Garchomp-Mega should be moved to Ubers.

Don't worry about this being your first debate. I think this technically counts as my second debate. I'm still in the middle of my first. I think it will come down to which debate finishes first. Anyway, point is that I'm new too so don't worry. Attacks (Claims): Mega Garchomp's base stats are: HP 108, Atk 170, Def 115, Sp. Atk 120, Sp. Def 95, Speed 92 (total 700) Most of the well used Ubers have base stat totals of 600 to 700 so Garchomp is within that range. Garchomp has monstrous stats! However, stats are not everything in pokemon. The reasons why he would not be usable competitively in Ubers are: his unusable ability, his typing, his few stats that are lacking, his lack of a priority move, his lack of a team role, and that almost all Ubers teams carry multiple pokemon that would wall or counter him. His ability is Sand Force. Sand Force strengthens his Rock, Ground, and Steel type moves while under the Sandstorm weather condition. He has access to Stone Edge and Earthquake which would both receive a boost from it. But the problem is, "while under the Sandstorm weather condition". Weather conditions got a huge drawback last year. All weather conditions last only 5 turns unless something else gets rid of it. The weather starts out as neutral so you wouldn't be able to lead your team with Garchomp while getting the boost. Two Sandstorm inducers you could play would be either Tyranitar or Hippowdon. When either enters the battle the effect changes to Sandstorm. You then let it die or switch into Garchomp. If you switch into Garchomp he will take the hit originally aimed at Tyranitar or Hippowdon. Making him susceptible to revenge killing. He will have a chance to take down the opposing pokemon and then die to the next one. Or, if you wait for the Sandstorm inducers to die, then he can come in fresh and deal some damage for a few turns. The sad part is that these are the BEST case scenarios. Two commonly used pokemon in Ubers can eliminate the Sandstorm you worked so hard to create; Groudon - Has the ability Drought which changes the weather to Sunny. This pokemon either forces you to switch or causes you to, more often then not, lose Garchomp. Kyogre - Has the ability Drizzle which changes the weather to Rain. This pokemon also forces you to switch because it can OHKO Garchomp. So, in short, to use his ability at all you will waste a team member slot, then get minimal usage (if any), and then (more often than not) get completely countered by your opponents weather inducer. I believe I have proven that Garchomp's ability will not be of any use to him in Ubers. Next up is his typing. Dragon/Ground which gives STAB (Same Type Attack Boost) to Outrage, Dragon Claw, and Earthquake. Unfortunately his "great" typing is his biggest "Achilles Heel" while in the Ubers meta. This Gen, Game Freak (developers of Pokemon) added a new type, Fairy. Dragon type moves have ZERO effect on Fairy types. Also Ground type moves have ZERO effect on Flying types. Every competitive team has at least one Fairy type just to counter the over-abundance of Dragon types found in this tier. Thus, every good competitive team already has a built in counter to Garchomp already in their team. This practically makes Garchomp, as a sweeper, WORTHLESS until you have found a way to KO your opponent's Fairy types. To top it off, there are also plenty of Flying types to be found in the Ubers meta. His Sp.Def is lacking, allowing pokemon who cannot wall him but that have a good Sp.Atk stat, Mewtwo for example, to OHKO him. His Speed is lacking which allows almost everything that doesn't wall him to out-speed and KO him. Garchomp lacks a priority move! This makes it hard for him to revenge kill. In Ubers Garchomp has no role to play in a team that cannot be done better. I have already shown he is an inconsistent sweeper, a bad lead, and a bad revenge killer. To top this off the Ubers tier is filled with other Dragon types that CAN do these things and are BETTER options to use than him. I leave with the following list of some Garchomp counters commonly found in Ubers and my closing. Mewtwo - OHKO with Icebeam. Lugia - 2HKO with Icebeam. Kyogre - OHKO with either Water Spout or Icebeam. Rayquaza - OHKO with Outrage. Deoxys (Norm and Atk) - OHKO with Icebeam. Dialga - OHKO with Draco Meteor or Dragon Pulse. Palkia - OHKO with Spacial Rend. Arceus (Fairy) - OHKO with Judgment. Genesect - OHKO with Icebeam. Xerneas - OHKO with Moonblast. If Mega Garchomp was in the Uber tier almost no one would use it. Every competitive team in Ubers would have, on average, two or more pokemon that could decimate Garchomp. This would make him practically unusable. The tiering system was created to avoid stuff like this. It is supposed to allow any pokemon to be usable. Instead of being "just another Dragon type" to get slapped like a mosquito, Garchomp should stay in OU where he is still great to use. Sources: http://www.smogon.com... http://pokemonshowdown.com...