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[IceLevelIncarnate]

Moves
Deja Vu (SV)
Accelerock (chemicalmines)
Rekindle (chemicalmines)
Soul Search (Totally_Odette)

Items
Dreamy Pillow (SV)
Power Herb (NANI?!)
Royal Flush (Sigilyph Bro)

Abilities
Assertive | Determined | Decisive | Persistent | Gutsy (SV)
Extraordinary (SV)
Optimist (NANI?!)
Power Spot (Yoshiblaze)
Mud Wash (Yoshiblaze)
All the -ates (The Damned)

Adjustments
Mimikyu (SV)
Eelektross (Beebos)
Tsareena (G-Luke)
Grafaiai (NANI?!)
Iron Bundle (Yoshiblaze)
Gen 8 Regis (Yoshiblaze)

 

[The Damned]

Ah, crap. Sorry G-Luke. If I had been more awake when I last posted, then I wouldn't have resubbed my Tsareena since I somehow blanked that you had subbed one this slate too despite seeing it earlier. My bad:

MOVES:
Dream Eater
Mega Kick
Frolic
Meteor Beam
Rollout / Round
Snatch [self-vote]

ITEMS:
Standard Ruleset
Float Stone
Zoom Lens
Jaboca / Rowap Berry
Destiny Knot
Pink Bow & company [self-vote]

ABILITIES:
Armor Tail / Dazzling / Queenly Majesty
Smelt
Optimist
Flash Freeze | Reflective
Mud Wash
Normalize / Aerilate / Pixilate / Refrigerate / Galvanize [self-vote]

ADJUSTMENTS:
Lycanroc (Midday, Dusk, Midnight)
Eelektross
Orthoworm
Tsareena [G-Luke's]
Regieleki & Redidrago
Brambleghast [self-vote]

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Moves
Sparkling Spike (SV)
Meteor Beam
Rekindle
Accelerock
Rollout / Round
Frolic

Items
N/A

Abilities
Mud Wash (SV)
Power Spot (SV)
Friend Guard
Green-Eyed
-ates
Triage

Adjustments
Iron Bundle (SV)
Regieleki / Regidrago (SV)
Umbreon
Talonflame
Iron Thorns
Ampharos


Voting is now closed and winners will be posted shortly!

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Slate 6 winners!

Same process as the first four slates, with the cutoff for this slate being 7.

Votes

Moves
Accelerock - 11
Rollout / Round - 9
Meteor Beam - 8
Rekindle - 8
Mind Crush - 6
Sparkling Spike - 6
Frolic - 6
Aura Burst - 5
Blaze Kick and co. - 5
Deja Vu - 5
Groundbreaker / Overtake - 5
Dream Eater - 4
Smack Down / Tar Shot - 3
Empty Mind - 2
Slowing Sap - 2
Barb Barrage / Infernal Parade - 1
Fight or Flight - 1
Mega Kick - 1
Shed Tail - 1
Snatch - 1
Soul Search - 1

Items
Leather Belt - 8
Power Herb - 7
Destiny Knot - 6
Royal Flush - 6
Indecisive Orb - 5
Jaboca / Rowap Berry - 5
Pink Bow & co. - 5
Zoom Lens - 5
Float Stone - 4
Baseball Glove - 3
Weather Vane - 3
Cell Battery - 2
Precious Gems - 2
Standard Ruleset - 2
Dreamy Pillow - 1
Mob Protection - 1

Abilities
Color Change - 8
Smelt - 8
Green-Eyed - 7
Mud Wash - 7
Friend Guard - 5
Optimist - 5
Plus / Minus - 5
Power Spot - 5
-ates - 5
Assertive & co - 4
Flatten - 4
Triage - 4
Armor Tail & co - 3
Extraordinary - 3
Illuminate - 3
Underwhelming Aura / Charisma - 3
Bullying / Cyber Bullying - 2
Flash Freeze / Reflective - 2
Fair Play - 1
Iron Fist / Iron Foot - 1
Mentalize - 1

Adjustments
Tsareena (G-L) - 8
Orthworm - 7
Salamence - 7
Eelektross - 6
Iron Bundle - 6
Iron Thorns - 6
Gen 8 Regis - 6
Zarude - 4
Umbreon - 4
Braviaries - 3
Charcadet line - 3
Kanto Eeveelutions - 3
Mimikyu - 3
Toedscruel - 3
Ampharos - 2
Flutter Mane - 2
Gastrodon - 2
Iron Leaves - 2
Lilligant - 2
Talonflame - 2
Tsareena (unspecified) - 2
Banette - 1
Brambleghast - 1
Grafaiai - 1
Krookodile - 1
Lycanrocs - 1
Pawmot - 1

WINNERS

Moves

Name: Accelerock (resub!)
Effect: Ignores the opponent's stat changes. (like Darkest Lariat)
Potential Pokémon With This Move: (rocky types lol)
Justification: accelerock redistrib bc this almost won. 90% of rocks are slow as dirt so this could help some of them quite a bit

Name: Rollout / Round
Power: 50
Accuracy: 100
PP: 15
Category:

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Type:

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Effect: The user switches out after dealing damage. Power is doubled…if an ally used Rollout or if this Pokemon used Defense Curl on the previous turn (Rollout) / if an ally used Round on the previous turn (Round).
Priority: 0
Flags: Contact, Mirror, Protect
Potential Pokémon With This Move: Base distrib + (Rollout) / Base distrib + (Round)
Justification: More pivoting with a kinda unique secondary effect to reference the original moves. Base distrib for these actually works really well, as a lot of fatter mons without pivoting happen to get them.

Name: Rekindle
Power: --
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 16
Category:

Type:

Effect: The user heals 1/3 of their max HP and restores 1/8 of its max HP at the end of each turn. If the foe switches out while this move is used, they get burned.
Priority: 0
Flags (ex: Contact, Sound): Snatch
Potential Pokémon With This Move: (fire types with an open flame/flame motifs)
Justification: a pursuit-like move in a meta that sorely lacks it. not only does it burn, but it also provides recovery for mons such as blaze tauros

Name: Meteor Beam
Power: 120
Accuracy: 90%
PP: 10
Category: Special
Type: Rock
Effect: Current effect + does not need to charge during a sandstorm.
Priority: 0
Flags (ex: Contact, Sound): [Specify which flags the move has. A full list can be found here.]
Potential Pokémon With This Move: Current + old distribution
Justification: Changed to match the effect of the upcoming Electro Shot move being introduced in the Scartlet/Violet DLC.

Items

Name: Leather Belt
Effect: Holder's attacks that are neutral against the target do 1.2x damage.
Can Be Knocked Off: Yes
Ignored by Klutz: Yes
Fling Power & Effect: 10
Justification: Cool tool for types that don't have too many supereffective hits, like Normal, Dragon, and Ghost. Mostly just an alternative to Life Orb in case you don't want to take damage all the time.

Name: Power Herb
Effect: Holder's two-turn moves complete in one turn (except Sky Drop). Holder's recharge moves skip the recharge turn. Single use.
Can Be Knocked Off: Yes
Ignored by Klutz: Yes
Fling Power & Effect: 10
Justification: Minor buff to Power Herb so that it also includes recharge moves. Functions on the same principle of a powerful nuke that you can only click once, and helps proc Unburden sometimes.

Abilities

Name: Color Change
Effect: Before being hit by a move, this Pokemon's type changes to the type of that move (unless it is already that type).
Permanent: No
Mold Breaker: No
Potential Pokémon With This Ability:
Justification: Funny ability that effectively grants a new typing. It's weak to Ghost and Dragon, while resisting Poison, Steel, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, and Dark. Also stops stuff like Toxic, Leech Seed, Spore, Thunder Wave, and Will-O-Wisp.

Name: Smelt
Effect: Rock-type moves that target this Pokemon are converted into Fire-type before dealing damage. When this Pokemon takes Stealth Rock damage, the hazard deals Fire-type damage rather than Rock.
Permanent (Yes or No): Yes
Mold Breaker (Yes or No): Yes
Potential Pokémon With This Ability:
Justification: An option for Fire-types that are chronically haunted by Stealth Rock without being forced to run boots, as well as providing counterplay to Accelerock spam that would otherwise absolutely murder quad-weak mons.

Name: Green-Eyed
Effect: When this Pokémon switches in, if another Pokémon uses a Snatch-able move, this Pokémon steals the move for itself.
Permanent: N
Mold Breaker | Counteract: N | N
Potential Pokémon With This Ability: (?)
Justification: The Ability name is a reference to the green-eyed monster, i.e. jealousy, not literal green eyes, although if council wants to go in that direction then sure. This is a very strong stallbreaking tool, effectively a counterpart to Magic Bounce that shuts down the other end of the status move spectrum, but it also has some benefits of its own for stall, namely in preventing certain Pokémon from being setup bait.

Name: Mud Wash
Effect: On switch-in, this Pokemon sets Mud Sport and Water Sport for 5 turns. This Pokemon's moves with "Mud" in its name have their power doubled.
Permanent (Yes or No): No
Mold Breaker (Yes or No): No
Potential Pokémon With This Ability:
Justification: Mud Sport and Water Sport have got to be the weirdest pseudo-weathers (Rooms, Gravity, Ion Deluge weirdly enough, etc.) in Pokemon. They have pretty okay effects, as neutering Electric or Fire moves can be great for teammates, just ask the Fire, Poison, and Steel-types that populate Grassy Terrain teams or the Steels and Grasses on Rain, but the moves that set them are just terrible. Plus, Water Sport is just a worse version of Rain. So instead, let's combine and make them an ability, essentially being a Thick Fat clone for Electric and Fire moves but for 5 turns and the whole team gets it. Also the extra effect is just a funny flavor thing, but it does make Mud Shot a real move for Golduck ig.

Adjustments

Name: Tsareena
Type:

Abilities: Seed Sower / Queenly Majesty | HA: Cute Charm
New Moves: Knock Off, Peekaboo, Axe Kick, High Horsepower, Leech Seed, Swords Dance
Justification: Buffing Tsareena so we can get a viable Seed Sower user in the metagame.

Name: Orthworm
Type: Steel / Water
Abilities: Earth Eater / Steely Spirit / Sand Veil (Hidden)
New Moves: Aqua Tail, Aqua Jet, Liquidation, Wave Crash, Whirlpool, Surf, Hydro Pump, Toxic, Recover
Removed Moves: None
Justification: Have you ever touched a worm? They're wet as hell. With that masterful flavour justification out of the way, let's talk Orthworm. Earth Eater is obviously still a really nice Ability, letting you sit on most Grounds not named Great Tusk, and with your new Water STABs you can actually pose a bit of a threat to them in turn. But Steely Spirit is also a great Ability, not the least of which is because thanks to that convenient halving of Electric damage, your net total of weaknesses remains the same! Not only that, but Steely Spirit means that Orthworm is not a complete momentum sink anymore, because even with no investment those Iron Heads sting, and if you're so inclined a Coil or two can really send them through the roof. Recover means you're not quite so vulnerable to getting chipped to hell and dying miserably, while Toxic furthers its ability to be a nuisance to things it can't directly threaten.

Name: Salamence
Type:

Abilities: Intimidate / Technician | HA: Moxie
New Moves: Scale Shot, Flame Charge, Pluck
Justification: Technician Salamence so it can use it's precious Dual STAB in Scale Shot + Dual wing beat with full force as a potent set up sweeper, or honestly with a Choice Band behind it, probably hits hard as hell now.

With that, we can begin a 24 hour discussion phase as council discusses the distribution of the winning moves and abilities. You can talk about the metagame impacts you think all the winners will have, give distribution suggestions (though remember that this isn't a distribution phase like the Sylve and JolteMons of old).

In light of the upcoming DH Gen 9 update being in progress, VaporeMons will take a hiatus until the update is complete, as 3 slates without playtesting is already a lot for a competitive-focused mod. In the meantime, you can theorymon how the changes from Slate 4-6 will effect the metagame, and we may also make some resources to make jumping into the new meta we'll have easier.

That's all for now, see you tomorrow!

 

[Beebos]

Accelerock redist is appreciated. Technician Thorns is looking nastier with each passing slate
Funny new pivoting moves, doubly funny if either of these moves get distributed to a regen mon to facilitate spamming the moves
Giving a new tool to defensive fires, which have always been on an uphill battle against stealth rocks, is pretty based. It could be really problematic though: assuming it works like Pursuit (since that's what it was compared to in the sub), where it applies the burn as the opponent switches out, it could be too good at shutting down physical mons that can't threaten fire mons... I'm not exactly experienced with competitive tho so take that with a grain of salt(cure). Also uhh how many turns does the chip heal last
The winning Swagodile sub is real :holycrap: If this combos with sand clock then its crazy, otherwise the change is too minor to really matter (sand doesn't really exist atm)

Ehh? It's like the offensive counterpart to Hand Mirror from last slate, where the it definitely has value but can't really compete with the staples.
Imagine if this worked with Truant, lol lmao. Makeshift Z-moves sounds cool but I'm not sure if it's going to be that good in practice, since after power herb is used or you get hit by a knock off, the recharge move becomes a bit of a deadweight in your moveset.

I forgot about color change lol. Defensive protean will be good depending on the distribution, since it can absorb some status moves (most of which were listed in the sub)
Smelt + Rekindle Moltres is gonna go sooooo hard
Probably not going to be overpowered since it only snatches on the turn you switch in, but it's going to be annoying as hell to face. Fat has fallen, billions must eat HO.
Very funny support ability. Muddy water is gonna be busted

Idk I prefer Yoshiblaze's Tsareena adjustment from all the way back in slate 1, but this is still okay. Grass/Fairy attacker fits well in the SV meta
I mean... okay? Yeah, this sub is okay.
Defog and Technician-boosted STABs? Salamence is BACK, baby!

