>>33783096Not the guy you're responding to.
I was around the meta back then, and in fact I played as far back as GSBot, and I guarantee that's longer than you have.
Stealth Rock was centralizing as FUCK.
> 1/3 the Pokemon pool becomes unusable> 1/3 just get a massive arbitrary handicap> SR is so splashable that it becomes a staple move
> simply clicking the move puts you at an immediate advantage in any situation where you are unsure how to predict> just about any team becomes better simply by virtue of including the move. which conveniently every fucking Pokemon learns> many teams actually require a spinner> not centralizingThe only reason it didn't get banned is because muh wise elitist crony forum admins didn't want it banned (kinda like why Lando will never get suspected nowadays). By the time they started with the """"democratic"""" system on what gets to stay in the metagame, Stealth Rock had long become a established fact in the metagame and no one would swallow their pride and admit that it's a fundamentally stupid concept.
