Are there any benefits whatsoever to using the Lati Twins' Mega Stones over Soul Dew?

Question

I personally see absolutely no benefits to running Mega Latios/Latias now that Soul Dew is out. Any ideas are appreciated.

Comments

Because the Evo's increase all stats and can't be knocked off, like Soul Dew can.

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It looks swaggity swag.

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I never liked how they looked :P

Answer 1

Soul Dew is banned.

If you're doing competitive battling Soul Dew is banned in all Smogon tiers except for ubers.
The Mega's were most likely made so that they could be used by everyone, competitive or not. Also, the whole soaring thing in ORAS is awesome.

Source

Comments

And what SoClassy said in the comments. If someone knocks off Soul Dew you will be in trouble..