 

[Gekokeso]

Accelerock: Good move to redistribute, its viability will really depend on what Council wants for the move.
Rollout / Round: Not a fan mostly because extra switching out moves just seem like it will make certain mons more obnoxious than they already were, but at least this is something that will improve the general backbone of the tier.
Rekindle: Looks like a niche but fun move. I think people are way too scared of the switch out punishing aspect of this move but for the most part it technically is just a weaker wisp as long as you play correctly against it.
Meteor Beam: Simple, but effective move. If it works like I think it works and Sand Clock activates the effect then its a reusable high power special rock stab, which might be a bit too much.

Leather Belt: A niche item, but should occasionally see use, looks especially good on any normal or dragon type attacker but not much else.
Power Herb: Decent improvement, live Giga Impact Sneasler reaction.

Color Change: Knowing that Gamefreak steals from sylvemons metas this is possibly one of the abilities of the legendary mons of the DLC. Anyways very, very hyped about this ability, I think its going to be fun considering its makes you immune to multiple status and resists half of the entire type chart in the game.
Smelt: Looks like a very interesting defensive ability. Flying Fires like Moltres look like they are going to make ground types go through hell to hit them.
Green-eyed: This ability looks funny, its an opportunist sidegrade with the potential to be crazy as long as you get your predicts well.
Mud Wash: No idea how Yoshi missed the Mud part of muddy waters but this is definitely a way to make the mascot of the mod used in OU. Would really prefer if this ability had just stuck to the part of just setting mud and water sport, since that was already an insane effect.

Tsareena: Don't think we got a good fairy type spinner so this is a welcomed addition. Having another usable Seed Sower user besides Chesnaught is nice.
Orthworm: This thing is giving me mayor Joltemons Empoleon flashbacks so I am definitely not a fan of it.
Salamence: Mence with actual flying stab is always known to be great, can't wait to see it in action.

 

[G-Luke]

Accelerock: It's an ok addition. Strong Fighting types will like the new additions to their repretoire. The claim about Technician Iron Thorns is kinda tired tbh. It's been subbed by 2 people 4 or 5 times at this point I'm over it.
Rekindle: A funny Fire type healing move. I agree the burn thing is probably gonna be a lot less stressful than people think, esp since it's not as easy to predict nor is the "Pursuit" effect inherently as rewarding.
Rollout: Wasn't looking forward to this winning, I'm over a bunch of pivoting moves being everywhere. I respect the genius creative take on a conceptual level though.
Meteor Beam: If Geko is right which strictly based on wording they are, the stupid weather items people voted for essentially makes Meteor Beam alot easier to spam, making them objectively better Power Herb (more on why this is funny later). Idk if that translates to broken yet, not a lot of Rock Special breakers.

Items: Waste of time. Leather Belt seems like a kinda worse Expert Belt, not sure how well that bodes for it's usability. This stunt was tried with Power Herb last gen and failed alr (no one is burning an item and moveslot on two turn moves just because), and now that Sand Globe exists the only modern day mainstream use of Power Herb has been invalidated, making it a dead slot lool.

Color Change: Defensive Protean seems pretty solid depending on who gets it the ability may probe somewhat interesting in checking certain mons (Pokémom love to resist themselves lol). This ability also provides an immunity to most forms of common status infliction (Poisons can't be Poisoned, Fire types can't be burnt, Ice types are immune to freezing, Electric types are immune to Thunder Wave and Grass types are immune to sleep powder and Spore.)
Smelt: Not a fan. Depending on what gets it it will probably be pretty useful as a defensive tool, has an interesting interaction in a post Chisel meta.
Green-Eyed: It has a fun mechanic but I am not sure how much it will pan out in the future long term. Snatch is extremely unexplored, so being able to weaponize that effect in a more readily accessible way even if only on switch will be a great way to explore moves.
Mud Wash: I agree with TmYoshi, the Mud moves aspect is unnecessary, the ability is already plenty strong without these special effects.

Tsareena: Will be a good niche pick. The ability to turn every Fighting, Dark or Ground type into a Leech Seed feeder will be pretty good for longevity here. Not sure if spin will be as good in higher tiers because if a certain ghastly presence, but KnockTurn with semi auto Leech Seed alone sounds pretty great.
Orthworm: Steel/Water is a fantastic defensive typing and it isn't struggling with utility options either. It has the choice between Earth Eater and Steely Spirit, both of which offer very useful effects and help lower the power for former weaknesses. I expect this thing to be a formidable defensive tool moving forward.
Salamence: Technician Scale Shot is a HELL of a drug. Get rid of Corv and your gold.

 

[The Damned]

Congrats to the winners. I'll finish my (probably pointless) going over of things once the new moves and abilities are distributed since that makes more sense than just double-checking things up to Slate 05. In the meanwhile, commentary:

SLATE 06 WINNING MOVES:
01. Accelerock: Assuming that the added Darkest Lariat aspect and distribution aspect are the only changes here, then this should be fine for the most part I guess. We maybe shouldn't give it to the top 3 Atk Rock mons (, , and ), even ignoring how much some people seem to want to give Iron Thorns Technician for whatever reason, and possibly Arcanine-Hisui, but even that caution is just a maybe rather than "my gods, this would be broken". In fact, the only real worry I have is how many priority moves we've been adding, even with Parry existing now (ironically as one of them), especially for types that hit a lot of other types super-effectively unlike, say, Poison Dart from Joltemons. So I'm a bit glad that Frolic didn't also win now even that one was at least conditional.

02. Rollout/Round: I normally don't vote for pivoting moves, but these seem rather innocuous, especially Round which has two built-in immunities, and if they do end up being utterly obnoxious, then we can just gut distribution after the fact. Seems simple.

03. Rekindle: Not really a fan of the auto-burn, but it should be fine I guess. Of the moves that won this slate, this is probably closest to Parry from last Slate in that whatever ends up getting it almost directly determines how strong it actually is. The main difference is that this is far less situational (and can technically backfire).

04. Meteor Beam: ...Yeah, Sand Clock might break this, at least on a few things. Whoops. It would be funny if we had to do reverse distribution this Slate because of that. Otherwise a nice boost for the still non-existent but somehow simultaneously overpowered Gen 9 Sand archetype. (This was also how I learned that an evolution for Duraludon was even announced almost a week on the 8th alongside some other things, so, uh, thanks?)

SLATE 06 WINNING ITEMS:
05. Leather Belt: Of the two items that I never voted for that won, this is the one that might be actually salvageable even though I have zero idea of what would want this right now.

06. Power Herb: G-Luke basically said everything I feel about this. I'm a bit surprised this won given how underwhelming it seemed in JolteMons (on top of already being in JolteMons period), and that the fact this won at the same time as the Meteor Beam change is pretty bad for it. Poor NANI?!. At least Tinkaton could thankfully be salvaged despite winning at the same time as Magearna ; I'm genuinely unsure if this can be.

SLATE 06 WINNING ABILITIES:
07. Color Change: While I didn't vote for it again this time, I'm glad to see this won. Easily the new ability that I like the most and that should be by far the least problematic from the slate.

08. Smelt: Yeah, any Fire/Flying mons that get this come out looking far better than their grounded Fire brethren given that things that carry Rock attacks usually tend to have Ground coverage too. Otherwise freeing up (certain) Fire types from having to wear Boots to avoid dying is good (though Volcarona and probably Iron Moth shouldn't be among them). Shame Centiskorch isn't around.

09. Green-Eyed: Well, so much for (re)submitting Snatch as a move. R.I.P. Unsure how I feel about this otherwise since yeah, this benefits HO far more than anything else.

10. Mud Wash: Agreeing that the "boosts Mud moves" aspect might end up being a bit much, if only due to Muddy Water, but we could just...not give it to those mons? Especially since Muddy Water has way less distribution than Mud Shot. Otherwise I like the effect, especially as someone who tried reviving both Sports in Slate 02.

SLATE 06 WINNING MOVES:
11. (G-Luke's) Tsareena: Glad this won and apologies again for submitting my own at same time due to post-midnight brainfog even if Pixilate Rapid Spin and reviving Triple Axel would have been nice too.

12. Orthworm: Yeah, this might be a tad obnoxious due to being able to cover one of its only hree weaknesses depending on its first two abilities, but it's at least always weak to Fighting, doesn't get Scald, isn't that strong off the bat without using Steely Spirit (which "only" strengthens a rather crappy attacking typing offensively), is susceptible to Burn itself, and is vulnerable on the SpD side. I'm just glad that Steel/Water as a typing is finally back. (The fact that it has arms is still so incredibly cursed though. I wish we could fix that too.)

13. Salamence: The only winning submission that genuinely worries me, and even that's mostly just due to Scale Shot. Still, Salamence did need something weirdly enough this Gen, and while I would have rather it just been Aerilate minus Scale Shot, this is maybe fine. It also helps that like every winning move this slate except for Round somewhat screws with Salamence in general, so we'll see.

 

[ryangregory78]

Accelerock - Rock-type love the STAB prio option, but I doubt it'll be enough to make any of them really viable save for maybe Harcanine. Overall, pretty cool addition, but not the most impactful imo.
Rollout / Round - Not a fan of more switch moves, especially considering how spammable Rock is as an offensive STAB. Also worth noting that Great Tusk and Magearna now have an unblockable switch move so I'll be having fun with that.
Rekindle - This on the other hand is hard as shit. The switchout effect might be a bit much, but other than that I'm really happy this won.
Meteor Beam - Rock types stay winning. Might make sand actually worth using, but distribution is still a little spotty, as least amongst viable Pokemon. The only half-good Pokemon that can use this effectively without Tera Shard is Glimmora, which while still really threatening, isn't the fastest thing in the world even with a Scarf and gets bodied by any faster Ground move (and just Ground types in general if it's locking into MB). That being said, this is still an incredibly strong addition that will probably see use one way or another.

Leather Belt - Not a fan of this one. On paper it seems pretty cool, but what would actually wanna use this over a more generally consistent item? Dragons and Ghosts typically want Choice items if they're not setup, and even if they are, they'd get way more out of another item like LO, Boots, Lefties, Lum, etc. than Leather Belt. The only thing I can see even kinda using this well is DD Pult with Phantom Force, but other than that,
Power Herb - Ditto Leather Belt. Pretty cool on its face, but too niche to really be useful.

Color Change - Possibly the most power addition from the slate. Distribution's gonna be really important given you can't really hit a Color Change mon super-effectively, but unless it's restricted to actual fucking shitmons, it should be really influential.
Smelt - Based and Moltres-pilled.
Green-Eyed - I really hope something good gets this because this is fucking hilarious. Obviously it's a great tool against stall for being able to snatch recovery, but it doubles as a fantastic weapon against offense, letting you steal setup moves in a pinch and possibly flipping the tide of a game on the spot. All in all, really powerful ability that crams a ton of utility into one ability slot, and I can't wait to see it in action.
Mud Wash - I hadn't even thought about Mud Sport and Water Sport until seeing this sub, but honestly I'm down with this. Seems really good for fatter teams as a way of supporting Steels and Flyers (BU Corv bouta go stupid), and probably makes Vaporeon a ridiculous wallbreaker as well.

Tsareena - Seems alright, not much more. Bulk is serviceable, Speed definitely hurts her a lot, but she still hits pretty hard and has a really nice utility kit so she'll be alright.
Orthworm - I'm a pretty big fan of this one. Coil sets look really fun with Aqua Tail/Wave Crash and an actual recovery move outside of Rest.
Salamence - Holy shit guys he's back. Technician Scale Shot coming off of 135 Attack is absolutely fucking hilarious, not to mention Technician-boosted Dual Wingbeat, Flame Charge, and Bulldoze to boot. Honestly, of all the winners this slate, this is what I'm most excited for by a long shot. Band and DD are both probably gonna go stupid, and might even be broken with the absence of good bulky Fairies.

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Slate 6 Distribution Results!

Moves

Accelerock -
Rollout - Old distribution +
Round - Old distribution +
Rekindle -
Meteor Beam - Distribution from Slate 1

Abilities

Color Change - (Replaces Sticky Hold),(Replaces Sap Sipper),
Smelt - ,(Replaces Shell Armor),(Replaces Magma Armor),(Replaces Flash Fire),,
Green-Eyed - (Replaces Unnerve),(Replaces Rattled),(Replaces Oblivious),,,(Replaces Insomnia),(Replaces Infiltrator),,,(Replaces Pickpocket),(Replaces Insomnia),(Replaces Pickpocket),(Replaces Keen Eye)
Mud Wash - (Replaces Own Tempo),(Replaces Hydration),(Replaces Hydration),,(Replaces Keen Eye),(Replaces Sand Veil),(Replaces Damp),(Replaces Damp)

Now, as mentioned yesterday, VaporeMons will be going on hiatus until DH's Gen 9 update is out, which hopefully isn't too far away! In the meantime, you can theorymon the metagame changes that slates 4-6 will bring, while we might come out with some resources to make that transition easier.

That's all for now, see you soon!

 

[The Damned]

*sees Salamence get the new Rollout by way of Bagon after just getting Technician* ...I'm sure that will be fine. R.I.P. Moltres getting Smelt though or more things getting Color Change, though at least now we stop trying to save Toedscruel I guess even with its 100 speed Spores. ...I'm sure it will be fine.

