Pet Mod TeraMax [Phase 3 - Slate 1: Gen 8 Home]

[Z-nogyroP]

G-Luke
Z-nogyroP (SV)
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Yoshiblaze
Z-nogyroP (SV)

 

[G-Luke]

Winners!

Name: Revavroom
Type: Steel / Poison
Stats: 80 / 119 / 110 / 54 / 77 / 100 (540 BST)
Abilities: Overcoat / Neutralizing Gas / Filter (Hidden)
New Moves: Noxious Torque, Rapid Spin, Will-O-Wisp, Flare Blitz
Justification: Offensive mon with Neutralizing Gas that isn't strictly offensive. Noxious Torque is a great STAB, effectively being Earthquake with a 30% poison chance, and it can spin and Wisp and Parting Shot or it can just sweep.

Name: Gyarados
Type:

Stats: 95 HP / 125 Atk / 79 Def / 60 SpA / 100 SpD / 81 Spe | BST: 540
Abilities: Intimidate | HA: Moxie
New Moves: Bounce, Power Whip, Wave Crash, Superpower
Justification: Gyarados gets back it's Flying STABs specifically for Dynamax sets, and regains it's most potent coverage in Power Whip, makes Gyarados a very scary threat. Wave Crash is the best Water STAB one can get, and Superpower gives him a good means for Dynamax to bolster its Attack. This makes it a very strong regular Dynamax sweeper. Even outside of Dynamax DDance is very threatening for unprepared teams.


Name: Kilowattrel
Type:

Stats: 80 HP (+10) / 70 Atk / 70 Def (+10) / 115 SpA (+10) / 70 SpD (+10) / 125 Spe | BST: 530
Abilities: Wind Power / Volt Absorb | HA: Competitive
New Moves: +Defog, Heat Wave
Justification: Zapdos at home. Kilowattrel serves as a fast paced offensive pivot with great coverage and good utility, bringing a Defog user that can pressure Gholdengo with Thunderbolt. 80/70/70 is decent bulk for an offensive mon especially sitting at it's speed. Heat Wave gives it a good midground for Ferrothorn, Ghold and multiple Steels in general.

Pokémon: Togekiss
Stats: 85 / 65 / 95 / 120 / 115 / 90 [BST 565] (+10 Atk, +10 Spe)
Abilities: Thick Fat / Serene Grace / Super Luck (HA)
Typing:

Move Changes:
+Defog, +Moonblast, +Hurricane, +Heal Bell
Justification: Keeping on the Heal Bell redistribution train, Togekiss sorely misses this move for its stallbreaking sets, as does it miss Defog for team support. Moonblast and Hurricane are upgrades to its current STAB options, and Moonblast let's it's abuse Serene Grace even more. Hopefully Togekiss won't always be using Serene Grace though, as Thick Fat is a superb defensive ability, giving it a new resistance to Fire and letting it take on Weavile and Kyurem with more surety. A small boost to Spe ensures Togekiss can outspeed Great Tusk and the Rotom appliances. Overall this should make Togekiss a viable defensive option in OU.

Name: Ninjask
Type:

Stats: 81 (+20) / 110 (+20) / 45 / 50 / 50 / 160
Abilities: Speed Boost / Sharpness / Infiltrator
New / Changed Moves: Knock Off, Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Aqua Cutter
Removed Moves: N/A
Justification: Adjusted Ninjask sub, now a super fast Ground-type which has never really been a thing, able to leverage the good neutral coverage of Sharpness-boosted X-Scissors and Earthquakes to bully anything slower while always being able to U-Turn out whenever it wants. Plays like a weaker JolteMons Mega Beedrill that can hold an item. Still stupid frail, though. Run Fury Cutter if real

Set

Ninjask @ Choice Band / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Sharpness
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- X-Scissor
- Earthquake
- U-turn
- Knock Off

Congrats to the winners and we will announce the last slate of Phase 2 soon.

 

[G-Luke]

Did Random Poke generator to round out our final slate, let's go!

Slate 8: Final Countdown

Showdowm has chosen your final 6. A variety of options, from set up sweepers to wallbreakers, to multiple utility based threats. This being the last slate for this phase, make sure you do your best to get your subs in!

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Restrictions

For All
- Can add / replace one ability.
- Typing can be modified, but must keep one of its standard typings.


- Can add up to 3 new moves
- Ice Scales can be adjusted.


- Can add up to 2 new moves.


- Can add up to 3 new moves.
- Mycelium Might can be adjusted.


- Can add up to 2 new moves.
- Gale Wings can be adjusted.


- Can add up to 2 new moves.


- Can add up to 4 new moves.
- Doodle can be adjusted.

