Metagame SV Pokebilities AAA

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Pokebilities AAA Hub

What is Pokebilities AAA?​

Pokebilities AAA, often shortened to PokeAAA, is the mashup of Pokebilities and Almost Any Ability. In this format, all of a Pokemon's obtainable base abilities are active simultaneously, plus one additional chosen ability, in the same vein as AAA.

Council:
Miss Crisis
BandedBodyPress
Velcroc

Ruleset and Banlist:

Clauses and Restrictions

Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
OHKO Clause: A Pokemon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
Evasion Clause: A Pokemon may not have either Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
Sleep Moves Clause: Bans all moves that induce sleep.
Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
Single Ability Clause: Two Pokemon on the same team may not share an ability. This does not apply to base abilities granted by Pokebilities.
Regenerator Clause: No more than two Pokemon per team may have the ability Regenerator.

Abilities

The following abilities are banned and cannot be used. Pokemon with these base abilities are banned and cannot be used.
Arena Trap
Magnet Pull
Moody
Shadow Tag

The following abilities are restricted and cannot be used as the chosen ability in the teambuilder. Pokemon with these base abilities are useable unless specified otherwise.
Comatose
Contrary
Fur Coat
Good as Gold
Gorilla Tactics
Huge Power
Ice Scales
Illusion
Imposter
Innards Out
Magic Bounce
Neutralizing Gas
Orichalcum Pulse
Parental Bond
Poison Heal
Pure Power
Simple
Speed Boost
Stakeout
Toxic Debris
Triage
Unburden
Water Bubble
Wonder Guard

The following combinations of abilities cannot be used on the same Pokemon. The abilities are still useable individually and while on the same team.
Drizzle and Swift Swim
Primordial Sea and Swift Swim
Drought and Chlorophyll
Drought and Protosynthesis
Desolate Land and Chlorophyll
Electric Surge and Surge Surfer
Electric Surge and Quark Drive
Hadron Engine and Surge Surfer
Hadron Engine and Quark Drive
Sand Stream and Sand Rush
Sand Stream and Sand Veil
Snow Warning and Slush Rush
Snow Warning and Snow Cloak
Emergency Exit and Regenerator
Wimp Out and Regenerator

Banned Pokemon

Annihilape
Arcanine-Hisui
Arceus
Azumarill
Basculin
Basculegion
Baxcalibur
Blaziken
Braviary-Hisui
Calyrex-Ice
Calyrex-Shadow
Ceruledge
Chi-Yu
Chien-Pao
Clefable
Cloyster
Conkeldurr
Darkrai
Deoxys-Attack
Deoxys-Base
Dialga
Dialga-Origin
Dondozo
Dragapult
Dragonite
Enamorus-Base
Espathra
Eternatus
Excadrill
Flutter Mane
Gholdengo
Giratina
Giratina-Origin
Gouging Fire
Groudon
Hawlucha
Ho-Oh
Hoopa-Unbound
Iron Bundle
Iron Valiant
Kingambit
Keldeo
Kleavor
Koraidon
Kyogre
Kyurem
Kyurem-Black
Kyurem-White
Landorus-Incarnate
Lugia
Lunala
Magearna
Manaphy
Mewtwo
Miraidon
Necrozma Dusk-Mane
Necrozma Dawn-Wings
Noivern
Ogerpon-Hearthflame
Palkia
Palkia-Origin
Porygon-Z
Rayquaza
Raging Bolt
Reshiram
Roaring Moon
Serperior
Shaymin-Sky
Smeargle
Sneasler
Solgaleo
Spectrier
Ursaluna
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
Urshifu-Single-Strike
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
Volcarona
Walking Wake
Weavile
Yanmega
Zacian-Hero
Zacian-Crowned
Zamazenta
Zapdos-Galar
Zoroark-Hisui

The following Pokemon are not useable because one or more of their base abilities are banned:
Arena Trap:
Diglett and Dugtrio
Trapinch
Magnet Pull:
Alolan Geodude, Graveler, and Golem
Magnemite, Magneton, and Magnezone
Nosepass and Probopass
Moody:
Snorunt and Glalie
Scovillain
Smeargle
Shadow Tag:
Gothita, Gothorita, and Gothitelle
The combination of Snow Warning and Snow Cloak:
Vulpix-Alola and Ninetales-Alola