Speaking of fine...ally, I am finally done with going through all of distribution manually and cross-checking it against the current spreadsheet even though it took me like 20+ hours--fun. It wasn't a complete waste of time as I expected, however, since I caught about 20 minor things after catching far more of my own. The former I'll put here first now since I don't want to bury the lead as I too often do:

Mostly Minor Merrors

1. Electroweb isn't listed under Magnemite's family. I guess this means the council decided to remove Electroweb after all with no announcement in thread unless I missed it?
2. Similarly, Shrapnel Shot only showed in-thread as being learned by Magnezone, not by Magnemite or even Magneton also. It wouldn't break anything if they do, but yeah, it's not listed in here in Slate 02's distribution.
3. Neither of G-Luke's winning Muks are noted as learning Explosion now even though that move (surprisingly) still exists in Gen IX.
4. Shellder and Cloyster's instances of Frost Breath are slightly mispelled as "Frosth Breath".
5. Typhlosion-Hisui is listed as having gotten Choke even though it is not listed in the thread as getting such. Again, it wouldn't break anything if it actually did get it, especially due to having Death Aura now, but it's not listed as gaining it in Slate 03's distribution is all.
6. Mareep, Flaaffy (why two a's and f's before the y?!), and Ampharos aren't listed as getting Electroweb even though it was given to Mareep in Slate 01's distribution. (I forgot about that too, admittedly.)
7. Dunsparce is listed as getting Peekaboo too even though in the Slate 05 distribution only Dudunsparce was listed as getting it.
8. Medicham isn't listed as getting Storm Throw as it was in Slate 03's distribution.
9. Rayquaza isn't listed as getting back Meteor Beam as it was in Slate 01's distribution, stuck in Ubers as it shall eternally remain.
10. Skuntank isn't listed as getting Hazardous Waste despite Stunky learning it and being listed as such.
11. Dialga isn't listed as getting Skull Bash as it was in Slate 01's distribution, stuck in Ubers as it shall eternally remain.
12. 50 Shades of Arceus isn't listed as getting back Defog as it was in Slate 01's distribution, stuck in Ubers as it shall eternally remain.
13. Crabrawler isn't listed as getting Storm Throw even though that's technically where Crabominable gets it from in Slate 03's distribution.
14. Lycanroc-Midnight isn't listed as finally getting Accelerock due to Rockruff getting it now too as of Slate 06's distribution (instead of randomly missing out on it).
15. If Fomantis is to actually have Peekaboo like Lurantis (which is what I expected), then it was never actually given it in-thread during Slate 05's distribution despite being listed as having it on the spreadsheet currently. Again, getting Peekaboo would both make sense and absolutely not break anything.
16. (G-Luke's) Tsareena is listed as still having Sweet Veil instead of Cute Charm as its hidden ability now. (R.I.P. Pixilate Rapid Spin.)
17. Magearna isn't listed as having the adjusted ability Healer now despite getting it back in Slate 01's distribution when it was still banned to Ubers.
18. Corviknight isn't listed as getting Shrapnel Shot (maybe because it doesn't actually need it...) despite being listed as getting it in Slate 02's distribution.
19. Chewtle isn't listed as getting Shelter despite that being where Drednaw gets it from in Slate 01's distribution.
20. Silicorbra isn't listed as getting Choke despite that being where Sandaconda gets it from in Slate 03's distribution.
21. Toxtricity-Low-Key technically wasn't given Cutting Remark in Slate 03's distribution, but I figured that was a mistake since that poor thing was already the worse one.
22. Eternatus is missing both of the moves it got in Slate 01's distribution: Dire Claw and the regaining of Meteor Beam.
23. Regieleki isn't listed as having had Electroweb removed as of Slate 01's distribution.

With that out of the way, I guess I'll see if Smogon even lets me post all of the distribution mon by mon, partly out of morbid curiosity and partly out because I also included all implicit changes even if a mon wasn't directly changed--yes, I hate myself--though ironically I didn't go out of my way to note what kept Protosynthesis or Quark Drive. Implicit changes only are within parentheses, so any mon that's not on there at all is something we have managed to not change at all still; keep track of it is mostly relevant for Rollout and Round right now:

Huge Distribution List By Original Numbers

#0004 Charmander = gained move Rekindle.

#0005 Charmeleon = gained move Rekindle.

#0006 Charizard = gained moves Raging Fury and Rekindle. gained Charizardite Shard X and Charizardite Shard Y exclusive items, which let it pseudo-Mega evolve into pure Dragon typing Charizard-Mega-X and pure Fire typing Charizard-Mega-Y respectively.

#0025 Pikachu = gained moves Electroweb, Chain Lightning, and Peekaboo.

#0026 Raichu = gained moves Electroweb, Chain Lightning, and Peekaboo.

#0026-A Raichu-Alola = gained moves Electroweb, Chain Lightning, Peekaboo, and Psycho Boost.

#0039 Jigglypuff = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Friend Guard). gained move Peekaboo. gained Tuffy-Tuff exclusive item. (already had adjusted ability Cute Charm. already had adjusted moves Rollout and Round.)

#0040 Wigglytuff = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Frisk). gained move Peekaboo. gained Tuffy-Tuff exclusive item. (already had adjusted ability Cute Charm. already had adjusted moves Rollout and Round.)

#0050-A Diglett = gained ability Sand Spit (replaced Sand Veil). (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.)

#0050-B Diglett-Alola = gained ability Steely Spirit (replaced Sand Veil). (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.)

#0051-A Dugtrio = gained ability Sand Spit (replaced Sand Veil). (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.)

#0051-B Dugtrio-Alola = gained ability Steely Spirit (replaced Sand Veil). gained move Skull Bash. (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.)

#0052-A Meowth = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Unnerve). gained move Peekaboo.

#0052-B Meowth-Alola = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Rattled). gained move Peekaboo.

#0052-C Meowth-Galar = gained ability Steely Spirit (replaced Unnerve). gained move Peekaboo.

#0053-A Persian = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Unnerve). gained move Peekaboo.

#0053-B Persian-Alola = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Rattled). gained move Peekaboo.

#0054 Psyduck = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Damp). gained move Psycho Boost. (already had adjusted ability Cloud Nine.)

#0055 Golduck = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Damp). gained moves Healing Stones, Parry, and Psycho Boost. (already had adjusted ability Cloud Nine.)

#0056 Mankey = gained moves Throat Chop and Parry.

#0057 Primeape = regained move Throat Chop and gained moves Parry, Choke, and Raging Fury. (already had adjusted move Rage Fist.)

#0058 Growlithe = gained move Rekindle. (already had adjusted move Raging Fury.)

#0058-B Growlithe-Hisui = gained move Chisel, Accelerock, and Rekindle.

#0059-A Arcanine = gained move Rekindle. (already had adjusted move Raging Fury.)

#0059-B Arcanine-Hisui = gained moves Chisel, Accelerock, and Rekindle. (already had adjusted move Raging Fury.)

#0080-A Slowbro = gained move Shelter.

#0080-B Slowbro-Galar = gained moves Shelter and Hazardous Waste.

#0081 Magnemite = gained ability Levitate (replaced Sturdy). gained moves Electroweb and Rapid Spin.

#0082 Magneton = gained ability Levitate (replaced Sturdy). gained moves Electroweb and Rapid Spin.

#0088-A Grimer = gained move Hazardous Waste.

#0088-B Grimer-Alola = gained move Hazardous Waste.

#0089-A Muk = gained Water typing (now Poison/Water). gained abilities Regenerator, Liquid Ooze, and Water Absorb (replaced Stench, Sticky Hold, and Poison Touch respectively). gained moves Hazardous Waste, Choke, Recover, Earthquake, Explosion, Whirpool, Aqua Jet, Liquidation, Soak, Water Crash, Surf, Hydro Pump, and Muddy Water.

#0089-B Muk-Alola = gained ability Neutralizing Gas (over Gluttony). gained moves Hazardous Waste, Choke, Recover, Earthquake, Explosion, Sucker Punch, Foul Play, Swords Dance, Beat Up, Jaw Lock, Power Trip, Curse, and Stealth Rock.

#0090 Shellder = gained moves Shelter, Shrapnel Shot, and Frost Breath. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat.)

#0091 Cloyster = gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Shell Armor). gained moves Shelter, Shrapnel Shot, Frost Breath, and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat.)

#0092 Gastly = gained ability Death Aura.

#0093 Haunter = gained ability Death Aura.

#0094 Gengar = gained ability Neutralizing Gas (replaced Cursed Body). regained ability Levitate as hidden ability. gained moves Fake Out, Knock Off, Moonblast, Moonlight, Shadow Sneak, Sludge Wave, Choke, and Hazardous Waste.

#0096 Drowzee = gained move Peekaboo.

#0097 Hypno = gained moves Peekaboo and Psycho Boost.

(#0100-A Voltorb = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0100-B Voltorb-Hisui = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Static).

(#0101-A Electrode = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0101-B Electrode-Hisui = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Static). (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0113 Chansey = gained moves Peekaboo and Round. (already had adjusted ability Healer.)

#0123 Scyther = gained move Cutting Remark. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0128-A Tauros = regained move Skull Bash.

#0128-B Tauros-Paldea-Combat = gained move Skull Bash.

#0128-C Tauros-Paldea-Blaze = gained ability Sunblock (replaced Anger Point). gained moves Skull Bash, Raging Fury, and Rekindle.

#0128-D Tauros-Paldea-Aqua = gained ability Counteract (replaced Anger Point). gained move Skull Bash.

#0130 Gyarados = gained move Defog.

#0133 Eevee = gained ability Outclass (replaced Run Away). gained move Peekaboo.

#0134 Vaporeon = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Hydration). gained moves Peekaboo and Life Dew.

#0135 Jolteon = gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Muscle Memory, which had previously replaced Quick Feet). gained moves Peekaboo and Chain Lightning.

#0136 Flareon = gained moves Peekaboo and Rekindle.

#0144-A Articuno = gained ability Gale Wings. regained move Defog and gained move Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted ability Snow Cloak.)

#0144-B Articuno-Galar = gained moves Cutting Remark, Defog, and Wind Breaker.

(#0145-A Zapdos = (already had adjusted move Pluck.))

#0145-B Zapdos-Galar = regained move Throat Chop and gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted move Pluck.)

#0146-A Moltres = gained ability Sunblock. gained moves Defog, Wind Breaker, and Rekindle.

#0146-B Moltres-Galar = gained ability Green-Eyed. gained moves Defog and Wind Breaker.

#0150 Mewtwo = gained move Psycho Boost.

#0151 Mew = gained ability Protean. gained moves Healing Stones, Recover, Defog, Moonlight, Psycho Boost, and Peekaboo.

#0155 Cyndaquil = gained ability Sunblock (replaced Flash Fire). gained move Rekindle. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0156 Quilava = gained ability Sunblock (replaced Flash Fire). gained move Rekindle. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0157-A Typhlosion = gained ability Sunblock (replaced Flash Fire). gained moves Rekindle and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0157-B Typhlosion-Hisui = gained ability Death Aura (replaced Frisk). gained moves Rekindle and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0172 Pichu = gained moves Electroweb, Chain Lightning, and Peekaboo.

#0174 Igglybuff = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Friend Guard). gained move Peekaboo. gained Tuffy-Tuff exclusive item. (already had adjusted ability Cute Charm. already had adjusted moves Rollout and Round.)

#0179 Mareep = gained move Electroweb.

#0180 Flaaffy = gained move Electroweb.

#0181 Ampharos = gained move Electroweb.

#0183 Marill = gained moves Life Dew and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0184 Azumarill = gained moves Life Dew, Peekaboo, and Round. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0185 Sudowoodo = gained moves Peekaboo and Skull Bash. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0187 Hoppip = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Leaf Guard). gained move Wind Breaker.

#0188 Skiploom = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Leaf Guard). gained move Wind Breaker.

#0189 Jumpluff = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Leaf Guard). gained move Wind Breaker.

#0194-A Wooper = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Damp).

#0195 Quagsire = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Damp).

#0196 Espeon = gained moves Peekaboo, Meteor Beam, Healing Stone, and Psycho Boost.

#0197 Umbreon = gained ability Counteract (replaced Inner Focus). gained move Peekaboo.

#0198 Murkrow = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Insomnia). regained move Pluck and gained moves False Surrender and Wind Breaker.

#0200 Misdreavus = gained ability Death Aura. gained move Healing Stones.

#0201 Girafarig = gained ability Counteract (replaced Sap Sipper).

#0204 Pineco = gained move Shelter. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat. already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0205 Forretress = gained move Shelter, Skull Bash, and Shrapnel Shot. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat. already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0206 Dunsparce = gained move Healing Stones and Choke. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0212 Scizor = gained moves Shrapnel Shot and Cutting Remark. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0214 Heracross = gained moves Shrapnel Shot and Choke. (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#0215-A Sneasel = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Pickpocket). regained move Throat Chop and gained moves False Surrender and Chisel.

#0216 Teddiursa = gained move Chisel.

#0217 Ursaring = gained move Chisel.

#0225 Delibird = regained moves Frost Breath and Pluck.

#0229 Houndoom = gained ability Death Aura (replaced Early Bird). gained move Ceaseless Edge.

(#0231 Phanpy = (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil. already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0232 Donphan = gained abilities Overcoat and Sand Spit (the latter replaced Sand Veil). (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0242 Blissey = gained moves Peekaboo and Round. (already had adjusted ability Healer.)

#0246 Larvitar = gained moves Chisel and Accelerock. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil.)

#0247 Pupitar = gained moves Chisel and Accelerock.

#0248 Tyranitar = gained moves Chisel and Accelerock.

#0278 Wingull = gained move Pluck.

#0279 Pelipper = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Keen Eye). gained move Pluck.

#0280 Ralts = gained ability Healer (replaced Telepathy). gained move Peekaboo.

#0281 Kirlia = gained ability Healer (replaced Telepathy). gained move Peekaboo.

#0282 Gardevoir = gained ability Healer (replaced Telepathy). gained moves Peakaboo, Healing Stones, and Psycho Boost.

#0283 Surskit = gained ability Mud Wash. gained move Electroweb.

#0284 Masquerain = gained ability Mud Wash. gained move Electroweb.

#0286 Breloom = gained moves Choke, Chisel, and Parry.

(#0287 Slakoth = (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.))

(#0288 Vigoroth = (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.))

(#0289 Slaking = (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.))

#0296 Makuhita = gained move Parry.

#0297 Hariyama = gained ability Purifying Salt (replaced Sheer Force). gained moves Parry, Choke, Storm Throw, Court Change, Salt Cure, Slack Off, and Swords Dance.

#0298 Azurill = gained moves Life Dew and Peekaboo.

#0302 Sableye = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Keen Eye). gained moves Healing Stones, Choke, Chisel, Peekaboo, and Rage Fist.

#0307 Meditite = gained moves Cutting Remark and Parry.

