Super Mario Bro
All we ever look for
Approved by Arcticblast
Overview
The premise of this alternate metagame is simple; it eliminates team preview, one of the most significant changes Competitive Pokemon has ever received, and makes slight adjustments to the ban list to accommodate that change. As many of you may remember, OU without team preview in Generation IV had many traits that OU in the present no longer possesses. One of them is a lead metagame, consisting of suicide leads, anti leads, and bulky leads that had a variety of purposes, such as laying down hazards as quickly and efficiently as possible, preventing the opponent from doing the same, or both. Another concept that is absent from the current metagame is scouting members of the opponent's team, which used to be facilitated by U-Turn, as well as pHazing. This metagame attempts to revive these ideals in the context of Generation VI, in order to increase the viability of several Pokemon, and give rise to new strategies.
Ban Policy
Bans (including Pokemon and clauses) will be kept in line with those on the standard OU list, unless a threat appears to be drastically more broken in this metagame.
Ban List
Pokemon
Arceus
Blaziken
Darkrai
Deoxys
Deoxys-A
Deoxys-D
Deoxys-S
Dialga
Genesect
Giratina
Giratina-O
Groudon
Ho-oh
Kyogre
Kyurem-W
Lugia
Mewtwo
Palkia
Rayquaza
Reshiram
Shaymin-S
Xerneas
Yveltal
Zekrom
Abilities
Moody
Items
Gengarite
Kangaskhanite
Lucarionite
Official Server
http://joimslab.psim.us/
Overview
The premise of this alternate metagame is simple; it eliminates team preview, one of the most significant changes Competitive Pokemon has ever received, and makes slight adjustments to the ban list to accommodate that change. As many of you may remember, OU without team preview in Generation IV had many traits that OU in the present no longer possesses. One of them is a lead metagame, consisting of suicide leads, anti leads, and bulky leads that had a variety of purposes, such as laying down hazards as quickly and efficiently as possible, preventing the opponent from doing the same, or both. Another concept that is absent from the current metagame is scouting members of the opponent's team, which used to be facilitated by U-Turn, as well as pHazing. This metagame attempts to revive these ideals in the context of Generation VI, in order to increase the viability of several Pokemon, and give rise to new strategies.
Ban Policy
Bans (including Pokemon and clauses) will be kept in line with those on the standard OU list, unless a threat appears to be drastically more broken in this metagame.
Ban List
Pokemon
Arceus
Blaziken
Darkrai
Deoxys
Deoxys-A
Deoxys-D
Deoxys-S
Dialga
Genesect
Giratina
Giratina-O
Groudon
Ho-oh
Kyogre
Kyurem-W
Lugia
Mewtwo
Palkia
Rayquaza
Reshiram
Shaymin-S
Xerneas
Yveltal
Zekrom
Abilities
Moody
Items
Gengarite
Kangaskhanite
Lucarionite
Official Server
http://joimslab.psim.us/
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