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[Gen 1] Glitch OU: Swords Dance (and why you should use it)
Hello, I am posting a quick update to discuss the best move that isn't now banned (yes, Amnesia/Sleep Powder are banned, now) in [Gen 1] Glitch OU, with that being Swords Dance! I want to point out a few great users of the move and give you an idea of what they usually run.
The most obvious four users of the move are Arcanine, Kangaskhan, Nidoking, and F2 242 Y (Pinsir clone). Arcanine is particularly potent in that it can run either Physical or Special; it gets access to Fire Blast, Blizzard, Thunderbolt, and Surf in addition to a Physical set with Earthquake/Rock Slide/Submission. Definitely the most threatening mon in the tier. Kangaskhan can set up and proceed to sweep with its mid-to-high speed tier and access to STAB Body Slam, Hyper Beam, Earthquake, Rock Slide, and Jump Kick. (Self-Destruct/Explosion are banned). Nidoking, likewise, has a mid-to-high speed tier and access to STAB Earthquake, Rock Slide, and Submission. Last, the Pinsir clone, F2 242 Y, has access to Earthquake, Submission, and Body Slam. I just want to emphasize that all of these Pokemon can sweep unprepared teams.
Other users of Swords Dance include Golem, Rhydon, and Machamp; these Pokemon fit more on ParaSpam teams, and thus are more niche, though are still viable.
TLDR; it's worth running Swords Dance on: (clone)
Update 7/2: Kangaskhan has been banned. Too obvious of a choice, after one SD it can sweep with its 450 BP Hyper Beams.
Back To Square One (Development under way. Thanks to DuoM2 and everyone at the discord, especially Yak Attack, for their great help to make this meta) View attachment 518302
Mascot:
Summary of the Mod: Every Move, Held Item, Ability and Pokémon's base stats will work like they did in their debut generation. Raichu has 100 base Speed instead of 110, Blizzard has 120 BP and 90% acc, Protean activates for every move used, etc. (National Dex Based)
Every Gen 1 Pokémon will have SpA and SpD stats equal to their Special Stat in RBY (Ex: Charizard has 85 SpA and SpD, Gengar has 130 SpA and SpD, etc.);
Any move that affected Special in Gen 1 (ie Psychic, Amnesia and Growth) will now affect SpA and SpD at the same time (meaning Amnesia is a double Calm Mind, but Cosmic Power will still never raise SpA, since it didn't debut in Gen 1);
The type chart will remain unchanged;
Status conditions also work as normal (So no super OP Freeze and no Electric type getting Paralysed);
Every Pokémon's movepool and Ability options will remain the same (otherwise early Gen Pokémon would suck);
Moves introduced prior to Gen 4 will have their original type-dependent categories (Ice Punch is Special, Hyper Voice is Physical, etc.).
Struggle will remain unchanged to avoid endless battle clause scenarios.
Similarly, Hidden Power's patterns will be the gen 3 ones due to IV mechanics being unchanged (EVs too by the way).
All of the PLA Moves will have their gen 9 effect, due to the game's different mechanics and lack of PvP
Competitive Overview:
Standart National Dex
Smogon Wide Clauses
Freeze Clause Mod (JP RBY Blizzard has a 30% Freeze chance... yikes)
Dynamax Clause
Bans: Power Construct, Arena Trap, Shadow Tag, Dig, Fly (Glitched in gen 1), Baton Pass, Last Respects
Cloyster @ White Herb
Ability: Overcoat
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shell Smash
- Blizzard
- Tera Blast
- Hydro Pump
Icicle Spear Sucks now, but Cloyster now has a solid 85 SpD, meaning that setting up is much easier now. Plus Blizzard is a good replacement.
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Do you remember that weather was so broken in Gen 5 that weather abilities were nerfed to not be permanent? Well forget about that, 'cause the chaos is back! Also... Hail Yeah! Because Hail is also back and Snow is now only settable via Chlilling Reception and Snowscape and its pretty much useless anyways.
Yeah... let's talk about the Great Tusk on the room: Amnesia. Now this move raises SpA and SpD by two stages, basically like a double Calm Mind. Scream Tail and both Slowkings in particular also have Stored Power to get past Unaware Pokémon.
Recover has 32 pp now... yikes.
Chansey @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpA
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Flamethrower
- Tera Blast
- Soft-Boiled
- Calm Mind Chansey has its precious 105 SpA back. Calm Mind sets probably will be quite hard to stop thanks to its massive bulk and recovery.
Dragapult @ Leftovers
Ability: Clear Body
Tera Type: Dragon
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Darts
- Shadow Ball
- Substitute/ Psychic Fangs Dragapult has Physical Shadow Ball now... is this really getting banned from another OM?
Protean and Libero, like I mentioned earlier, now work like they did prior to being nerfed. Time to see who is getting banned first.
These are far from the only things that was unnerfed here. Aegislash, Soul Dew, among othwrs, will definitely shake up the metagame as well.
Forget about Dual Screens, they only affect the user now. Aurora Veil still works jut fine though.
Defog no longer removes hazards from your side of the field. Now the only ways to remove hazards are Rapid Spin (which now is 20bp and doesn't raise speed) Mortal Spin (Glimmora) and Tidy Up (Maushold). You can also play against hazards with Magic Bounce (Mega Diancie seems particularly good with Amnesia) and the always reliable Heavy Duty Boots.
While Dragapult may have loved that Shadow Ball is Physical now, I wouldn't say the same about other, special attacking Ghost types. Now the only half decent, non signature Special Ghost moves are Hex and Ominous Wind.
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Losing Stabs to the lazyearly gen Physical-Special Split is never fun. For example, Crunch, Knock Off (which now only has 20bp anyways), Dragon Claw and Outrage (now only 90bp) are all special now. Dark types still have some decent options (like 80 bp Sucker Punch), but Dragon types aren't nearly as lucky (Dragon Rush isn't exactly good).
Unlike Cloyster, Breloom hates losing Bullet Seed, making Technician sets effectively useless now. At least it can still run Poison Heal ig.
Weak Armor now only raises speed by one stage.
Thats right, the Sitrus and HP pinch Berries are useless now, which only really affects Belly Drum, Shed Tail and Harvest users anyway, but still relevant enough to be mentioned.
Questions for the community:
Currently nothing
If there is something that I may be missing, just let me know please!
I have zero idea if I'm allowed to do this... so please warn me if I'm not Back to Square One is suspect testing Soul Dew!
Yeah, it seems too early to do this (the meta isn't out yet), but I don't feel right on quickbanning this item without giving it a chance
Why should it be banned? - Simple... 140 BP dracos coming of a Latios or Latias that has what is effectively a free Calm Mind is absurd. Chansey and Bulky Fairies like Flutter Mane, Clefable and Amnesia Scream Tail are bulled over by Psyshock, Psychic "Special" drops, or coverage moves. There's very few things that would check the Twins, making them restricting on the teambiulder.
Why shouldn't it be banned? - Power Creep, in addition to Amnesia users mostly walling variants withought Psyshock. Scream Tail and Knock Off Clefable should do a decent job checking them.
If you are intrested in giving your oppinion, please post in my wall telling if you think it should be banned or not, and why. Keep in mind the meta isn't out yet, so this is mostly speculation. I might do this again when the meta becomes playable
Servus! Finally after almost 2 years of going back and forth on this, I can finally announce that Roovnen is done! Mostly anyways, learnsets are missing for 90% of the Pokemon, including past gen mons that are not in SV, and the code had been altered to fit better onto PS, so I have to recode some of it for DH. However, the main concept, Pokedex, Moves, Abilities and Items are done as well as changes to already existing elements.
First off, what is Roovnen? My Solomod focused on creating a region called Roovnen based on Austria, Switzerland and Germany, although admittingly, I based Pokemon less and less about these countries as I went along. While I want to create a story and characters around the region, I focused primarily on battling since this is a Solomod afterall. You can check out the list of changes here, since there's a lot of them I won't go over all of them. For now, I will go over some standouts.
The meta has 400 Pokemon from the Regional Dex and some home additions. Several moves and abilities got tweaked and some Pokemon got stat and ability buffs. Check out the spreadsheet for more. I wanted to go indepth about everything that significantly impacts the meta, so that post will take more time. I will also need time to convert the code from PS to DH, so no way to play it currently! Furthermore, movepools for older Pokemon are not complete yet but that takes the least amount of time.
Regional Dex
and all Roovnen Pokemon obviously!
Home Additions
*side note: Prevolutions and Alternate Forms are also in the mod, I didn't want to clutter the spoiler.
7 months into Gen 9 the guy who runs the solomod forum finally submits a mod, that's crazy
Anyway, this actually wasn't the mod I initially planned to release first, as I've actually been working on one on and off for like the entire year lol, but I'm gonna sit on for just a bit longer and am gonna release this fun I idea I had instead.
Name of Mod: VGC by RNG Mascot: Link to Changes: Here Summary of the Mod: Inspired by the Gen 8 Pet Mod Random Dex, I randomly generated a list of ~100 fully evolved Pokemon (+10 restricted mons, but they aren't legal yet) to be legal in a Gen 9 VGC format, with the goal of seeing what would rise to the top in such a limited metagame and what usually useless mons could find a place in the absence of stronger options. Unlike in Random Dex, some changes to moves, items, and abilities were made before the list of mons was generated, with more changes (including Pokemon changes) to come after playtesting, which'll also be necessary to tone down anything broken as you can't ban anything in VGC. The metagame is based on Gen 9's regional dex, so Terastalization is legal (using DH's implementation of it that uses your Pokemon's Hidden Power type), and no Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, or Dynamax. Movepools for mons not in SV were made manually using their most recent level-up and egg moves, then adding any moves they could previously learn that are TMs in SV. Competitive Overview: The meta is obviously in its infancy, I haven't even really done any playtesting, but a couple things look pretty wild already, which I'll detail in the spoilers below. Even if you don't play VGC at all, I would love it if you tried out the metagame once it goes live after the next server restart, so be sure to read all the stuff below if you wanna try it out!
All Legal Fully Evolved Pokemon
The Brokens Iron Bundle Tapu Koko Ting-Lu Ursaluna Whimsicott
The Good Abomasnow Brute Bonnet Celesteela Comfey Corviknight Dracovish Enamorus Enamorus-Therian Gliscor Golisopod Hitmontop Infernape Iron Moth Kingdra Latios Medicham Milotic Oranguru Orthworm Politoed Rhyperior Seismitoad Skeledirge Tyranitar Volcarona Wo-Chien
Sample Cores:
(click the sprites for sets) - Iron Bundle + Tapu Koko + Iron Moth - Iron Bundle + Abomasnow - Oranguru + Ursaluna - Oranguru + Medicham - Tapu Koko + Enamorus - Politoed + Kingdra + Seismitoad - Politoed + Dracovish - Whimsicott + Dracovish - Celesteela + Ting-Lu - Oranguru + Camerupt - Houndstone + Tyranitar + Dracovish - Oranguru + Bellibolt or Rhyperior - Iron Moth + Whimsicott - the closest thing you can get to perish trap - i am adding a neutralizing gas mon at the first available opportunity
Sample Teams
(Will add more as I playtest more) - Hard Trick Room (if you're new to VGC, use this, get trick room up at all costs and then click buttons) - Snow Cloak Mamoswine + Brokens
Weather / Terrains Drought: N/A Prankster Sunny Day: Sun Abusers:
Drizzle: Prankster Rain Dance: Rain Abusers:
Sand Stream: Sand Abusers:
Snow Warning: Snow Abusers:
Terrains: Terrain Abusers:
Perhaps I'll do a forum tour to get that playtesting I desire, but for now if you wanna play, then just hit me up on the Solomods Discord and I may be available
Wow, thats a lot of crazy changes... I actually was thinking of posting a mod with a similar concept in OMs or pet mods (Too busy on my current solomod)
If I were you tho, insted of banning moves with below 100 acc, you could make every move guaranteed to hit (like no guard), which of course only apply to moves with 50 acc or above (meaning OHKO moves would always miss :/ )
Of course its your mod and its up to you what you do with the moves, and while changing the acc of a lot of moves seems tedious... adding every single move to the banlist seems even worse (at least for me) (nvm you already did it you crazy)
No Luck All Skill deserves Pet Mod of The Century status.
ok here is a funny lil side mod I began working on ten mins before opening this thread
EVERYTHING EVER LUKE'D ALL AT ONCE
Welcome to Everything Ever Luke'd All At Once.
It is exactly what it sounds like. Every sub I ever win for every Pet Mod in Gen 9* will be in this solomod, and only subs that I win will. They will all be together and it will be a metagame that you play.
Enough talking, here are the available Pokemon.
Clean Slate Micro 2
Name of the Pokemon: Virizion Type: Steel / Grass
Abilities: Justified / Sap Sipper | HA: Steely Spirit Stat Distribution: 61 HP / 90 Atk / 86 Def / 70 SpA / 99 SpD / 88 Spe Movepool Additions: Anchor Shot, Leech Seed, Taunt, Horn Leech Movepool Removals: Close Combat
Name of the Pokemon: Talonflame Type:
Abilities: Flame Body | HA: Gale Wings Stat Distribution: 126 / 81 / 59 / 76 / 71 / 73 | 486 Movepool Additions: Lava Plume Movepool Removals: U-Turn
Ability: Cleansing Fire Stats: 65 HP / 107 Atk / 95 Def / 61 SpA / 109 SpD / 133 Spe | BST: 570 Paradox: Sky New Moves: Dodrio's Movepool + Hyper Drill, Drill Run, Earthquake, High Horsepower, U-turn, Axe Kick, Stealth Rock, Court Change, Rapid Spin, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Smack Down, Triple Kick, Agility Signature Move: Triple Drill - Ground | 20 BP | 10 PP | 90% Acc | Physical | Hits three times. Each hit increases in BP by 20, but they have separate accuracy checks. Removed Moves: Knock Off, All Flying type moves sans Drill Peck, Swords Dance
Megas Revisted
Name: Mega Audino Type:
Ability: Regenerator Stats: 103 HP / 60 Atk / 130 Def / 100 SpA / 97 SpD / 55 Spe [BST: 545] Summary of Stat Changes: +44 Def / +40 SpA / +12 SpD / +5 Spe New Moves: Discharge, Volt Switch, Charge Beam, Charge, Zap Cannon
Name: Mega Houndoom Type:
Ability: Merciless*
*Merciless - Triggers on all status ailments Stats: 75 HP / 90 Atk / 90 Def / 140 SpA / 90 SpD / 115 Spe [BST: 600] Summary of Stat Changes: same as in standard New Moves: Toxic Spikes, Venoshock, Hex
Ability: Sharpness Stats: 68 HP / 150 Atk / 100 Def / 65 SpA / 127 SpD / 108 Spe [BST: 545] Summary of Stat Changes: +25 Atk / +35 Def / +17 SpD / +28 Spe New Moves: Mach Punch, Sacred Sword
Name: Mega Aggron Type:
Ability: Dauntless Shield*
Dauntless Shield - Boots Defense by one stage on switch in. Stat boost is cleared at the end of the following turn. Stats: 70 HP / 145 Atk / 185 Def / 85 SpA / 85 SpD / 60 Spe Summary of Stat Changes: +35 Atk / +5 Def / +20 SpA / +25 SpD / +10 Spe New Moves: Volt Switch
New Pokémon Name: Calyrex-Midnight Stat Changes: 80 / 80 / 85 / 115 / 95 / 105 (535) Typing Changes:
Ability Changes: Grim Neigh - Resets all stat changes and non volatile status inflictions for all active Pokémon upon fainting. Movepool Changes (If Any):
New Pokémon Name: Stunfisk-Trap Stat Changes: 109 HP / 120 Atk / 97 Def / 66 SpA / 85 SpD / 44 Spe | 497 BST Typing Changes: Ground / Steel Ability Changes: Strong Jaw / Poison Point | HA: Gluttony Movepool Changes (If Any):
Fire Fang, Spiky Shield, Toxic, Spikes, Leech Seed, Toxic Spikes
N/A
Category:
Type:
Base Power: 75 Accuracy: 100 PP: 10 Effect(s): Partially traps foe for 4-5 turns. Bite move.