#0308 Medicham = gained moves Cutting Remark, Parry, Choke, Storm Throw, and Psycho Boost.

#0316 Gulpin = gained move Hazardous Waste.

#0317 Swalot = gained move Hazardous Waste.

(#0322 Numel = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0323 Camerupt = gained ability Smelt (replaced Magma Armor). gained move Raging Fury. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0324 Torkoal = gained ability Smelt (replaced Shell Armor). gained moves Shelter and Peekaboo.

#0325 Spoink = gained ability Sheer Heart (replaced Own Tempo). gained move Healing Stones.

#0326 Grumpig = gained ability Sheer Heart (replaced Own Tempo). gained moves Healing Stones, Meteor Beam, and PsychoBoost.

#0331 Cacnea = gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Sand Veil).

#0332 Cacturne = gained abilities Battle Spines and Sand Force (the former replaced Sand Veil). gained moves Ceaseless Edge and Throat Chop.

#0333 Swablu = gained abilities Gale Wings and Sheer Heart (the latter replaced Cloud Nine). (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Round.)

#0334 Altaria = gained abilities Gale Wings and Sheer Heart (The latter replaced Cloud Nine). (already had adjusted moves Defog still, Pluck, and Round.)

#0335 Zangoose = gained ability Green-Eyed. gained move Cutting Remark.

#0336 Seviper = gained ability Green-Eyed. gained move Choke.

#0339 Barboach = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Hydration).

#0340 Whiscash = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Hydration).

#0354 Banette = gained moves Choke, Peekaboo, and Rage Fist.

#0357 Tropius = gained ability Gale Wings (replaced Solar Power). gained moves Jungle Healing and Defog.

(#0361 Snorunt = (already had adjusted moves Frost Breath and Rollout.))

(#0362 Glalie = (already had adjusted moves Frost Breath and Rollout.))

#0370 Luvdisc = gained ability Sheer Heart.

#0371 Bagon = gained move Rollout.

#0372 Shelgon = gained move Rollout. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat.)

#0373 Salamence = gained ability Technician. regained move Defog and gained moves Rollout, Scale Shot, Flame Charge, and Pluck.

#0384 Rayquaza = regained move Meteor Beam.

#0396 Starly = regained move Pluck.

#0397 Staravia = regained move Pluck

#0398 Staraptor = regained move Pluck.

#0402 Kricketune = gained moves Cutting Remark and Round.

#0403 Shinx = gained move Chain Lightning.

#0404 Luxio = gained move Chain Lightning.

#0405 Luxray = gained move Chain Lightning.

#0416 Vespiquen = gained Poison typing that replaced Bug typing, becoming Poison/Flying (originally Bug/Flying). gained abilities Intimidate, Cute Charm, and Supreme Overlord (replaced Pressure and Unnerve). regained moves Dual Wingbeat and Defog and gained moves Healing Stones, Gunk Shot, Poison Jab, Barb Barrage, Poison Fang, Sludge Wave, Acid Armor, Body Press, and Whirlwind.

(#0417 Pachirisu = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

(#0422 Shellos = (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.))

#0423 Gastrodon = gained ability Color Change (replaced Sticky Hold). (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.)

#0425 Drifloon = gained ability Counteract (replaced Aftermath). gained move Wind Breaker. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0426 Drifblim = gained ability Counteract (replaced Aftermath). gained move Wind Breaker and Choke. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0429 Mismagius = gained abilities Cute Charm and Death Aura. gained moves Healing Stones and Meteor Beam.

#0430 Honchkrow = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Insomnia). regained move Pluck and gained moves False Surrender and Wind Breaker.

#0434 Stunky = gained moves False Surrender and Hazardous Waste.

#0435 Skuntank = gained moves False Surrender, Hazardous Waste, and Dire Claw.

#0436 Bronzor = gained ability Steely Spirit (replaced Heavy Metal). gained move Healing Stones.

#0437 Bronzong = gained ability Steely Spirit (replaced Heavy Metal). gained move Healing Stones and regained move Meteor Beam.

#0438 Bonsly = gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0440 Happiny = gained moves Peekaboo and Round.

#0442 Spiritomb = gained abilities Death Aura and Green-Eyed (the latter replaced Infiltrator). gained move Choke. gained exclusive item Odd Keystone.

#0443 Gible = gained ability Sand Force. gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil.)

#0444 Gabite = gained ability Sand Force. gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil.)

#0445 Garchomp = gained ability Sand Force. gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil.)

#0447 Riolu = gained moves Parry and Peekaboo.

#0448 Lucario = gained ability Sheer Heart (replaced Steadfast). gained moves Parry, Peekaboo, and Choke.

(#0449 Hippopotas = (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.))

(#0450 Hippowdon = (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.))

#0453 Croagunk = gained moves Hazardous Waste and Round.

#0454 Toxicroak = gained moves Hazardous Waste, Round, Choke, and Chisel.

#0461 Weavile = gained abilities Snow Cloak and Green-Eyed (replaced Pickpocket). regained move Throat Chop and gained moves Ceaseless Edge, False Surrender, and Chisel.

#0462 Magnezone = gained ability Levitate (replaced Sturdy). gained moves Electroweb, Rapid Spin, and Shrapnel Shot.

#0470 Leafeon = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Leaf Guard). gained move Peekaboo.

#0471 Glaceon = gained moves Frost Breath and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Snow Cloak.)

#0475 Gallade = gained moves Peekaboo, Choke, Cutting Remark, Chisel, and Parry.

#0478 Froslass = gained ability Death Aura. gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted ability Snow Cloak. already had adjusted moves Frost Breath and Rollout.)

#0479-b Rotom-Heat = gained ability Smelt.

#0479-e Rotom-Fan = gained ability Gale Wings. gained move Wind Breaker (replaced Air Slash).

#0480 Uxie = gained ability Counteract. gained move Healing Stones.

#0481 Mesprit = gained ability Healer. gained move Healing Stones and Psycho Boost.

#0482 Azelf = gained ability Outclass. gained moves Healing Stones and Cutting Remark.

#0483 Dialga = gained move Skull Bash.

#0485 Heatran = gained ability Smelt. gained move Shrapnel Shot.

(#0489-a Giratina(-Altered) = (already still had adjusted move Defog.))

(#0489-b Giratina-Origin = (already still had adjusted move Defog.))

#0493 Arceus = regained move Defog.

#0501 Oshowott = gained move Parry.

#0502 Dewott = gained move Parry.

#0503-A Saumrott = gained moves Shelter and Parry.

#0503-B Saumrott-Hisui = gaineved move Parry. (already had adjusted, now more accurate move Ceaseless Edge.)

#0548 Petilil = gained abilities Healer and Sheer Heart (replaced Leaf Guard and Own Tempo respectively).

#0549-A Lilligant = gained abilities Healer and Sheer Heart (replaced Leaf Guard and Own Tempo respectively).

#0549-B Lilligant-Hisui = gained abilities Healer (replaced Leaf Guard). gained move Storm Throw. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0551 Sandile = gained ability Sand Spit (replaced Anger Point). gained move Chisel.

#0552 Krokorok = gained ability Sand Spit (replaced Anger Point). gained move Chisel.

#0553 Krookodile = gained ability Sand Spit (replaced Anger Point). gained move Chisel.

#0570 Zorua = gained ability Green-Eyed.

#0571-A Zoroark = gained ability Green-Eyed. gained moves False Surrender and Peakboo.

#0571-B Zoroark-Hisui = gained moves Choke and Peakboo.

#0574 Gothita = gained ability Sheer Heart (replaced Frisk).

#0575 Gothorita = gained ability Sheer Heart (replaced Frisk).

#0576 Gothitelle = gained ability Sheer Heart (replaced Frisk).

#0585 Deerling = gained ability Color Change (replaced Sap Sipper).

#0586 Sawbuck = gained ability Color Change (replaced Sap Sipper).

(#0590 Foongus = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

(#0591 Amoonguss = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0594 Alomomola = gained ability Sheer Heart (replaced Hydration). gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Healer.)

#0603 Eelektrik = gained move Chain Lightning.

#0604 Eelektross = gained moves Chain Lightning and Choke.

#0610 Axew = gained ability Steely Spirit (replaced Unnerve).

#0611 Fraxure = gained ability Steely Spirit (replaced Unnerve).

#0612 Haxorus = gained abilities Steely Spirit and Outclass (replaced Unnerve and Rivalry respectively).

(#0613 Cubchoo = (already had adjusted ability Snow Cloak. already had adjusted move Frost Breath.))

#0614 Beartic = gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted ability Snow Cloak. already had adjusted move Frost Breath.)

(#0615 Cryogonal = (already had adjusted move Frost Breath.))

#0627 Rufflet = regained move Pluck. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0628-A Braviary = regained move Pluck. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0628-B Braviary-Hisui = regained move Pluck. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0635 Hydreigon = gained ability Muscle Memory.

#0637 Volcarona = gained move Rekindle.

#0641-a Tornadus = gained moves Storm Throw and Wind Breaker.

#0641-b Tornadus-Therian = gained moves Storm Throw and Wind Breaker.

#0642-a Thundurus = gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Defiant). gained moves Storm Throw, Defog and Chain Lightning.

#0642-b Thundurus-Therian = gained moves Storm Throw, Defog and Chain Lightning.

#0643-a Landorus = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Sheer Force). gained move Storm Throw. (already had adjusted ability Sand Force.)

#0643-b Landorus-Therian = gained move Storm Throw.

#0648-a Meloetta(-Aria) = gained Psychic/Fighting typing (originally Normal/Psychic). gained abilities Trace and Muscle Memory (the former replaced Serene Grace). gained moves Aura Sphere, Axe Kick, Blaze Kick, Heal Bell, Mega Kick, Rapid Spin, Recover, Vacuum Wave, Cutting Remark, and Parry. lost move Sing. gained exclusive item Dancing Shoes. (already had adjusted move Round.)

#0648-b Meloetta-Pirouette = gained abilities No Guard and Muscle Memory (the former replaced Serene Grace). gained moves Aura Sphere, Axe Kick, Blaze Kick, Heal Bell, Mega Kick, Rapid Spin, Recover, Vacuum Wave, Cutting Remark, and Parry. lost move Sing. gained exculsive item Dancing Shoes. (already had adjusted move Round.)

#0650 Chespin = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Bulletproof). (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0651 Quilladin = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Bulletproof). (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0652 Chesnaught = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Bulletproof). gained moves Shelter, Choke, Storm Throw, and Parry. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0653 Fennekin = gained move Rekindle.

#0654 Braixen = gained move Rekindle.

#0655 Delphox = gained moves Rekindle, Meteor Beam, and Psycho Boost.

(#0656 Froakie = (already had adjusted move Round.))

(#0657 Frogadier = (already had adjusted move Round.))

#0658 Greninja = gained move False Surrender. (already had adjusted move Round.)

#0661 Fletchling = gained moves Pluck and Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted ability Gale Wings. already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0662 Fletchinder = gained moves Pluck and Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted ability Gale Wings. already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0663 Talonflame = gained moves Pluck, Wind Breaker, and Rekindle. (already had adjusted ability Gale Wings. already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0666 Vivillon = regained move Defog and gained move Wind Breaker.

#0667 Litleo = gained move Rekindle.

#0668 Pyroar = gained Fire/Ground typing (originally Normal/Fire). gained abilities Sand Rush, Outclass, and Supreme Overlord (replaced Rivalry, Unnerve, and Moxie respectively). gained moves Rekindle, Scorching Sands, Earth Power, Morning Sun, and Grass Knot.

#0669 Flabébé = gained ability Healer.

#0670 Floette = gained ability Healer.

#0671 Florges = gained abilities Healer and Grass Pelt (the latter replaced Flower Veil). regained move Defog.

(#0672 Skiddo = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

(#0673 Gogoat = (already had adjusted ability Grass Pelt. already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0690 Skrelp = gained move Hazardous Waste.

#0691 Dragalge = gained move Hazardous Waste.

#0693 Clawitzer = gained move Snipe Shot.

#0700 Sylveon = gained moves Healing Stones and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Cute Charm.)

#0701 Hawlucha = gained moves Skull Bash, Choke, Storm Throw, Wind Breaker, and Parry. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0702 Dedenne = gained move Peekaboo.

#0703 Carbink = gained moves Meteor Beam, Healing Stones, Chisel, Accelerock, and Rollout.

(#0705-B Sliggoo-Hisui = (already had adjusted move Shelter.))

#0706-A Goodra = gained move Choke.

#0706-B Goodra-Hisui = gained move Rollout (already had adjusted move Shelter.)

#0707 Klefki = gained move Shrapnel Shot.

#0712 Bergmite = gained move Skull Bash.

#0713-A Avalugg = gained ability Overcoat (replaced Own Tempo). regained move Skull Bash.

#0713-B Avalugg-Hisui = gained moves Stone Axe and Skull Bash.

#0714 Noibat = gained move Wind Breaker. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0715 Noivern = gained move Wind Breaker. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0719 Diancie = regained move Meteor Beam and gained moves Healing Stones, Chisel, Accelerock, and Rollout.

#0720-a Hoopa(-Confined) = gained ability Green-Eyed. gained moves Choke and Cutting Remark.

#0720-b Hoopa-Unbound = gained ability Green-Eyed. gained moves Choke and Cutting Remark.

#0722 Rowlet = gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0723 Dartrix = gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0724-A Decidueye = gained ability Contrary (replaced Long Reach). gained moves Poltergeist and gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0724-B Decidueye-Hisui = gained Ghost/Fighting typing (originally Grass/Fighting). gained moves Poltergeist, Parry, and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0739 Crabrawler = gained move Storm Throw.

#0740 Crabominable = gained Fighting/Water typing (originally Fighting/Ice). gained abilities Fur Coat and Snow Cloak (replaced Hyper Cutter and Anger Point respectively). gained moves Storm Throw, Jet Punch, Bullet Punch, Mach Punch, Hammer Arm, Knock Off, Slack Off, and Swords Dance.

