Quagsgone Machoke Vote Reasoning

I think Machoke should be banned because of 3 reasons combined.

1) Machoke does not have any defensive counterplay. When you switch in on Machoke, your Pokemon will most likely be Knocked Off or get confused by Dynamic punch. In ORAS, Confusion has a 50% chance to hit yourself, so in the following turns your Pokemon will have 50% chance to get chip damage, set up hazards or heal. This means that you have a 50% chance to lose all momentum and potentially lose your ability to check Machoke later in the game. That is just too much in my opinion.

2) Not only is Machoke impossible to switch safely into, it's also very bulky. Defensive Pokemon that switch in can't do much damage back to Machoke and neutral moves from offensive pokemon will not kill unless Machoke is heavily weakened. Even Super Effective moves such as Psychic from Sash Kadabra or Brave Bird from Scarf Staravia does not kill Machoke from full health. There are also no Z-Moves in ORAS and this lets Machoke stay alive for even longer.

3) Since Mareanie doesn't exist in this gen, this means that Machoke doesn't need Earthquake. That leaves the last slot open for either priority which is nice against Kadabra or you can give it Bulk Up to take advantage of defensive Pokemon, or even get free setup turns if the opposing Pokemon hits itself in confusion.

I think these 3 reasons combined shows how strong Machoke is. No defensive counterplay and less offensive counterplay in this generation because of the loss of Z-moves and strong Pokemon such as Servine and Haunter. Machoke can also run Guts, but I wanted to talk about the Dynamic Punch set because I think the fact that you can hit the opposing Pokemon with a 100bp STAB move + confusion on the same turn is dumb. Especially when confusion has a 50% chance to hit yourself.