Item Essence
This meta works with the pokemonshowdown description of items.
Metagame Premise:
- Any pokemon can use any pokemon-specific item (with the exception of mega stones)
- If an item explicitly mentions a TYPING in its description, the holder gains these typings (replacing existing typings, starting with secondary) and is allowed to learn a single move from each typing.
- If an item explicitly mentions a MOVE, the holder can learn the move. (with the exception of learning z-moves directly into the moveslot)
This doesnt include substrings, so a mention of "
Grass-type" will grant grass move + typing, but "
Grassy Terrain" will grant access to grassy terrain, but not an additional grass move and typing.
Potential bans and threats:
(movebans are pulled straight from sketchmons)
items: thick club, lucky punch, stick, metal powder, quick powder, deepseascale, deepseatooth, eviolite, light ball, eevium z.
moves: belly drum, chatter, geomancy, lovely kiss, shell smash, shift gear, moves with the effect +1 all stats, and their base moves (celebrate etc.).
pokemon: dugtrio, kyuremb, hoopau, shedinja
item clause will be in effect (one of each item per team)
plus all OU clauses
Here's some set ideas and examples
Wishiwashi-School @ Earth Plate
Ability: Schooling
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Shore Up
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Judgment
Earth Plate: "Holder's
Ground-type attacks have 1.2x power.
Judgement is Ground type."
This becomes a water/ground Wishiwashi that is an offensive tank. It gets to learn 1 ground type move, and also judgement. Ground is technically mentioned twice in the item list, but only counted once (it doesnt get to learn 2 ground type moves, or become ground/ground).
Rhyperior @ Net Ball
Ability: Lightning Rod
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Megahorn
- Crabhammer
- Stealth Rock
- Heal Order
Net Ball: "A Poke Ball that works especially well on
Water- and
Bug-type Pokemon."
This becomes a Water/Bug type Rhyperior, that offers a team a bulky SR setter. It gets to learn one bug and one water type move.
Lucario @ Coba Berry
Ability: Justified
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Oblivion Wing
- Vacuum Wave
- Nasty Plot
- Dark Pulse
Coba Berry: "Halves damage taken from a supereffective
Flying-type attack. Single use."
This becomes a Fighting/Flying Lucario (secondary typing replaced with flying) that also is holding a berry that may allow it to surprise an opponent attempting to use a supereffective flying type coverage on it. It gets to learn one flying type move.
Thundurus (M) @ Pikanium Z
Ability: Defiant
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Volt Tackle
- Knock Off
- Superpower
- U-turn
Pikanium Z: "If holder is a Pikachu with
Volt Tackle, it can use Catastropika."
This stays as an Electric/Flying Thundurus since no explicit mention of any typing, and grants it access to volt tackle. If it uses a z-volt tackle, it will become catastropika.
Klefki @ Big Root
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 108 Def / 148 SpD
Careful Nature
- Strength Sap
- Play Rough
- Spikes
- Thunder Wave
Big Root: "Holder gains 1.3x HP from draining/
Aqua Ring/
Ingrain/
Leech Seed/
Strength Sap."
This grants Klefki access to the explicitly mentioned moves: Aqua Ring, Ingrain, Leech Seed, Strength Sap. It can use any of these moves it wants in the same moveset, or none at all. It cant learn all "draining moves" because they werent explicitly mentioned- for instance, it wont learn Giga Drain.
Questions for the community:
i wonder if this will be possible since it pulls from the item descriptions. Any weird interactions you can think of? The one that I can think of is that the move Psychic might be granted to anything that mentions Psychic typing, since its also an attack. Im sure there might be other weird examples of that. But yea I think it could potentially be kinda interesting.