>>41776358>Without it, it's just gen 7 with hundreds of pokemon and some moves cut, and a few new ones thrown in.No, it definitely has its own flavor: it's the Unga Bunga generation.
Darmanitan-G, Draco-, Rillaboom, Dragapult are all relatively brainless STAB spammers because Dragapult is almost guaranteed to go first, while the others do huge damage even on resisted hits.
If the unga bungas aren't getting banned, Ditto needs to be suspected because the opportunity to get a second Scarf Darmanitan or Dragapult, especially when your opponent is running Band Darmanitan or Specs Dragapult, is so fucking ridiculous. It pressures all offensive mons toward
In a healthy meta, Ditto has almost no presence in OU except to check a specific setup sweeper a team is weak against. When Dynamax is banned, it will remain OU just because of Darmanitan, Draco-, and Dragapult's presence. The meta won't be fixed with just dmax gone.