>>31259990I honestly think the power creep is absolutely fucked and will never be fixed. Marowak's a shining example of how a Pokemon that's just decent on its own can be a king in its meta just by having a combination of fantastic typing, ability, and coverage that specifically walls OU's Biggest Hits, but there aren't enough counterpick Pokemon to really turn the tides for the whole game, unfortunately.
Plus, there's always the ugly truth that ever since gen 6, GameFreak is always going to have to outdo themselves with some big marketable flashy over the top battle mechanic to take front and center in all the advertising. Granted, Z-Moves are more tame in practice than Megas are, but it doesn't seem like Megas are ever going to go anywhere, so that's a blemish we're gonna be stuck with, and we never know what flashy over-centralizing gimmicks the future will hold. And you can't take care of the power curve by introducing more shitmons, because that doesn't delete already-existing Pokemon, and they'll just continue to see use forever while the new shitmons get ignored.
I don't know what else can be done short of giving the nerf stick to every powerful Pokemon a la Gengar and Talonflame until everybody's equally shitty, but with 800+ Pokemon, there's hardly any point in worrying about equality, now is there? Now, we just need to worry about exterminating the biggest threats that everybody uses and everybody else hates.
tl;dr the meta will never not be cancer.