#0741-a Oricorio(-Baile) = gained Fighting/Flying typing, meaning its Revelation Dance is now Fighting type (originally Fire/Flying with Fire-type Revelation Dance). gained abilities Muscle Memory and Scrappy. gained move Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0741-b Oricorio-Pom-Pom = gained abilities Muscle Memory and Fluffy. gained move Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0741-c Oricorio-P'au = gained Fairy/Flying typing, meaning its Revelation Dance is now Fairy type (originally Psychic/Flying with Psychic-type Revelation Dance). gained abilities Muscle Memory and Fairy Aura. gained move Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0741-d Oricorio-Sensu = gained abilities Muscle Memory and Death Aura. gained move Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0744 Rockruff = gained moves Chisel and Accelerock.

#0745-A Lycanroc(-Midday) = gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted move Accelerock.)

#0745-B Lycanroc-Midnight = gained moves Chisel and Accelerock.

#0745-C Lycanroc-Dusk = gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted move Accelerock.)

#0747 Mareanie = gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Limber).

#0748 Toxapex = gained Dark/Water typing (original Poison/Water). gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Immunity, which had replaced Limber in Slate 01). gained moves Body Press, Dark Pulse, Crunch, Knock Off, Nasty Plot, Super Fang, and Taunt.

#0749 Mudbray = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Own Tempo).

#0750 Mudsdale = gained ability Mud Wash (replaced Own Tempo).

#0753 Fomantis = gained ability Sunblock. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0754 Lurantis = gained ability Sunblock. gained moves Jungle Healing and Peekaboo. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0757 Salandit = gained abilities Sunblock and Green-Eyed (the latter replaced Oblivious).

#0758 Salazzle = gained abilities Sunblock and Green-Eyed (the latter replaced Oblivious). gained move Dire Claw.

#0761 Bounsweet = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Leaf Guard).

#0762 Steenee = gained ability Seed Sower (replaced Leaf Guard).

#0763 Tsareena = gained Fairy typing (now Grass/Fairy). gained abilities Seed Sower and Cute Charm (replaced Leaf Guard and Sweet Veil respectively). regained move Knock Off and gained moves Jungle Healing, Choke, Peekaboo, Axe Kick, High Horsepower, Leech Seed, and Swords Dance.

#0765 Oranguru = gained abilities Healer and Counteract (replaced Telepathy and Inner Focus respectively).

#0766 Passimian = gained ability Outclass. gained moves Choke and Storm Throw.

#0769 Sandygast = gained ability Sand Spit. gained move Choke. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil.)

#0770 Palossand = gained ability Sand Spit. gained move Choke. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil.)

#0775 Komala = gained move Round. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0778 Mimikyu = gained moves Choke and Peekaboo.

#0801 Magearna = gained ability Healer. gained move Shrapnel Shot. lost moves Stored Power, Spikes, Shift Gear, Trick, and Draining Kiss. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0812 Rillaboom = gained move Jungle Healing.

#0813 Scorbunny = gained move Peekaboo.

#0814 Raboot = gained move Peekaboo.

#0815 Cinderace = gained move Peekaboo.

(#0818 Inteleon = (already had adjusted move Snipe Shot) (for Queen King and Country).)

(#0819 Skwovet = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

(#0820 Greedent = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

(#0821 Rookidee = (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.))

(#0822 Corvisquire = (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.))

#0823 Corviknight = gained moves Skull Bash and Shrapnel Shot. (already had adjusted moves Defog still and Pluck.)

#0833 Chewtle = regained move Skull Bash and gained moves Shelter and Accelerock.

#0834 Drednaw = gained ability Sand Veil (replaced Shell Armor). regained move Skull Bash and gained moves Stone Axe, Shelter, Accelerock, and Chisel.

#0837 Rolycoly = gained ability Smelt (replaced Flash Fire). gained moves Accelerock and Rollout.

#0838 Carkol = gained ability Smelt (replaced Flash Fire). gained moves Accelerock, Rollout, and Rekindle.

#0839 Coalossal = gained ability Smelt (replaced Flash Fire). gained moves Accelerock, Rollout, Rekindle, Meteor Beam, and Shrapnel Shot.

(#0840 Applin = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0841 Flapple = gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0842 Appletun = gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0843 Silicobra = gained move Choke. (already had adjusted abilities Sand Spit and Sand Veil.)

#0844 Sandaconda = gained moves Skull Bash, Choke, and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted abilities Sand Spit and Sand Veil.)

#0846 Arrokuda = gained move Pluck.

#0847 Barraskewda = gained move Pluck. (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#0848 Toxel = gained move Peekaboo and Round.

#0849-A Toxtricity = regained move Throat Chop and gained moves Peekaboo, Round, Cutting Remark, and Chain Lightning.

#0849-B Toxtricity-Low-Key = regained move Throat Chop and gained moves Peekaboo, Round, Cutting Remark, and Chain Lightning.

#0854 Sinistea = gained moves Shelter and Peekaboo.

#0855 Polteageist = gained moves Shelter and Peekaboo.

#0856 Hatenna = gained move Healing Stones. (already had adjusted ability Healer.)

#0857 Hattrem = gained move Healing Stones. (already had adjusted ability Healer.)

#0856 Hatterene = gained moves Healing Stones and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Healer.)

#0859 Impidimp = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Pickpocket).

#0860 Morgrem = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Pickpocket). (already had adjusted move False Surrender.)

#0861 Grimmsnarl = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Pickpocket). gained move Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move False Surrender.)

#0863 Perrserker = gained moves Skull Bash and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Steely Spirit.)

#0870 Falinks = gained ability Counteract. regained move Throat Chop and gained move Chisel.

#0871 Pincurchin = gained ability Battle Spines.

#0872 Snom = gained ability Snow Cloak.

#0873 Frosmoth = gained ability Snow Cloak. (already still had adjusted move Defog.)

#0874 Stonjourner = regained move Meteor Beam and gained moves Healing Stones, Storm Throw, Chisel, and Accelerock.

#0875 Eiscue = gained move Pluck.

#0876-male Indeedee(-Male) = gained ability Healer (replaced Inner Focus). gained move Psycho Boost.

#0876-female Indeedee-F(emale) = gained ability Healer (replaced Own Tempo). gained move Psycho Boost.

#0878 Cufant = gained ability Steely Spirit. gained moves Skull Bash and Shrapnel Shot. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0879 Copperajah = gained ability Steely Spirit. gained moves Skull Bash and Shrapnel Shot. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0888-a Zacian = gained ability Outclass. gained move Parry.

#0888-b :zacian-hero: Zacian-Hero = gained ability Outclass. gained move Parry.

#0889-a Zamazenta = gained ability Counteract. gained move Parry.

#0889-b :zamazenta-hero: Zamazenta-Hero = gained ability Counteract. gained move Parry.

#0890 Eternatus = regained move Meteor Beam and gained move Dire Claw.

#0891 Kubfu = gained moves Storm Throw and Rage Fist.

#0892-A Urshifu(-Single-Strike) = regained Throat Chop and gained moves Storm Throw and Rage Fist.

#0892-B Urshifu-Rapid-Strike = gained moves Storm Throw and Rage Fist.

#0893 Zarude = gained ability Sunblock (replaced Leaf Guard). gained move False Surrender. (already had adjusted move Jungle Healing.)

#0894 Regieleki = lost move Electroweb.

#0896 Glastrier = gained move Chisel.

#0898-a Calyrex = gained ability Grass Pelt. gained moves Cutting Remark and Psycho Boost.

#0898-b Calyrex-Ice = gained moves Cutting Remark and Psycho Boost.

#0898-c Calyrex-Shadow = gained moves Cutting Remark and Psycho Boost.

#0899 Wyrdeer = gained move Psycho Boost.

#0900 Kleavor = gained moves Cutting Remark, Chisel, Parry, and Accelerock. (already had adjusted, now more accurate move Stone Axe and adjusted move Defog)

#0901 Ursaluna = gained move Chisel.

#0902-A Basculegion = gained move Choke.

#0902-B Basculegion-F = gained ability Counteract (replaced Mold Breaker). gained move Choke.

(#0903 Sneasler = (already had adjusted, now more accurate move Dire Claw.))

#0904 Overqwil = gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Poison Point).

#0905-A Enamorus = gained moves Storm Throw and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Cute Charm.)

#0905-B Enamorus = gained moves Storm Throw and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat.)

#0909 Fuecoco = gained move Rekindle. (already had adjusted move Round.)

#0910 Crocalor = gained move Rekindle. (already had adjusted move Round.)

#0911 Skeledirge = gained move Rekindle. (already had adjusted moves Round.)

(#0917 Tarountula = (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.))

#0918 Spidops = gained moves Electroweb, Choke, and Storm Throw. (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#0920 Lokix = gained moves Ceaseless Edge and Parry. (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#0921 Pawmi = gained move Chain Lightning.

#0922 Pawmo = gained moves Chain Lightning and Parry.

#0923 Pawmot = gained moves Chain Lightning, Parry, Choke, Storm Throw, and Rage Fist.

#0925 Maushold = gained move Peekaboo.

#0927 Dachsbun = gained move Peekaboo.

#0930 Arboliva = gained ability Grass Pelt. (already had adjusted ability Seed Sower.)

#0931-A Squawkabilly(-Green) = gained moves Cutting Remark, Defog, Pluck, and Peekaboo.

#0931-B Squawkabilly-Blue) = gained moves Cutting Remark, Defog, Pluck, and Peekaboo.

#0931-C Squawkabilly-Yellow = gained ability Gale Wings (replaced Sheer Force). gained moves Cutting Remark, Defog, Pluck, and Peekaboo.

#0931-D Squawkabilly-White = gained ability Gale Wings (replaced Sheer Force). gained moves Cutting Remark, Defog, Pluck, and Peekaboo.

#0934 Garganacl = gained move Chisel.

#0935 Charcadet = gained move Rekindle.

#0936 Armarouge = gained move Rekindle.

#0937 Ceruledge = gained moves Rekindle, Choke, and Parry.

#0939 Bellibolt = gained Water typing (now Electric/Water). gained ability Volt Absorb (replaced Damp). gained moves Surf, Hydro Pump, Liquidation, Flip Turn, Ice Beam, Earth Power, and Round.

#0940 Wattrel = gained move Wind Breaker. (already had adjusted move Pluck.)

#0941 Kilowattrel = gained moves Wind Breaker and Defog. (already had adjusted move Pluck.)

#0942 Maschiff = gained move False Surrender.

#0943 Mabosstiff = gained moves False Surrender and Peekaboo.

#0944 Shroodle = gained move Hazardous Waste.

#0945 Grafaiai = gained moves Hazardous Waste and Dire Claw.

(#0946 Bramblin = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0947 Brambleghest = gained move Choke. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0948 Toedscool = gained ability Color Change. gained move Choke.

#0949 Toedscruel = gained ability Color Change. gained moves Choke and Pluck.

#0950 Klawf = gained moves Stone Axe, Shelter, and Accelerock.

(#0951 Capsakid = (already had adjusted move Rollout.))

#0952 Scovillain = gained ability Green-Eyed (replaced Insomnia). gained move Raging Fury. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0953 Rellor = gained ability Sand Force. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0954 Rabsca = gained abilities Sand Force, Sunblock, and Counteract (the latter two replaced Synchronize and Telepathy respectively). gained moves Meteor Beam, Healing Stones, and Psycho Boost. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

(#0955 Flittle = (already had adjusted move Pluck.))

#0956 Espathra = gained ability Outclass (replaced Frisk). gained moves Defog and Psycho Boost. (already had adjusted move Pluck.)

#0957 Tinkatink = gained move Defog.

#0958 Tinkatuff = gained move Defog.

#0959 Tinkaton = gained abilities Counteract and Sheer Force (replaced Own Tempo and Pickpocket respectively). gained moves Defog, Earth Power, Discharge, and Peekaboo.

#0960 Wiglett = gained move Choke. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil. already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#0961 Wugtrio = gained move Choke. (already had adjusted ability Sand Veil. already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#0962 Bombirdier = gained ability Gale Wings (replaced Keen Eyes). gained moves Defog and Accelerock. (already had adjusted move Pluck.)

#0963 Finizen = gained move Life Dew.

#0964 Palafin = gained moves Life Dew and Parry. gained exclusive item Hero's Bubble. (already had adjusted ability Zero to Hero.)

#0965 Varoom = gained moves Skull Bash, Shrapnel Shot, and Rollout. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat.)

#0966 Revavroom = gained moves Skull Bash, Shrapnel Shot, Rollout, Magical Torque, Wicked Torque, Blazing Torque, Combat Torque, Noxious Torque, and High Horsepower. gained exclusive items Segin Star Shard, Schedar Star Shard, Navi Star Shard, Ruchbah Star Shard, and Caph Star Shard. (already had adjusted ability Overcoat.)

#0968 Orthworm = gained Water typing (now Steel/Water). gained abilities Steely Spirit and Mud Wash (the latter replaced Sand Veil). gained move Skull Bash, Aqua Tail, Aqua Jet, Liquidation, Wave Crash, Whirlpool, Surf, Hydro Pump, Toxic, and Recover.

#0969 Glimmet = gained move Hazardous Waste.

#0970 Glimmora = gained move Hazardous Waste, Meteor Beam, Shrapnel Shot, and Rollout.

#0971 Greavard = gained ability Death Aura.

#0972 Houndstone = gained ability Death Aura. gained moves Choke and Peekaboo.

#0973 Flamigo = gained ability Muscle Memory (replaced Tangled Feet). gained moves Pluck and Parry. (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

(#0974 Cetoddle = (already had adjusted ability Snow Cloak.))

#0976 Veluza = gained moves Life Dew, Cutting Remark, Chisel, and Parry. (already had adjusted move Pluck.)

#0979 Annihilape = gained moves Throat Chop, Parry, and Raging Fury. (already had adjusted move Rage Fist.)

#0980 Clodsire = gained ability Battle Spines (replaced Poison Point).

