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Pet Mod SylveMons (Discussion Phase)

Voting for the next team member is open!

Once again, vote for one of the following

Origin0's Sylveon
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AquaticPanic's Lycanroc
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Yoshiblaze's Shaymin
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Voting will end in a couple days
 
oof forgot about this

My vote: Shaymin

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And that's it! Sylveon is our penultimate member!

General Threats -
Thundurus (both), Mega Heracross, Mega Gardevoir, Breloom, Blaziken, Mega Gyarados, Lanturn (Shark Bait), Magnezone/Magneton, Salamence, Rotom-Wash, Rotom-Fan, Rotom-Heat, Mega Sableye, Mega Lopunny, Volcarona, Zeraora, Weavile, Crawdaunt, Marowak-Alola, Muk-Alola, Tyranitar(-Mega), Mega Diancie, Tornadus-Therian, Dragonite, Diggersby, Tangrowth, Mega Audino, Hoopa-Unbound, Porygon-Z, Buzzwole, Scolipede, Conkeldurr, Clefable, Mega Charizard Y, Mantine, Mew, Shaymin, Excadrill, Typhlosion, Empoleon, Primarina, Haxorus, Lucario, Volcanion, Azelf, Scyther, Blacephalon and more

Weather and Terrains (setters and abusers separated by |) -
Rain (Drizzle is on the suspect radar, but building a team around it could prove it to be broken) - Mega Slowbro, Pelipper, Vaporeon, Politoed | Mega Swampert, Kingdra, Qwilfish, Ludicolo, Primarina, Crawdaunt
Hail (same thing with Drizzle applies here, probably even more so) - Ninetales-Alola, Cryogonal, Abomasnow(-Mega), Aurorus | Sandslash-Alola, Linoone, other setup sweepers
Sun - Torkoal, Mega Charizard Y, Sunflora, Moltres, Solrock | Leafeon, Typhlosion, Shiftry, Victreebel, Tangrowth, Volcarona, Volcanion, Darmanitan, Blacephalon
Sand - Tyranitar(-Mega) (!), Hippowdon, Lunatone, Gigalith | Excadrill (!), Lycanroc-Midday, Stoutland
Air Current - Swanna, Unfezant, Altaria, Driflblim | Flying-types
Shadow Sky - Spiritomb, Mega Houndoom, Umbreon | Dark and Ghost-types
Forecast - Maractus
Electric Terrain - Jolteon, Electrode, Ampharos | Electric-types
Misty Terrain - Sylveon, Aromatisse, Florges | Fairy-types, Pokemon that appreciate not being statused
Grassy Terrain - Leafeon, Roserade, Gogoat, Leavanny | Grass-types, Pokemon weak to Earthquake
Psychic Terrain - Espeon, Gothitelle, Hypno | Psychic-types, Pokemon prone to being revenge killed by priority
Surge Surfer - Sawsbuck
Unburden (Seeds/Weather Warrior's Crystal*) - Sceptile, Liepard, Slurpuff, Hitmonlee
Manual Trick Room - Dianice/Carbink, Musharna, Cresselia, Slowbro/king, Porygon2, Uxie | Crawdaunt, Marowak-Alola, Porygon2 (Eviolith), Conkeldurr, Lampent (Eviolith), Zwelious (Eviolith), other slow Pokemon

*keep in mind it's still glitched and only works in a few weathers

Other -
Housekeeping - Blissey, Wigglytuff
Dimension Warp - Porygon-Z, Azelf, Uxie

Round 5, The Final Frontier, let's round out our team nicely!

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Samurott @ Anguish Bandana
Ability: Knight's Blade
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Razor Shell
- Sacred Sword
- Swords Dance
- Stalwart Sword

Marowak-Alola @ Thick Club
Ability: Lightningrod
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Shadow Bone
- Bonemerang
- Swords Dance / Thunder Punch

Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder Wave
- Ion Absorb
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Nasty Plot

Steelix @ Steelixite
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SpD
Impish Nature
- Shield Slam
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock / Toxic
- Recrystalize

Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Voice
- Wish
- Heal Bell
- Protect
 
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Defog Hydreigon
Hydreigon @ Agony Boots
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Incinerate
- Defog

So, we need hazard control and it would be nice to has a mon faster than 111, a Dragon-type to fill out a Dragon/Steel/Fairy core, a Knock Off clone, and an Earthquake switchin. Hydreigon is all of that rolled into one. Defog is very important for keeping Marowak healthy and since both of the usable Housekeeping users are part Fairy (unless you want to Cinccino (which isn't a super-super-duper terrible idea)), we don't want to stack weaknesses or anything when adding our hazard control. The Agony Boots allow Hydreigon to reach 430 Speed, outspeeding the whole unboosted metagame (including Zeraora's 423), as well as Agony Boots 95s and Scarfed 80s (tying with Scarfed 81s). Draco is its strongest STAB and murders every Dragon down here not named Mega Altaria, Dark Pulse is also STAB and great for Gengar, which kinda bodies us if it doesn't get TWave'd, as well as Alakazam, Blacephalon, and Espeon. Incinerate removes items and hits Steel, Grass, and Ice-types more freely than Marowak can since it doesn't have Rock Head.
Other options for this slot include U-Turn, Roost, and Earth Power.
 
