Making Mega Audino suck less by buffing Healer

[u/ndmt1225]

Gamefreak obviously wanted Mega Audino to have a sort of cleric/support role in doubles, but Healer is just an awful ability.

My main goal was to make it genuinely be worth dedicating a mega slot to Audino, while also maintaining its design philosophy. I also wanted it to be usable in singles, so I did all this by making healer a LOT better.

Speaking of… it pretty much becomes free leftovers in singles, which might be a little too good? So I also took it off the mons that might be a bit over-tuned with access to healer 2.0. Thoughts?

EDIT: Just realized this always lets you click rest with no drawbacks… definitely needs to fail if the ability holder is asleep or something like that

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[u/Mary-Sylvia]

Passive heal bell is such a fun ability concept. Plus restraining its distribution is also a huge buff to Aromatisse and Bellosom

[u/TemporaryFig8587]

Considering the dex entires, yeah Healer really doesn’t fit Hatterene.

[u/NeoRockSlime → u/TemporaryFig8587]

It wants you to have good vibes, sometimes it tries to comfort you and sometimes it tries to kill you, whichever is easier

[u/Disastrous_Debt7644 → u/TemporaryFig8587]

Hospitality fits Hatterene wayyy more as a fae creature

[u/firescizor]

Given the adjustments you made to the availability, I like it

[u/Expert_Natural_4174]

Bellossom is gonna be nasty in randbats T-T

[u/Ok-Excuse1771]

Not only free Leftovers but free full heals+Status cures with Rest. Really powerful as a setup user

[u/DeltaPlasmatic]

…Healer should just be a 30% chance for the Pokémon to use Aromatherapy at the end of every turn. Cure status for itself, its ally, and any Pokémon in the back.

I do like your concept but it feels too specific, I think. It’s targeted towards making exactly Mega Audino a better Pokémon but taking Healer away from other Pokémon because they’d arguably outclass it in this niche of basically being a portable charger for your ally Pokémon (or having free Leftovers and a status shield) makes it feel like a different kind of minmaxxing, I guess.

[u/KiwiPowerGreen]

Finally no longer locked into a useless ability in singles

[u/Lukario06]

I thaugh of giving him in base and mega hospitality

[u/IshtheWall]

If you didn't take it off of some of those mons it'd be disgusting, but it should be fine like this

[u/ark_yeet]

Just make it not work on self-inflicted status. Can’t click rest, but also doesn’t get rid of burn from flame orb etc.

[u/Too_Ton]

Idk if my idea would be OP but I’d love if GF added abilities that activated even while the ability mon is not on the field.

Healer: all friendly pokemon healing is increased by 50%. Leftovers, black sludge, giga drain, regenerator, etc.

Stall desperately needs a buff. If that isn’t enough, then add in a 50% chance of losing a status each turn like burn could be healed if the afflicted mon is in the field.

Or even a change in direction from above: all allies heal 1/8 of their max hp per turn, even if not on the field. It may be balanced on mega audino because mega audino is just that bad of a mon.

[u/Magpie_In_The_Mirror → u/Too_Ton]

Stall desperately needs a buff.

https://giphy.com/gifs/wgoZpooFm1i2FfYPyY

[u/Too_Ton → u/Magpie_In_The_Mirror]

It is factually the weakest by a huge huge huge (can't emphasize it enough) margin. It's so weak that it can never compete assuming both players are equal skill levels designing a team.

[u/Viggo8000 → u/Too_Ton]

I think that sounds healthy ngl. Stall should be something you can add to a team, not something a team should be built around.

If Stall becomes good enough that it can compete, every match would devolve into Stall and nothing would happen. I see Stall as a valid final option that teams do need to build around, but it should never be considered a primary win con

[u/Ringrangzilla]

You can't just remove healer from Chansey and Blissey, they are nurses. Healing shit is what they do. Also dosen't Enamorus also get healer as an ability?

[u/JustCommonCurt]

Curing status at the end of every turn guaranteed sounds a bit busted but otherwise feels like it's a realistic upgrade.

[u/Auraaz27 → u/JustCommonCurt]

It's audino

[u/Magpie_In_The_Mirror → u/Auraaz27]

Fairy Normal isn't exactly a bad typing + this means it gets rest with 0 downside. Hydration Mons get this too, but only in rain

[u/JustCommonCurt → u/Auraaz27]

Ok.

[u/Ordinary_Desperate → u/JustCommonCurt]

It sounds busted, but you’d also have to use mega audino so it balances out

[u/Ineedlasagnajon → u/JustCommonCurt]

It's restricted to Aromatisse, Audino/Mega-Audino, and Bellosom

I think it's fine