#0981 Farigiraf = gained ability Counteract (replaced Sap Sipper). gained moves Peekaboo and Psycho Boost.

#0982 Dudunsparce = gained ability Cloud Nine (replaced Run Away). gained moves Healing Stones, Choke, Defog, and Peekaboo. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0984 Great Tusk = gained ability Protocrysalis (replaced Protosynthesis). gained move Chisel. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0985 Scream Tail = gained Fairy/Dragon typing (originally Fairy/Psychic). gained abilities Cute Charm and Protosmosis (the latter replaced Protosynthesis). gained moves Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Knock Off, Nasty Plot, Outrage, Super Fang, Peekaboo, and Round.

#0986 Brute Bonnet = gained abilities Protosmosis and Seed Sower (the former replaced Protosynthesis). gained move Jungle Healing.

#0987 Flutter Mane = gained ability Protostasis (replaced Protosynthesis).

#0988 Slither Wing = gained moves Throat Chop and Raging Fury.

#0989 Sandy Shocks = gained abilities Protocrysalis and Sand Spit (the former replaced Protosynthesis). gained move Meteor Beam.

#0990 Iron Treads = gained ability Rune Drive (replaced Quark Drive). gained moves Skull Bash and Shrapnel Shot. (already had adjusted move Rollout.)

#0991 Iron Bundle = gained ability Neuron Drive (replaced Quark Drive). gained move Frost Breath.

#0992 Iron Hands = gained ability Photon Drive (replaced Quark Drive). gained moves Chain Lightning and Parry.

#0993 Iron Jugulis = gained abilities Neuron Drive and Mega Launcer (the former replaced Quark Drive). gained moves Wind Breaker, Aura Sphere, and Roost.

#0994 Iron Moth = gained ability Photon Drive (replaced Quark Drive).

#0995 Iron Thorns = gained moves Shrapnel Shot, Chain Lightning, Chisel, and Accelerock.

#0996 Frigibax = gained ability Snow Cloak.

#0997 Arctibax = gained ability Snow Cloak.

#0998 Baxcalibur = gained ability Snow Cloak.

#1000 Gholdengo = gained move Choke.

#1001 Wo-Chien = gained moves Jungle Healing and Choke.

#1002 Chien-Pao = gained move Frost Breath. (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#1003 Ting-Lu = gained ability Green-Eyed. (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#1004 Chi-yu = gained ability Smelt. gained move Rekindle.

#1005 Roaring Moon = gained ability Protostasis (replaced Protosynthesis). (already had adjusted move Throat Chop.)

#1006 Iron Valiant = gained abilities Rune Drive and Outclass (the former replaced Quark Drive). gained moves Chisel and Parry.

#1010 Iron Leaves = gained moves Cutting Remark, Parry, and Psycho Boost.

I imagine I still missed something, but right now I want to not look at this again period for at least the next two days, I'll be gone all weekend even in the instance that my sibling managed to get me sick (again), which I have to hope isn't the case. Have a good weekend. Ciao.

 

[Catzzadilla]

Loving how this is developing so far!

2 quastions:
When this will be finished, will it go on the main showdown server? And if so, will the moves, items and abilities have custom flavor text so they fit right in seamlessly with vanilla components in the teambuilder/gameplay? (as in, no more healing using an undefined, no more blank move explanations and changed ability / move descriptions are present in builder)

 

[Gravity Monkey]

Loving how this is developing so far!

2 quastions:
When this will be finished, will it go on the main showdown server? And if so, will the moves, items and abilities have custom flavor text so they fit right in seamlessly with vanilla components in the teambuilder/gameplay? (as in, no more healing using an undefined, no more blank move explanations and changed ability / move descriptions are present in builder)

It might go on main for some time if it becomes pet mod of the season, but if it does it probably will not have teambuilder support like you described unfortunately. And that's only if it becomes pmots as all. It is up (and will soon be up to date) on dragonheaven like every other pet mod, though, and if what you're scared about is not finding games, you can always go on the vaporemons discord linked in the op and find some by using the matchmaking channel! :)

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Been a little bit without any news, but we finally have some announcements!

First and foremost, VaporeMons is now fully up-to-date and playable! It's been a long time coming, but DH's Gen 9 update has finally been released to a playable state (though note that we do have to work out some kinks in the server, so things may go wrong sometimes) and with it you can now play and teambuild with VaporeMons up to Slate 6! Up-to-date VaporeMons is playable at DH's new link here: http://petmodsdh.com/

Slate 5 has actually been playable there for a little under a week, but Slate 6 was just added today, so be sure try out all the new stuff! If you need some ideas, here's a PokePaste of potentially OU-Relevant Sample Sets using the new things added. You can also have this paste of 1 set per Pokemon I put on a Slate 5 Personal VR awhile ago.

With VaporeMons being up-to-date again, we will be having some playtesting roomtours very soon, starting this weekend and likely on both Saturday and Sunday. This playtesting will be very important for us to get a gauge on the metagame after 3 slates of untested things have been added, plus numerous potentially broken threats cropping up. Note that there's a chance (NOT a guarantee, but a chance) that some things get nerfed before the roomtours this weekend. Otherwise, nerfs will happen after this weekend.

With The Teal Mask DLC for Scarlet and Violet just around the corner, the question of what we'll do with VaporeMons in the future has been brought up. The original plan was to have VaporeMons in the Post-HOME metagame forever, wrap up slates before DLC comes out, then have another SylveMons meta in a different format after DLC2. However, we weren't able to get all 10 slates done before the DLC comes out due to the break we needed for DH's update and the DLC coming out a month earlier than expected. Plus, this plan has received some pushback, as keeping VaporeMons in a pre-DLC world would kill its longevity even if it was a great metagame, which has happened before with MegaMax (goated mod btw) being stuck in Isle of Armor Gen 8 OU. Thus, the current plan is to run VaporeMons through DLC1 and DLC2, adapting around whatever meta changes come. This could include a lot of balance patches, slates to distribute new stuff to new Pokemon and more. Because of this, we will take a playtesting break until after the DLC comes out, with Slate 7 (or a DLC Slate 1, whichever we end up doing) starting on September 17th at the absolute earliest. This'll not only give us a chance to playtest the current metagame, but also test out the new stuff that'll get added and how we'll want to move forward after that.

That's all for now, so get out there and play some VaporeMons!

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Coming in with some big announcements!

If you're wondering why we didn't have any playtesting roomtours on Saturday like I teased, it was because we were deep in council discussions on potential balance changes! We decided to look at a number of things before having any roomtours as there have been multiple problematic elements revealed to us recently. Thus, the members of council hand a vote on them, with the results below!

Council Voting Results (Warning: A lot of big images)

The following elements were voted on for nerfs: Inteleon, Magnezone, Baseball Bat, Walkie-Talkie, Haxorus, Tie-Dye Band, and Sand Clock/Snow Globe

(the ability change in question was decided to be Sniper -> Outclass)

Additionally, there were a couple other topics discussed. First were 2 mostly unchanged mons that have posed a bit of a problem recently, being Baxcalibur and Iron Valiant:

Next, we discussed what else could be broken. Not much was said except that the playstyles of Sun and Rain could be really strong right now. I can definitely see that for Rain (though Inteleon's nerf helps), but I'm really interested about Sun's place in the metagame despite losing good abusers in Roaring Moon, Sandy Shocks, and Great Tusk.

Lastly, we discussed a couple things that could be buffed. While a few things were mentioned, we ultimately decided that we shouldn't be buffing much right now. However, 2 minor buffs did get polled, Color Change's distribution and Mithril Armor:

As a result of these votes plus a couple new proposals, the following changes will be made:
-Inteleon will gain Outclass as a hidden ability, replacing Sniper - This keeps it as a pretty difficult wallbreaker to switch into thanks to Outclass' type removal effect but much easier to deal with since it doesn't have Dracovish-level power anymore
-The Magnemite line will lose access to Electroweb - This makes Sticky Web much less of a factor, which is for the better due to its powerful effect
-The item Baseball Bat will lose its bounce back effect, instead reducing the damage of a bullet move by 50% and then breaking - This removes the surprise immunity to relevant moves like Shadow Ball and Aura Sphere granted by an already strong item, which had some uncompetitive interactions. This was a super hot topic among council about how exactly to nerf this effect, which is why this needed two polls to decide
-When its effect is eventually coded, Walkie-Talkie will require the Pokemon switching-in to also hold a Walkie-Talkie to activate the stored move - Futureproofs us against potential broken strategies with strong moves like Boombursts, as being forced to hold Walkie-Talkie drastically reduces the offensive threat the item poses
-The Axew line will lose Steely Spirit in favor of Unnerve - While the non-Steel Steely Spirit user experiment was fun, it quickly proved to be much too powerful. This was in part due to the also voted on Tie-Dye Band, but even with that nerfed Haxorus could easily run a Tera Shard and become a Steel-type to perform at a similar level, so it was better to stop its rampage ASAP
-Tie-Dye Band's boost will be reduced to 1.3x BP. STAB moves can be selected, but deal 0.67x damage - While the original drawback was massive, TDB's 1.5x boost was simply too much on Pokemon with good coverage like Dragapult or Haxorus, especially since it completely changes their counterplay. A lower boost makes it much more manageable.
-Sand Clock and Snow Globe will not receive any changes right now - Given by the majority Abstain votes, council needs more time to make a decision on these
-Dragalge will gain Color Change (over Poison Touch) and the move Life Dew - Adds another potential Color Change user alongside Toedscruel that'll hopefully show off the ability's unique defensive capabilities better without having to give up as much as Gastrodon does. Life Dew adds a very helpful recovery option for both Color Change and Adaptability sets
-Mithril Armor will now no longer prevent the user from scoring critical hits - A very minor buff, but this was seen as an unnecessary drawback on an item that's proving to be a bit weak at the moment

And that's all for now! It is my hope that I'll get all these changes quickly coded and then live before I go to sleep, so the current plan is to have a roomtour tomorrow at 4 PM EST with the above changes on the new DragonHeaven server: http://petmodsdh.com/. I will let you know when the changes are live if they go live before then. Until then, see you soon!

 

[Yoshiblaze]

The first of hopefully many playtesting roomtours happened today, and was our first look at the metagame after all the balanced changes! Let's see what happened!

Tour #2 - VaporeMons - Double Round Robin - 4 Entrants
1st: Beaf Cultist (4-2)
2nd: The Damned (3-3)
2nd: Yoshiblaze (3-3)
4th: pitterpatter5786 (2-4)

Replays

The new server isn't registered quite yet, so be sure to join our Discord server to see the downloads of the replays in the replays channel

Usage Stats

VaporeMons Roomtour Usage Stats

Pokémon	Uses	Usage%	Win%
Kingambit	8	36.36%	50%
Dragapult	6	27.27%	66.67%
Meloetta	6	27.27%	33.33%
Inteleon	5	22.73%	40%
Great Tusk	5	22.73%	40%
Pelipper	4	18.18%	25%
Basculegion	4	18.18%	25%
Zapdos	4	18.18%	25%
Enamorus	4	18.18%	25%
Baxcalibur	4	18.18%	25%
Spiritomb	4	18.18%	75%
Crabominable	4	18.18%	75%
Muk-Alola	4	18.18%	75%
Moltres	4	18.18%	75%
Scizor	4	18.18%	75%
Hoopa-Unbound	3	13.64%	33.33%
Hatterene	3	13.64%	66.67%
Iron Hands	3	13.64%	66.67%
Iron Treads	3	13.64%	33.33%
Cinderace	3	13.64%	33.33%
Slowking-Galar	3	13.64%	33.33%
Mew	3	13.64%	33.33%
Regieleki	2	9.09%	50%
Meowscarada	2	9.09%	50%
Iron Valiant	2	9.09%	50%
Ursaluna	2	9.09%	50%
Cresselia	2	9.09%	50%
Rillaboom	2	9.09%	50%
Tyranitar	2	9.09%	50%
Landorus	2	9.09%	50%
Orthworm	2	9.09%	50%
Electrode-Hisui	2	9.09%	50%
Enamorus-Therian	2	9.09%	50%
Walking Wake	2	9.09%	50%
Azelf	2	9.09%	50%
Iron Moth	2	9.09%	100%
Heatran	1	4.55%	0%
Torkoal	1	4.55%	100%
Landorus-Therian	1	4.55%	100%
Lilligant-Hisui	1	4.55%	100%
Oricorio-Pom-Pom	1	4.55%	0%
Grimmsnarl	1	4.55%	0%
Ceruledge	1	4.55%	0%
Hawlucha	1	4.55%	100%
Espathra	1	4.55%	100%
Slowking	1	4.55%	100%
Kleavor	1	4.55%	100%
Arboliva	1	4.55%	100%
Amoonguss	1	4.55%	0%

Some Quick Takeaways
- A lot of the nerfs made pretty immediate impacts, with a bunch of things feeling much easier to deal with.
-- Inteleon is still decent, but it's a lot more fair now, hitting as hard as a normal wallbreaker should while Outclass gives it a unique edge, for example one of my losses was because Inteleon stole my Amoonguss' Grass-typing as I tried to hit it with Spore.
-- Tie-Dye Band still got usage with Dragapult, but the drastically reduced damage output made it not as crazy as before.
-- No Haxorus or Magnezone usage after the nerfs. The former definitely sucks now, especially with Baxcalibur and Salamence being good, let alone Dragonite, while the latter is still pretty good, just not as appealing without its insane ability to keep Webs up all game.
- Speaking of Baxcalibur, it made a number of appearances, but only came out with a 25% winrate. While it can often be oppressive, the presence of a hard counter in Crabominable means that it didn't get to do a lot in those matchups, while the one loss it had that wasn't against Crab was against a faster team that pressured it. Crabominable (and to a lesser extent Earth Eater Orthworm) being the only things that take it on 100% of the time is a bit awkward for the meta, though.
- Kingambit mirrors its position in OU and does Kingambit things.
- Rain made a bunch of appearances but did quite poorly, with its only win coming in a Rain mirror match. Still, even with nerfed Inteleon, Rain is still very scary
- Some other styles came to play with varying levels of success, with Hyper Offense, Sun, Sand, and Trick Room.
- Beaf really tried to make Spiritomb work and it kinda did, which is honestly an overperformance considering how down we were all on it when Odd Keystone won.
- Chain Lightning Iron Hands got a sweep, might be the first of many...

