WreckingBolt said: I personally didn't feel like Gatr was OP mostly because of his lackluster speed and ok defenses. Either way though if the higher ups feel that this will balance the meta then so be it. Click to expand...

Its Speed was hardly ever an issue considering that it could easily boost up with Dragon Dance and the only relevant Choice Scarfer that could revenge kill it 100% of the time is Rotom-C. Its defenses were far from okay for an incredibly offensively inclined Pokemon like Gator; 85/100/83 is quite impressive from an offensive point of view. Its plain Water-typing allowed it to easily set up on a ton of shit, and its extra bulk made it hard to revenge kill with priority or non super effective hits. The DD set was hard as fuck for offense to handle, while SD sets man-handled bulkier builds that lacked Poliwrath (offensive teams also hated +2 Aqua Jets). On top of that, Sheer Force allowed it to hit very hard right off the bat, especially when equipped with a Life Orb, so it didn't even have to set up in order to be threatening. It also had a coverage move for basically any bulky Pokemon that would want to take it on bar Poliwrath. You also can't ignore the fact that it couldn't be played around by forcing it to take LO recoil, considering almost all of its moves were boosted by Sheer Force.All in all, the RU council made a very good decision in banning Gator so early. It was incredibly difficult to stop once it set up, had like one reliable counter, and each of its sets were extremely pressuring to nearly every archetype out there. I know it's your opinion, but personally I don't see how anyone could ignore its sheer brokeness.