They Just Banned SLEEP MOVES in Gen 9. But Why?

Pokemon Competitive Singles has been turned on its head with the release of The Indigo Disk DLC.

With the re introduction of Darkrai into the metagame, a discussion was started surrounding the Sleep mechanic, and now Sleep moves have been banned entirely from Smogon's Gen 9 OU format.

This was a decision made by a Council vote rather than a Community suspect vote. In this video I explain my issues with this decision and why the community should've had more input.

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