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Much of this OP is taken from bb skarm 's version of the thread
Here, we will be discussing potential buffs (a new ability, a new move, or a new typing) on a Pokemon, and how it will positively impact its niche in the NU metagame.
The system will go as following: There will be a slate of 4-5 Pokemon that have been submitted from different users and handpicked by myself (except for the first slate, which are my own picks to get the project started). We will then discuss these "theorymons" for about 4-5 days, and then a voting period will commence, which last 3-4 days. After this period, the winning Pokemon will be put into our archive.
You may submit theorymons any time you want, but please try to keep it at a maximum of 1-2 submissions per post. When submitting a theorymon, please don't make it mindless like Aerilate Braviary. Make it actually be logical, and give it an actual use.
When discussing the slates, here is what you want to be looking at:
- How will this buff positively impact the Pokemon?
- How will this buff impact the entire NU Metagame?
- Is this buff outclassed by other Pokemon?
- Can this Pokemon now take on different roles?
PLEASE follow these rules:
- Don’t suggest changes that make or may make a Pokemon broken
- Only theorymon ideas that bring positives to the NU metagame and have useful implications will be picked, which means no Huge Power on random Pokemon and other similar buffs.
- You can only add a secondary typing to Pokemon of one type, or change the second type of a dual-typed Pokemon.
- Those changes should at the very least not contradict flavor. They don’t have to fit a Pokemon’s flavor perfectly, but don’t suggest a secondary Fire-type for Grass-types for example.
For steering discussion: nominations are made primarily with the existing NU metagame in mind, not the developing theorymons metagame. You're free to discuss that too of course but make sure you're making it clear which metagame you're talking about when you make your post. Discussion about a theorymon on the current slate in the existing NU metagame is preferred. This is because the full theorymons meta is obviously less played and less competitive. If you want to talk about the theorymons metagame, then keep this discussion to threats already playable in the metagame.
And this is where I'll put our archive, AKA winning theorymons:
Week 1 winners
1. Blastoise + Shell Smash
2. Jumpluff + Huge Power
Week 2 winners
3. Lilligant + Earth Power
4. Palossand + Storm Drain
1. Blastoise + Shell Smash
2. Jumpluff + Huge Power
Week 2 winners
3. Lilligant + Earth Power
4. Palossand + Storm Drain
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