Pet Mod Alternatium EX - PMPL

[anaconja]

original: beaf, r1dude, anaconja
hoenn: r1dude, anaconja, beaf
sinnoh: mossy, ilikekirbys, r1dude
unova: anaconja, r1dude
kalos: anaconja, deviation, ilikekirbys
alola: anaconja, redwood, ilikekirbys
world: anaconja (lol)

 

[G-Luke]

Winners

note: all of these are light ball-compatible unless specified otherwise

New Pokémon Name: Pikachu-Kanto (cannot hold Light Ball)
Stat Changes: 60 / 100 / 60 / 90 / 90 / 100 | 500 BST
Typing Changes: Electric
Ability Changes: Electric Fusion (This Pokemon's stat changes to Special Attack are shared with Special Defense, and vice versa.)
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions

Explosion, Counter

Blizzard, Hyper Beam

Amnesia, Recover, Reflect

Removals

Iron Tail, Nuzzle, Play Rough, Thunder Punch, Volt Tackle, Wild Charge, Fling, Spark, Thief

Disarming Voice, Draining Kiss, Echoed Voice, Round, Snore, Swift, Uproar

Nasty Plot, Charm, Sweet Kiss

What Separates it from Other Forms: essentially has simple calm mind thanks to electric fusion-boosted amnesia.

New Pokémon Name: Pikachu-Hoenn
Stat Changes: 60 / 60 / 65 / 60 / 65 / 105 | 415 BST
Typing Changes: Dark / Steel
Ability Changes: Split System (This Pokemon's Dark-type attacks are special and its Steel-type attacks are physical.)
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions, modified by ability

Meteor Mash, Doom Desire, Cross Chop

Crunch, Pursuit

Spikes, Bulk Up, Slack Off, Will-o-Wisp, Roar, Curse, Taunt

Removals

Nuzzle, Play Rough, Thunder Punch, Volt Tackle, Wild Charge, Fling, Spark

Disarming Voice, Draining Kiss, Echoed Voice, Round, Snore, Swift, Uproar

Nasty Plot, Charm, Sweet Kiss

What Separates it from Other Forms: why there isnt a johto pikachu is beyond me. anyway thisll be a fusion of gen 2/3 mechanics with the addition of dark/steel, spikes, and abilities, all groundbreaking mechanics.

New Pokémon Name: Pikachu-Unova
Stat Changes: 80 / 45 / 80 / 45 / 80 / 85 | 415 BST
Typing Changes: Water / Poison
Ability Changes: Infiltrator / Regenerator
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions

Razor Shell, Drill Run, Icicle Crash, Storm Throw

Scald, Venoshock, Clear Smog, Acid Spray

Soak, Coil

Removals

Play Rough

Disarming Voice, Draining Kiss

Charm, Sweet Kiss

What Separates it from Other Forms: toxapex???? anyway its a cool typing that can go physical or special

New Pokémon Name: Pikachu-Alola (cannot hold Light Ball)
Stat Changes: 80 / 95 / 60 / 95 / 90 / 80 | 500 BST
Typing Changes: Dragon / Ghost
Ability Changes: Steelworker / Surge Surfer (now works on any terrain)
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions

Dragon Hammer, Spectral Thief, Shadow Bone, Anchor Shot, Smart Strike, First Impression

Core Enforcer

Shore Up, Gear Up (Growth clone for Electric Terrain)

What Separates it from Other Forms: takes advantage of terrain, or has a great extra stab that synergizes with its offensive typing.

New Pokémon Name: Pikachu-World (cannot hold Light Ball)
Stat Changes: 80 / 90 / 70 / 90 / 70 / 100 | 500 BST
Typing Changes: Electric
Ability Changes: Pastel Veil / Libero
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions

Flip Turn, Grassy Glide, Poltergeist, Steel Roller

Scorching Sands, Burning Jealousy, Meteor Beam, Expanding Force

Court Change, Jungle Healing

Removals

Nasty Plot

What Separates it from Other Forms: big libero. has p good coverage but no setup so it should be ok.

New Pokémon Name: Pikachu-Tactic (Kalos) (cannot hold Light Ball)
Stat Changes: 90 / 100 / 120 / 100 / 50 / 20 (500)
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Comatose, Analytic (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions

+Gyro Ball, +Iron Head, +U-turn, +Zing Zap...

+Energy Ball, +Flash Cannon...

+Defog, +Moonlight, +Parting Shot, +Spikes...

Removals

...

-Extreme Speed...

...

What Separates it from Other Forms: To celebrate Ash's best run in the anime by far (Journeys may change that) I bring to you all Pikachu-Tactic which symbolizes Ash's growth as a Pokemon trainer into somebody who is actually kinda very good at Pokemon battling. It is an OG idea I want to revive, a mon that is basically a strong physical wall with access to Analytic to prevent it from being passive and plays similarly to an offensive version of Forretress. The game plan is to set Spikes and be an excellent wall while also serving as vital role compression with access to Defog and annoying moves in Thunder Wave and Knock Off. You can choose between Comatose for stallbreaking and to prevent annoying status, or Analytic to prevent you from being passive while also synergizing well with Tactic's low speed and decent offenses.

Wow! I hate this slate!


New Pokémon Name: Pikachu-Sinnoh (Not Light Ball Compatible)
Stat Changes: 70/110/60/80/60/140 (520 BST)
Typing Changes: Normal/Fairy
Ability Changes: Dazzling
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Double-Edge, Parting Shot, Superpower, Switcheroo, U-Turn -Extreme Speed, Fake Out
What Separates it from Other Forms: I decided to make Speed Control incarnate. No, nothing else.

Congratz to anaconja Deviation395 and Mossy Sandwich

Next Slate.....

