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Genesect banned from SM OU

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Zeffy

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    I'd like to preface this by saying that if there are already plans of creating a similar article then you can reject this.

    Genesect was recently banned from SM OU. I figured an article about it would be interesting since OU will undergo a pretty huge tier shift. Particularly I want to tackle the following aspects:
    • why Genesect deserved to be tested
    • how Genesect impacted the OU metagame, as well as an overview of its most effective and popular sets
    • what Pokemon / playstyles will be more viable with Genesect out of the way
    • what are the general changes within the tier now that Genesect is gone
    • (optional, but useful) what are the next potential candidates for a suspect test

    The article could also probably include some arguments presented by people on why or why not Genesect should be banned, which could be sourced from either Smogon's suspect test discussion or by our own members (or both).
     
    ugh i've been running around chasing professors for the past 2 days begging for slots in their classes and i haven't been doing much progress for this

    here's the unfinished draft, still lacking on many parts. i'll be chasing professors again today so i'll be unlikely to do anything until the evening, and i'll make it my utmost priority to finish this today. sorry for the delay!
     
    ugh i've been running around chasing professors for the past 2 days begging for slots in their classes and i haven't been doing much progress for this

    here's the unfinished draft, still lacking on many parts. i'll be chasing professors again today so i'll be unlikely to do anything until the evening, and i'll make it my utmost priority to finish this today. sorry for the delay!
    Poking for an update on progress!
     
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