LogFAQs > #975414813

I definitely understand why sloppily-genned Pokemon would be banned from an official tournament. The rule makes sense on a surface level, but I ultimately think it's pretty arbitrary.

When it comes to Pokemon battling, the core decisions people make involve figuring out a team, determining a moveset/item/usecase for each individual Pokemon, and executing the strategy properly. There are also knowledge checks of the opponents Pokemon/strategy which can influence important tactical decisions like switches. Match variance comes in the form of crits, accuracy, and certain status effects.

Raising and breeding Pokemon yourself isn't apart of any of that. If this was a metric that was actually measured in the tournament, traded Pokemon would be banned alongside generated ones.