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[Erkkk]

"Anything Goes" for a given generation is a format that allows anything legal in those games. This is compared to other formats like OU and Ubers which have bans setup on some thing. Salamence cannot be used in the Generation 8 games (Sword/Shield) so it's illegal in Gen 8 AG. Same thing with hidden abilities, some of them are unobtainable in the games currently and cannot be used as a result.

Do you have a replay of this? This seems like a bug to me.

Switching pokemon is a strategy used by competetive pokemon players, which smogon/showdown cater to. The only format that disallows switching is 1v1 which is limited to 3 pokemon per team at team preview, and you can only use one of them in the battle (hence 1v1).

I get its a strategy ... But its past the point of strategy. Where its literally every turn. They're not even attacking they're just swapping out non stop. A strategy is made for you to win the game ... Not make your loss take 150 turns.

 

[Erkkk]

In addition to 1v1, doubles and Battle Stadium usually have much less switching compared to 6v6 singles, so you can play any of those if you want. In older generations, there are ways to discourage switching in 6v6, such as stealth rock, ghosts (to block rapid spin), defiant/competitive (to discourage defog), arena trap, and trapping moves. I don't know how well any of those work in the new SwSh metagames.

My stealth rock and spikes disappear randomly all the time :/ so that doesn't help much.

Also. Quick claw has worked once in over 50 battles. I understand its supposed to be occasional ... But not that occasional.

 

[Andy Snype]

Is Destiny Bond not supposed to work against dynamax?

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-1016126072

 

[HoeenHero]

Is Destiny Bond not supposed to work against dynamax?

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-1016126072

Thats correct.

I get its a strategy ... But its past the point of strategy. Where its literally every turn. They're not even attacking they're just swapping out non stop. A strategy is made for you to win the game ... Not make your loss take 150 turns.

I've only seen infinite switching in stall v stall situations where it can become the optimal play. As for removing it well thats a really tough to tackle issue that has been touched on before. Eitherway regular switching for advantage is a key part of pokemon just like prediciton is.

 

[bigtalk]

I'm sure this has been asked before/elsewhere but I couldn't find the thread for it... when is the damage calculator going to be updated for gen 8?

 

[DonutTheFlygon]

Hi!

Where can I find Sword/Shield competitive usage stats? Especially interested in the Doubles meta stats.

Thanks!

 

[sumwun]

Hi!

Where can I find Sword/Shield competitive usage stats? Especially interested in the Doubles meta stats.

Thanks!

They should get published at smogon.com/stats/ sometime in the next 1 or 2 months.

 

[DonutTheFlygon]

Thank you!

 

[Zacia Velsigne]

Hi people

 

[aaronarium]

How do I select a Gigantamax mon in teambuilder? I select something like Lapras-Gmax in teambuilder, but when I Dynamax in an actual battle, it's a regular dynamax and not the gigantamax form.

 

[CoolMan6001]

Is there a reason for Random Battles in gen 5 and beyond to not have team preview? Seems like a big departure from the usage-based tiers.

I'm not suggesting to add team preview, but was wondering the descision behind this.

 

[HoeenHero]

How do I select a Gigantamax mon in teambuilder? I select something like Lapras-Gmax in teambuilder, but when I Dynamax in an actual battle, it's a regular dynamax and not the gigantamax form.

If you mean the button says "Dynamax" thats normal and how it works in-game. If you have an Ice type attack move you should notice checking the box turns it into G-Max Resonance which shows that the pokemon will gigantamax.

 

[aaronarium]

If you mean the button says "Dynamax" thats normal and how it works in-game. If you have an Ice type attack move you should notice checking the box turns it into G-Max Resonance which shows that the pokemon will gigantamax.

Images showing that this isnt working for me

I just used Lapras and Grimmsnarl as examples, but this is not working for me for ANY Gigantamax mon. I'm using their Gigantamax forms in the teambuilder, so I have no clue as to why they are Dynamaxing and not Gigantamaxing.

 

[DaWoblefet]

Hi, I'm not sure this is the place for it but I figured I couldn't really go wrong by posting it here.

I first thought there was an issue with the damage formula used in ps with the +2 roaming in that formula (according to internet sources such as bulbapedia and serebi) from looking to the code (+ the issue I thought there was matched with the damage calc results which are not the one I obtained by "manual" calculation), so I did some tests, and during those test, this happened :

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8customgame-1022897205-rcw7l95sky6j2dipq0fxtgcnwb2evtcpw

The thing happened Turn 10 Snorlax took 169 damages, min roll according to ps damagecalc is 170, and min roll according to internet sources formula is 171. From the calculation I made, it only matches a 0.84 roll, while rolls are supposed to be (according to the same sources as before) between 0.85 and 1.