New Pokémon Name: Salazzle Stat Changes: 106 HP / 110 Atk / 65 Def / 75 SpA / 70 SpD / 94 Spe [BST: 522] Typing Changes:
Ability Changes: Multiscale Movepool Changes:
Outrage, Thunder Wave, Bulk Up, Fire Renewal*
All Poison type moves sans Toxic, Dragon Dance
Category:
Type:
Base Power: -
Accuracy: -
PP: 10 Effect(s): Heals 75% of max HP and removes status infliction from the user. Removes the user's Fire type. Fails if the user is not a Fire type.
New Pokémon Name: Necrozma-Lionheart Stat Changes: 97 HP / 109 Atk / 79 Def / 89 SpA / 103 SpD / 67 Spe [BST: 534] Typing Changes:
Wave Crash - Water type Sucker Punch. 33% Recoil.
Venoshock - Works on all status ailments.
Sky Breach - Turns the user's Water type moves into Flying type moves and boosts them by 20%.
Pokémon Name: Maushold-Extended Stats: 85 HP / 80 Atk / 85 Def / 80 SpA / 85 SpD / 110 Spe | BST: 520 Typing:
Original Pokémon: Arcanine New Pokémon: Arcamine Stats: +15 Atk, +10 Spe, -25 SpA Typing:
Abilities: Guard Dog / Solid Rock | HA: Sand Rush Height: Same as Arcanine Weight: 159 kg Movepool Changes:
+Accelerock, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb, Rock Throw, Stomping Tantrum, Stealth Rock, Head Smash, Spikes, Sandstorm, Rototiller, Sand Tomb, Mud Slap, Mud Bomb, Mud Shot, Sand Attack, Drill Run, Smack Down, Earth Power, Meteor Beam, Power Gem, Ice Fang, Bulk Up
-All Fire type moves sans Fire Fang, Morning Sun
Original Pokémon: Steelix New Pokémon: Eelix Stats: 75 HP / 75 Atk / 105 Def / 75 SpA / 150 SpD / 30 Spe Typing:
Abilities: Water Veil / Volt Absorb | HA: Static Weight: 179 kg Movepool Changes:
+Surf, Scald, Hydro Pump, Wave Crash, Liquidation, Wild Charge, Thunderbolt, Volt Switch, Thunder Wave, Heal Bell, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Snowscape, Parabolic Charge, Magnet Rise, Life Dew, Charge, Thunder Shock, Thunder, Coil, Flip Turn, Waterfall, Spark, Muddy Water, Mud Bomb, Sludge, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Pain Split, Soak, Rain Dance
-All Rock and Steel type moves sans Iron Tail, Stealth Rock and Flash Cannon, Fire Fang
Original Pokémon: Crobat New Pokémon: Crowhat Stats: 95 HP / 105 Atk / 80 Def / 60 SpA / 80 SpD / 115 Spe Typing:
Abilities: Wind Rider / Unnerve | HA: Intimidate Weight: 28 kg Movepool Changes:
+Vine Whip, Power Whip, Razor Leaf, Leaf Storm, Leaf Tornado, Ingrain, Synthesis, Seed Bomb, Bullet Seed, Leech Seed, Grass Knot, Grass Whistle, Grassy Glide, Grassy Terrain, Energy Ball, Lash Out, Throat Chop, Embargo, Beat Up, Brutal Swing, Foul Play, Sucker Punch, Quash, Rain Dance, Body Slam, Play Rough, Final Gambit, Swords Dance, Knock Off, Close Combat
-All Poison type moves, all Flying type moves sans Acrobatics, Aerial Ace, Hurricane, Tailwind and Defog, Leech Life, Hypnosis, Super Fang, Crunch, Bite, Hex
Original Pokémon: Azumarill New Pokémon: Kazuumarill Stats: 100 HP / 20 Atk / 70 Def / 100 SpA / 80 SpD / 50 Spe Typing:
Abilities: Punk Rock / Soundproof | HA: Klutz Weight: Same as Standard Movepool Changes:
+Ember, Will-O-Wisp, Fire Blast, Trick Room, Boomburst, Hyper Voice, Snarl, Taunt, Spotlight, Uproar, Torch Song, Metal Sound, Heavy Slam, Heat Crash, Flare Blitz, Heat Wave, Fire Punch, Flame Charge, Screech, Dark Pulse, Foul Play, Clear Smog, Roar, Overheat, Flamethrower, Parting Shot, Stealth Rock, Calm Mind, Flash Cannon
-All Water, Ice and Fairy type moves
Original Pokémon: Wugtrio New Pokémon: Wugtrio Stats: 40 HP / 110 Atk / 50 Def / 20 SpA / 82 SpD / 123 Spe Typing:
Abilities: Technician / Rattled | HA: Swift Swim Weight: Same as In Standard Movepool Changes:
+Toxapex's Movepool, Earthquake, U-turn, Pain Split
Triple Dive - 30 BP. 95% Acc. Hits 3 times. Water. Physical. Contact. 10 PP.
Original Pokémon: Toedscruel New Pokémon: Toedscruel Stats: 80 HP / 70 Atk / 75 Def / 90 SpA / 120 SpD / 80 Spe Typing:
Abilities: Mycelium Might* | HA: Dancer
Mycelium Might - This Pokemon's Status moves ignore certain Abilities of other Pokemon, and go last among Pokemon using the same or greater priority moves. Moves affected by MMight cannot be taunted, disabled, Tormented, Heal Blocked, affected by Encore, copied in any way nor can their PP be artificially reduced.
Weight: Same as In Standard Movepool Changes:
+Strength Sap, Athlete's Foot*, Earthquake, Taunt, Hidden Power
Athlete's Foot - BP. 100% Acc. Grass. Status. Dance. 15 PP. Lowers foe's Special Attack and Defense by one stage, then switches user out.
Blindsided
Name: Ferroluna Typing: Fairy / Dark Stats: 90 HP / 135 Atk / 90 Def / 89 SpA / 80 SpD / 117 Spe Abilities: Protosynthesis / Quark Drive Full Movepool:
Effect: For the rest of the turn, user steals certain support moves to use itself. These include all already Snatchable moves as well as: Spikes, Stealth Rock, Toxic Spikes, Sticky Web, Healing Stones, Shelter, Latent Venom, Shed Tail, Fillet Away, Revival Blessing, Aromatic Mist Priority: 2 Flags (ex: Contact, Sound): Protect, Mirror
Effect: 100% chance to badly poison the target and lower their defenses by one stage each. Strikes two turns after being used (a la Future Sight). Priority: 0 Flags: Mirror, Protect
Skull Bash - Steel type standard Meteor Beam for Attack
Meteor Beam - Doesn't charge in Sand
Cloud Nine - Same effects in standard + ignores Terrain effects.
Smackdown - 65 BP. Also stops pivoting movs from working.
Name: Desert Storm Power: 90 Accuracy: 100 PP: 15 Category: Physical Type: Ground Effect: Hits two turns after use and sets sandstorm. Sandstorm is set even if the move does not hit due to immunities. Priority: 0 Flags: Same as Future Sight
Name: Baseball Bat Effect: Boosts the power of contact moves by ×1.25. If holder is hit by a Ball/bomb move, takes 50% less damage and the item breaks. Can Be Knocked Off: Y Ignored by Klutz: Y Fling Power & Effect: 50 BP, flinches target
Fakemon Frontier
Fakemon Name: Scorpixie Weight: 65 kg Stats: 67 HP / 83 Atk / 146 Def / 104 SpA / 77 SpD / 81 Spe Typing: Bug / Fairy Abilities: Tablets of Ruin | HA: Swarm Movepool:
Ability: Illuminate Base Stats: 59 / 45 / 73 / 61 / 25 / 37 | BST: 300 Notable Moves: Ancient Power, Stealth Rock, Rock Polish, Rock Throw, Meteor Beam, Rock Blast, Power Gem, Gyro Ball, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Metal Sound, Iron Defense, Metal Burst, Metal Claw, Steel Roller, Steel Beam, Dazzling Gleam, Sing, Hyper Voice, Gust, Peck, Reflect, Pluck, Thunder Wave and universal Gen 9 TMs Height + Weight: 0.37m, 72 kg
Abilities: Neutralizing Gas Move Additions: Boo!*, Kaboom*, Thunderjolt*, Sleep Powder Move Removals: All Attacking Ghost moves sans Night Shade and Shadow Sneak, Nasty Plot
(Gen 9 Gengar's Movepool as Base)
Effect: The user faints after using this move, unless this move broke the target's substitute. The target's Defense is halved during damage calculation. Priority: 0 Flags: Snatch, Damp
Ghost STAB Gen 1 Self Destruct. Having big Explosion isn't really enough for Gengar, so we decided to add an option to scare out Ghosts who might try to hustle and block our main way of dealing damage.
Effect: The user faints after using this move, unless this move broke the target's substitute. The target's Defense is halved during damage calculation. Priority: 0 Flags: Snatch, Damp
Gen 1 Explosion replicated for modern times. Kills anything that doesn't resist tbh.
Effect: 10% chance to paralyze. Guaranteed crit against slower opponents. Priority: 0 Flags: Snatch
Gen 1 Thunderbolt, equipped with it's hair tearing miss rate and the propensity to land critical hits if foe is slower just like Gen 1's crit rate.
Name: Raikou Niche: GSC OU Stats: 80 HP / 85 Atk / 80 Def / 115 SpA / 100 SpD / 110 Spe | BST: 570 Type:
Abilities: Legendary Beast* Move Additions: Deep Sleep*, Surf, Aurora Beam Move Removals: Volt Switch, Scald
(Based on Raikou's Gen 8 Movepool)
Legendary Beast - Pokemon without this ability have their Atk and SpA multiplied by 0.75.
Deep Sleep - Psychic | Status | - Acc | 16 PP | Fully restores user's HP and puts user to sleep for 2 turns. If this move is rolled by Sleep Talk, the user's HP is fully restored and the sleep counter resets.
Abilities: Mold Breaker | HA: Head Barrage*
Head Barrage* - All Special moves used by the user become physical and add 25% recoil. Stats: 117 HP / 130 Atk / 75 Def / 60 SpA / 60 SpD / 93 Spe | BST: 535 New Moves: Play Rough, Moonblast, Sweet Kiss, Moonlight, Taunt, Dazzling Gleam Removed Moves: Toxic
Name: Archeops-Cretaceous Typing:
Abilities: First Flight*
*User is considered airborne until hit with an attack. Resets upon switching out. Stats: 85 HP / 130 Atk / 85 Def / 92 SpA / 65 SpD / 110 Spe | BST: 370 New Moves: Mach Punch, Superpower, High Jump Kick, Bulk Up, Coaching, Brick Break, Dynamic Punch, Fury Attack, Focus Blast, Close Combat, Axe Kick Removed Moves: Roost, Sky Attack, Fly, Pluck
TeraMax
Name: Darmanitan-Galar Type:
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Stats: 105 / 140 / 55 / 30 / 55 / 95 (Base) | 105 / 55 / 65 / 120 / 65 / 130 (Zen) Abilities: Gorilla Tactics* | HA: Zen Mode*
Gorilla Tactics - Same effects as in standard, but disables any Choiced items.
Zen Mode - Transforms at the start of the turn if it selects a special move. New / Changed Moves: Tera Blast, Ice Spinner, Ice Shard, Lava Plume Removed Moves: N/A
Ability: Quark Drive Stats: 80 HP / 140 Atk / 120 Def / 50 SpA / 80 SpD / 110 Spe | 590 BST Paradox: Future New Moves: Earthquake, Acrobatics, Air Slash, Aerial Ace, Fly, Air Cutter, Hurricane, Sky Attack, Iron Head, Smart Strike, Zen Headbutt, Electric Terrain Removed Moves: Calm Mind, Moonblast, Misty Terrain, Dazzling Gleam, Misty Explosion, Draining Kiss, Sunny Day
I believe that it is currently up to date with all of the subs I made this gen that won. Very funny looking potential meta lmao.
It goes without saying, that the existence of this solomod should NOT impact voting for my submissions in any shape or way. This is a fun lil side project that MIGHT be good to play, but it doesn't have to be (we alr have Uber and LC level mons here). So please don't do that.
Ok... Its time for some updates about Back To Square One
The release of the meta will be delayed for a while... I messed up hard while coding and I put updated showdown functions on the outdated Dragon Heaven... resulting in pratically everything not working at all.
Soul Dew will be suspect tested again immediatly upon the release of BTS1.
