Ultimate Champion
The Great Pokémon Master
I think it's great.
I know. That Ability was inspired exactly by the nature of Amnesia in Generation I. In the Generation V Übers metagame, I don't think it would be anywhere near as powerful as it was in Generation I though, due to the omnipresence of Choice Scarf, extremely powerful physical priority attacks such as the ExtremeSpeed of Arceus-Normal and Rayquaza (and against Mewtwo specifically, Giratina-O's Shadow Sneak), the EVs system which was around ever since Generation III (which prevents Mewtwo from being as bulky as it was in Generation I without sacrificing its Speed and Special Attack), as well as the fact that Mewtwo is no longer anywhere close to as resilient to special attacks as in the past. In fact, I highly doubt that Mewtwo with the Forbidden Memories Ability would be better than Arceus anyway.
I never said that it is impossible for a Pokémon to be "broken" in Übers. I personally think Arceus comes close, while Dragonaurus would definitely qualify if it existed. But I've read countless threads in the Policy Review forum on Smogon, and the official policy seems to be that individual Pokémon cannot possibly be banned from Übers regardless of how "broken" they may be, while moves and Abilities can be an exception under clauses. If this wasn't the case, then I believe that Arceus would have been suspect tested in its own tier a long time ago.
Do you REALLY want RBY Mewtwo again? X_X That was Amnesia's effect in RBY, since there was only Special.
I know. That Ability was inspired exactly by the nature of Amnesia in Generation I. In the Generation V Übers metagame, I don't think it would be anywhere near as powerful as it was in Generation I though, due to the omnipresence of Choice Scarf, extremely powerful physical priority attacks such as the ExtremeSpeed of Arceus-Normal and Rayquaza (and against Mewtwo specifically, Giratina-O's Shadow Sneak), the EVs system which was around ever since Generation III (which prevents Mewtwo from being as bulky as it was in Generation I without sacrificing its Speed and Special Attack), as well as the fact that Mewtwo is no longer anywhere close to as resilient to special attacks as in the past. In fact, I highly doubt that Mewtwo with the Forbidden Memories Ability would be better than Arceus anyway.
While it is definitely true that being banned from a tier because of its clauses is not the same thing as being banned for being broken, the reason why those clauses exist is because they are necessary. They are always on by default in Ubers because even Ubers doesn't like them. If you went to the PO forums and suggested the clauses to be turned off, you'd probably get a bunch of replies saying things like "No way evasion is OP'd" and "Moody is as broken as heck". It is completely possible for a Pokémon to be broken in Ubers. Whether it should be banned or not is entirely up to the server admins because there is no law that states nothing can be banned from Ubers.
I never said that it is impossible for a Pokémon to be "broken" in Übers. I personally think Arceus comes close, while Dragonaurus would definitely qualify if it existed. But I've read countless threads in the Policy Review forum on Smogon, and the official policy seems to be that individual Pokémon cannot possibly be banned from Übers regardless of how "broken" they may be, while moves and Abilities can be an exception under clauses. If this wasn't the case, then I believe that Arceus would have been suspect tested in its own tier a long time ago.