Ability Match

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Ability Match

In this metagame, every pokemon gets a pool of 10 abilities that can be used. These pokemon can only pick abilities out of these 10. A dual type pokemon can use an ability from either of its types. Megas keep their normal abilities. This is played with normal OU rules and clauses. Pokemon may not use their original abilities, but they keep their normal movepools.

Types~


Normal

  1. Adaptability
  2. Contrary
  3. Cute charm
  4. Fur coat
  5. Simple
  6. Immunity
  7. Normalize
  8. Reckless
  9. Serene grace
  10. Unburden

Fire
  1. Blaze
  2. Drought
  3. Dry skin
  4. Flame body
  5. Flash fire
  6. Heatproof
  7. Magma armour
  8. Solar Power
  9. Turboblaze
  10. White smoke


Fighting
Anger point
Anticipation
Competitive
Defiant
Iron fist
Hustle
Mold breaker
Reckless
Scrappy
Unaware
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Water
  1. Damp
  2. Drizzle
  3. Rain dish
  4. Sap sipper
  5. Shell armour
  6. Storm drain
  7. Suction cups
  8. Swift Swim
  9. Torrent
  10. Water absorb

  1. Aerialate
  2. Big pecks
  3. Cheek pouch
  4. Cloud nine
  5. Early bird
  6. Gale wings
  7. Infiltrator
  8. Speed boost
  9. Strong jaw
  10. Tough claws

  1. Arena trap
  2. Chlorophyll
  3. Color change
  4. Harvest
  5. Hydration
  6. Leaf guard
  7. Natural cure
  8. Overcoat
  9. Overgrow
  10. Poison heal

  1. Dry skin
  2. Effect spore
  3. Frisk
  4. Gooey
  5. Liquid ooze
  6. Own tempo
  7. Poison point
  8. Poison touch
  9. Prankster
  10. Stench

Electric
  1. Aftermath
  2. Download
  3. Levitate
  4. Lightning rod
  5. No guard
  6. Overcoat
  7. Quick feet
  8. Regenerator
  9. Teravolt
  10. Volt absorb

Ground
  1. Filter
  2. Guts
  3. Magma armour
  4. Mold breaker
  5. Reckless
  6. Rough skin
  7. Sand force
  8. Sand Rush
  9. Sand stream
  10. Sand veil

Psychic
  1. Illusion
  2. Imposter
  3. TintedLens
  4. Levitate
  5. Magic bounce
  6. Magic guard
  7. Magician
  8. Synchronize
  9. Serene grace
  10. Victory star

Rock
  1. Defiant
  2. Mold breaker
  3. Sand veil
  4. Recklessness
  5. Rock head
  6. Sand stream
  7. Scrappy
  8. Solid rock
  9. Sturdy
  10. Technician

Ice
  1. Clear body
  2. Forewarn
  3. Frisk
  4. Ice body
  5. Refrigerate
  6. Serene grace
  7. Snow cloak
  8. Snow warning
  9. Unburden
  10. Weak armour

Bug
  1. Compoundeyes
  2. Unaware
  3. Immunity
  4. Multiscale
  5. Own tempo
  6. Poison point
  7. Poison touch
  8. Rough skin
  9. Sap sipper
  10. Shed skin

Dragon
  1. Compeditive
  2. Defiant
  3. Marvel scale
  4. Mold breaker
  5. Moxie
  6. Multiscale
  7. No guard
  8. Rough skin
  9. Victory star
  10. Weak armour

Ghost
  1. Aftermath
  2. Bad dreams
  3. Cursed body
  4. Illusion
  5. Levitate
  6. Magic bounce
  7. Mummy
  8. Prankster
  9. Shadow tag
  10. Telepathy

Dark
  1. Dark aura
  2. Imposter
  3. Insomnia
  4. Levitate
  5. Magician
  6. Prankster
  7. Pressure
  8. Synchronize
  9. Telepathy
  10. Tinted lens

