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https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/np-ss-uu-stage-1-here-comes-the-sun-hawlucha-banned.3658529/#post-8332035
>To (probably) no one's surprise, Hawlucha was unanimously voted to be banned. Tagging The Immortal to make this change when possible, thanks!
>As Hogg touched on before, Hawlucha was an absolute menace. Between its ability and movepool options, it's the most potent setup sweeper UU has seen in a while. Due to its multitude of sets thanks to things like running items such as Electric Seed, Psychic Seed, White Herb, or Power Herb, as well as filler moves such as Taunt, Throat Chop, and Drain Punch , it is able to circumvent would be methods to handle it. Thanks to its naturally high speed, Hawlucah has the luxury of padding its bulk to better take on priority moves such as Mamoswine Ice Shard, this in tandem with the boost from Electric Seed allows Hawlucha to comfortably take on all forms of priority without picking up multiple kills along the way. As Hogg touched on before, Hawlucha can beat Doublade by running Electric Seed + Throat Chop, most traditional bulky forms of counterplay, such as Hippowdon and Pyukumuku, with Taunt. Drain Punch also allows Hawlucha to recover some damage its taken to further increase its longevity, which can be big against teams that rely on sacrificing a Pokemon or two to force Hawlucha to click CC and drop its Defense, allowing priority to knock it out. All in all, Hawlucha was a menace, and one that does not belong in the metagame as it stands.
>With that out of the way, it is pretty evident that the next targets are both Obstagoon and Gengar, with Crawdaunt also being a consideration to a lesser extent. We will not immediately have a vote on them, but you can expect one in the near future. In the meantime, please provide your input on what should happen next, and shoot us any concerns you may have!
Since Staraptor was cut, Hawlucha is the new BL bird.
>To (probably) no one's surprise, Hawlucha was unanimously voted to be banned. Tagging The Immortal to make this change when possible, thanks!
>As Hogg touched on before, Hawlucha was an absolute menace. Between its ability and movepool options, it's the most potent setup sweeper UU has seen in a while. Due to its multitude of sets thanks to things like running items such as Electric Seed, Psychic Seed, White Herb, or Power Herb, as well as filler moves such as Taunt, Throat Chop, and Drain Punch , it is able to circumvent would be methods to handle it. Thanks to its naturally high speed, Hawlucah has the luxury of padding its bulk to better take on priority moves such as Mamoswine Ice Shard, this in tandem with the boost from Electric Seed allows Hawlucha to comfortably take on all forms of priority without picking up multiple kills along the way. As Hogg touched on before, Hawlucha can beat Doublade by running Electric Seed + Throat Chop, most traditional bulky forms of counterplay, such as Hippowdon and Pyukumuku, with Taunt. Drain Punch also allows Hawlucha to recover some damage its taken to further increase its longevity, which can be big against teams that rely on sacrificing a Pokemon or two to force Hawlucha to click CC and drop its Defense, allowing priority to knock it out. All in all, Hawlucha was a menace, and one that does not belong in the metagame as it stands.
>With that out of the way, it is pretty evident that the next targets are both Obstagoon and Gengar, with Crawdaunt also being a consideration to a lesser extent. We will not immediately have a vote on them, but you can expect one in the near future. In the meantime, please provide your input on what should happen next, and shoot us any concerns you may have!
Since Staraptor was cut, Hawlucha is the new BL bird.
