Resource Solomods Megathread

[McBruh]

Name of Mod: Multitype

Link to changes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qb60VWG8ZJR1hn1oER_ocRQOIWYjZE-FP6IMctv6ezI/edit?usp=sharing

Summary of the Mod: In this 9v9 National Dex Doubles OU meta, players build with 9 Pokemon (use boxes instead of teams in the Showdown builder) featuring every type in the game (barring Stellar). So this means all Pokémon must be dual type and none of them can share the same type. Essentially it's having all 18 types in the same team. Regarding Megas, only the ones that share the same type as their base form are allowed. Every other rule remains identical to NatDex Doubles OU except that Z-moves are allowed, some pokemon unbans (refer to the spreadsheet), and sleep clause implemented. And of course Tera is banned because it defies the concept of Multitype. Note all type changing moves/abilities/items (eg: Burn Up, Forest's Curse, Protean, Altarianite, etc) EXCEPT for Roost are BANNED) Players will have to expertly manage what types are taken by what Pokemon as to ensure a cohesive and powerful team.

Competitive Overview: Since you have to build with every type, you really need to be careful about any overlap and what types you’re left with. The latter part especially as to not leave you with either shitmons or unusable type combos. And thanks to there being 9 mons per team, even as a Doubles meta, hazards end up becoming quite important to ensure progress and limit certain mons. This also implements the necessity of having hazard removal, either with defog or spin. Additionally, bulky archetypes are far better in this format due to games lasting longer, but offense is incredibly strong too. So far, we’re still testing out some stuff to see if things should stick or not like Genesect and Last Respects. The community so far has been cooking up some pretty interesting sets and teams like:

Urshifu Rain


Mega Gallade Semiroon


Sun Semiroom


Ferrothorn Ting-Lu Hazard Stack

Challenge code

/challenge gen9nationaldexdoubles @@@ maxteamsize=9, +Shedinja, +Stakataka, +Urshifu, +Urshifu-Rapid-Strike, +Genesect, Terastal clause, Sleep clause mod, !Gravity Sleep clause , -Burn Up, -Camouflage, -Double Shock, -Magic Powder, -Reflect Type, -Relic Song, -Soak, -Forest's Curse, -Trick-or-Treat

Discord server

https://discord.gg/VZsrzZSZSW

 

[Soda_Eesti]

33 Valuemons​

Announcement
The following in relation to the format is happening and I'd like to make a new post about it, as well as update the OP to reflect these changes.

We now have Resources!!!
We now have Sample Teams and a VR for 33v 3.21, as well as having a better challenge command. Huge thanks to AthenaStrive9, sheepie, Nintindall64, fungaii, Grounded and ferretman1 for help on these resources.

These resources are available here as well as in the OP.

The Beta version of 3.3 is released!
With help with the remaining council, I was able to push out a beta version of 3.3. It's not the current format quite yet, and we still have some things to go over, but its ready to be played with some of the biggest issues in 3.21 being addressed, such as the domnance of Rain over the format.

Hopefully this new update, despite not being fully released, can help revitalize the format in a new and fresh way. You can check it out here.​

 

[Yoshiblaze]

leader of the solomods subforum finally fills his second solomod slot after over two years, incredible

I already gave the spiel about having a million unreleased solomods back when I dropped Stadium YB and somehow the problem got even worse. Partially because at many points I didn't have time to maintain a metagame (on top of whatever other Pet Mods stuff I was doing), partially because a lot of my ideas are far from beginner friendly, and partially because I just move on from ideas really quickly (even this one took awhile to release, as it's been ready-to-go since like February lol). But this very simple idea actually stuck for me and I think will make for a compact and fun metagame to get into while I work on future projects, so I'm hoping that you'll give it a try, even if it's in a generation that Pet Mods haven't really explored yet.

Name of Mod: Best Wishes from YB
Mascot (Optional):
Link to Changes: Spreadsheet
Summary of the Mod: This is a Gen 5-based micrometa where only Pokemon introduced in Gen 5 are allowed, with most of them being rebalanced in an attempt to make most, if not all, FEs viable. This idea was directly inspired by a previously discussed Pet Mod idea from years ago by Yung Dramps and AquaticPanic called Perfect Unova that would've been very similar (I did get permission from Aquatic to release this). Some universal adjustments have been made as well, namely a nerf to Gems and an overhaul of Freeze, but everything else follows Gen 5 mechanics. Best Wishes from YB is already playable on DH.
Competitive Overview:

Ruleset

Rules
Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokémon
OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
Moody Clause: Moody is banned
Evasion Items Clause: Evasion items are banned
Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
HP Percentage Mod: HP is shown in percentages
Sleep Moves Clause: Sleep-inducing moves are banned
Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned

Banned Pokemon
(A later section goes more in-depth on my thoughts on the banned Pokemon)
Kyurem-White
Reshiram
Zekrom
+ All Pokemon not from the Unova Region

Banned Moves/Items/Abilities
Assist
Baton Pass
Hidden Power

King's Rock
Razor Fang

Shadow Tag

Changed Mechanics, Moves, Items, and Abilities

Only the most major changes are listed here, a full list can be seen in the spreadsheet linked above.

Mechanics
Snow
Replaces Hail, works exactly as it does in Gen 9. Snow Warning and the move Hail now set Snow.

Freeze
Has received a complete overhaul, with the following changes:
- No longer immobilizing the afflicted Pokemon
- Affected Pokemon now lose 1/16 of their max HP at the end of every turn (1/8 in Snow)
- Affected Pokemon take 30% more damage from attacks (basically, every attack against them gets a Life Orb boost)
- Pokemon can still naturally thaw out of freeze, but the chance is now only 10% per turn
- Other methods of thawing out still work
- Fire-types are now immune to freeze
- The Snowball item has been added to the game and inflicts freeze when flung - this is the only guaranteed way to inflict freeze
- Facade is now boosted by freeze (and sleep) and Synchronize now activates if the Pokemon with it is frozen
These changes remove the uncompetitiveness of freeze while still making Ice-type moves scary for walls come in on, since the damage boost + chip damage might get them in range of an unexpected 2HKO.

Paralysis & Confusion
Paralysis and confusion now work like they do in Gen 9, except that paralysis still lowers Speed by 0.25x. This, along with limited Steel-type options and strong Dragons like Haxorus and Kyurem-Black, is why Outrage has been nerfed to 100 BP.

Moves
Defog
Now works like Gen 6 Defog, removing hazards from both sides of the field - While this is a crazy change to make on paper, it's actually quite low impact, since Defog options are extremely limited and the options that do exist (mainly Mandibuzz, Whimsicott, and Braviary) all kinda suck. Thus, hazards remain strong if you're not using an Excadrill to get rid of them, but you have a few new options for teams that absolutely need hazard control.

Teleport
Now switches the user out - DryPass: The Move, was originally supposed to a change to Baton Pass to unban it and add some more pivoting options, but I couldn't figure out how to stop Baton Pass from passing volatiles, so I put the changes on Teleport instead and gave it Baton Pass' distribution. This is why weird stuff like Liepard and Scolipede get the move.

Swallow & Spit Up
Both of these moves now have effects when you have no Stockpiles:
Swallow - Now heals 1/3 of the user's max HP when the user has no Stockpiles, 1/2 at 1, 2/3 at 2, and all HP at 3.
Spit Up - Now has 50 BP when the user has no Stockpiles.
This mainly serves to buff Swallow, now being a decent recovery option for Heatmor and Garbodor.

Items
Gems
Gems are unbanned, receiving a big power nerf, going from 50% to 30%, but in return they now also give the affected move an additional effect. Some notable ones include:
Dark - Removes the foe's item after dealing damage - Probably the best gem effect since its effect is uniquely permanent, turns 1 Dark move into Knock Off. I'd say that this is the second best gem overall and will probably be the most common one.
Electric, Poison, Ground, Rock, Steel - Lowers the foe's Evasion/Special Defense/Attack/Special Attack/Defense by 1 stage - These five gems all lower stats, with the best of these being Poison and Steel, as these normally awful offensive typings can be used to force switches or bust through walls with their defense drops.
Flying - Gives the foe the Telekinesis effect - This effect isn't terribly strong, but the Flying Gem will always have a use-case because of Acrobatics, though it's also kinda nice to guarantee hitting a second Hurricane after managing to hit the first one.
Psychic - Gives the foe the Heal Block effect - Longer Psychic Noise on any one Psychic move, can similarly force walls into awkward positions like Poison and Steel Gem.
Additionally, Unnerve now prevents Gems from activating

Light Ball
Now works on Emolga, which, along with a stat overhaul and minor movepool buffs, makes Emolga into a fun glass cannon.

Abilities
Speed-boosting Weather Abilities
With all 4 weathers present in the tier (more on that later), finding a way to unban the likes of Chlorophyll and Swift Swim felt like a good opportunity to further shake up the weather metagame, so they all been unbanned but with a couple changes:
- Chlorophyll, Sand Rush, and Swift Swim now only boost Speed by 1.5x in their respective weathers.
- Slush Rush now exists and also only boosts Speed by 1.5x.
- Drilbur and Excadrill no longer have Sand Rush
These give weather teams good forms of Speed control but said Speed control is only as strong as a Choice Scarf, often still requiring abusers to run Speed boosting natures, lest they get revenge killed by Scarfers naturally fast mons, being much more along the lines of Protosynthesis Speed-boosting in Gen 9. Plus, without Sand Rush Excadrill, the wielders of these strong abilities aren't particularly crazy, with the best for each weather being Seismitoad, Sawsbuck, Stoutland, and Beartic, who all have multiple other faults that keep them from being overwhelming, or even automatic inclusions on weather teams.

Snow Cloak / Sand Veil
These abilities take a page from VaporeMons and now make the Pokemon immune to indirect damage in their respective weathers, instead of increasing Evasion. They remain niche but really nice to have to avoid damage form hazards or Life Orb.

Sand Force
Excadrill also got its other weather ability nerfed, as Sand Force now only boosts the power of Ground, Steel, and Rock moves by 1.2x in Sand instead of 1.3x, making Excadrill and the unbanned Landorus much easier to handle in Sand.

Download
Genesect is unbanned, needing multiple nerfs to to do so, with one of them being Download. Now, the stat boost goes away at the end of the next turn, which makes it harder for Genesect to snowball after getting the right boost. This encourages its VoltTurning playstyle, but (spoiler alert) with Genesect getting a massive Attack nerf, said playstyle is much less powerful.

Future Gen Abilities/Moves
Along with the aforementioned Slush Rush, a couple future generation abilities and moves have been added as either unique buffs or flavor to a few mons
Samurott & Leavanny get Sharpness - Samurott also now gets Sacred Sword
Swanna gets Gale Wings (Gen 7+ version) - Swanna also got a big HP buff, making it a niche Keldeo answer
Bouffalant gets Fur Coat - Along with some stat rearrangement and movepool buffs, Bouff now serves as a decent blanket check to physical attackers
Eelektross, Emolga, and Stunfisk get Parabolic Charge, which is now a 65 BP Electric-type Draining Kiss clone - Mainly here to buff Eelektross as a bulky set up mon, since it also now gets Calm Mind
Cobalion gets Tachyon Cutter - Steel is still a bad offensive typing pre-Gen 6, but Tachyon Cutter's notable power jump compared to Flash Cannon makes it a great option on Coba
Terrakion gets Mighty Cleave, which is now 65 BP and no longer makes contact - Had to add this if I was adding Tachyon Cutter, you won't use it over Stone Edge but it exists. You'll find out what Virizion got in the next section, as it's definitely not Psyblade
Cinccino gets Tidy Up - Adds another niche hazard control option with some (literal) sweeping potential
Sawk & Throh get Upper Hand - Added solely for Reversal Sawk shenanigans, since Upper Hand makes it so that you can't get revenged by priority if you win the mindgame

Weather Wars

Probably the absolutely biggest change I made was adding weather setters for all four weathers, retaining Gen 5's iconic weather wars. While weather-less teams are perfectly viable and powerful, most teams will want to opt for a weather setter, so you'll want to know what you'll be working with.

SAND
The Setter

Sets

Gigalith @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock / Toxic
- Protect / Toxic / Gravity

Gigalith @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Superpower
- Stealth Rock / Toxic / Explosion

Gigalith gets Sand Stream from its Gen 7 buff, along with its slight SpD buff from Gen 6, now serving as Tyranitar's replacement in this metagame. Gigalith is fairly lacking in options and pure-Rock isn't great, but it boasts great all-around stats aside from Speed and adequate utility in Stealth Rock, Toxic, and even Gravity to keep it from being deadweight. It's also the slowest weather setter, giving it the advantage on a double weather lead. Through my playtesting, I'd probably say that Sand is the best weather and most all-around weather, having both great abusers and a solid setter.

The Abusers

Excadrill - While lacking Sand Rush, Excadrill is still one of the best Pokemon in the tier and an amazing Sand abuser, thanks to the amazing offensive utility it yields with its great power, bulk, and typing plus Rapid Spin, helped by Sand Force boosting its STABs by 20%.
Landorus - Landorus has been unbanned with significant nerfs, with a new statline of 89/115/80/105/70/101, the loss of Sheer Force for Cloud Nine, and Sand Force's nerf. Despite all of that, Landorus remains one of the most powerful offensive mons in the tier, which just gets further boosted by Sand activating Sand Force.
Stoutland - Definitely a step down from the two top tier Ground-type behemoths, but Stoutland is the only Sand Rush abuser, so its ability to provide Speed control on dedicated Sand teams while still hitting pretty hard is much appreciated.
Other Abusers - Anything immune to Sand chip works on Sand teams, particularly the always good Ferrothorn and Reuniclus, as well as the unbanned Genesect as a pivot that beats Grass-types for your Ground-types.

