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Based on LC rules and Pokemon, 100 Little Cups is a metagame that takes all LC Pokemon and makes them Level 100; essentially a Level 100 metagame versus the normal Level 5 metagame. Fixed damage moves are also unbanned because nothing is bothered by them anymore.
1v1
Both sides bring three Pokemon to battle, and only send out one each. This metagame moves quite quickly and centers around offense. Self-KO moves, Swagger, Soul Dew, Kangaskhanite, and Focus Sash are banned. Species Clause is turned off.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
Based on standard Doubles, both sides bring four Pokemon but only send out two on each side. These two Pokemon battle against the opponent's two Pokemon; the user to defeat both of the opponent's Pokemon win. Self-KO moves are banned from this metagame.
An Ubers based metagame in which every Pokemon with a base stat total of 350 or less has its stats doubled. Eviolite, Light Ball, Thick Club, DeepSeaScale, and DeepSeaTooth are banned. Darumaka and Pawniard are also banned.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server via challenge format.
400
In 400, all Pokemon that have a Base Stat Total of 400 or less gets access to any move in the game. This creates for some wild combinations such as Shift Gear Beedrill, Perish Song Gothorita, and even Spore Sableye! Only OHKO moves are banned in this metagame.
Playable on the Aqua server.
Pokemon have access to ten packs of TMs, and all receive one bitcoin to purchase just one pack. In these packs are custom TM sets that replace the Pokemon's existing TMs. Pokemon may not use normal TMs in this metagame. Normal moves are allowed regardless of pack that is chosen.
Ability Balance is a Pet Mod that takes unviable abilities and takes community suggestions that aim to buff the ability in some way, shape, or form. An example of a changed ability is Unnerve, which now lowers the opponent's Special Attack by one as the Pokemon switches in.
In Ability Exchange, Pokemon are able to swap the abilities amongst their teammates. For example, Keldeo and Machamp are able to trade Justified and No Guard, but only once; Keldeo is unable to give Justified to any other Pokemon on the team after this switch.
Each type is given a pool of 10 abilities to use but can no longer use its normal abilities. For example, Keldeo can use any ability in the Water or Fighting groups but can no longer use Justified. Slaking, Regigigas, Archeops, Wobbuffet, Gengar, and Smeargle are banned.
All abilities are replaced with the next one alphabetically. For example, Protean becomes Pure Power.
Pokemon that share the same type can now share abilities. For example, since Keldeo and Poliwrath have both Fighting and Water types, they can each use either Justified, Water Absorb, Swift Swim, and Damp. HugePower, Pure Power, Parental Bond, Simple, Shadow Tag, Adaptability, Arena Trap, Fur Coat, Forecast, Flower Gift, and Zen Mode are banned. So is Slaking, Regigigas, and Archeops.
A mod that removes the Normal typing from Pokemon and moves and asks the community to help re-type them.
All four weathers exist at once, producing some strange outcomes to weather-related moves and abilities. Castform and Weather Ball are banned.
Playable on the Aqua server.
Give almost any ability you want with a few exceptions. A few abilities and Pokemon are banned, see thread for the full list.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
An Ubers-based version of AAA. Simple, Contrary, Fur Coat, Huge/Pure Power, Speed Boost, Imposter, Shadow Tag, Arena Trap, Parental Bond, Wonder Guard, and Sturdy Shedinja are banned.
A mod that grants a new "stance" to each Pokemon. Each type is also given a variation of the move King's Shield, effectively making all Pokemon playable like Aegislash.
Moves from Generations I and II are transferable now, including moves from the New York Pokemon Center. For example, Snorlax can learn Lovely Kiss again.
Teams must consist of 1 OU, 2 UU, 2 RU, and 1 NU Pokemon.
Give any move you want to a Pokemon that share the same first letter. For example, Keldeo learns all K moves in addition to its usual moves. There is a limit to one Pokemon per letter (can't have both Keldeo and Kingdra).
Give any ability you want to a Pokemon that share the same first letter. For example, Keldeo learns all K abilities but no longer can used Justified. Huge/Pure Power and Moody are banned. Mega evolutions keep the ability of their base form.
A mod that tries to make everything viable and "to make things that should happen, happen."
The highest stat between Attack and Defense becomes the new stat for both. Same with Special Attack and Defense. For example, Keldeo has a Special Attack of 129, which is higher than its Special Defense of 90, so both stats are now 129. The process is repeated for Attack/Defense.
Playable on the Aqua server.
