The unfortunate thing about there being over 800 Pokémon in existence is that some are bound to be left in the dust. For Smogon, these neglected Pokémon fall into the "Untiered" category, due to their lack of unique or strong traits that make a Pokémon viable. Many Pet Mods are created with the sole purpose of buffing those Untiered Pokémon, and others like them, so that they can be viable in the higher tiers. This begs the question, though: what would happen if we buffed these Pokémon so much that they could even do battle with the gods of Pokémon?
Well, welcome to From Untiereds to Ubers, where we aim to do just that! The idea of this Pet Mod is to, as the name suggests, take completely unviable mons and give them so many new tools that they would be banned to, or at least be viable in, Ubers. Ideally, buffs should be less focused on crazy stat increases, and more about exploring unique ways of making a Pokémon good enough to compete among the best of their kind, whether that be through expanded movepools or access to new or underutilized Abilities and type combinations.
Firstly, here is the current list of candidates (bold indicates a slate winner):
Arbok
Ariados
Armaldo
Avalugg
Basculin
Bastiodon
Beartic
Beautifly
Beheeyem
Bellossom
Bibarel
Bouffalant
Butterfree
Cacturne
Carbink
Carnivine
Castform
Chatot
Cherrim
Chimecho
Corsola
Crabominable
Cradily
Crustle
Dedenne
Delcatty
Delibird
Dewgong
Drifblim
Dunsparce
Dusknoir
Dustox
Electivire
Electrode
Emolga
Exeggutor
Farfetch'd
Fearow
Flareon
Floatzel
Furfrou
Furret
Girafarig
Glaceon
Gogoat
Golduck
Golem
Alolan Golem
Gorebyss
Gourgeist
Granbull
Grumpig
Gumshoos
Heatmor
Huntail
Hypno
Illumise
Jumpluff
Jynx
Kecleon
Komala
Kricketune
Lapras
Leafeon
Leavanny
Ledian
Lickilicky
Lumineon
Lunatone
Luvdisc
Luxray
Midnight Lycanroc
Magcargo
Maractus
Marowak
Masquerain
Meganium
Meowstic
Mightyena
Minun
Mothim
Mr. Mime
Muk
Ninjask
Noctowl
Octillery
Oranguru
Oricorio Baile Style
Oricorio Pa'u Style
Pachurisu
Parasect
Persian
Phione
Pinsir
Plusle
Politoed
Poliwrath
Probopass
Purugly
Pyukumuku
Raichu
Rampardos
Rapidash
Raticate
Alolan Raticate
Regice
Regigigas
Relicanth
Fan Rotom
Sandslash
Sawsbuck
Seaking
Seviper
Shedinja
Shiftry
Shiinotic
Shuckle
Silvally
Simipour
Simisage
Simisear
Slaking
Solrock
Spinda
Stantler
Stunfisk
Sudowoodo
Sunflora
Swalot
Swanna
Swoobat
Throh
Torkoal
Torterra
Toucannon
Trevenant
Tropius
Turtonator
Unfezant
Unown
Ursaring
Vespiquen
Volbeat
Wailord
Walrein
Watchog
Whiscash
Wigglytuff
Wishiwashi
Wormadam Plant Cloak
Wormadam Sandy Cloak
Wormadam Trash Cloak
Zebstrika
Ariados
Armaldo
Avalugg
Basculin
Bastiodon
Beartic
Beautifly
Beheeyem
Bellossom
Bibarel
Bouffalant
Butterfree
Cacturne
Carbink
Carnivine
Castform
Chatot
Cherrim
Chimecho
Corsola
Crabominable
Cradily
Crustle
Dedenne
Delcatty
Delibird
Dewgong
Drifblim
Dunsparce
Dusknoir
Dustox
Electivire
Electrode
Emolga
Exeggutor
Farfetch'd
Fearow
Flareon
Floatzel
Furfrou
Furret
Girafarig
Glaceon
Gogoat
Golduck
Golem
Alolan Golem
Gorebyss
Gourgeist
Granbull
Grumpig
Gumshoos
Heatmor
Huntail
Hypno
Illumise
Jumpluff
Jynx
Kecleon
Komala
Kricketune
Lapras
Leafeon
Leavanny
Ledian
Lickilicky
Lumineon
Lunatone
Luvdisc
Luxray
Midnight Lycanroc
Magcargo
Maractus
Marowak
Masquerain
Meganium
Meowstic
Mightyena
Minun
Mothim
Mr. Mime
Muk
Ninjask
Noctowl
Octillery
Oranguru
Oricorio Baile Style
Oricorio Pa'u Style
Pachurisu
Parasect
Persian
Phione
Pinsir
Plusle
Politoed
Poliwrath
Probopass
Purugly
Pyukumuku
Raichu
Rampardos
Rapidash
Raticate
Alolan Raticate
Regice
Regigigas
Relicanth
Fan Rotom
Sandslash
Sawsbuck
Seaking
Seviper
Shedinja
Shiftry
Shiinotic
Shuckle
Silvally
Simipour
Simisage
Simisear
Slaking
Solrock
Spinda
Stantler
Stunfisk
Sudowoodo
Sunflora
Swalot
Swanna
Swoobat
Throh
Torkoal
Torterra
Toucannon
Trevenant
Tropius
Turtonator
Unfezant
Unown
Ursaring
Vespiquen
Volbeat
Wailord
Walrein
Watchog
Whiscash
Wigglytuff
Wishiwashi
Wormadam Plant Cloak
Wormadam Sandy Cloak
Wormadam Trash Cloak
Zebstrika
Rules
- Have fun with your submissions! A lot of Pet Mods are designed around OU, and thusly require some restraint for their submissions. Not here! While there will be a couple limits (as listed below), remember that the Ubers tier is filled with ridiculously overpowered Pokémon, so go ahead and indulge in whatever brokenness you desire.
