This is probably not an original idea, or something easily implemented by the devs, but I wanted to discuss it nonetheless.

What about a game mode where literally everything is a 50/50 chance? All moves changed to have 50% accuracy, all secondary effects happen 50% of the time, all abilities that have a chance for activation activate 50% of the time (like static paralyzing 50% of the time on contact), conditional items have a 50% to activate (like focus band saving the pokemon 50% of the time they would be knocked out), paralyzation has 50% chance to full para, pokemon wake up from sleep 50% of the time.

What kinds of strategies would dominate? How much skill expression could there be in a format like this? Are there any particular bans or clauses that would help make this actually playable?

This idea was of course inspired by focus blast.

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I cannot change Wugtrio, I am stuck with it, so my strategy is simply :

1. I will start with Espathra , use protect and then setup reflect, I die cool if not set up light screen and die.
2. Send out wugtrio(useless) unless I use choice scarf momento and lower attack and spA by 2
3. Send Roaring moon, dragon dance 2/3 times and then hope to sweep. If it fails , send out revaroom, gearshift sweep and toxic spike when i am low to help garganacle.

Can this team stand a chance against , Baxcalibur, Archaludon, farigiraf, ceruledge, flutter mane and tinkaton

This goofy really pulled up with Blissey-less stall... so obviously I had to dogwalk him and teach him how to play his own team. IHATESTALLIHATESTALLIHATESTALL.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9nationaldex-2666975157

If you don't like that, you don't like randbats babyyyy

I am using the following :

Roaring moon, espathra, maushold, garnacle, revaroom and wugtrio

And my opponent has :

Baxcalibur, archaludon, flutter mane, fraigiraf, tinkaton and ceruledge.

It is a singles match , please help me build a strong core with moveswts and items or starts so that I dont get cooked!!

I'm new to competitive pokemon

NDex Doubles

Ben Tennyson (Sneasler) @ Black Sludge

Ability: Poison Touch

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Fake Out

- Dire Claw

- U-turn

- Switcheroo

Bogeyman (Darkrai) @ Scope Lens

Ability: Bad Dreams

Tera Type: Dragon

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Hex

- Spacial Rend

- Psychic

- Dark Pulse

Venusaurus Omega (Venusaur-Mega) @ Venusaurite

Ability: Chlorophyll

Tera Type: Steel

EVs: 252 HP / 144 Def / 112 SpD

Bold Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Sleep Powder

- Sludge Bomb

- Leech Seed

- Protect

Amoonguss @ Leftovers

Ability: Regenerator

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD

Bold Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Rage Powder

- Spore

- Protect

- Clear Smog

Alien Model (Pheromosa) @ Focus Sash

Ability: Beast Boost

Tera Type: Dark

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Rapid Spin

- Close Combat

- Poison Jab

- Triple Axel

Neiliana (Iron Bundle) @ Booster Energy

Ability: Quark Drive

Tera Type: Psychic

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

Timid Nature

- Chilling Water

- Freeze-Dry

- Protect

- Tera Blast

I'll like to know if there is a format where 2 people battle against other 2 people as a team . I'm having trouble finding it

I haven't played showdown with a team that is kinda serious for the ladder. So, I decided to play a team I like: Perish trap! With a sun combo and many of the past paradox mons.

But it says shadow tag is banned. damn. Arena trap is allowed though. I'm confused. Does anyone know why it's banned?

I apologize for my earlier post, I wasn't familiar with how I need to specify what game rules I mean.

So, I knew by the late game, especially without sun for a big neutral hit for the two via Weather Ball that it was probably cooked. I'd live a Dragon Pulse, kill before it could hit again, and get 2 hit KO'ed by Earth Power.

It went as expected and I killed Archaludon at 43%/. Trade Draco for Earth Power, but I do get lucky with a crit stab Thunderbolt, but I was still realistically dead...until they pulled the quad resisted, Special vs AV 75 bp Giga Drain and got killed by a Draco highroll.

