if i can even get reqs lol





personally i say RU gives us back tomb and skunk so this won't be a problem

k i'm a bit biased on both of these but here goes nothing: Personally, I don't actually have any problem with this thing. I'm not exactly even sure how it suddenly became a problem in the first place; Banded was a thing when Fletch/Magnet/Kabu dropped and no one complained,but now Magnet (arguably one of its best partners, it destroys everything that stops Sneas) is gone and there's a lot of asking for a suspect. I can, however, see why this thing is a HUGE problem for offense because it beats most offensive mons with band with no problem, which can allow it OR some of its teammates to sweep. However, it doesn't really pose too much of a threat to balance as balance can easily fit one of its checks/counters (poli/costa/regirock/def mawile etc.) as can stall, but stall dislikes Knock Off more than balance I would think. I'm a bit on the fence, given that I haven't had trouble, but I might end up voting ban: This is another case where I can SEE the problem, but it doesn't really exist for me as much for other people, although this is more of my playstyle just naturally beating out Gallade. It has 80 base speed which is slower than most of the things on offense, and it also has no priority outside of Shadow Sneak which is kinda weak, forcing it to run Jolly which gets rid of some of its power. It also has awful physical defense which lets it be revenged by pretty much every physical attacker in NU that outspeeds it unless it's Bulk Up (more on that later.) However, it has a crazy huge support movepool including Taunt, Will-o, Trick, Encore, Disable, Magic Coat... you get the point. Stuff like this and it's crazy coverage/damage output allow it dismantle Stall easily and cause huge problems for Balance, where its speed isn't as much of an issue. It also gets good setup options in Swords Dance and Bulk Up which allow it to beat those two playstyles even better. Personally I think that alone deserves a ban, but at the same time offense is probably the most common playstyle in NU rn and it's SD set gets beat by most offensive teams with no real problem due to it's subpar priority and low speed, and it's other sets bar Bulk Up don't have a way to straight up 6-0 or really do too much to offense unless it was a REALLY bad offense team. I'm also on the fence about this one, but I'm leaning a bit towards no ban because it isn't THAT bad.Another huge problem is the offensive core of. That is easily the best offensive core in NU atm because it literally just destroys everything with no problem. It's kinda like the case of MRupt and Typh where they are (less in MRupt's case) fine alone but absolutely terrifying together.