Natures are paired up with types so the standard +10%/-10% is changed to +20%/-20%. For example, all Adamant Grass-types get a +20%/-20% boost/decrease to Attack/Special Attack while all other Adamant types stay the same.
All Pokemon's stats are changed to 100 across the board. Huge/Pure Power, Eviolite, Smeargle, Shedinja, and unique items that increase the attacks or defenses (like Thick Club) are banned.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
Pick any ability or moves you want. Bans include no OHKO, Shadow Tag, Wonder Guard, Huge/Pure Power, Arena Trap, and Parental Bond. You also can't run an ability more than twice on your team.
Playable on the main Pokemon Showdown! server.
A mod that turns Poke Balls into usable items. All other items are banned.
Move's base damage hits for that set amount. For example, High Jump Kick hits for a consistent 130 damage each time.
Each attack's base power is recalculated based on the number of letters in its name. Letters and spaces all have a value of 10, so a move with four letters like Surf now has 40 base power and the move High Jump Kick has a base power of 140. Priority moves are capped at 80 except Extreme Speed, which is capped at 100.
Types are split into the three basic ones: Fire, Water, Grass.
Regular switching is now treated like Baton Pass, so boosts remain permanent until the chain is broken. Perish Song and status moves that lower Accuracy are banned.
Pokemon receive the Aegislash-effect where, when they attack, they change into offensive forms; when they use Protect variants they are brought back to defensive form.
Priority brackets are shifted.
A mod that tries to "break" every move.
A mod that tries to "break" every Pokemon.
Every Pokemon is burned as they enter the battle field and stay burned the entire match. Fire-types are unaffected.
Pokemon change type to match their first two moves. For example, Keldeo with Hydro Pump and Secret Sword will still be Water/Fighting, but if it ran Hydro Pump and Calm Mind in the first two slots instead, it would be Water/Psychic.
Playable on the Aqua server.
Type effectiveness is shifted one spot to the left on the type chart. For example, Normal is now weak to Poison and Steel, resists Fighting, Bug, and Dark, and is immune to Dragon.
4 classes are created out of 10 Pokemon each. You pick 1 class and can use any 6 Pokemon in that class to build your team.
Types go back to Gen 3 mechanics and become either all physical or special. Fairy becomes Special.
Pick any ability or moves you want.
Doubles the time of field effects like weather and terrain, while also making field hazards disappear over time.
This mod creates combos with two or more moves used in a row to create new effects and change how the moves behave.
STAB is now x1 while Different Type Attack Bonus, or DTAB, is boosted to x1.5, which means coverage moves are now stronger than STAB moves.
A mod that changes the effects of moves, abilities, and items to new highs and lows. Some effects are multiplied by 1.5, some are doubled, and some are squared.
STAB attack moves now get +0.5 priority and the multiplier drops to x1.3. Status moves are unaffected.
The field effect put in place is now dependant on the Pokemon's nickname.
A mod where most Pokemon are nerfed, some stay the same, and a handful of terrible Pokemon get buffs so everything is viable in NU.
Single-stage Pokemon get 5 formes with new stats and typing, just like Rotom.
The next 'tier' below PU based on usage statistics.
Playable on the Frost server.
Male Pokemon received a 1.2x boost to Attack and Defense and a .8x reduction to Special Attack and Special Defense. Female Pokemon receive a 1.2x boost to Special Attack and Special Defense and a .8x reduction to Attack and Defense. Genderless Pokemon are unaffacted.
A mod that "is intended to only make changes that Game Freak could plausibly make in the next generation."
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
Pokemon learn all moves that were introduced in the same generation as it and only those moves. For example, Keldeo can learn Quiver Dance, a Gen 5 move but it can no longer learn Surf, a Gen 1 move.
Each team has a "God" and five "Followers". The Followers must share a type with the God. If the God faints, the Follower's receive -1 priority on all of their moves.
All Pokemon receive a "Flying Press-like" move that corresponds to the Pokemon's primary typing
If hax can happen, it will happen: any move with a chance to miss will miss; every move that hits will crit; and every move with a secondary effect activates that effect. King's Rock is banned.
Extra types are added to your Pokemon depending on the IVs that would determine the type of the move Hidden Power. For example, 31 IVs in every stat would add the Dark-type to a Pokemon. Three types are possible, too. For example, if you changed Keldeo's IVs required to produce the Ice-type, it would become Water/Fighting/Ice.
