>>51865476I extensively played all gen OUs except 2 and 3.
Weather meta was actually very popular back then, if controversial. It sparked a lot of discussion, bred creative sets, allowed the use of NU mons in OU that thrived in weather teams, including things like Ice Body Walrein who would otherwise be useless. It was rather diverse with rain offense, rain stall, sand balance and offense with two different inducers, grass types were actually good (especially Venusaur) and hail and ice types were anti-meta, if more inconsistent.
Walls could either be good or bad depending on the weather (see Stallrein, but also things like Rain Dish Ludicolo) instead of being blanket splashable cancers like Pex.
I have fond memories of that meta and I'm not the only one.
Today's weather teams are greatly inspired by gen 5 ones.
What exactly is gen 8 OU going to be remembered for? Dynamax ban, HDB, Lando-T and Regenerator spam? Do you consider THIS a high-quality meta?
