>>16977438>-takes up the mega slot you could use to run better pokemon such as M-Lucario or M-MawileThis is a bullshit argument because Venusaur is pretty much the only usable bulky mega. A stall team isn't going to be running Mega Lucario.
>-no reliable recovery. Giga Drain is weak without Sp.Atk investiment or LO boosts and Synthesis has only 8 PP and the common Sand Stream ruins itGiga Drain and Synthesis are both very reliable. You know Sand Storm doesn't last the whole match now, right? Leech Seed + Drain + Synthesis is incredibly recovery, even under sand.
>bad STABsDoes it give a fuck? The only STAB it's going to be using is Giga Drain to recover health. You don't judge tanks/walls on their STAB moves.
>Weak to SmogonbirdYou mean like Mega Gengar, Mega Blaziken and Mega Lucario are? All are fucked by CB Brave Bird. In fact the only thing in S Rank right now that isn't hit hard by Talonflame is Rotom-W.
>Taunt baitIt has 122 SpA and 100 Att should it go physical, it's hardly a sitting duck.
>Spikes/SR bait for FerrothornIt's interesting that you bring up Ferrothorn here when grass/steel is infinitely worse STAB than grass/poison, and Ferrothorn has even worse Recovery than MegaSaur.
>Vulnerable to burnAnd immune to Toxic, Spore, and not bothered by Thunder Wave. Still, 1 out of 4 ain't bad.
That said I'm not entirely convinced it's an S Rank (Easily A/+), nor Rotom-W. But some of these flaws are just nitpicking at its finest.
