The lack of Coil Milotic here sickens and disgusts me. /s
Seriously, thanks. This is useful as someone who already managed to forget that both Blunt Force and Shield Dust won just last slate, to say nothing of Wash Away. It also means I don't "have" to be as long-winded going over the recent distribution, which like last couple of I've rather liked overall. I mean, I will be, but I don't "have" to be.
SLATE 08 DISTRIBUTED MOVES:
Brick Break:
FIFA Bunny didn't already have this? ...What. Was it too busy rolling around and faking an injury from High Jump Kick to ever learn it?
Psychic Fangs: Oh gods, I've become one of those people who ended up buffing
Moonmoon. What have I become? What's next? Accidentally buffing 
Sneasler?
Sledgehammer Blow: Ignoring the Steels who got it--R.I.P.
Perrserker and R.I.H. 
Jirachi--and focusing on the non-Steel mons, I'm unsure which one it benefits the most (relatively speaking). I was going to say 
Conkeldurr, whose ugly headed self I thought got Iron Head but apparently not, as a slightly stronger alternative to Poison Jab that trades exploding 
Ninetales-Alola and 
Mimikyu for hitting Milotic only neutrally, but 
Crawdaunt might appreciate it more as someone who likes being able to hit Water/Fairy at least neutrally now with something besides Metal Claw (or the meme Choice Specs set that uses Sludge Bomb). Also implicitly seeing 
Crabominable on that list makes me somewhat regret not making this a Fist move, especially since 
Lucario missed out. Oh well.
Desert Storm: Even with its apparent current issues, I know I'm going to forget this is a physical move tomorrow and get destroyed for it somehow despite it thus being susceptible to Intimidate and even Burn I imagine.
Dragon Rage: Of the mons who don't get STAB, ironically non-Sheer Heart now-Fairy
Milotic might use this best. That or 
Dondozo of all things just because of its sheer stupid bulk (and ignoring SpD boosts unless they're contributing to Stored Power).
Rage: Given how it has been treated over the years since like Gen 01, can you code this so
Flareon always does like double damage with this and ignores Ghost immunity unless it's 
Gengar and family, Yoshiblaze? Joke aside, this might actually be nice for it with Fur Coat at least.
Latent Venom: Regenerator mons obviously make the best usage of this, with
Glowking making the best of it probably since Chilly Reception is busted like that. Still, this might be nice on 
Okidogi too since it got just Parting Shot, and of the three non-Poison mons, 
Gliscor's obnoxious self can doubtless use it well since it actually doesn't have 100% Toxics for all that it hits them without fail and has STAB Earthquakes to destroy the two naturally immune types; 
Trevenant can probably use it decently even if it needs a bit of luck with Harvest and probably not in OU, and poor 
Pincurchin still wishes it actually got Volt Switch but always wishes that anyway.
SLATE 08 ABILITIES:
Blaze / Torrent / Overgrow: Despite not being given to any new mons, these should be good at least a few of the starters, though Blaze was ironically the one highlighted while only the other two had occurred to me. After all, Torrent boosts Snipe Shot's damage for
Inteleon after it needed to lose Sniper, which is nice for it without necessarily outclassing...Outclass (until it somehow falls into crit range without exploding...while it Rains), and Overgrow at least benefits the similar always crit Flower Trick for the similarly frail 
Meowscarada too.