Also, I'm thinking about potentially developing another solomod in the future after BTS1 is finished. I have an entire dex of Fakemon and concept for an fangame. So of course I want to create a Showdown meta for it as well (tho the fangame in question is NOT in development, at least on the actual coding part :P)
Name of Mod: A Golden Experience Mascot: Lucario Link to Changes: Spreadsheet, Discord server Summary of the Mod: National Dex based Solomod, where we try to make every Pokemon usable in any mean. We also have custom moves, abilities, and Fakemon as well as megas! No Z-moves, Dynamax, or Terastal. Hidden Power was removed from most abusers as well. Competitive Overview: As a NatDex based Solomod, we have a lot of things here, but here are some of the ones I kinda like:
Glalie-Mega benefits a lot from our mod. New ability Explosive allows to use Explosion-like moves without KOing your Pokemon. All OHKO moves were revamped, and Sheer Cold became a 150 BP Special Ice Explosion that sets Hail, so now Glalie-Mega is extremely powerful with high BP coverage and STAB, but it should be held back by its weak bulk and slow Speed.
No hope for the chicken in Uber, due to Koraidon! So now, it has been heavily modified. Base form lost Speed Boost for Striker (Iron Fist clone for kicking moves), and mega got Magic Guard, and a huge Atk nerf. Magic Guard raises artificially its bulk to a higher level (due to no chip from hazards, Toxic etc), but it can also spam 2 powerful STABs without any drawback.
Another OHKO move revamped: Fissure! Now a 90 BP physical Ground move with 10% to lower Def, aka a bone thrown to physical Sheer Force users, and Nidoking is perhaps the most effective out of them (gotta talk about it later). Special sets are still pretty much viable and possibly still better due to higher BP + less competition as a special breaker, but physical sets can use his higher Atk stats.
Unbanned nerfed Landorus, with a new ability so it can still do things that are not "Lando-T but less good. Oh, and now its Atk and SpA are swapped, meaning it actually has 125 SpA, with Nasty Plot and Sandsear Storm...
Another nerfed OHKO move, and this time, Guillotine mimics its pre-mega ability Moxie by being a more powerful but with a weaker effect than Felt Stinger. It can easily snowball, but otherwise, Pinsir-Mega stuff.
Viable Slaking? Perhaps. Nullifying Orb allows it to nullify its ability, so it's basically a 670 BST mon with 160 Atk and a great, great bulk (150/100/65), as well as good coverage, setup, and heal. The catch here is that the second you get hit by Knock Off, you have a deadweight on your team. But hey, should be fine? 670 behemoth, without any effective ability or item, but still 670 BST behemoth.
Lanturn @ Leftovers
Ability: Night Light
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Volt Switch / Discharge
- High Water
- Heal Bell / Toxic / Thunder Wave
Lanturn is already good, so give it a tiny more bulk, healing, and a better ability (Night Light is Thick Fat but for Ghost and Dark moves)... Now, it's easily a nice wall, yet a bit too passive.
Hypno @ Assault Vest
Ability: Endless Dream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Dream Eater
- Wake-Up Slap
- Foul Play
- Hypnotic Horror
Endless Dream is an ability that applies Comatose to every Pokemon on the field, meaning they actually well... all get hit by Dream Eater and Wake-Up Slap. This mon isn't very viable, but is a lot of fun.
Wigglytuff @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Fire Blast
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt
Wigglytuff finally good! Now, it's a slow breaker, that hits extremely hard, but suffers competition from both Nidoking and Braviary-Hisui (not sure how much Braviary-H would run Sheer Force over Tinted Lens though).
Metagross-Mega is also unbanned, and Cosmic Energy allows it to skip charging turns altogether. Now, it'll easily run a mixed set with Meteor Beam spam, or it can even run Skull Bash viably if it wants to.
Malamar buff! Hypnotic Horror is a Dark special Superpower, meaning that it can boost all of its stat bar Speed. Indecisive Orb is a Life Orb like item, but it inflicts Torment. Still, it can click Superpower and Hypnotic Horror, and after that, click a +1 100 BP Stored Power.
Sunflora @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Growth
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
- Earth Power
Insert something about Grass/Fire Drought Sunflora.
Bouffalant @ Assault Vest
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Body Slam
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Headlong Rush
The very definition of a tank. Bouffalant is now incredibly bulky due to 95/95/95 bulk being great for Fluffy.
Regieleki with coverage!? OK, it got a huge nerf in its ability (x1.2 instead of x1.3 or x1.5), and its only coverage is Flame Burst and Superpower. It can even miss the kill on bulky enough Grass with Flame Burst Specs Modest, and you can still easily wall it with a bulky Ground not weak to Fire.
Copperajah @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Fissure
- Golem Strike
- Stealth Rock
Copperajah @ Leftovers
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Epicenter
- Whirlwind
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
Copperajah @ Choice Band
Ability: Heavy Metal
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Heavy Slam
- Heat Crash
- Headlong Rush
- Stone Edge
Copperajah @ Assault Vest
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Epicenter
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Stone Edge
I like this thing. Got a bit more bulk, Steel/Ground, every single set likes the Ground type. Fissure Sheer Force is back, and Epicenter is a physical Ground Future Sight. Steel/Ground with Water immunity is extremely nice despite the quad Fire weakness.
Silvally @ Life Orb
Ability: RKS System
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
- Recover
Silvally-Fighting @ Choice Band
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Multi-Attack
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
- U-turn
- Extreme Speed
Silvally-Poison @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- U-turn
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Poison Fang
Silvally is now OU Arceus. Like, really. Now, it got some more useful moves (most notable ones including Calm Mind, Recover and Extreme Speed), it's one of the last mons with Hidden Power (buffed to 100 BP, and will be Physical if Atk > SpA), and no longer needs an item, every single form got a new ability (RKS System gives x1.2 to non-STAB moves). Some forms are better than others, and I could talk about them for hours, but those are some sets I kinda enjoy.
Gogoat @ Leftovers
Ability: Grass Pelt
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Grassy Glide
- Rock Slide
- Milk Drink
Putting the Goat in Gogoat. Or at least trying to. Now, Grass Pelt is a clone of Hadron Engine for Grassy Terrain that boosts Def, so, with the Grassy Terrain, the Def boost, and Milk Drink, it can be surprisingly bulky. Despite all of that, it's still not very viable (Tapu Bulu, Rillaboom, and the new Goldiorno are heavy competition), but hey, it can be UU or RU instead of being ZU?
Wailord @ Leftovers
Ability: Blowhole
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Ice Beam
- Flip Turn
- Slack Off
We had to scratch our heads on this one. Like, really. When the analysis say "Do not use Wailord." in ZU... This Pokemon has no stat beside HP, and can click Water Spout. Yes, that's all. So we made it extremely good at clicking Water Spout (now its Water moves will set Rain, and Water Spout is locked to 150 BP). Yes this is all what we found to make it remotely usable at all.
Guzzlord @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Knock Off
- Dissolution
- Slack Off
- Spikes
More bulk, less Speed, and a shitton new moves. Spikes, Slack Off, Dissolution (a Poison type Core Enforcer), and Parting Shot for its famous scream (warning: sound loud). Now it compresses a lot of utility, and has a lot of useful resistances, but is still nowhere near broken due to common weaknesses (Fighting, Fairy, Ice, even Bug is annoying).
Hatterene getting a bit more bulk, more moves, so it can be a bone thrown at Stall teams. They don't really have any option for Magic Bounce other than Sableye-Mega, so they can now actually run another mega without lacking a Magic Bouncer.
Wigglytuff-Mega @ Wigglytite
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Knock Off
- Moonblast
- Heal Bell
Another Wigglytuff buff! With Fluffy, its bulk is simply monstruous, and it can easily just block down the road.
They were created as an attempt to nerf Koraidon and Miraidon a bit, as they are powerful. Normal forms are still Uber but need an item, so say hello to OU versions! They are indeed powerful, but are still kinda manageable, due to well... not having their broken ass abilities. They make Sun and Electric spam very powerful still (Tapu Koko + Iron Valiant + Miraidon-Weakened equals to war crimes).
Serperior-Galar is especially arrogant compared to the Serperior we all know. Unconcerned is a funny ability: it's Unaware, but for yourself. So you're not affected by drops, but you cannot setup. Hey, it's worse Contrary, but at least Serperior-G can have coverage without breaking the game in halves!
Flygon-Mega @ Flygonite
Ability: Desert Song
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Boomburst
- Sonic Boom
- Fire Blast
- U-turn
Extremely powerful Flygon-Mega, Desert Song is a Liquid Voice clone for Ground type. Fire/Ground is great coverage, and Sonic Boom became a sound priority, so it's like, extremely good. Borderline broken, even.
Goldiorno @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Golden Experience
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn
I was talking about it earlier. Fighting/Fairy with Grassy Surge is funny, and well, it lacks STAB on Grassy Glide but it has STAB Close Combat, and Golden Experience (a Fairy Drain Punch). Still kinda underexplored.
Ribombee-Mega is a fluffy little bee, hence the ability. Now it trades Speed for bulk, and can easily set up Quiver Dances as long as you take care of Fire types. Heatran is especially good at that.
Baalzebutis @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- First Impression
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Superpower / Sucker Punch
What if Weavile was a satanic bug? Well, you have Baalzebutis. It's the definition of Glass Cannon, and came way before Lokix was a thing. Its First Impression hits real hard, as well as its U-Turn.
I love this one. Many people wonder why Toxapex got Merciless while Salazzle got Corrosion, the opposite would be more useful, right? So Salazzle-Mega gets Merciless, and well, it exploits everything Salazzle has. Corrosion pre-mega can catch off-guard Heatran or a Poison type a bit too daring, and, while Nasty Plot sets are nice and all, spamming a 130 BP move without any drawback is neat. Yes, Overheat + Merciless is the real shit. Basically CritDra but you need to poison instead of clicking Focus Energy.
Iron Drill @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Horn Drill
- Earthquake
- Recover
Iron Drill @ Leftovers
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Iron Head
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
Iron Drill @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Horn Drill
- Earthquake
- Wild Charge
Future Paradox Excadrill, inspired from Gurren Lagann. It got Swords Dance removed as otherwise it would be way too broken, but it has many useful tools, including a strong Close Combat, Rapid Spin and Recover. Horn Drill became a Steel Megahorn.
White Whale @ Choice Band / Booster Energy
Ability: Blowhole / Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Liquidation
- Crunch
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet / Earthquake / Slack Off
Moby Dick, the White Whale. Way different from the peaceful whale we all know, White Whale hits extremely hard, but is ironically a bad Protosynthesis abuser so it has to rely on Booster Energy to trigger Protosynthesis.
Genesect was too powerful, its Drives were useless, so we made a thing. The 4 of them are now nice, but those two are I think the best ones. -ate Speed is no joke, and Water Bubble Techno Blast is a war crime.
Hopkineye @ Leftovers
Ability: Strange Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Recover
- Stealth Rock
- Will-O-Wisp
- Knock Off
Weird Regional Evo Sableye, this one is Rock/Dark, and its ability makes it take neutral damages from Physical super effective moves, so a Close Combat will only be neutral. Otherwise, it's kinda frail, and a strong move will strike it down easily.
origyrant @ Life Orb
Ability: Run Away
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- No Retreat
- Leaf Storm
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
origyrant @ Life Orb
Ability: Run Away
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Seed Bomb
- Stone Edge
origyrant @ Leftovers
Ability: Emergency Exit
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Synthesis
- Knock Off
My paper tiger, Run Away is now Shed Shell but as an ability, meaning it can use No Retreat and still well.. retreat. It also has a nice movepool, including many utility moves, so I'm sure it could be good.
Typhlosion-Mega @ Typhlosionite
Ability: Convection Current
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Gravity
- Inferno / Fire Blast / Eruption
- Earth Power
- Morning Sun
This one is from Hematite! Convection Current doubles its Speed under Gravity, and oh boy, it has synergy with Gravity. Doubling its Speed makes it good for Eruption spamming, but it can also run a 100% Acc Fire Blast and always hit it, or run a 83% Inferno and spread Burn easily. Also, Fire/Ground is perfect coverage when there is no Ground immunity, and it is removed by Gravity so...
Weedmons is a SoloMod originally led by The Reptile, whose purpose is primarily to make a fun micrometa based on the
completely arbitrary limitations of the theme of Weed! That being said, only Pokemon that meet the following requirements can participate
Pokemon with the 420 BST
Pokemon with the ability Blaze, Sap Sipper, Cloud Nine or White Smoke
Cherubi (420th mon in the dex)
Oddish (the original Weedmon)
This leaves us with a funny list of Pokémon, which will be listed below. Ofc, this is a Nat Dex based metagame in order to utilize the full number of qualified Pokémon.
The list goes as follows
Ruleset
Standard Gen 9 Nat Dex Clauses
Ability Clause - A Pokemon with Blaze, Sap Sipper, Cloud Nine or White Smoke must have that ability (ex Azumarril must have Sap Sipper)
Summary of the Mod
Only Pokemon that obtained a Prevolution or an Evolution in a later generation will be available in this mod. For example, Clefable is available since Cleffa got introduced a gen later and Gliscor is allowed because it was introduced two gens after Gligar. This also affects Pokemon that evolve into different Pokemon, like how Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro and Slowking. Exclusions are Pokemon like Basculin-White and Sneasel-Hisui since they are introduced in the same generation as their evolution.
