Why was Mienshao banned from Gen 8 UU?

Mienshao was banned from RU, it then shortly after got banned from UU and fell into UUBL, I don’t know why, since I didn’t even see a Mienshao when I was playing UU at the time and I want to know why.

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In UU, there were other factors that contributed to Mienshao’s Ban from UU.

However, Life Orb Mienshao has skyrocketed in popularity and dominance due to metagame changes such as the rise of Buzzwole, a common defensive counter, to OU. Moreover, the bans of Latias and Kommo-o were greatly in Mienshao’s favor, removing an omnipresent faster threat that could KO it and some heavy competition as a dangerous Fighting-type wallbreaker.

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There were two different sets Mienshao would run: Life Orb and Choice Scarf. Choice Scarf Mienshao was fine for the tier, but Life Orb was the dangerous set in UU. I’ll be covering the Life Orb set.

Life Orb SetMienshao @ Life OrbAbility: RegeneratorEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Close Combat- Knock Off- U-turn- Poison Jab / Stone Edge / Blaze Kick

This set was the most dangerous Mienshao set in the tier. Regenerator is the main cause, as Regenerator lets you recover from LO recoil, Rocky Helmet and Entry Hazard chip to be able to fire off poweful Close Combats. Knock Off would cripple checks like Moltres and Salamence. U-Turn would let Mienshao activate Regenerator and chip opposing Pokemon while escaping from a Pokemon it cannot OHKO. The last move allowed Mienshao to choose what checks it wanted to beat, as long as your team had the support to make up for the coverage moves Mienshao didn’t use. Poison Jab allowed Mienshao to damage Fairy-types such as Azumarill, Tapu Bulu, and Primarina. Stone Edge allowed you to defeat Moltres. Blaze Kick was used to beat Amoonguss.