Resource BW CAP Hub

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Welcome to the BW CAP Hub! The home for all resources and discussion regarding the BW CAP metagame. Though BW CAP is very old, any resources that may have existed for CAP while BW was the main generation either haven't been preserved or are very poor quality. Meaning that everything you find here is brand new! This once lost metagame, has been essentially reborn, and our hope is that this hub can help to sustain it so that it continues to grow and be enjoyed, for many generations of pokemon to come. Much care and attention went into making sure they were as accurate and high quality as possible and we will continue to update and improve everything in this thread as the meta grows. Enjoy!

Available Caps

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Clauses:

• All standard OU clauses.

Banlist:

• All Pokemon in the Uber tier.
• Camwodore
  
  
  
• Aurumoth

Important Mechanical Changes

• Higher base power of following moves: Draco Meteor (140), Hydro Pump (120), Thunder (120), Fire Blast (120), Surf (95), Ice Beam (95), Flamethrower (95), Thunderbolt (95) Overheat (140), Hurricane (120), Dragon Pulse (90), Hidden Power (70), Sucker Punch (80)
• Will-O-Wisp has an accuracy of 75%
• Burn deals 12.5% damage per turn
• Defog clears hazards, Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard only on the target's side of the field, not your own
• Dark and Ghost are resisted by Steel
• The abilities Drizzle, Drought, Sand Stream, and Snow Warning enable permanent weather
• Knock Off has a base power of 20
• Ghost types are affected by trapping abilities and effects, such as Shadow Tag
• Critical hits deal 2x normal damage, not 1.5x
• Thunder Wave is 100% accurate
• A paralyzed Pokémon's speed is 0.25x
• Electric-types can be paralyzed by Thunder Wave.

Known Teambuilder Errors

• Tomohawk can learn Earth Power and Reflect, but teambuilder shows them as illegal.
• Krilowatt can learn surf, but teambuilder shows it as illegal.
• Arghonaut can learn waterfall, but teambuilder shows it as illegal.

Resources:

• Viablity Rankings
• Sample Teams
• Speed Tiers
• Set Compendium

Other Links:
Cap Oldgens Discord

 

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BW CAP Viability Rankings/Set Compendium
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This post contains a ranking of every viable Pokemon in BW CAP, separated in tiers to indicate power gaps. They are ordered alphabetically within their own subranks. This VR also doubles as a set compendium of sorts, each pokemons name either links to an OU analysis or a paste containing cap specific sets, as well as brief analyses for the more viable CAPs, these links will all be updated and improved upon as the meta develops.

Also keep in mind that these ranking are subjective placements, intended to represent the metagame as it is being played at the time of posting, if you disagree any of the rankings I highly encourage you to leave a post suggesting changes, as long as your thoughts are well informed and explained thoroughly.

S Rank:

S Rank

Ferrothorn​

Latios​

Tomohawk​

S- Rank

Politoed​

Tyranitar​

A Rank:

A+ Rank

Excadrill​

Garchomp​

Kitsunoh​

Krilowatt​

Malaconda​

Mollux​

Ninetales​

Stratagem​

A Rank

Colossoil​

Gliscor​

Heatran​

Keldeo​

Magnezone​

Necturna​

Reuniclus​

Rotom-wash​

Starmie​

Syclant​

Thundurus-Therian​

A- Rank

Alakazam​

Cresselia​

Dragonite​

Jirachi​

Kyurem​

Kyurem-Black​

Landorus-Therian​

Mamoswine​

Skarmory​

Tentacruel​

Terrakion​

B Rank:

B+ Rank

Abomasnow​

Arghonaut​

Celebi​

Gastrodon​

Hydreigon​

Jellicent​

Scizor​

Slowking​

Victini​

Volcarona​

Zapdos​

B Rank

Cyclohm​

Gyarados​

Hippowdon​

Infernape​

Latias​

Mew​

Milotic​

Revenankh​

Salamence​

B- Rank

Amoonguss​

Breloom​

Chansey​

Cloyster​

Darmanitan​

Espeon​

Fidgit​

Gengar​

Tornadus​

Toxicroak​

C Rank:

Azumarill​

Bronzong​

Blissey​

Ditto​

Kingdra​

Metagross​

Mienshao​

Seismitoad​

Slowbro​

Tangrowth​

Xatu​

 

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BW CAP Sample Teams
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Provided here is a collection of successful and reliable teams from the BW CAP metagame, intended to reflect the type of teams you'd expect to face while playing. The primary purpose of the resource is to make it as easy as possible for a newer player to learn the metagame as both a source of teams to play with, and a tool to refer to when building your own teams.

