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>if we don't like it well just ban it under the disguise of a buzzword like 'uncompetitive' or 'unbalanced'
Smogon is really going to shit these days, and this is coming from a long-time poster with a few badges and 4k posts since late 2007
Baton pass is far from uncompetitive, as there are so many ways to deal with it (whirlwind/roar, clear smog, haze, taunt, perish song etc). It might be effective against your cookie cutter balance teams which seldom prepare for it, but it's far from imposisble to counter.
For example, did you know that perish timers are passed? I use bulky perish song gengar on one of my higher elo OU teams as a wincon (will post set if curious), just bring it in whenever scolipede comes in and the most it can hope to pass is a single speed boost, if it passes immediately out, and even then the recipient gets the timer, even Espeon as perish song is a field effect
It's A GOD DAMN FUCKING RPG SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE MORE POWERFUL THAN OTHERS
It's not uncompetitive you're just fucking shit at teambuilding outside your comfort zone REEEEEEEEEEEEE
