smogon / pokemon-showdown

Pokémon battle simulator.
https://pokemonshowdown.com
MIT License
4.65k stars 2.71k forks source link

Randomized format set updates #10326

Closed ACakeWearingAHat closed 1 month ago

ACakeWearingAHat commented 1 month ago

Please have live by end of month, if possible.

Gen 9 Random Battle: Major set changes: -Contrary Enamorus's role has been changed to Setup Sweeper. It now runs Tera Fighting with Play Rough, Superpower, and any two of Substitute, Zen Headbutt, and Taunt. Leftovers with Substitute, Boots without Substitute. -Alolan Persian now has an additional set of Tera Blast user. It runs Thunderbolt, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse, and Tera Blast with Tera Poison/Fairy and a Life Orb. -Clefable now can have either Unaware or Magic Guard on any of its sets. If it has Unaware, it will have Leftovers. If it has Magic Guard, it will have Life Orb. The Calm Mind set now can get Tera Steel sometimes, instead of just being Tera Fire. -Gholdengo's sets have been reorganized. It now runs Leftovers instead of Life Orb, and it no longer has Recover + 3 attacks as a possibility. -Mightyena now has an additional set of AV Pivot with Crunch/Throat Chop, and any 3 of Super Fang, Sucker Punch, Poison Fang, and Play Rough, with Intimidate and Tera Poison/Fairy. -Qwilfish now has an additional set of Fast Support with Flip Turn, Gunk Shot, Pain Split, and Thunder Wave/Toxic/Toxic Spikes with Heavy-Duty Boots. The other Qwilfish set's role is now Bulky Support, and it can no longer get Focus Sash. -Magnezone's sets have been split so that Choice Scarf can run Tera Fighting sometimes, and it now has a third set of Bulky Setup with Iron Defense that is always Tera Fighting. -Glimmora now runs an additional set of Setup Sweeper with Power Herb Meteor Beam with Tera Grass Energy Ball. -Sudowoodo now runs an additional set of Setup Sweeper with Life Orb Rock Polish. -Honchkrow now runs an additional set of Wallbreaker with Brave Bird, Lash Out, Sucker Punch, and Thunder Wave or Heat Wave. -Arceus-Fighting now has an additional set of Iron Defense, Body Press, Recover, and Shadow Ball with Tera Steel. -Dialga no longer runs Thunderbolt or Tera Fire, and it now runs a second set of AV Pivot with Dragon Tail. -Dialga-Origin's second set is Dragon Tail instead of Thunder Wave, and both Dialga-Origin sets can roll either steel move. -Hisuian Samurott no longer runs Sacred Sword or Choice Scarf, and it now has its sets split between Swords Dance Sucker Punch and Choice Band Aqua Jet + Flip Turn. -Galarian Articuno now has an additional set of Fast Support with Future Sight, U-turn, Recover, and Hurricane with Tera Steel. -Swords Dance Feraligatr is now Dragon Dance with Crunch and Ice Punch. Sheer Force Trailblaze Dragon Dance still exists alongside this and is still intentional. -Tera Blast Fezandipiti now runs Leftovers instead of Life Orb. -Tera Blast Serperior now runs Tera Fire/Rock instead of Tera Stellar. -Bulky Support Orthworm's role has been changed to Bulky Attacker. It now always has Body Press, runs Heavy Slam instead of Iron Head, and sometimes runs Tera Fighting. -Clodsire's sets have been merged. Curse can now run Poison Jab and is less common than before.

Reversions: -Mandibuzz now runs Foul Play more often than Knock Off again. -Charizard no longer runs its Sunny Day set. -Iron Crown no longer runs its Assault Vest set. -Hisuian Zoroark no longer runs its Poltergeist set. -Lum Berry users now run Lum Berry again all the times they used to, instead of just like, not running Lum half the time. For example, Life Orb DD Flygon is gone.

