Project UU OM Megathread

[BoingK]

who up they AAAVR changes??

Rose to B or higher (no longer legal in UU)
Landorus-Incarnate
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
Sinistcha
Thundurus-Therian

Fell to B- or lower (are now legal in UU)
Cobalion
Electrode-H
Empoleon
Mandibuzz

 

[BoingK]

July '25 Shifts
Rose
Brambleghast
Cobalion
Empoleon
Hisuian Goodra
Excadrill
Thundurus
Tinkaton
Landorus-Therian
Gliscor
( Zarude)

Dropped
Azelf
Iron Boulder

I am doing this from my phone so I might have missed something, ping me on discord if you do notice something, main post won't be updated immediately.

We lost a lot of meta-defining Pokemon so expect a pretty fresh meta for AAAPL3 (signups will go out soon!). Please bear with us as we screen for obviously broken elements, we hope the metagame ends up being as enjoyable as it was last year.

 

[Notgamingreally]

New bh drops and rises
Drops:






Some pretty good pokemon, proper imposter user will probably shake things up.

Rises:




Probably pretty obnoxious pokemon, there’s probably some pokemon who really likes 2 less water types in the metagame.

 

[BoingK]

To the surprise of absolutely no one:

Iron Boulder is unanimously quick banned!​

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Iron Boulder is an unremarkable Pokemon in standard play but in Almost Any Ability it gets access to Sharpness, which boosts slicing attacks by 50%. Boulder only uses slicing attacks - equipped with Mighty Cleave, Psycho Cut, Sacred Sword, Swords Dance and a Life Orb, it is able to absolutely tear through everything in the metagame. Viable "checks" are pretty much limited to Fluffy Hippowdon (does not appreciate Psycho Cut) and Metagross (has to be Levitate to avoid EQ, and really doesn't like taking Sacred). This is only a day one set without experimentation and its already blown away everything we have, so even if there is counterplay yet to be found, council unanimously agrees that Iron Boulder is not healthy for the metagame and should be quick banned!

No other action will be taken as of yet. Hydreigon is on our watchlist for appearing to be very potent in the metagame, while Slither Wing was voted on but not banned. We will continue to watch these elements and others as AAAPL3 begins!

tagging BoingK to implement