Slate 4: Totem Trials, Part 1

:ss/ribombee-totem:


Totem Pokémon are rarely explored outside of Gen 7 Island trials, and are shown to be very similar to base forms. Lets change that with the power of Alternatium!​

 

[anaconja]

New Pokémon Name: Ribombee
Stat Changes: 80 / 85 / 75 / 85 / 75 / 115 | 515 BST
Typing Changes: Bug / Psychic
Ability Changes: Swarm / Aroma Veil / Filter
Movepool Changes (If Any):
Pollen Puff | Bug | Special | 90 BP | 100% Acc | 15 PP | 30% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.
+ Giga Drain, Thunder Wave, Magic Coat
What Separates it from Other Forms: THE quiver dance user. filter can facilitate a weakness policy set and pollen puff allows it to lower the attack of physical mons aiming to hit its unboosted defense. also has sticky web.

(where is the actual showdown xyani totem sprite)
New Pokémon Name: Ribombee-Totem
Stat Changes: 125 / 95 / 75 / 95 / 75 / 65 | 530 BST
Typing Changes: Fairy
Ability Changes: Shield Dust / Sweet Veil / Queenly Majesty
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Attack Order | Fairy | Physical | 90 BP | 100% Acc | 15 PP | Special if SpA > Atk. 20% to paralyze the target.
+ Defend Order | Fairy | Status | 10 PP | +4 Priority. Protects from moves. Contact: user switches out.
+ Heal Order (now Fairy-type), Giga Drain, Wish
- Quiver Dance, Draining Kiss, Roost
What Separates it from Other Forms: fat fairy with pivoting and hazard removal and stuff. note that totem doesnt get sticky web.


New Pokémon Name: Araquanid
Stat Changes: 48 / 70 / 132 / 50 / 142 / 73 | 515 BST
Typing Changes: Grass / Water
Ability Changes: Water Bubble / Regenerator / Innards Out
Movepool Changes (If Any):
Spider Web | Bug | Status | -% Acc | 10 PP | Prevents all Pokemon from switching next turn.
+ Flip Turn, Water Shuriken, Life Dew, Power Whip, Grassy Glide, Energy Ball, Leech Seed, Synthesis, Nasty Plot
- Sticky Web
What Separates it from Other Forms: high power with water bubble boosted moves. not much to it. spider web is kinda funny with regen but i dont expect it to be great


New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Totem
Stat Changes: 68 / 100 / 132 / 100 / 132 / 28 | 530 BST
Typing Changes: Bug / Water
Ability Changes: Heatproof / Water Veil / Bulletproof
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Bubble Bash | Water | Physical | 100% Acc | - BP | 10 PP | Contact | More power the heavier the user than the target.
+ Enlargen | Water | Status | 15 PP | Raises the user's Attack by 1 and lowers its Speed by 1; user gains 200 kg.
+ Life Dew, Body Press, Zen Headbutt, Sludge Bomb, Recover
+ Skitter Smack, Bug Buzz, Sticky Web, Hydro Pump
What Separates it from Other Forms: fat bug water that can do big damage with bubble bash (araquanid-totem is like 200kg).


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 72 / 100 / 60 / 105 / 85 / 93 | 515 BST
Typing Changes: Dark / Fighting
Ability Changes: Strong Jaw / Galvanize / Up To Speed (On switchin, this Pokemon copies a random adjacent foe's speed boosts.)
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Knock Off, Pursuit, Dark Pulse, Close Combat, Brick Break, Focus Blast, Aura Sphere, Vacuum Wave, U-Turn
+ Fire Fang, Ice Fang, Thunder Fang
+ Quick Attack, Hyper Voice
- Sticky Web
What Separates it from Other Forms: nice revenge killer.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Stat Changes: 77 / 105 / 110 / 120 / 75 / 43 | 530 BST
Typing Changes: Rock / Electric
Ability Changes: Sap Sipper / Lightning Rod / Levitate
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Stone Edge, Rock Slide, Meteor Beam, Power Gem, Ancient Power, Zing Zap, Drill Run, Earth Power, Stealth Rock
+ Discharge, Rising Voltage
What Separates it from Other Forms: nuclear meteor beams. pretty good switchin to oricorio(-pompom) and fires and electrics. still suffers from abysmal speed. note that totem doesnt get sticky web.

 

[Voden]

mine have been done to accentuate the characteristics that each Pokemon showed in its Trial Battle and animation<3

New Pokémon Name: Araquanid
Stat Changes: 80 / 55 / 130 / 65 / 80 / 30 | 440 BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Ice Bubble**
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Icicle Crash, Ice Shard
- Scald
Custom: Ice Bubble**: This Pokemon's Ice power is 2x; it can't be Confused; Dragon power against it is halved.
What Separates it from Other Forms: a non steel dragon resist? in this economy????



New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Tsunami
Stat Changes: 68 / 100 / 82 / 80 / 132 / 68 | 530 BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Drizzle / Intimidate / Storm Drain [HA]
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Aqua Jet, First Impression, Hydro Pump, Bug Buzz
What Separates it from Other Forms: I think it ate a bunch of wishiwashi's???? thats metal af (otherwise he just made em scurry)
anyway, this acts as a really good check to the abundance of fire types in the tier

New Pokémon Name: Ribombee
Stat Changes: 71 / 105 / 72 / 66 / 72 / 124 | 510 BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Magic Guard / Honey Gather*
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Lunge, Skitter Smack
- Quiver Dance, Switcheroo, Trick
Custom: Honey Gather: Jolte Honey Gather (If this Pokemon has Honey, heal 1/8 HP at the end of each turn. At the end of each turn, if this Pokemon has no item, it gets Honey. Knock Off doesn't get boosted against Pokemon with this ability.)
What Separates it from Other Forms: epic MGLO/Poison Heal Pivot, dances around most of the meta, except Sinnohchu, horribly weak to rocks if not MG tho, also kinda frail so XD



New Pokémon Name: Ribombee-Art
Stat Changes: 86 / 70 / 80 / 70 / 80 / 124 | 510 BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Pain-ter*
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Angry Sketch*, Dark Pulse, Moonblast, Play Rough
- Quiver Dance, Roost, U-Turn
Custom: Angry Sketch: Sketch but can only trace Physical or Special moves, Pain-ter: Joltemons Libero (1.2 boost to non-STAB moves)
What Separates it from Other Forms: artsy so smeargle-like? also the players agree that this is a really hard battle so scary with Pain-ter V-Create, Bolt Strike, Precipice Blades, Thousand Arrows, etc.

