>>22609502>I don't see how it's that different when again Blaziken's STABs aren't as difficult to beat as they were in gen 5.Again, Bug/Poison is bad coverage.
Also there's no more infinite rain and it gets Knock Off, if anything it's harder to handle.
>Every offensive Pokemon threatens offensive teamsNot every offensive Pokemon hits as hard as Lucario does while having base 112 speed and three forms of priority.
>The point still stands that it's an average mega after letting the meta settleBattlespot and OU are fundamentally different. And Mega Lucario was OU for four months, that's quite awhile, and it got a proper suspect test and was banned with a *94%* majority. Just for reference, Deo-N was banned last gen with just a 74% majority, Blaziken only got 72%, Genesect got 67% (and 61% this gen,) etc. Look, you can criticize their philosophy all you want, but when Mega Lucario is getting a ban% similar to fucking Darkrai, Deo-A and Shaymin-S, maybe you should give it a second thought.
>The nature of team building in OU is only that way because everything is banned and Smogon still clings to needing defensive countersYeah because fuck defensive cores, HO is the way to go. When something is a potent sweeper along with having zero counters, it's completely reasonable to ban it when the only reliable strategy against it is to exclusively use pokemon that disallow setting up. If "clinging to defensive counters" is a bad thing then Mega Gengar would be OU, for one thing.
>Defensive teams are still viable in battle spot too so it's definitely not just a "spam big attackers to win" metaOU
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OU lets you use six pokemon. "Multiple megas" doesn't work in OU. OU allows Kyu-B, Jirachi, Manaphy, Keldeo, etc. OU allows you to easily use rare pokemon like Wish Chansey. OU does not have item clause. They're not the same fucking thing.
