NEXT: buff Ice Body, Victory Star, Selfdestruct, improve README

mods/gennext/GEN-NEXT.md

@@ -10,14 +10,25 @@ things that could plausibly be done between gens.
 That means:
 
 1. no base stat changes
-2. only numbers that make sense like 60%, 30%, etc, not weird numbers like 65%
-3. no buffing OU mons, except maybe tiny buffs to mons at the bottom of OU
-4. no doing things that make zero sense flavor-wise
+2. no removing from movepools
+3. no removing from ability distribution
+4. no typing changes without strong justification
+5. only numbers that make sense like 60%, 30%, etc, not weird numbers like 65%
+6. no buffing OU mons, except maybe tiny buffs to mons at the bottom of OU
+7. no doing things that make zero sense flavor-wise
 
 A good example is what Game Freak did by giving Ditto the Imposter ability.
 This gave a Ditto a role in OU, while still making sense flavor-wise, and
 without removing anything it used to have.
 
+A good example of what NEXT changes is Cherrim. We have taken an interesting
+idea (ability designed for Sunny Day support) and made it viable in OU.
+
+This approach is in sharp contrast to many mods that do change many things on
+NEXT's "don't change" list. The result is a metagame that feels a lot like
+a new generation: existing OU threats stay mostly the same, but many new
+threats and strategies are introduced.
+
 Changes
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -51,8 +62,16 @@ Major changes:
   - Silver Wind, Ominous Wind, and Avalanche deal 1.5x as much damage in Hail
   - Snow Cloak no longer modifies evasion, but instead decreases damage by 33%
     in Hail (and 20% out of Hail)
+  - Ice Body has 30% chance of freezing a contact move (and grants passive
+    healing out of Hail, too)
   - Thick Fat grants immunity to Hail damage  
      
+- Freezing doesn't have a 20% thaw chance. Instead, thawing happens at the end
+  of the second turn. Because this new freeze effect is a nerf, Blizzard now
+  has a 30% chance of inflicting freeze.
+
+- Every DW ability other than on Chandelure is released.
+
 - Moves with a charge turn are now a lot more powerful. They remove Protect and
   Substitute before hitting, they always crit (although their base power has
   been adjusted accordingly), they have perfect accuracy, and one other change
@@ -74,8 +93,6 @@ Major changes:
   and they only recharge if they KO. Be careful - in return for a KO, they
   still give the foe a free switch-in _and_ a turn to set up.
 
-- Every DW ability other than on Chandelure is released.
-
 - Flower Gift now only boosts Sp. Def, but if Sunny Day is used while Cherrim
   is out, the next switch-in also receives +1 SpD
 
@@ -100,10 +117,6 @@ Major changes:
 
 - Twister is now a 80 base power Flying move with a 30% confusion chance
 
-- Freezing doesn't have a 20% thaw chance. Instead, thawing happens at the end
-  of the second turn. Because this new freeze effect is a nerf, Blizzard now
-  has a 30% chance of inflicting freeze.
-
 - Drain Punch is now an 80 Base Power Poison-type move
 
 Minor move changes:
@@ -157,9 +170,16 @@ Minor move changes:
 
 - Autotomize now gives +3 Speed
 
-- Zoroark gets a significantly wider movepool: It now learns: Ice Beam, Giga Drain, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Superpower, X-Scissor
+- Zoroark gets a significantly wider movepool: It now learns: Ice Beam, Giga
+  Drain, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Superpower, X-Scissor
 
-- if Illusion is active, Night Daze now displays as a random non-Status move in the copied pokemon's moveset
+- if Illusion is active, Night Daze now displays as a random non-Status move
+  in the copied pokemon's moveset
+
+- Selfdestruct and Explosion are now 140 and 180 base power autocrit moves, respectively
+
+- Protect does not protect Substitutes (with passive healing being more
+  common, Sub/Protect stalling could be overpowered)
 
 Minor learnset changes:
 
@@ -189,15 +209,16 @@ Minor learnset changes:
 
 Minor ability changes:
 
-- Compoundeyes now grants 1.6x accuracy
+- Compoundeyes now grants 1.6x accuracy, Victory Star grants 1.5x
 
 - Solid Rock and Filter now reduce 1/2 damage of SE moves, not 1/4
 
 - Outrage, Thrash, and Petal Dance don't lock if the user has Own Tempo
 
-- Slow Start now only lasts 3 turns instead of 5
+- Slow Start now only lasts 2 turns instead of 5
 
-- Clear Body prevents all stat lowering (relevant: the Regis' Superpower and Metagross' Hammer Arm)
+- Clear Body prevents all stat lowering (relevant: the Regis' Superpower and
+  Metagross' Hammer Arm)
 
 - Thick Fat grants half damage from Fighting
 
@@ -209,7 +230,8 @@ Minor item changes:
 
 Tier changes:
 
-- OU no longer has any tier-specific bans (DrizzleSwim and Soul Dew are no longer banned)
+- OU no longer has any tier-specific bans (DrizzleSwim and Soul Dew are no
+  longer banned)
 