Some other roll related thing

randomizer(baseDamage: number) {
    const tr = this.trunc;
    return tr(tr(baseDamage * (100 - this.random(16))) / 100);

I'm have absolutly no experience with Jave so I don't know if that 16 is the reason or if putting 16 means 15 is the biggest possible number generated.

So, for this reason, the main reason I'm putting this here is not related to the main part but to the fact that in gen 1 and 2 the calculation of the roll is not this one but is a number between 217 and 255 divided by 255 (according to bulbapedia).

Neither Bulbapedia nor Serebii have reliable documentation on the damage formula. You can use this article as a more reliable reference.

Assuming the numbers given were correct (102 BP Return, 256 Attack, 156 Defense), it should be calculated as follows:

Base Damage = floor[floor[(floor[2*100/5]*102*256)/166]/50] + 2
= floor[floor[(42*102*256)/166]/50] + 2
= floor[6606]/50] + 2
= 132 +2
= 134

With 134 base damage, no modifiers exist until the random damage rolls. After the random damage rolls, the possible values are as follows:
113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 134

After applying STAB to each damage roll, the possible values are as follows:
169, 172, 174, 175, 178, 180, 181, 184, 186, 187, 190, 192, 193, 196, 198, 201

As you can see, Return's minimum damage roll in this case is 169. But this is exactly what Showdown's damage calculator is returning, so I'm not sure what the issue is.

Screenshot of Damage Calculation

 

[MasterofSegways]

Okay
so basically I want Haze on my Xatu, but its listed as illegal on the move selector. On the smogon strategy pokedex, Xatu gets haze, so I don't know why I can't put it on him. This also happened when I wanted to put tailwind on Swoobat. I'm sorry if its painfully obvious, but I just don't understand.

 

[Annika]

Okay
so basically I want Haze on my Xatu, but its listed as illegal on the move selector. On the smogon strategy pokedex, Xatu gets haze, so I don't know why I can't put it on him. This also happened when I wanted to put tailwind on Swoobat. I'm sorry if its painfully obvious, but I just don't understand.

Xatu doesn't get Haze in Gen 8. If you're playing in a Gen 7 format, just select it anyway; it'll still work.

 

[RoccoDev]

Images showing that this isnt working for me

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I just used Lapras and Grimmsnarl as examples, but this is not working for me for ANY Gigantamax mon. I'm using their Gigantamax forms in the teambuilder, so I have no clue as to why they are Dynamaxing and not Gigantamaxing.

This is because you can't Gigantamax in Battle Stadium Singles.

 

[New In Showdown 1247]

So Libero (Cinderace Ability) ins't possible to use in cinderace to a battle so ... what is this?

 

[HoeenHero]

So Libero (Cinderace Ability) ins't possible to use in cinderace to a battle so ... what is this? View attachment 212297

It's cinderace's hidden ability which is currently unobtainable in-game without hacking. Hence why you cannot use it.

 

[New In Showdown 1247]

If Balanced Hackmons you can slect already mega evolved pokemons why is Mega-Rayquaza Banned ?

 

[Dawn of Ares]

If Balanced Hackmons you can slect already mega evolved pokemons why is Mega-Rayquaza Banned ?

Same reason why everything else is banned: it's too unhealthy for the metagame.

 

[New In Showdown 1247]

I am searching google about pokemon showdown formats amd i see this ... what is this Pure Hackmons

And why i don't see this in pokemon showdown
If is in smogon (forum) site

 

[Dawn of Ares]

And why i don't see this in pokemon showdown
If is in smogon (forum) site

Pure Hackmons is Balanced Hackmons except everything is legal. That's a relatively old article, and it is likely outdated by now, which tends to happen with formats changing a lot. It is possible that pure hackmons is currently unavailable.

 

[New In Showdown 1247]

Soo why mega rayquaza exists in this tier like unbanned but in battle is banned?
And where i post my formats suggestions? Cause i think in a fusion like hackmons + national dex ag cause it don't exist anymore and i don't like hackmons limits i wan't a tier without limits and already mega evolved pokemons

 

[Dawn of Ares]

Soo why mega rayquaza exists in this tier like unbanned but in battle is banned?
And where i post my formats suggestions? Cause i think in a fusion like hackmons + national dex ag cause it don't exist anymore and i don't like hackmons limits i wan't a tier without limits and already mega evolved pokemons

As I said, Pure Hackmons is balanced hackmons where everything is unbanned, which means mega rayquaza is unbanned.
Other metas is where you'd usually go, but since Pure Hackmons exist, it would be made redundant.