Have fun for the final slate!​

 

[Orangesodapop]

Name: Staraptor
Type: Normal/Flying
Stats: 85 / 120 / 70 / 50 / 60 / 100
Abilities: Intimidate / Reckless
New / Changed Moves: Flare Blitz, Swords Dance
Removed Moves: N/A
Justification: Simple change that allows staraptor to be a very potent wallbreaker. Also flare blitz is really nice coverage for it to beat steels that gave it difficulty before. Still lacks a defensive profile however

 

[PQRDG]

Late to the party but let's make some changes (it's been a hell of a week)


Pokémon: Staraptor
Stats: 90/125/75/75/60/110 [BST 535] (+5/+5/+5/+25/+0/+10)
Abilities: Intimidate / Scrappy / Reckless
Typing: Normal/Flying
Move Changes:
+ Boomburst, Wild Charge
Description: Swellow is not in this Pet Mod, so someone needs to step in and help with its role. Now Staraptor has its counterpart's option of Scrappy Boomburst, while also having Scrappy Normal+Fighting coverage to threaten the entire meta with its now faster and stronger physical sets.


Pokémon: Talonflame
Stats: 81/84/75/75/72/128 [BST 515] (+3/+3/+4/+1/+3/+2)
Abilities: Flame Body / Wind Rider / Gale Wings
Typing: Fire/Flying
Move Changes:
+ Nasty Plot, Scald
Signature Ability: Gale Wings: When this Pokemon's HP is above 50%, its Flying-type moves have +1 priority.
Description: Just an all-around buff to Talonflame. I personally always thought Gale Wings should be an above-half thing, which would balance out things like "Prankster" Roost or Tailwind to some extent, and still allow its Brave Birds or other Flying moves to hit pretty hard. Scald will be a good coverage moves for Rock types that resist its STAB combo, and Nasty Plot will allow it to do damage with its Special Set like its Physical set can do.


Pokémon: Toedscruel
Stats: 90/75/75/90/125/100 [BST 555] (+10/+5/+10/+10/+5/+0)
Abilities: Dry Skin / Mycelium Might
Typing: Ground/Grass
Move Changes:
+ Recover, Strength Sap, Wood Hammer
Signature Ability: Mycelium Might: This Pokemon's Status moves that target a single Pokemon go last in their priority bracket and ignore the target's Abilities.
Description: Grass/Ground is a unique type to Toedscruel, so it felt fitting to let it keep it. Dry Skin as an addition is to reflect its fungal counterpart Parasect, and turn one of the types it is neutral to into an immunity. This new change to Mycelium Might felt fitting, as it ensures self-targeting status moves like Recover or Reflect/Light Screen would still go before your opponent's attack, but moves like Toxic/Spore/Leech Seed will still act the same.


Pokémon: Gastrodon
Stats: 121/92/75/98/92/42 [BST 520] (+10/+9/+7/+6/+10/+3)
Abilities: Sticky Hold / Storm Drain / Liquid Ooze
Typing: Water/Ground
Move Changes:
+ Scald, Toxic
Description: According to Bulbapedia, Gastrodon "may also be based on a sea hare, a type of sea slug that is also known to secrete purple fluid in self-defense." This is the reason for giving it Liquid Ooze, as well as punishing individuals who thought they were safe to use the quad-effective Giga Drain against it. Other than that, mostly just a bulk and utility buff for Gastrodon, but not in such a way that it steps on the toes of its fellow Water/Grounds.


Pokémon: Frosmoth
Stats: 75/75/75/125/100/75 [BST 525] (+5/+10/+15/+0/+10/+10)
Abilities: Shield Dust / Compound Eyes / Ice Scales
Typing: Ice/Bug
Move Changes:
+ Roost, Thunderbolt, Thunder
Signature Ability: Ice Scales: Current effect + This Pokemon is unaffected by indirect damage when at full health.
Description: Just a couple minor buffs to a solidly strong Quiver Dance user. Compound Eyes is here as an option to make its Blizzard/Thunder/Hurricanes hits more effectively. While the possibility to change the typing was present, keeping a Pokemon with a unique typing felt like the better course of action.


Pokémon: Grafaiai
Stats: 72/101/69/88/81/121 [BST 532] (+9/+6/+4/+8/+9/+11)
Abilities: Prankster / Poison Touch / Trace
Typing: Poison/Normal
Move Changes:
+ Dark Pulse, Doodle, Hone Claws, Shadow Ball, Toxic Spikes
Signature Move: Doodle: Sketch clone, but only for attacking moves with 60 BP or less.
Description: I hope I'm not breaking the rules here, but "Sketch" and "Doodle" sound like two moves that should do similar things. This way this Pokemon won't be nearly as broken as Smeargle could be by having limitations what its move options are, while still getting a diverse movepool with its artistic antics.

