>>13518637>Why is competetive pokemon so afraid of change?It isn't at all. The metagame gets drastically different each gen, the competitive scene just adapts to the new environment because after a few months people fully understand what does and doesn't work.
>Why are moves banned because the "experts" are unwilling to adapt?Sky Drop makes it so that your foe's pokemon literally cannot do shit to defend itself.
Sleep Clause makes it so that Breloom can't Spore your entire team.
Evasion boosting moves involve zero skill.
If you want to battle with that clearly unbalanced shit, be my guest though, give it a shot.
>Why are equally "unbalanced" moves left alone?Because they aren't "equally unbalanced".
>Why are completely good pokemon in low tiers not because of stats, but because they actually planning beyond basic coverage to use?Tiers are not based on how strong a pokemon is, they're based on usage statistics, hence the names OverUSED, UnderUSED, RarelyUSED and NeverUSED. They find what percentage of players use a pokemon in battle on the servers and then base its tier placement on that.
Now obviously, stronger pokemon will be used more often, and therefore put in higher tiers. Just because the wider community don't use a pokemon you like doesn't make it shit by default, but there is likely a reason it isn't being used.
Now fuck off and educate yourself before whining.