Banned Elements
Pokemon: Gardevoir-Mega Ursaluna
Items: Bright Powder Focus Band King's Rock Lax Incense Quick Claw
Summary of the Mod
Roovnen focuses on creating a region called Roovnen based on Austria, Switzerland and Germany, although admittingly, I based Pokemon less and less about these countries as I went along. While I want to create a story and characters around the region, I focused primarily on battling since this is a Solomod afterall. You can check out the list of changes here, since there's a lot of them I won't go over all of them. For now, I will go over some standouts.
gonna retire Cross-Generational Balltes
the mod would be too centralizied and I had no motivation to keep it alive
in a week I will come up with a new solomod that should hopefully be more appealing to a lot of modders here. Especially with the talk in a certain server (hint)
also the Roovnen analysis takes a bit longer and coding it too, had a rough week so sorry
i forgor spreadsheet (somewhat outdated just look at teambuilder)
the mod is back. the initial premise was equal amount of types and a completely staggered speed tier list (every mon excluding megas have a different base speed). couple changes coming into gen 9:
bug gets silk trap which mildly helps its speed boost sets
bugdark gets ceaseless edge. this is not a blindsided reference.
bugfighting gets axe kick purely for flavor
bugfire gets torch song, not sure if itll use this
bugpsychic-mega gets boomburst. this might be kinda broke idk
bugwater gets aqua step for interesting sd sets
darkpoison gets opportunist + spicy extract for goofy pursuit strats
darksteel gets supreme overlord. sounds familiar
dragonfighting becomes a paradox mon with proto. doubt it uses it though
electricdark gets electromorphosis. with bolt beak, this gives it much more opportunities to hit 170 bp
electricpoison-mega gets hadron engine for large power
electricsteel gets electro drift
fightingsteel gets rocky payload to hit flyings better
fireground gets taker's flame (90 bp fire move that heals the user 1/8 max hp)
firepoison gets tar shot (now a special ground move that still makes the target weaker to fire but does not drop speed)
firepsychic gets a stat shuffle and unbanned. excited to see how this does
firesteel gets sharpness, bitterblade and oripulse in mega. seems much more viable
ghostfighting gets a nerfed rage fist
ghostground gets earth eater which helps it get another chance to switch in and have a little more longevity
grassfire gets armor cannon
grassflying gets wind rider for flavor
grassice becomes a paradox mon with quark. definitely doesnt use it though
grasspoison gets wbb which shores up its low def a bit
groundflying gets twaves, which hits twice and lowers def, but ignores stat changes
icepoison gets toxic debris
icerock gets thermal exchange
normalpoison gets mortal spin
poisonground gets mortal spin
poisonpsychicmega gets toxic debris which might actually be used
rock gets salt cure, securing its place as an insanely bulky tank
rockfighting gets triple arrows which makes it kind of a hax machine with sniper
rockpsychic gets railgunner which causes its beam moves to drop the target's spd by 1. very potent with meteor beam
rockghost gets purifying salt, which removes one of its weaknesses
steel gets akashi arts, which causes its slicing moves to drop the target's def by 1. helps mitigate the effect of behemoth blade
water gets tidy up, which helps its wallbreaking potential
watersteel gets anger shell (for the hell of it) and slipstream, which drops the opp's speed by 1 and heals the user for that much. surely makes it better
probably missed a couple but definitely have some cool ideas in there
I think its a custom move. Thousand Arrows has the smack down effect of grounding a non-grounded Pokémon and Thousand Waves prevents the target from switching, like Anchor Shot
If you take a look at the spreadsheet, that is indeed a custom move, Thousand Waves. You are very much welcome. Also, please discuss stuff in the Solomods Discord Server instead of leaving one-liners all over the place.
Howdy! This is my first time posting a metagame to one of these threads so if I mess up, my bad! I also apologize in advance as this is a very long post for this thread, but since this is an existing meta with history I feel the need to include that here, so I'm keeping it :P
Name of Mod: Do Not Use Mascot:
This mod is a non-modded National Dex format. Instead of playing with the mechanics of the game or adjusting existing mods, this meta started as all Pokemon under 250 BST, banning overcentralizing threats and adding in new options. It started as a post on the Stunfisk subreddit, but we've grown into a pretty large community on Discord. This is a bit different from normal Solomods; but I wanted to get a Smogon thread up (have being thinking about it for months now, lol) and this was the best spot to put it; as NatDex is too restricted, it doesn't really fit OMs, and it's not slate-based like Petmods. A Discord link is included at the bottom of the post. In addition, this tier has a teambuilder and ladder in a custom server that is linked in the Discord server.
Functional changes:
Do Not Use (aka DNU) is an unofficial tier made up of the weakest Pokemon to ever exist. The initial allowed list was Luvdisc, Unown, Slakoth, and all Pokemon under 250 BST, which is... not a lot. The tier is NatDex because so many key "bad Pokemon" that we wanted were not in the Generation 8 dex, such as Luvdisc, Unown, and Zubat (all of which are viable picks by the way). 250 was chosen as the cap as there are several Pokemon at 250 BST that would be far too powerful in a tier as low power as this--raising the cap by one makes the tier look and play very different. Despite the limited pool of Pokemon, it plays more like OU or other standard tiers than, say, LC, as the tier is played at level 100 with full moveset access. Since the tier started in August 2022, we've tested several new Pokemon into the tier that were above the limit, had several rejects, ran a lot of tournaments, and even dabbled into having OMs of our own (DNU Doubles is in the late stages of a tournament, for example).
Thus, since there's only one functional change (capping BST, and then adding any mons that fit the tier), I'll use this subheader to give a list of tiering action to show the evolution of our meta:
Gen 8
08/19/22 Tier launch
08/20 Zigzagoon quickbanned
10/03 Beldum/Meltan/Swinub suspect test concluded. Swinub was unbanned, Beldum and Meltan stayed banned. Tynamo was also quick unbanned
10/30 Shedinja banned via suspect test (it sounds more broken than it actually was--it was broken, but the tier was absolutely playable with it and I'd argue it was mostly balanced for the first month but people (understandably and predictably) started breaking it through October)
Gen 9
12/17 Terastallization banned via suspect test. There was a separate compromise suspect that would have banned same-type Tera along with Tera Blast, as those were the two strongest aspects of full Tera, but even then it was still too strong, and thus was banned in full.
12/28 Applin and Dreepy quick-unbanned (both were considered largely unviable until recently, where Dreepy has seen a large increase in both usage and success)
04/14 Wooloo unbanned via suspect test, Spinarak stays banned
04/25 Gulpin quick-banned
05/11 Ledyba, Smoliv stay banned
If you're curious about any of those, hit up the server and ask!
Summary of the mod:
Before August of 2022, "Use your favorites" folk were in very tough luck if their favorites were Luvdisc, Unown, or one of several Pokemon we have that are horrid in Little Cup. This tier was conceived as a place where the weakest of the weak can shine. 26 Pokemon were listed as B- tier or above as of the most recent VR, and that number has grown over time.
Competitive overview:
The meta is surprisingly complex for the limited pool of Pokemon, and any comprehensive summary would make an already way-too-long post even longer, but here are some basics.
Hazardstack is a very solid archetype due to this tier's subpar removal (A Defog from either Zubat or Pidove, and a Spin from Bounsweet or Rolycoly are the best methods). There are multiple Pokemon that can be dedicated to just setting hazards.
Wimpod is a fantastic hazard lead for Spikes HO due to a very fast speed, Spikes, and Taunt access. In addition, its ability, Wimp Out, works in its favor here as it gets momentum for its trainer. It's not a flawless Pokemon, as it can be exploitable, but it does a great job at getting hazards up.
Webs HO uses Tarountula to set up hazards and die. It also has access to Toxic Spikes, Spikes, and a very cool phasing move in Circle Throw. It needs a dedicated Webs team, but in the right hands can be very scary.
Wishpass is the tier's best showing of Bulky Offense and Balance, due to no Regenerators and a lack of defensive pivots in general. There are also a few key offensive Pokemon who LOVE the ability to receive a large heal from a Wishpasser. There are two categories:
Primary passers:
These two Pokemon have one major purpose on Wishpass teams: get in, get a Wish off, heal up if needed, eventually pass a heal to another Pokemon. Both are incredibly bulky, Cleffa specializing in special bulk and Togepi in physical, and provide other utility and even worthwhile damage output with Seismic Toss.
Secondary passers:
You could also add Pawmi into this category, but it's not good. Secondary passers can use Wish to support the team, but often bring other options for the team besides bulk. Luvdisc can use defensive sets to serve as a good passer ala the trio above, but it can also use Wish on offensive sets such as Life Orb. Using a Wish Luvdisc also means you can't use the very scary Specs, which is an opportunity cost you have to consider for fatter offensive teams. Pidove, on the other hand, brings hazard removal and a pivot move to a Wish user, which is incredible role compression.
Stall is in a bit of a down period right now (I will not pick any of the low-hanging fruit about that sentence), but it is still an archetype you have to build around. The pink blobs of above (Cleffa and Togepi) are staples, and there are a few other great options. Wish Luvdisc and support Zubat sets (bringing options such as Defog, Super Fang, and Taunt) are also common.
Happiny is great on stall as it counters any special attacker with ease, and mixed bulk sets do surprisingly well into a lot of physical attackers. Happiny is also notable as the only Pokemon in the tier with a base 100 HP. This is important as this means its Substitutes are 101 HP when fully invested, an important distinction when Seismic Toss is considered one of the best moves in the tier. It lacks reliable recovery, but Rest works well with Natural Cure involved.
Though strong on a lot of archetypes, Wooper-Paldea (affectionately called Pooper ) has an important role on stall: it and its Johtonian brethren are the only hazard setters that have reliable recovery. This, combined with strong defensive typing for the tier and two great abilities in Unaware and Water Absorb, give it a great role as a physical wall who can support its team well.
Swinub is a very strong offensive threat due to currently-perfect coverage with its strong STABs. Ice Shard can pick off a lot of frailer targets, Freeze-Dry can be put on sets to beat Wooper, and you can even tech options like Superpower to hit Happiny. In addition, it punishes switches by having access to Stealth Rocks. Life Orb is the main item, but bulky Eviolite and even Choice items have seen success.
Maku is a very strong wallbreaker with access to its Guts sets. Facade and Knock Off dismantle pretty much all defensive threats, and it's very very hard to check it defensively. However, it struggles with staying alive and is very prone to being revenge killed. Sheer Force Life Orb and Belly Drum sets are also fringe viable but they require a lot of support.
Starly is a great wallbreaker and offensive pivot. If you've ever ran into Band Pheromosa, this is it. It's incredibly strong, it's very fast, and it's incredibly frail, especially when it takes 25% every switch in if Rocks are up. Despite its weaknesses, it's been a top tier since day 1 and it is notorious for farming players who don't know how to handle it. While Band sets reign supreme, there are some heat you can run with it such as a HDB pivot.
Nymble is a powerful threat, doing the same thing it does in LC and Lokix in higher tiers, throwing off Tinted Lens-boosted Bug type moves. Very few Pokemon in DNU can stand up to a Banded Nymble, but options like Life Orb have been popping up more due to increased flexibility.
Other big offensive threats include but are not limited to: LO Luvdisc, Specs Luvdisc, Guts Shinx, Scarf Zigzagoon-Galar, Setup Sweeper Zubat
S Luvdisc Swinub Starly S- Togepi Zubat Cleffa Wooper-Paldea
This isn't every mon and archetype that's viable in the tier, but this is already WAY, WAY too long for a Solomod thread but I'm too passionate about this tier (clearly, lol) so this is structured more like an infodump than a Solomods post. Sorry forum mods. Let me know if I need to edit anything or if you have any questions, Discord link is below
If you enjoy teambuilding, this is def a metagame you should try, as even though the pool of pokemon you have access to is obviously very small - some being required on a lot of archetypes -, you still have a lot of room in the builder for creativity: most viable pokemon are very flexible in what they can do, and you can build in a lot of different ways. Generally, this tier rewards very well clever teambuilding, and I’m sure there still is a lot of things waiting to be explored or discovered. Had a lot of fun playing and building in DNU, and it is a metagame I would def recommend. DNU is also blessed with a very helpful community, complete resources (though they are a bit outdated and will be updated) and a bunch of tournaments where you can get replays to watch, and even a bot tracking usage stats, so getting into the tier is fairly easy. And they even hold tiering surveys! I was honestly very surprised to see how well this tier was managed when I joined the tier, and I think DNU is a tier that deserves more attention considering the amount of effort that has been put into it.
I might do more posts about the tier later but for now I am lazy so I'll just do a teamdump. If you have any questions about the teams or the building process behind them feel free to ask me on discord (maybe even in the dnu discord, wink wink) or smogon pms.
Some teams I built and used in the DNU Swiss I won this tour uwu - click the sprites for the team
Offensive Zubat + Makuhita balance
2 attacks special Zubat is a terrifying breaker and is very helpful against fatter teams, and is completed really well by offensive wishtect luvdisc, which is a very strong win condition into offensive teams. 4a Eviolite sheer force Makuhita is a novelty I wanted to try: it is bulky and still is very annoying to switch into, especially considering how powerful Knock Off is in a tier where so much things are reliant on their item to function. It pairs well with the two wish passers in the team, and also take advantage of Cleffa which can be baited in by Luvdisc. Rolycoly provides hazard control, spikes, the annoying wisp, and being a defensive check to starly is always something nice to have. P-Wooper is the rocker and ensure opposing tspikes won't be a problem, with Poison Point as the ability to secure the matchup against Togepi (Seismic Toss users are very threatening in this tier, as most stuff have a very low base HP). Togepi is seen on pretty much every non-ho teams thanks to its ability to check the super dangerous Swinub, and also providing great defensive utility completed by wish. I went twave here to have a positive matchup against other tossers, and also because it is a generally good move to click in this tier, but you can also go for Heal Bell if you are afraid of Toxic Swinub.
Starly + Offensive wishtect Luvdisc balance dreepy set is a bit gimmicky lol idk if I'd actually recommend it
An other take P-Wooper+Roly+Togepi+Offensive Luvdisc+2 breakers balance: this time we roll with Starly, the single most threatening wallbreaker in the tier, enjoying wish support from Luvdisc and Togepi, and appreciating Luvdisc baiting in Cleffa for it to get opportunities to click its monstrous reckless Double-Edges. The combination of Luvdisc+Starly+Dreepy gives the team solid speed control, being the three fastest relevant unboosted Pokemon in the tier while two of them are immune to Sticky Webs. Dreepy is a Seismic Toss immunity - which is always great to have on balance - which can TWave the tossers and thus greatly reduce their effectiveness, and generally be threatening with the combination of Draco Meteor + Twave. The set it is running is not standard at all and tries to cheese through opposing Cleffas with Astonish+Para lol. I'm more scared of the opportunities swinub can get vs this team so Togepi is Heal Bell, and since opposing Togepis are less dangerous thanks to Dreepy being on the team, which is why I went for Water Absorb over Poison Point on Wooper-Paldea.
Toxic Spikes offense
I got the idea of T-Spikes offense after noticing something: Spikes Offense teams hate having to deal with WishTect Luvdisc, and if you throw a layer of T-Spikes at them the game is often immediately over. Tarountula is usually seen as a sticky webs suicide lead, but here its mission is going to click the purple hazard instead (and sometimes spikes too). Trailblaze is a tech allowing you to force a layer of tspikes against taunt Wimpod. We have boots Luvdisc to not have to worry about opposing Sticky Webs so we can farm those too, or annoying spikes or tspikes.Our Swinub holds a balloon to fly over spikes and effectively resist other Swinubs thanks to thick fat - by the way, you can also try balloon Luvdisc on this team and whatever item on Swinub (like LO) that can probably work too. Swinub is generally a great pick on offensive teams as it is the only offensive rocker in the tier, not counting the extremely rare specs Rolycoly (which usually runs spikes instead anyway) - Wooper-P offense do exist but I am not a huge fan of these in general. The Dreepy set is the same than the one in the second team, 2a taunt Zubat is scary, and Zigzagoon Galar is terrifying with its stellar speed tier, broken knock and big facade.
