Does anyone think that the weather nerf was too much? I understand all too well that weather was ridiculously and perhaps overly powerful in Generation V and that SOMETHING needed to be done to bring it down (I ran solely weatherless teams in staunch defiance of all things weather), but I'm wondering if rain / sun / sand / hail will have any place in Generation VI's metagame, primarily because keeping them up will be so much more difficult now in the hard-hitting upper tiers. Would there have been a better way to cut down weather's influence without neutering it altogther?
Also, how will this change the presence of Pokemon in OU? Politoed, Ninetales, and (to a lesser extent) Abomasnow were deeply underwhelming outside of the weather that they bring, and yet having permanent insta-weather was more than worth a teamslot. Will they still be worth that spot on a team in Generation VI, despite having to come in much more often to set up their respective weathers and (probably) having to give up their item of choice for a weather-support item? Also, some Pokemon like Venusaur and Toxicroak were OU almost exclusively in their weather of choice, and probably would not have seen much usage in OU had weather not been such a powerful force; is their influence in sun, rain, sand, or hail still large enough to overcome the overall weather nerf?
Also, how will this change the presence of Pokemon in OU? Politoed, Ninetales, and (to a lesser extent) Abomasnow were deeply underwhelming outside of the weather that they bring, and yet having permanent insta-weather was more than worth a teamslot. Will they still be worth that spot on a team in Generation VI, despite having to come in much more often to set up their respective weathers and (probably) having to give up their item of choice for a weather-support item? Also, some Pokemon like Venusaur and Toxicroak were OU almost exclusively in their weather of choice, and probably would not have seen much usage in OU had weather not been such a powerful force; is their influence in sun, rain, sand, or hail still large enough to overcome the overall weather nerf?