>>22663043>smogon bans anything that someone decides he/she doesnt feel like coming up with a counter forGo to any suspect thread. Multiple checks for pretty much every banned pokemon were mentioned in those threads, by pro-ban people
>Mega MomSableye, cofagrigus, extremely health Gourgeist
>Mega LucarioAegislash, a very specific Azumarill set
>Mega MawileArcanine, PhDef Y-zard, Moltres
>GreninjaChansey, Manaphy, SDef RestTalk Gyarados
>AegislashMandibuzz, Amoonguss
>Mega MenceRhyperior, Mega Aerodactyl, Mega Slowbro
etc. etc.
They were banned because they were overpowered or because they had other more unhealthy effects on the meta, not because "hurf no counters."
>>22663058Lando-T is only centralizing insomuch that it's really common
Aegislash was centralizing in that it was simultaneously the best defensive and offensive pokemon, had very few counters, and invalidated entire types.