 

[Beebos]

teramaxxing


Staraptor
Type:

Abilities: Intimidate, Rock Head
Stats: 85 | 128 | 80 | 50 | 65 | 107 [BST= 515] {+8 Atk, +10 Def, +5 SpDef, +7 Spe}
Movepool Changes: +Head Smash, Accelerock
Description: Ah yes my favorite strategy, "Fuck it we Head Smash", also regains Roost. Would've given it a key coverage move as well but slate rules unfortunately allow only 2 move additions
Yeah going to agree with Gluke that all that recoil does not set up raptor for the modern power level that TeraMax is aiming for, even with roost. Rock Head Smash is by no means a novel idea but it does open up a slot for a second rock stab yipee! Picking Accelerock as a priority STAB replacement for Quick Attack, now that raptor isn't Normal-type.


Toedscruel
Type:

Abilities: Mycelium Might, Well-Baked Body

Mycelium Might rework: User's Grass-type moves go last in their priority bracket, but deal 1.5x damage and ignore the target's abilities.​

Stats: 85 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 120 | 103 [BST= 548] {+5 HP, +15 Def, +10 SpA, +3 Spe}
Movepool Changes: +Power Gem
Description: The Mycelium Might rework copy-pasted from a Vaporemons sub I liked simulateously lets Toedscruel use its good speed tier for once to setup with Spikes or screens and remedies potential passivity by supercharging its Giga Drains or Leaf Storms. Power Gem is just nice coverage which gives Toed pseudo-EdqeQuake (it's weaker but won't miss at the worst fucking opportunities possible), and Well-Baked Body is a decent second ability option if MM's benefits aren't super important to the Toed set, allowing Toed to block opponent's Fire-type max moves or fire coverage.

The Mycelium Might mini-rant (for archival purposes or smth)

Assuming that sleep is banned like in vanilla Smogon formats... what is the point of Mycelium Might anymore, lol lmao. Like it's entire purpose was to prevent Toedscruel from having access to fast spore, which isn't even that broken, or so I've heard at least - with sleep gone it's just an active detriment on this mid-tier utility mon.

 

[anaconja]

Type:

Abilities: Mycelium Might (This Pokemon's single-targeted status moves go last in their priority bracket, but ignore abilities and apply Leech Seed to the target.)
Stats: 80 / 70 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 100 | 550
Movepool Changes: + Synthesis, Parting Shot
Description: has slow parting shot + seed to slightly heal teammates, plus its good status moves (spikes, tspikes, etc) arent -0.1 priority anymore. decent pivot as a result


Type:

Abilities: Flame Body / Gale Wings (This Pokemon's Flying-type moves have 1.3x power if moving first.)
Stats: 83 / 81 / 81 / 84 / 79 / 126 | 534
Description: makes it have much more power especially since it outspeeds so many mons. it also err may still be useful with flame body


Type:

Abilities: Unburden / Corrosion / Prankster
Stats: 73 / 95 / 75 / 80 / 82 / 110 | 515
Movepool Changes:
Doodle | Normal | Status | 100% Accuracy | 10 PP | Copies the target's moveset into its own.
Description: primarily a corrosion stallbreaker mon but you could try using its gimmicky move to copy spikes or w/e

 

[G-Luke]

teramaxxing


Toedscruel
Type:

Abilities: Mycelium Might, Well-Baked Body

Mycelium Might rework: User's Grass-type moves go last in their priority bracket, but deal 1.5x damage and ignore the target's abilities.​

Stats: 80 | 70 | 70 | 90 | 120 | 103 [BST= 533] {+5 Def, +10 SpA, +3 Spe}
Movepool Changes: +Power Gem
Description: Assuming that sleep is banned like in vanilla Smogon formats... what is the point of Mycelium Might anymore, lol lmao. Like it's entire purpose was to prevent Toedscruel from having access to fast spore, which isn't even that broken, or so I've heard at least - with sleep gone it's just an active detriment on this mid-tier utility mon. So here's a MM rework copy-pasted from a Vaporemons sub I liked, which simulateously lets Toedscruel use its good speed tier for once to setup with Spikes or screens and remedies potential passivity by supercharging its Giga Drains or Leaf Storms. Power Gem is just nice coverage which gives Toed pseudo-EdqeQuake (it's weaker but won't miss at the worst fucking opportunities possible), and Well-Baked Body is a decent second ability options if MM's benefits aren't super important for you, allowing Toed to block Fire-type max moves or fire coverage.

I don't have other ideas atm but I will try and get another sub or two in before this final slate closes

Sleep moves aren't banned atm

 

[Z-nogyroP]

Name: Frosmoth
Type: Ice / Bug
Stats: 80 / 65 / 70 / 125 / 90 / 85 (515 BST)
Abilities: Shield Dust / Ice Scales (Tera Shell clone minus the part about only working on Terapagos) (H)
New Moves: Earth Power, Freeze-Dry, Roost
Justification: Ice Scales makes it so much easier to get that first Quiver Dance up now, though Boots are still a necessity. Standard set is probably QD / Roost / Freeze-Dry / Earth Power.