Swarm: Probably the least impactful of all the abilities that won, which is why I'm glad it was grouped with the above, between a combination of almost everything that got it already having better abilities, having no boosting field effects like the others have Sun, Rain, and Grassy Terrain respectively, and Bug being the worst attacking type by far of the four types just boosted (and, in the case of
Ariados and 
Spidops, being stuck with terrible stats). The best users are almost assuredly the ones who have U-Turn (doubly R.I.P. Ariados though that wants Battle Spines anyway), so 
Vikavolt (and 
Charjabug) and, of all things, 
Scizor seem like the best users of it at a glance since it works as a generic boosting move for the Electric/Bugs and boosts Scizor's important Bug moves besides Bug Bite while Technician also "only" really cares about Bug Bite, Bullet Punch, and the rare Dual Wingbeat as far as moves that Scizor actually uses (now that it has Knock Off again and can stop using Thief). Hmmm.... [/clearly not planning anything]
Fairy Ringer: Glad to see this went to at least some mons that can make use of the SpA boost too even if the Fairy-absorption is obviously the bigger deal here. And yeah,
Umbreon is the biggest winner and I feel stupid for not thinking of that, probably because it actually used Synchronize unlike 
Espeon's frail self, which wouldn't drop Magic Bounce for anything short of Magic Guard or Sheer Heart anyway; Fairy Ringer is definitely better for it than Synchronize though, going back to pre-Gen 06 weaknesses. I also feel dumb for not considering 
Breloom as the mushroom mon in question at all, being so focused on the SpA boosting. Otherwise it's also a strict upgrade from Cute Charm for 
Clefable, an interesting sidegrade that's mostly a buff for 
Mismagius (and Hand Mirror now exists anyway), and another funny defensive option for 
Ursaluna that actually blocks Moonblast unlike that fraudster Bulletproof. A shame that we can't save 
Chimecho or 
Noctowl with basically anything we give them, but they're at least better now. (Also a bit of a shame that 
Flutter Mane didn't get this since I really can't see that mon ever getting unbanned via a slate, especially at this point, since it would have to be gutted harder than anything else, including 
Spectrier which at least can be a package deal with buffing 
Glastrier. Then again, if there's ever a VaporeMon Ubers, it probably would have just made Flutter Mane (Hand) mirrors even more obnoxious, so meh.)
Justified: Huh. I didn't consider giving this to
Charcadet and family at all, so that's nice. While 
Honchkrow makes sad and affronted noises over (justifiably) not getting it, it does make sense on 
Corviknight...even if every slate I get slightly more and more "glad" that the OU meta is so bad for that thing this Gen, due almost solely to 
Captain String Cheese, even in this Pet Mod still despite all the (implicit) buffs it's gotten between Shrapnel Shot. Mud Wash, and now this among a few other things. It has shades of 
Melmetal in the first half of Joltemons except thankfully nowhere near as strong. (Also, yeah, Justified is at least something nice for 
Iron Leaves. Too bad poor 
Virizion seems cursed whether it's fully organic or techo-organic since it gets Dark-Absorbing Justified during the same Slate where two different abilities that promote even more U-Turns to happen also won. Whoops.)
Momentum: I still don't fully understand this ability, but I also still don't fully get Counteract I'm sure, so I guess that I'll see how Momentum bodies me tomorrow in some way. At least all the mons it went to sense even if there's no saving
Glalie, especially now that 
Froslass just won by herself, and even if seeing 
Brambleghast there feels ever so slightly like a cruel joke. [/Gen 09 Sand curse continues :(] Here's hoping, if this has to exist now, it finally makes 
Revavroom worth a damn (though I doubt it).
Brick Break:
FIFA Bunny didn't already have this? ...What. Was it too busy rolling around and faking an injury from High Jump Kick to ever learn it?Psychic Fangs: Oh gods, I've become one of those people who ended up buffing
Moonmoon. What have I become? What's next? Accidentally buffing Sneasler?Sledgehammer Blow: Ignoring the Steels who got it--R.I.P.
Perrserker and R.I.H. Jirachi--and focusing on the non-Steel mons, I'm unsure which one it benefits the most (relatively speaking). I was going to say Conkeldurr, whose ugly headed self I thought got Iron Head but apparently not, as a slightly stronger alternative to Poison Jab that trades exploding Ninetales-Alola and Mimikyu for hitting Milotic only neutrally, but Crawdaunt might appreciate it more as someone who likes being able to hit Water/Fairy at least neutrally now with something besides Metal Claw (or the meme Choice Specs set that uses Sludge Bomb). Also implicitly seeing Crabominable on that list makes me somewhat regret not making this a Fist move, especially since Lucario missed out. Oh well.Desert Storm: Even with its apparent current issues, I know I'm going to forget this is a physical move tomorrow and get destroyed for it somehow despite it thus being susceptible to Intimidate and even Burn I imagine.
