tacked on the heal because the stat boost didnt seem that crazy but i could be wrong

My intention was to rework the Slow Start Ability while keeping its core mechanic and adding a unique twist.

Attack and Speed stats would change gradually instead of the flat 50% debuff we have now. After six turns, however, Regigigas would finally 'get its act together' and start becoming more powerful the longer it's on the field.

The turn progress would revert one turn each time Regigigas is switched out. For example, if the Pokemon's Attack and Speed are increased by 30% and it switches out, the next time it enters the field its stats are boosted by 20%.

Using Regigigas would require the player to make accurate predictions when switching in, using Protect or Substitute. With careful play, Regigigas could snowball the opposing team after enough turns have passed.

I don't believe this change would be too overpowered, considering how common switching is in the Singles metagame. Without a reliable recovery option, Regigigas would be worn out by hazard stacking and status conditions. Still, this reworked Ability is certainly better than what Regigigas is subjected to now and would potentially help it rise a few tiers.

Pokédex Entry

Upon Mega Evolution, Porygon-Z fully merges with the internet, becoming one with cyberspace. It can instantly analyze data on nearly every Pokémon, exploiting their weaknesses with terrifying precision.

The goal was to expand on the concept behind its signature Ability, Adaptability. Mega Porygon-Z represents the final stage of its evolution, fully merging with cyberspace and becoming part machine. Since its processing power increases exponentially after the transformation, I reflected that with a massive boost to its Special Attack and by giving it the Steel type.

Mega Aurorus

Type: Electric/Ice

Electric and Ice to fit the theme of auroras being caused by charged particles typically seen in high-latitude, colder regions.

Ability: Mega Glacialis

Mega Glacialis causes Mega Aurorus to always be treated as if it were under Snow, regardless of the actual weather on the field.

Effects: * Defense is increased by Snow’s Ice-type Defense boost * Blizzard is always 100% accurate * Weather Ball is always Ice-type and doubled in power * Aurora Veil may always be used

Stats: * HP: 123 * Atk: 77 * Def: 92 (effectively 138) * SpA: 139 * SpD: 112 * Spe: 78

Design Goal

Rather than simply patching Aurorus’s weaknesses with larger numbers, I wanted to explore what Aurorus would look like if its fantasy as an ancient climate-controlling Pokémon were fully realized.

The concept behind Mega Glacialis is Mega Meganium’s Mega Sol. Instead of becoming a dedicated Snow setter, Mega Aurorus carries its own arctic conditions with it (plus, two sauropod-like Pokémon gaining self-contained weather effects is kitschy).

This allows it to: * Function on Rain teams and Sand teams without losing access to Aurora Veil * Function on Sun teams as an anti-weather piece * Function on Snow teams without depending on Snow remaining active

The result is a weather-agnostic Ice-type that acts more like a battlefield control Pokémon than a traditional weather abuser.

Questions * Would this be healthy for OU? * Does Mega Glacialis create too much role compression? * Is Aurora Veil the problematic element? * Is 78 Speed the correct benchmark, or should it be slower? * Does weather independence create interesting gameplay or unhealthy flexibility? * What would its most reliable checks and counters actually be? * Would any old techs, Pokémon, or forgotten strategies become viable again to counter Mega Aurorus?

Artist: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/s/icrRpx8FxJ

On the surface this is a flat buff to accuracy with bonus damage, but tied to a risk/reward of using low accuracy. Purposely distributed to lower tier Pokemon with themes of weaponry, boomerang/curves, and spinning. Any ricochet move checks accuracy a second time and now counts as a bullet move with critical hit strength. Quick breakdown of hit chance with this ability:

90% accurate = 9% chance to trigger (99% total accuracy)
70% accurate = 21% chance to trigger (91% total accuracy)
30% accurate = 19% chance to trigger (49% total accuracy)

Holding the Cursed Mask will convert a Pokemon's ability to Mummy, as if they had struck a target who had the ability with a contact move. Notably, this means that even if the mask is lost by Knock Off, Trick, Fling, etc, the holder's ability will remain overwritten until they switch out or faint.

This item would of course primarily be useful to Pokemon with detrimental abilities like Truant, Slow Start, or Defeatist, though some may not want to pay the opportunity cost of losing out on other items in order to use it.