Name: Staraptor
Type: Fighting / Flying
Stats: 85 / 120 / 90 / 50 / 60 / 100 (505 BST)
Abilities: Intimidate / Reckless (H)
New Moves: Knock Off
Justification: Staraptor now has the broken typing for a Dynamaxer, with STAB Knuckle and Airstream plus Knock and slightly better physical bulk.


Name: Toedscruel
Type: Ground / Grass
Stats: 90 / 70 / 75 / 100 / 120 / 100 (555 BST)
Abilities: Mycelium Might (The type resistances of the user's types are doubled in potency)
New Moves: Scorching Sands, Strength Sap
Justification: Blah blah Mycelium Might bad blah blah Spore isn't that broken you get it. New Mycelium Might gives Toedscruel a better defensive profile, as it now double resists Ground and Rock and has a normal resistance to Water, Grass, and Poison. Sap is Sap, Sands is burn potential, Toedscruel already has most of what it'd otherwise want.


Name: Talonflame
Type: Fire / Flying
Stats: 98 / 81 / 71 / 84 / 69 / 126 (529 BST)
Abilities: Flame Body / Gale Wings (The user's Flying-type moves use the user's Speed stat in damage calculation)
New Moves: Torch Song
Justification: Attack investment? Never heard of her


Name: Gastrodon
Type: Water / Ground
Stats: 111 / 83 / 78 / 92 / 102 / 39 (505 BST)
Abilities: Sticky Hold / Storm Drain / Sand Force (H)
New Moves: Toxic, Scald
Justification: It's Gastrodon but fatter and with Scald / Toxic again. What else do you really need?


Name: Grafaiai
Type: Poison / Normal
Stats: 83 / 95 / 65 / 100 / 72 / 110 (525 BST)
Abilities: Unburden / Poison Touch / Prankster (H)
New Moves: Stuff Cheeks, Focus Blast, Belch, Shadow Ball, Doodle (Replaces itself with the target's last used move for the rest of the battle. Replaces the target's last used move with Doodle for the rest of the battle. Fails if the move it would copy is Doodle or if the target already knows Doodle.)
Justification: So there's two ideas here. One is a silly Unburden sweeper that uses Stuff Cheeks + Petaya Berry to get +2 Defense, +1 Sp. Atk, and +2 Speed in one turn, backed up by Belch and some coverage and potentially STAB Tera Blast that can become a different type on a dime. The other is an insane disruptor with Doodle, shuffling around movesets and stealing key moves. Theoretically this could be coded based on Sketch's code, but if it's too complicated I'll ditch it and we can just focus on the first thing.

 

[G-Luke]

Big holiday weekend for me, so I'm back. Giving the crew 24 more hours until subs close and vetoes begin, so tap in!


Name: Talonflame
Type:

Stats: 88 HP (+10) / 91 Atk (+10) / 79 Def (+8) / 74 SpA / 77 SpD (+8) / 126 Spe | BST: 535
Abilities: Flame Body | HA: Gale Wings*
Gale Wings - Activates at 50% of it's maximum HP or higher.
New Moves: Sacred Fire, Flying Press
Justification: Talonflame can serve as a cool utility mon with Defig due to having a pretty useful defensive typing, Sacred Fire allowing it to spread burns and potentially Defog thanks to its deceptively good bulk. Flying Press gives it fun coverage to hit Rock types.


Name: Frosmoth
Type:

Stats: 90 HP (+20) / 65 Atk / 60 Def / 125 SpA / 100 SpD (+10) / 80 Spe (+15) | BST: 520
Abilities: Shield Dust | HA: Ice Scales
New Moves: Freeze Dry, Thunderbolt
Justification: Frosmoth can be a potentially good sweeper with QD.


Name: Gastrodon
Type:

Stats: 126 HP (+15) / 103 Atk (+20) / 68 Def / 92 SpA / 82 SpD / 39 Spe | BST: 510
Abilities: Storm Drain / Sticky Hold | HA: Sand Force
New Moves: Knock Off, Toxic
Justification: Gastrodon has good 126 / 68 / 82 bulk, meaning it can take a hit. Knock Off and Toxic are great utility additions that make it much more of a menace to face against teams, giving it the utility it needs to be unpassive.

 

[G-Luke]

Time for the Veto Phase!

Pokémon: Toedscruel
Stats: 90/75/75/90/125/100 [BST 555] (+10/+5/+10/+10/+5/+0)
Abilities: Dry Skin / Mycelium Might
Typing: Ground/Grass
Move Changes:
+ Recover, Strength Sap, Wood Hammer
Signature Ability: Mycelium Might: This Pokemon's Status moves that target a single Pokemon go last in their priority bracket and ignore the target's Abilities and typing.
Description: Grass/Ground is a unique type to Toedscruel, so it felt fitting to let it keep it. Dry Skin as an addition is to reflect its fungal counterpart Parasect, and turn one of the types it is neutral to into an immunity. This new change to Mycelium Might felt fitting, as it ensures self-targeting status moves like Recover or Reflect/Light Screen would still go before your opponent's attack, but moves like Toxic or Leech Seed would gain a benefit from this ability. Now, not only do your status moves ignore abilities like Magic Bounce or Sap Sipper, but you can also Leech Seed a Grass-type, or Toxic a Poison or Steel type.


