>>19077402Not exactly. Since Free Battle is either noobs, Ubers or a combination of the two, I did all my team testing in ranked. I tested shitloads of teams/combos in ranked matches simply to see what works better, what is outclassed, what synergizes with what etc, obviously during this period my rank fluctuated. I then decided to test teams of the most broken, unfair shit possible - Stored Power evasionstall Clefable, ParaSwag Thundurus, Double Team/Toxistall Porygon2, MegaCheshire/Luke/Kanga and so on. You name it - I most likely tried it. Within less than 30 matches, my rank skyrocketed. Every battle would either drag on for ages, or end in a ragequit. No fun, no prediction, no midgames, no skill needed. I can easily say from personal experience that Smogon was right to ban this shit. It ruins the ladder. Laddering and rankings should reward skill, not luck. Sorry to say this, but even while I can agree that there are some truly deserving players, 90% of the Japanese I've faced, even at 1860+ rankings make it obvious that they obtained that rank only through abuse of RNG. Prediction? Zero. Strategic team building? Who the fuck needs that when you can spam Sheer Cold, Minimize and Spore.
Those of you who STILL insist that evasion and such aren't broken and are easily countered by 'lol insomnia no miss moves sturdy lol etc', go test it for yourself.
