>Leaf Guard >Currently only prevents Status in Sunlight Now also boosts your defenses by 50% in sunlight, basically negating the extra damage you would take from Fire type attacks in the Sun, therefore removing the negative synergy with Sun whilst also helping you to be more defensive in general.
So now many Pokemon would have choice between Defense buff or Speed buff in sunlight, especially nice together with the added bonus of being able to use Solar Blade/Beam in 1 turn and the 75% Synthesis Healing.
That's still kind of shit. Most Pokemon with Leaf Guard aren't really good on sun teams one way or another. Sun is an offensive playstyle, nobody would bother with defensive Pokemon that would just run out the Drought clock.
Kevin Wilson
Sniper : now when a Pokémon strikes with a critical hit, the damage is multiplied by 2
Truant: If attacked during idle turn, attack and special attack go up by one stage.
Alexander Reed
>Healer >Currently 30% chance of curing adjacent Ally's Status condition every turn Now 50% chance and not just status but also 25% of the Ally's HP.
Suddenly shitmons like Audino and Alomomola are looking much better. And Aromatisse's Aroma Veil and Hatterene's Magic Bounce would have some competition instead of being no brainers.
Speaking from mainly VGC players perspective here btw.
Also maybe someone could come up with some buffs for these abilities: Anticipation, Hydration, Forewarn, Pastel Veil, Stench, Tangled Feet, Steadfast, Early Bird
>And Aromatisse's Aroma Veil and Hatterene's Magic Bounce would have some competition instead of being no brainers. No, now Healer is the default ability for any Pokemon with Healer in Doubles. You just made an automatic Jungle Healing. That’s so insanely good in Doubles there is no reason to use Magic Bounce or Aroma Veil. A bulky attacking teammate is now basically unkillable with every other turn healing it by 25%
Tyler Baker
>poison touch 100% Poison from contact moves >magma armor Water moves immunity, raises defense but lowers speed when hit by a water move
Connor Ortiz
>Honey Gather
If this Pokemon is the first Pokemon in your party, there's a higher chance of rarer encounters in Honey Trees.
Also specifically reverses Combee's gender ratio.
Charles Morgan
>Also maybe someone could come up with some buffs for these abilities: Anticipation, Hydration, Forewarn, Pastel Veil, Stench, Tangled Feet, Steadfast, Early Bird Let me try:
>Anticipation Also negates the first super-effective move used against it until it switches out. >Early Bird Also gains +2 Speed whenever it wakes up. >Forewarn Psychic moves also gain +1 priority. >Stench Halves the power of other Pokémon's Psychic and Ghost moves. Based on connecting the JP name あくしゅう (literally "Evil Odour", but could also be read as "Vice") with the Dark type.
Noah Nguyen
Stench could go a bit further and just be a substitute Dark type down to Psychic immunity and negating Prankster.
William White
>Damp Aside from preventing exploding moves and abilities while on the field, this ability now also prevents Water-type moves from being powered down during harsh sunlight.
>Truant Pokemon can still move on the turn they loaf around, but they have -8 priority on any move they do
Elijah Taylor
Stall with extra steps?
>Truant During the Loafing Around turn, moves associated with such a state (Slack Off, Rest, Yawn, etc) can still be used.
Charles Wilson
>Aftermath When the user faints as a result of direct damage from an attack (regardless of the attack making contact or not), it will automatically trigger the move explosion. The user's Atk will be used to calculate damage, so it is affected by stat changes, burn and choice band. It will not affect ghost types. As usual, the ability fails if any pokemon with damp is present. >Anticipation It now identifies super-effective moves by type (i.e.: "a fire move caused ferrothorn to shudder!"), but not by name or by what pokemon has them (for the purpose of double/triple battles) to keep a bit of a guessing game still. It will now also identify multiple super-effective moves if they're of different types, going by order of how effective they are, accounting for effects like forest's curse or soak. >Ball Fetch On top of its current effects, it will now automatically return all ball moves (electro ball, energy ball, gyro ball, ice ball, mist ball, pyro ball, shadow ball and weather ball) back to their original user. For example, it will cause cinderace to be hit by its own pyro ball; however, it can also backfire if yamper uses electro ball for whatever reason.
Benjamin King
>Battery It now has a "charge" minigame built into it. Rather than a simple boost of 30%, it starts boosting allies' special attacks by 50% on the first turn, then 25% on the next, 12.5%, 6.25%, 3.125 and then finally no boost after 5 consecutive turns. The battery resets if the user switches out, uses the move charge or is hit by an electric attack (or thunder wave). If the user is under the effects of electric terrain, the boost will consistently remain 50% while the terrain lasts. >Berserk It now boosts the user's highest offensive stat rather than SpAtk exclusively. Once berserk activates at least once, the user becomes immune to flinching or the effects of intimidate until it switches out again. (BONUS: replace perrserker's battle armor with berserk) >Big Pecks It now prevents the lowering of both Def AND SpDef stats. It passively boosts the power of the moves peck, drill peck and pluck by 50%
Dylan Long
>Color Change Whenever it activates, it will cause all of the user's normal moves to become the new type and gain a 20% boost in power like if the user had an -ate ability. >Defeatist Whenever it activates, it doubles the user's Def and SpDef simultaneous to halving its Atk and SpAtk. >Early bird On top of its current effects, the user always moves first within its priority bracket on the turn it wakes up (after all, the early bird DOES get the worm)
Jackson Butler
>Emergency Exit Whenever it activates, the user gets to make a move before it's forced to switch out. >Flare Boost Now a fire-type version of Storm Drain. All fire-type attacks are redirected towards the user, which absorbs them to gain SpAtk boosts. The user absorbs will-o-wisp, but it's NOT immune to the burn status condition caused via other means, like scald or flame orb. If the user is burned, its speed is permanently boosted by 50% unless the burn is healed. >Flower Gift Now boosts the user and its allies' highest offensive and defensive stats, instead of always Atk and SpDef, so it can be paired with physical or special synergies.
Sebastian Howard
>Forewarn The user now gains a 50% chance to dodge any move revealed by this ability, even if the revealed move ignores accuracy checks. The effect is negated by no guard. >Frisk Now reveals all opponents' items in double and triple battles. >Grass Pelt It now boosts both Def AND SpDef in grassy terrain.
Christian Howard
>Tangled Feet When a physical contact move is used on this pokemon, the user has a 30% chance of becoming confused. In double battles, additionally prevents allies from becoming confused.
Matthew Young
>Emergency Exit What if emergency exit acted the same as baton pass? just a thought