Items and Moves

Items:
Damp Rock
Icy Rock
King's Rock
Razor Fang
Smooth Rock
Moves:
Baton Pass
Last Respects
Revival Blessing
Shed Tail

Tournament and Challenge Code

/tour new [Gen 9] Pokebilities, Elimination,,,[Gen 9] Pokebilities AAA
/tour rules !Obtainable Abilities, Ability Clause = 1, Terastal Clause, AAA Restricted Abilities, *Comatose, *Contrary, *Fur Coat, *Good as Gold, *Gorilla Tactics, *Huge Power, *Ice Scales, *Illusion, *Imposter, *Innards Out, *Magic Bounce, -Magnet Pull, *Neutralizing Gas, *Orichalcum Pulse, *Parental Bond, *Poison Heal, *Pure Power, *Simple, *Speed Boost, *Stakeout, *Toxic Debris, *Triage, *Unburden, *Water Bubble, *Wonder Guard, -Arcanine-Hisui, -Azumarill, -Basculin, -Blaziken, -Ceruledge, -Clefable, -Cloyster, -Darkrai, -Dondozo, -Dragapult, -Dragonite, -Enamorus-Base, -Gholdengo, -Hawlucha, -Hoopa-Unbound, -Iron Valiant, -Keldeo, -Kleavor, -Kyurem, -Manaphy, -Noivern, -Raging Bolt, -Serperior, -Ursaluna, -Urshifu, -Walking Wake, -Weavile, -Yanmega, -Zamazenta, -Zapdos-Galar, -Zoroark-Hisui, -Revival Blessing, -Regenerator + Wimp Out, -Regenerator + Emergency Exit, -Regenerator > 2, -Drizzle + Swift Swim, -Primordial Sea + Swift Swim, -Drought + Chlorophyll, -Desolate Land + Chlorophyll, -Electric Surge + Surge Surfer, -Hadron Engine + Surge Surfer, -Hadron Engine + Quark Drive, -Electric Surge + Quark Drive, -Drought + Protosynthesis, -Sand Stream + Sand Rush, -Sand Stream + Sand Veil, -Snow Warning + Snow Cloak, -Snow Warning + Slush Rush, +Regieleki, +Palafin, +Damp Rock, +Icy Rock, +Smooth Rock
/tour autostart 10
/tour autodq 7

/challenge gen9pokebilities @@@ !Obtainable Abilities, Ability Clause = 1, Terastal Clause, AAA Restricted Abilities, *Comatose, *Contrary, *Fur Coat, *Good as Gold, *Gorilla Tactics, *Huge Power, *Ice Scales, *Illusion, *Imposter, *Innards Out, *Magic Bounce, -Magnet Pull, *Neutralizing Gas, *Orichalcum Pulse, *Parental Bond, *Poison Heal, *Pure Power, *Simple, *Speed Boost, *Stakeout, *Toxic Debris, *Triage, *Unburden, *Water Bubble, *Wonder Guard, -Arcanine-Hisui, -Azumarill, -Basculin, -Blaziken, -Ceruledge, -Clefable, -Cloyster, -Darkrai, -Dondozo, -Dragapult, -Dragonite, -Enamorus-Base, -Gholdengo, -Hawlucha, -Hoopa-Unbound, -Iron Valiant, -Keldeo, -Kleavor, -Kyurem, -Manaphy, -Noivern, -Raging Bolt, -Serperior, -Ursaluna, -Urshifu, -Walking Wake, -Weavile, -Yanmega, -Zamazenta, -Zapdos-Galar, -Zoroark-Hisui, -Revival Blessing, -Regenerator + Wimp Out, -Regenerator + Emergency Exit, -Regenerator > 2, -Drizzle + Swift Swim, -Primordial Sea + Swift Swim, -Drought + Chlorophyll, -Desolate Land + Chlorophyll, -Electric Surge + Surge Surfer, -Hadron Engine + Surge Surfer, -Hadron Engine + Quark Drive, -Electric Surge + Quark Drive, -Drought + Protosynthesis, -Sand Stream + Sand Rush, -Sand Stream + Sand Veil, -Snow Warning + Snow Cloak, -Snow Warning + Slush Rush, +Regieleki, +Palafin, +Damp Rock, +Icy Rock, +Smooth Rock

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How do the abilities get added to the Pokemon?
A. In the teambuilder, select the your AAA ability ("chosen ability") in the ability slot. Your Pokemon will have its regular ('native') abilities added in battle.

