This was a cute yet manly smogcast. It was nice to see some new faces, but blarajan was a VERY MEAN host D:<<<<
I personally find the major obstacle for players to get into Little Cup are the EVs. Thankfully, you guys have an
EV guidehttp://www.smogon.com/bw/articles/bw_lc_guide_update#evdistribution, but it's still weird to have unused EVs. I know there are certain EV spreads that use up all 508 points, but I forget - mind if you guys remind me? Is there any particular way you guys EV?
Also Speed Boost is not a complex ban smh -_-;; I'm with prem here - if Yanma and Carvannha were banned because of Speed Boost, then I'd rather have the ability banned. There is no harm done, since there are no other Speed Boost users in LC, and 1 ban is better than 2 bans in my book. If a simple ability ban can potentially allow 2 more Pokemon into LC, I see no reason not to increase the diversity of LC.
That said, I did like blara's policy in re-testing everything in XY, unbanning all but Scyther, Sneasel, and Tangela. I am surprised that Gligar wasn't included in the list of Pokemon to remain banned, especially now that Eviolite / Acrobatics is available. Is Gligar far inferior to the aforementioned three? Regardless, kudos for giving it another chance :)
Thanks for doing this cast guys - it was a fun listen.