Greetings, my fellow citizens. Today is the day we show our gratitude to our moms, those who have nurtured and loved us since we were born unconditionally. Sometimes You just take what you have for granted, perhaps I can change your mind about that. And thus, allow me to tell You a story... An imaginary (probably) story about a family that will highlight just how important Your mom can be.
Your mom (Snorlax) (F) @ Aggronite
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Curse
- Rest
- Body Slam
- Darkest Lariat
At first glance, Your mom doesn't seem useful. All Your mom does all day is cursing, and you do wonder whom those curses are for. When she finally stops cursing, Your mom goes back to sleep. As of now, you probably are very frustrated because in your eyes she doesn't seem to do anything productive. However, You will soon realize everything is not as it seems. Your mom is willing to take hits from the mean bullies for You, and when the time comes, she will also repel all those who dares threaten your family's happiness. At this point, it hits you that Your mom saves all those curses to unleash all her power to them, and she utilizes those power with her insane WWE moves. Yes, you don't even know when and how she learned those, but does it even matter when they do the job? Your mom also buys a lot of gems for your family because that seems like the trend in this environment. And she is willing to take the worst, unfashionable one for everyone else to shine.
You (Dugtrio) @ Diancite
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 29 HP
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Reversal / Stealth Rock / Sucker Punch
- Substitute / Memento
Coming from a wealthy upbringing, You are sadly just a frail kid, but that doesn't stop you from contributing to your family, or at least that's what Your mom says. Your mom is not the almighty god, some walls are just too high for her to climb, and this is where your ability comes in handy. Your sneaky contraptions that gave many other students headache countless times (Also Your mom when she was summoned by your teacher, but let's ignore that for now) handles threats to your family, which I will mention later. Since your trap is planted in the ground, birds and all those pesky hovering gems don't really care about it, and sometimes your trap isn't effective enough, so You shall prey on the weaklings that fear it. You can occasionally throw stones in frustration against those birds, however remember it's not your main priority. You can even pull out your secret trick by making those poor bullies chase after your decoy before falling into their demise and seeing the role reversal. Since that requires careful maneuver though, You can instead make a trap for other meanies when they enter your playground. When all else fails, a good old play dead trick will surely make them shed a tear, which makes them show empathy and become more vulnerable. The gem given to You by Your mom makes you even more agile and tricky, and even though it consumes your stamina a lot you don't have much in the first place.
Your dad (Hippowdon) (M) @ Altarianite
Ability: Sand Force
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
IVs: 25 Spe
- Body Slam
- Slack Off
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
Your dad is quite literally a giant in more ways than one. His durability, his strength are all top notch. Drowning in office work in a long time though has made his speed on the field a bit sluggish. If You have been observing him, You will realize there's striking resemblance between You and Your dad. Looking at the way he utilizes the ground and makes traps for the invaders, You know where You got all those habits from. Obviously he also needs rest time because work wears him down a fair share, he prefers relaxing while staying awake instead. A closer look also reveals Your dad has been Your mom's WWE partner all this time, and both their favorite moves seem to be Choke Slam or something of the kind. His piece of jewelry is his favorite way to deliver his unique spin on the move, which definitely surprises your bullies.
Your brother (Slowbro) (M) @ Sablenite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Slack Off
- Teleport
Your slow brother inherits not only the sluggish speed trait but also his preference for slacking off from Your dad. Unlike You, he doesn't like to lay his hands directly. Instead, his trusty water gun is his favorite choice when it comes to dealing with stress. Have I told you he doesn't just use ordinary water? Sometimes he loads hot water, which causes burn to those unfortunate enough to piss him off. Other times he just decides to load water so cold, it might as well be ice. After being done, he sometimes displays a magic trick where he just disappears in front of you to recharge energy (probably go buy milk or something). Since Your brother has spent a long time near you, he knows all the dirty tricks and can take advantage of his gemstone to detect and repel all the attempts to poison his food or set trap like You often try to do.