RAIN
The Setter

Set

Basculin @ Choice Scarf / Choice Band
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Waterfall
- Final Gambit / Aqua Jet
- Crunch
- Superpower

Basculin-Blue-Striped @ Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Scald
- Toxic
- Taunt

Rain teams are forced to use the lowly Basculin, who I'd say is by far the worst weather setter. However, I'd still say that Rain is the second best weather thanks to how great its abusers are. Plus, it's not like you're playing 5v6 when you choose to bring Rain, since Basculin can still do some things. Scarf Basculin provides nice Speed control without having to use Seismitoad and makes for a good revenge killer, Banded Basculin hits hard and lures Ferrothorn in to smack it with Superpower, and Defensive Basculin makes re-setting rain more consistent and baits in Keldeo checks like Jellicent and Musharna to annoy them with Toxic + Taunt.

The Abusers

Keldeo - Keldeo has gotten a number of nerfs (discussed later) but still remains a terrifying attacker, made scarier by Rain boosting its Surfs and Hydro Pumps to insane levels.
Tornadus-Therian - Torn-T has also gotten a bunch of nerfs (most notably losing Regenerator for Trace) but it's still faster than most of the metagame and Gen 5 Hurricane is still a crazy move, so being able to click that to your heart's content is great.
Thundurus(-Therian) - The best Electric-types to click Thunder with, while also providing Rain teams with a useful Grass resist.
Seismitoad - The best Swift Swimmer, while its Speed tier is middling and it's quite weak, having that free 1.5x Speed while providing a ton of role compression for Rain (Speed Control, Hazard Setter, Ground to block Volt Switch, Wallbreaker, etc.) makes Seismitoad a great option.
Other Abusers - Rain is pretty open for options, aside from Fire-types for the most part, but Genesect and Ferrothorn deserve obvious shoutouts since Rain means that they don't have to worry about Fire moves as much. Both Jellicent and Amoonguss are nice as Keldeo checks as well, since your own Rain buffs it.

SUN
The Setter

Sets

Heatmor @ Leftovers
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Flamethrower
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
- Will-O-Wisp
- Swallow

Sun's setter is Heatmor, who's received the biggest overhaul of all the weather setters. Not only does it now have recovery in the buffed Swallow, but it has a completely new stat spread that's a rearrangement of Durant's stats, being 58/48/109/109/112/48. This makes Heatmor a fairly sturdy defensive piece for Sun teams, letting you stack the rest of your team with offensive options. Sun is overall pretty middling, both in terms of its setter and abusers, but still very potent in the right circumstances.

The Abusers

Virizion - Cobalion got Tachyon Cutter and Terrakion got Mighty Cleave, so what did Virizion get? Psyblade wouldn't make sense, so instead Virizion gets Solar Blade as a signature move. But, instead of regular Solar Blade, it instead is 80 BP but raises the user's Attack by 1 on the charge turn, making it a physical Electro Shot in Sun. With Virizion's high Speed and sneakily good typing, it becomes a scary sweeper in Sun that naturally threatens every other weather setter, making it hard to stop once it gets going, though it has to actually get going first.
Volcarona - Volcarona is still a pretty big menace and expectedly loves the Sun boosting its Fire moves to nuclear levels. However, Volcarona's Speed has gotten a massive nerf down to 75, meaning that it further appreciates Sun weakening Water moves for it, since it often needs 2 Quiver Dances to outspeed everything it needs to.
Sawsbuck - It's a bit of a competition between Lilligant and Sawsbuck, but I think the latter is the best Chlorophyll mon. Swords Dance makes Sawsbuck a scary sweeper in Sun, with Double-Edge/Horn Leech/Nature Power (which becomes Earthquake in Gen 5) covering most of the metagame, or you could even run a Jump Kick or a Fire-type Natural Gift to nab Ferrothorn.
Lilligant - Lilligant is also still worth talking about, since it's quite powerful, can sweep with Quiver Dance, or support the team with Healing Wish.
*NEW* Maractus - I heavily underrated this thing, its stats are extremely middling Leaf Storm/Weather Ball nukes like 90% of the meta it's hilarious, might genuinely be the best Sun Abuser.
Other Abusers - Strong Fire-types in general are great in Sun, with the best aside from Volcarona being Victini and maybe Simisear, and anything weak to Water also appreciates the Sun.

SNOW
The Setter

Set

Vanilluxe @ Choice Specs / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Ice Beam
- Water Pulse / Ice Shard
- Flash Cannon

I might be wrong about this once the meta gets real play, but I personally think that Vanilluxe is the best weather setter in a vacuum. While its Speed and Rocks-weakness are poor, the nuclear power of Specs Blizzard is undeniable, even shredding through many resists to it. However, as a full archetype, Snow is definitely the worst of the weathers due to its lackluster dedicated abusers. Still, Vanilluxe's role as one of the strongest wallbreakers in the entire tier make it quite worth using, just don't expect to base your team around the weather it sets.

The Abusers

Cryogonal - The best dedicated Snow abuser. Snow Cloak allows Cryogonal to ignore its Rocks-weakness if Snow is active, making it a good spinner for Snow teams. Plus, Cryogonal now has its Gen 7 stat spread, a new Ice/Dark-typing, and Nasty Plot, making it a pretty good sweeper at the same time.
Kyurem-Black - Kyurem-Black is great in and out of Snow, but Snow allows it to take its power to next level by letting it opt for Blizzard over Ice Beam. The Defense buff from Snow also improves Kyu-B's already great bulk, giving it much more longevity.
Beartic - Despite a number of buffs, Beartic is still pretty unimpressive since it's so slow, but it's worth mentioning since it's the only fully evolved Slush Rush user. However...
Vanillish - Vanillish now has Slush Rush and also got a whopping +1 Speed buff, which allows it to hit 360 Speed, which is extremely important since that lets it outspeed Serperior, who's a menace. Vanillish is quite weak and frail, so it's more of a meme than anything but a fast Blizzard is a fast Blizzard.

The Best (and the Banned) Pokemon

The Best
This section briefly goes over some of the best Pokemon in the tier that I've found through my playtesting.

This will mainly focus on stuff that's both very good and have gotten significant changes, so while I won't talk about them, do note that the following Pokemon are all very good as well but either are unchanged or got minor changes:

Sets

Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- U-turn
- Ice Beam
- Bug Buzz
- Flamethrower / Thunder

Genesect @ Leftovers
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- U-turn
- Bug Buzz
- Flamethrower / Thunder / Ice Beam
- Toxic / Thunder Wave / Thunder / Ice Beam

Genesect has gotten some significant nerfs and yet is a contender for the best Pokemon in the entire tier. Along with the aforementioned Download nerf, Genesect lost all of its Speed-boosting options and, most importantly, its stat spread has been completely changed. It now has the stats it had in the earliest Beta version of Black & White, being 91/90/106/130/106/77. You might notice that these are literally Heatran's stats and it took me an embarrassingly long time to also notice that, I'm not gonna lie to you (this is also probably why, in Beta V1, Genesect had Flash Fire as well). While a significant nerf, since being slow and having a way lower Attack stat makes its patented Scarf U-turns much worse, these stats are still very good, so it's no surprise that Genesect is still great, mainly serving as a bulky pivot for offensive teams that can be quite threatening if it manages to get a SpA boost from Download. Very splashable and effective, and definitely on my radar for further nerfs.

Sets

Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Force / Cloud Nine
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn / Superpower

Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Force / Cloud Nine
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Earth Power
- Focus Blast
- Grass Knot / Psychic

Landorus lost Sheer Force for Calm Mind and lost 40 BST, having a new statline of 89/115/80/105/70/101. In spite of all that, this thing is still a crazy strong wallbreaker, with Life Orb-boosted EQ hitting like a truck in and out of Sand, U-turn hitting Grass-types that resist it, and having Swords Dance, Stone Edge, and Superpower to mess up other checks to it. It's also still pretty fast by this metagame's standards, so you might find yourself in the scary situation where it outspeeds most of your team. At the very least, it's pretty frail (despite a great defensive typing) and there are a good number of good Pokemon that can outspeed and revenge kill it. Still, this is also on my radar for nerfs.

Sets

Serperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Substitute / Giga Drain
- Dragon Pulse
- Leech Seed / Glare

Serperior @ Light Clay
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Glare / Taunt

This Pokemon is like 99% of the reason why Hidden Power is banned. While almost completely incapable of beating Steel-types, Contrary Serperior with Gen 5's 140 BP Leaf Storm is an extremely scary sweeper, especially since it still has a great 113 Speed tier and Glare for possible cheese. Keep your Grass resists healthy at all costs and you should be fine. Also definitely on my nerf radar.

Sets

Unfezant @ Leftovers
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- U-turn
- Toxic

Unfezant (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Iron Head
- Roost
- Swords Dance

Unfezant has had the craziest history of changes while this mod was in development, rivaled only by Tornadus-Therian. This thing has had its stats, typing, and especially abilities changed like 5 times, it's insane. Unfezant is now a Flying/Steel-type with 92 HP, 115 Atk, Brave Bird, and Steel STAB in Iron Head. All of this makes it the quintessential Steel Bird, built specifically to be a splashable answer to strong Dragons like Hydreigon and Haxorus, while also handling the likes of Excadrill, Landorus, and Serperior. Its only huge weakness is that its special bulk is pretty awful, especially since it can't comfortably invest into it since it becomes way worse into SD Lando or Haxorus, so pick its battles carefully.

Sets

Keldeo @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
- Surf

Keldeo @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Toxic
- Protect / Substitute / Taunt

Keldeo @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword
- Taunt

Keldeo has gotten a couple stat nerfs, getting its SpA lowered to 119 and its Speed lowered to 97 (the other Musketeers also had their highest stat lowered to 119, but the others have 107 Speed), making it a little easier to wall and much easier to revenge kill. Still, Keldeo is an absolute demon, either smashing things apart with Rain-boosted STAB, or completely turning the tables on its usual counters with Toxic + Protect or Substitute.

Sets

Musharna @ Leftovers
Ability: Cloud Nine
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Psychic
- Toxic / Thunder Wave / Heal Bell
- Moonlight
- Teleport

:HyperSharna:
Musharna has gotten 3 huge buffs that make it one of the most splashable defense pivots in the tier, in the earlier discussed Teleport, Cloud Nine, and a +10 HP buff. Cloud Nine + its Psychic typing makes Musharna an easy to use Keldeo answer, while Cloud Nine in general just an extremely useful tool on a defensive Pokemon in a weather war meta, letting Musharna either check or pivot on stuff like Virizion in Sun and Seismitoad in Rain. This also means that its recovery move, Moonlight, never gets weakened by non-Sun weathers. Musharna is still extremely passive, mostly relying on Toxic to deal damage, and gets owned by Toxic itself, as Heal Bell is hard to fit.

Sets

Tornadus-Therian (M) @ Life Orb / Chesto Berry
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Heat Wave / Focus Blast
- Taunt / Rest

Tornadus-Therian @ Life Orb
Ability: Trace
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Hurricane
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Taunt

Tornadus-T lost Regenerator and has a new stat spread of 79/105/85/105/85/121, making it a bit weaker than before (on the special side, anyway) and having no where near the longevity it used to have. Even so, it still has a good enough SpA and elite Speed, plus the terror that is 120 BP Hurricane, making Torn-T the premier fast revenge killer in the tier. You have to be much more careful in using it, since either it'll die in a couple interactions or you'll be forced to use RestoChesto to keep it healthy, but those drawbacks are well worth it. It's basically the Dragapult of the tier.

The Banned

Aside from everything outside of Gen 5 being banned, the only banned Pokemon are Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyurem-White. I currently don't have plans to unban them, as adding 3 more strong Dragons that all easily beat Unfezant and 2/3 beat Ferrothorn/Genesect feels a bit dangerous, considering how good already existent Dragons in KyuB, Hydreigon, and Haxorus are. It's a bit of a shame too, since Reshiram would add a new strong Fire-type to the tier, which it lacks, and Kyurem-White would be a good buff to Snow.

If I were to free these Pokemon, they would likely need some slight movepool nerfs (since all 3, especially Zekrom, have pretty bad movepools by box legendary standards), nerfs to their signature moves, and the following stat spread nerfs I've theorized:
100/140/120/100/90/90
100/100/90/140/120/90
125/120/80/120/80/95 (nerfed for symmetry)
125/160/90/110/80/95 (nerfed for symmetry)
125/110/80/160/90/95

These would be balanced for the most part, but I'd imagine that Kyurem-White would still be pretty broken, as absolutely nothing is gonna wanna take on a mon with 160 SpA and Dragon/Ice/Fire coverage in Gen 5, very likely needing further nerfs that would end up gutting Kyurem and Kyurem-Black in the process. Even still, if this metagame does get enough play, I can definitely see myself freeing these three at some point.

Other Notable Pokemon

This section is made up of Pokemon I think are cool but aren't quite at the level of the ones in the above section.

Sets

Archeops @ Focus Sash
Ability: Defeatist
EVs: 236 Atk / 20 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Hurricane
- Superpower / Earth Power
- Stone Edge / Power Gem / Taunt
- Stealth Rock
(run max spa + timid if you only have special moves)

Archeops @ Choice Specs
Ability: Defeatist
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Power Gem
- Hurricane
- Heat Wave
- U-turn

Archeops @ Choice Band
Ability: Defeatist
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- U-turn

Archeops got a litany of buffs, including Brave Bird, Superpower, Hurricane, and, most importantly, a change to Defeatist. The ability still sucks, but now it only lowers Archeops' Attack at under half of its HP. This opens up potential mixed sets that can hit hard on both sides of the spectrum early and still hit hard specially after getting chipped. Rather expectedly though, I've been the best off with sets that focus on one or the other, since you either have a crazy strong physical breaker for part of the game, or a decently strong special breaker for the whole game. I've also realized that Archeops makes for a great lead, having the fastest Stealth Rock in the tier and the ability to offensively threaten every hazard remover with its STAB and Fighting or Ground coverage.