Bounsweet+Wooloo stall
I gotta talk about the star of the team first: Wooloo is a very interesting defensive Pokemon, as it is a great user of the move Copycat. Not only it is a good defensive pokemon thanks to Fluffy, giving it the ability to check Starly and Nymble, but it also is able to switch in and copy utility moves from opposing slower pokemon (which is pretty much the entire defensive metagame, 48 is actually quite fast for a defensive pokemon in this tier), such as Hazards, Rapid Spin, or Seismic Toss from Togepi, making up for its otherwise bad movepool. Bounsweet does not much in the tier besides pretty much guaranteeing that spikes and toxic spikes will not be up on your side of the field as it matchup well against the setters and can heavily threaten the only spin blocker in the tier (dreepy) with a super effective Dazzling Gleam backed up by a maximal special attack investment.
Togepi is mandated in this kind of teams because of Swinub and is an incredible mon in general, Luvdisc is a defensive pokemon and water resist that gives up good speed control - Luvdisc is so fast that even defensive sets with minimal speed investment outspeed the entiere tier lol - and can be really annoying to Wimpod spikes offense teams, which can otherwise be a very scary matchup for stall teams. Happiny on stall is very important to soak opposing seismic tosses - by the way the set I am running is NOT standard: the standard is max hp with substitute to really own opposing tossers which can't OHKO your sub, and usually isn't running sleep talk (as your recovery is Rest + Natcure) I just felt safer dropping substitute here as Wooloo + lefties Luvdisc can help vs opposing tossers too. Finally, Wooper is great with Bounsweet because it can trade hazards with Swinub, which Bounsweet cannot safely keep hazards off against.
The luvdisc can run a more offensive spread to try to smack offensive Zubat with Ice Beam.
Some other things I've been messing around recently
Resttalk Makuhita
Body Slam is annoying, Knock Off is crazy. Slap both on a resttalker with a big hp stat (good in a seismic toss meta) and a great attack stat for the tier (60) and you get a potentially very threatening thing. I slapped this on a structure very similar to the stall above, over Happiny. Luvdisc is max SpA because offensive zubat is scary and I want to smack it with Ice Beam.
Pichu + Shinx offense
This team is an attempt at making Pichu work, which is a pokemon that is otherwise not seen at all. It is generally outclassed by Shinx, so I tried to pair it with its competition directly to make grounds think twice before trying to check it and use Pichu as a potentially threatening lead thanks to its access to Endeavor and great coverage. The EV spread allows it to outspeed swinub and avoid the 2hko from Seismic Toss. Shinx + Nymble form a threatening voltturn core, Luvdisc is great vs opposing offenses and has a set that helps beating down opposing Luvdiscs while keeping Ice Beam and Protect for opposing Nymbles. Swinub is the best rocker on offense. Tyrogue is removal copium, especially against Webs - although Dreepy can still give you a hard time. You could consider Foresight tbh.
Bonus
Changed my mind on two of them but was too lazy to make a new image lol so take this wonderful edit instead
(this is a backup I had done before losing my teams a bit ago, everything isn't there but most things I've built in the tier can be found here. The more you scroll, the older (and potentially suspicious) the teams get. Ignore the first few teams btw, those are random stuff I was looking at, Trapinch Klink etc... are not allowed in DNU)
This is an idea I had for a longer time but I hadn't had a chance to do this. You can already guess what this is all about. Rotational Other Pet Mod Metagames, or ROPMM for short, will add a precise of a OM to a Pet Mod. There will be two kinds of this, a random format determined by randomizing a Pet Mod and a OM and the other will be a community choice that is voted in.
Here's the list of all Pet Mods and OMs that are going to be used.
Almost Any Ability
STABmons
Mix and Mega
Shared Power
Inheritance
Camomons
Pokébilities
Flipped
For those who are curious, if a OM and Pet Mod do not work well, it gets rerolled for the random format. Hopefully community choices won't have problems like this.
For the random format we have: Alternatium Flipped
As for the community vote, I haven't figured how to make it completely based on votes. Therefore I randomly chose FESV as the base Pet Mod and you can vote the OM to pair it with.
New formats will be selected either August or September, depending on how the formats are received.
This is an idea I had for a longer time but I hadn't had a chance to do this. You can already guess what this is all about. Rotational Other Pet Mod Metagames, or ROPMM for short, will add a precise of a OM to a Pet Mod. There will be two kinds of this, a random format determined by randomizing a Pet Mod and a OM and the other will be a community choice that is voted in.
Here's the list of all Pet Mods and OMs that are going to be used.
Almost Any Ability
STABmons
Mix and Mega
Shared Power
Inheritance
Camomons
Pokébilities
Flipped
For those who are curious, if a OM and Pet Mod do not work well, it gets rerolled for the random format. Hopefully community choices won't have problems like this.
For the random format we have: Alternatium Flipped
As for the community vote, I haven't figured how to make it completely based on votes. Therefore I randomly chose FESV as the base Pet Mod and you can vote the OM to pair it with.
New formats will be selected either August or September, depending on how the formats are received.
sorry, I only include Pet Mods since I think adding a OM format to a community effort is more interesting. However, the future is unknown and there is a possibility I'll consider Solomods for their own format.
Speaking of which, I decided to close votes early since it is pretty one-sided. So here are the first ROPMMs that will be playable until August 31st. Reason being that DH is getting an update and I don't know how long it will take, so I will extend it for August as well. Anyway, we have:
Random Format: Alternatium EXFlipped Community Vote: Fusion Evolution SVShared Power
Like I said before, DH is getting an update so these won't be playable immediately, which is a good thing and should allow to get an initial banlist.
Summary
The metagame is a what-if scenario where NatDex Pokemon can be traded back to Gen 3 to use moves and abilities they learn later, if those moves and abilities exist in Gen 3.
For example: Chlorophyll Weather Ball Venusaur is legal. Sap Sipper Chilling Water Azumarill is illegal. Levitate Crunch Hydreigon is illegal.
Playability
You can challenge custom games with Gen 3 mechanics and unrestricted moves/abilities in PS and figure out what sets are legal from there. Here's the command:
/chal [user], gen 3 ou @@@ !obtainable moves, !obtainable abilities
It would be nice to have the tier playable officially somewhere with a working validator, although I know coding movesets can be complicated.
Other Rules
Provisionally, Blaziken, Drought and Drizzle are banned. Blaziken gets newfound access to Swords Dance and Speed Boost, and wide unpredictable coverage, while weather wars permanently boosting attack power is expected to be too much (for example, look at Gen 5 and consider that the power level of the rest of the tier is considerably lower).
Deoxys-S could be considered for an unban - the proliferation of Superpower and Spikes means it has fewer unique tools, the rest of the tier is catching up.
Pokemon cannot be traded forward so no Rapid Spin Golem. This could be reconsidered but it's for keeping the rules simple and intuitive with the title.
Baton Pass is now restricted to pokemon with no boosting moves. Subsequently, Soundproof is legal.
Meta
See the "Winners" tab of the sheet for new options I've found so far. Weather Ball, Knock Off, Dragon Dance and Superpower are now much more readily available - the latter I suspect Tyranitar and Blissey won't appreciate. Quagsire and Venusaur seem to be the biggest winners - the former gains Spikes and Recover while the latter gains Chlorophyll and Weather Ball to make it a more frightening Sunny Day Sweeper. Metagross won't like Swampert gaining Damp or Quagsire entering the tier, and Jirachi stole its signature move - making the Mixed set look much more interesting. A couple of unusual options like Gardevoir and Steelix get small new buffs.
If you have any ideas for sets using new tools that aren't on the Winners tab, let me know, and when I see I'll add them.
sorry, I only include Pet Mods since I think adding a OM format to a community effort is more interesting. However, the future is unknown and there is a possibility I'll consider Solomods for their own format.
Speaking of which, I decided to close votes early since it is pretty one-sided. So here are the first ROPMMs that will be playable until August 31st. Reason being that DH is getting an update and I don't know how long it will take, so I will extend it for August as well. Anyway, we have:
Random Format: Alternatium EXFlipped Community Vote: Fusion Evolution SVShared Power
Like I said before, DH is getting an update so these won't be playable immediately, which is a good thing and should allow to get an initial banlist.
uhm yeah, funny story
Shared Power has been recognized to not synergize well with FESV. Mainly due to half of the abilities being part Paradox abilities and 3 Regenerator abilities. Banning these abilities also meant banning entire Pokemon. Therefore, there will be a different poll for Fusion Evolution. I will give 5-7 days for this, sorry for the inconvience!
Not exhaustive for moves but it gives some ideas. Possible sets can be calculated on the fly.
Summary
The metagame is a what-if scenario where NatDex Pokemon can be traded back to Gen 3 to use moves and abilities they learn later, if those moves and abilities exist in Gen 3.
For example: Chlorophyll Weather Ball Venusaur is legal. Sap Sipper Chilling Water Azumarill is illegal. Levitate Crunch Hydreigon is illegal.
Playability
You can challenge custom games with Gen 3 mechanics and unrestricted moves/abilities in PS and figure out what sets are legal from there. Here's the command:
/chal [user], gen 3 ou @@@ !obtainable moves, !obtainable abilities
It would be nice to have the tier playable officially somewhere with a working validator, although I know coding movesets can be complicated.
Other Rules
Provisionally, Blaziken, Drought and Drizzle are banned. Blaziken gets newfound access to Swords Dance and Speed Boost, and wide unpredictable coverage, while weather wars permanently boosting attack power is expected to be too much (for example, look at Gen 5 and consider that the power level of the rest of the tier is considerably lower).
Deoxys-S could be considered for an unban - the proliferation of Superpower and Spikes means it has fewer unique tools, the rest of the tier is catching up.
Pokemon cannot be traded forward so no Rapid Spin Golem. This could be reconsidered but it's for keeping the rules simple and intuitive with the title.
Meta
See the "Winners" tab of the sheet for new options I've found so far. Weather Ball, Knock Off, Dragon Dance and Superpower are now much more readily available - the latter I suspect Tyranitar and Blissey won't appreciate. Quagsire and Venusaur seem to be the biggest winners - the former gains Spikes and Recover while the latter gains Chlorophyll and Weather Ball to make it a more frightening Sunny Day Sweeper. Metagross won't like Swampert gaining Damp or Quagsire entering the tier, and Jirachi stole its signature move - making the Mixed set look much more interesting. A couple of unusual options like Gardevoir and Steelix get small new buffs.
If you have any ideas for sets using new tools that aren't on the Winners tab, let me know, and when I see I'll add them.
uhm yeah, funny story
Shared Power has been recognized to not synergize well with FESV. Mainly due to half of the abilities being part Paradox abilities and 3 Regenerator abilities. Banning these abilities also meant banning entire Pokemon. Therefore, there will be a different poll for Fusion Evolution. I will give 5-7 days for this, sorry for the inconvience!
Alright so polls over and the winner of the poll is...
Camomons! This was a relatively close vote, with the last three votes really putting the nail in the coffin. I will discuss potential bans with the community on this one and then start coding it.
With the DH update not quite here yet, this meta and Alternatium Flipped won't be playable immediately, but soon.
That's it for now, ciao servus!
Yes, you read that right! Balls! BALLS!! A solomod all around balls! In this absolutely hilarious metagame, there's a total of eighteen different balls you can add to your team, representive of each type. These balls range from the iconic Baseball, Basketball, non-sports balls like Crystalball, and even some bizarre choices like Watermelon and the literal Moon! With so many memetic choices, playing ball has never been more fun.
Unlike nearly every other cliche pet mod or solomod, Balls has a power level of Ubers!! Screw balance! We want the most hilariously overpowered balls possible! It just makes it funnier! We wouldn't want the legendary Baseball to be a OU normie, would we? All balls have a BST of 600, ridiciously optimized stats, abilities, and sometimes even movepools, creating a crazy metagame that keeps you on your toes. In all honesty, rather than do nerdy things like strategize and build proper teams, we just want mons that can easily tear opponents down with little effort. That's the little kid in us all.
Of course, this is all hyperbole. If certain mons turn out to be way below or above the rest, they will likely be adjusted accordingly. While not too many changes will likely be made to keep the metagame chaotic and meme-worthy, balance is still somewhat of a factor so all of the balls are equally obnoxious competitively. But that's assuming anyone will even play this mod enough for balance to be warranted.
Either way, this mod should be playable hopefully in the next showdown update or two. For now, feel free to study all the iconic balls and imagine the sillliest teams you can imagine. Here's the spreadsheet for your preperation. With that, I hope we all have a jolly good time with this super fun metagame that hopefully won't become cringe after playing a few days, making even the iconic baseball become uncool.
Here it is! The Roovnen analysis. I originally wanted to include analysises of Moves, Abilities and Items but I decided against it. I will put all of this into a Spoiler so it does not clutter the entire threat.
Kunirsch, Portrenti, Elchunst
Originally, this Pokemon had Sketch, which got nerfed by not being able to learn certain moves (most importantly Legendary Signature moves and Status moves). This allowed for a strategy with Art Portait to copy the opponents type and always have a STAB move with Revelation Dance. However, it proves that Sketch is fundamentily broken on a Pokemon with good stats, therefore it no longer learns that. Instead, I buffed its Signature move and Elchunst runs it more often since it is a Fairy-type move that hits Ground, Water and Rock super effectively, essentially Fairy move with Grass-type benefits. Art Portrait essentially isn't usable in an offensive set due to the lack of reliable STAB.
Elchunst @ Leftovers
Ability: Overgrow / Art Portrait
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Flower Pattern
- Earth Power
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
Elchunst @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Art Portrait
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Flower Pattern
- Earth Power
- Thunderbolt
- Risky Way
Poniarc, Sizzlorse, Klimyross
I know, I know. The 3rd Fire/Ghost starter but in my defense, I had this starter before Legend Arceus was announced and the theme fit so much here, so I stuck with it. With that out of the way, Klimyross is a powerful Pokemon. It has meh offensive stats and has alright speed, but its ability single-handedly invalidates any form of set-up. Foreshadowing is a free move to click once it forces the opponent is forced out. Plot Twist can also work against you. If you just used Defog against the opponent then switched into Klimyross, good luck.
