>>15673978I just think it's a strange system, especially for people coming into competitive Pokemon who want to know what they can use.
"'Pokemon A' is in OU, that means I can't use it in lower tiers right?"
"That's right."
"What about 'Pokemon B', it's in BL, what does that mean?"
"It means you can't use it in any tier below OU."
"So what makes it different than a Pokemon in OU?"
"It's not as popular."
"So any Pokemon that's not popular in OU is BL?"
"No... There's Pokemon in OU that are more popular than others."
"Wut."
I mean, I understand it all, it just strikes me as combining two different things into the same discussion, especially on the Smogon pages explaining the tiers.
If it's agreed that banlists and popularity within each tier are two different things, why are they detailed in pretty much the same way/
