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MONOTYPE ALMOST ANY ABILITY
(Courtesy of Giyu's Intro <3)​

Monotype Almost Any Ability is a format that lives up to its name; Pokemon in this metagame have access to "almost every ability" with the exception of a few that me, the council and the community deem broken or unhealthy. With new abilities at your disposal, new, old and even some unanticipated threats emerge from unexpected places!

Council

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Clas
Giyu
Quantum Tesseract

Banlist

Pokemon

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Annihilape
Arceus
Baxcalibur
Calyrex-Ice
Calyrex-Shadow
Chi-Yu
Dialga
Dialga-Origin
Dragapult
Enamorus
Eternatus
Flutter Mane
Giratina
Giratina-Origin
Gouging Fire
Groudon
Hariyama
Hoopa-Unbound
Iron Bundle
Iron Hands
Iron Valiant
Kommo-o
Koraidon
Kyogre
Magearna
Mewtwo
Miraidon
Noivern
Palkia
Palkia-Origin
Rayquaza
Slaking
Sneasler
Spectrier
Ursaluna
Urshifu
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
Zacian
Zacian-Crowned
Zamazenta

Abilities

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Arena Trap
Comatose
Contrary
Fur Coat
Good as Gold
Gorilla Tactics
Huge Power
Ice Scales
Illusion
Imposter
Innards Out
Magic Bounce
Magnet Pull
Moody
Neutralizing Gas
Orichalcum Pulse
Parental Bond
Poison Heal
Pure Power
Shadow Tag
Simple
Speed Boost
Stakeout
Unburden
Water Bubble
Wonder Guard

Moves

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Baton Pass
Last Respects
Revival Blessing

Items

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Booster Energy
Bright Powder
Focus Band
King's Rock
Lax Incense
Quick Claw

Clauses

• Ability Clause = 1: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same Ability on a team.
  • For example, a Slowbro holding a Leppa Berry can create an endless battle using the moves Recycle, Heal Pulse, Slack Off, and Block. To do so, Slowbro traps one of the opponent's Pokemon, PP stalls it, and heals Struggle damage indefinitely using Heal Pulse and Slack Off.
• Endless Battle Clause: Players cannot intentionally prevent an opponent from being able to end the game without forfeiting.
• Evasion Clause: A Pokemon may not have either Double Team or Minimize in its moveset.
• OHKO Clause: A Pokemon may not have the moves Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, or Sheer Cold in its moveset.
• Same Type Clause: All Pokémon in a team must share a type.
• Species Clause: A player cannot have two Pokemon with the same National Pokédex number on a team.
  • For example, using a team with two Koffing would break this clause.
  • Using different formes on the same team, such as Rotom-W and Rotom-C, also breaks the clause since they share the same Pokédex number (#479).
• Sleep Moves Clause: Bans all moves that induce sleep as a primary effect, such as Hypnosis. (also bans Yawn)
• Terastal Clause: Players cannot Terastallize.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: "Why can't I use abilities on Pokemon that get them naturally in standard play?"
A: "Native Users" don't exactly exist in AAA

Q: Why doesn't Triage affect Bitter Blade?
A: Ask GameFreak, but that is the correct implementation. Triage does not boost Bitter Blade.

Codes

Challenge Code

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/challenge gen9almostanyability @@@ Same Type Clause, -Chi-Yu, -Kommo-o, -Booster Energy, -Bright Powder, -Focus Band, -King's Rock, -Lax Incense, -Quick Claw

Tournament Code

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/tour new gen9almostanyability,elim,,,[Gen 9] Monotype AAA
/tour autostart 8
/tour autodq 5
/tour rules Same Type Clause, -Chi-Yu, -Kommo-o, -Booster Energy, -Bright Powder, -Focus Band, -King's Rock, -Lax Incense, -Quick Claw

Resources

Sample Teams

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Mono AAA Speed Tiers
Shout out to DeepFriedMagikarp for letting me use their regular AAA Speed Tier as a base for this. Truly the goat, I just made some edits base on whats allowed in Mono AAA, Hope yall enjoy this actually took me some time lol​

