Banned / Altered List

We define abilities in this site vastly differently than they are defined in the games, or even on other sites. Why? Many abilities are useless there. For example, intimidate. This is pointless, as we don't have exactly numbered stats, and it largely makes no sense anyway. Why would a charizard be intimidated by an arcanine? It's an annoying system for abilities that this, more real-life forum doesn't use. If you are intimidated by someone, your natural strength doesn't weaken, that makes no sense, as at implies that your muscle mass grows and shrinks suddenly from battle to battle. While you might be hesitant to fight a foe that intimidates you, you would be become physically weaker by facing one. And many people are cocky or arrogant, and would not be intimidated anyway. The games can't take all this in. Why? It would take huge amounts of information to calculate what personalities randomly given would make a pokemon immune or resistant to every single pokemon type or ability. It would become a tangled mess. This is also why the game only allows 4 moves at a time, as having every pokemon be able to use every move it has learned thus far would take up all the screen and be supremely annoying. Other abilities or moves are banned because they are god-moding. It violates the RP rules to force their pokemon to be in love with yours. The same goes for forcing them to be taunted into not being able to mae non attacks.

Now that we have explained why abilities are differently here, let us move on to how, firstly, there are:


We are composing a list, so give us time regarding this matter, there are a lot of abilities and it's not easy to put them all down at the same time. These may be added from time to time. If you are curious, as to why one is banned, ask a staff member. But first, think on it yourself and you may see why without asking. If you can convince the admins or mods of your case, in a member feedback topic, so we have a perfect log of the "arguement" over it, it may be removed from this list. But the admins must be the ones to remove it.

Note: All priority abilities are banned. Why? This makes no sense. If a slow pokemon uses quick attack, there is no reason a still faster pokemon can't attack faster. This over-rides speed for no real reason.

Note: If it prevents lowering of stats, lowers stats, raises stats, or in generaly effects stats by raising their level, or raising it, it is banned. There are no normal stat tiers and many don't make sense.

• Intimidate
  
• Pressure
  
• Pick-up
  
• Arena Trap
  
• Big Pecks
  
• Competitive
  
• Cursed Body
  
• Cute Charm
  
• Contrary
  
• Defiant
  
• Download
  
• Drought
  
• Drizzle
  
• Cloud Nine
  
• Flower Gift
  
• Frisk
  
• Gale Wings
  
• Prankster
  
• Harvest
  
• Honey Gather
  
• Hyper Cutter
  
• Magician
  
• Marvel Scale
  
• Moody
  
• Mummy
  
• Prankster
  
• Simple
  
• Snow Warning
  
• Symbiosis
  
• TeraVolt
  
• TurboBlaze
  
• Unaware
  
• Victory Star
  

These are abilities that were modified for this forum, anything not specified in the adjustment stays the same. For example, a poemon/morph with solar power will still tae damage from the sun in abnormally sunny days or in the desert. These are often adjustments for our "stat" system.

• Huge Power (+1 Strength rank, permanent.)
  
• Pure Power (+1 Strength rank, permanent.)
  
• Sturdy (+1 Defense rank, permanent.)
  
• Battle Armor (+1 Defense rank, permanent.)
  
• Shell Armor (+1 Defense rank, permanent.)
  
• Speed Boost (+1 Speed rank, Permanent)
  
• Swift Swim (+1 Speed rank in water or mud.)
  
• Hydration (Removes status effects in rain or water deep enough to swim in.)
  
• Chlorophyll (Speed goes up a rank in abnormally sunny days/in desert.)
  
• Weak Armor (defense goes down a ran on being attacked and speed goes up a rank. Ends when the battle does.)
  
• Toxic Boost (Strength increases 1 rank when poisoned.)
  
• Solar Power (Special Attack increases one rank on abnormally sunny days/in desert.)
  
• Steadfast (Speed boost removed.)
  
• Storm Drain (Special Attack increases one ran for the fight.)
  