Your pet bird (Ho-Oh) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 208 Def / 52 SpD
Impish Nature
- Defog
- Brave Bird
- Sacred Fire
- Roost
Your pet bird has always been a reliable partner that You need to prevent retaliation. Its sharp eyesight allows your family to avoid the pesky traps others mimicked from You. Apparently someone taught it to spit fire (Most likely your brother judging from his love for hot stuffs), so now on top of rushing into your bullies, Your pet bird can also give them a second-degree burn. Constantly spreading its wings is tiring though, so it does spend lots of time roosting on its favorite tree. Giving it a gem to flex seems like an appealing option, however the damn local law bans it as a way to combat income inequality, which means you have to either abide or go to an anarchy land where anything goes (It's a scary place though because some families' wealth there overflows beyond your imagination).
Your bodyguard (Ditto) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Imposter
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Transform
Coming from a rich family does give You some perks, and one of those is having a bodyguard. Your bodyguard usually won't interfere with trivial matters, but when push comes to shove, he will give your bullies a taste of their own medicine. Especially when they get buffed up with all their energy drink and weapons, Your bodyguard is willing to do the same since he knows his speed advantage will give him an edge to scare them away. In fact, just a sight of Your bodyguard makes them think twice before they decide to do so.
Just like everything you have to encounter in life, there are some obstacles that threaten Your family, especially Your mom. Dealing with these swiftly will guarantee prosperity and allows Your mom to keep cursing and sleeping!
This annoying bird from your neighbor keeps disrupting Your mom's peaceful time, and no matter how much curses are thrown at it Your mom just can't keep up with it. It's up to Your dad to slam this to the ground, which should be unforeseen and devastate it. Your bodyguard also keeps this avian at bay if work exhausts Your dad a bit much.
Completely unphazed by Your mom's curses, this creature of unknown origins is a tough one to crack. You should step in and ensure Your mom can have a good time. Be careful though, as dealing with this is like playing with fire and you can get burned.
Seems like Your mom is allergic to some aquatic creatures. This one in particular can slither through for a long time before Your family can catch it, but if the stars align, after hitting it hard enough it will be paralyzed and neutralizing it becomes less of an issue.
Full of drip and thinking he's the coolest guy when he takes your lunch money, the time for your payback is here. With your newfound power from the gem, it's going to be great to look at his face when he falls into your pit trap.
This band rocker's loud music just won't allow Your mom to sleep in peace, even if he's rarely seen in this neighborhood. Just like the guy above though, You can break his guitar and returns the silence to your home.
I see you are still skeptical about Your mom. Fear not, to further convince you, I have prepared footage from when the family competed in the local family competition to outsmart other families.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8mixandmega-1567488427-lo1n51m3rp9w27p46tj2i2sv97yuemxpw
TLDR: You should treasure Your mom more, she is very valuable and can help You get out of tight situations, as well as increase the strength of your family as a whole.
Your mom (Snorlax) (F) @ Aggronite
Ability: Thick Fat
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Curse
- Rest
- Body Slam
- Darkest Lariat
At first glance, Your mom doesn't seem useful. All Your mom does all day is cursing, and you do wonder whom those curses are for. When she finally stops cursing, Your mom goes back to sleep. As of now, you probably are very frustrated because in your eyes she doesn't seem to do anything productive. However, You will soon realize everything is not as it seems. Your mom is willing to take hits from the mean bullies for You, and when the time comes, she will also repel all those who dares threaten your family's happiness. At this point, it hits you that Your mom saves all those curses to unleash all her power to them, and she utilizes those power with her insane WWE moves. Yes, you don't even know when and how she learned those, but does it even matter when they do the job? Your mom also buys a lot of gems for your family because that seems like the trend in this environment. And she is willing to take the worst, unfashionable one for everyone else to shine.