Pokémon: Gastrodon
Stats: 121/87/84/96/93/39 [BST 520] (+10/+4/+16/+4/+11/+0)
Abilities: Sticky Hold / Storm Drain / Liquid Ooze
Typing: Water/Ground
Move Changes:
+ Scald, Toxic
Description: According to Bulbapedia, Gastrodon "may also be based on a sea hare, a type of sea slug that is also known to secrete purple fluid in self-defense." This is the reason for giving it Liquid Ooze, as well as punishing individuals who thought they were safe to use the quad-effective Giga Drain against it. Other than that, mostly just a bulk and utility buff for Gastrodon, but not in such a way that it steps on the toes of its fellow Water/Grounds.


Pokémon: Frosmoth
Stats: 75/75/75/125/100/75 [BST 525] (+5/+10/+15/+0/+10/+10)
Abilities: Shield Dust / Compound Eyes / Ice Scales
Typing: Ice/Bug
Move Changes:
+ Roost, Thunderbolt, Thunder
Signature Ability: Ice Scales: Current effect + Multiscale.
Description: Just a couple minor buffs to a solidly strong Quiver Dance user. Compound Eyes is here as an option to make its Blizzard/Thunder/Hurricanes hits more effectively, and this buff to Ice Scales gives it just a tiny bit more longevity to make up for its poor defensive typing. While the possibility to change the typing was present, keeping a Pokemon with a unique typing felt like the better course of action.

Vetoed. Sleep isn't banned in this mod, mainly because Valiant isn't as good here and Darkrai doesn't exist. Unfortunately with Toedscruel, I think it might be towing the line. You either have the choice of a fast Spore, or a slow unstoppable Spore by any means whatsoever (no Grasses blocking it) makes it really hard to prep around this Spore. I would require that either Dry Skin is removed or the type immunity ignorance should be removed.

Not a strict veto, but I think the Gastrodon is a bit too bulky when you crunch the numbers. Maybe tone it down a lil.

Vetoed. I think Roost + the new Ice Scales is a bit much. Probably should either ax Roost or ax the multiscale aspect of Ice Scales.

teramaxxing


Staraptor
Type:

Abilities: Intimidate, Reckless
Stats: 70 | 123 | 80 | 50 | 65 | 107 [BST= 510] {+3 Atk, +10 Def, +5 SpDef, +7 Spe}
Movepool Changes: +Head Smash, Roost
Description: Ah yes my favorite strategy, "Fuck it we Head Smash". Regains Roost to offset the recoil. Would've given it a key coverage move as well but slate rules unfortunately allow only 2 move additions


Toedscruel
Type:

Abilities: Mycelium Might, Well-Baked Body

Mycelium Might rework: User's Grass-type moves go last in their priority bracket, but deal 1.5x damage and ignore the target's abilities.​

Stats: 80 | 70 | 70 | 90 | 120 | 103 [BST= 533] {+5 Def, +10 SpA, +3 Spe}
Movepool Changes: +Power Gem
Description: The Mycelium Might rework copy-pasted from a Vaporemons sub I liked simulateously lets Toedscruel use its good speed tier for once to setup with Spikes or screens and remedies potential passivity by supercharging its Giga Drains or Leaf Storms. Power Gem is just nice coverage which gives Toed pseudo-EdqeQuake (it's weaker but won't miss at the worst fucking opportunities possible), and Well-Baked Body is a decent second ability option if MM's benefits aren't super important to the Toed set, allowing Toed to block opponent's Fire-type max moves or fire coverage.

The Mycelium Might mini-rant (for archival purposes or smth)

Assuming that sleep is banned like in vanilla Smogon formats... what is the point of Mycelium Might anymore, lol lmao. Like it's entire purpose was to prevent Toedscruel from having access to fast spore, which isn't even that broken, or so I've heard at least - with sleep gone it's just an active detriment on this mid-tier utility mon.

Not a veto or anything, but I think you should think about Staraptor's only Rock STAB being Head Smash. The recoil on that is astounding, especially with Reckless, and may be hurtful in the long-run.

I think this can be afforded to be bulkier than it is right now, particularly physically leaning.

Type:

Abilities: Mycelium Might (This Pokemon's single-targeted status moves go last in their priority bracket, but ignore abilities and apply Leech Seed to the target.)
Stats: 80 / 70 / 65 / 100 / 120 / 100 | 535
Movepool Changes: + Synthesis, Parting Shot
Description: has slow parting shot + seed to slightly heal teammates, plus its good status moves (spikes, tspikes, etc) arent -0.1 priority anymore. decent pivot as a result

Like above, I think this could be afforded the extra bulk, even more than the former. Like I can't see this checking Great Tusk well.

