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Pet Mod Name: Petmod crossovers Pet Mod Concept: Sub Pokemon from different petmods into a new isolated meta for them to roam free in! Explanation: There's 2 options. Either...
1) each slate is a different petmod, where people just vote on who from the petmod should join
2) each slate is themed (ex. Using underutilized abilities) where people sub Pokemon they think fit the theme and then vote on it Miscellaneous: fangames and romhacks don't count as petmods Questions: which option is better and why do you think that? Is there an intrinsic flaw with this idea? Should solomods count for this?
Pet Mod Name: Petmod crossovers Pet Mod Concept: Sub Pokemon from different petmods into a new isolated meta for them to roam free in! Explanation: There's 2 options. Either...
1) each slate is a different petmod, where people just vote on who from the petmod should join
2) each slate is themed (ex. Using underutilized abilities) where people sub Pokemon they think fit the theme and then vote on it Miscellaneous: fangames and romhacks don't count as petmods Questions: which option is better and why do you think that? Is there an intrinsic flaw with this idea? Should solomods count for this?
So I have come up with an idea that I am not sure if it is clever or stupid. Admittedly, that describes most of my ideas.
Step 1) create a list of all of the words used to make Pokemon names (i.e. Char + Salamander = Charmander). This would take an extensive search on Bulbapedia but could probably be thrown together. This is because of a whole other tangent where I want to know what words are used the most (Dinosaur is probably common, but Arctic comes up a lot with Ice types, etc).
Step 2) Create the following Pet Mod
Word Salad
Every slate, I generate a random group of 10-12 words from the list mentioned above. Users then get to combine them into 4-5 fakemons by combining the words to make new Pokemon names.
I feel like there is some strange potential here. A number of words used a lot for Pokemon names do not have to strictly be tied to a certain type. For example, the word "Bulb" is used in both Bulbasaur and Tadbulb.
No idea if it would be worth throwing the sheet together, but the meta concept seemed kind of fun after where my mind went on the Step 1 idea.
Pet Mod Concept: Consume other mons to steal their attributes!
Explanation: Each Slate, people are given 5 Pokemon to consume another, gaining some of their abilities and moves, most likely at a limit of 10 things being passed over. Stats that the buffet has that are higher than the consumer are given over to replace the lower stats automatically except for Speed where you can pick what speed stat you like the most between the two. The Buffet Pokemon are no longer able to be picked from teambuilder or used in any other slates, essentially deleting them from the metagame. This means the meta must adapt to both the loss of a Pokemon and the addition of a more powerful one.
Example:
:heatran::gholdengo:
Consumer (Base): Heatran
Buffet (Attributes being taken from): Gholdengo
Type: :fire::steel:
Stats: 90/91/106/133/106/84
Movepool Additions: Recover, Nasty Plot, Make It Rain, Thunder Wave, Trick
Ability Additions: Good As Gold
Heatran can now work as an incredible mon that stops defog, sets rocks, spreads status and drops slightly weaker Make it Rains and Magma Storms
Miscellaneous: I feel like I keep posting Fusion metas without the fusion part. Here is some extra info.
Even though this format takes place in OU, Tera is still on the fence for being allowed or not.
Pokemon cannot eat other Pokemon that weigh more than them.
Ok so, this is chud behavior to post two Pet Mod idea back to back but I'm a chud so oh well.
:slither_wing::great_tusk: Pet Mods: Paradox :iron_treads::iron_moth:
Pet Mod Concept: Create Paradox mons for your favourite petmods! Explanation: Every Slate, people sub custom Paradox mons based off custom mons from Solomods or Pet Mods! Mons from things like Glacemons aren't given Paradox forms due to them being mons that originate from Pokemon. Of course, the rules for Paradox mons still stand:
The mons must be either Scarlet or Violet Paradoxes
Scarlet ones can be any two words, must have all stats as odd numbers, must have the ability Protosynthesis and must learn Sunny Day
Violet ones must start with the word Iron and have a second word after, must have all stats as even numbers, must have the ability Quark Drive and must learn Electric Terrain
They must have 570 BST unless they are based off of a Mega or Legendary in which case they can have 590 BST (If you are unsure, just stick with 570)
They have to share at least one type with the base form though please try not to make them the exact same type as before
New rules have been added due to many of these Pokemon having custom elements however:
They are allowed a maximum of two custom items or moves that are usable by this mons (not blocked by species specific interactions)
Paradox Mons can have an ability from the base form or a new ability that makes sense as well as Quark Drive/Protosynthesis to stop this meta from becoming only Boosters
These must be as a hidden ability and you can only have one
Examples:
Name: Frozen Heart Base Form and Origin: Carol (Deltamon OU) Paradox Version: Scarlet Typing::ice::fairy: Stats: 87/103/99/131/105/45 Ability: Protosynthesis, Snow Warning Movepool Addition and Removals:
+ Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, Trick Room, Foul Play, Heart Stamp, Sunny Day, Weather Ball
- Burning Jealousy
Name: Iron School Base Form and Origin: Fish Factory (Iron Fist) Paradox Version: Violet Typing: :Steel::Water: Stats: 130/90/90/130/70/60 Ability: Quark Drive, White Smoke Movepool Addition and Removals:
+ Dive, Hydro Pump, Electric Terrain, Thunderbolt, Trick Room, Thunder Wave
- All Fish Token Moves, Burning Bulwark, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Fire Spin, Goomba Stomp, Mewing, Yoshi's Island, Silcoon Blast, Fish, Epic Beam, Feebas Pro Shops, cuddIe
This is a concept I've had for a decent bit, and I'm wondering if it is a good idea or not
:sv/terapagos-terastal: Typingsor something idk.