New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 77 / 115 / 90 / 70 / 90 / 85 | 527 BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Levitate / Rough Skin [HA]
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Gear Grind*, Iron Tail, Metal Claw, Iron Head, Switcheroo
- Agility, Sticky Web
Custom: Gear Grind: changed to 95Acc
What Separates it from Other Forms: Defensive Pivot :D with high-ish attack and better Gear Grind to avoid being heavily passive, also given Switcheroo to cripple walls (when we add em lol)



New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Obscurity
Stat Changes: 77 / 90 / 90 / 105 / 75 / 63 | 500 BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Strong Jaw / Volt Absorb [HA]
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Shadow Ball, Quiver Dance, Poltergeist, Shadow Sneak, Night Shade, Hex, Thunder Fang
What Separates it from Other Forms: mf appears in the darkness like The Intruder :skull: anyway, funny set-up sweeper w/ QD, subpar typing keeps it from being dumb

 

[RedwoodRogue]

You know what we need directly after a Pikachu slate? MORE ELECTRICS WOOOOOOO

Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Typing: Bug/Electric
Ability: Magic Guard
Stats: 70 HP / 125 Atk / 85 Def / 45 SpA / 95 SpD / 80 Spe (500 BST)
Movepool Changes: + Earthquake, U-Turn - Agility
Justification: Fuck it, let’s get physical. Effectively swapped offensive stats while addding a bit of bulk and a lot of speed. U-Turn’s there for a physical pivot move, EQ’s there for (aside from being a physical wallbreaking staple) coverage against Rock and Fire Mons. Magic Guard’s funny because it makes Wild Charge decent and doesn’t tie the bug mon to boots if it feels like stepping on pebbles.

“Don’t tell me he fucking made a buffed Golisopod again”

Name: Araquanid-Totem
Typing: Water/Bug
Ability: Stakeout
Stats: 69 HP / 100 Atk / 102 Def / 40 SpA / 102 SpD / 42 Spe (455 BST)
Movepool Changes: + First Impression, Aqua Jet
Justification: Without Webs and with priority, Araquanid turns into a revenge killer. Fimp should be paired nicely with stakeout for a meaty hit against anything that switches in, but note that it’s still a Bug move.

 

[G-Luke]

Something for submitters to note when crafting the movepools of Totem submissions. Notably Ribombee-T loses Moonblast and Play Rough, Araquanid-T loses Bug Buzz, Skitter Smack and Hydro Pump, Vikavolt-T loses Discharge and Rising Voltage and ALL Totem forms lose Sticky Web.

 

[woo]

Name: Ribombee-Totem
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Prankster / Sticky Hold / Gale Wings
Stat Changes: 90 / 100 / 75 / 80 / 80 / 125
Move Changes: +Aerial Slice*, Play Rough, Dual Wingbeat, Switcheroo | - Stun Spore, Sleep Powder

Aerial Slice

Type:

Category:

BP: 90
Effect: Ends any terrain condition if there is one.
PP: 10 (Max: 16)

Description: Goofy ass mon. Has solid competition in both Fairy and Flying-type breakers, but it's able to mantain a solid niche by breaking and making progress with prankster + slice.


Name: Vikavolt
Typing:

 

[r1dude]

New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-base
Stat Changes: 98/45/107/45/132/93 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Water Bubble/ HA: Water Absorb
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Life Dew, Flip Turn, Bubbly Dance*

Bubbly Dance

Type:

Category:

, dance move
BP: --
Effect: Sets Rain for 5 turns and raise user's speed by 1 stage
PP: 8

What Separates it from Other Forms: Solid wall with Flip Turn, Sticky Web and cool stick bug dance built-in z rain dance for rain support, can work as a rain sweeper but gets hard-walled by any water resist or water immunity.

fact: totem pokemons are way bigger than normal one
New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Totem
Stat Changes: 80/135/110/60/60/85 [BST: 530]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Compound Eyes/HA: Thick Fat
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Close Combat, Bulk Up, Mega Horn -All water moves
What Separates it from Other Forms: Strong physical attacker with 120 bp dual STABs.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 77/70/90/95/85/83 [BST: 500]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Tinted Lens
Movepool Changes (If Any):
What Separates it from Other Forms: Good wallbreaker with Tinted Lens.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Stat Changes: 100/80/80/80/80/100 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Dragon's Maw
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Claw
What Separates it from Other Forms: idk, funky electric type with a bonus Dragon STAB.


New Pokémon Name: Ribombee
Stat Changes: 100/55/90/76/95/104 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Honey Stockpile*/Shield Dust/Sweet Veil

Honey Stockpile

Heal user by 25% max health if hit by a bug type move, immune to bug type

Movepool Changes (If Any): +Taunt, Volt Switch
What Separates it from Other Forms: Fast support mon which stops u-turn

 

[Revenge of Depressed Gay]

New Pokémon Name: Araquanid
Stat Changes: 75 / 70 / 80 / 65 / 110 / 105 | 505 BST
Typing Changes: Bug / Water
Ability Changes: Water Bubble / Water Absorb
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ U-Turn, Recover
What Separates it from Other Forms: A fairly decent special wall that can pack a bit of a punch thanks to water bubble.