Name: Staraptor
Type: Fighting / Flying
Stats: 105 / 120 / 90 / 50 / 60 / 100 (525 BST)
Abilities: Intimidate / Contrary / Reckless (H)
New Moves: Knock Off, Superpower
Justification: Staraptor now has the broken typing for a Dynamaxer, with STAB Knuckle and Airstream plus Knock. Alternatively, make use of Contrary Superpower to snowball with improved bulk.


Name: Toedscruel
Type: Ground / Grass
Stats: 80 / 70 / 65 / 100 / 120 / 100 (535 BST)
Abilities: Mycelium Might (The type resistances of the user's types are doubled in potency)
New Moves: Scorching Sands, Strength Sap
Justification: Blah blah Mycelium Might bad blah blah Spore isn't that broken you get it. New Mycelium Might gives Toedscruel a better defensive profile, as it now double resists Ground and Rock and has a normal resistance to Water, Grass, and Poison. Sap is Sap, Sands is burn potential, Toedscruel already has most of what it'd otherwise want.


Name: Talonflame
Type: Fire / Flying
Stats: 78 / 81 / 71 / 84 / 69 / 126 (509 BST)
Abilities: Flame Body / Gale Wings (The user's Flying-type moves use the user's Speed stat in damage calculation)
New Moves: Torch Song
Justification: Attack investment? Never heard of her


Name: Gastrodon
Type: Water / Ground
Stats: 111 / 83 / 78 / 92 / 102 / 39 (505 BST)
Abilities: Sticky Hold / Storm Drain / Poison Heal (H)
New Moves: Toxic, Scald
Justification: A Poison Heal Ground-type Spiker with Toxic? Where have I heard that one before... Well, this one's specially defensive and has Scald but no Knock.


Name: Grafaiai
Type: Poison / Normal
Stats: 63 / 95 / 65 / 100 / 72 / 110 (505 BST)
Abilities: Unburden / Poison Touch / Prankster (H)
New Moves: Stuff Cheeks, Focus Blast, Belch, Shadow Ball, Doodle (Replaces itself with the target's last used move for the rest of the battle. Replaces the target's last used move with Doodle for the rest of the battle. Fails if the move it would copy is Doodle or if the target already knows Doodle.)
Justification: So there's two ideas here. One is a silly Unburden sweeper that uses Stuff Cheeks + Petaya Berry to get +2 Defense, +1 Sp. Atk, and +2 Speed in one turn, backed up by Belch and some coverage and potentially STAB Tera Blast that can become a different type on a dime. The other is an insane disruptor with Doodle, shuffling around movesets and stealing key moves. Theoretically this could be coded based on Sketch's code, but if it's too complicated I'll ditch it and we can just focus on the first thing.

Vetoed. Contrary is insane on this Pokémon no question. That has to go. I also believe Flying / Fighting with it's statline is a bit too potent of a Dynamax abuser. These both needs to be addressed.

like what I said earlier, it can be a bit bulkier, but probably not as aggressively as anaconja.

I think this could be bulkier, Talonflame's bulk is one of it's bigger issues in standard play.

Vetoed. Take the issues I have about PQRDG and add in much more reliable healing and lack of Toxic weakness and we got a problem. I am unsure as of rn the meta can handle sidegrade Gliscor.

Idk man, this is a NU/PU level Mon, and the Belch gimmick alone isn't going to make it compete against Cinderave and Gholdengo, it's too easy of a mon to bulk on. Mon def wants an actual buff, preferably bulk.

These subs are due to be handled 48 Hours from now! And always remember you are able to add new subs as you please, they just won't get the grace of a warning if they are veto worthy. Good luck!

 

[G-Luke]

Ok! Everyone has made the necessary changes. Time for voting to begin!

Voting Guidelines

You vote for your top 5 submissions (3 at minimum), unless not applicable, in order from most favourite to least favourite. The top two are weighted (3 and 2 points respectively). You have a maximum of three self votes and only one can be weighted, but it can occupy the top slot. (unless it's your only sub)

Voting will last for 48 Hours. May the best submitter win!

 

[Beebos]

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PQRDG G-Luke Z-nogyrop	Orangesodapop PQRDG Beebos (sv)	Beebos (sv) anaconja PQRDG	anaconja G-Luke Z-nogyrop	G-Luke PQRDG Z-nogyrop	PQRDG anaconja Z-nogyrop

 

[G-Luke]

PQRDG
Z-nogyroP
G-Luke


PQRDG
Orangesodapop
Beebos
Z-nogyroP


Z-nogyroP
anaconja
PQRDG
Beebos


anaconja
Z-nogyroP
PQRDG
G-Luke


G-Luke
PQRDG
Z-nogyrop


anaconja
PQRDG
Z-nogyroP

anaconja Z-nogyroP Orangesodapop PQRDG

Please provide votes. Voting lasts for 24 more hours!