You (Dugtrio) @ Diancite
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
IVs: 29 HP
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Reversal / Stealth Rock / Sucker Punch
- Substitute / Memento
Coming from a wealthy upbringing, You are sadly just a frail kid, but that doesn't stop you from contributing to your family, or at least that's what Your mom says. Your mom is not the almighty god, some walls are just too high for her to climb, and this is where your ability comes in handy. Your sneaky contraptions that gave many other students headache countless times (Also Your mom when she was summoned by your teacher, but let's ignore that for now) handles threats to your family, which I will mention later. Since your trap is planted in the ground, birds and all those pesky hovering gems don't really care about it, and sometimes your trap isn't effective enough, so You shall prey on the weaklings that fear it. You can occasionally throw stones in frustration against those birds, however remember it's not your main priority. You can even pull out your secret trick by making those poor bullies chase after your decoy before falling into their demise and seeing the role reversal. Since that requires careful maneuver though, You can instead make a trap for other meanies when they enter your playground. When all else fails, a good old play dead trick will surely make them shed a tear, which makes them show empathy and become more vulnerable. The gem given to You by Your mom makes you even more agile and tricky, and even though it consumes your stamina a lot you don't have much in the first place.
Your dad (Hippowdon) (M) @ Altarianite
Ability: Sand Force
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
IVs: 25 Spe
- Body Slam
- Slack Off
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
Your dad is quite literally a giant in more ways than one. His durability, his strength are all top notch. Drowning in office work in a long time though has made his speed on the field a bit sluggish. If You have been observing him, You will realize there's striking resemblance between You and Your dad. Looking at the way he utilizes the ground and makes traps for the invaders, You know where You got all those habits from. Obviously he also needs rest time because work wears him down a fair share, he prefers relaxing while staying awake instead. A closer look also reveals Your dad has been Your mom's WWE partner all this time, and both their favorite moves seem to be Choke Slam or something of the kind. His piece of jewelry is his favorite way to deliver his unique spin on the move, which definitely surprises your bullies.
Your brother (Slowbro) (M) @ Sablenite
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Scald
- Ice Beam
- Slack Off
- Teleport
Your slow brother inherits not only the sluggish speed trait but also his preference for slacking off from Your dad. Unlike You, he doesn't like to lay his hands directly. Instead, his trusty water gun is his favorite choice when it comes to dealing with stress. Have I told you he doesn't just use ordinary water? Sometimes he loads hot water, which causes burn to those unfortunate enough to piss him off. Other times he just decides to load water so cold, it might as well be ice. After being done, he sometimes displays a magic trick where he just disappears in front of you to recharge energy (probably go buy milk or something). Since Your brother has spent a long time near you, he knows all the dirty tricks and can take advantage of his gemstone to detect and repel all the attempts to poison his food or set trap like You often try to do.
Your pet bird (Ho-Oh) @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 248 HP / 208 Def / 52 SpD
Impish Nature
- Defog
- Brave Bird
- Sacred Fire
- Roost
Your pet bird has always been a reliable partner that You need to prevent retaliation. Its sharp eyesight allows your family to avoid the pesky traps others mimicked from You. Apparently someone taught it to spit fire (Most likely your brother judging from his love for hot stuffs), so now on top of rushing into your bullies, Your pet bird can also give them a second-degree burn. Constantly spreading its wings is tiring though, so it does spend lots of time roosting on its favorite tree. Giving it a gem to flex seems like an appealing option, however the damn local law bans it as a way to combat income inequality, which means you have to either abide or go to an anarchy land where anything goes (It's a scary place though because some families' wealth there overflows beyond your imagination).
Your bodyguard (Ditto) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Imposter
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpA
Quiet Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Transform
Coming from a rich family does give You some perks, and one of those is having a bodyguard. Your bodyguard usually won't interfere with trivial matters, but when push comes to shove, he will give your bullies a taste of their own medicine. Especially when they get buffed up with all their energy drink and weapons, Your bodyguard is willing to do the same since he knows his speed advantage will give him an edge to scare them away. In fact, just a sight of Your bodyguard makes them think twice before they decide to do so.
