One of the last slates!
Refer to the rules located on the OP for how you should sub:
Submissions will end in 7 Days.
- Slate 14: Diamonds in the Sky -
Latias, Latios, Diancie
For this slate, we finally tackle the only OU-legal Megas of Legendary and Mythical Pokemon! The Lati Twins' Megas are pretty strange, from the fact that were coded into XY despite never being released until ORAS (which iirc meant that ORAS players could use them in wifi battles against XY players but not any other ORAS Mega), to the fact that they're basically balanced versions of the old Soul Dew effect, to the fact that Latias' Mega outclassed Latios' despite Latias usually being the one that was outclassed. Mega Latias has always been an elite Calm Mind sweeper thanks to its insane and bulk, while Latios has historically been one of the least impressive Megas as it's mostly just an itemless Latios with some bulk. Then there's Diancie, the only Gen 6 Pokemon with a Mega Evolution, and one of the most drastic at that, launching Diancie into OU viability as one of the few modern examples of a Pokemon who's best used as a mixed attacker.
An important note for this slate - Latias and Latios submissions will be voted on as a pair. This allows you to make your subs with them as counterparts in mind while not having to worry about needing both to win separately. If you only submit just a Latios or just a Latias, your sub will be paired with the original version of the one you didn't submit, so you're not forced to make something for both.
Latias, Latios, Diancie
For this slate, we finally tackle the only OU-legal Megas of Legendary and Mythical Pokemon! The Lati Twins' Megas are pretty strange, from the fact that were coded into XY despite never being released until ORAS (which iirc meant that ORAS players could use them in wifi battles against XY players but not any other ORAS Mega), to the fact that they're basically balanced versions of the old Soul Dew effect, to the fact that Latias' Mega outclassed Latios' despite Latias usually being the one that was outclassed. Mega Latias has always been an elite Calm Mind sweeper thanks to its insane and bulk, while Latios has historically been one of the least impressive Megas as it's mostly just an itemless Latios with some bulk. Then there's Diancie, the only Gen 6 Pokemon with a Mega Evolution, and one of the most drastic at that, launching Diancie into OU viability as one of the few modern examples of a Pokemon who's best used as a mixed attacker.
An important note for this slate - Latias and Latios submissions will be voted on as a pair. This allows you to make your subs with them as counterparts in mind while not having to worry about needing both to win separately. If you only submit just a Latios or just a Latias, your sub will be paired with the original version of the one you didn't submit, so you're not forced to make something for both.
Refer to the rules located on the OP for how you should sub:
Yoshiblaze said:
Basic Template:
For types, you can insert type images like this
with this link (replace Type with the type you want)
Example Submission
Name: Mega Charizard X
Type:
Ability: Tough Claws
Stats: 78 / 130 (+46) / 111 (+33) / 130 (+21) / 85 / 100 [634 BST]
New Moves: N/A
Description: Mega Charizard X can act as a dangerous Dragon Dance sweeper with strong Tough Claws-boosted moves in Flare Blitz, Outrage, Dragon Claw, and Thunder Punch. A unique defensive typing and decent bulk makes setting up much easier, made even easier with Roost. Walled by very bulky Water-types, Heatran (if you don't run EQ), and checked by Landorus-T.
Code:
:sm/pokemon:
[b]Name[/b]: Mega <Pokémon>
[b]Type[/b]:
[b]Ability[/b]:
[b]Stats[/b]: HP / Atk / Def / SpA / SpD / Spe [BST]
[b]New Moves[/b]:
[b]Description[/b]: (Describe how your submission fits into the metagame, what it does, what it checks/counters, what it gets checked/countered by, why you would use it, etc.)
Megas For All Template (Created by Hematite):
[CODE]
:pokemon: [b]Mega <Pokémon>
New Ability[/b]:
[b]Type[/b]:
[b][u]Stats[/u][/b]:
HP:
Attack:
Defense:
Special Attack:
Special Defense:
Speed:
(BST)
[b]New Moves[/b]:
[b]Description[/b]:
https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/types/Type.pngExample Submission
Name: Mega Charizard X
Type:
Ability: Tough Claws
Stats: 78 / 130 (+46) / 111 (+33) / 130 (+21) / 85 / 100 [634 BST]
New Moves: N/A
Description: Mega Charizard X can act as a dangerous Dragon Dance sweeper with strong Tough Claws-boosted moves in Flare Blitz, Outrage, Dragon Claw, and Thunder Punch. A unique defensive typing and decent bulk makes setting up much easier, made even easier with Roost. Walled by very bulky Water-types, Heatran (if you don't run EQ), and checked by Landorus-T.
Submissions will end in 7 Days.
Very interesting on paper, but I worry that this'll just end up with base Latios running Close Combat as a coverage move and ignoring its Mega. The extra Speed is nice, but base Latios is still quite a bit stronger with Specs or Life Orb and frees up the Mega slot, while Weak Armor is much like the first word in its name without something like Nasty Plot, which you can't give to Latios without breaking it. I'd recommend potentially leaning harder into physical sets with higher Attack and a weaker Fighting move
This seems a bit meh. Natural Cure is obviously amazing and U-Turn is really great too, though I'm not a fan of giving U-Turn to either Lati since that's an absolutely massive buff to their already good base forms, but Dragon/Normal is an overally unimpressive typing. Dragon/Psychic isn't good either and I get the idea of flipping its matchup against Ghosts, but having STAB on Psychic moves and Psychic's few good resistances likely makes it the preferable option. I'd probably remove U-Turn and consider making it Dragon/Psychic
This looks really scary, mainly because of the Speed tier and Heat Wave. Mega Diancie is amazing in base ORAS, so giving it a huge Speed boost and Fire coverage while only making it a bit weaker could push it over the edge. I'd have to talk with council before I say that it'd get vetoed, but I'd def recommend either making it slower, removing Heat Wave, or both.
: lepton, LOrd Fernado(sv), Yosiblaze
