Happy New Years!!!
1/1/2024 | Alpha 8.5 | Anniversary Update
Summarized Update:
- Hail has been converted to its Gen 9 counterpart: Snow.
- Three professional move tutors (one of which can be found at the Battle Club) have been added to the game and some miscellaneous one.
- Several Pokémon have been rebalanced, which includes many buffs and a few nerfs.
- Some sprites have been revamped
- Many brand new moves and abilities were created for the above reason.
- Partner Pikachu and Partner Eevee have been reworked entirely.
- Combee, Salandit and Lechonk now have species specific items (similar to Light Ball.) They are rarely held by wild individuals; so, you can get them by using Thief or Covet. Note: that Lechonk is currently unavailable.
- Paradox pokemons now have their respective Paradox Abilities (Protosynthesis and Quark Drive), players who have obtained Paradox Pokemons in previous updates may use an ability patch to change to these abilities for their Paradox Pokemon.
- Ruination Pokemon have also received their respective Ruination Abilities (Beads of Ruin, Sword of Ruin, Tablets of Ruin, Vessel of Ruin).
- Ability Patch can now revert Hidden Abilities and Instructor taught Abilities to the primary ability of a Pokemon.
- Maxwell's Neferpitou regains its cape at the end of battle, for previous contest winners.
- Role Abilities are kept at the end of Mega-Evolution (the Pokémon will revert to the specific ability instead of defaulting to its natural one.) Roles were rebalanced to reflect that change.
- Several bugs were fixed, including Bank interest issues.
- The Insanity Room was moved to Mind Asylum after a revamp of the New Dawn.
- Pokemon Storage space was extended by ten boxes.
Detailed Update:
[Usable by Players]
- Hail has been transformed to the weather Snow. A weather condition that does not deal end of turn damage, however, it increases the defense of ice types by 50% and triggers hail-related abilities and moves.
- Paradox pokemons now have their respective Paradox Abilities (Protosynthesis and Quark Drive), players who have obtained Paradox Pokemons in previous updates may use an ability patch to change to these abilities for their Paradox Pokemon.
- Ruination pokemons similar to Paradox pokemons have also received their respective Ruination Abilities (Beads of Ruin, Sword of Ruin, Tablets of Ruin, Vessel of Ruin).
- Ability Patch can now revert Hidden Abilities and Instructor taught Abilities to Ability 0 of a Pokemon.
- Venture Bond, Honor Bond, and Trouble Bond have been nerfed and no longer give a double 50% boost for STAB moves. (They still receive the regular STAB bonus, but not an additional Adaptability 50%.)
- Partner Pikachu and Partner Eevee have received new hidden abilities, Light Born and Evoboost.
- Lokix has received a new form transforming ability, Showdown Mode.
- Unovian Darmanitan now changes form into Zen Mode upon entering the battle with the ability Zen Mode, however Galarian Darmanitan remains the same as before.
- Schooling and Showdown Mode reverts the Pokemons to their Original Form at 10% HP, previously 25% HP for Schooling.
- Shinu/Maxwell's Neferpitou does not lose its cape anymore after battle, for previous contest winners. (This update should theoretically allow players that have already lost Neferpitou's cape to bring it back after ending any single Battle.)
- Dig has been disabled in the Overworld and can no longer be used outside of Battle.
- Teleport has been fixed and can now be used during Trainer battles.
- The moves Syrup Bomb, Gigaton Hammer, and Blood Moon now work as intended in the Main Line Pokemon Games.
- The amount healed by healing items have been fixed.
- Flower Trick's Accuracy has been updated to truly never miss.
- Octazooka has been updated to 100% accuracy and will now always crit.
- Pokemons that Mega Evolve will now retain their pre-mega evolution abilities.
- Starf Berry is now usable.
- Lunar Blessing now heals the user by 30% of its total HP and cures status condition.
[Not Usable by Players currently]
- Unown has received a new form transforming ability, Swarming. It is similar to Schooling and Showdown Mode that transforms Unown upon entering the battle but reverts when Unown is left with 10% HP and Levitate.
- Rayquaza can now Mega Evolve while having the move Dragon's Ascent.
- Hisuian Samurott can now Mega Evolve while holding a Samurottite Mega Stone.
- Partner Move Functionalities have been implemented for their signature 'Return' moves.
- New Weather
-- Raging Sandstorm (Primordial Sandstorm that has the same effects as a regular sandstorm but also nullifies Grass-Type Moves.)
- New abilities have been added:
-- Dragon Fear (Only works as intended in Single Battles currently)
-- Barren Desert (Brings forth the Raging Sandstorm Weather)
-- Bee Ware (Bug-type Gale Wings)
-- Extra Cortex (Psychic-type Gale Wings)
-- Tellurize (Ground-type Aerilate)
-- Fly Trap (Absorbs incoming Bug-type damage and makes the Pokemon immune to Poison)
-- Swiper (Doubles damage if the user is itemless, but steals its enemy's item upon being hit.)
-- Screamer (The Pokemon is immune to Sound-based moves and boosts the damage of its own Sound-based moves by 50%.)
-- Silk Mail (Increased both defenses by 50%, however adds a weakness to incoming Fire-type moves.)
-- Airborne (Special Attack version of Wind Rider. Pokémon with Wind Rider are immune to damage from wind moves and its Attack is increased by one stage when hit by one.)
-- Fusion Core (Water immunity, +50% SpA, and increased evasion under Rain.)
-- Iron Heel (Raises the damage of kicking moves.)
-- Soul Ablaze (Signature ability of Partner Riolu, raises the Pokemon's damage proportional to its %HP lost up to 99% at 1 HP, while if the user also holds a Cobalt Gem, it also raises both defenses similar to the increase in damage, while if it receives a killing blow from full HP, then it will survive with 1 HP however it will no longer benefit from defense increases and Cobalt Gem will be disabled for the rest of the battle.)
-- Sweet Heart (Doubles the power of Fairy-type moves.)
-- Gallant (May cause infatuation to Pokemons that inflict contact-based damage to the Ability-bearer regardless of their Gender, except Gender Undefined Pokemon)
-- Marksman (Boosts the power of Marksman-based moves.)
-- Ranger's Remedy (May cure the Ability-bearer's status condition on a 25% chance at the end of a turn.)
-- Vicious Edge (When the user attacks with a contact move, this ability makes the enemy lose 1/8th of its HP after damage calculation when the move hits.)
-- Frost Body (Contact on the Ability-Bearer may cause Frostbite)
-- Spirit Drain (Draws in incoming Ghost-type moves and then increases Sp. Def)
-- Embody Aspect for Ogerpon.
- New moves have been added:
-- Combustion
-- Break Dance
-- Wonder Shield
-- Kelp Wreck
-- Freaky Buzz
-- Funnest Funnel
- New items have been added:
-- Cobalt Gem
-- Malice Gem
-- Curious Bat
-- Booster Energy
-- Eggnog
-- Royal Jelly
-- Nuptial Veil
-- Golden Truffle
- New mechanics:
-- Bank interest
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