Only Pokemon that share the same highest stat can be on the same team. For example, Keldeo can be on a team of other Pokemon that have Special Attack as their highest stat. Pokemon with multiple highest stats are usable on multiple corresponding teams. For example, Ninetales is usable on both Speed and Special Defense teams because those are both its highest stats.
Pokemon are immune to their own types. For example, Keldeo takes no damage from Water and Fighting attacks.
The move Imprison becomes a permanent, automatic field effect so you can't use moves that the opponent's Pokemon knows.
Pokemon are able to inherit from other Pokemon and use their abilities and moves, but not their own unless they chose to inherit from themselves. Keldeo, Kyurem-B, Regigigas, Shedinja, and Slaking are banned. Inheriting Wonder Guard, Pure Power, Huge Power, Shadow Tag, Imposter, Parental Bond or anything from Smeargle is banned as well.
Inverts the type chart so ineffective moves become super-effective moves and vice versa. Ability immunities stay the same. Kyurem-Black and Snorlax are banned.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
A mod that attempts to correct Game Freak's reputation for trolling while also fixing a lot of things flavor-wise.
Kalos 2 (out of service)
A mod that intends to push the limits of typical game mods.
A metagame based on a move, Last Bastion, from Pokemon Conquest.
Pokemon are now able to trap Pokemon that correspond to their primary typing.
League of the Phoenix creates a tally system which determines when a person loses. Check thread for more information.
All Pokemon can have any formerly "illegal" move combinations, for instance Nidoking can now use Sheer Force and Lovely Kiss because Lovely Kiss was learned in Gen 2.
Any Pokemon obtainable at level 1 is eligible and must be used at that level.
This mod changes the levels of every Pokemon to balance out their power, similar to random battles.
A metagame that is similar to the Link Shop in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, the first two moves of a Pokemon's set are linked into one.
All Legendaries receive a Little Cup match. This is a LC metagame with Ubers in it!
A mod based on LC, every Pokemon that can mega evolve gets a mega evolution for its lowest form with stat changes halved (+50 instead of +100). For example, Larvitar mega evolves into Mega Larvitar and changes into Rock/Dark with Sand Stream. Play is set at level 5.
The power points of every move are reduced so the lowest PP is 2 and the highest is 10. Pressure is banned.
A mod which "upgrades" moves to better, similar moves. For example, anything that learns Bulk Up now learns Coil, an "upgrade" to the move Bulk Up.
Only Pokemon with every stat less than 100 are eligible. Huge/Pure Power and Clefable are banned.
No Mega Pokemon are able to be used.
All Pokemon receive Megas with static increases. See thread for more information.
One Pokemon per team can mega evolve into almost any mega forme of your choice. The base forme must have a HP stat of 110 or less. Smeargle can't mega evolve. Only regular base formes can mega evolve into megas with Pixilate, Refrigerate, and Aerilate.
Based on Ubers, you can have more than 1 Mega Evolution per team and they can be used without their mega stones. The Mega Mewtwos and Mega Gengar are banned.
A mod that gives every Pokemon a mega form based on community input.
Mergemons (out of service)
Each Pokemon is assigned to two others so that they can share movepools. For example, Keldeo and Kingdra share moves, but they both don't have to be on the same team to share. Pre-evolutions also gain their evolved forms' partners' moves.
The same as Mergemons, but now Pokemon share via their location in the Pokedex instead of in the alphabet. Replaces Mergemons.
Like Mergemons, Pokemon are grouped by two. This time, Pokemon receive abilities / moves from these Pokemon.
Every type gets an -iate ability and every Pokemon receives one based on their primary type. For example, all primary Ice-types gain Refrigerate plus what ability they usually have.
Playable on the Aqua server.
Only middle evolution Pokemon are eligible and play is set at level 50. Eviolite is banned.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
A mod where users can take Pokemon from OU and buff them slightly so they're limited to the number of boosts they can receive (like stat changes, new moves, abilities, types, etc.)
The type chart is reworked randomly with new effectiveness for every type. Subject to change periodically.
Pokemon receive typing, stats, and ability changes when using another Pokemon's mega stone. For example, a Pokemon holding Altarianite would receive Atk +40, Def +20, Sp. Atk +40, gain a secondary Fairy typing, and Pixilate.
Your team must consist of 6 Pokemon all from the same generation. Mega forms are considered to be from the same generation as their base form.