Synake, Wavettle, Aeskound
Aeskound got a last minute change, changing from a fish to a snake. Anyway, here we are with the Mozart snake. Synthony, a build in Metronome, and Hydro Voice, a buffed Water version of Echoed Voice, are a deadly combo in addition to a STAB Boomburst. In addition, it is really strong naturally and is decently bulky, therefore it gets enough opportunities to switch in and fire off a strong attack.
Falicle, Frezalk, Gletschalk
A trend you will notice with a lot of this Pokemon is that they have elements that change type interactions. Here we have Gletschalk with its signature move in Mountain Breeze, that makes every Pokemon that resists the attack, weak to Ice. Add in a Stealth Rock immunity thanks to Mountaineer (yes I know CAP ability but the name is too perfect and I wanted a similar ability) and its high speed and you got a threatening Choice Specs User.
Gletschalk @ Life Orb
Ability: Mountaineer
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Air Slash
- Mountain Breeze
- Calm Mind
- Roost
Nimmaup, Kokick, Schmesatt
This was inspired by the very hungry Caterpiller and therefore two type changes in evolution. Here I want to focus on Schmesatt which is a Volcarona on paper but in practise is less threatening. It is more specially bulky, has a good typing and has Dazzling against Priority, but it seriously struggles to damage Steels or Fires if it doesn't choose Power Gem. Still, extremely threatening set-up sweeper.
Erinox, Igloiceus
Lower tier Pokemon, nothing much to add. Poison Touch U-turn is nice but it's stats and movepool leave much to be desired. I needed to make a lesser Pokemon for this mod so yeah.
Igloiceus @ Black Sludge
Ability: Poison Touch
EVs: 244 HP / 252 Atk / 12 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Poison Jab
- Body Slam
- Stomping Tantrum
- U-turn
Boltria, Nutriqua
Onto something much better, we have a Electric-type with a STAB super-effective against Grass and Water STAB for Grounds. Strong Jaw boosts Wood Biter and Ice Fang but Lightning Rod allows you gain an immunity and check other Nutriquas. Its low speed sucks but it makes up for that with its power.
Nutriqua @ Choice Band
Ability: Strong Jaw
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wood Biter
- Liquidation
- Ice Fang
- Volt Switch
Kalaustry, Ranschaef
Onto something that's borderline broken, here is Ranschaef. Ground/Fairy is great, it has a nice movepool and its stats are solid. How can it get better? Ignorance that's how. This ability allows Ranschaef to use any Choice item or Assault Vest and use any move it wants. It makes great use of Spikes or Nasty Plot on sets with these items and it cannot be stopped by Taunt, Encore or Torment so you have a really solid member in any game.
Ranschaef @ Choice Band
Ability: Ignorance
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Play Rough
- Spikes
- Trick
Ranschaef @ Assault Vest
Ability: Ignorance
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draining Kiss
- Body Press
- Cotton Guard
- Trick
Ranschaef @ Leftovers
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draining Kiss
- Body Press
- Cotton Guard
- Spikes
Antron, Queant
Another lower tier Pokemon, but unlike Igloiceus, it matches well against Steel-types. Venom Grip being a Steel-type move makes it spammable type-wise and Corrosion allows Queant to trap and potentially remove Poison- and Steel-types. The issue is that it gets trapped itself and something that is bugged atm is that Queant doesn't get poisoned, eventhough it should be. Once implemented, this is another big drawback. Still a solid choice as a Stallbreaker for lower tiers.
Volecz, Lidektro
I wanted an offensive unaware Pokemon and here we have a Quiver Dancer that wins set-up wars with other Pokemon. Its issue is its low Special Attack and bad defensive typing. It is still a threatening Pokemon, however its common weaknesses and low immediate power makes it less of a threat than it could've been.
Yoar, Boarax, Wildaxe
Another lower tier Pokemon, but this one is better than usual. Its bulk is nice and it has great abilities. Battle Axe is a great move that is boosted by Sharpness. Slash and Sacred Sword are great STABs also boosted by Sharpness. Its issues are being slow, meh defensive typing and lack of utility moves so it's pretty much stuck to offensive sets.
Graid, Angrain
Angrain fuctions decently as a lead. Solid speed, attack, Taunt, Spikes and Seed Sower makes it a decent partner to unburden Pokemon or Pokemon that like the Grassy Seed and weakened EQs like Lidektro. On its own as an attacker, it's underwhelming. Knock Off got nerfed and while SD with 120 Atk is solid, it has low BP moves and Rock Slide isn't great coverage.
Fevee, Pauleon
Pauleon is a solid attacker and support Pokemon. With Prosthesis, it can stay healthy and boost its speed. With combination of SD and Iron Head's flinch, it can be a threatening Pokemon to deal with. Add Steel-typing, solid speed and bulk, and utility moves like Taunt, Thunder Wave, U-turn, Magnet Rise and Stealth Rock, you have a solid Sweeper/Supporter.
Pauleon @ Leftovers
Ability: Prosthesis
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Double Kick
- Swords Dance
- Stealth Rock
Orkave
More of a Doubles Pokemon but Orkave has some solid traits for singles. It has solid bulk, Stealth Rock, U-turn and two good abilities in Solid Rock and Curing Rocks, which is a Aqua Ring on switch in. Normal/Rock isn't great typing and it's pretty weak on the offense, therefore a lower tier for sure.
Orkave @ Leftovers
Ability: Solid Rock / Curing Rocks
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Body Slam
- U-turn
- Slack Off
- Stealth Rock
Taurot, Minowing
You can guess what this is based on. Taurot and Minowing are high BST monsters. Taurot is faster and bulkier, allowing it to be a great utility Pokemon. Learning Defog, Tailwind, U-turn and Taunt. Minowing might be slower and has less bulk overall, it is much stronger and pretty much the only Pokemon with Aerilate, allowing it to break through most defensive Pokemon by using a strong boosted STAB Double-Edge.
Taurot @ Eviolite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Brave Bird
- U-turn
- Defog
- Slack Off
Kramlauf
Kramlauf originally had three formes but I decided to make one of the formes the Pokemon since it took unnecessary space. Kramlauf is a strong Pokemon. Three phenominal abilities in Serene Grace, Intimidate and Prankster in addition to solid stats across the board, even if there are no standouts.
Ressuredom
Being slow and having an exploitable defensive typing sucks, however it has some use as an offensive Trick Room user and as a Choice Specs breaker. Glass Shimmer and Lumina Crash are extremely spammable and its decent bulk in addition to Solid Rock allows it to survive some hits and fire back powerful moves or set-up Trick Room.
Ressuredom @ Life Orb
Ability: Solid Rock
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Zen Headbutt
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Trick Room
Gargion
Here's an offensive Skarmory. Gargion has great offensive abilities in Tough Claws and Rocky Payload and nice moves in Iron Head, Dual Wingbeat, Knock Off, Drain Punch, Rock Slide and Swords Dance. Stealth Rock and Spikes are also great and with its immense natural bulk and Attack, it is a break backbone and wallbreaker for offensive teams. Its only issue is the lack of reliable recovery, basically only being Drain Punch but Gargion is a phenominal Pokemon either way.
Manutz
Manutz is based on a folklore called "Schnabelperchten". These are infact not inspired by Maushold since I created 90% of these mons before Scarlet and Violet. Their gimmick is that they always clean up after them, therefore their signature ability removes any weather, room, terrain and hazard and when its signature move boosts all its stats when no terrain is active, alongside a passive healing mechanic. It has really average stats outside of its Defense, so therefore it needs a lot more support to sweep, especially when it removes your opponent's hazards.
Decani
I mainly wanted a Pokemon to show off the nerfed Moody, so I created this Pokemon. Being based on a holiday, Decani as below average stats but the previously broken Moody. It now boosts one random stat by 1 and drops another by 1. It is overall less effective, but there's still the RNG factor that made it broken. However, it is not as effective as it was, so it should be fine.
Burschuss, Phoenuss
I originally had a different idea for this Pokemon. It should've originally turned into its prevo when fainting, however due to coding issues this Pokemon allows the next Pokemon that comes in to use Revival Blessing. From what you can expect, this is pretty powerful and Phoenuss is held by back by its okay offenses and defenses, which are still pretty good mind you. This is probably the best, non-legendary and non-corrupt Pokemon.
Ostar-Richi
Ostar-Richi has the Landorus typing but it unfortunately doesn't reach the dominance of Landorus. Its bulk sucks and 99 base Attack isn't amazing, however the high speed allows it to outrun a lot of Pokemon and either pivot or fire off an EQ or a BB. In lower tiers, its bulk can be used more effectively since it is also pretty fast. Bulletproof also adds to the defensive typing.
Seganube
Seganube has pretty powerful moves and Wind Rider adds a few resistances to it. However, its average stats and lack of set-up or recovery really puts it in an awkward situation. It can function on teams since it has good defensive traits and Wind Rider can potentially allow you to surprise SD sweep, but it is really niche.
Jealokais
Jealokais was mainly built with Doubles in mind, so that it can use Brutal Swing or Snarl with the additional effect it gets from its ability Jealous Wrath. That ability lowers a random stat by 1 and thus Snarl gains an additional benefit while Brutal Swing is a STAB going off the higher attack. In Singles, it sadly does not synergize well with Scale Shot but its moves have a bit more utility.
Amethiz, Scalethyst, Juwyvern
Juwyvern is a worse Tyrantrum overall, however there's no Tyrantrum to outclass it, therefore it can actually do something in the lower tiers, mainly DD sweep. It has great coverage with its STABs and EQ. The STABs can vary from Dragon Claw and Stone Edge to Scale Shot and Rock Blast with Loaded Dice, so it can deal a lot of damage.
Juwyvern @ Leftovers / Loaded Dice
Ability: Shed Skin / Solid Rock
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Claw / Scale Shot
- Stone Edge / Rock Blast
- Earthquake
- Dragon Dance
Patwinis, Rautwinis
Rautwinis is an overall solid Pokemon. It is kinda a mixture of Heracross and Buzzwole but it is worse than both of them. It is decently bulky with Intimidate, it can utilise a bulky attacking set with Spikes, or it could use Compound Eyes to remove the drawback of Axe Kick, Megahorn and Stone Edge so these moves become really reliable moves on a Choice Scarf set.
Rautwinis @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 184 HP / 252 Atk / 72 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Stone Edge
- U-turn
- Spikes
Volkobil
This Pokemon has the Heatran typing, however it can only significantly use it for offensive purposes. Defensive sets with Flame Body, Body Press, WoW and Rocks can work, but it is overall less effective than the Speed Boost variants which lack boosting moves or coverage. Overall, a niche Pokemon but it functions and can do stuff.
Volkobil @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 224 HP / 252 Atk / 32 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Iron Head
- Earthquake
- Extreme Speed
Expremoos & Expremoos-F
As you can see in the abilities and movepool, this Pokemon is more of a Doubles Pokemon, but it has its use in Singles. The male variant is pretty mediocre since it lacks coverage. However, the female variant makes better use of the movepool. It can utilise coverage in Aura Sphere and Thunderbolt or the set-up of Calm Mind. Its better special bulk and lower speed allows it to make use of Trick Room.
Expremoos-F @ Leftovers
Ability: Friend Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draining Kiss
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp
- Calm Mind
Seditzel
Happy Meal is a neat ability. Having to hold a berry and potentially loosing them is rough, but when using Stuff Cheeks and Recycle, you can utilise the passing healing of Happy Meal and gain the benefits from the berry. It isn't restricted to the berry niche either. It can utilise Solid Rock or Rough Skin and still be a good support Pokemon.
Seditzel @ Figy Berry / Starf Berry
Ability: Happy Meal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Rock Slide
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock / Recycle
- Stuff Cheeks
Seditzel @ Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Ability: Solid Rock / Rough Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Rock Slide
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock / Spikes
- Roar / Spikes
Planind, Ysiogue
Another Doubles Pokemon. Aroma Veil, Trick Room, Icy Wind and Helping Hand are great attributes for such a Pokemon. However, it also works as a Singles Pokemon. It lacks recovery and its low Defense is sucky. It can support its with Aromatherapy however and it is able to use Poison Gas or Toxic Spikes to wear down an opponent.
Ysiogue @ Black Sludge
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Corrosive Gas
- Poison Gas
- Aromatherapy
Prehuck
Prehuck is another Doubles Pokemon thanks to Heavy Shoulder which lowers the Speed by 1 each turn. But unlike most of the other Pokemon that work well in Doubles, Prehuck makes great use of that attribute in Singles. It allows set-up variants to eventually 1v1 certain Pokemon more effectively and sweep since it has decent bulk. Substitute makes it that it last one turn against faster Pokemon, so it can potentially outrun them.
Musalkas
I really don't know what I was on when I designed this Pokemon and the one below, but I guess I wanted to apply a busted ability to an extremely weak Pokemon, so here we are. Musalkas has great typing interactions thanks to the Steel resistances from Hardened Shell and its huge Defense + Iron Defense makes it a Body Press bot. It struggles due to its reliance on Freeze-Dry to deal with Waters and having to recovery.
Musalkas @ Leftovers
Ability: Hardened Shell
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Freeze-Dry
- Body Press
- Iron Defense
- Stealth Rock
Fossgoo
Fossgoo is worse than Musalkas since its Body Press isn't as strong and it lacks Stealth Rock. Fossgoo can make better use of Freeze-Dry and with its higher Special Attack, it can use Sludge Bomb and Giga Drain and potentially do damage. Toxic Spikes is also nice but it is overall weaker than Musalkas which isn't too good to begin with.
Golett-Roovnen, Goltink
Goltink is Ressuredom but better due to its better typing and Misty Surge. It does not have the luxury of running a Physical attacking set but its special attacking prowess is better and it is slightly faster which only matters in non Trick Room scenarios. Misty Surge gives it enough value to be used in higher tiers but its low stats and still not good typing hold it back.
Goltink @ Life Orb
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Glass Shimmer
- Shadow Ball
- Dazzling Gleam / Calm Mind
- Trick Room
Goltink @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hex
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock
- Iron Defense
Tropalm
Here you have Ferrothorn, you're welcome. Jokes aside Tropalm is pretty good. The typing and the bulk it has makes it do Ferrothorn things but it has Synthesis or Derust for recovery and Grassy Surge makes it actually resist EQ. Grassy Surge is also nice due to the passive recovery it provides. Adapting Tree can be useful as well on certain weather teams but Grassy Surge is overall more consistant.
