Name: Special Attack Shut-Down
Description of Concept: A reliable poke that will check or counter most prominent special attackers in the tier.
Reasons for Concept: Among non-mega OU mons that have been suspected/banned in various metas, we have Aegislash (known for versatility, but often used as a special tank), Greninja (a mixed attacker that favored the special side), and Landorus-I (a near-exclusively special Sheer Force abuser). On top of that we have things like the Lati twins, Thundurus, Charizard-Y, Altaria, Gardevoir, Keldeo, Manectric, Serperior, Gengar, and more running around.
I'm not proposing something that could defeat all of them in every circumstance, but seeing as we have Intimidate and Will'o'Wisp to deal with physical offence, it would be nice to have something that could reliably check special attack and generally nerf it as a form of offence, be it from its typing, ability, movepool, or raw stat spread (keeping in mind new moves/abilities are not allowed of course).
Description of Concept: A reliable poke that will check or counter most prominent special attackers in the tier.
Reasons for Concept: Among non-mega OU mons that have been suspected/banned in various metas, we have Aegislash (known for versatility, but often used as a special tank), Greninja (a mixed attacker that favored the special side), and Landorus-I (a near-exclusively special Sheer Force abuser). On top of that we have things like the Lati twins, Thundurus, Charizard-Y, Altaria, Gardevoir, Keldeo, Manectric, Serperior, Gengar, and more running around.
I'm not proposing something that could defeat all of them in every circumstance, but seeing as we have Intimidate and Will'o'Wisp to deal with physical offence, it would be nice to have something that could reliably check special attack and generally nerf it as a form of offence, be it from its typing, ability, movepool, or raw stat spread (keeping in mind new moves/abilities are not allowed of course).
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