>>53435356Flutter Mane and Hound "Last Respects" stone are irredeemably OP. There is no earthly way they would be allowed to stay in OU, especially one devoid of its best balancing acts like Heatran, Landorus-T, and Zapdos.
Banning them means that suddenly Iron Bundle is too overpowered. Flutter Mane could easily revenge kill Bundle due to having the SpD needed to eat a Freeze Dry/Ice Beam/Hydro Pump and OHKO it back, and Houndstone's scarf set chewing through Bundle. Now Bundle needs to go.
Bundle getting banned necessitates Palafin getting banned. Palafin is effectively physical Dialga in terms of stat distribution and lack of ability. Without the only viable Freeze Dry user in the game (thanks dexcut), and there being no viable Grass types or Water Absorbers left, Palafin is unmanageable without Bundle around.
Palafin and Bundle getting banned means Chi-Yu is suddenly way too much for the tier. The strong Water types and Flutter Mane kept the fish in check. Fish hits so insanely hard even the most specially defensive Pokemon in the series gets 2HKO'd by it. There is nothing left in OU that can scare it away. It's gotta go.
Now that Chi-Yu is gone, Annihilape, Espathra, and Chien-Pao are out of control. They all need to get banned too. Cyclizar is the odd one out because it's a case of having all the right tools to be overpowered without sticking out like a sore thumb like Flutter Mane or Marshadow. It enables so much bullshit with Shed Tail that Orthworm cannot. Orthworm is an OU Pokemon, and it's a certified shitmon without Shed Tail.
