Let me pitch this: Pokemon is balanced based on usage. This is a fact and Smogon functions based off of this. Good things get used and bad things aren't used. So if Assistpard is so good, then why does nobody use it? Why is Assistpard such a rarity yet deemed "horribly broken" while everything in the top ten of usage is considered balance?
Usage has nothing to do with being broken, ugh this is honestly my pet peeve during suspect tests so let me repeat it
usage has nothing to do with being broken. When Gothitelle was banned in UU it was in NU and seeing less than 2% usage in UU, hail in RU was only seeing 5% usage in RU before it was suspect and found broken.
Honestly, people in this thread need to:
1) Stop complaining about swagpard as that has nothing to do with this suspect, so please stop bitching about hax.
2) Stop bringing up Liepard in other tiers, on this page alone I see people talking about assist pard in Ubers and OU, and through out the thread every newb and their mom has commented on Liepard in other tiers
this is an NU suspect discussion.
3) stop theorymonning, if you haven't played assist pard in NU either watch one of the many videos FLCL, Tennisace or myself have posted in the thread, or stfu.
I know this post sounds really angry, but I'm not angry, I just find it really annoying when people, who clearly have very little idea about the metagame (people bringing up other tiers), Liepard (people who say "I haven't faced Liepard in NU, but..."), or what this discussion is about (swagpard beat my team :() spam the thread, covering up the actual discussion points being brought up.
If you want to contribute positively to this thread, I suggest you first understand what assist Liepard does, and how it goes about winning. Then either play against someone using it or play with it yourself for a bit on the ladder. If you are feeling particularly ballsy try it out with either Persian or Purrloin as well.
Sorry if this post is mean, or mini-modding, neither of which is my intention, I'd just like to see some actual relevant discussion in this thread, instead of 20 posts of someone not grasping the concept of assist cat, and then 20 posts explaining it.