New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Totem
Stat Changes: 90 / 75 / 85 / 75 / 135 / 45 | 505 BST
Typing Changes: Dragon / Water
Ability Changes: Water Bubble / Pressure
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Flip Turn, Recover, Draco Meteor, Dragon Claw
+ Sticky Web, Hydro Pump
What Separates it from Other Forms: A big slow fat Dragon/Water type that everyone loves.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 75 / 70 / 90 / 125 / 65 / 75 | 500 BST
Typing Changes: Rock/Electric
Ability Changes: Levitate
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Power Gem Ancient Power, Earth Power, Stealth Rock
What Separates it from Other Forms: A rock/electric special wallbreaker that hits fairly hard but lacks boosts from meteor beam or nasty plot to keep it from going overboard.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Stat Changes: 95 / 135 / 90 / 60 / 75 / 45 | 500 BST
Typing Changes: Bug / Electric
Ability Changes: Steelworker
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Rail Launch | Steel | Physical | 120 BP | 100% Acc | 15 PP | Priority -3
+ U-Turn, Sticky Web, Dual Wingbeat, Zing Zap, Iron Head
What Separates it from Other Forms: A slow bug/electric physical wallbreaker with an extra steel spice. Now while you could be boring and go with iron head, you could be interesting and go with RAIL LAUNCH. In most cases you're going to be slower than the opponent anyway and rail launch fires a gigantic metal spike through their fleshy body.

 

[Lapzaplerq]

New Pokémon Name: Ribombee
Stat Changes: 60 / 90 / 60 / 75 / 70 / 125 [BST: 480]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Adaptability
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Fire Punch, Swords Dance
- Calm Mind, Quiver Dance
What Separates it from Other Forms: Fast monobug setup sweeper.

(but actually bigger)
New Pokémon Name: Ribombee-Specialized
Stat Changes: 66 / 77 / 77 / 91 / 88 / 101 [BST: 500]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes:
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Eerie Spell, Psycho Cut, Psyshock
- Quiver Dance
What Separates it from Other Forms: A bit slower bug psychic setup sweeper.


New Pokémon Name: Araquanid
Stat Changes: 60 / 55 / 118 / 55 / 122 / 70 [BST: 480]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Water Absorb | Liquid Scales (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Recover
What Separates it from Other Forms: A stall Mon with recover as active healing and liquid scales as passive healing.


New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Specialized
Stat Changes: 77 / 60 / 128 / 118 / 72 / 45 [BST: 500]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Berserk / Overcoat | Corrosion (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Life Dew, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Trick Room
What Separates it from Other Forms: TR mon, that's it. The main point of this mon is to set TR and try activate Berserk in the same turn.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 77 / 145 / 110 / 88 / 50 / 50 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Hyper Cutter | Motor Drive (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Electrocutter, U-turn
- Roost
Electrocutter:

,

, 55 BP, 8 PP, 100% Acc, doubles the power if target is at full HP.
What Separates it from Other Forms: A very hard hitting wallbreaker that's not really works well with hazards.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Specialized
Stat Changes: 85 / 85 / 81 / 108 / 40 / 121 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Ice Scales | Slush Rush (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Blizzard, Freeze-Dry, Ice Beam, Icicle Crash, Icicle Spear, Triple Axel
What Separates it from Other Forms: A fast boltbeam wallbreaker that held back by a very bad survivability.

 

[G-Luke]

Doing reviews because I thought a lot of these would have been solved with osmosis of critique by now tbh.

mine have been done to accentuate the characteristics that each Pokemon showed in its Trial Battle and animation<3



New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Wave-Totem
Stat Changes: 68 / 120 / 82 / 100 / 132 / 68 | ??? BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Drizzle / Intimidate / Storm Drain [HA]
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Aqua Jet, First Impression, Hydro Pump, Bug Buzz
What Separates it from Other Forms: I think it ate a bunch of wishiwashi's???? thats metal af (otherwise he just made em scurry)
anyway, this acts as a really good check to the abundance of fire types in the tier



New Pokémon Name: Ribombee-Art-Totem
Stat Changes: 86 / 70 / 80 / 70 / 80 / 124 | ??? BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Protean
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Angry Sketch*, Dark Pulse, Moonblast, Play Rough
- Quiver Dance, Roost, U-Turn
Custom: Angry Sketch: Sketch but can only trace Physical or Special moves
What Separates it from Other Forms: artsy so smeargle-like? also the players agree that this is a really hard battle so scary with protean V-Create, Bolt Strike, Precipice Blades, Thousand Arrows, etc.

Araquanid Wave is far too strong with Drizzle. Metagame atm is roughly on par with Home Meta in OU. Mon is gonna either need to lose Drizzle or take significant Atk and SpA drops.

Ribombee Art Totem is bad BATR. Trying to balance this thing is going to either end up with something broken or just be outright bad, so I heavily implore you to either remove Angry Sketch or Protean.

You know what we need directly after a Pikachu slate? MORE ELECTRICS WOOOOOOO

Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Typing: Bug/Electric
Ability: Magic Guard
Stats: 70 HP / 135 Atk / 85 Def / 45 SpA / 95 SpD / 80 Spe (510 BST)
Movepool Changes: + Earthquake, U-Turn - Agility
Justification: Fuck it, let’s get physical. Effectively swapped offensive stats while addding a bit of bulk and a lot of speed. U-Turn’s there for a physical pivot move, EQ’s there for (aside from being a physical wallbreaking staple) coverage against Rock and Fire Mons. Magic Guard’s funny because it makes Wild Charge decent and doesn’t tie the bug mon to boots if it feels like stepping on pebbles.

I say lower the attack. Magic Guard artificially bolsters this Pokémon's attack output by a sizable amount, and even without that it wouod have the highest attacking stat by a decent amount in the tier.

New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Stat Changes: 77 / 90 / 110 / 135 / 75 / 43 | 530 BST
Typing Changes: Rock / Electric
Ability Changes: Sap Sipper / Lightning Rod / Levitate
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Stone Edge, Rock Slide, Meteor Beam, Power Gem, Ancient Power, Drill Run, Earth Power, Stealth Rock
+ Discharge, Rising Voltage
What Separates it from Other Forms: nuclear meteor beams. pretty good switchin to oricorio(-pompom) and fires and electrics. still suffers from abysmal speed. note that totem doesnt get sticky web.

