Introduction
In this metagame, every move that directly affects your opponent behaves like a pivoting move, like Volt Switch, Parting Shot, or U-Turn. For reference, only moves that specifically target your foe force a switch. Those that target the user (Recover, Dragon Dance, etc), the user's side (Heal Bell, Wish, Reflect, etc), the field (Sunny Day, Trick Room, etc), hazards (Spikes, Stealth Rock, etc), or everyone (Haze, Perish Song, etc) will keep the user in play.
Rules:
Mechanic: Every move that directly affects your opponent forces you to switch.
Clauses: Standard OMs, Sleep Moves Clause, Min Source Gen=9
Bans:
Regular Bans (Pre-HOME):








New Pokemon Bans (HOME):


















New New Pokemon Bans (Teal Mask DLC):

New New New Pokemon Bans (Indigo Disk DLC):










New Pokemon Bans (HOME):


















New New Pokemon Bans (Teal Mask DLC):


New New New Pokemon Bans (Indigo Disk DLC):













- Fake Out
- Last Respects
- Revival Blessing
King's Rock
Razor Fang
Strategy:
- Set-up offense will be nearly useless. What good is it to set a Swords Dance up if you lose it upon attack?
- Fast and fragile attackers will be able to strike hard, strike fast, and flee before they can get struck in return. Same goes for priority users.
- Bulky regenerators will be able to sponge hits to attack or status and then switch for free to heal.
- Choice items will be REALLY good.
- Same for hazards.
- Roar, Whirlwind, etc. shuffles the opposing team and then lets the user switch after, letting them capitalize on the opponent's uncontrolled switch.
- Field effects, such as weather, will be more potent since one can switch to an abuser without manual switching.
- Moves that require recharging (Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, etc) will be really good, and possibly broken.
- Same goes for moves that lower a stat upon use (Draco Meteor, Make it Rain, etc)



Decreased Viability:



Q&A:
Q: Why is Revival Blessing banned?
A: Due to the nature of how Revival Blessing is currently programmed, it “eats your switch” because it uses a switch to let you select the pokemon to revive. This, is uncompetitive for the metagame.
Q: How do status moves work?
A: Status moves that successfully target your opponent such as Toxic will trigger the switching mechanic. Status moves that target either the field or your Pokemon such as Haze, Stealth Rock, or Swords Dance will not trigger the mechanic.
Q: How do multihit moves work?
A: You will be forced to switch after all the hits have been striked.
Q: How does Future Sight work?
A: Due to the way it's coded right now, using Future Sight does not trigger the switching mechanic and keeps the user in play.
Resources:
- Playability: Challenge code:
/Challenge [USERNAME], [Gen 9] Anything Goes @@@ VoltTurn Mayhem Mod, Standard OMs, Sleep Moves Clause, -king's rock, -razor, fang, -fake out, -last respects, -revival blessing, -Darkrai, -miraidon, -koraidon, -Flutter Mane, -Iron Bundle, -Palafin, -Chi-Yu, -Chien-Pao, -dragonite, -arceus,-calyrex-shadow,-calyrex-ice,-dialga,-dialga-origin,-eternatus,-giratina,-giratina-origin,-groudon,-kyogre,-mewtwo,-palkia,-palkia-origin,-rayquaza,-regieleki,-shaymin-sky, -zacian,-zacian-crowned,-magearna, Deoxys-Attack, Deoxys-Base, Deoxys-Speed, Ho-oh, Kyurem-Black, Kyurem-White, Lunala, Necrozma-Dawn-Wings, Necrozma-Dusk-Mane, Reshiram, Solgaleo, Zekrom, -Terapagos
Sample Teams!
Viability Rankings
- Discord server: https://discord.gg/UtGh9wEJ7V
Council:




Changelog:
DATE | UPDATE |
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13/12/2022 | Metagame created with initial banlist. |
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03/01/2023 | |
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29/01/2023 | |
06/08/2023 | |
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