: TBH with the amount of priority in the tier this seems a bit redundant, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a raise in 
Tapu Lele as an anti-meta pick in general at this pace.
: Swarming can easily get wide distribution as the flavor is similar to Infestation. Hopefully this is given to 
Venomoth so it can get a proper use in Glace UU at worst.
: Octazooka with this rework can be powerful alongside pivoting and long-term utility like Knock Off, can easily be powerful on stuff like 
Tangrowth and 
Slowbro.
: Parabolic Charge's change is a quite minor buff, but that may be for the best, it can compensate with wide distribution, I'd imagine.
: Likely will annoy Poison-types in the tier a bit, but it does grant more variety in the tier to absorb Knock Off, Poltergeist, and status.
: Niche, but complements its related ability that just got added.
: TBH this should've also boosted accuracy so 
Dracozolt isn't as punished by Hustle, but we'll see if this performs as intended.
: Embargo in switch-in as an item is likely going to be powerful, at least this should address some concerns there have been with stuff like 
Knight's Armor, and there's counterplay in megas, Z-Move users, and the recently added Pokérus Vaccine.
:Karate is rather tame but also a notable addition as basically users of this have no reason to use Close Combat over Return. Also benefits Pokemon with unreliable special Fighting STAB (I hate Focus Blast).
: Unsure what can even get this as Ice-types can't be Frostbite'd, likely will have some unusual distribution, and so I can't really comment on this beyond helping the defensive power creep in the tier.
: This sort of ability has historically raised the viability of its users in other mods, so I hope it gets some nice distribution than just patching the low Speed tier of a Pokemon or two, such as by giving it to a pivot so it can enable its allies.
: I hope this Ice Body rework also removes the Stealth Rock weakness, that'd make this ability really solid, and while I'd want it to get nice distribution, I'd advice against giving it to Kyurem as I feel that could be pushing it.
: Funny utility Ghost that's no longer a borderline meme, nice.
: At first this being unbanned by the Parallel Mega Orb was concerning, but underperformed heavily, these changes are nice, although Parental Bond could have been removed for something else as this has no niche in Ubers anyways.
: Delta Stream would've been better, but this still provides an usable wall in the tier.
: This keeps getting buffed, and it should be more than viable now, if anything its versatility concerns me a bit, we'll see.
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My sub. Frozen Orb. Insane. Gonna be useful with Keep Cool what can I say.
Well nice ability that needs a good distrib but it should be doable.
Also my sub. God. Dark/Fairy is unseen in OU (outside of Grimmsnarl for the Screens HO users I guess), and it's a very good typing in general to have.
Prankster Haze lol. Well, a fine option.
Slither Wing!
Ampharos.
Magearna.
Lucario you cowards! /jk /please don't)
(over Snow Cloak), 
, 
's line, 
's line, 
's line(s), 
, 
's line, 
(as a "joke"), 
's line (over Weak Armor), either 
or 
(over Competitive or Sniper respectively; maybe both mons could work, but eh...), and either 
or 
(over Synchronize or Hydration respectively).
Ampharos-Mega though.
Regice is probably going to be annoying.
Banette | Banette-Mega: Normally I find Ghost/Fighting type overdone, but I've a spot spot for Banette-Mega, and it definitely needs some type of boost. It would be nice to regret this but we'll see.
Absol | Absol-Mega: Glad to also see it won, especially since it was "hidden" in the list of what won. I do with it got a bit more though, even if it was just giving it Salve Strike too since being stuck with Play Rough as its Fairy physical STAB is...rough.
Kangaskhan | Kangaskhan-Mega: Hey, my first winning adjustment...is basically the same one I submitted for Megas Revisited with more versatility. Yay.... And, yeah, I could have gotten rid of Parental Bond, but keeping it was less for the sake of Ubers and more for the sake of being "iconic" to Kangaskhan-Mega and actually good unlike some other exclusive abilities even if the new strongest physical Ground move being a Close Combat clone backfires with it; I also kept it for basically the same reason I kept Early Bird: to give a chance. (Also incidentally made the third best Tri Attack absorber after Chansey and Blissey given that with Thick Fat is halves Fire and is neutral to Ice in addition being immune to Electric and having a lot of special bulk in general. Huh.)
Clear Body / Sturdy / Solid Rock 
Clear Body / Heavy Metal / Light Metal 
Clear Body / Normalize / Slow Start 
Clear Body / Pressure / Dragon's Maw 
Clear Body / Galvanize / 
Iron Valiant: Funny that the council consistently has told me that they don't want to free 
Mega Lucario even if this outclasses the Adaptability variant. Moody grants it similar offenses while also being faster, and 
Macho Brace lets it have even more physical bulk and a pseudo-Adaptability boost but on all physical attacks. Either 
Lucarionite 
Parallel Mega Orb variant as Karate + Extreme Speed isn't that good in practice), or 
Flex Off: Yeah, G-Luke was wrong after all, this move has shown to be broken alongside Substitute, with Substitute removing most vulnerabilities against fat, and the Defense boosts enabling silly stuff like 
Landorus-T being 3HKOed by 
Great Tusk's Ice Spinner. I'd advocate for the suggestion in the Discord server of making it only boost Atk by 1 and Def by 2, that way it isn't as threatening momentum-wise, easing more the defensive counterplay over having to hope to have a Pokemon with higher Atk than the opponent's and predicting properly the act of them using Flex Off, gutting the distribution as well should be kept until it's shown as still being problematic after nerfing it, as any further nerf would become a glorified Bulk Up.
