Never said it was bad; assumption.
But you implied it, whether you meant to or not. That's all I said ;p
85% is low accuracy, definately.
We can argue about what exactly "low" is, but it is unreliable you must admit. That's all I was really going for.
Luck is when the odds are against the action from happening. It's considered hax when Focus Blast misses, but no one screams "HAX" when Focus Blast hits. 80% chance to lower a foes SpD means that 8 times out of 10, SpD WILL be lowered. I don't see how it lowering SpD is considered "luck" when it's chances of lowering are much greater than its chances of not.
While the definition is off, I see where you're coming from in saying this. Still, anything with any kind of probabilities that can go one way or another can be considered luck (whether it is or not). My view on it is more "the chances of getting lucky with Skymin are much higher then with something like Psychic (which can lower SDef)." I think that both Focus Blast hitting or missing is luck. If it hits, you are certainly lucky that it didn't miss (and the same could be said vice versa).
It's the issue that has really caused a lot of problems and I think it might be better to have a broader discussion in another thread of the raters group rather than the tier discussion thread, so you can respond to this there if you so choose ;p
I agree, although Def EVs and things like that can make the outcome slightly less reliant on luck.
Which goes back to just what effect luck can have and how it can be decreased or increased. I agree with you, just wanted to point that out ;p