Ban Mega Alakazam in the Draft Premier League

Ban Mega Alakazam in the Draft Premier League

The Issue

So ik this is probably a bit controversial but I would like to propose Mega Zam ban in USUM. This pokemon feels too centralizing when drafting as every team always tries to draft a spiritomb, drapion, alolan muk in SM or in worst case Skuntank. This is very similar to Dracovish case in SWSH where every team drafts water immunity and while Dracovish wasnt drafted as often because people knew everyone would have a water immunity, that is not a problem while drafting Mega Alakazam because it can easily adjust its set to beat any dark type or any pokemon in general. We ve all seen how it swept so many people with CM and/or Barrier sets even with them having a ,in theory good, Mega Zam check. Main problem why this happens in my opinion is the rule that allows Mega Zam to stay regular and keep its Magic guard which allows it to beat literally any defensive pokemon. Other problem with Mega Alakazam is its base 150 speed which means that it can easily outrun or speed tie every single pokemon in USUM and ORAS which means it 100% requires a scarf pokemon to be revenge killed. All this leads to Mega Zam being able to beat literally any type of team. 3-4 attacks (recover) Zam claims 1 vs any more offensive team most of the time while bulky Mega Zam can easily beat any balance or more defensive team. The other thing that Zam has going for it is trace so not even sand or rain teams will be safe against it. The fact that it was drafted 10/10 times in USUM proves that everyone knows how broken it really is. I suggest admins to consider either Mega Zam ban, moving it to maximum amount of points (18) or at the very least changing the rule of turn 1 megaing where megas would have to mega turn 1.

Just a few replays mostly from this but few from end of last season to show why Mega Zam should really be banned. I searched all Season 3 replays and none of the games where Zam performed really well were in gen 6 so I feel like it might still be fine to keep it allowed there

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7ou-29016https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7ubers-25748https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7ou-25737https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7draftleague-22368https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ubers-1044520590-wh8ljugczi3djpmkpee0rxcwkjkabg9pwhttps://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/draftfrontier-gen7draftleaguetier-75664https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/draftfrontier-gen7draftleaguetier-73289https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/draftfrontier-gen7draftleaguetier-75664 

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The Issue

So ik this is probably a bit controversial but I would like to propose Mega Zam ban in USUM. This pokemon feels too centralizing when drafting as every team always tries to draft a spiritomb, drapion, alolan muk in SM or in worst case Skuntank. This is very similar to Dracovish case in SWSH where every team drafts water immunity and while Dracovish wasnt drafted as often because people knew everyone would have a water immunity, that is not a problem while drafting Mega Alakazam because it can easily adjust its set to beat any dark type or any pokemon in general. We ve all seen how it swept so many people with CM and/or Barrier sets even with them having a ,in theory good, Mega Zam check. Main problem why this happens in my opinion is the rule that allows Mega Zam to stay regular and keep its Magic guard which allows it to beat literally any defensive pokemon. Other problem with Mega Alakazam is its base 150 speed which means that it can easily outrun or speed tie every single pokemon in USUM and ORAS which means it 100% requires a scarf pokemon to be revenge killed. All this leads to Mega Zam being able to beat literally any type of team. 3-4 attacks (recover) Zam claims 1 vs any more offensive team most of the time while bulky Mega Zam can easily beat any balance or more defensive team. The other thing that Zam has going for it is trace so not even sand or rain teams will be safe against it. The fact that it was drafted 10/10 times in USUM proves that everyone knows how broken it really is. I suggest admins to consider either Mega Zam ban, moving it to maximum amount of points (18) or at the very least changing the rule of turn 1 megaing where megas would have to mega turn 1.

Just a few replays mostly from this but few from end of last season to show why Mega Zam should really be banned. I searched all Season 3 replays and none of the games where Zam performed really well were in gen 6 so I feel like it might still be fine to keep it allowed there

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7ou-29016https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7ubers-25748https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7ou-25737https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sports-gen7draftleague-22368https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ubers-1044520590-wh8ljugczi3djpmkpee0rxcwkjkabg9pwhttps://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/draftfrontier-gen7draftleaguetier-75664https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/draftfrontier-gen7draftleaguetier-73289https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/draftfrontier-gen7draftleaguetier-75664 

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Petition created on February 9, 2020