{"id":2134,"date":"2019-12-17T10:36:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T10:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/pokemon-competitive-players-ban-dynamax-from-smogon-tournaments"},"modified":"2024-07-21T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T08:59:13","slug":"pokemon-competitive-players-ban-dynamax-from-smogon-tournaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon-competitive-players-ban-dynamax-from-smogon-tournaments","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon competitive players ban Dynamax from Smogon tournaments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pokémon<\/a> Sword and Shield introduced both Dynamax and Gigantamax, a feature whereby a Pokémon’s size and stats are ballooned for three turns.  <\/p>\n

The official Pokémon tournaments will utilise both features in the 2020 competitive scene, but Smogon, one of the biggest community sites which hosts its own, has decided to ban Dynamax altogether.  <\/p>\n

In a post explaining the decision<\/a>, they wrote: “The reasoning behind the Dynamax ban involves the increase in power, the impact of secondary effects each type’s move has, the defensive merit gained through doubling the HP of any Dynamax user, and the element of unpredictability that comes alongside being able to Dynamax with any Pokémon at any point of the game.” <\/p>\n

They added: “There is no true limit to how potent Dynamax moves can be given that each type provides different benefits that can potentially be game-changing; some of the most versatile Pokémon that are already great in the current metagame are made much stronger due to this, which makes finding reliable counterplay a virtual impossibility at times.” <\/p>\n

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The results of our latest suspect test are in: with 241 votes and a 86.7% majority, Dynamax and Gigantamax have been removed from SS OU.<\/p>\n

Results:https:\/\/t.co\/V9ViQUUuX2<\/a><\/p>\n

Explanation & Information:https:\/\/t.co\/Uu5QkoywUA<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/TKpQpLs2dP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Smogon University (@SmogonU) December 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n