Q. Why so many complex bans?
A. Due to the nature of the format, it is healthier to restrict broken combinations of abilities (mostly combinations that boost the user's speed) instead of banning one or both of the base abilities, which are not broken by themselves.

Q. Why is Regenerator Clause in effect?
A. Without it, Regenerator cores consisting of multiple base users and an AAA user dominate the metagame and are able to (effectively) infinitely stall other teams that cannot break through their cores.

Q. How do Weezing/Weezing-Galar work?
A. At the moment of writing (9/13/25), Pokemon with Neutralizing Gas as a base ability will only have Neutralizing Gas active, all other abilities are supressed. Neither form will be immune to ground moves with Levitate, Weezing-G's Misty Terrain will not appear, and the chosen ability will be supressed

Q. How does Palafin work?
A. In base form, Palafin will have its selected ability active. If Palafin is holding an Ability Shield, Zero-to-Hero will activate upon the second switch-in as normal, but it will not have its selected ability active. Without Ability Shield, Zero-to-Hero will not activate.

Ability Interactions

The following interactions are what happens when a Pokemon uses these abilities on the same set:
Shadow Shield and Multiscale: Damage taken from full health is reduced to 1/4 of its original value
Protosynthesis and Quark Drive: These abilities do not stack and the affected stat will only be boosted by 30%
Mummy and Wandering Spirit will only affect the chosen ability
Trace will only trace the chosen ability
Poison Touch and Toxic Chain do not interact with Sheer Force

Certain moves interact with abilities unconventionally:
Gastro Acid and Worry Seed will only affect the chosen ability
Skill Swap will only swap the chosen abilities. It will still fail if a Pokemon has Protosynthesis, Quark Drive, or other untransferable/unsupressable abilities as either base or chosen abilities.

 

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SAMPLE TEAMS

Current as of 10/1/25
Comfey Balance

Bulky Offense

Ogerpon-C + Samurott-H Pivot Spam

Sample Archive

This will be filled out throughout the future as the metagame develops. If you'd like some insight into past teams, I highly recommend looking at the sample teams and discussion of [Gen 8] Pokebilities AAA

 

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PRELIMINARY VIABILITY RANKINGS
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This iteration of the format is in its infancy, these Viability Rankings will be updated to reflect changes in the metagame.

HIGH VIABILITY	CHOSEN ABILITY
Corviknight	Fluffy, Immunity Ability, Intimidate
Garchomp	Regenerator, Iron Barbs, Sword of Ruin
Gliscor	Aerilate, Fluffy, Water Absorb
Hatterene	Fluffy, Psychic Surge, Stamina, Tinted Lens
Heatran	Desolate Land, Earth Eater, Magic Guard, Water Absorb
Landorus-T	Desolate Land, Fluffy, Mold Breaker, Regenerator, Water Absorb
Latios	Beads of Ruin, Hadron Engine, Psychic Surge, Tinted Lens
Meowscarada	Adaptability, Magic Guard, Sword of Ruin
Ogerpon-W	Magic Guard, Primordial Sea
Pecharunt	Earth Eater, Fluffy, Prankster
Primarina	Beads of Ruin, Primordial Sea, Regenerator
Reuniclus	Beads of Ruin, Fluffy, Psychic Surge, Shadow Shield, Stamina
Rotom-Heat	Desolate Land, Intimidate, Regenerator
Rotom-Wash	Fluffy, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Regenerator, Unaware
Samurott-Hisui	Adaptability, Primordial Sea, Regenerator, Sword of Ruin
Slowking-Galar	Immunity Ability, Shadow Sheild, Vessel of Ruin,
Ting-Lu	Fluffy, Immunity Ability, Regenerator, Unaware
Toxapex	Fluffy, Immunity Ability, Prankster
VIABLE
Archaludon
Blissey
Cinderace
Clodsire
Comfey
Deoxys-Speed
Garganacl
Great Tusk
Iron Moth
Kommo-O
Moltres
Ogerpon-C
Quaquaval
Regieleki
Roaring Moon
Scream Tail
Sinistcha
Skarmory
Talonflame
Tinkaton
Volcanion
Weezing-Galar
Zamazenta
Zapdos

 

[BandedBodyPress]

I'm no mathematician but to me it makes more sense for Gliscor to be Marvel Scale over Fluffy. On account of non-contact moves and fire moves. Gliscor flounders anyways if its knocked, so I can't imagine it makes a huge difference that it needs a turn to get statused in the first place.