Tropalm @ Leftovers
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Seed Bomb
- U-turn
- Stealth Rock
- Derust / Synthesis
Tropalm @ Leftovers
Ability: Adapting Tree
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Flash Cannon
- Weather Ball
- Thunderbolt / Stealth Rock
- Derust
Hypsand
Hypsand is a solid Pokemon due to its typing and great stats. The abilities also play a huge role. Bad Dreams makes Hypnosis more worth, alternatively you can utilise Hour Glass which puts every active Pokemon to sleep after a few turns. Insomnia helps counteract that but then you give up the benefits of Bad Dreams or you could just run Psychic Surge and go on the offensive with it.
Hypsand @ Leftovers
Ability: Bad Dreams / Insomnia
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Future Sight
- Earth Power
- Hypnosis / Hourglass / Wish
- Spikes / Wish
Laichto
Laichto is just a bulkier Lanturn. It would do SleepTalk things but it has Light Absorption now, which heals the user by 33% and boosts is Special Attack. The amount is increased to 66% in Sun and the boost is increased to 2 in Electric Terrain. Speaking of which, Laichto has Electric Surge and therefore it has a Nasty Plot that can heal it.
Laichto @ Leftovers
Ability: Volt Absorb
EVs: 168 HP / 44 Def / 252 SpD / 44 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Surf
- Volt Switch
- Ice Beam
- Light Absorption
Uninown
This is really random but it always bothered me how Unown was so useless and irrelevant when it had interesting lore. Therefore, I decided to give it an evolution. Uninown is a scary Pokemon with a high BST and a broken signature move in Cosmic Symbols, which lowers the target's highest stat by 2. The main issue Uninown has is its coverage which is pretty much just the weak HP and Judgement, which takes up your item slot. Also, small reminder, HP is still unavailable to other Pokemon and HP will fail when used by anything other than Unown or Uninown.
Rolycoly-Roovnen, Carkoal-Roovnen, Loakolossal
Loakolossal is nice thanks to its typing in combination with Heatproof, which gives it a great match-up spread. It also has Scald and great utility with Stealth Rock, Spikes, Rapid Spin and Will-O-Wisp. Shift Gear is a bit more niche due to its abismal speed but it can potentially work, especially if you run Steam Engine and manage to activate it.
Loakolossal @ Leftovers
Ability: Heatproof
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold / Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald / Liquidation
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock / Rapid Spin
- Spikes / Will-O-Wisp
Loakolossal @ Leftovers
Ability: Heatproof / Steam Engine
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Liquidation
- Iron Head
- Risky Way
- Shift Gear
Pauption
I will regret this, given how good Torkoal is already. I based it on the Pauliberg. It isn't really significant but I wanted to give Torkoal an evolution, so here we go. Pauption is basically a better Torkoal which was already solid. The secondary typing does not allow it to take an occasional Earthquake, and makes it weak to Psychic. The typing also adds a Fighting and Poison resistance with an immunity to Poison. Overall, Pauption is a really good Pokemon, capable of being a Pokemon of its own and not being purely a Sun Setter.
Pauption @ Heat Rock / Solar Panel
Ability: Drought
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
- Lava Plume
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
- Morning Sun
Pauption @ Heavy-Duty Boots / Solar Panel
Ability: Drought
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Fire Blast / Eruption
- Sludge Bomb
- Solar Beam
- Morning Sun
Torkoal-Roovnen, Naturthis, Kunturthis
Torkoal-R and its two evolutions are inspired by history and museums, which explains their weird names. Competitively, Naturthis and Kunturthis are pretty similar. The former is physically offensive and bulky while the ladder is extremely specially defensive. Ground/Fairy is also a great typing and they have a big movepool with Curse, Calm Mind, Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin, recovery and great coverage moves. Overall, pretty solid Pokemon.
Torkoal-Roovnen @ Eviolite
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Moonblast
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
- Morning Sun
Naturthis @ Leftovers
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Play Rough
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock / Spikes
- Morning Sun
Kunturthis @ Leftovers
Ability: Solid Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Thunderbolt
- Calm Mind
- Morning Sun
Cubone-Roovnen, Glacone, Oetzowak
Based on Ötzi, the oldest natural Mummy found in Southern Tyrol. I choose to give Cubone this regional variant, since it didn't get an Alolan form and their Bones can be replaced with any weapon, in this case a copper hachet. I made it an Ice-type and the copper hachet uses the Thick Club as a handle. This line got a signature move alongside another one, the name of the move is Battle Axe.
Ferreel, Praspin, Radriss
Radriss is the Pseudo-Legendary of this mod and it has immense physical bulk and offensive stats. Being pure Steel is also nice since it is a great defensive typing. Ferris Wheel also makes Rapid Spin and its signature move Slow Spin more powerful and makes Flame Wheel also a decent coverage move. Its lower Special Defense hurts it, however its high HP makes up for that.
Radriss @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs / Flash Fire / Ferris Wheel
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 Spe
Impish Nature
- Slow Spin / Spin Out
- Body Press
- Rapid Spin
- Thunder Wave / Stealth Rock / Swords Dance
Dratini-Roovnen, Dragonair-Roovnen, Dragonite-Roovnen
Dragonite is already a great Pokemon but here's a Dragonite that has better speed and has STAB ESpeed but being weaker. Dragonite-R is a threatening Pokemon and not only because it is a Dragonite. STAB ESpeed is really strong but its signature ability in Dash Happy is a whole new thing. After 3 turns, Dragonite initiates a Dash that is a Normal-type move with 80 BP (before writing this I changed it from 150 BP to 80 BP). So even if it doesn't get a OHKO or 2HKO, it can rely on the Dash to finish off a Pokemon.
Roggenrola-Roovnen, Boldore-Roovnen, Gigalith-Roovnen
This Pokemon are unique. They are really slow and Rock/Fairy is an awkward defensive typing. They are best used as bulky attackers or supporters. Gigalith's high physical bulk allows it to run a Calm Mind set or set Stealth Rock for its team. Alternatively, it can utilise the power of Trick Room and its spammable STABs in Glass Shimmer and Moonblast and some good coverage in Thunderbolt and Lumina Crash.
Gigalith-Roovnen @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock
- Morning Sun
Gigalith-Roovnen @ Leftovers
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draining Kiss
- Body Press
- Power Gem / Morning Sun
- Calm Mind
Gigalith-Roovnen @ Life Orb / Solar Panel
Ability: Sturdy / Solar Power
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Glass Shimmer
- Moonblast
- Lumina Crash
- Trick Room
Sewaddle-Roovnen, Swadloon-Roovnen, Leavanny-Roovnen
This line has some of the best new abilities. Maternal Guard gives the Pokemon an Eviolite boost if it can evolve, while Maternal Power is Parental Bond but it hits three times. Swadloon can stack Maternal Guard with Eviolite to give it 2,25x bulk and Bug/Fairy is a pretty solid typing. Leavanny is a pretty solid offensive typing. With Maternal Power giving its moves a boost of 66% and two extra chances to inflict secondary effects. Overall, Leavanny is a really strong Pokemon and Swadloon with have success in the lower tiers.
Swadloon-Roovnen @ Eviolite
Ability: Maternal Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draining Kiss / Moonblast
- Stored Power
- Iron Defense / Synthesis
- Quiver Dance
Leavanny-Roovnen @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Maternal Power
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Play Rough / Fair Deal
- Lunge / Pounce / Leech Life
- Knock Off
- Swords Dance
Inspired by the Paradox Pokemon, this mod will have Corrupted Pokemon. The mod revolves around corrupted Pokemon that forces them to evolve in a negative way. Since the main legendaries have no corrupted forms anymore (since I thought they were boring) I figured that I could give some Pokemon a new form. Granted, they are not really formes or evolutions but their own species.
Sigisin - Corrupted Avian
Sigisin is phenominal. It has great speed and its typing and movepool are great tools to utilise it with. Corruption makes every other Pokemon without this ability or Pokemon that are not Yorlator, Mranovo or Curtowal, are weak to Dark and thus Dark Pulse/Knock Off is the best coverage move you can have on it, although Psychic STAB is great against the Warrior Trio.
Sigisin @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Corruption
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Flare Blitz
- Zen Headbutt
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
Bredoom - Corrupted Spores
Bredoom does not have good speed but has great power and great defensive utility. It makes great use of Stealth Rock and its STABs in Focus Blast and Flash Cannon are great against the Warrior Trio, since their secondary typing makes them weak to those attacks. Although, they share the same speed tier so it has to be careful.
Frosgross - Corrupted Wings
This Pokemon is Volcarona on steroids. It has slightly less physical bulk and that's it. It has way better Special stats and speed and Corruption gives it the best coverage move you can use in Dark Pulse. Ice/Fairy is also both buffed and nerfed, while gaining a resist in Bug and also being weak to it, it also resists Ground and Water.
Abomacruel - Corrupted Chill
This Pokemon is probably the worst of the Corruption Pokemon. Its speed is really bad but it makes up for it by being bulky and being generally annoying to switch into due to Leech Seed and Will-O-Wisp. Corruption also makes this more annoying to deal with.
Porygon-V - Corrupted Virus
Porygon-V is a mixture of Porygon2 and Porygon-Z and it makes the best use of Dark Pulse coverage. Tri Attack and Sludge Bomb are great STABs that can punish switch-ins and so does Volt Switch. Specs and Scarf are the best items for it, although Black Sludge Nasty Plot is also a great set and Life Orb Agility sets are dangerous sweepers.
Porygon-V @ Choice Specs / Choice Scarf
Ability: Corruption
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Sludge Bomb
- Dark Pulse
- Volt Switch
Latakuno - Corrupted Twin
Being the main Corruption, Latakuno benefits from STAB Dark-type moves that hit everything super-effectively. Its signature move, Dark Ball, lowers Attack and Defense with a 50% chance to do so. It also has an signature item called, Shadow Dew, which boosts its Attack and Defense by 50%, however it is quickbanned and honestly this Pokemon will get quickbanned as well.
Latakuno @ Life Orb
Ability: Corruption
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dark Ball
- Dragon Claw
- Iron Head
- Dragon Dance
Yorlator
Yorlator is a great Pokemon for Offense. While it doesn't have the offenses of Iron Valiant, it has a passive Healing Wish and Fairy/Fighting is a great offensive typing. It can function well as a Specs Breaker, Scarf Speed Control, LO Sweeper or a Taunt Lead. It also has decent bulk which allows it to use its typing defensively in order to get in more easily.
Mranovo
Here you have one of the best Stallbreakers there is. Mranovo's ability does not allow the use of Status moves from any Pokemon. The drawback Mranovo has from this is that it cannot utilise Swords Dance, Substitute or Protect. However, this is a price worth paying for preventing set-up, hazards, healing or any other Status move like Encore, Disable and Taunt.
Mranovo @ Choice Band / Choice Scarf / Black Glasses
Ability: Challenger
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Crunch
- Close Combat
- Sucker Punch
- Gunk Shot
Curtowal
Curtowal is probaby the worst of this trio but it is still pretty solid. It is really similar to Cobalion but there are differences. Cobalion is faster and has Volt Switch. However, Curtowal is bulkier on both sides, stronger (slightly), Spikes and has a actually useful ability. Shielded applies Protect to the user for one turn after KOing an opponent, therefore its offensive sets are great as well.
Curtowal @ Leftovers
Ability: Shielded
EVs: 252 HP / 240 Def / 16 Spe
Impish Nature
- Iron Head
- Body Press
- Stealth Rock
- Bulk Up / Spikes / Thunder Wave
Curtowal @ Leftovers
Ability: Shielded
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Iron Head
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance
Guadock
Guadock is an incredible tank. Its physical bulk is outstanding and its lowest stat (which is speed) is still decent at 85. Protective Will makes it take less damage from all moves and adds recoil damage to the opponent's move. You see similarities to Ting-Lu, but again 90% of the mod as created before SV, especially the main legendaries. Guadock will be a great Pokemon, tanking super-effective hits and doing great damage back to the opponent.
Guadock @ Leftovers
Ability: Protective Will
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Impish Nature
- Body Charge
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes / Thunder Wave / Roar / Protect
Guadock @ Leftovers
Ability: Protective Will
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Body Charge
- Earthquake
- Superpower
- Swords Dance
Stoleagle
Never seen a Normal-type main Legendary that isn't Arceus, huh? Stoleagle is what I'd like to call the Blissey of Ubers. It has great special bulk and decent Special Attack. That Special Attack in combination with its signature ability and move makes it a great threat on its own. It also has STAB Boomburst that deals more damage to resists thanks to its ability.
Stoleagle @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pride Roar
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Spirit Roar
- U-turn
- Roost
- Defog
Adlerz
Adlerz is the one of, if not, the most threatening Pokemon in this mod. 160/91/117 offenses and great bulk makes it a really strong Pokemon. Atleast a strong neutral attacker. Its ability Kind Heart makes its super-effective hits weaker but heal Adlerz by 1/6 of its max HP. This makes it weaker for sure but increases its longevity and Adlerz naturally strong so it isn't too bothered by it. Also remember, when a Pokemon has 10% left and Adlerz uses a super-effective move then it heals 1/6 with basically no drawback.
Adlerz @ Choice Scarf / Choice Band
Ability: Kind Heart
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Mind Claw
- Brave Bird
- U-turn
Adlerz @ Life Orb
Ability: Kind Heart
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Mind Claw
- Brave Bird
- Swords Dance
- Roost
Hungurul, Hungurul-Dynamic
Hungurul is a great Pokemon by virtue of its typing and stat distribution. Being decently fast, bulky and strong. Dynamic Battle and Dynamic Assault makes it more of a early game Pokemon or a breaker on bulkier teams, since they are more powerful depending on the amount of allies alive. The base forme will start in OU and the Dynamic forme will be Ubers.
Hungurul @ Leftovers
Ability: Dynamic Battle
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Dynamic Assault
- Focus Blast
- Calm Mind
- Roost
Hungurul-Dynamic @ Leftovers
Ability: Dynamic Battle
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Dynamic Assault
- Focus Blast
- Calm Mind
- Roost
Chasilen
Chasilen brings back Pursuit in a stronger Ghost forme and its ability makes it so that opponents loose extra HP when they switch out on it, thus punishing U-turn and Volt Switch in a way. It also forces a lot of Pokemon out due to Will-O-Wisp, Shadow Sneak or its Knock Off that punishes switches even further.
