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To me, Galarian Moltres is by far the most unhealthy and constricting Pokemon in the tier and I would like it to be suspected and banned. I always meme on Galarian Moltres for being reliant on flinches and Hurricane to win at times, which I still do believe, but my main issue with it is its presence in the teambuilder. Out of all the Pokemon I generally consider parts of the tier (being B+ and up) only chansey can truly defensively answer it, though even then it loses to certain Rest variants. Primarina is generally solid though it can't eat too many boosted Hurricanes, but it does to heavy damage back so it's also a good check. Nihilego and Celesteela work, but they're very susceptible to getting worn down by other Pokemon and flinches. This has led to an issue where I personally feel if I don't have one of these 4 Pokemon my team insta-loses to Galarian Moltres given it gets setup, which it will. In this tier where we have to cover many top threats like Scizor, Zygarde-10%, Thundurus, and Aegislash, Galarian Moltres just restricts building far too much to the point where we are better off banning it, especially since it can still beat 3/4. I don't intend to overly criticize the most recent post but the implications are just heavily wrong. Morpeko is useable at best and I can't describe what it is at worse. Diancie is viable, albeit C rank and the only reason you really run it over the otherwise superior Nihilego is the Galarian Moltres matchup. Hydreigon counts but it just clicks U-turn and gives many Pokemon free entry to abuse the lack of recovery. The fact I have to use a genuine inferior Nihilego just for this one Pokemon further attests to its unhealthiness.
While Galarian Moltes does need some turns of setup, I really don't find it hard to do. Dark + Flying is stupidly good defensively in addition to being offensively, and it can get free setup on the following: Aegislash, Amoonguss, Slowking, Zarude, Tangrowth, Salamence, Kanto Moltres, some Excadrill, sometimes Thundurus, Mandibuzz, Azelf, Scarf Hydreigon, Skarmory, Rotom-W, Azelf, Hatterene, the list goes on. It's great bulk means it has to be chipped via multiple forms of priority or status to take it out, so even if you do kill it, Moltres just takes half the team with it. With sitrus berry techs you don't even need Nasty Plot due to the multiple berserk boosts it offers. Overall, I firmly believe Galarian Moltres is the most hindersome Pokemon in the tier, it restricts teambuilding far too much and can easily take games with its sweeping potential. Banning it will certainly make the metagame far better and I 100% support doing so.
To me, Galarian Moltres is by far the most unhealthy and constricting Pokemon in the tier and I would like it to be suspected and banned. I always meme on Galarian Moltres for being reliant on flinches and Hurricane to win at times, which I still do believe, but my main issue with it is its presence in the teambuilder. Out of all the Pokemon I generally consider parts of the tier (being B+ and up) only chansey can truly defensively answer it, though even then it loses to certain Rest variants. Primarina is generally solid though it can't eat too many boosted Hurricanes, but it does to heavy damage back so it's also a good check. Nihilego and Celesteela work, but they're very susceptible to getting worn down by other Pokemon and flinches. This has led to an issue where I personally feel if I don't have one of these 4 Pokemon my team insta-loses to Galarian Moltres given it gets setup, which it will. In this tier where we have to cover many top threats like Scizor, Zygarde-10%, Thundurus, and Aegislash, Galarian Moltres just restricts building far too much to the point where we are better off banning it, especially since it can still beat 3/4. I don't intend to overly criticize the most recent post but the implications are just heavily wrong. Morpeko is useable at best and I can't describe what it is at worse. Diancie is viable, albeit C rank and the only reason you really run it over the otherwise superior Nihilego is the Galarian Moltres matchup. Hydreigon counts but it just clicks U-turn and gives many Pokemon free entry to abuse the lack of recovery. The fact I have to use a genuine inferior Nihilego just for this one Pokemon further attests to its unhealthiness.
While Galarian Moltes does need some turns of setup, I really don't find it hard to do. Dark + Flying is stupidly good defensively in addition to being offensively, and it can get free setup on the following: Aegislash, Amoonguss, Slowking, Zarude, Tangrowth, Salamence, Kanto Moltres, some Excadrill, sometimes Thundurus, Mandibuzz, Azelf, Scarf Hydreigon, Skarmory, Rotom-W, Azelf, Hatterene, the list goes on. It's great bulk means it has to be chipped via multiple forms of priority or status to take it out, so even if you do kill it, Moltres just takes half the team with it. With sitrus berry techs you don't even need Nasty Plot due to the multiple berserk boosts it offers. Overall, I firmly believe Galarian Moltres is the most hindersome Pokemon in the tier, it restricts teambuilding far too much and can easily take games with its sweeping potential. Banning it will certainly make the metagame far better and I 100% support doing so.