Set

Watchog @ Choice Band
Ability: Tinted Lens
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Frustration
- Drain Punch
- Crunch

I really like Lokix, so I turned Watchog into Lokix. Tinted Lens + STAB Extreme Speed is extremely self-explanatory, makes for the strongest Speed control option in the tier, letting this Route 1 Rodent put the fear of God into mons that have double the stats it does. Oh, and don't worry, it doesn't get Swords Dance anymore, Watchog of all things imitating Arceus would be blasphemy.

Sets

Zebstrika @ Life Orb
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wild Charge
- Nature Power
- Flare Blitz
- Volt Switch

Zebstrika got one of the funnier buffs, as I realized that the Unova Pokedex lacks good things faster than both Keldeo (before I nerfed its Speed) and Tornadus-T, so I gave Zebstrika a ton more Speed to get it to 137, comfortably zooming past them both. Along with Nature Power (AKA Earthquake), Zebstrika is basically the Zeraora of the tier, being super fast and fairly strong but still frail. There are a good number of mons that Zeb can't really touch, namely Lando-T, but if you need a Speed control option that's actually fast, Zebstrika is a great choice.

Sets

Zorua @ Choice Scarf / Eviolite
Ability: Imposter
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play / Night Daze
- Memento
- U-turn
- Trick

Zoroark @ Choice Specs
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Night Daze / Dark Pulse
- Focus Blast
- U-turn
- Extrasensory

Zoroark @ Life Orb
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Night Daze / Dark Pulse
- Focus Blast
- Extrasensory

Both Zorua and Zoroark got some pretty neat changes. First, both take a cue from their Hisuian forms and are now Dark/Ghost, which allows Zoroark to fill the role of a fast Ghost-type that Unova lacks, and also being the second thing in the dex with no weaknesses (though Zoroark is still extremely frail). Second, Night Daze has been changed to have the same BP and Accuracy as Dark Pulse, but instead of lowering Accuracy, it now removes weather if it hits, giving weatherless teams some funny and proactive counterplay to opposing weather, but not being strictly better than Dark Pulse so you can still use the latter on weather teams. Lastly, the biggest elephant in the room if you looked at the Sets already, Zorua now gets Imposter, filling the role of a Ditto. You'll usually want to run Scarf as your usual Imposter revenge killer, but since Zorua is Eviolite-compatible, you can go for that as well, though its 40 HP means that you're still pretty frail either way.

Sets

Meloetta @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- U-turn

Meloetta @ Life Orb
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast

Meloetta @ Choice Specs
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Thunderbolt
- Relic Song

Meloetta @ Life Orb
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Relic Song
- Close Combat
- Shadow Claw
- U-turn

It figures that I would add a way to use Meloetta-Pirouette, but instead of the usual route of making it transform on switch-in with an item that we've seen in a bunch of mods, I decided to buff Relic Song itself to make transforming less of a hassle. Relic Song is now only 60 BP and no longer has a sleep chance, but it now has +1 priority and becomes physical if the user's Attack is higher than its SpA. This makes Relic Song a great move in both forms and makes transforming consistent, since the move will almost always go off first, which lets you safely transform in front of the Dark-types (not named Zoroark) that Melo-P is supposed to beat. Plus, you can also just slap a Choice Specs on Melo and use Relic Song as a revenge killing tool due to how strong of a priority move it is. Oh, and Meloetta also gets Rapid Spin now, making for a decent alternative option as a hazard remover.

Other Cool Things
Has gotten an overhaul, now being Dragon/Ground and having recovery in Roost. Makes for a great bulky hazard setter on teams that need a Ground with better longevity than your default options in Excadrill and Lando-T.
Zen Mode now activates on switch-in, regardless of Darm's HP, allowing you to use Zen Darmanitan as a nice Trick Room breaker.
The other mon that benefits from the buff to Swallow, Garbodor makes for a nice wall with that + slight buffs to both of its defenses + a new ability in Unaware.
This got a bunch of buffs, with a new stat spread (75/60/91/106/67/76), Weather Ball, Leaf Storm, and Recover, plus buffed Sand Veil, all things that should technically make it a good Keldeo check for Sand teams or a strong Chlorophyll user as the only one that can beat Ferrothorn without setup or an item slot, but I haven't tested it much.
Now has Arena Trap, which is very funny. It mostly sucks but Sash + Counter can actually be very effective at sniping Choiced physical attackers, can trap Gigalith for Sun teams if it gets a free switch-in, and it can even trap defensive Excadrill since it outspeeds it.

Sample Sets, Sample Teams, and Replays

Full Dex Samples

Sample Teams
- Genesect Sand
- Lead Archeops Rain
- Snow Offense
- Sawsbuck Sun
- Screens
- Weatherless Conkeldurr
- Scarf Terrakion Balance

Replays
(all of these are me playing against myself until i get people to play this)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-15-nullpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-1
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-1377
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-1376

Viability List

Very High


High


Mid


Low


UR But Unique


kinda just bad / getting more buffs one day


Banned

Watchlist

Patch/Tiering History

6/13/25 - Metagame is made live
6/15/25 - Egg move capability bug fixed, Mythicals can now freely be shiny

Hello! I'm talking about one of my own solomods instead of doing section leader stuff for once, as Best Wishes from YB is going to be a part of SoloPL this year! (still don't know how that happened)

With the occasion, I've come with some quick balance changes, mainly to address two issues that came up in playtesting, being Serperior and the how strong spinblocking is
Serperior will lose 5 SpA and 10 Spe, and gain 15 Attack (new stats: 75/90/95/70/95/103) - Serperior has been a demon since the metagame started, and big reason for that is its goofy Speed tier, so now you have a lot more options to stop it from sweeping your team, namely Terrakion, Tornadus-I, and Zoroark, while Serperior is still a good option to slow down or revenge stuff like Landorus-I or Keldeo. Also gets a very slight power nerf to make boosted Leaf Storms a smidge less lethal.
Escavalier now gets Gyro Ball and Rapid Spin - A little meta preview for anyone new to meta and is looking to play it in SoloPL, it was recently discovered that Air Balloon Zoroark (who is Dark/Ghost here) is shockingly an extremely effective spinblocker, since all the tier's spinners either can't touch it without teching stuff they don't want (SpD Excadrill, Throh, Meloetta) or just suck (Klinklang, Cryogonal, Carracosta), making it really tough to remove hazards against it (even with Gen 6 Defog in the game, since its users are also pretty weak by design). Making Escavalier a Spinner adds an option that can comfortably damage Zoroark, making the Zoroark user weary of switching it in, while Zoroark can't touch Escavalier unless it drops Focus Blast for Flamethrower, which worsens its matchup into SpD Excadrill and Dark-types like Hydreigon. Zoroark will still be a good spinblocker, but now the Zoroark user has to make more choices both in the builder and in game. Gyro Ball is an extra buff to make Escav less passive as a defensive mon and better offensively if you're running Trick Room or something.
Mienshao and Meloetta now get Healing Wish - There was a realization that Healing Wish was actually super uncommon in the Gen 5 dex, so I've added it to a couple mid tier mons to both give them a boost and make the option more available to the offense and balance teams that might want it.
The Simis gain +4 Atk, SpA, and Spe (new stats: 75/104/63/104/63/106) - Mostly an extra buff to some bottom tier mons, namely to give them a much better Speed tier as glass cannons, while the boost to their offenses simply gives them an even 515 BST. Simisear is the biggest benefactor here, as it was already the fastest Sun nuke between it, Darmanitan, and Victini, but now outspeeding Zoroark, buffed Mienshao, and nerfed Serperior should give you more of a reason to consider it.
EDIT: oops forgot one
Throh & Sawk now get Foresight, Focus Punch, and Drain Punch - Another slight buff to help Spinners against Zoroark, as Throh can now Foresight it on the switch and either Spin in its face or threaten it with a Fighting move. Drain Punch makes it easier to drop RestTalk for recovery, though it lacks the punch of Storn Throw and the utility of Circle Throw.

And that's all for now! If you have any thoughts or concerns about these changes, then please let me know ASAP!

See you in SoloPL!

 

[Rain]

Name of Mod: ULTIMATE FINAL DESTINATION
Mascot:
Link to Changes: TBD
Summary of the Mod: Xx_FINAL DESTINATION_xX is said to be a meme... But I like the concept of such ideal metagame with primal purpose being providing a fun way of studying the very basic things about a metagame, to be more specific, an actual strictly solved metagame. The rule will be simple and under gen 7 mechanics. so Max team size=1, only usable pokemon is base Kyogre, max total ev is 0, no item available, only usable move is struggle(yes its recognized as a 1 pp move like cfzs). ideally the only thing you can competitively change is your iv and level.
Competitive Overview: Ideally it would be a metagame thats is completely based on mu fishing and the result of game is decided in builder... But generally I can see some math work upcoming on analysis of the choice of levels which I am about to do when i got time. its more like a performance art rather than a playable metagame lol

2026/1/2 Edit:
Happy new year guys, I have thought about it for the last year(about 1 month) and I did some analysis and it's easier than I thought. So yea I got a strictly solved meta game and I have a funni win rate chart and a sheet of data but what's next?(btw I'm gonna add the data and the chart at the end of this edit) I decided to make it a bit playable, but only by a bit. I won't change the idea for once it started there's no room to play, but I'm gonna try to make it a bit different, so you have a sense of control after preview stage. We can call it BEYOND THE END for now becuase the orignal goal is pretty much achieved. So basically the rule is instead of only kyogre being avaiable, we can now choose from different pokemons, but it's still gonna be a mirror match. To be specific, each person is gonna bring 3 pokemon, and the system will randomly pick one from the 6, after that the players will be shown with the pokemon, and they can choose 1 mon from the 3 which will decide its level and iv. I'm not yet quite sure if I show level. I said it's gonna be more intresting because the distribution is a lot different for each pokemon.
here is the chart for kyogre

and here is the link to the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15C4xOhxo15v7Fnk48lv5Pm5WMv1GilJRteKYPxDBHMU/edit?usp=sharing
The result is got by Monte Carlo simulation and I smh forgot that I should test the case for every 16 possible damage instead of randomly generate them. I will update that a bit later

 

[Jamcam]

Sounds mildly fire

Been a bit sense I've done any game theory

 

[Monai]

leader of the solomods subforum finally fills his second solomod slot after over two years, incredible

I already gave the spiel about having a million unreleased solomods back when I dropped Stadium YB and somehow the problem got even worse. Partially because at many points I didn't have time to maintain a metagame (on top of whatever other Pet Mods stuff I was doing), partially because a lot of my ideas are far from beginner friendly, and partially because I just move on from ideas really quickly (even this one took awhile to release, as it's been ready-to-go since like February lol). But this very simple idea actually stuck for me and I think will make for a compact and fun metagame to get into while I work on future projects, so I'm hoping that you'll give it a try, even if it's in a generation that Pet Mods haven't really explored yet.

Name of Mod: Best Wishes from YB
Mascot (Optional):
Link to Changes: Spreadsheet
Summary of the Mod: This is a Gen 5-based micrometa where only Pokemon introduced in Gen 5 are allowed, with most of them being rebalanced in an attempt to make most, if not all, FEs viable. This idea was directly inspired by a previously discussed Pet Mod idea from years ago by Yung Dramps and AquaticPanic called Perfect Unova that would've been very similar (I did get permission from Aquatic to release this). Some universal adjustments have been made as well, namely a nerf to Gems and an overhaul of Freeze, but everything else follows Gen 5 mechanics. Best Wishes from YB is already playable on DH.
Competitive Overview:

Ruleset

Rules
Species Clause: Limit one of each Pokémon
OHKO Clause: OHKO moves are banned
Moody Clause: Moody is banned
Evasion Items Clause: Evasion items are banned
Evasion Moves Clause: Evasion moves are banned
Endless Battle Clause: Forcing endless battles is banned
HP Percentage Mod: HP is shown in percentages
Sleep Moves Clause: Sleep-inducing moves are banned
Swagger Clause: Swagger is banned

Banned Pokemon
(A later section goes more in-depth on my thoughts on the banned Pokemon)
Kyurem-White
Reshiram
Zekrom
+ All Pokemon not from the Unova Region

Banned Moves/Items/Abilities
Assist
Baton Pass
Hidden Power

King's Rock
Razor Fang

Shadow Tag

Changed Mechanics, Moves, Items, and Abilities

Only the most major changes are listed here, a full list can be seen in the spreadsheet linked above.

Mechanics
Snow
Replaces Hail, works exactly as it does in Gen 9. Snow Warning and the move Hail now set Snow.

Freeze
Has received a complete overhaul, with the following changes:
- No longer immobilizing the afflicted Pokemon
- Affected Pokemon now lose 1/16 of their max HP at the end of every turn (1/8 in Snow)
- Affected Pokemon take 30% more damage from attacks (basically, every attack against them gets a Life Orb boost)
- Pokemon can still naturally thaw out of freeze, but the chance is now only 10% per turn
- Other methods of thawing out still work
- Fire-types are now immune to freeze
- The Snowball item has been added to the game and inflicts freeze when flung - this is the only guaranteed way to inflict freeze
- Facade is now boosted by freeze (and sleep) and Synchronize now activates if the Pokemon with it is frozen
These changes remove the uncompetitiveness of freeze while still making Ice-type moves scary for walls come in on, since the damage boost + chip damage might get them in range of an unexpected 2HKO.

Paralysis & Confusion
Paralysis and confusion now work like they do in Gen 9, except that paralysis still lowers Speed by 0.25x. This, along with limited Steel-type options and strong Dragons like Haxorus and Kyurem-Black, is why Outrage has been nerfed to 100 BP.

