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You may have noticed a bit of inactivity on our part, but we’ve been working hard with HeadsILoseTailsYouWin and NOC Unlucky 13 to bring you a popular competition from Gen 6. We’re happy to announce the Kektus Laddering Challenge!
post will be up tomorrow tm
Every player will use 6 sets from a preset compendium in order to create a team and they will see how far they can get on ladder, with a limit of 3 losses. Once you have reached 3 losses, you may abandon your old account and start a new one.
Do not reset your alts. Being caught resetting your alts is cheating and will be punished.
When submitting your replays, be sure to specify the alt you used and provide a point breakdown for every replay submitted. Losses do not give points.
The winner will have a sprite done by Ransei and an entry into the Kektus Hall of Fame!
Proudly introducing: The gen 7 AG Kektus ladder challenge
For those unaware, the Kektus challenge originated when CactusCacti and a bunch of other OMers were discussing terrible, gimmicky, BH sets, and someone asked "How far could you ladder with these?" So it was made into a ladder challenge.
The big rules:
- Start on a fresh PS! Account.
- Your challenge is over when you lose 3 times.
- Use only the sets below:
TRUE POWER (Arceus-*) @
Ability: Multitype
EVs:
Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Beam
- Hydro Cannon
- Blast Burn
- Giga Impact
Notes: +1 point per Hyper Beam KO.
UNLEASHED ENERGY (Shuckle) @
Ability:
EVs:
Nature
- Bide
-
-
-
Notes: +3 points per Bide KO.
** EאD£∑§$ Tø®M3N† (Darkrai) @ Big Root
Ability: Bad Dreams
EVs:
Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Void
- Dream Eater
- Nightmare
- Torment
Notes: +3 points if you apply Nightmare and Torment simultaneously. Max once per match.
* Build a Wall (Stakataka) @ Hard Stone
Ability: Beast Boost
EVs:
Nature
- Block
- Iron Defense
- Wide Guard
-
Notes: +1 point if DonoD TrurT is also on your team.
* DonoD TrurT (Gumshoos) @
Ability:
Happiness: 0
EVs:
Nature
- Frustration
- Roar
- U-turn
- Last Resort
Notes: +1 point if Build a Wall is also on your team. An additional +5 points if DonoD TrurT gets a KO with Last Resort (max once per match).
best omnibooster (Togekiss) @
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs:
Nature
- Ancient Power
- Ominous Wind
- Silver Wind
-
Say what, punk? (Bisharp) @ Black Glasses
Ability: Defiant
EVs:
Nature
- Taunt
- Sucker Punch
- Payback
- Foul Play
** Bad Dog (Mightyena) @
Ability: Intimidate
EVs:
Nature
- Roar
- Snarl
- Bite
- Dig
So last decade (Mewtwo) @ Nothing
Ability: Pressure
IVs: 30 HP / 30 Atk / 30 Def / 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe
EVs: None
Serious Nature
- Amnesia
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Recover
1200 elo standard (Groudon) @ Absorb Bulb
Ability: Drought
EVs: 84 HP / 84 Atk / 84 Def / 84 SpA / 84 SpD / 84 Spe
Serious Nature
- Body Slam
- Brick Break
- Bulk Up
- Double-Edge
My first starter :) (Blaziken) @ Blazikenite
Ability: Blaze
EVs:
Nature
- Blaze Kick
- Brick Break
- Flamethrower
- Stone Edge
* MY POWER GROWS (Rayquaza) @ Metronome
Ability: Air Lock
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Bulk Up
- Bind
- Defog
- Rest
Notes: +1 point for each bind KO through direct damage (not if the end-of-turn damage KOes)
*** Back to zero (Quagsire) @
Ability: Damp
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Curse
- Amnesia
- Recover
- Haze
Notes: +6 points for hazing away 24 or more stat change stages at once. Max one time per game.
*** The New Meta (Sunkern) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Solar Power
EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Encore
- Light Screen
- Swords Dance
- Attract
Notes: +9 points for each KO scored by The New Meta while Sun or Desolate Land is active.
Sun is Fun (Vulpix) @ Heat Rock
Ability: Drought
EVs:
Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sunny Day
-
-
-
Notes: +1 points for using The New Meta and Sun is Fun on the same team.