 

[PQRDG]

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G-Luke Z-nogyroP PQRDG [sv]	Z-nogyroP Orangesodapop Beebos	Z-nogyroP anaconja Beebos	Z-nogyroP anaconja G-Luke	G-Luke Z-nogyroP PQRDG [sv]	PQRDG [sv] anaconja Z-nogyroP

 

[Orangesodapop]

Gluke
Pqrdg
Zporygon

Zporygnop
Orangesodapop
beebos

Anaconja
Beebos
Pqrdg

Zporygon
Gluke
Anaconda

Gluke
zporygnop
Pqrdg

Zporygnop
Anaconda
Pqrdg

 

[Z-nogyroP]

Z-nogyroP (SV)
PQRDG
G-Luke


PQRDG
Beebos
Orangesodapop


anaconja
Beebos
PQRDG


anaconja
G-Luke
PQRDG


G-Luke
PQRDG
Z-nogyroP (SV)


anaconja
PQRDG
Z-nogyroP (SV)

 

[G-Luke]

Winners!

Pokémon: Frosmoth
Stats: 75/75/75/125/100/75 [BST 525] (+5/+10/+15/+0/+10/+10)
Abilities: Shield Dust / Compound Eyes / Ice Scales
Typing: Ice/Bug
Move Changes:
+ Roost, Thunderbolt, Thunder
Signature Ability: Ice Scales: Current effect + This Pokemon is unaffected by indirect damage when at full health.
Description: Just a couple minor buffs to a solidly strong Quiver Dance user. Compound Eyes is here as an option to make its Blizzard/Thunder/Hurricanes hits more effectively. While the possibility to change the typing was present, keeping a Pokemon with a unique typing felt like the better course of action.

Name: Staraptor
Type: Normal/Flying
Stats: 85 / 120 / 70 / 50 / 60 / 100
Abilities: Intimidate / Reckless
New / Changed Moves: Flare Blitz, Swords Dance
Removed Moves: N/A
Justification: Simple change that allows staraptor to be a very potent wallbreaker. Also flare blitz is really nice coverage for it to beat steels that gave it difficulty before. Still lacks a defensive profile however

Type:

Abilities: Mycelium Might (This Pokemon's single-targeted status moves go last in their priority bracket, but ignore abilities and apply Leech Seed to the target.)
Stats: 80 / 70 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 100 | 550
Movepool Changes: + Synthesis, Parting Shot
Description: has slow parting shot + seed to slightly heal teammates, plus its good status moves (spikes, tspikes, etc) arent -0.1 priority anymore. decent pivot as a result


Type:

Abilities: Flame Body / Gale Wings (This Pokemon's Flying-type moves have 1.3x power if moving first.)
Stats: 83 / 81 / 81 / 84 / 79 / 126 | 534
Description: makes it have much more power especially since it outspeeds so many mons. it also err may still be useful with flame body


Type:

Abilities: Unburden / Corrosion / Prankster
Stats: 73 / 95 / 75 / 80 / 82 / 110 | 515
Movepool Changes:
Doodle | Normal | Status | 100% Accuracy | 10 PP | Copies the target's moveset into its own.
Description: primarily a corrosion stallbreaker mon but you could try using its gimmicky move to copy spikes or w/e

Name: Gastrodon
Type:

Stats: 126 HP (+15) / 103 Atk (+20) / 68 Def / 92 SpA / 82 SpD / 39 Spe | BST: 510
Abilities: Storm Drain / Sticky Hold | HA: Sand Force
New Moves: Knock Off, Toxic
Justification: Gastrodon has good 126 / 68 / 82 bulk, meaning it can take a hit. Knock Off and Toxic are great utility additions that make it much more of a menace to face against teams, giving it the utility it needs to be unpassive.

And this brings the end to Phase 2 of TeraMax. We buffed as much of the existing Pokédex as possible. Our next venture will tackle the foreigners of Pokémon Home and the DLCs. Stay tuned for that soon! Discuss how all of these Pokémon will impact the metagame in the meanwhile.

 

[Orangesodapop]

it’s def a mon, bolt beam on this kinda crazy from my knowledge, plus the ability to avoid using boots is good for offensive teams. However I feel like it doesn’t go well into dmax mons as most offensive pieces do due to frailty

my sub so it’s good alr. However I feel that I could have put some more bulk on it, but that wasn’t entirely my vision for staraptor. The thing is nothing walls this, and it is a decent dmax abuser due to being a flying type. Its coverage now is near perfect so it goes well into quite a few mons, mainly the unbreakable scourges being apple Gmaxes and centiskorch, with Sd being able to ohko basically anything not unaware. Main weakness is bulk but its offensive force is undeniable