Moves
Defog
Now works like Gen 6 Defog, removing hazards from both sides of the field - While this is a crazy change to make on paper, it's actually quite low impact, since Defog options are extremely limited and the options that do exist (mainly Mandibuzz, Whimsicott, and Braviary) all kinda suck. Thus, hazards remain strong if you're not using an Excadrill to get rid of them, but you have a few new options for teams that absolutely need hazard control.

Teleport
Now switches the user out - DryPass: The Move, was originally supposed to a change to Baton Pass to unban it and add some more pivoting options, but I couldn't figure out how to stop Baton Pass from passing volatiles, so I put the changes on Teleport instead and gave it Baton Pass' distribution. This is why weird stuff like Liepard and Scolipede get the move.

Swallow & Spit Up
Both of these moves now have effects when you have no Stockpiles:
Swallow - Now heals 1/3 of the user's max HP when the user has no Stockpiles, 1/2 at 1, 2/3 at 2, and all HP at 3.
Spit Up - Now has 50 BP when the user has no Stockpiles.
This mainly serves to buff Swallow, now being a decent recovery option for Heatmor and Garbodor.

Items
Gems
Gems are unbanned, receiving a big power nerf, going from 50% to 30%, but in return they now also give the affected move an additional effect. Some notable ones include:
Dark - Removes the foe's item after dealing damage - Probably the best gem effect since its effect is uniquely permanent, turns 1 Dark move into Knock Off. I'd say that this is the second best gem overall and will probably be the most common one.
Electric, Poison, Ground, Rock, Steel - Lowers the foe's Evasion/Special Defense/Attack/Special Attack/Defense by 1 stage - These five gems all lower stats, with the best of these being Poison and Steel, as these normally awful offensive typings can be used to force switches or bust through walls with their defense drops.
Flying - Gives the foe the Telekinesis effect - This effect isn't terribly strong, but the Flying Gem will always have a use-case because of Acrobatics, though it's also kinda nice to guarantee hitting a second Hurricane after managing to hit the first one.
Psychic - Gives the foe the Heal Block effect - Longer Psychic Noise on any one Psychic move, can similarly force walls into awkward positions like Poison and Steel Gem.
Additionally, Unnerve now prevents Gems from activating

Light Ball
Now works on Emolga, which, along with a stat overhaul and minor movepool buffs, makes Emolga into a fun glass cannon.

Abilities
Speed-boosting Weather Abilities
With all 4 weathers present in the tier (more on that later), finding a way to unban the likes of Chlorophyll and Swift Swim felt like a good opportunity to further shake up the weather metagame, so they all been unbanned but with a couple changes:
- Chlorophyll, Sand Rush, and Swift Swim now only boost Speed by 1.5x in their respective weathers.
- Slush Rush now exists and also only boosts Speed by 1.5x.
- Drilbur and Excadrill no longer have Sand Rush
These give weather teams good forms of Speed control but said Speed control is only as strong as a Choice Scarf, often still requiring abusers to run Speed boosting natures, lest they get revenge killed by Scarfers naturally fast mons, being much more along the lines of Protosynthesis Speed-boosting in Gen 9. Plus, without Sand Rush Excadrill, the wielders of these strong abilities aren't particularly crazy, with the best for each weather being Seismitoad, Sawsbuck, Stoutland, and Beartic, who all have multiple other faults that keep them from being overwhelming, or even automatic inclusions on weather teams.

Snow Cloak / Sand Veil
These abilities take a page from VaporeMons and now make the Pokemon immune to indirect damage in their respective weathers, instead of increasing Evasion. They remain niche but really nice to have to avoid damage form hazards or Life Orb.

Sand Force
Excadrill also got its other weather ability nerfed, as Sand Force now only boosts the power of Ground, Steel, and Rock moves by 1.2x in Sand instead of 1.3x, making Excadrill and the unbanned Landorus much easier to handle in Sand.

Download
Genesect is unbanned, needing multiple nerfs to to do so, with one of them being Download. Now, the stat boost goes away at the end of the next turn, which makes it harder for Genesect to snowball after getting the right boost. This encourages its VoltTurning playstyle, but (spoiler alert) with Genesect getting a massive Attack nerf, said playstyle is much less powerful.

Future Gen Abilities/Moves
Along with the aforementioned Slush Rush, a couple future generation abilities and moves have been added as either unique buffs or flavor to a few mons
Samurott & Leavanny get Sharpness - Samurott also now gets Sacred Sword
Swanna gets Gale Wings (Gen 7+ version) - Swanna also got a big HP buff, making it a niche Keldeo answer
Bouffalant gets Fur Coat - Along with some stat rearrangement and movepool buffs, Bouff now serves as a decent blanket check to physical attackers
Eelektross, Emolga, and Stunfisk get Parabolic Charge, which is now a 65 BP Electric-type Draining Kiss clone - Mainly here to buff Eelektross as a bulky set up mon, since it also now gets Calm Mind
Cobalion gets Tachyon Cutter - Steel is still a bad offensive typing pre-Gen 6, but Tachyon Cutter's notable power jump compared to Flash Cannon makes it a great option on Coba
Terrakion gets Mighty Cleave, which is now 65 BP and no longer makes contact - Had to add this if I was adding Tachyon Cutter, you won't use it over Stone Edge but it exists. You'll find out what Virizion got in the next section, as it's definitely not Psyblade
Cinccino gets Tidy Up - Adds another niche hazard control option with some (literal) sweeping potential
Sawk & Throh get Upper Hand - Added solely for Reversal Sawk shenanigans, since Upper Hand makes it so that you can't get revenged by priority if you win the mindgame

Weather Wars

Probably the absolutely biggest change I made was adding weather setters for all four weathers, retaining Gen 5's iconic weather wars. While weather-less teams are perfectly viable and powerful, most teams will want to opt for a weather setter, so you'll want to know what you'll be working with.

SAND
The Setter

Sets

Gigalith @ Leftovers
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock / Toxic
- Protect / Toxic / Gravity

Gigalith @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Superpower
- Stealth Rock / Toxic / Explosion

Gigalith gets Sand Stream from its Gen 7 buff, along with its slight SpD buff from Gen 6, now serving as Tyranitar's replacement in this metagame. Gigalith is fairly lacking in options and pure-Rock isn't great, but it boasts great all-around stats aside from Speed and adequate utility in Stealth Rock, Toxic, and even Gravity to keep it from being deadweight. It's also the slowest weather setter, giving it the advantage on a double weather lead. Through my playtesting, I'd probably say that Sand is the best weather and most all-around weather, having both great abusers and a solid setter.

The Abusers

Excadrill - While lacking Sand Rush, Excadrill is still one of the best Pokemon in the tier and an amazing Sand abuser, thanks to the amazing offensive utility it yields with its great power, bulk, and typing plus Rapid Spin, helped by Sand Force boosting its STABs by 20%.
Landorus - Landorus has been unbanned with significant nerfs, with a new statline of 89/115/80/105/70/101, the loss of Sheer Force for Cloud Nine, and Sand Force's nerf. Despite all of that, Landorus remains one of the most powerful offensive mons in the tier, which just gets further boosted by Sand activating Sand Force.
Stoutland - Definitely a step down from the two top tier Ground-type behemoths, but Stoutland is the only Sand Rush abuser, so its ability to provide Speed control on dedicated Sand teams while still hitting pretty hard is much appreciated.
Other Abusers - Anything immune to Sand chip works on Sand teams, particularly the always good Ferrothorn and Reuniclus, as well as the unbanned Genesect as a pivot that beats Grass-types for your Ground-types.

RAIN
The Setter

Set

Basculin @ Choice Scarf / Choice Band
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Waterfall
- Final Gambit / Aqua Jet
- Crunch
- Superpower

Basculin-Blue-Striped @ Leftovers
Ability: Drizzle
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Scald
- Toxic
- Taunt

Rain teams are forced to use the lowly Basculin, who I'd say is by far the worst weather setter. However, I'd still say that Rain is the second best weather thanks to how great its abusers are. Plus, it's not like you're playing 5v6 when you choose to bring Rain, since Basculin can still do some things. Scarf Basculin provides nice Speed control without having to use Seismitoad and makes for a good revenge killer, Banded Basculin hits hard and lures Ferrothorn in to smack it with Superpower, and Defensive Basculin makes re-setting rain more consistent and baits in Keldeo checks like Jellicent and Musharna to annoy them with Toxic + Taunt.

The Abusers

Keldeo - Keldeo has gotten a number of nerfs (discussed later) but still remains a terrifying attacker, made scarier by Rain boosting its Surfs and Hydro Pumps to insane levels.
Tornadus-Therian - Torn-T has also gotten a bunch of nerfs (most notably losing Regenerator for Trace) but it's still faster than most of the metagame and Gen 5 Hurricane is still a crazy move, so being able to click that to your heart's content is great.
Thundurus(-Therian) - The best Electric-types to click Thunder with, while also providing Rain teams with a useful Grass resist.
Seismitoad - The best Swift Swimmer, while its Speed tier is middling and it's quite weak, having that free 1.5x Speed while providing a ton of role compression for Rain (Speed Control, Hazard Setter, Ground to block Volt Switch, Wallbreaker, etc.) makes Seismitoad a great option.
Other Abusers - Rain is pretty open for options, aside from Fire-types for the most part, but Genesect and Ferrothorn deserve obvious shoutouts since Rain means that they don't have to worry about Fire moves as much. Both Jellicent and Amoonguss are nice as Keldeo checks as well, since your own Rain buffs it.

SUN
The Setter

Sets

Heatmor @ Leftovers
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
- Flamethrower
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
- Will-O-Wisp
- Swallow

Sun's setter is Heatmor, who's received the biggest overhaul of all the weather setters. Not only does it now have recovery in the buffed Swallow, but it has a completely new stat spread that's a rearrangement of Durant's stats, being 58/48/109/109/112/48. This makes Heatmor a fairly sturdy defensive piece for Sun teams, letting you stack the rest of your team with offensive options. Sun is overall pretty middling, both in terms of its setter and abusers, but still very potent in the right circumstances.

The Abusers

Virizion - Cobalion got Tachyon Cutter and Terrakion got Mighty Cleave, so what did Virizion get? Psyblade wouldn't make sense, so instead Virizion gets Solar Blade as a signature move. But, instead of regular Solar Blade, it instead is 80 BP but raises the user's Attack by 1 on the charge turn, making it a physical Electro Shot in Sun. With Virizion's high Speed and sneakily good typing, it becomes a scary sweeper in Sun that naturally threatens every other weather setter, making it hard to stop once it gets going, though it has to actually get going first.
Volcarona - Volcarona is still a pretty big menace and expectedly loves the Sun boosting its Fire moves to nuclear levels. However, Volcarona's Speed has gotten a massive nerf down to 75, meaning that it further appreciates Sun weakening Water moves for it, since it often needs 2 Quiver Dances to outspeed everything it needs to.
Sawsbuck - It's a bit of a competition between Lilligant and Sawsbuck, but I think the latter is the best Chlorophyll mon. Swords Dance makes Sawsbuck a scary sweeper in Sun, with Double-Edge/Horn Leech/Nature Power (which becomes Earthquake in Gen 5) covering most of the metagame, or you could even run a Jump Kick or a Fire-type Natural Gift to nab Ferrothorn.
Lilligant - Lilligant is also still worth talking about, since it's quite powerful, can sweep with Quiver Dance, or support the team with Healing Wish.
*NEW* Maractus - I heavily underrated this thing, its stats are extremely middling Leaf Storm/Weather Ball nukes like 90% of the meta it's hilarious, might genuinely be the best Sun Abuser.
Other Abusers - Strong Fire-types in general are great in Sun, with the best aside from Volcarona being Victini and maybe Simisear, and anything weak to Water also appreciates the Sun.

SNOW
The Setter

Set

Vanilluxe @ Choice Specs / Never-Melt Ice
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blizzard
- Ice Beam
- Water Pulse / Ice Shard
- Flash Cannon

I might be wrong about this once the meta gets real play, but I personally think that Vanilluxe is the best weather setter in a vacuum. While its Speed and Rocks-weakness are poor, the nuclear power of Specs Blizzard is undeniable, even shredding through many resists to it. However, as a full archetype, Snow is definitely the worst of the weathers due to its lackluster dedicated abusers. Still, Vanilluxe's role as one of the strongest wallbreakers in the entire tier make it quite worth using, just don't expect to base your team around the weather it sets.

The Abusers

Cryogonal - The best dedicated Snow abuser. Snow Cloak allows Cryogonal to ignore its Rocks-weakness if Snow is active, making it a good spinner for Snow teams. Plus, Cryogonal now has its Gen 7 stat spread, a new Ice/Dark-typing, and Nasty Plot, making it a pretty good sweeper at the same time.
Kyurem-Black - Kyurem-Black is great in and out of Snow, but Snow allows it to take its power to next level by letting it opt for Blizzard over Ice Beam. The Defense buff from Snow also improves Kyu-B's already great bulk, giving it much more longevity.
Beartic - Despite a number of buffs, Beartic is still pretty unimpressive since it's so slow, but it's worth mentioning since it's the only fully evolved Slush Rush user. However...
Vanillish - Vanillish now has Slush Rush and also got a whopping +1 Speed buff, which allows it to hit 360 Speed, which is extremely important since that lets it outspeed Serperior, who's a menace. Vanillish is quite weak and frail, so it's more of a meme than anything but a fast Blizzard is a fast Blizzard.

The Best (and the Banned) Pokemon

The Best
This section briefly goes over some of the best Pokemon in the tier that I've found through my playtesting.

