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Hello. This thread came off the "Development of a PP Tier" thread. Essentially, it is a description for a clause that I dubbed the 'Easy Mode' clause that would be for beginners in standard battling. What it is: The Easy Mode clause is essentially a small list of banned pokemon that currently dominate the Standard metagame. These pokemon would be powerhouses and pokemon that are in general difficult to deal with. Why it does: New players in the competitive scene often find themselves overwhelmed by the amount of options there are available. What combinations will work? Can I use them? Will the just get beaten down? Unfortunately, because of the way this metagame is designed, new players without much experience in prediction will often resort to using the powerhouses of the metagame. These powerhouses are the tried and true pokemon that are the best of the best. They can sweep like theres no tomorrow. Banning these incredibly powerful pokemon would seriously open up the metagame for less used pokemon to fill in the spots. Why its useful: Allowing a new player to have a much more free selection of pokemon creates a much more new-player friendly metagame. If people can choose often overlooked pokemon on their teams and get used to the way they work, they can seriously get to know the odder pokemon in the Standard tier, and once they move off the Easy Mode, they'll have a much better appreciation for the less used pokemon and a much better understanding of strategy and prediction. Another reason it would be useful is it allows new players to easily determine other new players. Experienced battlers probably wouldn't enjoy Easy Mode very much, so newer players could fight other newer players at a fairly equal skill level. --- Randomspot made an excellent argument, and a revamping of the banlist is due: Proposed banlist: Tyranitar Salamence Scizor Latias Heatran Togekiss? Gyarados? Reasoning: What do you think of this clause as a whole? Please vote in the poll.