Lower this thing's SpA a little bit, it is a bit strong for what we have right now. Also, please explain what the heck is going on with base Araquanid. Idk what it does but it doesn't feel right.

New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 77/70/90/115/85/83 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Tinted Lens
Movepool Changes (If Any):
What Separates it from Other Forms: Good wallbreaker with Tinted Lens.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Stat Changes: 100/80/80/80/80/100 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Transistor/Dragon's Maw
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Claw -Charge Beam
What Separates it from Other Forms: Cool attacker with good abilities but bad stats.

Remove Tinted Lens on base Vikavolt. It is already a pretty strong Pokémon in our lineup TL clearly pushes it over the edge.

Vikavolt Totem is also heavily flawed, as the Pokémon is near impossible to reliably answer. Thanks to being able to switch around its checks and counters with a different ability (Dragon's Maw busts up Grounds or Transistor busts up Fairies). I see the vision in the concept but its fundamentally flawed, and these nuke STAB Pokémon were not designed to have reliable and consistent coverage / dual STAB options. Needs a rework.

New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Totem
Stat Changes: 105 / 75 / 85 / 75 / 135 / 30 | 505 BST
Typing Changes: Dragon / Water
Ability Changes: Water Bubble / Pressure
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Flip Turn, Recover, Draco Meteor, Dragon Claw
+ Sticky Web, Hydro Pump
What Separates it from Other Forms: A big slow fat Dragon/Water type that everyone loves.

Lower Araquanid's HP somewhat. Water / Dragon is a really good defensive typing rn so I think its bulk atm is too high in combination with Recovery.

New Pokémon Name: Ribombee
Stat Changes: 60 / 80 / 60 / 70 / 70 / 140 [BST: 480]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Pixilate
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Extreme Speed, Fire Punch
- Calm Mind, Quiver Dance
What Separates it from Other Forms: Mostly a utility mon, but with strong STAB priority.

(but actually bigger)
New Pokémon Name: Ribombee-Specialized
Stat Changes: 66 / 77 / 77 / 91 / 88 / 101 [BST: 500]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Cursed Body
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Astral Barrage, Hex, Shadow Ball, Will-O-Wisp
- Quiver Dance
What Separates it from Other Forms: Shadow Rider Calyrex lite version.


New Pokémon Name: Araquanid
Stat Changes: 70 / 50 / 118 / 50 / 122 / 70 [BST: 480]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Huge Power | Liquid Scales (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Aqua Jet, Recover
What Separates it from Other Forms: Basically, with Huge Power set, Azumarill with some tradeoffs. Liquid Scales set serves as stall.


New Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Specialized
Stat Changes: 77 / 60 / 128 / 118 / 72 / 45 [BST: 500]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Berserk / Overcoat | Corrosion (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Life Dew, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Trick Room
What Separates it from Other Forms: TR mon, that's it. The main point of this mon is to set TR and try activate Berserk in the same turn.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 77 / 145 / 110 / 88 / 50 / 50 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Hyper Cutter | Motor Drive (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Electrocutter, U-turn
- Roost
Electrocutter:

, 55 BP, 8 PP, 100% Acc, doubles the power if target is at full HP.
What Separates it from Other Forms: A very hard hitting wallbreaker that's not really works well with hazards.


New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt-Specialized
Stat Changes: 85 / 85 / 81 / 108 / 40 / 121 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Transistor | Slush Rush (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any): + Blizzard, Freeze-Dry, Ice Beam, Icicle Crash, Icicle Spear, Triple Axel
What Separates it from Other Forms: A fast boltbeam wallbreaker that held back by a very bad survivability.

This is less specific criticism and more a critique on the submission style on a whole. I am imploring both you and all other submitters to start actively looking at the Pokémon that exist in the tier, as we have enough existing Pokémom in the tier rn where we should start building to account for the existing metagame. Ribombee isnt broken, but do we actually need to add one more 140 Speed physical Fairy type user immediately after adding one the previous slate? Do we really need to add ANOTHER Ghost type after being 3 slates in with 4 different ghost types and next to no reliable defensive counterplay? For these subs and others I ask people to carefully look at the fledging metagame abd try focusing on fleshing out roles and archtypes that are not yet present atm, and try to gauge what the power level of the netagame is rn, as I feel people are not yet fully grasping the current tier's power level right now.

For specific critique I'd add here is Araquanid feels a bit overtuned, mon doesn't need to be a stellar wallbreaker AND a great wall atm. Stick to one and design around it. And for Totem Vikavolt Transistor is unnecessary, mon is already very good by design as is right now.

Giving 48 Hours for people to adjust and or complete submissions, and please keep in mind the metagame you are subbing for atm, this isn't Alternatium, rn we looking at a weaker than OU metagame. That is all.

 

[Bloopyghost]

Pokémon Name: Ribombee
Stats: 95 HP / 40 Atk / 95 Def / 95 SpA / 65 SpD / 104 Spe / 494 BST
Typing:

Abilities: Honey Gather / Telepathy | Regenerator
Movepool Changes:
+ Encore, Heal Bell, Healing Wish, Scorching Sands, Spikes
- Quiver Dance
What Separates it from Other Forms: Has hazards, Defog, clerical stuff, pivoting, status spreading via Scorching Sands (also near perfect coverage with Moonblast) and disuptive tools in Encore and Trick. Decent breaker as well.

Pokémon Name: Ribombee-Totem
Stats: 70 HP / 65 Atk / 105 Def / 100 SpA / 90 SpD / 64 Spe / 494 BST
Typing:

Abilities: Honey Gather / Swarm | Poison Point
Movepool Changes:
+ Acid Spray, Corrosive Gas, Mystical Fire, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Strength Sap, Venoshock
What Separates it from Other Forms: Shoutouts to Vileplume. Absolute goon that has Strength Sap + Mystical Fire with other nasty tools in Acid Spray and Corrosive Gas. Could pull off a bulky QD set too.

