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~


  • Adaptability
  • Contrary
  • Cute charm
  • Fur coat
  • Simple
  • Immunity
  • Normalize
  • Reckless
  • Serene grace
  • Unburden

  • Blaze
  • Drought
  • Dry skin
  • Flame body
  • Flash fire
  • Heatproof
  • Magma armour
  • Solar Power
  • Turboblaze
  • White smoke


  • Anger point
  • Anticipation
  • Competitive
  • Defiant
  • Iron fist
  • Hustle
  • Mold breaker
  • Reckless
  • Scrappy
  • Unaware

  • Damp
  • Drizzle
  • Rain dish
  • Sap sipper
  • Shell armour
  • Storm drain
  • Suction cups
  • Swift Swim
  • Torrent
  • Water absorb

  • Aerialate
  • Big pecks
  • Cheek pouch
  • Cloud nine
  • Early bird
  • Gale wings
  • Infiltrator
  • Speed boost
  • Strong jaw
  • Tough claws

  • Arena trap
  • Chlorophyll
  • Color change
  • Harvest
  • Hydration
  • Leaf guard
  • Natural cure
  • Overcoat
  • Overgrow
  • Poison heal

  • Dry skin
  • Effect spore
  • Frisk
  • Gooey
  • Liquid ooze
  • Own tempo
  • Poison point
  • Poison touch
  • Prankster
  • Stench

  • Aftermath
  • Download
  • Levitate
  • Lightning rod
  • No guard
  • Overcoat
  • Quick feet
  • Regenerator
  • Teravolt
  • Volt absorb

  • Filter
  • Guts
  • Magma armour
  • Mold breaker
  • Reckless
  • Rough skin
  • Sand force
  • Sand Rush
  • Sand stream
  • Sand veil

  • Illusion
  • Imposter
  • TintedLens
  • Levitate
  • Magic bounce
  • Magic guard
  • Magician
  • Synchronize
  • Serene grave
  • Victory star

  • Defiant
  • Mold breaker
  • Sand veil
  • Recklessness
  • Rock head
  • Sand stream
  • Scrappy
  • Solid rock
  • Sturdy
  • Technician

  • Clear body
  • Forewarn
  • Frisk
  • Ice body
  • Refrigerate
  • Serene grace
  • Snow cloak
  • Snow warning
  • Unburden
  • Weak armour

  • Compoundeyes
  • Dry skin
  • Immunity
  • Multiscale
  • Own tempo
  • Poison point
  • Poison touch
  • Rough skin
  • Sap sipper
  • Shed skin

  • Competitive
  • Defiant
  • Marvel scale
  • Mold breaker
  • Moxie
  • Multiscale
  • No guard
  • Rough skin
  • Victory star
  • Weak armour

  • Aftermath
  • Bad dreams
  • Cursed body
  • Illusion
  • Levitate
  • Magic bounce
  • Mummy
  • Prankster
  • Shadow tag
  • Telepathy

  • Dark aura
  • Imposter
  • Insomnia
  • Levitate
  • Magician
  • Prankster
  • Pressure
  • Synchronize
  • Telepathy
  • Tinted lens

  • Download
  • Heavy metal
  • Infiltrator
  • Iron barbs
  • Iron fist
  • Levitate
  • Light metal
  • Magnet pull
  • Motor drive
  • Static

  • Fairy aura
  • Healer
  • Magic bounce
  • Magic guard
  • Own tempo
  • Regenerator
  • Pixilate
  • Tinted lens
  • Unburden
  • 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
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.

Suspect testing

Now testing - Kyurem-Black
When using the text editor there is a button on the top right that if you press then copy the text that appears and replace the OP with it you'll have a fixed OP. Also corrected any spelling errors that I noticed.
Anyway Rock Head nor Aerilate Archeops have been proven to be broken
Also get rid of broken abilities like trapping abilities, Simple, and Fur Coat.
 
