Saying Dark would be fine is one thing. Dream Eater Gengar mains Dark, and from what I saw with him, that is not the case. Not only would Fighting be significantly harder, but Dark would also lose another Fairy check, Water would now have an advantage against it (think about it, most of water is Special-Oriented, so Mandibuzz is not a challenge to take out, TTar is weak to water, Sableye is just about the same as Mandibuzz, Darks 3 best Megas can't do a lot against it, and Water is notirious especially for carrying a lot of ice coverage, so Hydreigon can also be checked), same for Electric (once TTar is out, you have the advantage essentially). So, in conclusion, yea, I think Dark would be affected, and its viability would drop a considerable amount (refer to stats after Greninja was banned, and before Hoopa was released).
See even if considering that, I don't think Hoopa falls under that margin. On paper there are Pokemon that are also widespread that could very well be considered more threatening than Hoopa depending on the curcumstances (I was actually talking about that very topic with a friend earlier, we were talking about how excadrill + its team support can actually seemingly be more threatening than Hoopa-U + what team support it has). Even with that, despite Specs Hoopa-U has in theory no switchins, it is a lot easier to check than other wallbreakers. You do come up with a good point, which in a sense I do agree with you, but I personally don't see the huge hubub other than that 1 fact (that fact that it can break anything in theory). I wouldn't agree with that being the reason why it should be banned, because again, there are pokemon that, with their team support, can actually be seen as more threatening.
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