E4 Flint
-inactive in BH due corrupt leader-
Balanced Hackmons Central
Welcome to the central resource for Balanced Hackmons!
What this thread is:Welcome to the central resource for Balanced Hackmons!
- A place to get an introduction to the tier, including questions about mechanics
- A crossroads to get links to specific discussions (see Link Index below)
- A place to ask for constructive feedback about one's team, and potentially add to the BH Sample Teams Vault
- A place where Official Announcements for the tier will be posted
- Discussing the state of the meta
- Discussing BH bans or suspect processes
- Posting theorymons
- Sharing creative BH sets
- Discussing official Smogon BH Analyses
- Balanced Hackmons Central (This Post!)
- Link Index
- Announcements
- Balanced Hackmons Viability Rankings and Analyses
- Balanced Hackmons Speed Tiers
What is Balanced Hackmons?
From a technical standpoint, Balanced Hackmons is an Other Meta that allows you to use nearly anything possible that you can battle with in a link battle between players, in the most current cartridge.
Conceptually, BH is defined as a sandbox tier where one can use Pokemon to their fullest potential. Nearly any Pokemon can be used, with normal restrictions being removed; Megas and other formes can be used without any transformation or item. Pokemon can make use of nearly any move and ability in the game, instead of being limited to what they can legally have, and any item can be used.
What makes it "Balanced"?
The removal of abilities, moves or Pokemon that focus the meta only around their use.
General Mechanics:
As mentioned, BH seek to follow what is possible in-cartridge, and therefore, the mechanics will as well. This includes any inherent restrictions in Pokemon, moves and items. Some notable mechanics are given below.
- Since BH allows the use of anything coded in the game, unreleased Pokemon and moves are usable
- Because of the caveat of being possible in a link battle, these basic mechanics must be followed:
- the use of only 4 moves per Pokermon
- only one manual mega evolution per battle
- Pokemon being limited to only 510 EV points
- Pokemon may begin in any form they have in game without restrictions subject to the banlist. This includes Mega evolutions without a manual Mega Evolution and their specific Megastone, and different forms without necessary moves and/or items (such as GiratinaO, Aegislash-Blade, Rotom forms, Meloetta-P, Darmanitan-Zen and so forth)
- Arceus, regardless of ability, cannot lose its held plate. It cannot be given a plate as well
- Any form of Arceus can be used; however it will remain Normal-type unless it keeps the required plate and Multitype
- Conversely, an Arceus holding a plate and having Multitype can take on any form of Arceus, but will retain its typing from the plate
- Arceus cannot be forced to change its type; therefore it cannot use Protean. In addition, Soak will fail on it, but Forest's Curse and Trick-or-Treat will work normally
- Hard-coded abilities designated for specific Pokemon will not work on any other. This includes Multitype, Stance Change, Forecast and Flower Gift
- The only move hard-coded for a specific Pokemon, Hyperspace Fury, may only work on Hoopa-Unbound or its Imposter
- You may set (nearly) any ability onto a base form of a Mega, but after a manual Mega evolution, they will retain their legal ability
- Similarly, Pokemon with Primal Reversion, may make use of almost any ability on their base form once, before they revert and retain their legal ability. Some examples of base form abilities are Intimidate, Magic Guard, and Download
- Items meant for specific Pokemon may work on their forms and retain their properties.
- Mega Pokemon holding their Megastone cannot lose them via Knock Off or Trick
- Mega Pokemon cannot Mega into themselves. This does not exclude Charizard-Mega or Mewtwo-Mega Mega Evolving to their alternate Mega form with the right stone
- Both forms of Giratina may hold Griseous Orb. It applies its effects and cannot be removed from either one. Giratina-A will not transform into Giratina-O while holding it
- Latios and Latias may make use of Soul Dew in both base and Mega forms
- Furthermore, Pokemon with Imposter while holding special items retain their item's properties. This includes
- The capability of Mega-Evolvution or Primal Reversion with the designated items
- Stat buffs from items such as Eviolite, Soul Dew, Light Ball, Thick Club, DeepSea items and more. This excludes Ditto's special items which are coded not to work when Ditto is in a transformed state.
- Special effects from items such Lucky Punch or Stick
(Where applicable, link to decision included)
(Link to the BH Suspects and Bans Official Thread)
Moves
Abilities
Pokemon
(Any of the above are bans on what is stated ONLY. This does NOT exclude the possibility to obtain any of the above in-battle. Primal Groudon through Reversion of a Groudon with Red Orb, Shadow Tag Gengar-Mega through a manual evolution, or similarly Salamence-Mega through evolution while having another -ate on the team, are all possible cases)
Clauses
- Ability Clause: No more than two Pokemon with the same ability per team. (Link)
- -Ate Clause: No more than one Pokemon with the ability Aerilate, Refrigerate or Pixilate per team (Link)
- Endless Battle Clause: Forcing an endless battle is banned, similar to the rest of PS
- Evasion Moves Clause: No moves that can increase Evasion are allowed. This does not include abilities or items that may modify Evasion passively such as Sand Veil or Brightpowder (Link)
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Credit to my friend, Zangooser, who's revolutionary AG Resources were my inspiration
Credit to my friend, Zangooser, who's revolutionary AG Resources were my inspiration
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