Pokémon Name: Araquanid
Stats: 88 HP / 90 Atk / 132 Def / 40 SpA / 72 SpD / 72 Spe / 494 BST
Typing:

Abilities: Water Absorb | Water Bubble
Movepool Changes:
+ Aqua Jet, Bulk Up, Heal Order, Stealth Rock, U-Turn
What Separates it from Other Forms: Great Value Buzzwole. Physically-oriented tank with a surprisingly solid defensive profile. Can now keep itself healthy with Heal Order, sweep with BU + Jet, set a hazard that isn't webs and pivot around.

Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Totem
Stats: 68 HP / 65 Atk / 122 Def / 95 SpA / 87 SpD / 57 Spe / 494 BST
Typing:

Abilities: Water Absorb | Water Bubble
Movepool Changes:
+ Air Slash, Heal Order, Hurricane, Nasty Plot, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Toxic, Venom Drench, Venoshock
What Separates it from Other Forms: What Venomicon could've been. Great defensive typing and immunity to burn means it can plop its fat ass on the field before Plotting and going brazy with Scald + Cane. Sludge Bomb is an option if you really hate Fairies I guess.

Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stats: 77 HP / 50 Atk / 112 Def / 118 SpA / 103 SpD / 40 Spe / 500 BST
Typing:

Abilities: Levitate
Movepool Changes:
+ Dark Pulse, Foul Play, Knock Off, Parabolic Charge, Rapid Spin, Snarl, Taunt
What Separates it from Other Forms: Tank with a sick defensive profile, Roost and good utility. Decent check to Ghosts and three of the Oricorios.

kinda burnt out, dunno if I'll do Vika-Totem

 

[G-Luke]

Bloopyghost's Araquanid is vetoed for being too strong with Water Bubble.

Voting is now open! Vote for your favorite mons for each lineup! Voting lasts for 48 Hours.

 

[Lapzaplerq]

: megaspoopy000, anaconja, Bloopyghost
Totem: anaconja, Bloopyghost, Moretto
: anaconja, RoDG, Lapzaplerq
Totem: Bloopyghost, r1dude, anaconja
: Lapzaplerq, megaspoopy000, anaconja
Totem: RoDG, r1dude, Lapzaplerq

 

[Deviation395]

: megaspoopy000, anaconja, Lapzaplerq
Totem: Moretto, Bloopyghost, anaconja
: RoDG, megaspoopy000, r1dude
Totem: Bloopyghost, anaconja, RedwoodRogue
: Lapzaplerq, r1dude, RoDG
Totem: RedwoodRogue, Lapzaplerq, anaconja

Layout for those who want to use it for voting:

:Ribombee::
:Ribombee:[COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)][SIZE=2]Totem[/SIZE][/COLOR]:
:Araquanid::
:Araquanid:[COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=2]Totem[/SIZE][/COLOR]:
:Vikavolt::
:Vikavolt:[COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][SIZE=2]Totem[/SIZE][/COLOR]:

 

[anaconja]

: anaconja, bloopyghost, lapzaplerq
Totem: anaconja, megaspoopy, bloopyghost
: anaconja, bloopyghost, megaspoopy
Totem: bloopyghost, redwood, anaconja
: bloopyghost, megaspoopy, lapzaplerq
Totem: redwood, rodg, anaconja

 

[G-Luke]

: r1dude, Bloopyghost, Lapzaplerq
Totem: Bloopyghost, Moretto, anaconja
: RODG, Bloopyghost, megaspoopy000
Totem: Lapzaplerq, r1dude, Bloopyghost
: anaconja, Bloopyghost, megaspoopy000
Totem: Redwood Rogue, Lapzaplerq, r1dude

 

[Bloopyghost]

: anaconja, Bloopyghost (SV), Lapzaplerq
Totem : Bloopyghost (SV), anaconja, Moretto
: RoDG, Bloopyghost (SV), Lapzaplerq
Totem : RoDG, anaconja, Bloopyghost (SV)
: r1dude, Bloopyghost (SV), RoDG
Totem : anaconja, RedwoodRogue, RoDG

 

[G-Luke]

8 Hours left til voting ends

 

[RedwoodRogue]

T: RedwoodRogue(SV)

I’ve been busy, might not come back to vote more. pretty cool that you guys like this bug tho

 

[Voden]

: megaspoopy000, bloopyghost, Lapzaplerq
Totem: anaconja, Bloopyghost, megaspoopy000
: RoDG, megaspoopy000, r1dude
Totem: anaconja, RedwoodRogue, Lapzaplerq
: megaspoopy000, RoDG, r1dude
Totem: RedwoodRogue, Lapzaplerq, r1dude

 

[G-Luke]

Winners!

New Pokémon Name: Ribombee
Stat Changes: 80 / 85 / 75 / 85 / 75 / 115 | 515 BST
Typing Changes: Bug / Psychic
Ability Changes: Swarm / Aroma Veil / Filter
Movepool Changes (If Any):
Pollen Puff | Bug | Special | 90 BP | 100% Acc | 15 PP | 30% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.
+ Giga Drain, Thunder Wave, Magic Coat
What Separates it from Other Forms: THE quiver dance user. filter can facilitate a weakness policy set and pollen puff allows it to lower the attack of physical mons aiming to hit its unboosted defense. also has sticky web.

Pokémon Name: Ribombee-Totem
Stats: 70 HP / 65 Atk / 105 Def / 100 SpA / 90 SpD / 64 Spe / 494 BST
Typing:

Abilities: Honey Gather / Swarm | Poison Point
Movepool Changes:
+ Acid Spray, Corrosive Gas, Mystical Fire, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Strength Sap, Venoshock
What Separates it from Other Forms: Shoutouts to Vileplume. Absolute goon that has Strength Sap + Mystical Fire with other nasty tools in Acid Spray and Corrosive Gas. Could pull off a bulky QD set too.

