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Honestly, I can't understand why Greninja should be banned. All Gen VI suspect test outside of M-Kanga and M-Salamence have been like this:
>Suspected Pokemon is always at +2 Attack when necessary
>Suspected Pokemon is always behind a Substitute when necessary
>Player using the suspected Pokemon always makes the right predictions while the opponent makes the wrong ones
>Suspected Pokemon always carries the right coverage moves
If you don't believe me, you can go and check the suspect test threads. The prediction thing is the always the main point when using Greninja. People post calculations and say "Pokemon X can't switch into this move", but it always doesn't have to switch into that move. Of course Greninja or pretty much any Pokemon is broken if the player has the magical ability to always make the right prediction, but that's never the case. Have you ever seen a match between two top-tier players where one completely outplays the other one for the entire match? Well, you might have seen, but that doesn't happen very often, because the opponent has an equally good chance to make the right prediction. For example.
I have my Hippowdon out against your Greninja, and I have my SDef Clefable waiting in the back. We all know that Clefable can't switch in against Greninja because Gunk Shot is a 2HKO, right? Calculations don't lie. You predict my obvious switch to Clefable, only to see me Hippowdon tank the hit and wreck your shit with Earthquake. Situations like this are NEVER brought up in the suspect test discussions because the opponents presumably can't predict, which is horseshit. Greninja is powerful but by no means broken.