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Latias @ Agony Boots
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psychic
- Recover / Healing Wish
- Defog

Latias is the team's hazard remover. It has great base 110 speed and special attack stats, and it also serves as an extra check to Fighting types like Mega Lopunny and Mega Heracross. Healing Wish can be used to bring in a weakened teammate, though Sylveon's Wish helps with that too. Latias' high special bulk allows it to tank special attacks to support Sylveon, the other special tank.
 
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Latias @ Agony Boots
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Psychic
- Recover / Healing Wish
- Defog
Before anyone points it out, Latias is listed as being UUBL. However, upon seeing this, I remembered that Latias being UUBL was a mistake (we accidentally put it there when making the list instead of just Latios and its Mega), but forgot about it until it was brought up here. So, because it was a mistake on our part, consider Latias to be UU's first drop, I guess, which means that this is a legal sub. (Mega Latias is still UUBL tho)
 
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And with a nice sudden surge of votes and a good 50 minutes after the last one, it's time to wrap up the Community-Create-A-Team!

The last member will be Hydreigon, winning by a vote of 4-3

So here is our team!

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Samurott @ Anguish Bandana
Ability: Knight's Blade
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Razor Shell
- Sacred Sword
- Swords Dance
- Stalwart Sword

Marowak-Alola @ Thick Club
Ability: Lightningrod
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Shadow Bone
- Bonemerang
- Swords Dance / Thunder Punch

Thundurus @ Life Orb
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder Wave
- Ion Absorb
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Nasty Plot

Steelix @ Steelixite
Ability: Sturdy
EVs: 252 HP / 56 Def / 200 SpD
Impish Nature
- Shield Slam
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock / Toxic
- Recrystalize

Sylveon @ Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Voice
- Wish
- Heal Bell
- Protect

Hydreigon @ Agony Boots
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Incinerate
- Defog

But we aren't quite done yet, as you can see in the sets, there are some slashed moves and, now that we have a full team, changes can be made. So, discuss any changes you want to be made either here or on Discord, and I encourage you to test out this team and others (I'll post a couple my older teams below). Soon, there will be a UU roomtour or mini-forum tour (depending on if Dragon Heaven wants to be nice with roomtours).


Note that BatterBotto is M.I.A., so use these sample teams to jump right in with another person.
https://pokepast.es/f875cb54dc6541f6 - Roserade + Kommo-o Balance
https://pokepast.es/1719db84a5afa862 - Aurora Veil
https://pokepast.es/ea0118599595af3a - Yanmega + Steelium Z Cobalion
 
Note that BatterBotto is M.I.A., so use these sample teams to jump right in with another person.
BatterBotto: Huh? I'm on Smogon???
*Googles M.I.A*
O:

[Charizard's Drought!]
The sunlight turned harsh!
Charizard used Fire Blast!
It's super effective!
The opposing Scizor lost 2% of its health!
The opposing Scizor fainted!
*BatterBotto: crit mattered!

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==AquaticPanic BatterBotto moments here==

>bot finds Victini has V-Create
>switches to Kartana

charizard8888: -node bo *BatterBotto: STOP!
*BatterBotto: lemme do this
*BatterBotto: -gamers assemble
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He back!
All hail XpRienzo
 
BatterBotto: Huh? I'm on Smogon???
*Googles M.I.A*
O:

[Charizard's Drought!]
The sunlight turned harsh!
Charizard used Fire Blast!
It's super effective!
The opposing Scizor lost 2% of its health!
The opposing Scizor fainted!
*BatterBotto: crit mattered!

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==AquaticPanic BatterBotto moments here==

>bot finds Victini has V-Create
>switches to Kartana

charizard8888: -node bo *BatterBotto: STOP!
*BatterBotto: lemme do this
*BatterBotto: -gamers assemble
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He back!
All hail XpRienzo
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So, big news, we've finally made a Viability Ranking relevant to the current metagame.
Now keep in mind, these are likely super inaccurate and for that reason, we would love discussion on it.

And as for what's happening soon, we're planning a UU Roomtour/Discord tour soon, so stay tuned!