Chasilen @ Leftovers
Ability: Chaser
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Chase Down
- Knock Off
- Will-O-Wisp
- Bulk Up
Chasilen @ Choice Band
Ability: Chaser
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Chase Down
- Knock Off
- Shadow Sneak
- Close Combat
I will go over some of the OU relevant Pokemon from older generations. A lot of them got direct nerfs, via signature moves or signature abilities. Others got nerfed by dexited moves or buffs that other Pokemon received. I will only cover those that are significanlty changed, since most OU relevant mons didn't get as many changes.
Breloom @ Choice Band / Loaded Dice
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch
- Rock Tomb
The dexit of Spore really sucks for Breloom. It means that Flying-, Bug- and most Ghost-types have a much easier time switching into Breloom. Poison Heal sets have to utilise SubPunch with Leech Seed or Bulk Up and Technician sets have to go all-out offensive. Breloom was already a lacking Pokemon and with the loss of Spore, it becomes more lacking.
Annihilape @ Leftovers
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 240 HP / 252 SpD / 16 Spe
Careful Nature
- Rage Fist
- Drain Punch
- Bulk Up
- Taunt
Annihilape returns to OU with a significant nerf to Rage Fist, which now increases in damage by 15 BP, not 50 BP. Snowballing with it became much harder and with the lack of Terastallization, it cannot escape its negative time match-ups. Buffs to Big Root, Shell Bell and Punching Glove allow it to recover more HP, in the former two cases, or deal more damage and ignore passive abilities, in the latters case.
Garganacl @ Leftovers
Ability: Purifying Salt
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Salt Cure
- Body Press
- Recover
- Iron Defense
Garganacl has the same treatment as Annihilape, where its signature move got nerfed. Salt Cure now deals 1/16 on regular targets and 1/8 on Water- and Steel-types. The removal of Terastallization also makes it easier to deal with. Garganacl can utilise a new item in the Thermal Jacket pretty well, which gives it a Ice resistance without gaining a weakness to Fire, although it keeps a weakness to Ground, Fighting and gained one to Water.
Nidoking (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Nidoking remains mostly the same. Bright Powder becomes a risky item, but in a perfect world you gain the Choice Scarf boost without being restricted in its move selection. Two significant nerfs that Nidoking received is that it lost Sludge Wave, which isn't a big deal, with its main Poison STAB going from 123.5 BP to 117 BP. The other being more significant, with Ice-types now resisting Ground-type attacks, so both of King's STABs are nerfed.
Maushold @ Wide Lens
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Population Bomb
- Bite
- Tidy Up
- Taunt
Population Bomb got nerfed to 15 BP from 20 BP, which results in a total basepower of 225 BP after Technician, rather than 300 BP. The only issue now is that Wide Lens does not only boost accuracy but also the power of moves that have less than 100% accuracy. Which makes Population Bomb 247.5 BP. This is still less than before, by a significant degree, but it is still a strong move.
Hippowdon @ Leftovers / Smooth Rock
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Earthquake
- Slack Off
- Stealth Rock
- Whirlwind
Hippowdon is here again as a physically defensive tank and Sand Setter. Dracozolt and Houndstone being back give it more of a niche as a tank and Stealth Rock setter. Loosing Toxic is pretty rough but not going against it is nice. The issue with Hippowdon is that Ting-Lu outclasses it in the Home metagame, but outside of that Hippowdon has a nice niche.
With Pauption existing, Torkoal can now utilise Eviolite. Pauption might still be a better setter since it can use Heavy-Duty Boots or Solar Panel to increase its staying power or Heat Rock to increase the sun duration. Torkoal can still be used alongside its evolution to win in weather wars and both can fullfil different roles by one setting hazards, removing hazards, yawning or tanking hits, while the other can do other things.
Aegislash still remains the same. The only notable change is that Steel Bullets is a new move it can use but it is overall less consistant than Flash Cannon. The removal of Toxic also eliminate any purpose the SubProtect set has. Steel no longer resisting Psychic removes some of the switch-in opportunities it might've had.
Houndstone @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Last Respects
- Play Rough
- Stomping Tantrum
- Shadow Sneak
Houndstone is finally not as strong as it once was. It has the same BP as Rage Fist with the same bower boost of 15 BP. It maxes out at 125 BP, which is a significant decrease from 300 BP. Now Houndstone is just a good revenge killer on Sand, allowing its other Sand abbusing teammates to wallbreak and concentrate less on sweeping.
Toedscruel @ Leftovers
Ability: Mycelium Might
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Stun Spore
- Taunt
- Spikes
Mycellium Might got buffed! It no longer adds negative priority to Status moves, you know what it means! Fast SPORE! Oh wait, Spore got removed, well nevermind then. It can for sure utilise Stun Spore, Spikes and Taunt more effectively. Stun Spore especially is noteworthy since it can paralyse Gholdengo and naturally outspeed it, other than that though, it is pretty mediocre.
Rotom-Wash also remains the same. Two significant nerfs are that Ice-types resist Water and the removal of Terastallization. However, it is a nice abuser of two of modified items which are Shell Bell and Bright Powder. Shell Bell gives Offensive Pivots recovery when switching out and Bright Powder gives the Choice Scarf speed boost without the restriction fo Choice Scarf, meaning that Nasty Plot got a new level of threat, if you ignore the accuracy drop.
Magnezone is here and does its job as usual. However, it got buffed now! Overheat now allows Magnezone (and its prevos) to trap Steel-types like Kingambit, Radriss, Gholdengo and Aegislash with one move. The drawback of this is that there a not a lot of defensive Steels that Overheat can hit and using Overheat makes it more abusable.
Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 244 HP / 208 SpD / 56 Spe
Careful Nature
- Earthquake
- U-turn / Knock Off
- Roost
- Defog
Gliscor is still staying strong. Knock Off got nerfed, going from 65 BP to 50 BP and the power boost going 1.5x to 1.2x (effectively from 97.5 BP to 60 BP). Therefore, it is less of an offensive move and more of a utility option. However, it gained Soarring Assault, which is a 75 BP Flying-type move that doubles in power when hitting an airbone Pokemon, which is good since Gliscor gets checked by airbone Pokemon. However, the Ice-type buff makes it so that Gliscor's Ground STABs is walled by Ice-types.
Amoonguss @ Black Sludge
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Giga Drain
- Clear Smog
- Foul Play
- Stun Spore
Amoonguss @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Atk / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
- Giga Drain
- Sludge Bomb
- Foul Play
- Stomping Tantrum
Amoonguss got nerfed with the removal of Spore and Terastallization. Psychic being no longer resisted by Steel makes this type even better, which in turn makes Amoonguss less good. Ice having more defensive utility also makes it a better type. Poison got buffed, going from 1/8 damage to 1/6 damage. Spore being removed however, makes it so much easier to deal with. Assault Vest copies Toxapex and provides a nice defensive backbone for offensive teams that can annoy offensive Pokemon with Foul Play, Sludge Bomb poisons and a potentially double-powered Stomping Tantrum.
Clefable @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Flamethrower
- Moonlight
- Stealth Rock
Pokemon that are not in SV have their movepools from the last game there were available in. Thus, Clefable has to use Moonlight, which still has the same PP as Soft-Boiled, but the amount depending on weather is pretty unreliable, especially when Sand and Snow are good archetypes. Another significant change is that Bug now resists Fairy and hits it supereffectively, which is a really hard nerf. Loosing a resistance and being hit super effectively by it forces it out so much more.
The Ice-type buff is really nice for Mamoswine. It had 4 weaknesses, 2 resistances and 1 immunity with Thick Fat, now it has 3 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 1 immunity. This gives it a lot more opportunity to come in and do whatever it wants. Nothing to add more, Mamoswine will be very good.
Arctozolt @ Shell Bell / Life Orb / Collection Bag
Ability: Slush Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Bolt Beak
- Icicle Crash
- Low Kick
- Substitute
Arctozolt is really good Pokemon. BoltBeam coverage is as good as ever but now, it has resistances to Water and lost its Ground weakness, giving it more opportunities to switch in. Snows defense boost is also really nice for it. Abomasnow and Vanilluxe are decent Snow setters due to the Ice buff but with Ninetales-Alola in Home, it will become so much better. Oetzowak is also a new Snow abuser which fuctions really well as a wallbreaker, allowing Arctozolt more to focus on sweeping.
Gholdengo @ Covert Cloak
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Shadow Ball
- Make It Rain
- Recover
Gholdengo @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shadow Ball
- Make It Rain
- Trick
- Focus Blast
Gholdengo @ Air Balloon
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Make It Rain
- Shadow Ball
- Nasty Plot
- Recover
Gholdengo @ Leftovers
Ability: Good as Gold
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hex
- Thunder Wave
- Recover
- Nasty Plot
Gholdengo got three nerfs that really hurt its effectiveness. Its special attack went from 133 to 123, Make it Rain went from 120 BP to 100 BP and lastly, it no longer resists Psychic. Now, Gholdengo is still good since Ghost/Steel is still a phenominal typing and it's still really strong. Good as Gold will always make it even better, but these changes make it far easier to deal with.
You will hear the same things again here. 4x resistance to Water and resistance to Ground are phenominal. If your team is also weak to other Ice-types, you can also add Thermal Jacket to gain a resistance to Ice while keeping resistances to Water, Electric, Grass and Ground. Baxcalibur might honestly be a broken Pokemon in this metagame.
Latias is decent Choice Scarf user with its standard set. Mist Ball now has 90 BP which rivals Psychic. However, unlike Psychic, Mist Ball has a higher chance to inflict its stat drop. Steel no longer resisting Psychic is also great for it. However, she fails in comparison to her brother.
Take everything I said to Latias and apply it to Latios. Not having Healing Wish kinda sucks but Luster Purge is basically a upgraded Psychic and is extremely spammable with one less resistance to it. Its low PP makes it harder to use and lacking Aura Sphere or Mystical Fire is really bad for it, but Latios will be one of the most dangerous Pokemon in this metagame.
Crobat is one of the Pokemon that got a stat buff, with its SpA going from 70 to 85. It won't have an impact in OU, but it is more threatening as a special attacker in lower tiers, so it will have niches in UU and RU.
Drifblim @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Aftermath
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hex
- Defog
- Strength Sap
- Will-O-Wisp
Drifblim @ Colbur Berry
Ability: Unburden
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Acrobatics
- Knock Off
- Explosion
- Strength Sap
Drifblim got a generous buff with +10 Atk, +20 Def and +10 SpD. Its bulk isn't amazing but it has improved significantly and base 90 Atk is a better bases for Acrobatics sets. Still isn't amazing but it does better.
Druddigon @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Dragon Tail
- Gunk Shot
- Stealth Rock
- Glare
Druddigon @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Dragon Claw
- Superpower
- Flash Cannon
- Sucker Punch
+10 in HP and SpA allow Druddigon to be more effective as a defensive Pokemon while its new SpA allows it to utilise Sheer Force more effectively.
Pangoro @ Choice Band
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Knock Off
- Gunk Shot
- Parting Shot
Pangoro got +10 in HP and Atk, which makes it a far better attacker. Obviously by being stronger but it has now a better chance to 1v1 most Pokemon due to its better bulk.
Tsareena (F) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Natural Cure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Power Whip
- High Jump Kick
- Rapid Spin
- U-turn
Tsareena got a new tool in Natural Cure, which allows it to switch in more easily and spam U-turn without worry of Flame Body or Static. Furthermore, +10 Atk is really nice for it. The entire family got stat buffs so Steenee and Bounsweet aren't dogshit.
Home Additions
I will make a future post about these when I add the Home Update, but these are the most relevant Pokemon returning from Home.
Banned to Ubers:
But wait... There's more! Remember FESV Camomons? I have some news for you. No sorry, not playable currently. At least, there's no format for it. The meta is playable with challenge code, however custom elements cannot be banned by this code and therefore you gotta built without banned elements. Hold on, banned elements? Yeah, there are some bans and they are:
Deliraidon has a great ability in Iron Sights and it has a pretty colourful movepool. The issue was that its STAB combination was not all that amazing, eventhough it had coverage to kinda make up for that. Well, now Deliraidon can utilise its movepool to give it a powerful STABs with Electric/Ice and Iron Sights would boost the power of Thunderbolt/Thunder, Blizzard and Freeze-Dry and make Thunder and Blizzard reliable by making them more accurate. Add in Calm Mind, Spikes, U-turn and Taunt and you have a strong special attacker with great utility.
NO PRIMELEO DOES NOT GET BANNED! I wanted to use a sprite here. The real suspect is Rage Fist. Primeleo is balanced by the fact that the Pokemon is not Ghost-type, thus Rage Fist is not an automatic fit on it and when it is used, it is not as powerful as it could be. With Camomons, you can pair Rage Fist with Drain Punch for the great coverage of Ghost/Fighting, or with Sunsteel Strike or Morning Sun to give it a great defensive typing in Ghost/Steel or Ghost/Normal. Banning Primeleo would be weird especially since the main issue was Rage Fist and it was the only user of it.
Challenge Code
Code:
/challenge fusionevolutiongen9@@@Camomons Mod
That's it for now. Thanks for reading and have a nice day! Ciao Servus!
[Gen 1] Glitch OU: Swords Dance (and why you should use it) 
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Focus Band
King's Rock
Lax Incense
Quick Claw
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Luvdisc
Swinub
Starly
Togepi
Zubat
Cleffa
Wooper-Paldea
Makuhita
Nymble
Wooper
Zigzagoon-Galar
Happiny
Wimpod
Pidove
Shinx
Rolycoly
Lotad
Dreepy
Wooloo
Tyrogue
Noibat
Tarountula
Ralts
Charcadet
Bounsweet
Sentret
Pawmi
Bunnelby
Nickit
Igglybuff
Wiglett
Seedot
Lechonk
Poochyena
Whismur
Pichu
Snom
Blipbug
Pidgey
Combee
Applin
Rookidee
Feebas
Sunkern
Cosmog
Toxel
Kakuna
Tynamo
Kricketot
Magikarp
Spewpa
Slakoth
Burmy
Silcoon
Cascoon
Metapod
Scatterbug
Weedle
Wurmple
Caterpie
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