Cinderace, Dragapult, Kartana, and Porygon-Z have been BANNED
Thousand Arrows has been RESTRICTED
Cinderace's access to Libero give it STAB on the Sketched move that it chooses, allowing it to completely destroy common switch-ins. For example, Bolt Strike chunks Slowbro and Toxapex very hard and Icicle Crash/Surging Strikes takes out Landorus with ease. Cinderace's great speed tier also makes it a menace to various offensive threats, and on top of that, it even has access to a STAB Extreme Speed that can let it handle faster frail threats like Alakazam and Regieleki.
Dragapult, which normally doesn't even get Shadow Claw, now has access to Spectral Thief and Poltergeist, two incredibly strong Ghost moves. There are a grand total of 3 Pokemon that resist the Ghost+Dragon type combination, none of which are bulky, making switch-ins very set dependent. Scarf sets were able to able revenge kill the majority of setup sweepers with Spectral Thief, especially with Infiltrator allowing it to bypass screens, while set-up sets were also great due to being immune to Extreme Speed and resisting Grassy Glide. Specs/Band were also strong options, with immediately powerful Astral Barrage/Poltergeists that allowed it to destroy switch-ins expecting something else, while still outspeeding nearly every unboosted mon.
Like Dragapult, Kartana is another potential set-up sweeper that handles the common priority (Extreme Speed + Grassy Glide) very well. A strong defensive typing and decent enough physical bulk (its bulkier than uninvested Swampert) gave it plenty of opportunities to set-up with Dragon Dance, and once it got going, it could be very difficult to stop thanks to its monstrous Attack stat and Beast Boost. Dragon Dance could also be passed up entirely for a coverage move to destroy would be switch-ins, like Diamond Storm for Zapdos.
Boomburst. With Adaptability + STAB, this menace has a 280 BP move with no drawbacks that goes through Substitute. Choice Scarf allowed it to outpace every unboosted mon besides Regieleki, and very few offensive mons were safe: a Timid Boomburst has a 50% chance to OHKO 0/0 Mew. Its access to Trick also let it cripple switch-ins like Chansey and bulky resists expecting to come in on it safely.
Thousand Arrows is restricted in nearly all move based metas, and now this one is no exception. Powerful Ground types like Garchomp and Diggersby had nearly unresisted STAB coverage when Thousand Arrows was one of their moves, and even Thousand Arrows itself had great coverage since there weren't a ton of bulky Grass and Bug types that resisted it. One of the most threatening users was Landorus-Therian, which had perfect coverage with Thousand Arrows + Dragon Ascent. Of course, it couldn't run both, but the opponent had to figure out which it was running, unless they wanted to risk switching something like Buzzwole or Tangrowth into an incredibly strong Dragon Ascent.
as in
drampa's grandpa's last ban post, we are still looking at Clangorous Soul and Extreme Speed, and community input on this would be appreciated. Are these too broken/overcentralizing for the meta, or is it easy enough to handle them?
Also, please welcome
Eggs McGee to the council! They've been very helpful in the pre-OMOTM stages and we're excited to have them on board.
tagging
Kris to implement ty