_______________________________________ Sand Teams ________________________________________

Sand Explanation

Among every archetype in BW and the new tools CAP has provided them, sand remains the most consistent and versatile choice. Sands primary setter, tyranitar, has exceptional bulk and power, stealth rocks, pursuit and the ability to form strong but flexible defensive cores with a variety of teammates. The extra utility tyranitar provides, beyond just summoning sand, gives it a distinct advantage over other weather setters. On sand you will typically see the excellent defensive core of Ttar, then a bulky flying, steel and water, although many teams can successfully deviate from that structure. The remaining two mons can generally be anything you want, but the best teams will find ways to benefit from the advantages sandstorm provides. The passive damage from sandstorm may not seem too significant but being able to deny an opponent leftovers recovery or put them on a timer is huge, and will skew many individual matchups in your favour.

Sand #1 [Scarf drill +kril spikes]


Sand #2 [Tspikes Mollux + VoltTurn]


Sand #3 [Revenankh + Skarm Spikes]

________________________________________ Rain Teams ________________________________________

Rain Explanation

Rain in BW CAP has an interesting dilemma, the indroduction of both tomohawk and mollux gives rain teams so much flexibility, which is in extreme contrast with ou, where politoed, ferrothorn, tentacruel and latios are almost always a given. However, those same two abusers are also excellent counters to rain when used on other structures and are significant obstacles when building your team. Politoed is a must on rain, being the only pokemon in the tier with drizzle and while it may not be as effective on its own as tyranitar is, politoed provides stronger support to it's team, as rain is much simpler to abuse than sand. Having rain active offers direct boost in power or accuracy, to many of this tiers most dangerous offensive threats, so while a sand structure will usually outlast rain is a long game, that won't matter if the rain team can overwhelm the opponent before politoed is taken out, which is why rain teams tend to be more offensive in nature.

Rain #1 [Scarf Colossoil + CM Keldeo


Rain #2 [Spdef Tomo Balance]


Rain #3 [Scarf Chomp + Thundurus]

______________________________________ W-less Teams _______________________________________

W-less Explanation

Weatherless teams are limited not by choice of pokemon, but by needing to effectively handle an opposing team with their weather unopposed. This is usually best accomplished with an offensive team, that uses the extra teamslot freed up by not needing a weather setter to fit in another attacker to break through defensive cores, this slot is filled very nicely by one of the many terrifying set up sweepers unique to cap.

W-less #1 [Necturna DragMag]


W-less #2 [CAP Smurf]


W-Less #3 [SubRoost Kyurem Balance]

________________________________________ Sun Teams _________________________________________

Sun Explanation

Sun teams can be seen as a more extreme version of rain, the reward for abusing it is extremely high, either through fire type wallbreakers boosted by the sun or stall teams featuring moonlight cresselia, likewise the inherent weaknesses of the archetype are very crippling, ninetales being weak to stealth rock and relatively frail make keeping sun up very difficult and weakness to ice/ground coverage shared by most sun abusers is difficult to build around. finding the right balance between these factors can be difficult and as a result the structures are far more limited. Sun teams will always feature ninetales, as it's the only viable drought user, and malaconda because it's usually required for the team to be effective. You must also ensure you have effective hazard control to help keep ninetales alive.

Sun #1 [Argho + Dnite Stall]


Sun #2 [Starmie + Gliscor Balance]


