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Wait, if Lando-T is uncompetitive, does that mean he CAN be banned?
He can, but it’s very unlikely. For starters, Landorus-T is not unhealthy enough under Smogon’s eyes to warrant a suspect/ban compared to the other things that have biten the bullet. In comparison, trapping abilities not named Magnet Trap limit switching and secure a swift removal of potential wallbreakers (which becomes completely mindless process when you add Eject Button into the mix), Aegislash effectively made nearly entire Psychic type unviable in Gen 6 OU (to give you an idea, M-Medicham ended up in UU because of this), and M-Metagross “brokedness” was just the result of the new thrends & additions to the metagame working on his favor to an insane degree (It was both a check and a potential teammate to every new fairy introduced, who also predated every check/counter Gen 6 M-Meta had AND provided the necessary support to allow Metagross himself remove said checks.)
Also, due to the way Smogs system works, only the best of the best competitive players can make decisions over metagame defining changes, and as such, they are far more likely to highly appreciate practicality, predictability and reliability over experimentation and having fun (exception exist, but they lack enough representativeness to do something).
Wanna see Landorus-T go away from the metagame? Pray that someone on Game Freak strips away his Intimidate, effectively taking away one of his main selling points. Otherwise, He’ll be around forever.