Mfw leech seed uturn. It still kinda suffers from typing but its stats are better now. The ability to use faster spikes is good

this mon is stupid and I hate it why did we vote it in instead of the other Gale wing ones. Its just pitifully weak to consider, especially in a tier where gmax mons are very prevalent

it’s ok but u r not using doodle. The fact you can’t have corrosion and prankster also isn’t good

this is gastro but fatter to keep up w power creep. It’s good

 

[G-Luke]

Gluke
Pqrdg
Zporygon

Zporygnop
Orangesodapop
Gluke

Anaconja
Beebos
Pqrdg

Zporygon
Gluke
Anaconda

Gluke
Anaconda
Pqrdg

Zporygnop
Anaconda
Pqrdg

Ok so, orangesodapop u have faulty votes, for Gastrodon and Staraptor (I never made a Staraptor sub, anaconja never made a Gastrp sub). It's not fair to tally subs with incorrect votes, esp if the alternatives may swing votes. Please see to fixing that error asap.

 

[G-Luke]

Phase 3
Welcome to Phase 3, the final stretch of TeraMax. This phase will primarily deal with introducing new Pokemon to our existing Pokedex, based on the Home and DLC launches of both Generations 8 and 9.

Slate 1 - Gen 8 Home
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The first slate in Phase 3 will be focused on Gen 8's Home meta, and will be a Free For All submission round!

Here are the small list of available Pokémon to pull from for this slate:

Kyurem-Black and Kyurem-White will be automatically added to the Banlist if Kyurem is added

Restrictions
- Can sub any four Pokémon currently in the above listed dex.
- Can add / replace one ability.
- Typing can be modified, but must keep one of its standard typings.
- Can add up to four moves.
- 40 extra BST can be added, with a 20 added stat per limit.
- Pokémon with alternate forms can be bundled as one submission, at the cost of one of you slots. (If I do all Rotom forms in one sub, I can only make 2 additional subs).
"Related families" do not count, only species specific form changes. (You can sub Moltres and G-Moltres in one sub, but not the Legendary Birds)

Submissions last for one week, have fun everyone!

 

[PQRDG]

Pokémon: Victini
Stats: 100/100/100/100/100/100 [BST 600]
Abilities: Victory Star
Typing: Fairy/Fire
Move Changes:
+ Alluring Voice, Moonblast, Play Rough, Supercell Slam
- Toxic
Description: Obligatory "oh look, PQ is making another Fire/Fairy type". That being said, it has been argued that some of the pre-Fairy Mythicals probably would have been Fairy type had they been released in later generations (see also: Celebi, as pictured below). Just three Fairy moves it doesn't have in its kit, one of which it probably would have gotten if it was in Gen 9, and two strong moves that benefit from Victory Star to fix their imperfect accuracy. Supercell Slam is here because thematically Victini learns a number of Electric type moves, most of which are from Zekrom, though it will probably be using Bolt Strike anyways. (I was so tempted to give the Victory Pokemon Victory Dance but that would have been way too powerful)


Pokémon: Celebi
Stats: 90/90/110/110/110/90 [BST 600] (-10/-10/+10/+10/+10/-10)
Abilities: Natural Cure / Serene Grace
Typing: Fairy/Grass
Move Changes:
+ Air Slash, Moonblast, Sludge Bomb, Strength Sap
- Toxic
Description: Another Fairy mythical, simple changes. Keeping the 600 BST but readjusting its stat spread to help with its effectiveness as a bulky Special Attacker with good utility. Air Slash and Sludge Bomb are good coverage that also make for solid Max Moves.


Pokémon: Zeraora
Stats: 101/98/77/104/81/139 [BST 600] (+13/-14/+2/+2/+1/-4)
Abilities: Volt Absorb / Tough Claws
Typing: Electric
Move Changes:
+ Lunge, Poison Jab, Supercell Slam, Upper Hand
- Toxic
Description: His new Speed tier is now slower than Dragapult, but still outspeeds Barraskewda and Zamazenta. Tough Claws make a lot of moves stronger, which is balanced out by the decrease to its Attack, while Special sets have the niche of having a stronger Grass Knot.

 

[Gekokeso]

Pokémon: Darmanitan
Stats: 105/140/55/30/55/95 [BST 480]
Abilities: Sheer Force / Zen Mode(Darmanitan)* (Switches into Darmanitan-Zen when using a special move.)
Typing: Fire / Fighting
Move Changes: +Tera Blast, Power Gem, Earth Power.
Description: Theorymon's darling. Darm having fighting typing not only boosts the power of its superpower, but provides a nice rock neutrality to prevent it from losing half his health each time it tries to switch in on rocks.


Pokémon: Darmanitan-Zen
Stats: 105/30/80/150/80/95 [BST 540]
Abilities: Sheer Force / Zen Mode (Darmanitan)* (Switches into Darmanitan-Zen when using a special move.)
Typing: Fire / Psychic
Move Changes: Same as Above.
Description: Similar to its Galar cousin, but doesn't trade speed and instead adds a bit of bulk and power. Added moves are to give it nearly the same coverage as its regular counterpart.