Alphabet Cup
In addition to their normal moveset, all Pokémon get every move with which they share a starting letter.
Prevo Clause: Pokémon also gain access to letters available in their prior evolutions.
For example, Blissey is able to run moves that start with H and C because its evolution family includes Happiny and Chansey.
Leaders:
Eli
Hightide
Ducky
Clauses: Sleep Moves Clause, Standard OMs
Bans:
Arceus
Calyrex-Ice
Calyrex-Shadow
Dialga
Dialga-Origin
Eternatus
Flutter Mane
Giratina
Giratina-Origin
Groudon
Koraidon
Kyogre
Magearna
Magearna-Original
Mewtwo
Miraidon
Palafin
Palkia
Palkia-Origin
Rayquaza
Spectrier
Weavile
Zacian
Zacian-Crowned
Zamazenta
Zamazenta-Crowned
Calyrex-Ice
Calyrex-Shadow
Dialga
Dialga-Origin
Eternatus
Flutter Mane
Giratina
Giratina-Origin
Groudon
Koraidon
Kyogre
Magearna
Magearna-Original
Mewtwo
Miraidon
Palafin
Palkia
Palkia-Origin
Rayquaza
Spectrier
Weavile
Zacian
Zacian-Crowned
Zamazenta
Zamazenta-Crowned
Acupressure*
Baton Pass*
Belly Drum
Fillet Away
Glacial Lance
Last Respects*
Rage Fist
Revival Blessing
Shed Tail
Shell Smash
Shift Gear
Surging Strikes
• Anything annotated with an asterisk is banned outright, meaning even Pokémon that natively have access cannot use them.
Baton Pass*
Belly Drum
Fillet Away
Glacial Lance
Last Respects*
Rage Fist
Revival Blessing
Shed Tail
Shell Smash
Shift Gear
Surging Strikes
• Anything annotated with an asterisk is banned outright, meaning even Pokémon that natively have access cannot use them.
Arena Trap
Moody
Shadow Tag
Moody
Shadow Tag
Watchlist:
Annihilape
Iron Bundle
Kingambit
Volcanion
Volcarona
Iron Bundle
Kingambit
Volcanion
Volcarona
Tidy Up
One of the most significant benefits to this meta is that many Pokémon with less-than-stellar movepools get an opportunity to shine.
All Pokémon that start with S get access to all but one of the hazards (Toxic Spikes), Salt Cure, Scald, Soft-Boiled/Shore Up/Slack Off, Strength Sap, Substitute, Swords Dance, and, frankly, an entire suite of incredible moves.
Beyond S, the big winners are:
• R: Rapid Spin, Recover, etc.
• T: Taunt, Teleport, Toxic Spikes, Trick, Trick Room, etc.
With honorable mentions to:
• C: Calm Mind, Ceaseless Edge, Court Change, etc.
• D: Diamond Storm, Discharge, Dragon Dance, every other move starting with “Dragon”, etc.
• M: Meteor Mash, Milk Drink, etc.
• P: Parting Shot, Precipice Blades, Pyro Ball, etc.
Some Pokémon that get particularly nice boosts:
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Rotom (and forms): Good for all the usual reasons, but now with access to recovery moves and Rapid Spin.•
Toxapex: Mortal Spin and Teleport. Taunt and everything is nice, but those two moves on Pex turn its features up to 11.•
Corviknight: Cotton Guard + Body Press turns this wall into a full-on tank. It also gets Court Change and Rapid Spin.FAQs/Comments:
• Moves not fully functional on cartridge (Pursuit, for one) cannot be used.
• Nicknames do not alter your access to moves. The names as listed by default in the teambuilder determine your access.
Further Notes:
• A lot of really amazing moves don’t get many opportunities to be used: Quiver Dance, Wish, and Extreme Speed to name a few.
• A lot of letters get almost nothing. J, K, Q (other than Quiver Dance), U (other than U-Turn), X, Y, and Z are all left mostly for dead.
• You can challenge your friends/rivals with functionality now added to PS!
