i can provide all logs if need be), and also going 3-0 in the last world cup without using a single amoonguss.
i believe this would be an excellent change to make to the metagame, especially right before spl, to further legitimize the tier's gameplay.
a few weeks ago, Ojama brought forth the idea of banning bw sleep. after ruminating a bit, i wholeheartedly agree with this push moving forward.
if you're unfamiliar with bw building, one of the mandatory additions to any team is an anti-sleep mon. in most cases, this is a sleep talk user (i.e. amoonguss, latios, ferrothorn, random scarfs..), or a pokemon like protect gliscor (which forces your lead and loses to some amoong sets anyway). if you lack an initial response to spore, you will be at a 5-6 disadvantage due to the incredibly overpowered bw sleep mechanics. unlike any other old gen, bw has strongest sleep users with the least adequate counterplay. sleep talk rolls heavily influence games, leading to swingy situations where a 1/3 roll can change the game state.
the recent proliferation of breloom only cements spore as integral to the metagame, and i believe it provides an overwhelming strain on pre-game and the battle. with sleep moves banned, the tier will be able to more effectively cover many of the massive threats there are to offer, as well as have less rng involved in-game.
opponents of this have cited keldeo as a reason to not ban spore... but let's remember we shouldn't subscribe to "letting broken check broken". furthermore, if you need proof that you can cover keldeo without amoonguss, i have not used an amoonguss in a bw tour match in almost 2 years, winning the latest bw cup not using it once! (i can provide all logs if need be), and also going 3-0 in the last world cup without using a single amoonguss.
i believe this would be an excellent change to make to the metagame, especially right before spl, to further legitimize the tier's gameplay.