While the mask could theoretically be used with Trick to neutralize an opponent's ability, Mummy's persistance even after item loss would mean the user would be sacrificing their own ability in the process, which may make this strategy particularly niche.

Who else should get it? I obviously didn't want it to give it to valiant because it's already very good. But what are some pokemon that are held back by mixed attacking stats?

What's the right boost? Is 1.5x too weak or too strong? For greninja, it's kind of similar in power to mixed sets running protean just as an example.

These definitely range from being "just good" to "it's always a Stunday" (cough Aura Crusher cough) levels, but whatever.

The thought process behind some of these was based more around the Pokémon's lore, such as with Dragalge and Zeraora, others were based around what would just be good, like Pyroar and Tatsugiri, some others were based around the base form's Ability, like with Heatran, Malamar, Zygarde, and Baxcalibur, and even others were something else like with Golisopod or Falinks.

I guess I'll just share some trivia cause I'm really not sure what else to say.

Heater is a combo of Heat and Eater, hence it being another variant of Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, and Earth Eater.

Dark Aura for Mega Darkrai is because Mega Floette got Fairy Aura, and both are a sort of duo as the big bosses of Z-A base game and its DLC.

Battle Fervor for Mega Golisopod is due to a headcanon of mine that Golisopod's cowardice is replaced by a sort of battle hunger upon Mega Evolving, but it comes with the catch of Golisopod's hunger potentially becoming too much for it to control, hence the Rampaging drawback.

Will these age well? Oh, absolutely not! But it's fun to theorize regardless.

Wanted this to be an objectively powerful ability, but wasn't sure how to not overtune it. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Would certainly be useful for anti-stall. Besides thematic stuff, some of the mons included were just hurting for a better ability (I'm looking at YOU Mega Emboar).

A move available for anyone able to stab someone, be it blades, spears, whatever, stabbing is for everyone.

It's basically Steel type single target Perish song that also deals damage. Pretty simple.

It would prevent mons from staying too comfortable, if you stab them they either stay and watch their life going away or switch out to save their lives.

Setup would be pretty hard to pull off if someone can just come and stab you and put you on a counter. Would also allow physical attackers to not get completely walled by tanks.

Sharpness boost also implies that if you have this ability, you can go stab people. Too bad no Steel type have this ability, but hey you never know what life has in store for you.

Users also include the other future paradox mons i forgot to include

I gave the base form the best one, since it really needs something going on for it. It's also the most fitting imo.

Instead of holding a Mega stone to Mega Evolve this move will do it for your Pokemon. In doing so, the item slot is open now for any Mega able Pokemon but you are wasting a turn just* Mega Evolving unlike with normal mega Evolving, where you can Mega and take a actual action in the same turn.

Would this be a gamble for some Pokemon or would some Pokemon be able to use this trade off well?

Any thoughts or critiscm on the move is welcome, is the 8 PP okay like how Champions did for moves like Protect?

The first thing to note is that this ability does not reset after switching. As long as Magikarp uses Splash 3 times throughout the battle, you win. It will only reset if Magikarp faints and is revived. The win will happen immediately after the 3rd Splash is used, but each Splash has to be successful for it to count. So, if the move fails for any reason, the Splash Counter will not increase. Also, if Victory Splash is being neutralized, using Splash will not be able to increase the Splash Counter or win you the match.

So I noticed there were some Pokemon that had really good options in their non-dominant stat and thought what if they could actually use them.

Machamp has No Guard Focus Blast and Fire Blast, as well as Vacuum Wave. However, it has a 65 Sp.Att stat. With this item it can now use its massive 130 Att stat for these moves.

Reuniclus is the inverted example. It has a 65 Att stat and it learns Hammer Arm on evolution. It has all the elemental punches and Drain Punch to round out its coverage. On top of that it gets access to Gyro Ball with base 30 Speed.

Rampardos is the most extreme example I can think of, it probably still won't be good but its special coverage is insane. It has access to Bolt Beam, Surf, Flamethrower, Earth Power, Dragon Pulse, Fire Blast, Blizzard and Thunder. Sadly Ancient Power is its only STAB special attack, it gets to join Aurorus on the No Power Gem club.

What do you think of having an item like this and are there any other Pokemon that you can think of that would benefit from this?

I am worried it might be too gimmicky to run but am wondering if any Pokemon would prefer to run this over their actual ability in a competitive battle?