Pet Mod Concept: Creating new custom typings, and trying to fit them all into the National Dex OU metagame.
Each slate would go as follows:
Submitting Typings ~3-4 days
-Everyone submits a custom typing they want to see get added to the pet mod, this would include: Weaknesses, Resistances, Immunities and Offensive Coverage (what typings are weak to, resist, and are immune to this type). (this does include the other custom typings in the pet mod).
Name: Sound
Weaknesses: Bug, Psychic, Flying Resistances: Steel, Electric, Water Immunities: Fairy Other: All sound-type moves have the ability to hit through substitute
Reasoning: A great defensive type, it has a very solid defensive lineup with good offensive types in it (mainly fairy and electric). Its offensive lineup is alright, normal and ice are uncommon enough that it can't really be a large issue. The same goes for its weaknesses, bug could end up being bad because of how common u-turn is, but most u-turn users aren't stab, and most bug-types who could threaten powerful moves like first impression or megahorn aren't very viable.
# note: this is just a rough example, in practice i think this type and the other examples included could be somewhat unbalanced, it's just something quick i made as an example of what it might look like.
Vetoes ~1-2 days
-Certain submissions are vetoed, and if your submission is vetoed, you must edit it or it'll be removed from voting. If all submissions are OK, then this part is skipped.
Voting Typings ~2-3 days
-Everyone votes for the top 3 typings they want to see get added, in order from number 1 (most want) to number 3 (least want). The number 1 pick gets 3 points, number 2 gets 2 points, and number 3 gets 1 point.
1. Sound
2. Light
3. Cosmic
Sound gets 3 points, as it is number 1
Light gets 2 points, as it is number 2
And Cosmic gets 1 point, as it is number 3
Applying The Typing ~4-5 days
-After a type has been voted in to be this slates newly added type, everyone may now apply it. This means:
-Giving the typing to pre-existing pokemon (no fakemon)
-Giving the typing to pre-existing moves
-Creating new moves of that typing (note that for distribution, the council will probably step in afterwards to alter it a bit and make sure all mons have STAB and stuff)
-Creating new abilities for that typing
-Creating new items for that typing -Creating new field effects for that typing(?)
-Each person may make ~2 submissions of each category. (may be changed depending on how many people participate? not sure)
:sv/clefable: Name Of Pokemon: Clefable Old Typing: :fairy: New Typing: :fairy: +sound
Reasoning: Clefable trades its steel/poison weakness for poison/flying/psychic weakness, which in my opinion is a better trade, since steel is a common and strong type. It also gains some amazing resistances, (resists: dark, fighting, dragon, fairy, water and electric), including two immunities. All of which are relatively common coverage (dark is also used for utility like knock), except for dragon and water. Its newly obtained sound type also let it threaten the steel types which it was originally unable to. Offensive matchups don't matter as much, since clefable is very defensive though.
:dragonite::garchomp::tyranitar: Name Of Move: Roar Old Typing: :Normal: New Typing: sound
Reasoning: Exclusively flavour, has no competitive difference.
:squawkabilly: Name: Disorienting Noise Category: Physical Accuracy: 90 Power: 85 PP: 16 Secondary Effect: Has a 30% chance to cause confusion
Reasoning: Solid physical sound move, considering that i'd expect most sound moves to be special (how many physical things can you really do with sound), i thought it'd be nice to have this. It's pretty basic other than that.
:obstagoon: Name: Audiate Effect: This pokemon's normal type moves become sound type and deal 1.2x damage
Distribution: :obstagoon::audino-mega:
Reasoning: Generic -ate ability, allows a much needed buff to obstagoon's offensive abilities as a sweeper mon, since obstagoon is usually forced to choose between running guts/bulk up and dealing with its mid speed, or running scarf and not having enough damage output.
Reasoning: Classic damage-boosting item, every other type has one so it makes sense on this.
Vetoes ~1-2 days
-Certain submissions are vetoed, and the submitter must edit it or it'll be removed from voting. If all submissions are OK, then this part is skipped. Note that, unlike in the previous section where you vote which type you want, you would not vote for the applications, in order to make sure the type is applied enough. (note that this veto round would most likely need to be more strict than the other one, as we do not have voting to weed out bad subs).
Ruleset/Banlist: Standard National Dex OU (could possibly unban tera to make more use of the type gimmick? probably not though, as i hate tera) Miscellaneous: some templates:
Name:
Weaknesses: Resistances: Immunities(?): (not required) Other(?): (not required) # note: by 'other' it means other effects/immunities, such as fire being immune to burn, grass being immune to powder, steel being immune to sandstorm, etc
Super Effective Against: Resisted By: Immune Against(?): (not required)
Reasoning:
Name Of Pokemon: Old Typing: New Typing:
Reasoning:
Name Of Move: Old Typing: New Typing: Secondary Effect Change(?): (not necessary)
Reasoning:
Name: Category: (physical/special/status) Accuracy: Power: PP: Secondary Effect(?): (preferable but not required)
