New Metagame: LC Doubles

[sandragon13]

(Jul 9, 2015, 08:19 AM)terrorkid94 Wrote: With it being doubles maybe some pokemon could be unbanned

It would really have to be a case-by-case basis as to unbanning certain guys. LC is notorious for having some Pokemon that are simply uncounterable or overly centralizing due to base stat differences than their peers. This is evident by the fact that the vast majority of banned LC Pokemon are those that are only LC eligible by virtue of receiving evolutions in later generations (Scyther, Sneasel, Gligar, Tangela, and Yanma, just to name a few). Of that list, several can be absolutely abused under the three available auto-weathers; Sneasel under Hail hits monstrously hard and has hail damage to finish off Focus Sash and Sturdy Pokemon, Tangela doubles its Speed, gets instant Solarbeam, and doubles the power of its HP Fire under Sun, and Gligar gets to take advantage of Sand Veil and gets the same chip damage to take out Sashed and Sturdy guys (at least, the ones not immune to sand). All of the banned Pokemon also get to take advantage of doubles tactics that make them even stronger, like Wide Guard, Follow Me/Rage Powder, Tailwind or Helping Hand support, to name a few. Ultimately, the only currently banned LC Pokemon I'd consider unbanning in this theoretical meta would be Swirlix, because it's rather slow and frail before setting up, and can't stomach hits before or after setting up with Belly Drum, much less being double-targeted.
-sandragon13