Also, on the subject of this league being a challenge or not, there's one thing that I am shocked hasn't been brought up yet, which may be one of the most broken things since Celeste (Who if many of you people do not know, was the champion of S1). Now to shortly describe Celeste before moving on to the main point, she was all kinds of broken pre-nerf? How broken was she that many of you may ask, well she was literally allowed to use pretty much any mon in battle (Out of curiosity who thought that was a good idea at first though? No offense, just asking), some examples of her pre-nerf include: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-customgame-50674 and http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-customgame-50481 and she was pretty much unable to be defeated due to completely c-teaming her opponents. Later on, she was nerfed to a monotype of her choice and a legendary of said type,and she was unable to switch sets as well if I recall correctly, and finally Xiri beat her, and then Simon, who then became the 1st league champion since staff couldn't claim the prize or something like that. This, unlike what I'll get to in a second was something that was fixed, and made it so S1 could be beatable, however y'all still haven't learned your lesson in my opinion, if I have to be blunt.
Now we move on to the main point of this post, which is to talk about what is pretty much Celeste V.2 at the moment, which is to say, the mistake with Celeste was repeated again, and this time probably on accident. What I am talking about is the current Champion, Oliver. Now Flying isn't broken inherently,it's a damn good type, and easily one of the best. But what is truly broken is the add-ons, or what might become add-ons. If I may quote the rules, and I shall, this is stated "The Champion may use any Pokemon that shares a type with their respective Ace Pokemon. Exceptions will be made for Ace Pokemon with only one type. Essentially, the Champion can use two types instead of just one. Additionally, the Champion will be permitted to use one non-Uber Legendary Pokemon on their team.". Now, if you haven't heard yet surprisingly, Oliver's Ace is Staraptor, which is more commonly dubbed "Swagraptor", and it is a dual Normal/Flying type. In the quote described, it pretty much says that he can use any mon from the other type that his ace possesses, in which case for dear ol' Swagraptor over here, is part Normal. Now what does that entail, you may ask? Well Flying is an extremely versatile type, with many options and the like. You know what other type is like that in terms of many options, and also is in one of the higher brackets? Normal. Now what does that tell you anyways, and getting to the point but who thought that combining these two types, which have many options to c-team an opponent and putting them in the hands of a skilled player was a great idea? One prime example of mixing Normal and Flying can be found here http://prnt.sc/ecby2l . Now, aside for the ace, what does that look like to you? To me, it screams a highly possible scenario in which a team of such monstrous stall capabilities could be produced. Now I don't mind stall, as long as it's in moderation, but many despise it and we all know what Evio P2 + Evio Chansey does for Elliot already, and you want to mash that with Gliscor, Mantine, and Skarm??? However, that is not the most broken part about this rule, and while just Normal + Flying is beatable, the second part of this rule states that the Champion is allowed to use any non-Uber Legend on their team. Now we all know Oliver is Flying, correct? Now think of two certain Flying legendaries that can make Oliver even more broken, I'll give you a hint even...
Do you have an answer to the two legends yet? Regardless if you do or not, I'll tell you. The answers are Lando-T and Celesteela. Lando-T is not broken in it's entirety, it is endowed with the ability Intimidate, which lowers attack by 1 stage, and is an extremely good mon in that tier, but Scarfed Mons with Ice Beam can kill it, especially if it's running it's scarf set or rocky helm set. Celesteela on the other hand is a whole different beast, an ultra one to be precise. Possessing a godly 97/103/101 for defensive stats, this thing can eat attacks like no one's business, but however if you combine that with it's movepool which besides dual stabs, has moves such as EQ, Flamethrower, Leech Seed,Giga Drain, and Stone Edge for coverage or other options coupled with 101/107 for attack and special attack respectively and a way to remedy it's base 61 speed with Autotomize, as well as possessing the ability Beast Boost, which boosts Celesteela's highest stat by one stage for every kill, it is easily the most broken option Oliver can pick for his legendary. Now, with all these options, and Oliver's skill in general, this is pretty difficult to beat, right? Maybe a bit impossible to beat? Well then there's the particular option that might be reconsidered by the staff, which is the fact of giving Oliver Mega Zard X, Mega Gyara, and Mega Alt, 3 megas that were banned in Gen 7 monotype because of a policy change, and add to the gigantic list of options Oliver has currently,and he is made more broken. When this was said before, many people were outraged and said against it but it is still up for debate from what I recall. If Oliver is given all of these options, without any restrictions besides the crummy rule to change mons (which has been broken already as said by Cyanna), then there will be no winners in the end, in all likelyhood. Now if changes are made, maybe people will have a small chance, or a decent one at that to win, but I am afraid those changes will come too late as the mistake becomes apparent (Just like with Megagross). That is all I have to say on the subject and I hope this plea is considered and talked about a bit by the staff. Have a nice day or whatever time it is for you zzzz