When using the /challenge command, you can now add
Example: open up the chat window for a person and type:
This will challenge someone to Anything Goes with the standard set of clauses (Sleep Moves Clause, etc.), but it will tell you if one of your sets is using a move with a letter it doesn't have access to. We hope to make things even more user-friendly soon!
@@@ Alphabet Cup Move Legality to the end to have it validate our rules! Currently, there is no option in teambuilder but it still works as though we had it!Example: open up the chat window for a person and type:
/challenge gen9anythinggoes @@@ alphabetcupmovelegality, standard oms, sleep moves clause, -arceus, -calyrexice, -calyrexshadow, -dialga, -dialgaorigin, -eternatus, -fluttermane, -giratina, -giratinaorigin, -groudon, -koraidon, -kyogre, -magearna, -magearnaoriginal, -mewtwo, -miraidon, -palafin, -palkia, -palkiaorigin, -rayquaza, -weavile, -zacian, -zaciancrowned, -zamazenta, -zamazentacrowned, -acupressure, -batonpass, -lastrespects, *bellydrum, *filletaway, *glaciallance, *ragefist, *revivalblessing, *shedtail, *shellsmash, *shiftgear, *surgingstrikes, -arenatrap, -moody, -shadow tagThis will challenge someone to Anything Goes with the standard set of clauses (Sleep Moves Clause, etc.), but it will tell you if one of your sets is using a move with a letter it doesn't have access to. We hope to make things even more user-friendly soon!
We hope everyone likes this format and we look forward to seeing the creative sets that will arise!
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There's a new 100/100 Physical Fairy move in Magical Torque for these three fairies and the Protean-shifter to play with, and hacking has shown that they do not fail when used by a non-starmobile. Definitely an upgrade over Play Rough's 90/90, but the side effect being Confusion instead of a stat drop may not be as worth it. None of the other Torques have great users, unfortunately.
K might not give much, but the new tool of Kowtow Cleave is still a new and interesting Dark move for the handful of mons that get it. Notably Krookodile for STAB, and Gallade (via Kirlia) for being Sharpness boosted.
Every G gets access to Gigaton Hammer. None of the new users 
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?) Unfortunately for Victory Dance, most of the valid V mons have something stopping them from running the move over something else. Shame, really, since Physical Quiver Dance is a slight upgrade over DD.
Skeledirge has access to s, c, and f which is a good pool of moves, stuff like salt cure, rocks, ceaseless edge, flip turn, etc. Skele also has unaware which seems very nice in this meta as we no longer have the ultimate setup check in spectral thief or topsy turvy. 
same old set from last gen except now with a lot less fairies and steels running around to annoy it, has to deal with kingambit now but it has coverage for it with fire blast
lol (gets T and S moves but don't use this pls)
Even though it only gets G moves, Geomancy isn't even banned yet which I am honestly questionable about. Simply pack a Power Herb and boom, you get +2 SpA, SpD, and Spe right off the bat. This is FAR better than what Nasty Plot brought for it and now it's probably one of the most single dangerous mons to look out for. With the boost Gholdengo is exceptionally dangerous as it can hit a LOT of Pokemon and doesn't have to worry about Mach Punch or Extreme Speed as priority. Don't think it'd use any other G moves but feel free to prove me wrong, if you ever want to.
Gets T and B moves, and holy crap, it is worth it. Getting Tail Glow is really awesome for a Pokemon like this, and it's able to hone its pitiful coverage and it gets Thunder Cage, which can punish Pokemon even further by using the new coverage options it gets to remove Pokemon after this successfully traps it, eg Blue Flare and Bug Buzz, including the Electromorphosis boost you get from taking damage. It's pretty bulky too so it can live maybe a hit. Watch out for Ground-type mons if you ever use this though.
Gains only P moves, but this exists to spam P O P U L A T I O N B O M B... and moves like Precipice Blades/Plasma Fists. Honestly not much P Pokemon can abuse these moves except this, and I found this as the outliner since Passimian has the highest ATK stat out of all P Pokemon. Being able to hone it further via Defiant is awesome, but watch out for Rocky Helmet or it's a pretty big KO for you.
