Pacifistmons
Pokemon cannot use attacking moves, they can only use status moves.
Pokemon cannot use attacking moves, they can only use status moves.
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Other Metagame of the Month Archive
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Poison
Poisoned (not badly poisoned) status will halve the Special Attack of the Poisoned Pokemon.
Poisoned (not badly poisoned) status will halve the Special Attack of the Poisoned Pokemon.
Powered Up
All abilities have their effects doubled.
All abilities have their effects doubled.
Something Borrowed
Each Pokemon borrows one move from each teammate adjacent to it in the team lineup to occupy its 3rd and 4th moveslots.
Each Pokemon borrows one move from each teammate adjacent to it in the team lineup to occupy its 3rd and 4th moveslots.
Stat Switch
Swaps the highest stat and lowest stat of each Pokemon. If there are multiple highest and lowest (so if both Attack and Defense are highest), they are switched together.
Swaps the highest stat and lowest stat of each Pokemon. If there are multiple highest and lowest (so if both Attack and Defense are highest), they are switched together.
Suicide Cup Doubles
Based on Doubles, the goal is to KO your own team before the opponent. Also, it is mandatory for your pokemon to have a typeless Dragon Rage.
Based on Doubles, the goal is to KO your own team before the opponent. Also, it is mandatory for your pokemon to have a typeless Dragon Rage.
Super-Effectivemons
Pokemon gain access to all moves of types that hit it super effectively.
Pokemon gain access to all moves of types that hit it super effectively.
Team Movepools
Pokemon share moves with each other in pairs on the same team.
Pokemon share moves with each other in pairs on the same team.
Type Cycle
The types of moves and Pokemon are replaced with the one that is next in a certain cycle diagram made by the meta's creator.
The types of moves and Pokemon are replaced with the one that is next in a certain cycle diagram made by the meta's creator.
Typemons
Your whole team can have additional access to every move of any and only one type barring banned types.
Your whole team can have additional access to every move of any and only one type barring banned types.
Approved by The Immortal
Month 33, December 2015 - Nomination Stage
Rules:
Month 33, December 2015 - Nomination Stage
- You may nominate one metagame. If a metagame has already been nominated, do not nominate it again.
- If you want to change your nomination, delete your post and post a new one. If you're not able to (non badgeholders) think well about your nomination.
- Do not nominate metagames from the blacklist (below), or those whose thread has been locked.
- Do not try to influence other voters and do not bash any metagame.
- You are not allowed to make any posts except to nominate, and your account must be at least one week old by the time of your post.
- If another user breaks these rules, let the OM leaders take care of it.
If any of the above rules are broken, your post will be deleted. Continued rule breaking will result in an infraction.
A list of all the metagames can be found in the Index.
Slayer95 may choose to reject a metagame if it has not been coded and is deemed too difficult.
Blacklisted Metagames:
Ladder already exists:
- Anything Goes
- Smogon Triples
- Balanced Hackmons
- 1v1
- Monotype
- Tier Shift
- PU
- Inverse Battle
- Almost Any Ability
- STABmons
Cooldown period:
- Mix and Mega (not eligible until January)
- Protean Palace (not eligible until January)
- NO STATUS (not eligible until February)
- MonsJustMons (not eligible until February)
- Sketchmons (not eligible until March)
- Hackmons 1v1 (not eligible until March)
- Highest Stat Meta (not eligible until April)
- No Guard Galaxy (not eligible until April)
- Inheritance (not eligible until May)
- Same Type Stealth Rock (not eligible until May)
Ineligible:
- Any OM that uses nicknames or Import/Export
- UU Metagames
- FU
- OU Theorymon
- Micro Metagames
- Pet Mods
- Gen 5 OMs
- Anything Goes
- Smogon Triples
- Balanced Hackmons
- 1v1
- Monotype
- Tier Shift
- PU
- Inverse Battle
- Almost Any Ability
- STABmons
Cooldown period:
- Mix and Mega (not eligible until January)
- Protean Palace (not eligible until January)
- NO STATUS (not eligible until February)
- MonsJustMons (not eligible until February)
- Sketchmons (not eligible until March)
- Hackmons 1v1 (not eligible until March)
- Highest Stat Meta (not eligible until April)
- No Guard Galaxy (not eligible until April)
- Inheritance (not eligible until May)
- Same Type Stealth Rock (not eligible until May)
Ineligible:
- Any OM that uses nicknames or Import/Export
- UU Metagames
- FU
- OU Theorymon
- Micro Metagames
- Pet Mods
- Gen 5 OMs
OMs made after October 31st, which are ineligible:
- Type Exchange
Nominations close in two to three days!
Nominated Metagames:
- Extreme Tier Shift
- Averagemons
- No Ability
- 2v2 Doubles
- Ability Exchange
- 350 Cup
- Hemiswap
- Move Equality
- Slowmons
- Gods and Followers
- Tier 10
- Pacifistmons
- Linked
- Metagamiate
- No Legends Pls
- Camomons
- Adaptability
- Nature Swap
- Typemons
- Something Borrowed
- Variations
- Baton Pass Marathon
- Gods Among Us
- Accessorize
- Middle Cup
- Super Effectivemons
- Hidden Type
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AWailOfATail
viva la darmz
ability exchange
Hemiswap
Slowmons
Gods and Followers
ive never done this shit u know its real
ive never done this shit u know its real
EV
Banned deucer.
I almost struck this from the voting pool because the thread was just created but because it existed beforehand and was just getting updated I'm allowing its eligibility.
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