>>32330436Naw, let me answer it for you. You wrapped yourself so much around the idea of being a """""pokemon master"""" that you forgot that in virtually any turn based game with mechanics based on discrete mathematics, there exists a small set of optimal builds(which in many cases, just gets ground down to two or three particular builds).
Even Smogon, and their attempt at balancing a fundamentally unbalanced game, find that every tier ends up has it's own set of optimal builds, even though they say that they try to avoid this, regardless of the behind the scenes politics to make sure that an even smaller set of prefered builds stay on top of their respective tiers.
So, the truth is that the game makers don't give a fuck about you, because they know that they don't need to make a balanced game for you. You're not the true audience. Little Tobio from the whateverthefuck prefecture is the primary target, and they just need to make the game good enough for him. You want a truly balanced pokemon battle experience? Why don't you mosey on over to Pokemon Clover or some other homebrew made by fans where they can retool the game on the programing level to whatever the hell you define balance to be. Otherwise, just fucking acknowledge that any attempt at balancing the game via tier lists and maneuver banning is just your way of making people "play pokemon the right way, my way".
