>>28420280Huh, you're correct about the Blaziken ban.
I don't play Battle Spot much at all compared to OU, but I'm guessing that because of stuff like Lucario and Mega Kangaskhan running around, there are not very many stall teams around; games are probably over in 6 or so turns. Mawile fits better on an OU team because she gets more opportunities to chunk mons for serious damage since games are longer.
Charizard is a fairly splashable Pokemon, but I imagine that he's much better in BSS because he has two Megas (forcing the opponent to play "which mega is this?" in team preview). In BSS, Charizard X can sweep the 3 Pokemon teams while Charizard Y can both dish damage and set up sun for its teammates. In OU, both get dicked on by Stealth Rocks. Charizard X will nearly instantly get stopped by a bulky mon such as the ever-present Landorus T while Y gets bodied by Chansey and friends.
Stealth Rocks gets a lot of criticism for being over-centralizing, and the complaint may hold some value. Talonflame is strong, but not overpowered in OU just because it gets boned by Stealth Rocks. Plus, it can't really do anything vs Heatran, Rotom Wash, Hippowdon, some Zapdos sets, and some Lando-T sets. Four of the five mons I listed are common pivots in OU. Garchomp gets bodied by most physical walls in OU even if it's running Fire Blast, meaning it's usually use as a bulky Stealth Rocks setter. As a result, it opens a weakness to faster Ice and Fairy types that Garchomp would have otherwise outsped. Offensive Garchomp is still outsped by common threats such as Lati@s, Weavile, Mega Metagross, and Mega Diancie that it can only beat by getting locked into Choice Scarf. Its usual coverage (Ground/Dragon) can't hit its immunities, so predicting against a Garchomp in OU really limits its influence on the game.