Minor changes: -Heavy Slam and Flash Cannon are now incompatible with each other. --Heatran: +Heavy Slam (it can also now run Assault Vest if the team has a Stealth Rock user) --Dialga-Origin (both sets); +Tera Flying. -Nasty Plot Mew: -Alluring Voice, -Tera Fairy, +Bug Buzz -Reshiram: -Roar, +Dragon Tail -Fast Attacker Porygon-Z: +Trick -Giratina-Origin: -Earthquake -Fast Attacker Mesprit: -Energy Ball, -Tera Psychic, +Shadow Ball -Seed Sower Arboliva: -Dazzling Gleam, -Tera Fairy, +Tera Poison -Tera Blast Frosmoth: -Hurricane -Dragalge: -Hydro Pump, -Tera Water, +Tera Fighting -Venomoth: -Substitute -Support Hitmontop: -Stone Edge, +Triple Axel (will not get Technician, still) -Goodra-Hisui: -Tera Fire, -Tera Electric, +Tera Flying, +Tera Dragon -Braviary: -Tera Flying, +Tera Steel -Giratina: -Tera Ghost/Dragon on all sets. Now only Tera Fairy. -Earth Power Dudunsparce: +Tera Fairy -Hisuian Samurott: +Tera Poison (both sets)

Gen 9 Doubles: -Intimidate users that are weak to Rock will now get Heavy-Duty Boots instead of Life Orb or Sitrus Berry. -Whiscash: -Stealth Rock, +Protect -Deoxys-Defense: -Teleport, +Spikes -Quagsire: -Stealth Rock, +Recover -Golem: -Tera Fire -Serperior: -Tera Stellar, +Tera Fire, +Tera Rock

Old Gens: -In Gen 8, Glalie no longer runs Explosion. -In Gen 8, Cloyster no longer runs Explosion. -In Gen 8, Mandibuzz now very rarely runs U-turn. -In Gens 5-7, Simipour now runs Grass Knot instead of whatever other non-Ice Beam coverage it was running. -In Gens 5-7, Keldeo's Choice item sets are now Hydro Pump, Scald, Secret Sword, and Focus Blast. -In Gens 5-7, Durant now always runs Hone Claws. -In Gens 6-7, Avalugg now always runs Earthquake and will run Curse if the team has hazard removal. It no longer runs Toxic or Roar. -In Gens 6-7, Wormadam-Sandy and Trash now run Infestation instead of Sucker Punch when the team already has Stealth Rock. -In Gens 6-7, Hoopa (Confined) can now use Psychic. -In Gens 6-7, Leafeon's Bulky Attacker set no longer exists, and it will always be Swords Dance. -In Gens 6-7, Noctowl no longer runs Whirlwind. -In Gens 6-7, Staller Chimecho no longer runs Taunt. -In Gens 6-7, Bulky Attacker Donphan no longer exists, and it will always run Rapid Spin unless the team has a hazard remover. -In Gens 6-5, Noctowl now always runs Hyper Voice. -In Gen 7, Normal-types with Hyper Voice now always run Hyper Voice. -In Gen 7, Girafarig now has a set that isn't Hyper Voice. -In Gen 7, Drampa no longer runs Defog. -In Gen 7, Wormadam now runs Energy Ball instead of Leaf Storm. -In Gen 6, Deoxys formes no longer run Fire Punch. -In Gens 5-4, Fearow now always runs U-turn. -In Gen 5, Lumineon now runs a third set with Hidden Power Grass. -In Gen 5, Kyogre will now always be either Choice item or Calm Mind. -In Gen 5, Pinsir's set has been changed to match its Gen 4 set. -In Gen 5, Keldeo now runs Hidden Power Ice instead of Icy Wind. -In Gens 4-3, Delcatty now runs an additional set of Baton Pass, Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, and Ice Beam. -In Gen 4, Delcatty's Bulky Support set now uses Double-Edge instead of Return and Toxic instead of Heal Bell. -In Gen 4, Giratina no longer runs its non-Calm Mind set.