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bigbadbenbass
04-02-2012, 09:52 PM
What?



Hackmons is a new tier that throws out many conventional rules of standard competitive pokemon battling in order to create an entirely new experience. The basic premise is, "Anything goes". You can use any pokemon with any move with any item with 255 ev's in every stat. Also worth noting is that there are no clauses. Since everyone gets everything many pokemon (here's looking at you Breloom) that managed to make it into the upper echelons of competitive pokemon through their access to rare abilities and moves are suddenly left behind in favor of pokemon with better stats and better typing. This allows pokemon that were saddled with a horrendously empty movepool or debilitating abilities to finally have a chance to shine (most notably, Slaking and Regigigas).



Where?



Hackmons is going to be hosted on Pokebay Forums


Metagame Analysis

As hackmons has less determining factors (only base stats and typing are relevent) than any other metagame, the few determining factors mean that it is much easier to determine which pokemon is "best" in its particular field and as a result, very few pokemon are truly usable in Hackmons (think ubers insofar as # of viable pokemon is concerned). Because of this, the variety in Hackmons comes less from what pokemon you use and more from what abilities and items you use on them. Because of the ability to run 255 ev's in every stat, many pokemon become much bulkier than they used to be in their older games and thus the metagame is heavily focused on bulky offense. Insofar as bulky offense is concerned there are three main techniques, in order of popularity they are Pure Power Slaking/Regigigas, Contrary V-Create, and stat-ups (Shift Gear/Shell Smash/Quiver Dance).



Standard Sets

W.I.P.






Conclusion

Here's hoping that through this page, hackmons has become a little less alien and a lot more exciting for many. Feel free to post sets that you have used or faced, keeping in mind to not post a set until you have tried it out or seen it in an actual Hackmons battle. Most importantly, have fun!

bigbadbenbass
04-02-2012, 10:02 PM
and let the awesomness begin