>>18763850>paraflinch togekiss/jirachi is the exact sameNo it fucking isn't. Swagplay can set up subs, hit you hard without any attack investment, doesn't require paralysis support, and isn't stopped by switching out.
Togekiss and Jirachi have spend a turn paralyzing you before the strategy even works, allowing you to bring in a faster Pokemon that can knock them out as long as it can tank 1 Air Slash/Iron Head. Plus they can't sink all their stats into bulk, because they need to do damage as well. And they're locked into Air Slash/Iron Head because if they stop using it the strategy fails.
What people don't realize is that Swagger wasn't banned because it was too good, it was banned because it could make matches entirely luck dependent. There's things like critical hits and status that will always influence games, but forcing a coin toss every turn is in an entirely different league. Unless you're carrying a very specific counter you're forced to PPstall the Prankster out which was fucking annoying when the entire team was Swagplay. People seem to forget that Smogon doesn't just ban overpowered things, they ban things that force luck or do nothing but aggravate players, hence things like the endless battle clause.
Again, I don't even understand why people are bitching about this when they don't even play Smogon. Likewise there's absolutely no reason to run Swagplay since it's entirely luck dependent and can't win reliably. The only reason people are butthurt is because they can't run their shitty "lel i troll u!!! xD" sets and Showderp may-mays and thus feel the need to cry about it like an autistic child.
