Thanks to everyone who voted, we got 38 votes for our second survey, with approximately a third of the responses at 11 users being qualified by our tournament / ladder metrics, so let's get into the results:
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Enjoyment is currently sitting at an average of 8.21/10, while stability is at a 7.39/10. Given how early this survey has been released and how recent the metagame is, these numbers are more than encouraging and indicates that the playerbase appreciates the metagame. These numbers are especially solid given the fact that the numbers from the qualified playerbase are very similar: 8.27/10 for the enjoyment and 7.18/10 for the stability. The lower number on the stability from the playerbase is significative, and indicates there are room for improvement.
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Next, and first Pokemon on the list is Mega-Rayquaza. For a reminder, 1 was "It should be unbanned." and 5 was "It should remain banned."
The average thoughts on Mega-Rayquaza is 4.03/5, which indicates a strong feeling against any actions on it, while the qualified playerbase has an even higher number with an average of 4.27/5. This indicates that Mega-Rayquaza was considered extremely concerning overall, which strengthen the idea that no actions should be taken for Mega-Rayquaza, and that no suspect test should be planned in the future for it.
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Then, came Miraidon. The feelings for it are even stronger than for the aforementioned Mega-Rayquaza, with the average thoughts on Miraidon is 4.16/5 while the average for the qualified playerbase sits at 4.55/5. This indicates an overwhelming opinion about the unhealthiness of Miraidon. This also confirms the idea no actions will be taken in the future about Miraidon.
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The results for Xerneas came with more mixed feelings. For a reminder, 1 was "Balanced" and 5 was "Tiering action needed". The average thoughts for Xerneas is 2.45/5, while the qualified playerbase's average is only slightly over with a result of 2.55/5, with noticeably no qualified players rating Xerneas 5/5. Some players have expressed how Terastralization made Xerneas even better than it was before; the subject of Terastralization will be approach later in the survey, but in the current state, it appears that a majority of player find Xerneas relatively balanced. Xerneas will remain a topic for future discussion among the VR council, but for now, its numbers doesn't suggest to put it into the watchlist.
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The results for Koraidon were also mixed, while less favoring a tiering action. The overall thoughts reach an average of 2.13/5, while the qualified playerbase's thoughts reach an average of 2.45/5. It is clearly that Koraidon has been a dominant force ever since its release, packing many powerful traits in its high Speed and Attack further boosted by its ability Orichalcum Pulse, as well as being an excellent Tera and Z-Move user. The results of the survey indicates that the playerbase finds its presence healthy overall, being able to check many powerful traits in the metagame. Once again, its numbers doesn't suggest to put it into the watchlist.
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Now for what fell like the elephant in the room for the last months, Terastralization has received interesting numbers. The average thought on it is 2.63/5, which indicates a small majority pointing towards action needed to be take. However, these numbers are way higher for the qualified playerbase, with an average of 3.27/5, which indicates a far stronger support towards actions. These numbers remains relatively low, showing a very mixed feeling with the total number of 1/5 matching those of 4/5 and 5/5 rating for the overall opinion. However, it would be dishonest to say Terastralization has a minor impact on the metagame. It is clear that this newly introduced mechanic has a major impact, enhancing powerful threats in the tier such as Necrozma-DM, and the two aforementioned Xerneas and Koraidon. In the end, these numbers has reached the attention of the VR Council, and Terastralization will be remain a subject of discussion for the VR council and put into the watchlist. It doesn't mean that a quickban nor a suspect test will take place for the moment, however if Terastralization grows as an unhealthy mechanic with the future metagame development, actions might be taken.
As an additional note, Arceus-Normal was brought 3 times in comments section, especially due to how effective its use of Terastralization is. It is clear that E-Killer is one of the premier threat and one of the best user of this new mechanic, and those comments definitely makes us considered Terastralization as worthy to be watched for. We'll keep a close eye on both Arceus-Normal and Terastralization in general.
Thanks again to all who responded, if you have any questions feel free to ask in the National Dex Ubers discord, here in this thread, or PM me / Guard.