Sun #3 [Infernape BO]
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BW CAP Speed Tiers
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618 / Landorus-T / 91 / + Spe / 252 / +2
580 / Thundurus-T / 101 / Neutral / 208 / +2
574 / Gyarados, Necturna / 81 / +Spel / 252 / +2
572 / Necturna / 81 / +Spe / 252 (30 IVs) +2
528 / Gyarados / 81 / +Spe / 168 / +2
525 / Latios, Kitsunoh / 110 / +Spe / 252 / +1
524 / Cloyster / 70 / +Spe / 252 / +2
522 / Gyarados, Necturna / 81 / Neutral / 252 / +2
519 / Keldeo, Terrakion / 108 / +Spe / 252 / +1
518 / Dragonite / 80 / Neutral / 252 / +2
500 / Dragonite / 80 / +Spe / 128 / +2
499 / Garchomp / 102 / +Spe / 252 / +1
496 / Thundurus-T / 101 / +Spe / 252 / +1
492 / Jirachi, Salamence, Volcarona / 100 / +Spe / 252 / +1
486 / Hydreigon / 98 / +Spe / 252 / +1
475 / Kyurem-B, Colossoil / 95 / +Spe / 252 / +1
465 / Volcarona / 100 / + Spe / 184 / +1
463 / Landorus-T / 91 / +Spe / 252 / +1
453 / Excadrill / 88 / +Spe / 252 / +1
447 / Rotom-W / 86 / +Spe / 252 / +1
417 / Heatran / 77 / +Spe / 252 / +1
396 / Gyarados / 81 / +Spe / 168 / +1
394 / Aerodactyl, Stratagem / 130 / +Spe / 252
393 / Politoed / 70 / +Spe / 252 / +1
391 / Gyarados / 81 / Neutral / 252 / +1
388 / Dragonite / 80 / Neutral / 252 / +1
376 / Scizor/ 65 / +Spe / 252 / +1
375 / Syclant / 121 / +Spe / 252
375 / Dragonite / 80 / +Spe / 128 / +1
372 / Alakazam / 120 / +Spe / 252
364 / Tyranitar / 61 / +Spe / 252 / +1
361 / Starmie / 115 / +Spe / 252
358 / Magnezone / 60 / +Spe / 252 / +1 (30 IVs)
353 / Tornadus / 111 / +Spe / 252
350 / Latios, Latias, Gengar, Kitsunoh / 110 / +Spe / 252
346 / Keldeo, Terrakion / 108 / +Spe / 252
339 / Mienshao, Krilowatt / 105 / +Spe / 252
333 / Garchomp / 102 / +Spe / 252
331 / Thundurus-T / 101 / +Spe / 252
328 / Jirachi, Volcarona, Salamence, Celebi, Mew, Tentacruel / 100 / +Spe / 252
324 / Hydreigon / 98 / +Spe / 252
317 / Colossoil / 95 / +Spe / 252
310 / Tentacruel, Volcorona, Jirachi / 100 / +Spe / 184
309 / Landorus-T / 91 / +Spe / 252
303 / Garchomp / 102 / Neutral / 252
302 / Excadrill / 88 / +Spe / 252
301 / Thundurus-T / 101 / Neutral / 252
295 / Tomahawk / 85 / +Spe / 252
290 / Thundurus-T / 101 / Neutral / 208
289 / Kyurem-B, Gliscor, Colossoil / 95 / Neutral / 252
287 / Gyarados, Necturna / 81 / +Spe / 252
286 / Necturna / 81 / +Spe / 252 (30 IVs)
285 / Kyurem / 95 / Neutral / 236
284 / Mamoswine, Cyclohm / 80 / +Spe / 252
278 / Heatran / 77 / +Spe / 252
276 / Mollux / 76 / +Spe / 252
275 / Excadrill / 88 / Neutral / 252
269 / Toxicroak, Tomohawk / 85 / Neutral / 252
264 / Landorus-T / 91 / +Spe / 88
264 / Gyarados / 81 / + Spe / 168
263 / Mew, Ninetales / 100 / Neutral / 108
262 / Skarmory, Cloyster, Breloom / 70 / +Spe / 252
261 / Gyarados, Necturna / 81 / Neutral / 252
259 / Dragonite, Mamoswine / 80 / Neutral / 252
254 / Colossoil / 95 / Neutral / 112
254 / Tomohawk / 85 / Neutral / 194
253 / Heatran / 77 / Neutral / 252
251 / Mollux / 76 / Neutral / 252
250 / Dragonite / 80 / +Spe / 128
240 / Xatu / 95 / Neutral / 56
239 / Breloom, Cloyster, Politoed / 70 / Neutral / 252
236 / Jirachi, Celebi, Zapdos, Tentacruel / 100 / Neutral / 0
229 / Scizor / 65 / Neutral / 252
226 / Gliscor, Colossoil / 95 / Neutral / 0
218 / Magnezone, Abomasnow / 60 / Neutral / 252 (30 IVs)
212 / Jirachi / 100 / -Spe / 0
210 / Jellicent / 60 / +Spe / 140
208 / Rotom-W / 86 / Neutral / 0
206 / Cresselia, Tomohawk / 85 / Neutral / 0
198 / Milotic / 81 / Neutral / 0
190 / Heatran / 77 / Neutral / 0
188 / Mollux / 76 / Neutral / 0
186 / Arghonaut / 75 / Neutral / 0
184 / Seismitoad / 74 / Neutral / 0
177 / Malaconda / 55 / Neutral / 124
176 / Skarmory, Breloom, Politoed / 70 / Neutral / 0
166 / Scizor, Revenankh / 65 / Neutral / 0
159 / Malaconda / 55 / Neutral / 52
158 / Tyranitar / 61 / Neutral / 0
156 / Jellicent/ 60 / Neutral / 0
146 / Blissey, Malaconda / 55 / Neutral / 0
142 / Tyranitar / 61 / -Spe / 0
136 / Chansey / 50 / Neutral / 0
130 / Hippowdon / 47 / Neutral / 0
114 / Gastrodon / 39 / Neutral / 0
96 / Reuniclus, Slowking, Slowbro / 30 / Neutral / 0
95 / Amoonguss / 30 / Neutral / 0 (30 IVs)
76 / Ferrothorn / 20 / Neutral / 0
76 / Forretress / 40 / -Spe / 0 (0 IVs)
58 / Reuniclus / 30 / -Spe / 0 (0 IVs)
40 / Ferrothorn / 20 / -Spe / 0 (0 IVs)

 

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