And that's all for now! Overall, pretty fun tournament where it seems like the nerfs did make the metagame a bit better. Offensive styles are still very strong as is the norm for Gen 9, but you can play with bulkier styles a bit more easily than before now.
With DLC1 10 days away, we will continue to playtest throughout the week, with another set of roomtours coming next weekend, giving us our last insight into the metagame before we have to adapt to when DLC1 gives us. See you soon!

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Not wasting any time, we had an absolutely crazy roomtour today, with one of the biggest turnouts for any roomtour I've run, and one that'll have some big implications, so let's get into it!

Tour #3 - VaporeMons - Double Elimination - 10 Entrants
1st: zxgzxg
2nd: DenebStargazer
3rd: HydreigonTheChild
4th: Beaf Cultist

Replays

The new server isn't registered quite yet, so be sure to join our Discord server to see the downloads of the replays in the replays channel

Usage Stats

VaporeMons Roomtour Usage Stats

Pokemon	Uses	Usage%	Win%
Great Tusk	13	38.24%	61.54%
Iron Jugulis	13	38.24%	53.85%
Basculegion	12	35.29%	66.67%
Amoonguss	11	32.35%	72.73%
Baxcalibur	11	32.35%	54.55%
Thundurus	8	23.53%	62.50%
Slowking-Galar	7	20.59%	71.43%
Kingambit	7	20.59%	57.14%
Hydreigon	7	20.59%	57.14%
Sandy Shocks	7	20.59%	57.14%
Gholdengo	6	17.65%	16.67%
Toxapex	5	14.71%	80%
Magearna	5	14.71%	80%
Pelipper	5	14.71%	80%
Vaporeon	5	14.71%	80%
Iron Treads	5	14.71%	80%
Bellibolt	5	14.71%	40%
Florges	4	11.76%	50%
Iron Hands	4	11.76%	50%
Magnezone	4	11.76%	25%
Regieleki	4	11.76%	25%
Scizor	3	8.82%	66.67%
Heatran	3	8.82%	33.33%
Landorus-Therian	3	8.82%	33.33%
Crabominable	3	8.82%	33.33%
Muk-Alola	3	8.82%	33.33%
Volcarona	3	8.82%	33.33%
Raichu-Alola	3	8.82%	33.33%
Hariyama	3	8.82%	33.33%
Clodsire	3	8.82%	33.33%
Palafin	3	8.82%	33.33%
Dragapult	3	8.82%	33.33%
Glimmora	3	8.82%	0%
Decidueye	2	5.88%	50%
Garganacl	2	5.88%	50%
Moltres	2	5.88%	0%
Dragonite	2	5.88%	0%
Inteleon	2	5.88%	0%
Blissey	1	2.94%	0%
Brute Bonnet	1	2.94%	0%
Cinderace	1	2.94%	0%
Dragalge	1	2.94%	0%
Enamorus	1	2.94%	0%
Enamorus-Therian	1	2.94%	0%
Garchomp	1	2.94%	0%
Haxorus	1	2.94%	0%
Meloetta	1	2.94%	0%
Slowbro	1	2.94%	0%

Some Quick Takeaways:
- Tusk is #1 in usage, so this metagame must be normal, right? Well, a big reason for that was the newly buffed Rollout giving the already Great Tusk pivoting and while it wasn't the crazy recipient of that buff, it still went pretty crazy.
- There has been a lot of talk about Iron Jugulis recently because of its absurd power with Mega Launcher-boosted Dark Pulse and amazing coverage in Hurricane, Earth Power, and ML-boosted Aura Sphere. It coming in at #2 in usage is very emblematic of how easy it is to use and how hard it is to deal with.
- Amoonguss had a pretty insane 73% winrate considering its high 11 uses, but with access to pivoting in Rollout, Amoonguss becomes the best bulky pivot you could ever dream of, so it's really no surprise.
- Thundurus had a great showing, showing off the power of its Battle Spines, with its ability to quickly wear down teams with free chip damage off of resisted TBolts and U-Turns
- Essentially unchanged Baxcalibur is still dumb, lol
- Magearna got a good amount of usage, doing pretty well overall. The only set really seen so far has been Specs, being super effective and breaking things with Fleur Cannon, but there's a lot more to experiment with that mon
- Chain Lightning Iron Hands my beloved. On paper, it really should be broken, but for the time being it just seems like a very good mon, something to look out for, but its low Speed, exploitable typing, and poor matchup against faster Grounds means that it's easy enough to deal with if you're careful. A couple good plays by the Hands user and things can get dicey fast, though
- Sand Clock Meteor Beam Sandy Shocks has really gotten a chance to show what it can do and man do we hate it. While Shocks hates the prevelance of faster breakers like Iron Jugulis and Meloetta-P preventing it from sweeping all the time, the combination of infinite MBeams, Shocks' Speed and power, and Sand Spit sometimes putting foes in awkward situations all come together to make Sand Clock Sandy Shocks super annoying to come up against. This, along with the infinite Speed granted to Sand Rush and Slush Rush users has really drawn the ire of the playerbase lately, especially today
- Rain is very very good. Basculegion now having a real Ghost moves plus a multitude of viable Water-type breakers in Vaporeon, Inteleon, Walking Wake, and Palafin makes Rain scarier to play against than ever, compounded by the effectiveness of Amoonguss as a pivot for Rain teams
- Mud Wash Vaporeon officially becoming the first mascot of a Sylve meta to be actually viable in the default tier, love to see it

Now, with The Teal Mask coming in just 3 days, this roomtour was our last look at the metagame, letting us know if we need to fix anything before the new wave of DLC comes and shakes everything up. With the information that we've gained from this roomtour, and last week's roomtour as well, I can announce that council is looking at multiple potential imminent balance changes, so stayed tuned for that!

See you soon!

 

[Yoshiblaze]

On the eve on a new era of VaporeMons, I've come with those balance changes I promised!

Most of the following changes were decided via a quick council vote, the results of which you can see below

Votes

The tie was later broken in favor of "Remove Aura Sphere"

The following balance changes will occur:
-Iron Jugulis will lose Aura Sphere - I often make jokes that VaporeMons has a bunch of Chi-Yu wannabes, like Zard Shard Y Charizard, Sheer Heart Lucario, and Mud Wash Vaporeon, but Mega Launcher Iron Jugulis took that joke and really took it to the next level. Simply put, Jugulis' high Speed and power made Mega Launcher-boosted Dark Pulses way too hard to take on when good Fairy-types are sparce (and get chunked by either Hurricane or Earth Power), Fighting-types get Hurricane'd, and Dark-types get Aura Sphere'd. Now, considering just how hot of a topic Jugulis has been over the last week or so, you'd expect something more drastic to happen, like removing Mega Launcher. While you can see in the results above and this was very close to happening, we did warm more up to Aura Sphere in recent times, as it opens up a good few more ways to defensively will Jugulis, namely with Ting-Lu. Additionally, removing Aura Sphere means that Jugulis loses one of its two really strong and more important really safe buttons, just having that strong Dark Pulse now on that front. We'll certainly keep an eye on it to see if this wasn't enough, but the hope is that just a minor nerf will be enough to make playing around much less of a headache.
-Sand Clock and Snow Globe will be reworked. They will now simply give a 50% SpD boost to Rock-types and a 50% Def boost to Ice-types respectively when held. - These items have been controversial ever since they got in. Initially, people weren't hot on them because of how they give Sand Rush and Slush Rush users basically infinite Speed, becoming powerful sources of speed control. While the selection of Sand Rush and Slush Rush mons is pretty poor, Cetitan has shown be decently effective with its power, bulk, and nuclear option in Belly Drum. Pyroar and Lycanroc could also theoretically do things with Sand Rush, though both are bit too weak to be effective, even with the latter's access to Swords Dance. Speaking of Swords Dance, the existence of Sand Clock and Snow Globe also led to us having to veto multiple Sand Rush subs that would otherwise be great for the meta as a buff to Sand or Snow simply because they had Swords Dance and would be broken in a world with Sand Clock and Snow Globe, which was unfortunate. However, these items officially went over the edge due to an initially innocent minor buff to Meteor Beam that allowed it to charge up in Sand instantly. It wasn't until after this nice buff was voted in when people realized that this meant that Sand Clock would essentially be an infinite Power Herb for Meteor Beam users. This led to Sandy Shocks becoming a pretty ridiculous wallbreaker and cleaner, with the potential to very easily snowball out of control with repeated Meteor Beams in combination with Sand Spit requiring the foe to play very carefully already. With all of this and the threat of more viable Sand Rush or Slush Rush users in the future, we felt that it'd be better to cut our losses and fully rework these items to simply being a free AV for Rock-types and a physical AV for Ice-types. While disappointing for Sand Force Garchomp and Landorus-I fans, this will make a lot of things overall a lot less of a headache
-Foongus & Amoonguss will lose access to Rollout - Why does Foongus get Rollout as an egg move, anyway? Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, Amoonguss is far and away the best bulky pivot you could ever ask for, with Regen, Spore, a good typing, and great bulk. So, adding a pivoting move to an already amazing defensive pivot simply made it too good at being a pivot, allowing the many terrifying offensive mons in the metagame to run wild much more easily. Thus, it's an easy decision to ax Rollout on this line.
-Baxcalibur will be banned to Ubers - Okay, this is a big one. Banning a Pokemon is something that I never want to do in a Pet Mod like this, where we're building off of a meta we already had, a meta that already had its very good mons. Plus, if we made something broken, then we should just get rid of the things that made it broken. Thus, bans were never really an option in JolteMons, with the only thing that ever got slated for a ban being Dragapult, who was an unbanned Uber and was decisively voted to stay in the tier. I came in to VaporeMons with the same mindset, as I believe that if a mon that receives very few substantial changes and it becomes broken then we did something horribly wrong to the metagame. But Baxcalibur is a bit of a different story. The Kyurem-Black wannabe is controversial as is in OU right now, likely only escaping a suspect test because of the imminent DLC, due to its insane power, offensive typing, and access to Dragon Dance. It really is a Kyu-B wannabe in every sense of the word, looking like KyuB when it was legal in SwSh. The story is no different here, as Baxcalibur has ravaged many a team over the last couple weeks, whether its Banded, Dual STAB DD, or SubDD Ice Body next to Glowking. You'd think that Bax would be a bit easier to deal with here, as we managed to introduce an amazing check / counter to it in Crabominable, but the problem was that Crab was basically required to use, lest you spend the entire game walking on eggshells (or Earth Eater Orthworm ig, but meh, it'd really rather run Steely Spirit). From there, it's just about as insane as it was in OU, almost moreso thanks our meta having better hazard removal options and more pivoting to get it in position. Thus it was put to a vote and the council ultimately voted to kick Bax out of the tier. This is absolutely unprecedented in a Sylve metagame (even the crazy tiering stuff I did in SylveMons reserved bans for mons we ourselves made broken, not Game Freak), but with how crazy Baxcalibur is by default, this is hopefully the right decision. If the metagame develops to a point where we have more options to effectively deal with Bax, I'll be very open to retesting it at some point, but for now, Bax can complete its Kyu-B wannabe arc by getting itself banned too.

But, with all the changes that The Teal Mask DLC will bring to VaporeMons in just a few hours, where do we go next? Well, as announced awhile ago, we're going to hold off on starting Slate 7 for just a bit longer to account for the incoming changes, but in the meantime, all the returning mons did miss out on six slates of moves and abilities. Thus, once the DLC is released, we will have an extended distribution phase that'll simply give new and returning Pokemon some moves and abilities from the first 6 slates. Kinda like how we did in SylveMons when we went from Gens 7 to 8, though with no adjustment subs so we don't get another Dragon Dance Dracovish situation. Since this is straight up a distribution phase and not just a discussion phase while council decides distribution in the background like normal, we highly encourage community input for this phase, mainly to make sure we cover all of our bases since there are a good number of Pokemon coming back.

This distribution phase will last until the weekend, where we plan on having another roomtour on the new DragonHeaven to test all the new stuff out. Whether we start Slate 7 right after or wait another week will depend on how comfortable we feel with the information gathered and the state of the metagame at that point.

That's all for now, see you very soon!

 

[HydreigonTheChild]

 

[PalpitoadChamp]

*Sand Clock

 

[DenebStargazer]

(jokes aside these are all very fair changes. especially sand clock/snow globe, those two were kind of deranged lmao)

 

[Yoshiblaze]

Now that the DLC is live on Pokemon Showdown and we call all see all the movepools and stuff, it's time to start that distribution slate I mentioned earlier!

This slate will work like the distribution slates of old in SylveMons and JolteMons, where everyone will give suggestions on what Pokemon should receive the new moves and abilities we've added to the game. Discussion can take place either here or on our Discord in the new #dlc-distrib-discussion channel. Everyone is free to give suggestions, but the council has the final say on what gets what.

As for what you're allowed to suggest, you will be discussing what new Pokemon added in the DLC should get the moves and abilities we've added to the game, which you can see on the spreadsheet here. We will not give out pre-existing moves and abilities to new Pokemon or anything to Pokemon that already existed. For the most part you should focus on flavor when suggesting things, as we don't have enough information to make fully competitive predictions just yet.

All New Pokemon

+ Dipplin, Poltchageist, Sinistcha, Ursaluna-Bloodmoon, Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti, and Ogerpon

This phase will last until the end of Friday. See you then!

 

[The Damned]

That feeling when you're around for a tour on a crappy weekend but aren't aware it's happening because it was only mentioned in Discord. R.I.P.

-Foongus & Amoonguss will lose access to Rollout - Why does Foongus get Rollout as an egg move, anyway?

Luckily this cheered me up a bit since Amoonguss shouldn't be allowed to have nice things.