Speed	Sprite	Pokemon	Base	IVs	EVs	Nature
816	(Swift Swim)	Barraskewda	136	31	252	+
742	(Swift Swim)	Barraskewda	136	31	252	=
700	(Surge Surfer)	Raichu-Alola	110	31	252	+
666	(+2)	Garchomp	102	31	252	+
656	(+2) (+2)	Volcarona, Zapdos-Galar	100	31	252	+
612	(+2)	Moltres-Galar	90	31	252	+
607		Chien-Pao	135	31	252	+
606	(Sand Rush)	Excadrill	88	31	252	+
598	(+2) (+2)	Volcarona, Zapdos-Galar	100	31	252	=
590	(+2)	Iron Crown	98	31	252	=
571		Iron Boulder	124	31	252	+
568	(+2) (+2) (+2)	Dragonite, Gallade, Mamoswine	80	31	252	+
568		Meowscarada	123	31	252	+
565		Greninja	122	31	252	+
558	(+2)	Moltres-Galar	90	31	252	=
555	/ (+1)	Roaring Moon, Cinderace	119	31	252	+
550	(Sand Rush)	Excadrill	88	31	252	=
548		Regieleki	200	31	252	+
546		Whimsicott	116	31	252	+
541		Azelf	115	31	252	+
525	(+1)	Ogerpon-*, Gengar, Zoroark-Hisui, Iron Moth, Latias, Latios	110	31	252	+
529		Scream Tail	111	31	252	+
522		Walking Wake	109	31	252	+
519		Terrakion	109	31	252	+
518	(+2)	Dragonite	80	31	252	=
513		Iron Treads	106	31	525	+
504		Deoxys-Speed	180	31	252	+
499		Regieleki	200	31	252	=
499	(+1)	Garchomp	102	31	252	+
496		Sandy Shocks	101	31	252	+
492	(+1)	Manaphy, Volcarona, Zapdos-Galar	100	31	252	+
486		Hydreigon, Iron Crown	98	31	252	+
478	(+2)	Polteageist	70	31	252	=
463		Landorus-Therian	91	31	252	+
459		Deoxys-Speed	180	31	252	=
459		Arcanine-Hisui	90	31	252	+
453		Excadrill	88	31	252	+
450	(+1)	Great Tusk	87	31	252	+
448	(+1)	Manaphy, Volcarona	100	31	252	=
447		Rotom-Wash	86	31	252	+
442	(+1)	Ceruledge, Quaquaval	85	31	252	+
439		Gholdengo	84	31	252	+
438		Electrode-Hisui	150	31	252	+
430		Slither Wing	81	31	252	+
426	(+1)	Dragonite, Mamoswine, Okidogi, Gardevoir	80	31	252	+
417		Heatran	77	31	252	+
409	(+1)	Great Tusk	87	31	252	=
408		Barraskewda	136	31	252	+
405		Chien-Pao	135	31	252	+
393		Hoopa	70	31	252	+
390		Zamazenta-Crowned	128	31	252	+
388	(+1)	Dragonite	80	31	252	=
386		Talonflame	126	31	252	+
381		Iron Boulder, Ribombee	124	31	252	+
379		Meowscarada	123	31	252	+
377		Greninja	122	31	252	+
370		Roaring Moon, Cinderace	119	31	252	+
369		Chien-Pao	135	31	252	=
364		whimsicott	116	31	252	+
361		Azelf	115	31	252	+
353		Scream Tail	111	31	252	+
350		Iron Moth, Gengar, Zoroark-Hisui, Ogerpon-*, Latios, Latias	110	31	252	+
348		Walking Wake	109	31	252	+
346		Terrakion	108	31	252	+
342		Iron Treads	106	31	252	+
333		Garchomp	102	31	252	+
331		Sandy Shocks, Thundurus-Therian, Landorus	101	31	252	+
328		Manaphy, Zapdos, Zapdos-Galar, Volcarona, Mew	100	31	252	+
324		Hydreigon, Iron Crown	98	31	252	+
311		Lokix	92	31	252	+
309		Landorus-Therian	91	31	252	+
306		Arcanine-Hisui, Moltres, Moltres-Galar	90	31	252	+
302		Excadrill	88	31	252	+
301		Sandy Shocks	101	31	252	=
300		Great Tusk	87	31	252	+
299		Manaphy, Zapdos, Zapdos-Galar, Volcarona, Mew,	100	31	252	=
298		Rotom-Wash	86	31	252	+
295		Ceruledge, Quaquaval, Samurott-Hisui, Archaludon	85	31	252	+
295		Hydreigon, Iron Crown	98	31	252	=
293		Gholdengo	84	31	252	+
287		Slither Wing	81	31	252	+
284		Dragonite, Okidogi, Mamoswine, Gardevoir	80	31	252	+
281		Landorus-Therian	91	31	252	=
279		Moltres-Galar	90	31	252	=
278		Heatran	77	31	252	+
273		Great Tusk	87	31	252	=
269		Ceruledge, Quaquaval, Samurott-Hisui, Archaludon	85	31	252	=
262		Volcanion, Hoopa	70	31	252	+
261		Slither Wing	81	31	252	=
260		Gliscor	95	31	136	=
259		Dragonite, Okidogi, Mamoswine, Gardevoir	80	31	252	=
258		Scream Tail	111	31	0	=
241		Gliscor	95	31	60	=
240		Garchomp	102	31	0	=
240		Primarina	60	31	252	+
239		Polteageist, Sinistcha, Volcanion, Hoopa	70	31	252	=
236		Manaphy	100	31	0	=
230		Gliscor	95	31	16	=
224		Tinkaton	94	31	0	=
219		Primarina	60	31	252	=
218		Kingambit, Diancie	50	31	252	+
216		Deoxys-Defense, Brambleghast	90	31	0	=
212		Pecharunt	88	31	0	=
210		Great Tusk	87	31	0	=
210		Enamorus-Therian	46	31	252	+
200		Scizor	65	31	136	=
199		Kingambit, Diancie,	50	31	252	=
196		Mandibuzz	80	31	252	=
190		Heatran	77	31	0	=
176		Skarmory, Sinistcha	70	31	0	=
171		Chesnaught	64	31	28	=
170		Corviknight	67	31	0	=
168		Skeledirge	66	31	0	=
157		Ursaluna-Bloodmoon	52	31	68	=
156		Goodra-Hisui, Primarina	60	31	0	=
146		Blissey	55	31	0	=
136		Kingambit, Diancie, Muk-Alola, Sableye	50	31	0	=
128		Enamorus-Therian	46	31	0	=
124		Hippowdon	47	25	0	=
106		Garganacl, Toxapex, Dondozo	35	31	0	=
76		Clodsire	20	31	0	=
58		Slowking-Galar, Slowking	30	0	0	-