Build a team of 6 Pokemon that all share a common type. Mega Evolutions are allowed on their base form's team, so Mega Charizard X is allowed on a Mono-Flying team because regular Charizard is Fire/Flying, while Mega Pinsir is not allowed on a Mono-Flying team because it is only a Bug-type in its base form.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
You can no longer use items, abilities, natures, EVs, or IVs. It's Pokemon plain and simple. Slaking and Regigigas are banned.
A mod that aims to give each type a custom weather
All moves without priority are set to 90 base power and 100 accuracy.
Based on Little Cup, all moves learned by the final stage in an evolutionary line flow backward, so now Stage 1 Pokemon learn them. For example, Klink can now learn Shift Gear and Gear Grind because its final evolution, Klinklang, can.
Every Pokemon receives Multitype along with its normal ability. If it carries a Plate, it can have the move Judgment.
Pokemon receive an immunity based on the type resisting Berry they hold.
Stats are recalculated with a new formula [(New Stat)=150-(Old Stat)] and floored at 5. For example, Keldeo's new Special Attack is 21 (150-129). Smeargle, Huge/Pure Power, Light Ball, Thick Club, DeepSeaTooth/Scale, and Eviolite are banned.
All abilities are removed so Pokemon must rely only on their stats and typing. Slaking and Regigigas are banned.
Playable on the Aqua server.
All moves have perfect accuracy just like the move Swift.
All "legendary" Pokemon (usually defined as only one existing per game, but not always) are banned. Blaziken, Kangaskhanite, Gengarite, and Lucarionite are still banned.
Playable on the Aqua server.
Levitate is now an intrinsic quality instead of an ability, so new abilities are given to Pokemon that normally had the ability Levitate. Other Pokemon may be affected, too.
A mod that tries to make every item competitive.
Types that are super effective against another type are now always inversely resisted. For example, since Electric is super effective against Water, it now resists Water. Old resists that aren't tied to super-effectiveness (e.g. Normal vs Rock) are removed.
Pokemon can no longer use any moves of the same type. For example, Keldeo can't use any Water or Fighting moves.
Takes away the team preview mechanic therefore increasing the value of leads drastically.
Normal-type effectiveness is re-worked, so their STAB is super-effective against Dragon and Fairy, and they resist Dragon and Fairy; they're weak to Psychic and Poison; and their attacks are not very effective versus Poison.
Every Pokemon receives a "Gale Wings-like" ability that corresponds with their secondary typing, giving them priority on these moves.
The Pokemon's highest attack stat determines if their moves are physical or special. For example, if you invest in Keldeo's Special Attack to make it the highest (between Attack and Special Attack), all its attacks will be special.
Pokemon must attack with their weaker attacking stat plus the difference between the two attacks must be 50 or more. For example, Keldeo is eligible because the difference between Special Attack and Attack is 57 and it must only use its physical Attack. Hazards are banned.
OU Theorymon Project (ladder discussion)
A project that asks "what if" when a new typing, move, or ability is added to a Pokemon. The Pokemon are swapped in and out after a few days.
All A or S rank Pokemon from OU are banned.
Pokemon cannot use attacking moves. Taunt, recovery-only moves (like Recover, Rest, and Wish), and Magic Guard are banned.
Playable on the Aqua server.
All moves, abilities, and stats revert to or stay at their "peaks". For example, Blizzard had 90% accuracy in RBY, so now it will again.
Pokemon have access to a new move called Hidden Force, a physical version of Hidden Power. Both Hidden Force and Hidden Power have 70 base power.
Physical moves become special and special moves become physical. Attacks that lower stats change to correspond with the new mechanics as well (Leaf Storm lowers Attack 2 stages.)
This metagame adds and reduces stat changes based on what moves your Pokemon uses. For example, all attack and setup moves will lower Attack and Special Attack, but raise Defense and Special Defense. All status moves will lower Defense and Special Defense, but raise Attack and Special Attack.
Playable on the Aqua server.
A mod that codes every Pokemon's abilities together simultaneously, effectively giving them multiple abilities.
A mod which seeks to make every Pokemon S-rank viable in Ubers.
Pokemon Throwback (out of service)
Takes one OM per month and sends it back in time to another generation, complete with type changes and old mechanics.
A mod where mechanics are changed so offense is stronger, defense is hardier, critical hits are tweaked, and priority moves are reworked, too, among other changes.
The base power of every attack inverts on a scale from 1 to 150, making formally weak moves powerful and vice-versa. Side effects of moves also invert, so for example, Superpower now raises Attack and Defense and Mud-Slap raises the target's Accuracy.