Just like everything you have to encounter in life, there are some obstacles that threaten Your family, especially Your mom. Dealing with these swiftly will guarantee prosperity and allows Your mom to keep cursing and sleeping!
This annoying bird from your neighbor keeps disrupting Your mom's peaceful time, and no matter how much curses are thrown at it Your mom just can't keep up with it. It's up to Your dad to slam this to the ground, which should be unforeseen and devastate it. Your bodyguard also keeps this avian at bay if work exhausts Your dad a bit much.
Completely unphazed by Your mom's curses, this creature of unknown origins is a tough one to crack. You should step in and ensure Your mom can have a good time. Be careful though, as dealing with this is like playing with fire and you can get burned.
Seems like Your mom is allergic to some aquatic creatures. This one in particular can slither through for a long time before Your family can catch it, but if the stars align, after hitting it hard enough it will be paralyzed and neutralizing it becomes less of an issue.
Full of drip and thinking he's the coolest guy when he takes your lunch money, the time for your payback is here. With your newfound power from the gem, it's going to be great to look at his face when he falls into your pit trap.
This band rocker's loud music just won't allow Your mom to sleep in peace, even if he's rarely seen in this neighborhood. Just like the guy above though, You can break his guitar and returns the silence to your home.
I see you are still skeptical about Your mom. Fear not, to further convince you, I have prepared footage from when the family competed in the local family competition to outsmart other families.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8mixandmega-1567488427-lo1n51m3rp9w27p46tj2i2sv97yuemxpw
TLDR: You should treasure Your mom more, she is very valuable and can help You get out of tight situations, as well as increase the strength of your family as a whole.
without megastone is banned
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This was basically everywhere as it became the main defensive core of the meta. Banetite pex helped beat stuff like Arcanine and Altarianite Kommo-o while Corvi was a good slow pivot and hazard remover checking stuff like Etern and Dragapult.
Another Mon that saw usage. Gastro saw usage primaly due to checking Eternatus and Arcanine in 1 slot. It was also sometimes used instead of the dominant corvipex core to remove weakness to electric types like NP rotom and Dracozolt. Soft checking Altarianite toxtricity was also a decent bonus
Arcanine was as familiar to a mnm team as CorviPex at that point. It offered good utility along with speed control and Howl Pinsirite sets with enough chip could go past through pex and Jellicent.
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: Both of these mons though sound gimmicky actually were quite viable and widely used. With how the nature of meta was , Ditto provided excellent revenge killing opportunites while dugtrio allowed breakers like Dracozolt and Toxtricity to shine.
Eternatus simply put, was the best mon in the meta. Metronome 3 attacks recover was the main set - being able to make progress vs almost everything but Cosmic power also saw some usage on the ladder.
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: Pre-Home meta was in desperate need of good electric types to keep Corvi-Pex in check. Thanks to Gen8 , Zekrom getting access to dragon dance , it and zera were widely used in teams. Lopunnite and Pinsirite were the two main sets of Zera , allowing it to function as a powerful physical attacker and speed control Metagrossite sets would later see usage after the meta progressed further. (Zekrom however faded away as the meta progressed , owing to Clef and Hippo and to some extent Arcanine being the dominant forces in the meta)
: Thought to be overpowered and bannable , Terrak soon proved to be not as dominating. It still ended up as a very powerful offensive SR setter and a wall breaker with Lucarionite but the threat of Zeraora/ Dragapult/Mew affected its presence in teams a lot.