• Rattled (Speed increases by a rank for the fight.)
  
• Sand Force (Strength increases by 1 rank in the desert.)
  
• Motor Drive (speed increases a rank for the fight.)
  
• Sand Rush (Speed increases by 1 rank in the desert.)
  
• Sap Sipper (Strength increased 1 rank for the fight.)
  
• Keen Eye (In some circumstances this will work, but not all.)
  

Banned Moves

There are various moves that are banned. most of them only affect stats in stupid ways. Like how in all heck does you growling at me make me less strong. And how can you looking all cute force me to be in love with you and might not attack. These are banned. And as the move dex is long, expect this list to get longer. All 1 hit KO moves are banned.

• Attract
  
• Growl
  
• Leer
  
• Tail Whip
  
• Belly Drum (hurting yourself makes no sense, as it would compromise your ability to attack.)
  
• Baby Doll Eyes
  
• Baton Pass
  
• Charm
  
• Confide
  
• Defog
  
• Disarming Voice
  
• Eerie Impulse
  
• Embargo
  
• Encore
  
• Endeavor
  
• Entrainment
  
• Fairy Lock
  
• Fake Tears
  
• Feather Dance
  
• Fissure
  
• Flatter
  
• Flower Shield
  
• Follow Me
  
• Foul Play
  
• Geomancy
  
• Growth
  
• Guard Split
  
• Guard Swap
  
• Guillotine
  
• Heal Block
  
• Heart Swap
  
• Hidden Power
  
• Howl
  
• Kinesis
  
• Lucky Chant
  
• Magic Room
  
• Me First
  
• Mean Look
  
• Memento
  
• Natural Gift
  
• Noble Roar
  
• Pain Split
  
• Parting Shot
  
• Play Nice
  
• Play Rough
  
• Power Split
  
• Power Swap
  
• Power Trick
  
• Psych Up
  
• Rage
  
• Rage Powder
  
• Roar
  
• Rototiller
  
• Scary Face
  
• Sharpen (not really viable to sharpen weapons in active fighting.)
  
• Sill Swap
  
• Snarl
  
• Swagger
  
• Taunt
  

These are moves that were changed, but not banned.

• Coil (Increases speed, Strength, and Accuracy by 1 rank.)
  
• Constrict (speed loss removed.)
  
• Cotton Spore (lowers targets speed by 1 rank, until they just get the cotton off.)
  
• Dark Void (puts all in 10 meters to sleep)
  
• Swords Dance (Raises strength by 1 rank until fight ends.)
  
• Flash (Lowers accuracy of all who see it for 1 round of posting.)
  
• Iron Defense (Raises defense stat 1 rank until the fight ends.)
  
• Meditate (Raises strength by 1 rank until fight ends.)
  
• Nasty Plot (Raises Spec. Attack by 1 rank until the fight ends.)
  
• Petal Blizzard (Hits all within 10 meters.)
  
• Quiver Dance (Spec. Attack, Spec Defense, and Speed increase by one rank.)
  
• Screech (May cause those nearby to flinch.)
  
• Spite (May not use that move again for 2 rounds of posting.)
  
• Shell Smash (Lowers Defense and Spec. Defense by 1 rank, increases speed, attack, and Spec. Attack by 1 rank.)
  

All moves that automatically go first, or have a higher priority are now considered to be that pokemons speed, +1 rank. This solves the problem of slow pokemon out-speeding fast pokemon, as it only gives a single speed stat to that 1 attack. A small boost that helps get the end on an opponent near or at the same speed as you. As such, quick attack, etc. are no longer banned.

Stat Reducing Moves/Abilities

Many have been banned. Why? many do not make sense. how does you growling at me make me physically weaker? That makes no sense. Much the same for the ability 'Intimidate." Many are banned or altered. Any any that are not banned or altered AND don't make sense, probably will be, so assume they are. In addition, all stat ups and downs are reduced to moving up or down a single rank. Ask staff if you have questions.