Dragon Rage: Of the mons who don't get STAB, ironically non-Sheer Heart now-Fairy
Milotic might use this best. That or Dondozo of all things just because of its sheer stupid bulk (and ignoring SpD boosts unless they're contributing to Stored Power).Rage: Given how it has been treated over the years since like Gen 01, can you code this so
Flareon always does like double damage with this and ignores Ghost immunity unless it's Gengar and family, Yoshiblaze? Joke aside, this might actually be nice for it with Fur Coat at least.Latent Venom: Regenerator mons obviously make the best usage of this, with
Glowking making the best of it probably since Chilly Reception is busted like that. Still, this might be nice on Okidogi too since it got just Parting Shot, and of the three non-Poison mons, Gliscor's obnoxious self can doubtless use it well since it actually doesn't have 100% Toxics for all that it hits them without fail and has STAB Earthquakes to destroy the two naturally immune types; Trevenant can probably use it decently even if it needs a bit of luck with Harvest and probably not in OU, and poor Pincurchin still wishes it actually got Volt Switch but always wishes that anyway.SLATE 08 ABILITIES:
Blaze / Torrent / Overgrow: Despite not being given to any new mons, these should be good at least a few of the starters, though Blaze was ironically the one highlighted while only the other two had occurred to me. After all, Torrent boosts Snipe Shot's damage for
Inteleon after it needed to lose Sniper, which is nice for it without necessarily outclassing...Outclass (until it somehow falls into crit range without exploding...while it Rains), and Overgrow at least benefits the similar always crit Flower Trick for the similarly frail Meowscarada too.Swarm: Probably the least impactful of all the abilities that won, which is why I'm glad it was grouped with the above, between a combination of almost everything that got it already having better abilities, having no boosting field effects like the others have Sun, Rain, and Grassy Terrain respectively, and Bug being the worst attacking type by far of the four types just boosted (and, in the case of
Ariados and Spidops, being stuck with terrible stats). The best users are almost assuredly the ones who have U-Turn (doubly R.I.P. Ariados though that wants Battle Spines anyway), so Vikavolt (and Charjabug) and, of all things, Scizor seem like the best users of it at a glance since it works as a generic boosting move for the Electric/Bugs and boosts Scizor's important Bug moves besides Bug Bite while Technician also "only" really cares about Bug Bite, Bullet Punch, and the rare Dual Wingbeat as far as moves that Scizor actually uses (now that it has Knock Off again and can stop using Thief). Hmmm.... [/clearly not planning anything]Fairy Ringer: Glad to see this went to at least some mons that can make use of the SpA boost too even if the Fairy-absorption is obviously the bigger deal here. And yeah,
Umbreon is the biggest winner and I feel stupid for not thinking of that, probably because it actually used Synchronize unlike Espeon's frail self, which wouldn't drop Magic Bounce for anything short of Magic Guard or Sheer Heart anyway; Fairy Ringer is definitely better for it than Synchronize though, going back to pre-Gen 06 weaknesses. I also feel dumb for not considering Breloom as the mushroom mon in question at all, being so focused on the SpA boosting. Otherwise it's also a strict upgrade from Cute Charm for Clefable, an interesting sidegrade that's mostly a buff for Mismagius (and Hand Mirror now exists anyway), and another funny defensive option for Ursaluna that actually blocks Moonblast unlike that fraudster Bulletproof. A shame that we can't save Chimecho or Noctowl with basically anything we give them, but they're at least better now. (Also a bit of a shame that Flutter Mane didn't get this since I really can't see that mon ever getting unbanned via a slate, especially at this point, since it would have to be gutted harder than anything else, including Spectrier which at least can be a package deal with buffing Glastrier. Then again, if there's ever a VaporeMon Ubers, it probably would have just made Flutter Mane (Hand) mirrors even more obnoxious, so meh.)Justified: Huh. I didn't consider giving this to
Charcadet and family at all, so that's nice. While Honchkrow makes sad and affronted noises over (justifiably) not getting it, it does make sense on Corviknight...even if every slate I get slightly more and more "glad" that the OU meta is so bad for that thing this Gen, due almost solely to Captain String Cheese, even in this Pet Mod still despite all the (implicit) buffs it's gotten between Shrapnel Shot. Mud Wash, and now this among a few other things. It has shades of Melmetal in the first half of Joltemons except thankfully nowhere near as strong. (Also, yeah, Justified is at least something nice for Iron Leaves. Too bad poor Virizion seems cursed whether it's fully organic or techo-organic since it gets Dark-Absorbing Justified during the same Slate where two different abilities that promote even more U-Turns to happen also won. Whoops.)Momentum: I still don't fully understand this ability, but I also still don't fully get Counteract I'm sure, so I guess that I'll see how Momentum bodies me tomorrow in some way. At least all the mons it went to sense even if there's no saving
Glalie, especially now that Froslass just won by herself, and even if seeing Brambleghast there feels ever so slightly like a cruel joke. [/Gen 09 Sand curse continues :(] Here's hoping, if this has to exist now, it finally makes Revavroom worth a damn (though I doubt it).Short of my computer or myself ceasing to (pretend to) function tomorrow, I will be around to get bodied. Should be fun. See you then.