Steel
  1. Download
  2. Heavy metal
  3. Infiltrator
  4. Iron barbs
  5. Iron fist
  6. Levitate
  7. Light metal
  8. Magnet pull
  9. Motor drive
  10. Static

Fairy
  1. Fairy aura
  2. Healer
  3. Magic bounce
  4. Magic guard
  5. Own tempo
  6. Regenerator
  7. Pixilate
  8. Tinted lens
  9. Unburden
  10. Vital spirit

Banlist ~
Slaking, Regigigas, Archeops (for obvious reasons)
Wobbuffet (Imposter, Illusion)
Ubers (Obvious)
Gengar (Prankster, Shadow tag without Mega)
Smeargle (Simple)

Blaziken is NOT BANNED (though mega blaziken is~)
Shaymin-Sky is NOT BANNED
Clauses ~
OHKO Clause
Moody Clause
Sleep clause
2 Ability Clause
Endless battle clause (Sorry i had to put this in ;-;)[/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide][/hide]

Shoutouts~
Arcticblast and Hollywood (:P)
TheAmazingFlavio for testing this on showdown before i posted it
Piccolo Daimao for being willing enough to try and code this on his server
Ranger Mike for "Various Reasons"


This metagame is now playable under the custom game option on Pokemon Showdown, smogon's main battle simulator.
 
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Fur Coat Miltank.
Adaptability Porygon-Z.
Gale Wings/Tough Claws Staraptor.
Any Good Electric type with Levitate.
Imposter Cresselia. O_o


Stuff that is hard to see:
Banlist ~
Slaking, Regigigas, Archeops (for obvious reasons)
Wobbuffet (Imposter, Illusion)
Ubers (Obvious)
Gengar (Prankster, Shadow tag without Mega)
Smeargle (Simple)

Blaziken is NOT BANNED
Clauses ~
OHKO Clause
Moody Clause
Sleep clause
2 Ability Clause
Endless battle clause (Sorry i had to put this in ;-;)
 
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Fur Coat Miltank.
Adaptability Porygon-Z.
Gale Wings/Tough Claws Staraptor.
Any Good Electric type with Levitate.
Imposter Wobbufett O_o
It might be kinda unclear (I screwed up the BB so bad) but Wobbuffet is banned for just that reason lol
 

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BTW can Pokemon still have access to normal abilities? E.g. Unbanned Blaziken can still have Speed Boost?
No, that's pretty much the only reason i unbanned blaziken lol. Speed boost is pretty much the only thing going towards it, and with that removed, it can play the meta like a normal pokemon.
 
I don't really think Aerilate Dragonite could be as destructive here as in AAA, mostly due to the fact that equally broken stuff now exists, and there are a ton of fur coat 'mons that can counter now as well.

Overheat contrary Pyroar, on the other hand...
 

berry

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I don't really think Aerilate Dragonite could be as destructive here as in AAA, mostly due to the fact that equally broken stuff now exists, and there are a ton of fur coat 'mons that can counter now as well.

Overheat contrary Pyroar, on the other hand...
hm. I don't want to go on a banning streak in the first few days of the metagame, and I agree that there are many counters to it. I might look over the Pyroar set though.
 
Sounds really fun !

Wynaut @ Eviolite
Ability: Imposter
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 4 Def
Calm Nature
- Counter
- Destiny Bond
- Encore
- Mirror Coat

Wobbuffet is banned ? Why not Eviolite Wynaut ?

Lilligant @ Life Orb
Ability: Arena Trap
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef
Modest Nature
- Quiver Dance
- Sleep Powder
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power [Fire]

GG world (better have Prankster Haze).

Ah, and Bug Abilities are kinda weak...
 
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I find it weird Steels having static but not Technician, seriously that is the only thing they needed and it made sense, unlike static which is stupid on 75% of steel types.
 
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