This metagame doubles the effects of all abilities. Specific abilities without effects able to be doubled do not receive a buff.
All moves with a base power of 40 or less gain priority. Moves already with priority are unaffected.
Playable on the Aqua server.
All Pokemon receive the ability Protean alongside the ability they usually have.
Playable on the Aqua server.
PU
The next 'tier' below NU based on usage statistics.
Only Pokemon that were available before Pokebank are eligible. Likewise, if Pokebank was required for an egg or tutor move or ability, it is ineligible.
Based on LC and RBY. Trapping moves like Fire Spin and Wrap are banned.
A new formula is created where every move inflicts recoil. Click thread for specific details.
Certain mechanics are tweaked in an attempt to take luck down a notch without killing it completely.
Changes the type of the first move in a Pokemon's moveslot to match its primary type, and changes the type of the second move to match its secondary type, if applicable.
Playable on the Aqua server.
All attacks used the turn after an ally faints have their base power doubled, similar to the move Retaliation.
Reverses the order of each Pokemon's stats, so HP and Speed swap, Attack and Special Defense swap, and Defense and Special Attack swap. Kyurem-B is banned. Genesect, Blaziken, Deoxys-D, and Deoxys-S are unbanned.
Stealth Rock is now the same type as the primary type of the user. For example, if Skarmory uses the move, it will be the Steel-type.
Playable on the Aqua server.
A mod that gives abilities to Pokemon related to a particular season or holiday.
Pokemon lose their secondary type, if any, and have it replaced with a new type that they're weak to. For example, Keldeo loses its Fighting type and gains a new Grass type. New moves may be added to movepools as well.
All Pokemon gain access to any stat boosting move that only increases two stats maximum, like Swords Dance or Dragon Dance.
Every Pokemon's BST is scaled to 600 or as close as possible.
Every type "shifts" on the type-chart to become the type before it. For example, all Pokemon and moves with the Poison type shift into the Fighting type.
You can now teach 6 moves to every Pokemon instead of only 4.
A mod where you can give almost every Pokemon a Small, Average, Large, and Super size, just like Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist.
Give Sketch once to every Pokemon, which allows them to learn any move to fill that single slot.
Only Flying-types and Pokemon with Levitate can battle. Grounded Pokemon (even with the Flying-type or Levitate) and moves (like Earthquake or Substitute) are ineligible.
Trick Room is in permanent effect so what used to be very slow is now very fast.
Send three Pokemon out to battle at a time against your opponent's three. You each still have a full team of six. The banlist and clauses are OU-based with a few differences. The bans are Dark Void, Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Giratina-O, Arceus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem-W, Xerneas, and Yveltal.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
Give any move you want that matches a Pokemon of the same type. For example, Keldeo learns all Fighting and Water moves. Pre-evolution type changes carry forward as well. Sylveon and Porygon-Z are banned. Darkrai, Deoxys-D, and Deoxys-S are unbanned.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
STABmons+ is a spin off of STABmons with less limitations and an Ubers environment.
A mod that gives all moves a buff when used by a Pokemon of the same type.
Every Pokemon swaps its Attack with Defense and Special Attack with Special Defense.
Shiny Pokemon's Attacks swap with Special Attack, and their Defense swaps with Special Defense. Non-shiny Pokemon stay the same.
Playable on the Aqua server.
The highest stat of each Pokemon is halved while the lowest stat is doubled.
Swaps the highest stat and lowest stat of each Pokemon. If there are multiple highest and lowest (so if both Attack and Defense are highest), they are switched together. For example, Keldeo's highest stat is Special Attack, which switches with its lowest stat, Attack. Another example, Regice, has two lowest stats (Attack/Speed), which both switch with its highest stat, Special Defense.
A mod that adds five small changes each month after discussion and voting. The changes rollover month to month.
The stats of every Pokemon are averaged together, so every pure Fire-type now has the same stat allocation. Dual-typed Pokemon are an average of their two respective types, so a Fire/Flying Pokemon is an average of Fire and Flying (which are averages of all Fire and all Flying types). Eviolite, Pure/Huge Power, Light Ball, DeepSeaTooth, DeepSeaScale, and Thick Club are banned.
Based on Doubles, the goal is to KO your own team before the opponent. All attacks besides a typeless Dragon Rage and some support moves are banned along with Shedinja, the Alakazam line, Sigilyph, and Reuniclus.