 

[Velcroc]

I'm no mathematician but to me it makes more sense for Gliscor to be Marvel Scale over Fluffy. On account of non-contact moves and fire moves. Gliscor flounders anyways if its knocked, so I can't imagine it makes a huge difference that it needs a turn to get statused in the first place.

I think this works as a slash, especially for teams that are weak to fire and only need the 1.5x buff, but Fluffy is still the better ability in overall damage reduction.

Using SOR Grassy Surge Rillaboom as a frame of reference (strong neutral attack) against both Marvel Scale and Fluffy to illustrate the point.

252+ Atk Choice Band Sword of Ruin Rillaboom Wood Hammer vs. 244 HP / 252+ Def Marvel Scale Gliscor in Grassy Terrain: 223-264 (63.3 - 75%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Choice Band Sword of Ruin Rillaboom Wood Hammer vs. 244 HP / 252+ Def Fluffy Gliscor in Grassy Terrain: 168-198 (47.7 - 56.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Control Calc with neither ability:

252+ Atk Choice Band Sword of Ruin Rillaboom Wood Hammer vs. 244 HP / 252+ Def Gliscor in Grassy Terrain: 336-396 (95.4 - 112.5%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO


Pretty sizeable difference in calcs imo. Fluffy Gliscor also has the option of protecting once to stay out of the 2HKO threshold, whilst Marvel Scale has to get lucky or switch.

 

[BandedBodyPress]

Oh thats a pretty big difference. I think it definitely works as a slash due to Fluffy being on so many mons, making Gliscor a secondary wall rather than a primary. I can't think of that many impactful non-contact physical moves or impactful contact special moves. I think its just a team composition thing.

 

[Miss Crisis]

Hello again, it's time for a PokeAAA update! The tier has seen a noticeable increase in play and we've been able to figure some things out about balance and tiering! First things first:

Cloyster has been banned!
Cloyster's base ability of Skill Link forms a devastating combo with Technician, granting it a whopping 187.5 base power Icicle Spear and Rock Blast. With this gigantic power boost, Cloyster could even run a significant investment into its special attack to target the few physical walls able to stand up to it after a shell smash.

Several ability combinations are being restricted:
Sand Stream and Sand Rush
Snow Warning and Slush Rush
As one of the only formats where Pokemon can have more than one active ability, PokeAAA has always needed to make some harsh restrictions to remain balanced. A notable historical example was the combination of a weather setting ability and a weather-dependent speed boosting ability, which immediately doubled the user's speed and often provided a power boost to their STAB or coverage moves. This combination is broken on a single Pokemon, but has counterplay and significant opportunity cost while restricted, as it forces teams to give up multiple slots for a combination easily disrupted by primal weather. Sand Stream + Sand Rush and Snow Warning + Slush Rush initially slipped under our radar, as they don't provide a power boost and are limited to a smaller pool of Pokemon, but have proven that they are much like their sun and rain counterparts. Simply put, the mechanic of doubling a Pokemon's speed without setup or additional team support is broken.
Sand Stream and Sand Veil
Snow Warning and Snow Cloak
On the other hand, we all know Evasion boosting is fundamentally broken. In most other formats, running a team with a Snow Cloak or Sand Veil user is suboptimal and almost always not worth the opportunity cost. In PokeAAA, a Pokemon is able to set the condition and abuse the evasion boost without a teammate setting weather or being forced to manually set weather. Allowing these Pokemon to have an evasion chance significantly higher than brightpowder is unfair and uncompetitive, and as a result will be restricted from the tier. Unfortunately, Vulpix-Alola and Ninetales-Alola have the combination of Snow Warning and Snow Cloak as base abilities, and are not useable in the tier like last generation.

The Weather Rocks are all unbanned!
Now that the most problematic aspects of weather have all been dealt with, we are testing the presence of the weather extension stones in the tier. Weather is not in a great spot, and teams relying on weather are easily and harshly disrupted by common users of Desolate Land and Primordial Sea. Weather rocks were banned in Pokebilities, where primordial weather isn't available, and are not broken in this format.

Thanks for playing, and I hope to play against you in the PS! room sometime!