New Pokémon Name: Araquanid
Stat Changes: 75 / 70 / 80 / 65 / 110 / 105 | 505 BST
Typing Changes: Bug / Water
Ability Changes: Water Bubble / Water Absorb
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ U-Turn, Recover
What Separates it from Other Forms: A fairly decent special wall that can pack a bit of a punch thanks to water bubble.

Pokémon Name: Araquanid-Totem
Stats: 68 HP / 65 Atk / 122 Def / 95 SpA / 87 SpD / 57 Spe / 494 BST
Typing:

Abilities: Water Absorb | Water Bubble
Movepool Changes:
+ Air Slash, Heal Order, Hurricane, Nasty Plot, Sludge Bomb, Sludge Wave, Toxic, Venom Drench, Venoshock
What Separates it from Other Forms: What Venomicon could've been. Great defensive typing and immunity to burn means it can plop its fat ass on the field before Plotting and going brazy with Scald + Cane. Sludge Bomb is an option if you really hate Fairies I guess.

New Pokémon Name: Vikavolt
Stat Changes: 77 / 115 / 90 / 70 / 90 / 85 | 527 BST
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Levitate / Rough Skin [HA]
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Gear Grind*, Iron Tail, Metal Claw, Iron Head, Switcheroo
- Agility, Sticky Web
Custom: Gear Grind: changed to 95Acc
What Separates it from Other Forms: Defensive Pivot :D with high-ish attack and better Gear Grind to avoid being heavily passive, also given Switcheroo to cripple walls (when we add em lol)

You know what we need directly after a Pikachu slate? MORE ELECTRICS WOOOOOOO

Name: Vikavolt-Totem
Typing: Bug/Electric
Ability: Magic Guard
Stats: 70 HP / 125 Atk / 85 Def / 45 SpA / 95 SpD / 80 Spe (500 BST)
Movepool Changes: + Earthquake, U-Turn - Agility
Justification: Fuck it, let’s get physical. Effectively swapped offensive stats while addding a bit of bulk and a lot of speed. U-Turn’s there for a physical pivot move, EQ’s there for (aside from being a physical wallbreaking staple) coverage against Rock and Fire Mons. Magic Guard’s funny because it makes Wild Charge decent and doesn’t tie the bug mon to boots if it feels like stepping on pebbles.

Slate 5: Isles and Tundras





I decided to go with this slate instead of the previously planned second Totem slate primarily to introduce some type diversity into the tier, while also adding Pokémon that can threaten whatever may be perceived as the next big threat out of what has been recently added to our roster. Of course there is an important thing to keep in mind here - we have OU, ZU, and multiple levels of Uber Pokémon right here. As of right now the metagame seems to be simmering right below OU. It will be important that when balancing these Pokémon, that care will be taken to account for not only the power level of the current metagame, but for whatever existent roles that may or may not needed to be filled. Our rockers are poor and removal is limited. Sub 90 speed is the norm, and we rarely go above 115. We have 4 Ghosts, zero solid defensive checks. These are all helpful tips that you can use to infer on what to do when creating your submissions. Have a good one!


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[anaconja]

New Pokémon Name: Urshifu-Duelist
Stat Changes: 100 / 100 / 70 / 78 / 110 / 82 | 540 BST
Typing Changes: Dark / Fighting
Ability Changes: Iron Fist / Unseen Fist / Up To Speed (On switchin, this Pokemon copies a random adjacent foe's speed boosts.)
Movepool Changes (If Any):
Wicked Blow | Dark | 80 BP | 100% Acc | 5 PP | Removes positive stat changes from the target before damage.
+ Pursuit
What Separates it from Other Forms: return of up to speed. nice revenge killer.

New Pokémon Name: Urshifu-Brawler
Stat Changes: 90 / 100 / 110 / 93 / 80 / 67 | 540 BST
Typing Changes: Fighting / Dragon
Ability Changes: Iron Fist / Unseen Fist / Trial of the Dragon (Big Pecks + This Pokemon ignores the attack drop from burn.)
Movepool Changes (If Any):
Surging Strikes | Dragon | Physical | 30 BP | 100% Acc | 5 PP | Hits 3 times. Removes positive stat changes from the target before damage.
+ Outrage, Dragon Rush, Dragon Claw, Dragon Tail, Breaking Swipe, Dual Chop, Dragon Pulse
+ Stealth Rock, Rapid Spin, Slack Off
- all Water moves, Bulk Up
What Separates it from Other Forms: fat physical wall that counters araquanid base

New Pokémon Name: Calyrex
Stat Changes: 85 / 85 / 85 / 85 / 85 / 85 | 510 BST
Typing Changes: Normal / Psychic
Ability Changes: Regenerator / Unaware
Movepool Changes (If Any):
+ Body Slam, Rapid Spin, Knock Off, U-Turn, Wish, Teleport
- all Grass moves besides Aromatherapy, Agility
What Separates it from Other Forms: defacto ghost check. taking a page from the incredible and absolutely phenomenal regen oranguru from i forgot which om (i think inheritance). also has unaware but thats p bad cause monowish recovery and p mediocre typing for that

New Pokémon Name: Calyrex-Ice
Stat Changes: 100 / 130 / 100 / 50 / 100 / 30 | 510 BST
Typing Changes: Psychic / Ice
Ability Changes: As One (Glastrier) - Effects of Unaware and Filter.
Movepool Changes (If Any):
Glacial Lance | Ice | Physical | 80 BP | 100% Acc | 5 PP | Contact | User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.
+ Body Slam, Rapid Spin, Knock Off, U-Turn, Wish, Teleport
+ Low Kick
- all Grass moves besides Aromatherapy, Agility, Close Combat
What Separates it from Other Forms: basically the fat booster that wins against the other fat boosters. can also use otr.