Also don't feel too bad about banning Baxcalibur in an "unprecedented" move, Yoshiblaze. Just choose to think of it as being preemptive given what it unnecessarily just got via DLC even if I'm already seeing people doing mental gymnastics even harder than they did for Kingambit to try to keep it too.

A few notable changes to old returning mons

(This is intentionally NOT an exhaustive list since gods am I tired.)
1. Furret exists now gets Tidy Up.
2. Mightyena exists now gets Nasty Plot.
3. Shiftry gets Wind Rider instead of Early Bird now.
4. Torterra now gets Shell Smash--maybe the most important one for this distribution.
5. Empoleon now gets Competitive instead of Defiant as well as Roost.
6. Gliscor lost Roost (ha!) and got Crabhammer and Toxic Spikes.
7. Manaphy still has Tail Glow (ugh), and it and Phione also now get a new move called Take Heart, which is basically Refresh + Calm Mind--lucky it.

(Also, Kommo-o still has Clangorous Soul (ugh).)

(Also also, while new, I'll just note here that Dipplin can apparently use Evolite. Huh.)

Anyway, I just spent five hours straight typing this, so I'm damn well posting it:

Personal distribution suggestions for mons from Gen 9's 1st DLC

MOVES:
SLATE 01
01. Dire Claw: , Okidogi, Munidori, and Fezandipiti
02. Ceaseless Edge: and
03. Stone Axe: and
04. Electroweb: ("I am become hazard stack, 4MSS of worlds"), , ("Achoo!"), and (technically already had it)
05. Meteor Beam: , , (grumblegrumble), , , , , , , , , , (grumblegrumble), and
06. Skull Bash: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and Ogerpon
07. Shelter: , , , , , Poltchageist, Sinistcha, and Ogerpon

SLATE 02:
08. Healing Stones: , , , , , , , and Ogerpon
09. Shrapnel Shot: , , , , (grumblegrumble), (might be too strong for it), Okidogi (ditto), Munkidori, and Fezandipiti
10. Jungle Healing: , , , , and Ogerpon [I'm sorry Ludicolo!]
11. Life Dew: , , , , , , , , , , (this probably ends up banned anyway, so meh), , and

SLATE 03:
12. Storm Throw: , , , and (grumblegrumble)
13. Frost Breath: , , , , , , , , and
14. Snipe Shot: , , and
15. False Surrender: , , , , , , and
16. Choke: , , , , , , , , , , , and
17. Cutting Remark: , , , and Munkidori

SLATE 04:
18. Defog: (Already have it upon return: , , , , , , and and their non-Koffing prevos) , , , , , , , Ursaluna-Bloodmoon (blame the DLC for its battle's setting), and Fezandipiti (gods I hate this thing's name)
19. Chain Lightning: , , , , , (randomly has antenna and receives radio waves from...somewhere), , , , and
20. Hazardous Waste: , , Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti
21. Pluck: (Already have upon return: , , and ) , , , , , , , and Fezandpiti
22. Wind Breaker: , , , , , , , , , , ,, , ("What's that? Defog is a Wind move now? Interesting...."), , Munkidori (...fits more than Throat Chop), and Fezandpiti
23. Throat Chop: (Already has it: Ogerpon--huh) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and Okidogi

SLATE 05:
24. Chisel: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Ursaluna-Bloodmoon, Okidogi, and Ogerpon
25. Parry: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Munkidori, and Ogerpon
26. Peekaboo: , , , , , , , , , , , , , and Dipplin
27. Psycho Boost: , , , and Munkidori (may be too strong for this)
28. Rage Fist: (hey, it's in the name), , (should maybe not get Jungle Healing if it gets this despite being rather slow), and Okidogi (even more likely to be too strong; could just go with Raging Fury I guess)
29. Raging Fury: , , , and (may be too strong if only because it does still get Slack Off)

SLATE 06:
30. Accelerock: , , , , , , , , , , , and
31. Rollout: (Already has it among mons from DLC:, , , , , , , , , , , , (!), , , , , and Dipplin) , , , and
32. Round: , , , , , , , , , and Fezandipiti
33. Rekindle: , , , , , , , , , and


ABILITIES:
SLATE 01:
01. Cute Charm: (Already have this ability: , , , and ) (replaces Pickup), , , , , (replaces Honey Gather), (replaces Honey Gather), and (is this allowed?)
02. Healer: , , (replaces Sweet Veil), Poltchageist, and Sinistcha [the fact that these two are reversed from Sinistea and Polteageist is going to bother me so hard]
03. Overcoat: (Already have this ability: , , , , , , , and ) ,, (replaces Run Away), (replaces Run Away), (replaces Oblivious), (replaces Oblivious), and (replaces Oblivious)
04. Zero to Hero: N/A

SLATE 02:
05. Photon Drive: N/A
06. Neuron Drive: N/A
07. Rune Drive: N/A
08. Protosmosis: N/A
09. Protocrysalis: N/A
10. Protostasis: N/A
11. Grass Pelt: (replaces Quick Feet; a stretch, but dear Arceus does Mightyena need like anything to have even a whiff of viability) and (replaces Own Tempo) [giving this to also makes sense, but man does it feel like overkill with those stats, especially if it gets Jungle Healing]
12. Gale Wings: (replaces Keen Eye) and

SLATE 03:
13. Muscle Memory: (replaces Unnerve), (replaces Unnerve), , and (again, this probably needs to be banned anyway, so...)
14. Cloud Nine: , (replaces Shell Armor), (replaces Shell Armor), and (replaces Shell Armor)
15. Death Aura: , (replaces Sniper), , , and
16. Seed Sower: (was going to give it Cute Charm instead but...) and Dipplin (replaces Gluttony)
17. Sand Spit: (replaces Rock Head)
18. Sand Force: (Already have this ability: and ) and

SLATE 04:
19. Counteract: , (replaces Keen Eye) (replaces Keen Eye), Ursaluna-Bloodmoon, and Munkidoki
20. Outclass: (replaces Oblivious), (replaces Pickup), and (replaces Pickup)
21. Sunblock: , , and
22. Sand Veil: (Already have this ability: , , , , , , and ) N/A
23. Snow Cloak: (Already have this ability: , , , , , , and ) (replaces Frisk), (replaces Frisk), and (replaces Frisk)

SLATE 05:
24. Steely Spirit: Okidogi (thank Arceus this thing only learns Metal Claw)
25. Battle Spines: (replaces Sand Veil) and (replaces Snow Cloak)
26. Sheer Heart: (replaces Flash Fire) and (replaces Gluttony)

Slate 06:
27. Color Change: (replaces Illuminate) and
28. Smelt: (replaces Magma Armor) and (replaces Magma Armor)
29. Green-Eyed: Fezandipiti
30. Mud Wash: (replaces Damp)

Technically a first draft, so there's a chance I'll shift a few things around later tonight or tomorrow before the deadline, though I'll of course note if I do such a thing. And now I feel like I'm forgetting something....

2023/09/14 EDIT: I only made minor changes overall, and these are likely the only ones I will be making:

1. Typos fixed.
2. Hazardous Waste taken away from Koffing after realizing that would mean that Weezing-Galar would still get it, which wouldn't break anything but is something I was clearly trying to avoid.
3, Gave Sandshrew-Alola the ability Overcoat as I had intended both given that Sandslash-Alola gets Overcoat and to give parity with Sandshrew(-Kanto) now having three abilities like Sandslash(-Kanto).

 

[Yoshiblaze]

The DLC Distribution Slate is now over! Thank you to everyone who gave their input!

Let's jump right into the list of changes (it's large):

Distribution Results

Note that if a prevolution is listed as gaining a move/ability, its evolution also gains it. If just the evolution is listed, the prevo doesn't get it

Choke Hazardous Waste
Chisel, Shelter, Throat Chop, Ability: Battle Spines
Chisel, Shelter, Shrapnel Shot, Skull Bash, Throat Chop, Abilities: Battle Spines, Steely Spirit (replaces Snow Cloak)
Meteor Beam, Peekaboo
Jungle Healing, Ability: Seed Sower
Peekaboo, Raging Fury, Rekindle
Frost Breath, Peekaboo
Life Dew, Ability: Mud Wash (replaces Damp)
Parry, Rage Fist, Storm Throw
Accelerock, Meteor Beam, Shrapnel Shot, Skull Bash
Accelerock, Chain Lightning, Meteor Beam, Shrapnel Shot, Skull Bash
Hazardous Waste, Wind Breaker
Healing Stones, Life Dew
Parry, Skull Bash, Throat Chop, Ability: Counteract (replaces Immunity)
Peekaboo, Ability: Cute Charm (replaces Run Away)
Pluck, Psycho Boost, Wind Breaker
Choke, Dire Claw, Electroweb, Hazardous Waste, Ability: Battle Spines (replaces Swarm)
Choke, Rage Fist, Throat Chop
Defog, Meteor Beam, Wind Breaker
Chisel, Dire Claw, Hazardous Waste, Wind Breaker, Ability: Sand Force (replaces Hyper Cutter)
Rekindle, Ability: Smelt (replaces Magma Armor)
Meteor Beam, Shelter
Chisel, Frost Breath, Meteor Beam, Skull Bash
Ceaseless Edge, False Surrender, Throat Chop
Round, Ability: Overcoat (replaces Own Tempo)
Jungle Healing, Parry, Wind Breaker, Ability: Cloud Nine (replaces Pickpocket)
Ceaseless Edge, False Surrender, Throat Chop
Cutting Remark, Storm Throw
Meteor Beam, Shrapnel Shot
Defog, Wind Breaker, Ability: Cute Charm (replaces Illuminate)
Defog, Wind Breaker, Ability: Cute Charm (replaces Oblivious)
Ceaseless Edge, Parry, Throat Chop
Ability: Sheer Heart (replaces Cute Charm)
Choke, Ability: Death Aura
Rage Fist, Storm Throw, Throat Chop
Cutting Remark, Defog, Healing Stones, Psycho Boost, Round, Wind Breaker
Healing Stones, Meteor Beam, Peekaboo, Psycho Boost, Shrapnel Shot
Rollout, Shelter, Skull Bash, Ability: Sand Force (replaces Shell Armor)
Choke, Parry, Rekindle, Throat Chop, Ability: Muscle Memory (replaces Iron Fist)
Cutting Remark, Frost Breath, Life Dew, Pluck, Skull Bash
Shrapnel Shot
Life Dew, Ability: Healer
Life Dew, Ability: Healer
Healing Stones, Life Dew, Wind Breaker, Ability: Grass Pelt (base form only)
Choke, Throat Chop
Choke, Parry, Storm Throw, Throat Chop
Ability: Steely Spirit (replaces Iron Fist, Gurdurr only)
Electroweb, Parry, Ability: Grass Pelt (replaces Swarm)
Life Dew, Pluck, Round, Wind Breaker, Ability: Gale Wings (replaces Hydration)
Choke, Rekindle, Ability: Smelt (replaces Infiltrator)
Choke, Parry, Throat Chop, Ability: Outclass (replaces Inner Focus)
False Surrender, Wind Breaker
Choke, Jungle Healing, Throat Chop
Rage Fist
Electroweb
Chain Lightning
Healing Stones, Peekaboo, Wind Breaker, Abilities: Cute Charm (replaces Honey Gather), Healer (replaces Sweet Veil)
Chisel, Parry, Skull Bash
Shrapnel Shot, Snipe Shot, Wind Breaker
Chain Lightning, Peekaboo, Raging Fury, Rollout, Throat Chop

Dipplin - Peekaboo, Shelter (both from Applin)
Poltchageist - Ability: Healer
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon - Skull Bash, Throat Chop
Okidogi - Choke, Dire Claw, Hazardous Waste, Storm Throw, Throat Chop
Munkidori - Cutting Remark, Dire Claw, Hazardous Waste, Throat Chop
Fezandipiti - Cutting Remark, Defog, Dire Claw, Hazardous Waste, Healing Stones, Pluck, Wind Breaker, Ability: Gale Wings (replaces Technician)
Ogerpon - Jungle Healing, Peekaboo, Ability: Seed Sower

Next, we're gonna try to have a roomtour or two before opening up Slate 7 in order to get info on all the crazy new stuff we got (plus some preexisting mons getting buffed), so I'm tentatively planning for Slate 7 to start on Sunday, September 24th. If the DLC update for DH goes through by tomorrow, then there will be a roomtour tomorrow, but otherwise we'll wait until next Sunday.

That's all for now, see you soon!

 

[Gekokeso]

Gonna note anything that seems remotely interesting for the meta.
Clef seems rough to use. Magic Guard and natural fairy typing are really the few things keeping it relevant as a support mon but I don't see cm sets being good with so many other special breakers around.
New Snow Globe will make it nearly impossible for physical attackers to prevent it from setting veil, expect many mons to go stupid thanks to it just as Bax did.
Having a new hazard setter is always welcomed, probably one of the more effective dira claw users out there.
Sheer heart was a decent buff, now it can invest solely into Bulk while avoiding being too passive.
Man this thing looks annoying now that it has healing stones, still, it's mice to have some more defensive backbone.
I can see healer being an option taken over hydration on take heart sets, otherwise it just does its usual War crimes.
Before DLC I would have told you that Arboliva was an underrated pick, now I tell you to ditch it immediately cause this thing is a walking nuke and a bulky ass mon. Will be a massive staple on grassy terrain teams.
Looks pretty hype, being a flying Type immune to hazard is insanely important and having False surrender prevents it from being passive.
One of the best sticky web users is back, it can also slot healing stones if it wants too.
Another HO staple, although not having the option to Tera will be sad for it.
Crazy how Vaporemons woke up and decided to become the second worst thing to happen to Ogerpon's life lol. Still, thanks to that x1.2 boosts that the Ogerpon masks give I think those forms will have some semblance of a niche, especially Cornerstone since it's a Grass type that doesn't let flying types for free.

There might be more I'm missing, but for the most part everything else seems like it would only be more relevant on the lower tiers.