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
Magearna
Meloetta-Pirouette
Basculegion
Light Clay
Scyther family team. Sadness.
Greninja). [/shade] It's especially gross, however, with Choice Specs in Rain, and I still have a difficult time comprehending that Snipe-powered Snipe Shot (in Rain) was even more absurdly strong even with this now having another, somehow lesser Snipe Shot boosting ability in just buffed Torrent. R.I.P. Outclass after all.
Pelipper remains always bulkier than I ever expect it to be, especially for something that almost never wants to run Boots. Wash Away is also quite nice on it.
Goodra-Hisui really likes the new addition to Dragon Rage, especially since I was one of the people who had misread it (and Rage) and thought it (and Rage) only got the boost if it got hit before it used it rather than got hit during the turn at all. Given its bulk, it's probably one of the best new users of Dragon Rage, if not the best period given its other STAB naturally explodes Fairies without sharing :duraldon: Duraladon's levels of frailty on top of now it having recovery.
Bellibolt was Assault Vest, Volt Absorb, and only had STABs (Thunder / Flip Turn / Parabolic Charge / Wash Away), which is why it was utterly walled by Water Absorb Clodsire even knowing that would be the case since I figured "how likely am I to encounter Clodsire in this tour anyway? [Cue running into Beaf using it as my second match in an almost counter-team]." It has access to Ice Beam for Water Absorb Clodsire, but it may just not be fit for Rain teams anyway, which is fine. Served its purpose well enough I guess.
Mudsdale, on the other hand, almost assuredly should have been another mon--probably 
Iron Treads with Momentum since I still have no idea how ability really work yet--on this team, but for a mon that probably has no real niche in OU unless it's maybe supporting 
Magnezone and family have impacted it and the meta continues to make me sad that Game Freak will likely never actually improve it in such a simple way. Instead Game Freak will keep it as a currently borderline gimmick mon based around the increasingly useless Magnet Pull ability that no one likes anyway even though every generation it inevitably loses to more and more of the Steels it's "supposed" to try and almost inevitably fails to trap. It's just so damn sad.
Blunder Policy 
+ 
(pokemon associated with magnetism and/or the supernatural)
(hydro pump gets replaced with tsunami as its form move)
(replaces intimidate), 
(replaces anger point)
, 
, 
,
, 
(TS) 
(PM) [Rock Blast distribution is probably fine as is]
(FB) 
(TB)
(R) 
, 
, 
, 
, 
IRON BUNDLE
Delibird is far more underwhelming than 
Misdreavus of course. Besides also sharing BSTs and being the only two banned Paradox mons (
Decidueye-Hisui getting made Ghost/Fighting means bringing down 
Annihilape would just obviate it and 
Giratina is too fat even if it might somehow be legitimately less problematic than Spectrier overall. I was originally going to make nerfed Flutter Mane into a Ghost/Flying type given its being based on a flying head (and given 
Drifblim unfortunately rather sucks still)...until I realized that doing that would mean it would just end up making another spin locker that also blocked Defog given Wind Breaker would end up its go-to STAB, with the flinch from Air Slash not being that much of a lesser evil. Ghost/Psychic and Ghost/Dark were then considered before realizing that, respectively, either it would just forever obviate the already struggling 
Ampharos entries last slate was pretty silly, though not as silly as the fact that I managed to gloss over all of them due to a combination of constant fatigue and forgetting Ampharos and its baa-thren even exist in Gen 09. As such, I've decided to combine all three into a "best of" gestalt even though it will likely have to lose at least one of its ten new moves to be balanced; I'd personally rather Draco Meteor go than Tail Glow, but Tail Glow having to be cut would be understandable. Since I'm apparently masochistic despite scaling things back for now, I decided to drag its pre-evos along for the ride too, in part because neither of them having Fluffy retroactively still bothers the hell of me whenever I think about it. Still, I figure that Ampharos and family can use all the help they can get since they have gotten literally nothing this entire Pet Mod even in passing, which is part of the reason I forgot they're even still around.
Flaaffy might have some type of use in OU I guess. At the very least it would be deceptively bulky against certain attacks as long as it avoids Knock Off and Earthquake; Brave Bird would do hilariously little to it no matter the mon unless Mold Breaker is involved. Shrug. (
Mareep stands no chance anywhere in OU, but it's at least cute.)
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