Mossy Sandwich
Gunning for the top
I believe it's time to talk about possible uber unbans in the format. Here are all the pokemons that could be unbanned:
Galarian Darmanitan
Dracovish
Eternatus
Kyurem-Black
Kyurem-White
Lunala
Marshadow
Mewtwo
Necrozma-Dawn-Wings
Necrozma-Dusk-Mane
Reshiram
Solgaleo
Zacian
Zacian-Crowned
Zamazenta
Zamazenta-Crowned
Zekrom
I think we can agree that anything over base 600 that's not a steel type is too good so here's the pool we're left with:
Zacian is obviously too good. It's not weighed down by its bad defensive typing too muhc because it's the fastest non-scarfed pokemon as well as possessing 170 base attack and a +1 attack boost for existing. Even then, it still has good enough bulk to be able to live neutral hits or priorities. I don't see this thing ever being unbanned.
Next up is Marshadow. I doubt we can unban it. It hits like a truck and gets shadow ball to hit avalugg. Technician shadow sneak is really good and spectral thief is an unfair move. Ghost+Fightning is unresisted meaning it doesn't worry about coverage. With all these tools, it would be too much for most team to handle so it should stay banned.
Now we're getting to pokemons who could be more controversial. First is Necrozma-Dusk-Mane. While it does carry 10 weaknesses for only 4 resistances, Necrozma-DM does have prism armor and massive bulk meaning a super effective hit won't be that bad for it. Due to that, it can probably run weakness policy even better than in Uber. Along with moves like rock polish or dragon dance, this can make Necrozma-DM a very dangerous sweeper that is hard to kill and that can set up easily. Even if you don't activate its weakness policy, its ability to set up offensively with amazing offensive stats make it incredibly hard to deal with and it should stay banned.
At first, I thought dracovish would be fine since dracozolt is also in the format. However, the only commonly used pokemons that can survive 2 band fishious rends are hippowdon, rhyperior and tyranitar. Let's not forget that only one of those has recovery. Pretty much every water absorber is unviable or viable because of an ability that isn't water absorb. Conclusion? Dracovish hasn't changed and needs to stay banned.
Next is Galarian-Darmanitan. It has all the coverage it needs to cover ice with flare blitz, stone edge and earthquake though it does lack u-turn if it runs all of these moves. I didn't find a single counter to the band set and scarf still seems very hard to switch-into. Darmanitan should stay banned.
Next up is solgaleo. Solgaleo may seem pretty similar to Necrozma-DM due to having the same type and similar stats, but there's one big difference between the two : their movepool. They both have good coverage but solgaleo has no good setup move. Along with its lower power, solgaleo is a lot easier to deal with using good physical walls such as hippowdon, avalugg, tangrowth, rhyperior or chansey. Solgaleo can run psychic to hit specially but that only works on avalugg and there's still a chance for it to live with leftovers. While it is easily walled without set up, it can easily run a weakness policy set thanks to its massive bulk along with having access to flame charge. If you're ready for it though, you'll just be careful and go into your walls. Speaking of its bulk, it usually lets it live at least one hit meaning offensive teams without a good switch-in to it may struggle against it. Solgaleo has amazing stats but its movepool and type let it down. Those stats may be enough to make it viable though. It could be too much for the metagame but I believe it could also be not too bad and be unbanned.
Now Zamazenta-Crowned. This pokemon is awful. 9 weaknesses including a double weakness to rock and u-turn, locked to basically having no item and absolutely awful coverage. It's hard-walled by rock and ice types which are common defensive types and has too low of an attack stat to justify that. It can't even get past avalugg by using special moves like solgaleo either since its special attack is even lower and it doesn't get STAB from its special moves. It does have work up to boost its special attack but it still deals under 50% with a special attack after a work up boost. It's stopped by pretty much every relevant defensive pokemon, has an awful typing and can't carry an item. If we look on the bright side though, it's nearly impossible to one-shot without rocks chip and it can still deal a lot of damage to most offensive pokemons so it has a good matchup against them. Keep in mind it's left with as much HP as a diglett after rocks so its defenses can't save it at that point. I believe Zamazenta-Crowned should be unbanned since it can't do anything to most defensive pokemons so it's useless in most matchups.