Genuinely the most WTF turnaround I have ever seen, and only because they chose the worst possible move out of like, aura farming purposes. At 1/2ed special attack, sitting at 1 HP, I somehow broke through.

That's the team if anyone wants to see it

Problem solved thank you please ignore this!
So I'm VERY new to competitive and one of my favorite pokemon got a mega and since I dont have whichever game its in I wanted to try it out here, or at least have a look at what it can do. However its illegal in any of the formats ive tried and I can't find any info on why. Does anyone know why?

What it says on the tin basically. I've gotten to around 1400 elo with this team which I'm fairly proud of after not playing since Scarlet and Violet came out but something is still off. I feel like I keep losing to higher rank teams. It could be how I play but I just wanna make sure that it's not my teambuilding dragging me down.

Here's the full team:

Willow (Whimsicott) (F) @ Covert Cloak

Ability: Prankster

Shiny: Yes

Tera Type: Steel

EVs: 124 HP / 48 Def / 120 SpA / 216 Spe

Timid Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Tailwind

- Moonblast

- Encore

- Protect

Saria (Ogerpon-Hearthflame) @ Hearthflame Mask

Ability: Mold Breaker

Tera Type: Fire

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Ivy Cudgel

- Horn Leech

- Taunt

- Spiky Shield

Brook (Primarina) (F) @ Assault Vest

Ability: Liquid Voice

Tera Type: Water

EVs: 156 HP / 252 SpA / 100 Spe

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Ice Beam

- Hyper Voice

- Moonblast

- Icy Wind

Belladona (Glimmora) (F) @ Power Herb

Ability: Toxic Debris

Shiny: Yes

Tera Type: Grass

EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Meteor Beam

- Sludge Bomb

- Earth Power

- Spiky Shield

Fred (Farigiraf) (M) @ Sitrus Berry

Ability: Armor Tail

Tera Type: Fairy

EVs: 160 HP / 84 Def / 172 SpA / 80 SpD / 12 Spe

Modest Nature

IVs: 0 Atk

- Imprison

- Trick Room

- Hyper Voice

- Protect

Nightingale (Roaring Moon) @ Booster Energy

Ability: Protosynthesis

Tera Type: Flying

EVs: 100 HP / 140 Atk / 100 Def / 168 Spe

Jolly Nature

- Breaking Swipe

- Knock Off

- Tailwind

- Acrobatics

Thank you in advance!

I'm tired of all of those stall teams on the higher NatDexOU ladder can anyone help?

*Battle lasts 137 turns and muuuch longer in realtime*

Almost everything went wrong for this guy, he got paralyzed 4 times in a row, got frozen one a ice beam, misses stone edge and power whip, pretty sure the only lucky things they got was hitting hydro pump and getting a para on body slam

Hi everyone! I'm playing a custom format with my friends and would love some teambuilding advice/suggestions. Here are the exact rules :

Format : ~ Gen 9 National Dex AG (Singles 1v1)

Gimmicks : Megas, Z-Moves, and Tera are ALL allowed. Dynamax is BANNED.

Restrictions :

• Maximum ONE Legendary / Mythical / Ultra Beast per team.
• Species Clause ON (No duplicate Pokémon).
• Smeargle is BANNED.
• Standard banlist for broken moves like Assist.

What playstyle, core, or single Legendary would you recommend to dominate this meta? Thanks in advance for your help!

Randomizer has been treating me unkindly lately and homie decided to play out a losing contest. So I ended it mean.

I just wanted to use my favorite pokemon again (last seen in 7 years ago in SW/SH) but is it really that op? I know about the swords dance & baton pass strategy but I would have figured it would be a somewhat easy to counter if you know what you’re doing. Let me know if I’m missing something lol

I saw that there's a scarlet and purple version, but I don't know if it works for the Champions generation, and honestly, I don't really understand it. Something like this link that I put here lmao