-- Kyurem, Kyurem-B, Deoxys-D, Latios, and Latias are now Uber (by the time NEXT is done, they would presumably have
-  received enough buffs to be Uber)
+- Kyurem, Kyurem-B, Deoxys-D, Latios, and Latias are now Uber (by the time
+  NEXT is done, they would presumably have received enough buffs to be Uber)

mods/gennext/abilities.js

@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ exports.BattleAbilities = {
 			return basePower * 4/5;
 		}
 	},
+	"icebody": {
+		inherit: true,
+		onImmunity: function(type, pokemon) {
+			if (type === 'hail') return false;
+		},
+		onWeather: function(target, source, effect) {
+			this.heal(target.maxhp/16);
+		},
+		onAfterDamage: function(damage, target, source, move) {
+			if (move && move.isContact && this.hasWeather('hail')) {
+				if (this.random(10) < 3) {
+					source.trySetStatus('frz', target, move);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	},
 	"flowergift": {
 		inherit: true,
 		onModifyMove: function(move) {
@@ -102,7 +118,7 @@ exports.BattleAbilities = {
 	"slowstart": {
 		inherit: true,
 		effect: {
-			duration: 3,
+			duration: 2,
 			onStart: function(target) {
 				this.add('-start', target, 'Slow Start');
 			},
@@ -207,6 +223,14 @@ exports.BattleAbilities = {
 			}
 		}
 	},
+	"victorystar": {
+		inherit: true,
+		onAllyModifyMove: function(move) {
+			if (typeof move.accuracy === 'number') {
+				move.accuracy *= 1.5;
+			}
+		}
+	},
 	"telepathy": {
 		inherit: true,
 		onSwitchOut: function() {}

mods/gennext/moves.js

@@ -101,6 +101,64 @@ exports.BattleMovedex = {
 		priority: 1
 	},
 	/******************************************************************
+	Substitute:
+	- has precedence over Protect
+
+	Justification:
+	- Sub/Protect stalling is annoying
+	******************************************************************/
+	substitute: {
+		inherit: true,
+		effect: {
+			onStart: function(target) {
+				this.add('-start', target, 'Substitute');
+				this.effectData.hp = Math.floor(target.maxhp/4);
+				delete target.volatiles['partiallytrapped'];
+			},
+			onTryHitPriority: 2,
+			onTryHit: function(target, source, move) {
+				if (target === source) {
+					this.debug('sub bypass: self hit');
+					return;
+				}
+				if (move.category === 'Status') {
+					var SubBlocked = {
+						block:1, embargo:1, entrainment:1, gastroacid:1, healblock:1, healpulse:1, leechseed:1, lockon:1, meanlook:1, mindreader:1, nightmare:1, painsplit:1, psychoshift:1, simplebeam:1, skydrop:1, soak: 1, spiderweb:1, switcheroo:1, trick:1, worryseed:1, yawn:1
+					};
+					if (move.status || move.boosts || move.volatileStatus === 'confusion' || SubBlocked[move.id]) {
+						return false;
+					}
+					return;
+				}
+				var damage = this.getDamage(source, target, move);
+				if (!damage) {
+					return null;
+				}
+				damage = this.runEvent('SubDamage', target, source, move, damage);
+				if (!damage) {
+					return damage;
+				}
+				if (damage > target.volatiles['substitute'].hp) {
+					damage = target.volatiles['substitute'].hp;
+				}
+				target.volatiles['substitute'].hp -= damage;
+				source.lastDamage = damage;
+				if (target.volatiles['substitute'].hp <= 0) {
+					target.removeVolatile('substitute');
+					this.runEvent('AfterSubDamage', target, source, move, damage);
+					return 0; // hit
+				} else {
+					this.add('-activate', target, 'Substitute', '[damage]');
+					this.runEvent('AfterSubDamage', target, source, move, damage);
+					return 0; // hit
+				}
+			},
+			onEnd: function(target) {
+				this.add('-end', target, 'Substitute');
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	/******************************************************************
 	Two-turn moves:
 	- now a bit better
 
@@ -782,6 +840,39 @@ exports.BattleMovedex = {
 		}
 	},
 	/******************************************************************
+	Blizzard:
+	- 30% freeze chance
+
+	Justification:
+	- freeze was nerfed, Blizzard can now have Thunder/Hurricane-like
+	  secondary chances.
+	******************************************************************/
+	blizzard: {
+		inherit: true,
+		secondary: {
+			chance: 30,
+			status: 'frz'
+		}
+	},
+	/******************************************************************
+	Selfdestruct and Explosion:
+	- 120 and 180 base power autocrit
+
+	Justification:
+	- these were nerfed unreasonably in gen 5, they're now somewhat
+	  usable again.
+	******************************************************************/
+	selfdestruct: {
+		inherit: true,
+		basePower: 140,
+		willCrit: true
+	},
+	explosion: {
+		inherit: true,
+		basePower: 180,
+		willCrit: true
+	},
+	/******************************************************************
 	Echoed Voice:
 	- change