Other Metagame of the Month Archive

[Other Metagames]

Linked Ubers

Moves in slot 1 and slot 2 of a Pokemon's moveset become linked and take place in one turn. Set in Ubers instead of OU.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Metagamiate

All Pokemon get an -Ate ability intrinsically along with its regular ability. The -Ate ability will turn normal type moves into the primary type of the Pokemon.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Middle Cup

Only middle evolution Pokemon are eligible and level of play is set to level 50.​

 

[Other Metagames]

No Ability

Pokemon no longer have an ability.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Poison

The "Poisoned" status halves Special Attack.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Something Borrowed

Each Pokemon borrows one move from each teammate adjacent to it in the team lineup to occupy its 3rd and 4th moveslots.​

 

[Other Metagames]

STABmons+

Standard STABmons set in Ubers with new changes like base forms being able to transfer moves to their alternate forms and mega evolutions, transferring moves from types they had in an old gen and unreleased moves being usable.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Stat Preference

Pokemon can be swap their attack and special attack by changing them to Shiny in the teambuilder.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Super-Effectivemons

Pokemon gain access to all moves of types that hit it super effectively.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Typemons

Your whole team can have additional access to every move of any and only one type barring banned types.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Variations

Pokemon have access to any possible variation of its ability, provided it fits the same template.​

 

[Other Metagames]

XY Weather Wars

While set in Gen 6, weather mechanics go back to how it was in Gen5. That is, weather is once again permanent.​

 

[imas]

OK any votes after this post do not count. Give me a moment to weed out the people who didn't bother reading the OP announce the winner, although the winner's probably evident already.

 

[imas]

OK the winner of Jacuary 2016 OMotM is..
Gods And Followers with 146 Votes! (excluding: niuniu905, qwertyd, SamTheManWhoAllesCan, DeathMountainDew, Mysteriousmustard, pqowie, Karyuunoka, ratilious)

and in second place XY Weather wars with 119 votes. [no votes excluded because G&F already won by a large margin]

 

[imas]

Approved by The Immortal

Month 35, February 2016 - Nomination Stage​

Rules:
- You may nominate one metagame. If a metagame has already been nominated, do not nominate it again.
- If you want to change your nomination, delete your post and post a new one. If you're not able to (non badgeholders) think well about your nomination.
- Do not nominate metagames from the blacklist (below), or those whose thread has been locked.
- Do not try to influence other voters and do not bash any metagame.
- You are not allowed to make any posts except to nominate, and your account must be at least one week old by the time of your post.
- If another user breaks these rules, let the OM leaders take care of it.

If any of the above rules are broken, your post will be deleted. Continued rule breaking will result in an infraction.

A list of all the metagames can be found in the Index.

Slayer95 may choose to reject a metagame if it has not been coded and is deemed too difficult.

Blacklisted Metagames:

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Ladder already exists:
- Anything Goes
- Smogon Triples
- Balanced Hackmons
- 1v1
- Monotype
- Tier Shift
- PU
- Inverse Battle
- Almost Any Ability
- STABmons

Cooldown period:
- NO STATUS (not eligible until March)
- MonsJustMons (not eligible until March)
- Sketchmons (not eligible until April)
- Highest Stat Meta (not eligible until May)
- No Guard Galaxy (not eligible until May)
- Inheritance (not eligible until June)
- Same Type Stealth Rock (not eligible until June)
- 350 Cup (not eligible until July)
- LC Extended (not eligible until July)
- Gods and Followers (not eligible until August)
- Monogen (not eligible until August)

Ineligible:
- Any OM that uses nicknames or Import/Export
- UU Metagames
- OU Theorymon
- Micro Metagames
- Pet Mods
- Gen 5 OMs

OMs made after December 31st, which are ineligible:
- Zero Sum Meta

Nominations will close in approximately two days.

Nominated Metagames:
- 2v2 Doubles
- 400
- AAA Ubers
- Ability Exchange
- Ability Shift
- Accessorize
- Acid Rain
- Adaptability
- Averagemons
- Base Power Damage
- Camomons
- Genmons
- Gods Among Us
- Haxmons
- Hemiswap
- Hidden Type Ubers
- Extreme Tier Shift
- Linked
- Metagamiate
- Middle Cup
- Mix and Mega
- Mood Swings
- Partners in Crime
- Poison
- Protean Palace
- Slowmons
- Something Borrowed
- Spe- Neutrality
- STABmons+
- Stat Switch
- Super-effective Mons
- Typemons
- Type Cycle
- Variations

 

[MK]

LINKED

Please :(

 

[Cazenovia]

Typemons

 

[Uselesscrab]

Ability Exchange

one day my friends

 

[A Random Duck]

Mix and Mega

 

[OM]

Metagamiate

 

[Mq]

Variations(Gl!)
Bye G&F ;_;

 

[Samoyed]

Stat Switch

 

[dhelmise]

Partners in Crime

 

[leng loi]

Averagemons

 

[SANJAY]

Ability shift