 

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Boomp's Starter Guide to Mono AAA​

Hello my fellow OM enjoyers I'm back at it again with my lil guide to AAA. Triple AAA is a amazing om that you guess it is Almost Any Ability. This little post I will be going over my little thought process on what I look for in a AAA team. Hopefully this encourages new players to be creative when building teams. Basically what I look for in a Triple A team is what was holding a mon back from being top tier/broken in my opinion. For example: Heatran on steel is amazing due to its bulky/ immunity for the team. But, what was holding heatran back imo was the fact it was quad weak to Ground. So you guessed it, I slap Earth Eater on my heatran to nullify that weakness. Next I need team options, Gholdengo compliments heatran for being fighting immunity for the team but good as gold is banned. Depending on what I want Gholdengo to do is when I pick between abilities. Do i want it to wall break? slap Beads of Ruin or Magic Guard + Life Orb. Do I want it bulky? slap Fluffy or any of the immunites like Levitate, Flash Fire, Well-Baked Body. I decided to go with fluffy as it can handle more physical threats easier. Now I look at my core and see I'm weak to fire, Flash Fire is a nice immunity but none of my teammates be sides heatran would benefit from flash fire. I decide to slap Well-baked body on my Skarmory or Corviknight. Both benefits from WBB due to having their defense doubled after being hit with a fire move. Oh I forgot to mention its fire immunity as well. So now I have my immunity core. Now its just about filling in the rest of the team. Archaludon compliments the team due to its utility, bulk and still able to use Stamina as its ability if it really wanted to. Or you can go crazy and run a Primordial Sea E shot set as well >:). I decided Primordial Sea for giggles. Kingambit is a solid option on steel teams due to being a grate wincon in the late game with Supreme overlord. But what if I wanted to win the game more earlier with the King?! I decided to go Adaptability because at the end of the day I'm basically going to just be clicking Kowtow or Sucker Punch, so why not amplify the damage. Lastly I want speed control for the team so I decided to go with Choice Scarf Iron Treads. Quark drive is just a meh ability already so I wanted to go with a better ability to help with its revenge killing potential: Sword of Ruin. With that I came with this skeleton for a team! https://pokepast.es/a2df134d752bd520 Most of the time whats stopping a mon from being great is just slapping a immunity ability on it. But at that point your more predictable in matches.

