>>30939846Smogon did ban shadow tag, basically the second coming of Christ for stall. So trust me, it is balanced.
Although I was a douchebag that used Gothitrap in hazard offense, removing that Clefable or crippling their wincon was just too good to pass. So I'm a bit salty about losing Gothitrap just because it was beyond godlike in stall.
It's not everything about weakening HO, if they truly wanted to they could ban SR and make stall the only valid playstyle as their switching would go nearly unpunished and they won't need to waste space on hazard control, now that's true cancer.
Most of the HO or so bans actually fucked more with HO and balance than with stall if you go and check how they actually went.
The only big pro stall and balance bans where Hoopa-u and Landorus I if I recall correctly.
