>Ban evasion moves >Serence Grace Jirachi is an essential

>>29065420
Because smogon.
there's your answer.

>>29065420
>playing anything other than VGC

You do it to yourself, you know.

>>29065420
You're right. Evasion is unbanned now.
Time for me to use DT Flinchrachi.

>>29065420
there are checks/counters to flinchax- paralysis, flinch-prevention/strengthening abilities, choice scarf or faster mons

for evasion, you have to rely on luck or non-missing moves; the latter tends to be underpowered and beyond aura sphere doesn't see much use.

>>29065420
No counters besides
-newer miss moves (including Sacred Sword)
-No Guard
-Roar/Whirlwind
-Haze/Clear Smog
-some rarely used moves like Body Slam against Minimize
-Toxic from poisson types
-indirect damage (Rocky Helmet)
-Psych Up shenanigans
Flinches have Inner Focus, Shield Dust and simple outspeeding, oh, and luck.

>essential ou mon
This isn't gen V

>>29065715
Flinchhax is by far the most unappealing strategy for both sides and proves that pokemon is not meant for comepetive
>Be in a tournament
>Thunder on switchin
>Paralyzes and crits resisted mon
>Two following mons get oneshot by crits that would not have killed

>>29065420
because you cant realistically ban flinching without devastating a large selection of pokemons viability
and banning serene grace = banning togekiss and jirachi
or at the very least sending togekiss to ru
both of which are mostly bullshit

at least thats what the reasoning used to be, at this post-FULL RETARD baton pass rules point you could just ban serene grace + flinching moves
but they wont, because ban arguments are no longer about logic and are instead about posturing as the least scrubby player by pretending that there are ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS with anything that isnt baton pass chains and calling everyone other than you stupid

>>29065715
You forgot the biggest one - rocky helmet. Dead in six turns.