Give any move you want to Pokemon that are weak to that type(s). For example, Keldeo learns all Electric, Grass, Flying, Psychic, and Fairy moves in addition to its usual moves. Pre-evolution type changes carry forward as well and abilities are ignored when factoring weaknesses. Hidden abilities are released.
Every fully-evolved Pokemon is paired with another and they trade types and movepools but keep their abilities and stats.
Mono-typed Pokemon now receive a 2x STAB modifier instead of 1.5x.
All Pokemon swap BST with another Pokemon starting with highest BST swapping with lowest BST. For example, Arceus and Sunkern swap BST then the stats are adjusted proportionately.
A mod in the new generation style that adds new Pokemon, types, abilities, moves, and mechanics.
Pokemon share moves with each other in pairs on the same team. For example, if Keldeo and Thundurus are in slots 1 and 2, they can borrow from each others movepool, but not from anything else on the team. The pairs are 1 & 2, 3 & 4, and 5 & 6.
Grants access to every current TM to all Pokemon. Hidden Abilities are released.
TechniciMons (out of service)
All Pokemon receive the ability Technician over their normal abilities. Any moves with a base power of 100 or more are banned.
All Pokemon receive the ability Technician in addition to their other abilities. Any moves with a base power of 91 or higher (or moves that can reach base power 91+) are banned.
Playable on the Aqua server.
A project where a mechanic, ability, move, type, etc is transferred from one gen into another.
A project where new types and moves are created with community input. Pokemon and moves may get retyped for flavor purposes.
All Pokemon are able to run any move that they would like to as long as the move's type is the same as the Pokemon's Hidden Power type.
A mod that allows Pokemon to have up to 3 types while also adjusting stats, abilities, and movepools.
A revival of the past metagame Tier10 except this time Pokemon must be obtainable by level 25. They can only have moves they learn via level up, breeding, and move re-learning.
All Pokemon in the tiers below OU gain buffs to their stats, turning formally uncompetitive Pokemon into threats worthy of OU status. BL/UU gain +5, BL2/RU gain +10, and BL3/NU gain +15.
Playable on the main Pokémon Showdown! server.
A mod that replaces the "bad" TMs with better moves.
Torment is put in place as a field effect every time a Pokemon switches into battle.
This format gives each player only 10 seconds each turn to pick their move and they can't use the cancel button. The format can be played across tiers and metagames.
Playable on Fusx's server.
1-5 turns in a battle must be only status moves, but 6-10 are only attacking, and they switch as the battle progresses.
Pokemon that share the same type can now share moves. For example, since Keldeo and Poliwrath have both Fighting and Water types, they can borrow from each other's movepool so now Keldeo can learn Ice Beam and Psychic.
A mod that gives stat boosts and new attacks to every Pokemon of a particular type. For example, all Normal-types get +20 Attack and +20 Special Attack. This only applies to the primary type.
Change the type of your Pokemon simply by nicknaming them. For example, if you want Keldeo to be Flying and Fighting, change its name to 'Flying/Fighting' on the simulator.
Playable on the Aqua server.
Chose one type besides Normal and now your whole team has access to every move of that type.
Every Pokemon is given two randomized types and a pool of moves to work with for each type. For example, Keldeo is now Fairy/Rock and can use 1 new Fairy and 1 new Rock move from said pool.
Pokemon are classified by type. Every type costs as much as the amount of Pokemon it has in the National Pokedex in percentages. You can't go past 25% with the types you'll use.
Playable on the Aqua server.
A mod that aims to decrease Uber-level threats to OU levels by nerfing stats, movepools, abilities, etc.
"Frees" current unreleased items, DW abilities, and Pokemon like Contrary Serperior and Mega-Lati@s.
Every move forces the user to switch, like U-turn or Volt Switch.
Brings back the weather mechanics of BW.
Wonkymons (out of service)
Each Pokemon receive abilities randomly while keeping the same instances of old abilities. For example, there is only one Wonder Guard, just like normal. Also, Pokemon only receive the same number of abilities they had before, so since Keldeo only had Justified, it only gets one ability to replace it. Blissey had three, so it gets three new random abilities.
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If you are the author of an OM and would like something changed or your OM isn't listed, please PM me or write on my wall and I'll edit/add it.
Please also post updates where necessary. So if a metagame is no longer playable somewhere, make a note and I will update it.
A note on the bans: I tried to only reference what was relevant to the style of the metagame. For example, I listed that self-KO and Focus Sash are banned in 1v1 because those aren't commonly banned elsewhere.
Servers:
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