Galarian Darmanitan
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I think we can agree that anything over base 600 that's not a steel type is too good so here's the pool we're left with:
Zacian is obviously too good. It's not weighed down by its bad defensive typing too muhc because it's the fastest non-scarfed pokemon as well as possessing 170 base attack and a +1 attack boost for existing. Even then, it still has good enough bulk to be able to live neutral hits or priorities. I don't see this thing ever being unbanned.
Next up is Marshadow. I doubt we can unban it. It hits like a truck and gets shadow ball to hit avalugg. Technician shadow sneak is really good and spectral thief is an unfair move. Ghost+Fightning is unresisted meaning it doesn't worry about coverage. With all these tools, it would be too much for most team to handle so it should stay banned.
Now we're getting to pokemons who could be more controversial. First is Necrozma-Dusk-Mane. While it does carry 10 weaknesses for only 4 resistances, Necrozma-DM does have prism armor and massive bulk meaning a super effective hit won't be that bad for it. Due to that, it can probably run weakness policy even better than in Uber. Along with moves like rock polish or dragon dance, this can make Necrozma-DM a very dangerous sweeper that is hard to kill and that can set up easily. Even if you don't activate its weakness policy, its ability to set up offensively with amazing offensive stats make it incredibly hard to deal with and it should stay banned.
At first, I thought dracovish would be fine since dracozolt is also in the format. However, the only commonly used pokemons that can survive 2 band fishious rends are hippowdon, rhyperior and tyranitar. Let's not forget that only one of those has recovery. Pretty much every water absorber is unviable or viable because of an ability that isn't water absorb. Conclusion? Dracovish hasn't changed and needs to stay banned.
Next is Galarian-Darmanitan. It has all the coverage it needs to cover ice with flare blitz, stone edge and earthquake though it does lack u-turn if it runs all of these moves. I didn't find a single counter to the band set and scarf still seems very hard to switch-into. Darmanitan should stay banned.
Next up is solgaleo. Solgaleo may seem pretty similar to Necrozma-DM due to having the same type and similar stats, but there's one big difference between the two : their movepool. They both have good coverage but solgaleo has no good setup move. Along with its lower power, solgaleo is a lot easier to deal with using good physical walls such as hippowdon, avalugg, tangrowth, rhyperior or chansey. Solgaleo can run psychic to hit specially but that only works on avalugg and there's still a chance for it to live with leftovers. While it is easily walled without set up, it can easily run a weakness policy set thanks to its massive bulk along with having access to flame charge. If you're ready for it though, you'll just be careful and go into your walls. Speaking of its bulk, it usually lets it live at least one hit meaning offensive teams without a good switch-in to it may struggle against it. Solgaleo has amazing stats but its movepool and type let it down. Those stats may be enough to make it viable though. It could be too much for the metagame but I believe it could also be not too bad and be unbanned.
Now Zamazenta-Crowned. This pokemon is awful. 9 weaknesses including a double weakness to rock and u-turn, locked to basically having no item and absolutely awful coverage. It's hard-walled by rock and ice types which are common defensive types and has too low of an attack stat to justify that. It can't even get past avalugg by using special moves like solgaleo either since its special attack is even lower and it doesn't get STAB from its special moves. It does have work up to boost its special attack but it still deals under 50% with a special attack after a work up boost. It's stopped by pretty much every relevant defensive pokemon, has an awful typing and can't carry an item. If we look on the bright side though, it's nearly impossible to one-shot without rocks chip and it can still deal a lot of damage to most offensive pokemons so it has a good matchup against them. Keep in mind it's left with as much HP as a diglett after rocks so its defenses can't save it at that point. I believe Zamazenta-Crowned should be unbanned since it can't do anything to most defensive pokemons so it's useless in most matchups.