Crocune but better (Suicune) @ Leftovers
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sleep Talk
- Calm Mind
- Rest
- Water Gun
The REAL strats (Alakazam) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs:
Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Barrier
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Psybeam
** Skill Link Fun (Heracross) @ Heracronite
Ability: Swarm
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
IVs: 0 SpA
- Snore
- Vacuum Wave
- Venoshock
- Hidden Power [Poison]
Notes: +3 points per Snore KO.
(If a set is missing moves, EVs, a nature, an ability, or an item, the player can fill in the blanks however they wish)
The little rules:
-Your overall score is determined by the 5 matches with the highest individual match score.
-Every individual match, you get points: One point per Pokemon remaining on your team, and a bonus according to your ELO, before the match. (1 point at 1100, 3 points at 1200, 6 points at 1300, 10 points at 1400, 15 points at 1500, 21 points at 1600, etc)
-You also get bonus points for fulfilling certain conditions with certain sets. For instance, the TRUE POWER set awards a bonus point for each KO it gets with Hyper Beam, while the Sun is Fun set awards bonus points if The New Meta is on the user's team.
-Certain sets have stars next to their nickname. These sets award one bonus point per star, just by being on your team. Sets with stars are typically harder to win with.
-You do not get points for a losing match.
When you post an alt's final score, please post all replays you saved on that alt, along with a breakdown of where points came from for each battle. (e.g. 21 points: 5 for 5-0, 3 points for back to zero, 1 point for hyper beam KO with true power, 6 points for successful haze, 6 points for elo bonus)
The AG challenge ends on September 1.
Good luck to all participants!
I forgot to mention that if you submit a score, and then get a higher score with another alt, you can submit the higher score. Just put it in another post and include all replays and proof of alt.
I forgot to mention that if you submit a score, and then get a higher score with another alt, you can submit the higher score. Just put it in another post and include all replays and proof of alt.
I think this counts, but it was literally a 1-battle tour. Everyone else got disqualified and I used a tested sample team against the only other active player.
So I'm just wondering when my achievements will be reviewed and added. I submited them a month ago. Also, will there be achievements for this month's OMOTMS? Also also, how long is the Kektus laddering challenge going on for? And what can you use the sprite for?
So I'm just wondering when my achievements will be reviewed and added. I submited them a month ago. Also, will there be achievements for this month's OMOTMS? Also also, how long is the Kektus laddering challenge going on for? And what can you use the sprite for?
I checked the spreadsheets and your achievements themselves already got added, it just seems someone forgot to post the update to the forum. Whoever added them didn't put you in the Hall of Fame, but I'll fix that. Things don't usually go a month without updating -- it seems they were, but just not posted here.
As for the Kektus challenge, AG will be going on until the end of this month when we change metagames, if I am not mistaken.
So what's gonna happen to Embrace Diversity now that every Silvally is ranked? I suggest C+ or lower or the three Usually Useless ones.
Also for Can't Touch This I really think you should tone it down to like five hits or something because 10 gets to the point of being a bit less fun for me. That's just my opinion tho.
So I made a new account (HijasuAchievement) to get back into low ladder for Unmixed and got it! :DD (Btw, HijasuAchievements is max length so I couldn't just add a number to it or something so I just took off the s.)
As you probably could tell, I purposely played really badly to make sure I could show all my pokemon's mega stones. So grab some popcorn and watch the terrible plays! XD
And with that, I finally made it into the MnM Hall of Fame!!!! :D
(Also, I should be #6 on the leaderboard. RN I'm #7 but have 480 points while #6 has 415 points...)
So I was doing some laddering for the 1v1 ladder tournament (so it was on my alt 1v1LTII3 Hijasu) and I ended up winning a game that lasted over 100 turns so
Also, for the custom title prize, do you also have to get all Camomons achievements and all any OM achievements 3 times or just the monthly and active ones for certain OMs?
Yes, that was added. I tagged you in the original post, thus your achievements were added, but there is little reason to tag two posts from the same person. In the future, please edit your the new achievements that you get into one post (until you see an update about achievements that were accepted from one of us) to avoid confusion. This means that you can start a new post now, but until the next update, only use that post. It just keeps things cleaner, and easier for a methodical approach to adding achievements. Thanks!