 

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Boomp's Ability Guide​

Hey my fellow Mono OM enjoyers, I'm back at it again with to kind of help new players on what to look for in Monotype AAA. Monotype AAA is a fun om due to the creativity from building a team. What I love the most about it is being shock on what ability the mon has for it as its just a big guessing game. But I'm here to help with what to look for (Take it as like a beginners guide). With that being said, lets begin yayyy. Im going to put like the go to abilites for each viable mon on the type (in my opinion).Also remember you can only have one ability per team. That means you cannot have a full team of Regenerator.

Bug

Bug:
-Primordial Sea, Water Absorb, Prankster (Sticky Web Guarantee)
-Well-Baked Body, Prankster, Intimidate
- Well-Baked Body
- Hadron Engine
- Guts, Moxie, Swords of Ruin, Scrappy, Wind Rider
- sharpness (thats about it lol)
-Adaptability, Tinted Lens
- Intimidate, Prankster
- Prankster, Shield Dust,
Magic Guard, Scrappy, Sheer Force, Swords of Ruin
Hadron Engine,
Desolate land, Flame Body, Magic Guard

Dark

Dark:
- Swords of Ruin, Magic Guard
- Swords of Ruin, Adaptability
- Beads of Ruin, Sheer force, Protean
- Beads of Ruin, Protean, Adaptability
- Prankster
- Beads of Ruin
- Intimidate, Regenerator
- Supreme overload (its best ablility)
- Moxie, Swords of Ruin
-Adaptability, Tinted Lens
- Intimidate, Volt Absorb, Fluffy, Prankster
- Swords of Ruin, Protean
- Berserk
- Regenerator, Toxic Chain
- Intimidate, Earth Eater, Tablets of Ruin
Swords of Ruin
- Prankster, Intimidate
- Sharpness
- Intimidate, Moxie, Shed Skin, Tablets of Ruin
- Vessel of Ruin, Regenerator

Dragon

Dragon:
- Stamina, Primordial Sea
- Adaptability. Prankster, Regenerator
- Multiscale, Swords of Ruin, Aerilate
- Rough Skin, Well-Baked Body, Fluffy, Swords of Ruin
- Shell armor, Earth Eater, Regenerator
- Regenerator
- Beads of Ruin
- Beads of Ruin, Thick Fat
- Beads of Ruin, Levitate
- Beads of Ruin, Levitate
- Earth eater, Hadron Engine
Swords of Ruin
- Moxie, Swords of Ruin
Beads of Ruin, Primordial Sea

Electric

Electric:
Magic Guard
- Hadron Engine
- Earth Eater, Sturdy
- Earth Eater
- Primordial sea
Water absorb, earth eater, regenerator
- Earth Eater, Well-Baked Body
Swords of Ruin
- Earth eater, Hadron Engine
- Refrigerate
Surge Surfer, Beads of Ruin
- Earth Eater, Hadron Engine, Regenerator, Prankster
- Hadron Engine
Earth Eater, Beads of Ruin
- Primordial Sea, No Guard (Zap Cannon is funny)

Fairy

Fairy:
- Swords of Ruin, Sap Sipper
- Magic Guard
- Volt Absorb, Prankster
- Toxic Chain, Earth Eater
- Beads of Ruin, Trace
- Prankster
- Magic Guard
-Prankster, Earth Eater, Well-Baked Body
- Swords of Ruin
Snow Warning
- Liquid Voice, Unaware, Lightning Rod
- Pixilate, Unaware
- Intimidate, Mold Breaker, Well-Baked Body, Earth Eater
Earth Eater, Intimidate, Prankster
- Prankster

