Other Metagame of the Month Archive

[Other Metagames]

Follow the Leader

Every Pokemon on a team has access to all of the moves and abilities of the first Pokemon on the team, but none of their own. ​

 

[Other Metagames]

Godly Gift

Teams are allowed one Ubers tier "God" Pokemon. The teammates receive the base stat of the "God" Pokemon corresponding to their position on the team.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Gods and Followers

Each team has a "God" and five "Followers". The "God" is the Pokemon in the first slot; it can be any Pokemon including Ubers. The "Followers" must follow the OU banlist and must share a type with the God. If the God faints, a constant Embargo effect is applied to the player's team.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Inheritance

Any pokemon can inherit any pokemon's movepool and abilities.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Partners in Crime

Played in Doubles, each Pokémon shares moves and abilities with its partner.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Sketchmons

Pokémon can each learn one extra move of your choosing.​

 

[Other Metagames]

Tier Shift

Pokemon get a +10 boost to each stat per tier below OU they are in.​

 

[Chloe]

I'm going to post here so I can get this point across more directly / give people who have broken one of the rules above a fair warning.

Do not, under any circumstances, tell people what to vote as explicitly as this:

Please read "Do not try to influence other voters and do not bash any metagame.". This is your last warning, I will be taking action against you if you attempt to abuse this system again. This applies to anyone, for any metagame listed here.

Thanks for your understanding.

 

[Chloe]

An hour until this closes, please finalise your votes!

Closed, I'll count in a few minutes.

 

[Chloe]

Tier Shift: 121-8=113
Benjamin Butterfree: 116-16=100

Tier Shift wins OM of the Month August!

Congratulations to G-Luke. Thanks to all for voting.

 

[Chloe]

September 2018 - Nomination Stage
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Rules:
- Nominate a metagame by including its full name in your post.
- You may nominate up to five metagames.
- You may nominate the same metagame as someone else.
- The ten metagames with the most nominations will enter the voting stage.
- Doubles versions of metagames are permitted; however, if a Singles and Doubles format for an OM are within the top ten most nominated metagames, then only the one with the most votes will proceed.

- Do not nominate metagames from the blacklist (below), or those without a thread in the Gen 7 forum.
- If a metagame is blacklisted, its Singles/Doubles variant is too. There are no exceptions to this rule bar for ladders that already exist. 1v1 Doubles is also ineligible for obvious reasons.
- You may only post once. If you post more than once, none of your votes will be counted.
- Do not try to influence other voters and do not bash any metagame.
- You are not allowed to make any posts except to nominate.
- You must have at least five forum posts before your post.
- Your account must be at least one week old by the time of your post.
- If another user breaks these rules, let us 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 eligible metagames can be found in the index.

Blacklisted OMs:

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Ladder already exists:
- Anything Goes
- Mix and Mega
- Balanced Hackmons
- 1v1
- Almost Any Ability
- STABmons
- ZeroUsed

Cooldown period:
- Inverse (ineligible until October)
- Camomons (ineligible until November)
- Suicide Cup (ineligible until November)
- Scalemons (ineligible until November)
- Metagamiate (ineligible until December)
- Reversed (ineligible until December)
- Tier Shift (ineligible until January)
- Benjamin Butterfree (ineligible until January)

Other:
- Closed/Retired OMs (this includes Shared Power)
- Any OM that uses nicknames or Import/Export
- Ubers/UU/LC Versions of Existing Other Metagames
- Pet Mods
- Previous generation OMs
- Fusions of two or more OMs

Sample Post:

Gods and Followers, Mergemons, Statattack

Nominations will close in 48½ hours.

 

[Chloe]

Follow the Leader, Gods and Followers, Inheritance, Partners in Crime

 

[Snaquaza]

Inheritance, Partners in Crime

 

[Funbot28]

Inheritance, 250 Cup, Godly Gift, Averagemons

 

[DF-Shock]

350cup, inheritance, Sketchmons, Godly gift

 

[Mubs]

2v2 Doubles

 

[lydian]

Partners in Crime

 

[edudittA]

Full Potential, 2v2 Doubles

 

[GreenSemicircle]

2v2 Doubles, Ultimate Z

 

[DEG]

Le trois cent cinquante cup

 

[Kaif]

2v2 Doubles

 

[The Immortal]

Partners in Crime.

 

[PA]

Gods And Followers,2v2 Doubles(Forced),Follow The Leader,Averagemons

 

[Chopin Alkaninoff]

Sketchmons, Linked, Gods and Followers, Partners in Crime, Godly Gift

 

[superstrike66]

Again, the best OM: 2v2 Doubles.

Also, 350 Cup's also pretty cool.