Approved by The Immortal
In this metagame, you swap your Pokemon's defenses with their offenses. For example, let's say you have a Regirock. In Stat Exchange, you swap Regirock's base 100 Attack with his base 200 Defense, resulting in him having 100 base Defense and base 200 Attack! Ouch. In a more defensive point of view, Archeops has pretty good 140 / 112 defenses, and having Defeatist doesn't really matter much when you have 65 in both offenses. So many Pokemon that were once called defensive juggernauts suddenly become offensive behemoths, and vice-versa, so there will be quite a gameplay difference.
There are also a few things worth noting when teambuilding in this metagame:
-Stat Exchange changes the base stats of a Pokemon, so if you want Regirock to have more power, simply move the EVs into his Attack. This also applies to IVs.
-Items that increase/decrease the damage dealt/received still power up what they're supposed to power up, so Eviolite still raises Defense and Special Defense by 50%, Choice Band still raises Attack, and so forth. So if you give Chansey an Eviolite, it will factor in her now 5 / 35 defenses, giving Kyurem-B a Choice Band powers up his now base 100 Attack, etc...
Threatlist:
Azumarill has a new and improved base 80 Attack to work with, and with Huge Power and an Adamant nature, she now has an astonishing 568! Factor in Belly Drum and Aqua Jet, and you have a monster on your hands.
Shuckle now has a horrifying base 230 Attack and Special Attack to throw around, and even has the movepool to make it happen. Sure, he has nonexistent bulk now, but he does have Sturdy to live any one hit, and if you can bring him in while Trick Room is active, you'd best have priority on your team, or the fight may very well be over at that point.
Kecleon now has a good base 120 Special Attack, and when backed by Protean and a wide special movepool, not many Pokemon will be able to wall his onslaught.
The banlist is as follows:
Arceus
Deoxys
Deoxys-A
Dialga
Giratina
Giratina-O
Groudon
Ho-oh
Kyogre
Kyurem-W
Lugia
Mewtwo
Palkia
Rayquaza
Reshiram
Xerneas
Yveltal
Zekrom
OHKO Clause
Moody Ban
Double Team/Minimize Ban
3 Baton Pass users per team
Swagger Ban
In this metagame, you swap your Pokemon's defenses with their offenses. For example, let's say you have a Regirock. In Stat Exchange, you swap Regirock's base 100 Attack with his base 200 Defense, resulting in him having 100 base Defense and base 200 Attack! Ouch. In a more defensive point of view, Archeops has pretty good 140 / 112 defenses, and having Defeatist doesn't really matter much when you have 65 in both offenses. So many Pokemon that were once called defensive juggernauts suddenly become offensive behemoths, and vice-versa, so there will be quite a gameplay difference.
There are also a few things worth noting when teambuilding in this metagame:
-Stat Exchange changes the base stats of a Pokemon, so if you want Regirock to have more power, simply move the EVs into his Attack. This also applies to IVs.
-Items that increase/decrease the damage dealt/received still power up what they're supposed to power up, so Eviolite still raises Defense and Special Defense by 50%, Choice Band still raises Attack, and so forth. So if you give Chansey an Eviolite, it will factor in her now 5 / 35 defenses, giving Kyurem-B a Choice Band powers up his now base 100 Attack, etc...
Threatlist:
Azumarill has a new and improved base 80 Attack to work with, and with Huge Power and an Adamant nature, she now has an astonishing 568! Factor in Belly Drum and Aqua Jet, and you have a monster on your hands.
Shuckle now has a horrifying base 230 Attack and Special Attack to throw around, and even has the movepool to make it happen. Sure, he has nonexistent bulk now, but he does have Sturdy to live any one hit, and if you can bring him in while Trick Room is active, you'd best have priority on your team, or the fight may very well be over at that point.
Kecleon now has a good base 120 Special Attack, and when backed by Protean and a wide special movepool, not many Pokemon will be able to wall his onslaught.
The banlist is as follows:
Arceus
Deoxys
Deoxys-A
Dialga
Giratina
Giratina-O
Groudon
Ho-oh
Kyogre
Kyurem-W
Lugia
Mewtwo
Palkia
Rayquaza
Reshiram
Xerneas
Yveltal
Zekrom
OHKO Clause
Moody Ban
Double Team/Minimize Ban
3 Baton Pass users per team
Swagger Ban