This will mainly focus on stuff that's both very good and have gotten significant changes, so while I won't talk about them, do note that the following Pokemon are all very good as well but either are unchanged or got minor changes:

Sets

Genesect @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Download
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- U-turn
- Ice Beam
- Bug Buzz
- Flamethrower / Thunder

Genesect @ Leftovers
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- U-turn
- Bug Buzz
- Flamethrower / Thunder / Ice Beam
- Toxic / Thunder Wave / Thunder / Ice Beam

Genesect has gotten some significant nerfs and yet is a contender for the best Pokemon in the entire tier. Along with the aforementioned Download nerf, Genesect lost all of its Speed-boosting options and, most importantly, its stat spread has been completely changed. It now has the stats it had in the earliest Beta version of Black & White, being 91/90/106/130/106/77. You might notice that these are literally Heatran's stats and it took me an embarrassingly long time to also notice that, I'm not gonna lie to you (this is also probably why, in Beta V1, Genesect had Flash Fire as well). While a significant nerf, since being slow and having a way lower Attack stat makes its patented Scarf U-turns much worse, these stats are still very good, so it's no surprise that Genesect is still great, mainly serving as a bulky pivot for offensive teams that can be quite threatening if it manages to get a SpA boost from Download. Very splashable and effective, and definitely on my radar for further nerfs.

Sets

Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Force / Cloud Nine
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- U-turn / Superpower

Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Sand Force / Cloud Nine
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Earth Power
- Focus Blast
- Grass Knot / Psychic

Landorus lost Sheer Force for Calm Mind and lost 40 BST, having a new statline of 89/115/80/105/70/101. In spite of all that, this thing is still a crazy strong wallbreaker, with Life Orb-boosted EQ hitting like a truck in and out of Sand, U-turn hitting Grass-types that resist it, and having Swords Dance, Stone Edge, and Superpower to mess up other checks to it. It's also still pretty fast by this metagame's standards, so you might find yourself in the scary situation where it outspeeds most of your team. At the very least, it's pretty frail (despite a great defensive typing) and there are a good number of good Pokemon that can outspeed and revenge kill it. Still, this is also on my radar for nerfs.

Sets

Serperior @ Leftovers
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Substitute / Giga Drain
- Dragon Pulse
- Leech Seed / Glare

Serperior @ Light Clay
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Glare / Taunt

This Pokemon is like 99% of the reason why Hidden Power is banned. While almost completely incapable of beating Steel-types, Contrary Serperior with Gen 5's 140 BP Leaf Storm is an extremely scary sweeper, especially since it still has a great 113 Speed tier and Glare for possible cheese. Keep your Grass resists healthy at all costs and you should be fine. Also definitely on my nerf radar.
EDIT 12/9/25 - Serperior did end up getting nerfed, now having only 103 Speed and 70 SpA. Still terrifying, but certainly less so.

Sets

Unfezant @ Leftovers
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Impish Nature
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- U-turn
- Toxic

Unfezant (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Iron Head
- Roost
- Swords Dance

Unfezant has had the craziest history of changes while this mod was in development, rivaled only by Tornadus-Therian. This thing has had its stats, typing, and especially abilities changed like 5 times, it's insane. Unfezant is now a Flying/Steel-type with 92 HP, 115 Atk, Brave Bird, and Steel STAB in Iron Head. All of this makes it the quintessential Steel Bird, built specifically to be a splashable answer to strong Dragons like Hydreigon and Haxorus, while also handling the likes of Excadrill, Landorus, and Serperior. Its only huge weakness is that its special bulk is pretty awful, especially since it can't comfortably invest into it since it becomes way worse into SD Lando or Haxorus, so pick its battles carefully.

Sets

Keldeo @ Choice Specs
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword
- Icy Wind
- Surf

Keldeo @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Secret Sword
- Toxic
- Protect / Substitute / Taunt

Keldeo @ Leftovers
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Hydro Pump
- Secret Sword
- Taunt

Keldeo has gotten a couple stat nerfs, getting its SpA lowered to 119 and its Speed lowered to 97 (the other Musketeers also had their highest stat lowered to 119, but the others have 107 Speed), making it a little easier to wall and much easier to revenge kill. Still, Keldeo is an absolute demon, either smashing things apart with Rain-boosted STAB, or completely turning the tables on its usual counters with Toxic + Protect or Substitute.

Sets

Musharna @ Leftovers
Ability: Cloud Nine
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe
- Psychic
- Toxic / Thunder Wave / Heal Bell
- Moonlight
- Teleport

:HyperSharna:
Musharna has gotten 3 huge buffs that make it one of the most splashable defense pivots in the tier, in the earlier discussed Teleport, Cloud Nine, and a +10 HP buff. Cloud Nine + its Psychic typing makes Musharna an easy to use Keldeo answer, while Cloud Nine in general just an extremely useful tool on a defensive Pokemon in a weather war meta, letting Musharna either check or pivot on stuff like Virizion in Sun and Seismitoad in Rain. This also means that its recovery move, Moonlight, never gets weakened by non-Sun weathers. Musharna is still extremely passive, mostly relying on Toxic to deal damage, and gets owned by Toxic itself, as Heal Bell is hard to fit.

Sets

Tornadus-Therian (M) @ Life Orb / Chesto Berry
Ability: Trace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hurricane
- U-turn
- Heat Wave / Focus Blast
- Taunt / Rest

Tornadus-Therian @ Life Orb
Ability: Trace
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Hurricane
- Superpower
- U-turn
- Taunt

Tornadus-T lost Regenerator and has a new stat spread of 79/105/85/105/85/121, making it a bit weaker than before (on the special side, anyway) and having no where near the longevity it used to have. Even so, it still has a good enough SpA and elite Speed, plus the terror that is 120 BP Hurricane, making Torn-T the premier fast revenge killer in the tier. You have to be much more careful in using it, since either it'll die in a couple interactions or you'll be forced to use RestoChesto to keep it healthy, but those drawbacks are well worth it. It's basically the Dragapult of the tier.

The Banned

Aside from everything outside of Gen 5 being banned, the only banned Pokemon are Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyurem-White. I currently don't have plans to unban them, as adding 3 more strong Dragons that all easily beat Unfezant and 2/3 beat Ferrothorn/Genesect feels a bit dangerous, considering how good already existent Dragons in KyuB, Hydreigon, and Haxorus are. It's a bit of a shame too, since Reshiram would add a new strong Fire-type to the tier, which it lacks, and Kyurem-White would be a good buff to Snow.

If I were to free these Pokemon, they would likely need some slight movepool nerfs (since all 3, especially Zekrom, have pretty bad movepools by box legendary standards), nerfs to their signature moves, and the following stat spread nerfs I've theorized:
100/140/120/100/90/90
100/100/90/140/120/90
125/120/80/120/80/95 (nerfed for symmetry)
125/160/90/110/80/95 (nerfed for symmetry)
125/110/80/160/90/95

These would be balanced for the most part, but I'd imagine that Kyurem-White would still be pretty broken, as absolutely nothing is gonna wanna take on a mon with 160 SpA and Dragon/Ice/Fire coverage in Gen 5, very likely needing further nerfs that would end up gutting Kyurem and Kyurem-Black in the process. Even still, if this metagame does get enough play, I can definitely see myself freeing these three at some point.

Other Notable Pokemon

This section is made up of Pokemon I think are cool but aren't quite at the level of the ones in the above section.

Sets

Archeops @ Focus Sash
Ability: Defeatist
EVs: 236 Atk / 20 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Hurricane
- Superpower / Earth Power
- Stone Edge / Power Gem / Taunt
- Stealth Rock
(run max spa + timid if you only have special moves)

Archeops @ Choice Specs
Ability: Defeatist
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Power Gem
- Hurricane
- Heat Wave
- U-turn

Archeops @ Choice Band
Ability: Defeatist
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Stone Edge
- Superpower
- U-turn

Archeops got a litany of buffs, including Brave Bird, Superpower, Hurricane, and, most importantly, a change to Defeatist. The ability still sucks, but now it only lowers Archeops' Attack at under half of its HP. This opens up potential mixed sets that can hit hard on both sides of the spectrum early and still hit hard specially after getting chipped. Rather expectedly though, I've been the best off with sets that focus on one or the other, since you either have a crazy strong physical breaker for part of the game, or a decently strong special breaker for the whole game. I've also realized that Archeops makes for a great lead, having the fastest Stealth Rock in the tier and the ability to offensively threaten every hazard remover with its STAB and Fighting or Ground coverage.

Set

Watchog @ Choice Band
Ability: Tinted Lens
Happiness: 0
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Extreme Speed
- Frustration
- Drain Punch
- Crunch

I really like Lokix, so I turned Watchog into Lokix. Tinted Lens + STAB Extreme Speed is extremely self-explanatory, makes for the strongest Speed control option in the tier, letting this Route 1 Rodent put the fear of God into mons that have double the stats it does. Oh, and don't worry, it doesn't get Swords Dance anymore, Watchog of all things imitating Arceus would be blasphemy.

Sets

Zebstrika @ Life Orb
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Wild Charge
- Nature Power
- Flare Blitz
- Volt Switch

Zebstrika got one of the funnier buffs, as I realized that the Unova Pokedex lacks good things faster than both Keldeo (before I nerfed its Speed) and Tornadus-T, so I gave Zebstrika a ton more Speed to get it to 137, comfortably zooming past them both. Along with Nature Power (AKA Earthquake), Zebstrika is basically the Zeraora of the tier, being super fast and fairly strong but still frail. There are a good number of mons that Zeb can't really touch, namely Lando-T, but if you need a Speed control option that's actually fast, Zebstrika is a great choice.

Sets

Zorua @ Choice Scarf / Eviolite
Ability: Imposter
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Foul Play / Night Daze
- Memento
- U-turn
- Trick

Zoroark @ Choice Specs
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Night Daze / Dark Pulse
- Focus Blast
- U-turn
- Extrasensory

Zoroark @ Life Orb
Ability: Illusion
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Night Daze / Dark Pulse
- Focus Blast
- Extrasensory

Both Zorua and Zoroark got some pretty neat changes. First, both take a cue from their Hisuian forms and are now Dark/Ghost, which allows Zoroark to fill the role of a fast Ghost-type that Unova lacks, and also being the second thing in the dex with no weaknesses (though Zoroark is still extremely frail). Second, Night Daze has been changed to have the same BP and Accuracy as Dark Pulse, but instead of lowering Accuracy, it now removes weather if it hits, giving weatherless teams some funny and proactive counterplay to opposing weather, but not being strictly better than Dark Pulse so you can still use the latter on weather teams. Lastly, the biggest elephant in the room if you looked at the Sets already, Zorua now gets Imposter, filling the role of a Ditto. You'll usually want to run Scarf as your usual Imposter revenge killer, but since Zorua is Eviolite-compatible, you can go for that as well, though its 40 HP means that you're still pretty frail either way.

Sets

Meloetta @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- Rapid Spin
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- U-turn

Meloetta @ Life Orb
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Focus Blast

Meloetta @ Choice Specs
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Focus Blast
- Thunderbolt
- Relic Song

Meloetta @ Life Orb
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Relic Song
- Close Combat
- Shadow Claw
- U-turn

It figures that I would add a way to use Meloetta-Pirouette, but instead of the usual route of making it transform on switch-in with an item that we've seen in a bunch of mods, I decided to buff Relic Song itself to make transforming less of a hassle. Relic Song is now only 60 BP and no longer has a sleep chance, but it now has +1 priority and becomes physical if the user's Attack is higher than its SpA. This makes Relic Song a great move in both forms and makes transforming consistent, since the move will almost always go off first, which lets you safely transform in front of the Dark-types (not named Zoroark) that Melo-P is supposed to beat. Plus, you can also just slap a Choice Specs on Melo and use Relic Song as a revenge killing tool due to how strong of a priority move it is. Oh, and Meloetta also gets Rapid Spin now, making for a decent alternative option as a hazard remover.

Other Cool Things
Has gotten an overhaul, now being Dragon/Ground and having recovery in Roost. Makes for a great bulky hazard setter on teams that need a Ground with better longevity than your default options in Excadrill and Lando-T.
Zen Mode now activates on switch-in, regardless of Darm's HP, allowing you to use Zen Darmanitan as a nice Trick Room breaker.
The other mon that benefits from the buff to Swallow, Garbodor makes for a nice wall with that + slight buffs to both of its defenses + a new ability in Unaware.
This got a bunch of buffs, with a new stat spread (75/60/91/106/67/76), Weather Ball, Leaf Storm, and Recover, plus buffed Sand Veil, all things that should technically make it a good Keldeo check for Sand teams or a strong Chlorophyll user as the only one that can beat Ferrothorn without setup or an item slot, but I haven't tested it much.
Now has Arena Trap, which is very funny. It mostly sucks but Sash + Counter can actually be very effective at sniping Choiced physical attackers, can trap Gigalith for Sun teams if it gets a free switch-in, and it can even trap defensive Excadrill since it outspeeds it.

Sample Sets, Sample Teams, and Replays

Full Dex Samples

Sample Teams
- Genesect Sand
- Lead Archeops Rain
- Snow Offense
- Sawsbuck Sun
- Screens
- Weatherless Conkeldurr
- Scarf Terrakion Balance

Replays
(all of these are me playing against myself until i get people to play this)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-15-nullpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-1
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-1377
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/dragonheaven-gen5bestwishesfromyb-1376

Viability List

Very High


High


Mid


Low


UR But Unique


kinda just bad / getting more buffs one day


Banned

Watchlist

Patch/Tiering History

6/13/25 - Metagame is made live
6/15/25 - Egg move capability bug fixed, Mythicals can now freely be shiny
12/9/25 - Pre-SoloPL III Patch (Serperior nerf, Buffs to Escavalier, Meloetta, Mienshao, Throh/Sawk, and the Simis)

I've solved the metagame. Normally I wouldn't share my thoughts until after the tournament but I want good games in bw.

I think the mod is a very cool rebalancing of unova. I particularly appreciate trying to make Gems reasonably powerful, although I think it still might be really high variance when you try to check Terrakion and he blows your whole shit off with SD Gem. I don't think we realized how important hidden power was to stabilizing metas until we removed it and Landot Ferro and Genesect immediately became top 1, 2, and 3. Also appreciate not doing the hoenn gaiden thing where the dex is like 500 insanely rebalanced Pokemon.