Anyway, here are the rankings:

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SylveMons OU Viability Rankings
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(currently only has OU and UUBL Pokemon)
(in alphabetical order)


S-Rank:
S:
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Chansey
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Jirachi

A-Rank:
A+:
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Hawlucha
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Kartana
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Magearna
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Scizor-Mega
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Tapu Koko

A:
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Ash Greninja
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Landorus-Therian
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Tapu Lele
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Tornadus-Incarnate
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Zygarde

A-:
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Greninja
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Heatran
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Keldeo
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Pinsir-Mega
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Serperior
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Tapu Bulu
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Toxapex

B-Rank:
B+:
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Aerodactyl-Mega
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Articuno
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Charizard-Mega X
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Emolga
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Ferrothorn
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Klinklang
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Kyurem-Black
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Mawile-Mega
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Medicham-Mega
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Zapdos

B:
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Alakazam-Mega
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Celesteela
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Flygon
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Gallade-Mega
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Goodra
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Nihilego
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Parasect
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Raichu (Kanto)
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Togedemaru

B-:
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Celebi
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Latios-Mega
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Meloetta-Pirouette
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Metagross
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Palossand
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Slaking
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Tapu Fini
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Wishiwashi
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Xurkitree

C-Rank:
C+:
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Azumarill
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Garchomp
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Infernape
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Latias-Mega
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Manaphy
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Mimikyu
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Scizor
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Terrakion
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Venusaur-Mega

C:
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Latios
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Staraptor
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Victini

C-:
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Garchomp-Mega
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Meloetta
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Skarmory

D-Rank:
None so far

Meme Rank:
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Shuckle
Charizard-Mega-Y
Tornadus-Therian
Gengar
Kommo-o
Rotom-Wash
Rotom-Fan
Tyranitar
Tyranitar-Mega
Excadrill
Blacephalon
Steelix-Mega
Heracross-Mega
Gardevoir-Mega
Volcarona
Golisopod
Magnezone
Swampert-Mega
Spiritomb
Houndoom-Mega
Scyther
Haxorus
Dragonite
Salamence
Cresselia
Marowak-Alola
Crawdaunt

As I said earlier, these rankings could likely be greatly improved, so we encourage to discuss the rankings and play the meta to back up your claims.
 
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Let's cut right to the chase, on Monday October 29th, we will hold a SylveMons UU tournament at around 6 PM EST (time subject to change). Since Dragon Heaven's roomtour system is kinda dead right now, the bracket will be on Challonge. You won't need an account to participate, just show up on dragonheaven.psim.us and tell me that you're joining the tournament and I'll manually add you in.
 
Let's cut right to the chase, on Monday October 29th, we will hold a SylveMons UU tournament at around 6 PM EST (time subject to change). Since Dragon Heaven's roomtour system is kinda dead right now, the bracket will be on Challonge. You won't need an account to participate, just show up on dragonheaven.psim.us and tell me that you're joining the tournament and I'll manually add you in.
napping is dangerous

The tournament is now tomorrow at the same time!
 
Alright, the SylveMons UU Tour that we've been forgetting about WILL be today, WILL be very soon (starts once we have ~6 participants and we already have 3) and WILL be a Round Robin Tournament. A Challonge bracket with info will be linked shortly (no you don;t need a challonge account)
https://challonge.com/sylvemonstouur Just ask to be added once you get on the Dragon Heaven
 
The Pet Mods Grand Slam is finally over, so as one thing ends, another begins anew

SUBS ARE OPEN

The Submission phase allows you to submit additions to the OU metagame. There are are four categories: Abilities, Moves, Items, and Pokemon Adjustments. You may submit up to 4 additions per category. Please also put all of your submissions into one post. The Voting phase lets people vote on which additions should be added to the metagame! You may vote for 6 additions per category. There will be at least two winners in each category. The Distribution Discussion is for discussing what should get access to the winning moves and abilities. When this phase ends, the council will determine what should get access to the winning abilities and moves.

Templates are in the OP

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Pokemon:
New Typing (if any):
New Abilities (if any):
Move Additions (if any):

Also, we have some announcement.
Firstly, Flamethrower will be removed from Serperior, just to get that out of the way
More importantly, we'll have a new system of implementation that we'll looking to try out:
For 3 months, we'll have submission phases as normal. But, instead of the changes being directly coded into the main SylveMons Metagame, a test metagame will be created on Dragon Heavan (assuming charizard8888 agrees to do that for us) where the new changes will go. This allows all of us to test out the changes, check for bugs, and see if they're broken while allowing us to do tournaments using a more stable metagame. At the end of the 3 months, all of the changes are added to the main metagame, we'll possibly host a tournament akin to a seasonal and new cycle will begin. This first cycle will end in March.

Consider the resources when making subs to see how the metagame already is.
With that said, happy subbing!
 
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