Hi everyone — with Smogon Masters on the horizon, the SM OU Council recently held a survey to gauge the community opinion on the state of the metagame and to ascertain support for any suspect tests.
All players who met any of the following criteria qualified to submit a response:
From a possible 31 respondents, we received 21 submissions within the week deadline.
Do you believe SM can benefit from any tiering action?
From these responses we can see that players are generally open to the possibility of a suspect test occurring, but as we will see later, there is no one suspect that most voters believe could be broken.
How much do you enjoy SM OU as a metagame on a scale of 1-10?
Only one player responded with a negative opinion of the current SM metagame. Although these responses come from some of the most active players of the tier, the median response of 8 is quite high.
Do you believe Aegislash should be released as a suspect drop?
The majority of voters oppose a suspect for Aegislash, so it will not be tested at this time.
Do you feel a suspect may be worthy for any of these Pokemon?
The only Pokemon to receive any significant mentions was Volcarona. While its ~50% support rate does not warrant a test at this time, we will be keeping an eye on it throughout the course of Masters and may hold another survey later.
Do you believe any other tiering action should take place? Explain what if yes.
The few responses highlighting further desired tiering action did not have much in common.
TLDR
Overall, the active SM playerbase generally agrees that the metagame is in a healthy state, and there will be no tiering action taken until further notice. Volcarona received notable support and is on the radar moving forward.
All players who met any of the following criteria qualified to submit a response:
Skypenguin
Empo
emforbes
Relous
umbry
Gondra
Lusa
Empo
emforbes
Relous
umbry
Gondra
Lusa
Skypenguin
the pharoah
Luigi
ima
Santu
z0mOG
Star
Scarlet Stars
Zaza
the pharoah
Luigi
ima
Santu
z0mOG
Star
Scarlet Stars
Zaza
ChaFouuu
Ahsan-219
Sagiri
Kyo
Luigi
Skypenguin
Ahsan-219
Sagiri
Kyo
Luigi
Skypenguin
Skypenguin
robjr
Luigi
gorex
Kyo
Pohjis
false
ChickWayne
crying
Sagiri
Dflo
Revenge Killer
the pharoah
Tenebricite
Marshall.Law
Fc
robjr
Luigi
gorex
Kyo
Pohjis
false
ChickWayne
crying
Sagiri
Dflo
Revenge Killer
the pharoah
Tenebricite
Marshall.Law
Fc
From a possible 31 respondents, we received 21 submissions within the week deadline.
Do you believe SM can benefit from any tiering action?
From these responses we can see that players are generally open to the possibility of a suspect test occurring, but as we will see later, there is no one suspect that most voters believe could be broken.
How much do you enjoy SM OU as a metagame on a scale of 1-10?
Only one player responded with a negative opinion of the current SM metagame. Although these responses come from some of the most active players of the tier, the median response of 8 is quite high.
Do you believe Aegislash should be released as a suspect drop?
The majority of voters oppose a suspect for Aegislash, so it will not be tested at this time.
Do you feel a suspect may be worthy for any of these Pokemon?
The only Pokemon to receive any significant mentions was Volcarona. While its ~50% support rate does not warrant a test at this time, we will be keeping an eye on it throughout the course of Masters and may hold another survey later.
Do you believe any other tiering action should take place? Explain what if yes.
The few responses highlighting further desired tiering action did not have much in common.
TLDR
Overall, the active SM playerbase generally agrees that the metagame is in a healthy state, and there will be no tiering action taken until further notice. Volcarona received notable support and is on the radar moving forward.
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