: Its safe to say Ghosts were the dominant forces in MnM in early home meta. Lunala quickly became a staple , being used in various roles - Defog HDB , Leftovers / Helmet WOW , CM set up sweeper. Specs was experimented with later on , after multi brought it in 
: While initial kyurem sets ran stuff like heracronite and cameruptite , its true potential was soon discovered with its lucarionite set. The calcs that this mon got (can be seen in 
: The two forms quickly became the top offensive powerhouses in the meta. While early sets consisted of the mons consisted of metagrossite only , Urshifu single strike would later branch out to abuse Lucarionite as well. Similarly , Rapid strike started preferring aerodactylite as the meta progressed. The combination of U-turn + respective crit move was very deadly and this resulted in a lot of users to dig a bit deeper to find solid answers to these mons. While Magearna, Clefable , Arcanine , Altarianite Hippowdon and Toxapex were the main defensive answers to urshifu (depending on the form) ,stuff with slowbronite like corvi or skarm and even togekiss also began seeing usage.
: After the best spd wall finally returned , MnM special wall-breakers had a rough patch in the meta. Mons like Necrozma-DW basically became irrelevant while Chandelure and Hydreigon also saw less usage. A lot of special breakers would later in the meta adjust themselves to beat blissey thus giving rise to new sets. Blissey formed a very potent core with Arcanine which was utilized in plenty of the teams. While Sablenite was the main set, It also ran Ampharosite , making it an excellent hazard setter.
: DLC 1 meta also introduced us to Magnezone , which with Lucarionite became a very annoying mon to face as it easily trapped magearna and corviknight in addition to already threatening meta staples like slowbro and pex, thus making it an ideal partner in a lot of teams. While zone's presence lead to a corviknight often running different sets which could not be trapped ,it still never really reached a point where it was very common / popular as the meta in general was unfavourable for it.
: While Initial Volcarona sets ran Charizardite-Y , Manectite , Cameruptite or even Lucarionite, as the meta progressed the two main sets eventually that i remember being successful were defensive sablenite and absolite. Absolite patched its weakness to confide blissey sets and was a pretty decent late game cleaner with psychic and Sablenite Volc was one of the best answers to zacian and a stall utlizing that set also managed to go 50-0 on ladder during that time.
: Magearna made a big impact on its arrival and quickly became the best mon in the meta. Manectite was a good pivot and an amaing blanket check to 90% of the meta. However , Mag also ran thousand other sets and each set was equally viable- CM cameruptite , Latiasite , Pivot Sablenite etc. The most broken was without a doubt CM split pinsirite mag with tri attack which either ran agility or substitute last. This set was a pain to face and had an amazing matchup vs the traditional builds in the meta being able to beat blissey , excadrill while also being able 
: Prob the other "titan" of the developing meta, Zygarde enjoyed the luxury of running its gen7 sets to similar success. Thousand arrows + -ate speed was a successful combo that annoyed plenty of defensive cores while substitute lucarionite sets also had deadly sweeping capabilties.
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: Crown Tundra blessed mnm with plenty of viable hazard removal. HDB Ho-oh was a much needed mon as it was a strong special tank and a good answer to pinsirite mag , something the meta lacked in isle of armour. Zapdos mainly resorted to phy def Slowbronite sets to check Urshifu, kart and Lando-T better.
: Naganadel was another terrifying wall breaker making use of NP + Sludge bomb to break past walls (which can be seen in 
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: DLC2 also brought the death of arcanine's dominance as both Dragonite and Entei proved to be better options. While Entei had an advantage with a stronger attack stat and a better fire stab , Dragonite could run variety of sets ranging from dd + 3 attacks to roost cleric or bulky defog. As the meta progressed and developed further, Dragonite soon revealed to be the altarianite user and gradually became the best mon in the meta. Regieleki was another espeed mon that was introduced, however was generally seen inferior. Funnily enough tho , Regieleki was ladder's favourite tool to use at that time and would often see more usage than either of entei / dnite.
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:While Urshifu Rapid Strike did see some faint usage after zac ban and even in week 2 game of tect vs qways , qways structure of future sight + Urshifu-RS 
: Eternatus Continued its rampage , easily being the most important mon in the meta. In response, Heatran usage surged even more , making it meta's premier spd wall alongside milo.
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