Fighting

Fighting:
- Technician, Swords of Ruin
- Well-Baked Body
Guts
- Scappy, Swords of Ruin
Sharpness, Prankster, Swords of Ruin
- Swords of Ruin, Regenerator, Intimidate, Mold Breaker, Scrappy
- Guts, Moxie, Swords of Ruin, Scrappy, Wind Rider
- Swords of Ruin, Beads of Ruin
- Beads of Ruin
- Hustle, Scrappy, Swords of Ruin
- Intimidate, Toxic Chain, Earth Eater
Swords of Ruin
- Magic Guard, Primordial Sea
- Intimidate, Moxie, Shed Skin, Tablets of Ruin
Magic Guard, Scrappy, Sheer Force, Swords of Ruin
- Intimidate, Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Swords of Ruin
- Swords of Ruin
- Swords of Ruin, Dry Skin,
- Scappy, Swords of Ruin

Fire

Fire:
- Magic Guard
- Weak Armor
-Libero, Swords of Ruin
- Flame Body, Earth Eater
- Intimidate, Regenerator
- Swords of Ruin, Beads of Ruin
- Sheer Force, Desolate land, Earth Eater
- Desolate Land
- Desolate Land
- Desolate Land, Grassy surge
- Earth Eater, Hadron Engine, Prankster
- Unaware, Earth Eater, Fluffy
- Gale Wings, Magic Guard
- Intimidate, Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Swords of Ruin
- Storm Drain
Desolate land, Flame Body, Magic Guard

Flying

Flying:
- Well-Baked Body, Volt Absorb, Thick Fat
- Intimidate, Prankster, Volt Absorb, Well-Baked Body, Regenerator
- Multiscale, Swords of Ruin, Aerilate
- Volt Absorb, Prankster
- Scappy, Swords of Ruin
- Intimidate, Tablets of Ruin, Vessel of Ruin
- Intimidate, Volt Absorb, Swords of Ruin
- Primordial sea
- Sheer force
- Intimidate
- Intimidate, Volt Absorb, Fluffy, Prankster, Regenerator
- Desolate Land
- Berserk
- Moxie, Swords of Ruin
- Well-Baked Body, Intimidate, Volt Absorb, Sturdy, Regenerator
- Lightning Rod
Regenerator
- Primordial Sea, No Guard (Zap Cannon is funny)
- Scappy, Swords of Ruin

Ghost

Ghost:
- Adaptability, Swords of Ruin
- Adaptability, Beads of Ruin
- Wind Rider, Well-Baked Body
- Weak Armor
- Sheer Force, Protean, Earth Eater, Beads of Ruin
- Magic Guard, Wekk-Baked Body, Earth Eater, Beads of Ruin
- No Guard, Iron Fist
- Sheer Force
- Fluffy
- Swords of Ruin
- Queenly Majesty, Fluffy
- Poison Puppeteer, Earth Eater, Unaware
- Heatproof
- Unaware, Earth Eater, Fluffy
- Beads of Ruin

Grass

Grass:
Snow Warning, Well-Baked Body
- Regenerator, Well-Baked Body
- Wind Rider, Well-Baked Body
- Technician, Swords of Ruin
- Well-Baked Body
Magic Guard
- Regenerator
- Swords of Ruin
- Hustle, Scrappy, Swords of Ruin
- Swords of Ruin, Protean
- Sturdy, Grassy Sure
- Desolate Land, Grassy surge, Mold Breaker
- Primordial Sea, Grassy Surge
- Heatproof
- Mold Breaker
- Shell Armor
- Prankster

Ground

Ground:
- Vessel of Ruin, Water Absorb
- Sand Rush, Mold Breaker
- Rough Skin, Well-Baked Body, Fluffy, Swords of Ruin
- Regenerator, Storm Drain, Unaware, Sap Sipper
- Intimidate, Tablets of Ruin, Vessel of Ruin
- Swords of Ruin, Regenerator, Intimidate
- Sand Stream
- Well-Baked Body, Earth Eater
- Moxie, Swords of Ruin
- Sheer force
- Intimidate
- Thick Fat
- Water Absorb, Unaware, Sap Sipper
- Water Absorb, Sap Sipper, Solid Rock
- Hadron Engine
- Regenerator, Sap Sipper
- Vessel of Ruin, Regenerator
- Mold Breaker
- Shell Armor
- Mind's Eye