 

[ANinjaDude]

Name of Mod: Custom BH
Mascot: :pokestar-spirit:
Link to Changes/Summary of the Mod: Balanced 6 mon/4 move/level 100 Custom Game. Put another way, rebalanced NatDex BH with CAP/Pokestars/ZA Megas/raw G-Max moves
Competitive Overview: (Disclaimer no one's playtested yet and I came up with these on the spot)

Current Banlist

Pokemon

Calyrex-Shadow
Cramorant-Gorging
Darmanitan-Galar-Zen
Eternatus-Eternamax
Groudon-Primal
Rayquaza-Mega
Shedinja
Zygarde-Mega

Moves

Belly Drum
Bolt Beak
Chatter
Dire Claw
Double Iron Bash
Electrify
G-Max Befuddle
G-Max Cannonade
G-Max Centiferno
G-Max Sandblast
G-Max Snooze
G-Max Vine Lash
G-Max Volcalith
G-Max Wildfire
Last Respects
Octolock
Rage Fist
Revival Blessing
Shed Tail
Shell Smash
Zippy Zap

Abilities

Arena Trap
Contrary
Gorilla Tactics
Hadron Engine
Huge Power
Illusion
Innards Out
Magnet Pull
Moody
Neutralizing Gas
Orichalcum Pulse
Parental Bond
Pure Power
Shadow Tag
Stakeout
Water Bubble
Wonder Guard

Items

Berserk Gene
Gengarite

Other

Comatose + Sleep Talk
Imprison + Transform

Rules: Forme Clause, Sleep Moves Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Moves Clause, CFZ Clause, Dynamax Clause, Terastal Clause, Arceus Clause*
*You can only bring 1 Arceus

Challenge Code

/challenge gen9customgame @@@ !! Max Team Size = 6, !! Max Move Count =4, !! Max Level = 100, -arceus > 1, CFZ Clause, Dynamax Clause, Endless Battle Clause, Evasion Clause, Forme Clause, OHKO Clause, Sleep Moves Clause, Terastal Clause, -Calyrex-Shadow, -Cramorant-Gorging, -Darmanitan-Galar-Zen, - Eternatus-Eternamax, -Groudon-Primal, -Rayquaza-Mega, -Shedinja, -Zygarde-Mega, -Belly Drum, -Bolt Beak, -Chatter, -Dire Claw, -Double Iron Bash, -Electrify, -G-Max Befuddle, -G-Max Cannonade, -G-Max Centiferno, -G-Max Sandblast, -G-Max Snooze, -G-Max Vine Lash, -G-Max Volcalith, -G-Max Wildfire, -Last Respects, -Octolock, -Rage Fist, -Revival Blessing, -Shed Tail, -Shell Smash, -Zippy Zap, -Arena Trap, -Contrary, -Gorilla Tactics, -Hadron Engine, -Huge Power, -Illusion, -Innards Out, -Magnet Pull, -Moody, -Neutralizing Gas, -Orichalcum Pulse, -Parental Bond, -Pure Power, -Shadow Tag, -Stakeout, -Water Bubble, -Wonder Guard, -Berserk Gene, -Gengarite, -Comatose + Sleep Talk, -Imprison + Transform

Tournament Code

/tour new gen9customgame, elim,,, Custom BH
/tour rules !!Max Team Size = 6, !!Max Move Count =4, !!Max Level = 100, -arceus > 1, CFZ Clause, Dynamax Clause, Endless Battle Clause, Evasion Clause, Forme Clause, OHKO Clause, Sleep Moves Clause, Terastal Clause, -Calyrex-Shadow, -Cramorant-Gorging, -Darmanitan-Galar-Zen, - Eternatus-Eternamax, -Groudon-Primal, -Rayquaza-Mega, -Shedinja, -Zygarde-Mega, -Belly Drum, -Bolt Beak, -Chatter, -Dire Claw, -Double Iron Bash, -Electrify, -G-Max Befuddle, -G-Max Cannonade, -G-Max Centiferno, -G-Max Sandblast, -G-Max Snooze, -G-Max Vine Lash, -G-Max Volcalith, -G-Max Wildfire, -Last Respects, -Octolock, -Rage Fist, -Revival Blessing, -Shed Tail, -Shell Smash, -Zippy Zap, -Arena Trap, -Contrary, -Gorilla Tactics, -Hadron Engine, -Huge Power, -Illusion, -Innards Out, -Magnet Pull, -Moody, -Neutralizing Gas, -Orichalcum Pulse, -Parental Bond, -Pure Power, -Shadow Tag, -Stakeout, -Water Bubble, -Wonder Guard, -Berserk Gene, -Gengarite, -Comatose + Sleep Talk, -Imprison + Transform

Excadrill-Mega @ Choice Band
Ability: Sword of Ruin
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Gigaton Hammer
- Sunsteel Strike
- Precipice Blades
- V-create


Kartana @ Firium Z
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Assist (Gigaton Hammer)
- Blazing Torque
- Destiny Bond
- G-Max Stonesurge


Xerneas @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Victory Dance
- Magical Torque
- Sizzly Slide
- Stone Axe

:sv/pokestar-spirit:
Pokestar Spirit @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Baddy Bad
- Hex
- Will-O-Wisp


Eternatus @ Darkinium Z
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- G-Max Resonance
- Haze
- Parting Shot
- Sappy Seed

Been playing this some in the omm room on showdown, and built a lot of teams, so I've got some thoughts on the meta, and a few teams to share. My thoughts and my teams have ZA and Mega Dimensions spoilers, so click at your own risk. There have only been 20-ish games played to my knowledge though, so my thoughts will change with more information.

Meta Thoughts

First of all, Excadrill-Mega is an insane breaker, because both Ground and Steel have very very strong moves. Headlong Rush gives you an incredibly strong Ground STAB vs any team without a Flying, while Thousand Arrows lets you smack around most Flying-types. Sunsteel Strike means you can just OHKO or 2HKO at worst just about any non-resistant mon, and when you combine that with your Ground STAB, means that the best ways to wall the mole are either FC Waters like Mega Slowbro, Dondozo, Arceus-Water, or Kyogre-Primal, or more deranged builds, like Earth Eater Arceus-Fire. Gigaton Hammer also gives you a one-time nuke that can drop 80-90% of the tier in a single hit.

Secondly, all three known Z megas(Lucario, Garchomp, and Absol) are fast as fuck boi, and are imo the premier speed control options on a team. MZA has STAB Ceaseless Edge, Wicked Blow, Knock Off, Pursuit, and Spectral Thief, making it a scary user of Tough Claws sets, while also being a potential Normalize+Entrainment user with Ghost Memory Multi-Attack and Swords Dance. MLZ is another very fast pokemon, though it doesn't have as many good STAB options. Sure, you have STAB Steel Beam, but with your reduced Attack, High Jump Kick just isn't worth using on MGLO sets anymore. You do still have the option of running things like Specs Sharpness with Tachyon Cutter and Secret Sword, or No Guard with Focus Blast and moves like Zap Cannon/Magma Storm/Blizzard, but it doesn't scare me nearly as much as MAZ does. I haven't really tried MGZ a lot, but it is the one I'm both most scared of and least scared of. It's faster than Zacian-Crowned and Deoxys-Attack, so it could be a threatening user of sets like mixed MGLO or SFLO, but it doesn't really have a super attractive STAB for that imo. Mixed Dragon's Maw could be very threatening with STAB Glaive Rush and Dragon Energy/Clanging Scales, but with several powerful fairies in the tier, like Zacian-Crowned and Xerneas, along with a plethora of good defensive Steels, like Magearna-Mega, Heatran-Mega, Registeel(in theory), Zamazenta-Crowned(in theory again), and Golisopod-Mega, I don't feel like it will be incredibly consistent. It could potentially make a Mixed Tough Claws set work though, so I think MGZ has potential.

Third, I want to shout-out Ramnarok-Radiant for being an insane mon on paper that nobody's actually brought to my knowledge. MGLO with Mind Blown, and No Guard Magma Storm+Blizzard both look like the return of Darmanitan-Galar-Zen, but the hazard removal support has held me back from using it to its fullest potential so far.

Fourth, I want to shout-out -Ate users, as there's quite a few new options. Skarmory-Mega, Magearna-Mega, Staraptor-Mega, and Ramnarok-Radiant all have the potential to be scary -Ate users, whether it's Pixilate, Aerilate, or Refrigerate.

Fifth, I want to mention how good Steel types have got it right now. They have been steadily given more fun toys to play with since the SM era, and there are a lot of Steel-types that are playing with these toys. They have access to strong physical moves in Sunsteel Strike and Gigaton Hammer, Anchor Shot can both deal good damage and trap anything that doesn't threaten you, there are multiple strong special Steel moves, like Tachyon Cutter or Make it Rain, there's a strong STAB for usage with MGLO in Steel Beam, they have two different 1.5x type-boosting abilities(Steelworker and Steely Spirit), Doom Desire to pincer maneuver defensive cores, and even a Steel-type Hazard because of Steelsurge. Combine all of these fun toys with a plethora of pokemon that get to play with them, and Steels are eating good. Zacian-Crowned, Magearna-Mega, Heatran-Mega, Golisopod-Mega, Dialga/Dialga-Origin, Skarmory-Mega, Lucario-Mega/MLZ, Kartana, and Excadrill-Mega are all strong pokemon, and there are even more niche/potentially viable Steels to use, like Stunfisk-Galar, Ferrothorn(shout out cityscapes and her offensive Ferrothorn set), Melmetal, Steelix-Mega, Necrozma-Dusk-Mane/Solgaleo/Metagross-Mega, Zamazenta-Crowned, Probopass, Gholdengo, and Arceus-Steel.

Finally, I would like to mention how RegenVests have been affected by the meta. The addition of Ceaseless Edge and G-Max Steelsurge means that there are a lot more hazards that can be set by them, which they appreciate, but on the flip side, the addition of G-Max Wind Rage gives RegenVests access to an unblockable Defog, making hazard removal a lot easier. G-Max Resonance is a nice support move for giving your team time to setup, and the LGPE moves like Buzzy Buzz and Sizzly Slide let RegenVests inflict status effects while still dealing good damage. Sappy Seed also can be a good way to spread damage around, while also making it harder for offensive pokemon to break you, because of the healing. I'm not going to go into much more depth on this, because this post is already long enough as it is, and listing every move that could be used on RegenVests sounds horrible, but things like Revelation Dance, Spectral Thief, U-Turn/Volt Switch/Flip Turn, Salt Cure, Mortal/Rapid Spin, STAB moves, Freezy Frost, Sparkly Swirl, Knock Off, etc, are all good.

I'm not going to go very in-depth on these teams in this post, but maybe in a future post I can explain some of them in more detail. Please remember that there are ZA/Mega Dimension spoilers in these teams.

Tested Teams

Dual Steely Dual Regen
1.5 Breaker Super Bulky Balance

Untested Teams

Goofy Dual Prank Assist team
Aerilate w/ Goofy Arc-Ground
Double Fairy+ZShot Scales Pagos
Dual Specs+Regen Etern+PHeal Deer
Dual Z+PSea Zac+Scales Bird
Self-Proof Z Offensive Balance
Double Banded Balance
Goofy Beat Up Offensive Balance
Double Banded+Specs Offense
Mono-Fairy Goofy Balance
Mono-Starters Balance
Band+Scarf 2Steel Balance
Double Off-Water Balance
Thousand Arrows isn't real, it can't hurt you

In conclusion, Ban Bpass.

 

[VannAccessible]

Pay Day
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What is Pay Day?
Pay Day is a “Pay to Win” National Dex based Solomod. Fear not, there’s no real money involved!

Each player starts with an in-game currency of 1000 coins, a consumable resource which can be spent in a number of ways to cheat the rules of standard competitive Pokémon. The more powerful the cheat, the more expensive it is to use it. By virtue of being scaled in cost and tied to a limited resource, these normally broken strategies must be used with precision, and thus attempt to become balanced in a semi-OU analogous format.

If you can exhaust your opponent’s resources, while spending your own coins wisely, and you might just win big!

Cheat Mechanics
Cheats consume coins, either in the builder or in battle. Cheats come in three varieties:

1. Cheat moves are non-damaging moves that may be chosen to occupy your Pokémon‘s fifth moveslot via the import screen. These moves are special for a few reasons:

• They need not be learned by the user natively, although for balance reasons, they are limited to a pre-selected list (see Cheat List below).
• Cheat moves are used after the Pokémon‘s selected native move (unless priority changes apply, as in the increased priority cases of Protect and Prankster).
• These moves do not utilize PP. Instead the player’s coins are consumed upon use in battle.

2. Generational mechanics are also chosen via the import screen. The options to trigger Mega Evolution (if compatible with the user), Z-Moves, Dynamax / Gigantamax or Terastalization may be chosen to inhabit the mon’s sixth slot. Coins are only consumed upon triggering the generational mechanic in battle. To offset the coin cost, no associated Mega Stone or Z-Crystal needs to be placed in the user’s item slot, thus giving these generational mechanics new item compatibility and a buff relative to Tera and Dynamax.

3. Custom abilities and restricted Pokémon are selected in the Team Builder, and deplete their users starting coin count available for use during battle.

See the list of cheats here:

Cheat List

50 coins:

• Magic Room
• Recycle
• Skill Swap
• Teleport
• Wonder Room

100 coins:

• Light Screen
• Reflect
• Spikes

150 coins:

• Stealth Rock
• Toxic Spikes

200 coins:

• Defog
• Haze
• Sticky Web
• Substitute
• Wish

300 coins:

• Cosmic Power
• Court Change
• Heal Bell
• Healing Wish
• Parting Shot
• Recover
• Speed Swap
• Topsy-Turvy
• Whirlwind

350 coins:

• Mega Evolve your active Pokémon. No Mega Stone required! (Restricted Megas cost 600 coins.)
• Terastalize your Pokémon!
• Turn your selected native move into its equivalent Z-Move! No Z-Crystal required!

