Almost Any Ability (AAA) is a metagame that lives up to its name. Pokemon in this meta have access to "almost every ability" with the exception of a few that me, the council and the community deem broken or unhealthy for this metagame. With new abilities at Pokemon's disposal, new, old and even some unanticipated threats emerge from unexpected places!
Council Members
UT (Co-Leader)
Isaiah (Co-Leader)
Atha
DeepFriedMagikarp
Quantum Tesseract
Jrdn
Banlist & Clauses
Items: King’s Rock
Moves: Baton Pass, Revival Blessing
Clauses
Dragonite
Orichalcum Pulse
Iron Hands
Houndstone
Resources:
> Sample Teams (coming soon! maybe!)
> Almost Any Ability Resources Thread
> Almost Any Ability Old Gens Hub
> Viability List
FAQ:
Q: "Why can't I use abilities on Pokemon that get them naturally in standard play?"
A: "Native Users" don't exactly exist in AAA
Q: Why doesn't Triage affect Bitter Blade?
A: Ask GameFreak, but that is the correct implementation. Triage does not boost Bitter Blade.
Council Members






Banlist & Clauses
Annihilape
Dragapult
Flutter Mane
Iron Bundle
Iron Valiant
Koraidon
Miraidon
Slaking
Dragapult
Flutter Mane
Iron Bundle
Iron Valiant
Koraidon
Miraidon
Slaking
Arena Trap
Comatose
Contrary
Fur Coat
Gorilla Tactics
Huge Power
Ice Scales
Illusion
Imposter
Innards Out
Magic Bounce
Magnet Pull
Moody
Neutralizing Gas
Parental Bond
Poison Heal
Pure Power
Shadow Tag
Simple
Speed Boost
Unburden
Water Bubble
Wonder Guard
Comatose
Contrary
Fur Coat
Gorilla Tactics
Huge Power
Ice Scales
Illusion
Imposter
Innards Out
Magic Bounce
Magnet Pull
Moody
Neutralizing Gas
Parental Bond
Poison Heal
Pure Power
Shadow Tag
Simple
Speed Boost
Unburden
Water Bubble
Wonder Guard
Items: King’s Rock
Moves: Baton Pass, Revival Blessing
Clauses
- Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
- Ability Clause = 1: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same Ability on a team.
- OHKO Clause: A Pokemon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
- Evasion Clause: A Pokemon may not have either Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
- Sleep Moves Clause: Bans all moves that induce sleep as a primary effect, such as Hypnosis. (also bans Yawn)
- Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
- Terastal Clause: Players may not Terastalize.
Dragonite
Orichalcum Pulse
Iron Hands
Houndstone
2022-11-17: meta created with initial banlist
2022-11-18: Slaking quickbanned
2022-11-21: Annihilape quickbanned
2022-11-22: Terastal Clause implemented by council vote, suspect test for it begins
2022-12-06: Revival Blessing and Unburden quickbanned
2022-12-07: Terastal Clause suspect results in keep banned
2022-12-09: Poison Heal and Magic Bounce quickbanned
2022-12-29: Flutter Mane quickbanned
2023-01-08: Stakeout quickbanned
2023-01-08: Fur Coat + Ice Scales suspect begins
2023-01-23: Fur Coat and Ice Scales banned by suspect test
2023-01-25: Dragapult, Iron Bundle, and Iron Valiant quickbanned
2022-11-18: Slaking quickbanned
2022-11-21: Annihilape quickbanned
2022-11-22: Terastal Clause implemented by council vote, suspect test for it begins
2022-12-06: Revival Blessing and Unburden quickbanned
2022-12-07: Terastal Clause suspect results in keep banned
2022-12-09: Poison Heal and Magic Bounce quickbanned
2022-12-29: Flutter Mane quickbanned
2023-01-08: Stakeout quickbanned
2023-01-08: Fur Coat + Ice Scales suspect begins
2023-01-23: Fur Coat and Ice Scales banned by suspect test
2023-01-25: Dragapult, Iron Bundle, and Iron Valiant quickbanned
Resources:
> Sample Teams (coming soon! maybe!)
> Almost Any Ability Resources Thread
> Almost Any Ability Old Gens Hub
> Viability List
FAQ:
Q: "Why can't I use abilities on Pokemon that get them naturally in standard play?"
A: "Native Users" don't exactly exist in AAA
Q: Why doesn't Triage affect Bitter Blade?
A: Ask GameFreak, but that is the correct implementation. Triage does not boost Bitter Blade.
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