Break a Pokemon: OU Edition [Signups]

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  1. inigomontoya

    inigomontoya Slightly Less Well-Known Member

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    Balanced Hackmons has long been a tier of Ubers, Shedinjas, and Chanseys slapping each other around. The OU meta sucks atm (no offense M-Gross). So I got to thinking. What would happen if we could use OUs, and hack PART of the Pokemon?

    Welcome to Break a Pokemon: OU edition. In this tour, we shake up the OU metagame by allowing Pokemon to use a tool not usually in their kit.

    RULES:
    1. Battles will be played in the Balanced Hackmons tier so the rest of the rules can apply. There may be some situations where the battle must instead be played in Hackmons (i.e. Shedinja with no hack). If that is the case, do so.
    2. Each Pokemon used MUST be allowed in the ORAS OU tier. This includes not having any banned moves, items, or abilities.
    3. Each Pokemon can have 1 hacked change. These include the following:
    • Using 1 move not normally learned by the Pokemon
    • Using an ability that the Pokemon cannot have naturally.
    • Starting in their Mega forme, allowing you to hold an item while Mega Evolved
    4. If a Pokemon begins in it's Mega Evolved form, it counts as your 1 Mega. No other Pokemon can be in their Mega Evolved form. All Pokemon that begin as a Mega are to be classified, for the purposes of this tour, as the higher of their base form or Mega Stone. M-Gengar will not be allowed, as it's Mega Stone is Uber.
    5. Any hacks must be legal with no restrictions in both OU and BH. This means the following (and maybe more, I might have forgotten something) are off limits.
    • Gaining any ability that ends in -ate, Moody, Imposter, Wonder Guard, Huge/Pure Power, Shadow Tag, Arena Trap, Magnet Pull, or Parental Bond.
    • Gaining an unreleased attack (Steam Eruption, Thousand Arrows, or Thousand Waves)
    • Giving Sturdy to a Pokemon with less than 25 HP (Shedinja, lv1 Pokemon, ect.)
    • Getting the moves Assist, Baton Pass, Chatter, Dragon Ascent, or any move that boosts Evasion
    NOTE: If the Pokemon naturally has any of the banned moves or abilities that are not banned in OU, it can still use them. Imposter Ditto is legal, just not Imposter Chansey.

    6. The hacked change cannot be identical to any other hacked change on your team. To clarify, I can change 2 different Pokemon's abilities, as long as they do not change to the same ability. Applies to moves as well. Also worth noting that you can have a Pokemon with a hacked ability and a Pokemon with the same ability (i.e. Contrary Serp and Contrary Altaria), as long as it obtains it through normal gameplay.
    7. Importables of each team must be sent to the host via PM each round. If you don't send me a team for a round after the first, I'll assume your team isn't changing. If your team isn't sent during the first round, I will assume you are using Magikarp/Sunkern/Happiny/Unown-X/Mime Jr./Budew.
    8. The most commonly used Hack in each round will be banned. If everyone changes someone to Contrary in R1, No one can add Contrary the rest of the tournament.
    9. Tour will be Bo1 because no one wants to build 3 teams each round. Finals Bo3 tho.
    10. Standard OU clauses apply. Thats Sleep, Species, Self-KO, Inverted, and Wifi (Team Preview).

    The question is: Do I give Serperior access to Draco Meteor, or give Victini Contrary? Do I give Whimsicott Spore or give Breloom Prankster? All sorts of wonderful things we can say might happen. LET THE FUN BEGIN!

    If I missed any blatantly obvious rules, tell me.
    Signups end when I say they end. Or a week and a day from now on Sunday, December 27. Depends if my parents let me get on for long enough to post the first round while we still have company from Christmas.

    Edit: Apparently December 26 is a Saturday. Deadline moved to December 27
     
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    In!

    EDIT: Default team sounds real good!
     
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    interresting and intimidating all the insightfull teams that ingenious innovaters will institute in initializing this tournament should be intertaining to watch replays.

    P.S. in
     
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    inigomontoya Slightly Less Well-Known Member

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    Rule 5 of the OP has been updated to clarify it. It now reads Any hacks must be legal with no restrictions in both OU and BH.

    Only substantive change that this causes is Baton Pass and Dragon Ascent cannot be hacked onto a Pokemon. Baton Pass is restricted use in OU and Dragon Ascent is banned in Ubers, automatically banning it in OU and therefore this tournament. Baton Pass can still be used by Pokemon that obtain it naturally within the normal OU restrictions. Dragon Ascent cannot be used (but why on earth would you use a D-Ascent Smeargle to begin with).

    Oh btw, heres a hint for teambuilding:
    Smeargle is a very SIMPLE Pokemon to use in this tier.
     
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    In if I'm not too late Edit: lmao I just notice your hint. Edit #2: since there is no EV limit in BH can we have a pokemon which is otherwise entirely legal but has 252 evs for every stat?
     
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    I don't think so, since the only things we are allowed to change, according to the OP, is getting a new move, ability, or starting out in a Mega forme. It would also have to be legal in OU.
     
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    Teaser question: which will come first, an end to sign ups or 2016? Edit: it turns out 2016, how about we try to beat 2017, eh?
     
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    inigomontoya Slightly Less Well-Known Member

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    Sorry about this guys, R1 will be up shortly

    I figured you would get it lel. Also, I considered the possibility of allowing you to ignore the EV cap, but I thought it would be more fun not to.
     
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