New Pokémon Name: Calyrex-Shadow
Stat Changes: 80 / 80 / 80 / 100 / 80 / 110 | 510 BST
Typing Changes: Psychic / Dark
Ability Changes: As One (Spectrier) - Effects of Regenerator and Infiltrator.
Movepool Changes (If Any):
Astral Barrage | Dark | Physical | 80 BP | 100% Acc | 5 PP | If the target has switched in this turn, this move has 1.5x power.
+ Body Slam, Rapid Spin, Knock Off, U-Turn, Wish, Teleport
+ Night Daze, Moonblast
- all Grass moves besides Aromatherapy, Agility, Nasty Plot, Will-o-Wisp
What Separates it from Other Forms: punishes ghosts by forcing them out and hitting someone hard on the switch.

 

[r1dude]

New Pokémon Name: Urshifu-Calming-Strike
Stat Changes: 100/70/80/95/115/70 [BST: 530]
Typing Changes: Steel/Fairy
Ability Changes:
Movepool Changes (If Any): -Surging Strike, all Fighting type moves, +Soothing Strike, Heal Bell, Flash Cannon, Wish

Soothing Strike

Category: Special
Type: Fairy
Base Power: 80
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Recovers 50% of the damage dealt.

What Separates it from Other Forms: Special wall with solid typing with wish support.


New Pokémon Name: Urshifu-Brutal-Strike
Stat Changes: 80/115/75/60/80/101 [BST: 511]
Typing Changes: Dark
Ability Changes: Pressure
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Knock Off

Wicked Blow

Category: Physical
Type: Dark
Base Power: 85
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 8
Effect(s): 50% chance to inflict Taunt on the target.

What Separates it from Other Forms: Weavile?


New Pokémon Name: Calyrex-ice
Stat Changes: 90/70/100/115/85/60 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes: Dragon/Ice
Ability Changes: Intimidate/Refrigerate
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Rapid Spin, Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse -Calm mind

Glacial Lance

Category: Special
Type: Ice
Base Power: 65
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 16
Effect(s): Always cit.

What Separates it from Other Forms: bulky special attacker that can provide unstoppable rapid spin support. Intimidate can be used for an easier time hard switching into Araquanid and Vikavolt-totem.


New Pokémon Name: Calyrex-shadow
Stat Changes: 90/115/60/70/75/110 [BST: 520]
Typing Changes: Ghost/Ground
Ability Changes: Magic Bounce/Synchronoise
Movepool Changes (If Any): +Stone Edge

Astral Barrage

Category: Physical
Type: Ghost
Base Power: 20
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 16
Effect(s): Hits 3 times, always cit.

What Separates it from Other Forms: Fast Magic Bounce attacker which can beat any Stealth Rock, Spikes mon in the current alt ex(although it struggles to switch into like, more than half of them). Ground/Ghost seems terrifying but I let it gets poor STAB moves(Stomping Tantrum is its best Ground STAB lol)

 

[Deviation395]

New Pokémon Name: Urshifu-Avatar
Stat Changes: 100 / 107 / 100 / 63 / 60 / 97 (527)
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Pressure, Technician, Magician (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions

+Knock Off, +Thief...

...

+Trick...

Removals

...

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Wicked Blow

Category:

Type:

Base Power: 80
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 8
Effect(s): Power is 1.5x if this user has an item. Discards the item upon use.

What Separates it from Other Forms: Possibly one of my most bizzare ideas that I came up with and the journey it took to get to this point was certainly... interesting to say the least, and this is only the first part of my idea that I realized would fit better seperately on a different sub. Anyway, the main idea behind this mon is Magician + Wicked Blow for massive damage. Wicked Blow becomes 120 BP but at the cost of your current item. Then you use it alongside Magician to get your item back with an attack and do the process over again. You could even use it with Thief alongside Technician instead of its ability, and Trick is always an option for Choiced Sets if you so choose. In general though, this mon just does what Urshifu normally does but with a bit more spice to it.


New Pokémon Name: Calyrix-Mythic
Stat Changes: 100 / 90 / 90 / 90 / 90 / 80 (540)
Typing Changes:

Ability Changes: Dazzling, Aroma Veil, Rubber Armor (HA)
Movepool Changes (If Any):

Additions

+Dragon Claw, +Dragon Tail, +Play Rough...

+Draco Meteor, +Dragon Pulse, +Draining Kiss, +Moonblast, +Surf...

+Defog, +Thunder Wave, +Will-O-Wisp, +Wish...

Removals

All Grass-type moves except for Leech Seed
All Psychic-type attacking moves

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What Separates it from Other Forms: Dragon/Fairy mon (since we're lacking in those) that acts as an excellent Defogger and solid defensive check with access to Rubber Armor. Basically, Rubber Armor is like Neut Gas or Mold Breaker but only for the defending Pokemon. For instance, when this mon is killed by a mon with Moxie, it doesn't activate the attack boost, or when this mon is attacked by Libero, the attacking mon doesn't change types. This mon is also unaffected by stuff like Tinted Lens, the Analytic boost, or some of the customs like Soul Reap. With this ability and type Calyrex becomes a surprisingly nice defensive check to common mons like Samurott-Rogue, Pikachu-World, and both Araquanid versions, and Defog makes it another form of hazard removal that the meta needs. It also has some nice tech stuff like Dragon Tail, Draining Kiss, status conditions like Thunder Wave and Will-O-Wisp, and some alright-ish recovery in Wish, but you'll have to sacrifice a moveslot for that.

Though Rubber Armor seems very strong, and it is, don't get me wrong, the mon does have some obvious weaknesses. For instance status cripples this mon hard as it no longer has access to Aromatherapy. Because of this it gets outwalled by opposing walls that don't care for its moves, like Pikachu-Tactic, Pikachu-Unova, Samurott Foamy, and Ribombee-Totem. It also gets beat by strong wallbreakers that don't need their ability to function well and can muscle past it, which granted we don't have too much any options for mons rn but this slate is for sure going to introduce a bunch of very strong Ice-types. It also gets beat out by boosting sweepers that can set up on it, since it's attacking stats aren't great and it's defenses, while good, are not great either.

Rubber Armor

Negates the effects of abilities of opposing Pokemon when this Pokemon is targeted by an attacking move.