>>59052038I'm interpreting it perfectly fine, friend.
You're specifically pointing out Sand Veil as the crux of the ban. I'm correctly recognizing that this is because of Sand Veil as an ability as a whole, not because it's on any one specific species of mon.
Cacturne you bring up because Sand Veil is the only ability it's allowed to legally have in Gen 3.
Thus, when you say "DURRRRRR SMOGON BANNED CACTURNE CUZ IT MADE THEM CUM", you ACTUALLY mean to say "Cacturne was banned as a consequence of Sand Veil being banned because of Sand Veil's innate qualities, rather than anything to do with Cacturne itself aside from the unfortunate reality that Sand Veil is Cacturne's sole ability in Gen 3."
Once. Again.
You either ban Cacturne and Sandslash from OU onward to save the time, because otherwise you have to deal with these evasion RNG cunts who have literally no other options for their kits without creating literal fanfiction scenarios, OR,
You ban Sand Stream and Sandstorm (Move), banning Tyranitar because IT has no other ability to its name, and create a drastic ripple effect that massively reshapes the entire metagame because of how vital Sandstorm (weather) was to keeping Leftovers in check, ALL so you can use Shitmon Cacturne and Shitmon Sandslash who get raped by OU powerhouses anyway because their stats are rancid dogshit.