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Keldeo can actually get some use out of it. Sure, that makes 
Cryogonal, or a few other mons.)
Fried Rice: This too is broken in the other direction, and despite being the person who disliked this item winning the most, I'm still a bit dismayed that apparently it can be knocked of Clawitzer even though it's not supposed to be able to. People also seem confused on what it actually does given the teambuilder says it should boost all pulse moves (which the spreadsheet agrees with), and yet it seems like it's "only" Water Pulse that's increased in power, which is...underwhelming, especially if it can be Knocked for some reason on Clawitzer itself.
base Pidgeot's relatively frailty, and it really doesn't want 
Aerodactyl-Mega: Likely better than I think it is, but I was trying to use Nostalgia Trip with Parallel Mega Orb and Squall on Sand, which was going...not great even if at least one of those instances was Stone Edge just being its usual unreliable self and getting Aero iced (by Regice). And then SparkRolf suggested just going Tough Claws with Millstone and Zephyr Blade, which I both keep forgetting exist, and I must admit that did perform better. So Nostalgia Trip sadly might be unusable on Aero-Mega as it is unless it gets Petroleum Blast, which it honestly feels like all the Rock fossil mons should have, but I digress. (Maybe 
base Aerodactyl can make use of Nostalgia Trip via Meteor Beam and Red Herb, but a) would be a one-time thing that ends up uselessly boosting SpA anyway and b) requires using base Aerodactyl.)
Utility Umbrella also seems pretty nice on it, especially since I'm pretty sure that's the only reason I survived a Zephyr Blade from Landorus-Therian when I had zero defensive EVs. (Only to immediately then die anyway from the Wood Hammer recoil that KO'd. Worth it.)
Basculegion: It only got two changes in the form of Fishious Rend and Spectral Thief, both of which don't really help it at all. Fishious Rend in theory helps it not kill itself with Wave Crash in Rain...if it hits...and if you're not hit first with priority or something, but Wave Crash is probably still preferred. Spectral Thief is still too weak of an attack to do much of anything aside from be an emergency break against slower set-up mons though. Meanwhile, 
Basculegion-F is left out in the cold because both of those changes benefit it even less, meaning it basically got nothing, not even Infernal Parade. Shame.
Silvally-Water: A bit sad that Silvally still seems to overall struggle to have any real niche in any form thus far despite all its buffs despite that being unsurprising, but Silvally-Water is the only one I touched this time, so it's the only one I can talk about it. Silvally-Water at least offers unique role compression that can only be replicated via the basically non-attacking 
Smeargle given that Silvally-Water had Surf, Squall, Caltrops, and Recover for my Sand team, but that's about the only good thing I can say about it beyond it having decent-ish stats. It's still very much jack of all trades, master of none though somehow, and in Silvally-Water's case it really wishes it had Scald, Chilling Water, or both.
+Slack Off, -Power Trip
Zygarde-C, which is already something borderline in Ubers. Could also ban it to AG I guess.
: Yeah, this nerf just made it a worse Swords Dance / Iron Defense, this nerf just killed the move. Making it just boost Atk by +1 and Def by +2 and reducing distribution would've been more than plenty. 
: Probably the most undeserved nerf here, the item is hard to justify already and this just makes it a worse pinch berry as explained above.
Flex Off: ok i know this was comically broken, but thats actually just murder. make it +1 atk +2 def, or hell, make it give +1 to the higher of the 2 stats, and +2 to the other. otherwise, this is just shitty sd that can be turned into id by intimidate.
Zephyr Blade: ngl u coulda just removed this from lando instead of nerfing bp by 5, cause this feels like such a nothing change.
Landorus-Incarnate: wow 2 lando in one post. anyways i rly wish this got smth to make it actually usable, instead of just making u question why u werent using lando-t
Knight's Armor: no seriously stop nerfing stuff thats b+ or below, its getting on my nerves.
- Swarming change is nice, 8 PP is good for it. I put "it should stay as is"
- Flex off nerf is to harsh, revert. Some changes i suggested are removing it from the main 4 abusers (3 if kanga still loses flex off). Or should maybe be +1 atk instead
- Zephyr blade is quite strong, I am fine with this change, I do not think it was particularly broken but I am neither against a 5 BP nerf
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Gallade-Mega & Metagross-Mega bans: Fine. Indifferent.
