With the new combination of chess room and the scrabble room into the board games room, we will also be centralizing both of the meta-games in this thread. The two metagames are chessmons and scrabblemons based on chess and scrabble respectively. If you have any replays or teams you want to share with the community, feel free to make a post in this thread!
Gen 8 Board Game-Based Metagames Update!
With Gen 8 come some slight changes to Chessmons and Scrabblemons. Mostly they are the same metagames you know and love from Gen 7, with some slight changes.
Gen 8 Board Game-Based Metagames Update!
With Gen 8 come some slight changes to Chessmons and Scrabblemons. Mostly they are the same metagames you know and love from Gen 7, with some slight changes.
1. Chessmons will be played in the Gen 8 Ubers format. Dynamaxing is legal in Chessmons, but only the Queen may Dynamax (provided it is not on the Ubers Dynamax Banlist). 05/18/20 Edit: Zacian-C is banned!
2. Scrabblemons will be played in the Gen 8 Nat Dex OU format. This way we retain the largest number of Pokémon to be used for each letter!
Without any further ado, here are the official rulesets for each metagame:
Chessmons
Your team must consist of the following:
1. a King (a legal* pseudo-legendary OU Pokémon, so either Tyranitar, Hydreigon, Goodra, Kommo-o, or Dragapult)
2. a Queen (a legal* Ubers (or below) mon. Zacian-C is banned.)
3. a Rook (a legal* OU (or below) mon.)
4. a Bishop (a legal* UU (or below) mon.)
5. a Pawn (a legal* Little Cup mon, excluding LC Ubers.) The pawn may be level 100
6. a Knight (The final stage of your Pawn. For example, if Riolu is the Pawn, then Lucario is the Knight). Additionally, Knights have to be legal in the OU tier.
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Your Pokemon is legal if its move set and ability is allowed in the respected tier. (eg Arena Trap is allowed on a Pawn, but not a Knight). The exception is that Pawns are allowed to be level 100.
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Gameplay Rules:
1. The winner is the first person to knock out the opponent's King.
2. Only the Queen may be Ubers-tier.
3. Only the Queen may Dynamax or Gigantamax, and only if it is not on the Ubers Dynamax Banlist.
4. Pokémon must have nicknames matching their roles (name your King "King", etc.).
5. Standard Smogon clauses minus certain exceptions for STAG on Uber Pokémon apply.
To challenge an opponent, select their username and challenge them using the "Gen 8 Uber" tier.
Point of Clarification: Wobbuffet cannot be used as a Knight if it has STAG, but Wynaut can be used with STAG as a Pawn because STAG is allowed in LC.
2. Scrabblemons will be played in the Gen 8 Nat Dex OU format. This way we retain the largest number of Pokémon to be used for each letter!
Without any further ado, here are the official rulesets for each metagame:
Chessmons
Your team must consist of the following:
1. a King (a legal* pseudo-legendary OU Pokémon, so either Tyranitar, Hydreigon, Goodra, Kommo-o, or Dragapult)
2. a Queen (a legal* Ubers (or below) mon. Zacian-C is banned.)
3. a Rook (a legal* OU (or below) mon.)
4. a Bishop (a legal* UU (or below) mon.)
5. a Pawn (a legal* Little Cup mon, excluding LC Ubers.) The pawn may be level 100
6. a Knight (The final stage of your Pawn. For example, if Riolu is the Pawn, then Lucario is the Knight). Additionally, Knights have to be legal in the OU tier.
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Your Pokemon is legal if its move set and ability is allowed in the respected tier. (eg Arena Trap is allowed on a Pawn, but not a Knight). The exception is that Pawns are allowed to be level 100.
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Gameplay Rules:
1. The winner is the first person to knock out the opponent's King.
2. Only the Queen may be Ubers-tier.
3. Only the Queen may Dynamax or Gigantamax, and only if it is not on the Ubers Dynamax Banlist.
4. Pokémon must have nicknames matching their roles (name your King "King", etc.).
5. Standard Smogon clauses minus certain exceptions for STAG on Uber Pokémon apply.
To challenge an opponent, select their username and challenge them using the "Gen 8 Uber" tier.
Point of Clarification: Wobbuffet cannot be used as a Knight if it has STAG, but Wynaut can be used with STAG as a Pawn because STAG is allowed in LC.
Scrabblemons Guide
In Scrabblemons, every Pokemon on your team must be ordered in a way such that it spells out a legal Scrabble word.; for example: If your word is SPOOKY, your team could contain Sableye, Pinsir, Octillery, and Omastar, Kyurem, and Yanmega. Scrabblemons battles should be played with OU tiering and standard OU rules unless otherwise specified.
Scrabblemon Formats:
1v1
In a 1v1 format, the rules are the same as standard. However, the letters of the word need only be 3 letters long (as 1v1 only lets the player use 3 Pokemon). The player spells the 3 letter word with their Pokemon and picks one of the Pokemon to battle.
Scrabblemons Roulette
In the Roulette format, you still use a 2-6 letter word. To spice things up a bit, you are also given random Pokemon for each letter, provided by the host of the tournament. You may not choose your own Pokemon in this variation of Scrabblemons, you must use the Pokemon given by the host. The host may also decide to give players another random set of Pokemon for each round but is not required to do so.
To challenge an opponent, select their username and challenge them using the "Gen 8 National Dex OU" tier.
In Scrabblemons, every Pokemon on your team must be ordered in a way such that it spells out a legal Scrabble word.; for example: If your word is SPOOKY, your team could contain Sableye, Pinsir, Octillery, and Omastar, Kyurem, and Yanmega. Scrabblemons battles should be played with OU tiering and standard OU rules unless otherwise specified.
Scrabblemon Formats:
1v1
In a 1v1 format, the rules are the same as standard. However, the letters of the word need only be 3 letters long (as 1v1 only lets the player use 3 Pokemon). The player spells the 3 letter word with their Pokemon and picks one of the Pokemon to battle.
Scrabblemons Roulette
In the Roulette format, you still use a 2-6 letter word. To spice things up a bit, you are also given random Pokemon for each letter, provided by the host of the tournament. You may not choose your own Pokemon in this variation of Scrabblemons, you must use the Pokemon given by the host. The host may also decide to give players another random set of Pokemon for each round but is not required to do so.
To challenge an opponent, select their username and challenge them using the "Gen 8 National Dex OU" tier.
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