Ice

Ice:
Snow Warning, Well-Baked Body
- Well-Baked Body, Volt Absorb
- Swords of Ruin
Skill Link
- Well-Baked Body
- Beads of Ruin, Thick Fat
- Thick Fat
Snow Warning
- Thick Fat, Intimidate
Hadron Engine
- Slush Rush

Normal

Normal:
- Skill Link, Natural Cure
- Regenerator
- Intimidate, Defiant
- Regenerator, Natural Cure
- Skill Link
- Psychic Surge
- technician
- Trace, Regenerator
Adaptability, Beads of Ruin
- Thick Fat, Vessel of Ruin
- Magic Guard
- Tera Shell
- Mind's Eye
- Beads of Ruin

Poison

Poison:
- Vessel of Ruin, Water Absorb, Unaware
- Toxic Chain, Earth Eater
- Sheer Force, Protean, Earth Eater, Beads of Ruin
- Earth Eater, Corrosion
- Sheer Force, Desolate land, Earth Eater
- Regenerator, Toxic Chain
- Intimidate, Toxic Chain, Earth Eater
- Intimidate, Earth Eater, Tablets of Ruin
- Poison Puppeteer, Earth Eater, Unaware
- Corrosion
- Regenerator, Vessel of Ruin, Earth Eater
- Regenerator, Prankster, Corossion
Earth Eater, Intimidate, Prankster

Psychic

Psychic:
- Psychic Surge, Prankster
- Sheer Fore, Beads of Ruin
- Unaware
Sharpness, Prankster, Swords of Ruin
- Beads of Ruin, Trace
- Magic Guard
- Sheer Force
- Psychic Surge
- Sharpness, Swords of Ruin
- Beads of Ruin
- Regenerator
- Beads of Ruin, Levitate
- Beads of Ruin, Levitate
- Swords of Ruin
Surge Surfer, Beads of Ruin
- Pixilate, Unaware
- Regenerator, Unaware, Fluffy, Vessel of Ruin
- Regenerator, Vessel of Ruin, Earth Eater

Rock

Rock:
- Magic Guard, Intimidate
- Storm Drain, Water Absorb, Earth Eater, Fluffy, Flame Body
- Sap Sipper
- Earth Eater, Corrosion
- Sharpness, Swords of Ruin
- Earth Eater
- sharpness (thats about it lol)
- Tough Claws
- Sturdy, Grassy Sure
- Water Absorb, Sap Sipper, Solid Rock
- Sand Stream

Steel

Steel:
- Stamina, Primordial Sea
- Well-Baked Body
- Intimidate, Prankster, Volt Absorb, Well-Baked Body, Regenerator
- Earth Eater, Regenerator
- Mold Breaker
- Magic Guard, Wekk-Baked Body, Earth Eater, Beads of Ruin
- Shell armor, Earth Eater, Regenerator
- Flash Fire, Earth Eater
- Beads of Ruin, Magic Guard
- Well-Baked Body, Earth Eater
- Regenerator
- Supreme overload (its best ablility)
- Well-Baked Body, Intimidate, Volt Absorb, Sturdy, Regenerator

Water

Water:
- Swift Swim, Primordial Sea
- Unaware
- Earth Eater, Regenerator
- Regenerator, Storm Drain, Unaware, Sap Sipper
- Beads of Ruin, Protean, Adaptability
- Beads of Ruin
- Primordial Sea, Grassy Surge
- Drizzle, Volt Absorb
- Liquid Voice, Unaware, Lightning Rod
- Water Absorb, Unaware, Sap Sipper
- Magic Guard, Primordial Sea
- Sharpness
- Regenerator, Unaware, Fluffy, Vessel of Ruin
- Regenerator, Sap Sipper
- Regenerator, Prankster, Corossion
Beads of Ruin, Primordial Sea

I hope this helps any newcomers to the OM. <3 I added Spoilers because I know this post was extremely long!