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I'm not very interested in debating if houndstone was actually banworthy, i'm far more interested in having the discussion about banning things in general that the survey is heavily in favor of not banning, not defending houndstone/last respects specifically.
It's fair that the council opinion...
On the last respects ban: In the most recent survey, houndstone was pretty unanimously considered to not be banworthy by the community, with an average of 2.23, which is also behind multiple other pokemon. The recent tier shifts didn't exactly make it more busted, with nothing leaving the tier...
All team types are viable, but not equally viable. Stall is in a bad place right now, and so is semi-stall. Stall is still viable though, still 100% usable, but way harder to build than the others. Balance, BO, and HO are all good.
Unbanning ubers by usage mons have been considered, but we treat this tier similarly to UU, and UU wouldn't unban an OU mon, so we're (well, the council) avoiding banning ubers by usage mons no matter what.
I'm very glad to see UUbers Ubers UU get on Smogon! I'll start off some serious discussion:
I am a stall player. After the last tier shifts, where Giratina, Gliscor, and Dondozo rised, and Baxcalibur dropped, stall became way harder to build, way worse, and far fewer people are using it. It's...