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When using the text editor there is a button on the top right that if you press then copy the text that appears and replace the OP with it you'll have a fixed OP. Also corrected any spelling errors that I noticed.
Anyway Rock Head nor Aerilate Archeops have been proven to be broken
Also get rid of broken abilities like trapping abilities, Simple, and Fur Coat.
I think those "broken abilities" are fine. You just need to bring mons if you're scared of them. like a ghost type, unaware, knock off user, etc
 

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When using the text editor there is a button on the top right that if you press then copy the text that appears and replace the OP with it you'll have a fixed OP. Also corrected any spelling errors that I noticed.
Anyway Rock Head nor Aerilate Archeops have been proven to be broken
Also get rid of broken abilities like trapping abilities, Simple, and Fur Coat.
*sigh* I'm british so most of the "Spelling errors" are just different ways of saying things. Also, the "OP Abilities" have their fair share of counters, as almost every type gets something that can counter all of them. Archeops is banned because of its Uber worthy movepool, as it doesn't even need an ability to be good. It would be running rampant with some of the abilities mentioned.
 

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Yeah, there is no wrench or folded paper button in the editor.

EDIT: i just deleted the Normal and Fire sections and added them back. That seemed to do the trick
 

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Can you use the unreleased pokemons? or nah
I was thinking that you could use floette-EF (i knew you would want that), and hoopa-volcanion-diancie , but the mega lati@s no.

EDIT: so yes, your life orbed magic guard light of ruin calm mind floette-EF set is legal. I think.
 
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There're not enough coverage moves for the No Guard Zap Cannoneers to abuse the ability.

Also, there's levitating Drapion. 2 Immunities and no weaknesses. It's like a better Weezing but instead of WoW it gets more utility.
 
This meta seems to have been made to make Kyu-B a threat, Weakness Policy+ Unburden is unImposterable due to unburdens boosts not counting as a stat boost, plus it also get refrigerate which is powerful as hell in Kyu-B's hands
 

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This meta seems to have been made to make Kyu-B a threat, Weakness Policy+ Unburden is unImposterable due to unburdens boosts not counting as a stat boost, plus it also get refrigerate which is powerful as hell in Kyu-B's hands
I have to say, Moxie Kyu-B is probably one of the strongest sets in the whole meta. I'm suspecting kyu-b as a whole and so far it has only been killed once.
 
You should suspect test Fur coat first, just look:
252+ Atk Aerilate Landorus-T Explosion vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Fur Coat Chansey: 417-492 (59.2 - 69.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
 

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You should suspect test Fur coat first, just look:
252+ Atk Aerilate Landorus-T Explosion vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Fur Coat Chansey: 417-492 (59.2 - 69.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
I agree, Fur Coat Chansey is pretty OP, but fighting types get Mold breaker, and they can easily OHKO Chansey, ignoring the Fur coat boost.

252+ Atk Mold Breaker Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Eviolite Chansey: 410-486 (63.9 - 75.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Sorry calc'd wrong, forgot HP EVs

252+ Atk Mold Breaker Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Eviolite Chansey: 410-486 (58.2 - 69%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
 
I agree, Fur Coat Chansey is pretty OP, but fighting types get Mold breaker, and they can easily OHKO Chansey, ignoring the Fur coat boost.

252+ Atk Mold Breaker Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 0 HP / 252 Def Eviolite Chansey: 410-486 (63.9 - 75.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Sorry calc'd wrong, forgot HP EVs

252+ Atk Mold Breaker Conkeldurr Drain Punch vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Eviolite Chansey: 410-486 (58.2 - 69%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Still it is pretty centralizing if you have to run a specific pokémon and if that pokémon faints at any random moment like from a crit, you almost insta-lose the battle.
Edit: Even better, Birdspam+ Chansey, Birds kill the fighting types, Chansey deals with everything else
 
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Still it is pretty centralizing if you have to run a specific pokémon and if that pokémon faints at any random moment like from a crit, you almost insta-lose the battle.
Edit: Even better, Birdspam+ Chansey, Birds kill the fighting types, Chansey deals with everything else
True, but one more calc.

+2 252+ Atk Life Orb Honchkrow Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Eviolite Chansey: 719-847 (102.1 - 120.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO

This means that you don't need to run specific sets, a prankster scollipede's swords dance baton pass to honchcrow equals an OHKO. Even without the +2, its still a guarenteed 2HKO, which isn't all that bad.
 
Still it is pretty centralizing if you have to run a specific pokémon and if that pokémon faints at any random moment like from a crit, you almost insta-lose the battle.
Edit: Even better, Birdspam+ Chansey, Birds kill the fighting types, Chansey deals with everything else
Scarf Terrak can take care of the birdspam, and bulky steel types (maybe crumbler aegislash?) can also kill the birds
 
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