400 coins:

• Replace your Pokémon’s native ability in the builder with a new (unrestricted) one! Depletes starting coin total.
• Destiny Bond
• Gravity
• Protect
• Tailwind
• Trick Room
• Quiver Dance
• Victory Dance

500 coins:

• Baton Pass
• Endure
• No Retreat
• Shed Tail
• Tidy Up
• Revival Blessing

600 coins:

• Use a Restricted Pokemon on your team. Depletes starting coin total.
• Mega Evolve your currently selected Pokemon into a Restricted Mega. No Mega Stone required!

750 coins:

• Use Dynamax or Gigantamax for three turns! (Switching out removes effect.)

Council Members
VannAccessible

Clauses
Species Clause, Ability Clause = 2, Dynamax Clause, Evasion Clause, Endless Battle Clause, OHKO Clause, Sleep Moves Clause, Terastal Clause, Z-Move Clause

Bans and Restricted List

Banned Pokémon

• Calyrex-Shadow
• Gengar-Mega
• Groudon-Primal
• Koraidon
• Kyogre-Primal
• Miraidon
• Necrozma-Ultra
• Rayquaza-Mega
• Shedinja
• Xerneas
• Zygarde-Complete

Restricted Pokémon (Cost 600 coins)

• Annihilape
• Arceus
• Archaludon
• Baxcalibur
• Blastoise-Mega
• Blaziken-Mega
• Calyrex-Ice
• Chien-Pao
• Chi-Yu
• Darmanitan-Galar
• Darmanitan-Galar-Zen
• Deoxys
• Deoxys-Attack
• Dialga
• Dialga-Origin
• Diancie-Mega
• Dracovish
• Espathra
• Eternatus
• Flutter Mane
• Genesect
• Giratina
• Giratina-Origin
• Gouging Fire
• Groudon
• Ho-Oh
• Iron Bundle
• Kangaskhan-Mega
• Kartana
• Kyogre
• Kyurem-Black
• Kyurem-White
• Landorus
• Lucario-Mega
• Lugia
• Lunala
• Magearna
• Marshadow
• Metagross-Mega
• Mewtwo
• Naganadel
• Necrozma-Dawn-Wings
• Necrozma-Dusk-Mane
• Ogerpon-Hearthflame
• Palafin
• Palkia
• Palkia-Origin
• Rayquaza
• Regigigas
• Reshiram
• Roaring Moon
• Salamence-Mega
• Shaymin-Sky
• Slaking
• Sneasler
• Solgaleo
• Spectrier
• Terapagos-Stellar
• Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
• Urshifu
• Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
• Walking Wake
• Yveltal
• Zacian
• Zacian-Crowned
• Zamazenta-Crowned
• Zekrom

Banned Abilities

• Arena Trap
• Hadron Engine
• Moody
• Orichalcum Pulse
• Shadow Tag
• Power Construct
• Wonder Guard

Restricted Abilities
The following abilities can only be used on native users.

• Comatose
• Contrary
• Fur Coat
• Good as Gold
• Gorilla Tactics
• Huge Power
• Ice Scales
• Illusion
• Imposter
• Innards Out
• Libero
• Magic Bounce
• Magnet Pull
• Neutralizing Gas
• Parental Bond
• Poison Heal
• Protean
• Pure Power
• Simple
• Speed Boost
• Stakeout
• Stench
• Water Bubble

Restricted Moves
The following moves cannot be placed in native slots, but can be purchased via Cheats.

• Baton Pass
• Shed Tail

Items

• Blue Orb
• Red Orb
• Mega Stones (Mega Evolutions are purchased via coin consumption.)
• King's Rock
• Razor Fang

Banned Moves

• Acupressure
• Assist
• Last Respects

Watchlist

Pokémon

• Arceus
• Espeon
• Eternatus
• Gholdengo
• Ho-Oh
• Tapu Lele
• Yveltal

Abilities

• Toxic Debris
• Unburden

Strategies

It’s up to players to distribute how to best spend their coins. Do you want to Terastalize a Ho-Oh or use a Slaking with Guts? You can do that! But do you really want to put all your coins in one basket? Maybe it’s better to spread out your coins, and use a No Retreat Espeon set up facilitated by a Shed Tail Amoongus? It’s up to you to figure out the way to cheat to victory!

The Protect cheat can be used to prevent a hit and cover your setup, or stave off an attack while taking down a sweeper. Just look out for Dynamax! Endure can do much the same.

Prankster users are invaluable to use cheats with increased priority. Conversely, Dark types enjoy being immune to much of their trickery (except field effects, like Haze). Similarly, Psychic Terrain or Dazzling and its clones can help defend from Prankster.

Magic Bounce users like Espeon and Mega Diancie and Gholdengo are bound to be good to naturally deflect an assortment of Cheats.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: “How do I play Pay Day?”
A: “It is currently in the coding phase on https://play.theyakpen.com/. Please stay tuned!

Tiering History

Date​	Action​
WIP​	Meta created with initial banlist.

Resources
> Sample Teams
> Viability Rankings
> Solomods Discord
> Pay Day Discord

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Edit: Thanks so much to Yak Attack who has agreed to code and host on his server.

I would very much like this to be a collaborative project in terms of balancing. Obviously, playtesting would be needed to hammer out the finer details, but there are things that can be sorted out ahead of time with a bit of theorycrafting. The notion that Dynamax or Ubers could be made manageable in a OU-analogous setting with a sort of draft pick system is wild.

Here are questions for consideration I would like input on:

Questions to be answered

Basic Gameplay Vision: Functionally this Solomod is envisioned an Ubers NatDex mishmash of Almost Any Ability, Formemons, Trademarked, and Linked, but exploits are tied to a consumable resource. The Cheat List is conceptually a drop down menu, but coding issues may change this. It could alternatively work via nicknames or some other means. If there are ideas to streamline the mechanic, I’m all ears.

Cheat cost/balance: Cheats should be proportional to their power gradient relative to one another. The costs have these considerations in mind.

For instance, Dynamax/Gigantamax is powerful both offensively and defensively, able to be used freely on any mon on a given team (lacking an Uber or custom ability, bypasses flinch and Protect,, and potentially a great way to end a game. This is all balananced it being very expensive at 750 coins, and is thus highly committal. Is worth it if your opponent can go for the Endure cheat in tandem with a phazing move or a Red Card for a lesser 500 coins? Dynamax is also so expensive that it disallows the use of all of Replace abilities (2 instances), a Mega Evo, a Tera or a Z-Move, and is thus very comital. With that in mind. Is it too expensive?

Other high price combos: Using a restricted mon, in addition to a custom ability or Victory/Quiver Dance.

2 uses of any combination of Baton Pass, Endure, No Retreat, Shed Tail or Revival Blessing.

2 uses of any combination of Mega Evolution, Terastalization, or Z-Moves.

Bans vs Restrictions: Ultimately, does anything truly need to be banned, if it comes at a great resource cost? Obviously there’s un-fun and un-competitive elements like the Moody, sleep moves, random Illusion-mons, trapping abilities and Tera Shedinja, that shouldn’t see the light of day. could Mega Rayquaza, Primal Groudon or Ultra Necrozma be freed if they were as expensive or more expensive as Dynamax? It would seem like the player who chose to use these busted elements would be putting all their cheat eggs in one basket, and thus, potentially less likely to achieve victory in battle than a player who spread out their coins more evenly.

Generational Mechanics: To incentivize the consumption of coins, players cannot Mega Mega, Z-Move, Tera, or Dynamax without coin consumption. Offsetting this, mons do not need to hold Mega Stones or Z-Crsytals to use these mechanics, and more than one instance can be used per game (excluding Dynamax, which is too expensive to be used twice per game).

Taunt and Encore: A big one, should Taunt prevent the use of the cheat list? Should Encore force you to use them again? I’m inclined to say no to both of these, affecting only the active Pokémon’s native moves. Seems very strong.

Cheat moves/Cheat abilities: Are there any moves or abilities you’d like to see added to the cheats, or removed, for the sake of balance? (Balanced Hackmons and AAA serve as some inspiration for the restricted abilities list.)

 

[cringing in chat]

Name of Mod: Monsmod (or smth like that)
Mascot NO
Link to Changes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11n1U783oMbqlO8VZ4dIThmlb4x31T8xHIQGoPjB2y-w/edit?gid=0#gid=0 and https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18DHv3VuNQ60r0r0ztZEvHXd429jznHGKhJL0AFuuUdU/edit?gid=1579126936#gid=1579126936
Summary of the Mod: This was made in partnership with DuoM2's mod thing, because i naively thought i could make a balanced solomod. he was nice enough to allow me to use his mons and after about a year and me forgetting about it for a bit, here we are! Don't worry, there will be more mons added, and hopefully i can figure out how to export things soon, but once that happens, ill make some polls somewhere so people can decide how i should make my mod better. ill probably edit this later, but until then, bye!
Competitive Overview "i like tractors" -6 yr old me probably

Zam line, Gengar line maybe somaetime

 

[PQRDG]

Just because I have been working on it for the past couple hours I might as well post my progress here and show off the silly project I have decided to bring into existence.

Name of Mod: Mix and Mega - Limited Supply
Link to Changes: You Can Find Spreadsheet Here
Summary of the Mod: Based on the OM Mix and Mega. For those who do not know, you can give any Pokemon any Mega Stone (with some Pokemon and some Stones banned) and all of your team can Mega Evolve. For this mod I figured I would add a twist to that: a limited selection of Pokemon, each with access to only a limited selection of Mega Stones. The Spreadsheet (which I will work on cleaning up) will gradually add more and more Pokemon, but each Pokemon will only be allowed no more than 5 Mega Stones (the exception being Arceus, who will retain access to all of its plates). The idea being that the restrictive sets allow folks to be creative with their choices without using all of the dominating sets from vanilla Mix and Mega. Obvious rules carry over, such as not allowing multiple Pokemon on your team to be holding the same Mega Stone. The big benefits this adds though is allowing Pokemon that could normally not Mega Evolve, like Slaking, have a limited supply of options availble to it as well. Of course, a number of these Pokemon can choose not to hold Mega Stones instead, and there may be some strategy in doing so.

Am I going to regret letting this come into existence half-baked? Maybe. Will I continue working on this? Absolutely.

 

[Lysion]

Name of Mod: A Golden Experience
Mascot: Lucario
Link to Changes: Spreadsheet, Discord server
Summary of the Mod: National Dex based Solomod, where we try to make every Pokemon usable in any mean. We also have custom moves, abilities, and Fakemon as well as megas! No Z-moves, Dynamax, or Terastal. Hidden Power was removed from most abusers as well.
Competitive Overview: As a NatDex based Solomod, we have a lot of things here, but here are some of the ones I kinda like:

Existing mons

Glalie-Mega @ Glalitite
Ability: Explosive
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Sheer Cold
- Explosion
- Earthquake
- Recover / Rapid Spin / Spikes

Glalie-Mega benefits a lot from our mod. New ability Explosive allows to use Explosion-like moves without KOing your Pokemon. All OHKO moves were revamped, and Sheer Cold became a 150 BP Special Ice Explosion that sets Hail, so now Glalie-Mega is extremely powerful with high BP coverage and STAB, but it should be held back by its weak bulk and slow Speed.


Blaziken-Mega @ Blazikenite
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Flare Blitz
- High Jump Kick
- Roost

No hope for the chicken in Uber, due to Koraidon! So now, it has been heavily modified. Base form lost Speed Boost for Striker (Iron Fist clone for kicking moves), and mega got Magic Guard, and a huge Atk nerf. Magic Guard raises artificially its bulk to a higher level (due to no chip from hazards, Toxic etc), but it can also spam 2 powerful STABs without any drawback.


Nidoking @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Poison Jab
- Fissure
- Ice Punch / Golem Strike / Thunder Punch
- Stealth Rock / Golem Strike / Thunder Punch

Another OHKO move revamped: Fissure! Now a 90 BP physical Ground move with 10% to lower Def, aka a bone thrown to physical Sheer Force users, and Nidoking is perhaps the most effective out of them (gotta talk about it later). Special sets are still pretty much viable and possibly still better due to higher BP + less competition as a special breaker, but physical sets can use his higher Atk stats.


Landorus (M) @ Life Orb
Ability: Wind Rider
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Sandsear Storm
- Sludge Wave
- Focus Blast

Unbanned nerfed Landorus, with a new ability so it can still do things that are not "Lando-T but less good. Oh, and now its Atk and SpA are swapped, meaning it actually has 125 SpA, with Nasty Plot and Sandsear Storm...


Pinsir-Mega @ Pinsirite
Ability: Aerilate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Guillotine
- Quick Attack
- Close Combat

Another nerfed OHKO move, and this time, Guillotine mimics its pre-mega ability Moxie by being a more powerful but with a weaker effect than Felt Stinger. It can easily snowball, but otherwise, Pinsir-Mega stuff.


Slaking @ Nullify Orb
Ability: Truant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Bulk Up
- Return
- Earthquake
- Slack Off

Viable Slaking? Perhaps. Nullifying Orb allows it to nullify its ability, so it's basically a 670 BST mon with 160 Atk and a great, great bulk (150/100/65), as well as good coverage, setup, and heal. The catch here is that the second you get hit by Knock Off, you have a deadweight on your team. But hey, should be fine? 670 behemoth, without any effective ability or item, but still 670 BST behemoth.


Lanturn @ Leftovers
Ability: Night Light
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Scald
- Volt Switch / Discharge
- High Water
- Heal Bell / Toxic / Thunder Wave

Lanturn is already good, so give it a tiny more bulk, healing, and a better ability (Night Light is Thick Fat but for Ghost and Dark moves)... Now, it's easily a nice wall, yet a bit too passive.