- With each slate, you can submit up to three Pokémon. These may be any of the Pokémon in the list above, as long as they haven't been a winning submission yet.
- During the voting phase, you may vote for up to five submissions. You may self-vote, but only once per slate.
- Only one custom Move or Ability per submission.The custom Moves and Abilities should also be a clone of an existing Move/Ability, unless you provide a code for them.
- Custom Abilities must not be the effects of two or more abilities combined. This would effectively give the Pokémon two abilities, which isn't a very creative or fun way of making a Pokémon broken. Keep any custom Abilities actually custom.
- As far as the more busted abilities are concerned, I will establish some limits now:
- I will allow Delta Stream, but not Desolate Land and Primordial Sea. From my experience with Ubers, it's clear that the latter two are too broken to just get thrown on any Pokémon, and I don't want this Pet Mod to become overrun by the weather wars. However, Delta Stream could make for interesting submissions considering its current absence in Ubers, and its effect of canceling Primal weather will be invaluable to checking the Primals.
- If using any clones of Huge Power, I am establishing a limit of 70 to any affected base attacking stat. As both Mega Mawile and Medicham have shown us, these abilities have the potential to be way too broken without some sort of limit.
- Parental Bond is allowed, but I would appreciate some flavor reasoning if used.
- Shadow Tag and Arena Trap are not allowed. Both Dugtrio and Gothitelle have shown how trapping is generally uncompetitive and not fun.
- Water Bubble is allowed with a limit of 80 on both base attacking stats.
- Fur Coat and any clones have a limit of 90 on any affected base defending stat.
- Fluffy and any clones have a limit of 100 on any affected base defending stat (i.e. Def for contact moves and SpD for non-contact moves)
- Wonder Guard is banned. No ifs, ands, or buts about it (except on Shedinja).
Pokémon:
Typing:
Abilities:
New Moves:
Typing:
Abilities:
Custom Ability Description (if applicable):
Stats:New Moves:
Custom Move Information (if applicable):
Custom Move Description (what effects it has):
Competitive (niche in Ubers):Pokémon: Marshadow
Typing: Ghost / Fighting
Ability: Technician
New Moves: Close Combat, Spectral Thief
Typing: Ghost / Fighting
Ability: Technician
Technician: This new ability would boost the power of the user's moves by 1.5x, but only if their Base Power was 60 or less.
Stats: 90 / 125 / 80 / 90 / 90 / 125 | 600 BSTNew Moves: Close Combat, Spectral Thief
Spectral Thief: Ghost, Physical, 90 BP, 100% Acc, 10 PP
Description: This move would steal the target's stat boosts, then deal damage.
Competitive (niche in Ubers): With the simple addition of the Fighting-type and two amazing new STABs, Marshadow goes from one of the worst Pokémon ever to one of the best!Council (PM me to apply):





We have a Discord and a Spreadsheet!
This post hosts all the code (in case of server issues).
One last thing: try to keep your changes within the bounds of the Pokémon itself. I'm sure if Magcargo was a fast special sweeper, he would be great! But that doesn't really fit his design, or the point of him, really. Also, for non-legendaries, let's keep the BSTs at or below 600. That way, we can focus more on making a Pokémon great through more interesting ways.
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