Hypno @ Assault Vest
Ability: Endless Dream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Dream Eater
- Wake-Up Slap
- Foul Play
- Hypnotic Horror

Endless Dream is an ability that applies Comatose to every Pokemon on the field, meaning they actually well... all get hit by Dream Eater and Wake-Up Slap. This mon isn't very viable, but is a lot of fun.


Wigglytuff @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Fire Blast
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt

Wigglytuff finally good! Now, it's a slow breaker, that hits extremely hard, but suffers competition from both Nidoking and Braviary-Hisui (not sure how much Braviary-H would run Sheer Force over Tinted Lens though).


Metagross-Mega @ Metagrossite
Ability: Cosmic Energy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Meteor Mash
- Psychic
- Meteor Beam
- Earthquake

Metagross-Mega is also unbanned, and Cosmic Energy allows it to skip charging turns altogether. Now, it'll easily run a mixed set with Meteor Beam spam, or it can even run Skull Bash viably if it wants to.


Malamar @ Indecisive Orb
Ability: Contrary
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naive Nature
- Hypnotic Horror
- Superpower
- Knock Off
- Stored Power

Malamar buff! Hypnotic Horror is a Dark special Superpower, meaning that it can boost all of its stat bar Speed. Indecisive Orb is a Life Orb like item, but it inflicts Torment. Still, it can click Superpower and Hypnotic Horror, and after that, click a +1 100 BP Stored Power.


Sunflora @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Drought
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Growth
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
- Earth Power

Insert something about Grass/Fire Drought Sunflora.


Bouffalant @ Assault Vest
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Body Slam
- Close Combat
- Earthquake
- Headlong Rush

The very definition of a tank. Bouffalant is now incredibly bulky due to 95/95/95 bulk being great for Fluffy.


Regieleki @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Transistor
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Volt Switch
- Rapid Spin
- Flame Burst

Regieleki with coverage!? OK, it got a huge nerf in its ability (x1.2 instead of x1.3 or x1.5), and its only coverage is Flame Burst and Superpower. It can even miss the kill on bulky enough Grass with Flame Burst Specs Modest, and you can still easily wall it with a bulky Ground not weak to Fire.


Copperajah @ Life Orb
Ability: Sheer Force
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Iron Head
- Fissure
- Golem Strike
- Stealth Rock

Copperajah @ Leftovers
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Epicenter
- Whirlwind
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt

Copperajah @ Choice Band
Ability: Heavy Metal
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Heavy Slam
- Heat Crash
- Headlong Rush
- Stone Edge

Copperajah @ Assault Vest
Ability: Dry Skin
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Epicenter
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Stone Edge

I like this thing. Got a bit more bulk, Steel/Ground, every single set likes the Ground type. Fissure Sheer Force is back, and Epicenter is a physical Ground Future Sight. Steel/Ground with Water immunity is extremely nice despite the quad Fire weakness.


Silvally @ Life Orb
Ability: RKS System
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Extreme Speed
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
- Recover

Silvally-Fighting @ Choice Band
Ability: Scrappy
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Multi-Attack
- Hidden Power [Ghost]
- U-turn
- Extreme Speed

Silvally-Poison @ Assault Vest
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
- U-turn
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Poison Fang

Silvally-Flying @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Protect
- Swords Dance
- Multi-Attack
- Hidden Power [Ground]

Silvally is now OU Arceus. Like, really. Now, it got some more useful moves (most notable ones including Calm Mind, Recover and Extreme Speed), it's one of the last mons with Hidden Power (buffed to 100 BP, and will be Physical if Atk > SpA), and no longer needs an item, every single form got a new ability (RKS System gives x1.2 to non-STAB moves). Some forms are better than others, and I could talk about them for hours, but those are some sets I kinda enjoy.


Gogoat @ Leftovers
Ability: Grass Pelt
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Grassy Glide
- Rock Slide
- Milk Drink

Putting the Goat in Gogoat. Or at least trying to. Now, Grass Pelt is a clone of Hadron Engine for Grassy Terrain that boosts Def, so, with the Grassy Terrain, the Def boost, and Milk Drink, it can be surprisingly bulky. Despite all of that, it's still not very viable (Tapu Bulu, Rillaboom, and the new Goldiorno are heavy competition), but hey, it can be UU or RU instead of being ZU?


Wailord @ Leftovers
Ability: Blowhole
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Water Spout
- Ice Beam
- Flip Turn
- Slack Off

We had to scratch our heads on this one. Like, really. When the analysis say "Do not use Wailord." in ZU... This Pokemon has no stat beside HP, and can click Water Spout. Yes, that's all. So we made it extremely good at clicking Water Spout (now its Water moves will set Rain, and Water Spout is locked to 150 BP). Yes this is all what we found to make it remotely usable at all.


Guzzlord @ Leftovers
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Knock Off
- Dissolution
- Slack Off
- Spikes

More bulk, less Speed, and a shitton new moves. Spikes, Slack Off, Dissolution (a Poison type Core Enforcer), and Parting Shot for its famous scream (warning: sound loud). Now it compresses a lot of utility, and has a lot of useful resistances, but is still nowhere near broken due to common weaknesses (Fighting, Fairy, Ice, even Bug is annoying).


Hatterene (F) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Sassy Nature
- Moonblast
- Moonlight
- Nuzzle
- Teleport

Hatterene getting a bit more bulk, more moves, so it can be a bone thrown at Stall teams. They don't really have any option for Magic Bounce other than Sableye-Mega, so they can now actually run another mega without lacking a Magic Bouncer.

New Fakemon and megas

Wigglytuff-Mega @ Wigglytite
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Wish
- Knock Off
- Moonblast
- Heal Bell

Another Wigglytuff buff! With Fluffy, its bulk is simply monstruous, and it can easily just block down the road.


Miraidon-Weakened @ Choice Specs
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Electro Drift
- Volt Switch
- Draco Meteor
- Overheat

Koraidon-Weakened @ Life Orb
Ability: Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Flare Blitz
- Outrage

They were created as an attempt to nerf Koraidon and Miraidon a bit, as they are powerful. Normal forms are still Uber but need an item, so say hello to OU versions! They are indeed powerful, but are still kinda manageable, due to well... not having their broken ass abilities. They make Sun and Electric spam very powerful still (Tapu Koko + Iron Valiant + Miraidon-Weakened equals to war crimes).


Serperior-Galar @ Choice Specs
Ability: Unconcerned
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Leaf Storm
- Draco Meteor
- Earth Power
- Flamethrower

Serperior-Galar is especially arrogant compared to the Serperior we all know. Unconcerned is a funny ability: it's Unaware, but for yourself. So you're not affected by drops, but you cannot setup. Hey, it's worse Contrary, but at least Serperior-G can have coverage without breaking the game in halves!


Flygon-Mega @ Flygonite
Ability: Desert Song
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Boomburst
- Sonic Boom
- Fire Blast
- U-turn

Extremely powerful Flygon-Mega, Desert Song is a Liquid Voice clone for Ground type. Fire/Ground is great coverage, and Sonic Boom became a sound priority, so it's like, extremely good. Borderline broken, even.

Goldiorno @ Choice Band
Ability: Grassy Surge
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Golden Experience
- Grassy Glide
- U-turn

I was talking about it earlier. Fighting/Fairy with Grassy Surge is funny, and well, it lacks STAB on Grassy Glide but it has STAB Close Combat, and Golden Experience (a Fairy Drain Punch). Still kinda underexplored.


Ribombee-Mega @ Ribombinite
Ability: Fluffy
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Moonblast
- Roost

Ribombee-Mega is a fluffy little bee, hence the ability. Now it trades Speed for bulk, and can easily set up Quiver Dances as long as you take care of Fire types. Heatran is especially good at that.

Baalzebutis @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- First Impression
- U-turn
- Knock Off
- Superpower / Sucker Punch

What if Weavile was a satanic bug? Well, you have Baalzebutis. It's the definition of Glass Cannon, and came way before Lokix was a thing. Its First Impression hits real hard, as well as its U-Turn.


Salazzle-Mega (F) @ Salazzlite
Ability: Merciless
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Overheat
- Venoshock
- Toxic
- Dissolution / Venom Drench

I love this one. Many people wonder why Toxapex got Merciless while Salazzle got Corrosion, the opposite would be more useful, right? So Salazzle-Mega gets Merciless, and well, it exploits everything Salazzle has. Corrosion pre-mega can catch off-guard Heatran or a Poison type a bit too daring, and, while Nasty Plot sets are nice and all, spamming a 130 BP move without any drawback is neat. Yes, Overheat + Merciless is the real shit. Basically CritDra but you need to poison instead of clicking Focus Energy.


Iron Drill @ Booster Energy
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- Horn Drill
- Earthquake
- Recover

Iron Drill @ Leftovers
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Iron Head
- Recover
- Rapid Spin

Iron Drill @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Close Combat
- Horn Drill
- Earthquake
- Wild Charge

Future Paradox Excadrill, inspired from Gurren Lagann. It got Swords Dance removed as otherwise it would be way too broken, but it has many useful tools, including a strong Close Combat, Rapid Spin and Recover. Horn Drill became a Steel Megahorn.


White Whale @ Choice Band / Booster Energy
Ability: Blowhole / Protosynthesis
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Liquidation
- Crunch
- Flip Turn
- Aqua Jet / Earthquake / Slack Off

Moby Dick, the White Whale. Way different from the peaceful whale we all know, White Whale hits extremely hard, but is ironically a bad Protosynthesis abuser so it has to rely on Booster Energy to trigger Protosynthesis.


Genesect-Douse @ Douse Drive
Ability: Water Bubble
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Bug Buzz
- Mercury Shot
- Techno Blast
- Flamethrower

Genesect-Chill @ Chill Drive
Ability: Refrigerate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- U-turn
- Iron Head
- Extreme Speed
- Thunderbolt

Genesect was too powerful, its Drives were useless, so we made a thing. The 4 of them are now nice, but those two are I think the best ones. -ate Speed is no joke, and Water Bubble Techno Blast is a war crime.


Hopkineye @ Leftovers
Ability: Strange Body
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Recover
- Stealth Rock
- Will-O-Wisp
- Knock Off

Weird Regional Evo Sableye, this one is Rock/Dark, and its ability makes it take neutral damages from Physical super effective moves, so a Close Combat will only be neutral. Otherwise, it's kinda frail, and a strong move will strike it down easily.

origyrant @ Life Orb
Ability: Run Away
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- No Retreat
- Leaf Storm
- Close Combat
- Knock Off

origyrant @ Life Orb
Ability: Run Away
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Close Combat
- Seed Bomb
- Stone Edge

origyrant @ Life Orb
Ability: Run Away
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Nasty Plot
- Leaf Storm
- Focus Blast
- Synthesis

origyrant @ Leftovers
Ability: Emergency Exit
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Synthesis
- Knock Off

My paper tiger, Run Away is now Shed Shell but as an ability, meaning it can use No Retreat and still well.. retreat. It also has a nice movepool, including many utility moves, so I'm sure it could be good.


Typhlosion-Mega @ Typhlosionite
Ability: Convection Current
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Gravity
- Inferno / Fire Blast / Eruption
- Earth Power
- Morning Sun

This one is from Hematite! Convection Current doubles its Speed under Gravity, and oh boy, it has synergy with Gravity. Doubling its Speed makes it good for Eruption spamming, but it can also run a 100% Acc Fire Blast and always hit it, or run a 83% Inferno and spread Burn easily. Also, Fire/Ground is perfect coverage when there is no Ground immunity, and it is removed by Gravity so...

Been an absolute while since I posted about AGE in this thread, but basically, the metagame has been updated a lot! Nowadays, we play here!
(If you go there and the server isn't up, it's normal, I currently have low traffic and it's literally hosted on some machine I have in my house so I don't keep it running 24/7).

 

[AquaticPanic]

lovelymod​

there wasn't a discord coding contest this time but the holidaymod saga continues, with a Valentines entry. Its a 2v2 monothreat fairy meta of 28 mons (incluiding formes) with very silly things such as:

• several mons with three or four typings
• a new Mega Evolution for Charizard
• a rework of the Attract status
• matchmaking couples in real time with 2 of your 6 pokémon
• Couple Abilities that only activate when your Pokémon are in love
• Yellow Diancie
• Heart Moves that are boosted when you're in love
• divorce

This is the Sheet. Coding should be nearly complete thanks to anaconja . Feel free to direct any questions to me.

 

[iforgetwhyimhere :D]

Nuke Buttons

The Sheet®

Remember Z moves? Did you love those 200 base power moves that OHKO everything not resisted? Have you ever wanted it even less balanced? Nuke Buttons is just for you!
Once per game, Pokemon can use their ultimate move (their Nuke Button). Nuke buttons are 350 base power moves tailored to their user's higher attacking stat. When used, they also replace the user's ability with one that makes Normal moves its primary type (not dynamic). The movepool of Pokemon is much smaller than usual.

Overview: Rat broken. Rat banned. I aimed to make most Pokemon mostly balanced (by being all absurdly broken by comparison), distributing stat values of 160, 145, 135, 120, 100, and 95 among their stats. Each type is tied to an Ability, and each type shows up once as a primary and once as a secondary typing for various Mythicals.

Type Abilities:

Bug: Tinted Lens
Dark: Dark Aura
Dragon: Dragon's Maw
Electric: Electromorphosis
Fairy: Battle Bond
Fighting: Adaptability
Fire: Sheer Force
Flying: Delta Stream
Ghost: Shadow Tag
Grass: Grassy Surge
Ground: Arena Trap
Ice: Ice Scales
Normal: Simple
Poison: Poison Puppeteer
Psychic: Magic Guard
Rock: Solid Rock
Steel: Tough Claws
Water: Water Bubble

There are some changes and new Abilities, so check out the sheet!

This format is already being coded by me!