Resource Random Battles Changelog

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Gen 9 Random Battle:
-Thundurus now has a third set: Bulky Attacker, with itemless Acrobatics; it's otherwise mostly identical to the first set but without Nasty Plot or Sludge Wave.
-Pincurchin now has a second set: Bulky Setup, with Curse, Zing Zap, Liquidation, and Recover. Tera Water/Grass, with Leftovers.
-Wet Tauros's sets have been split between Life Orb Bulk Up Liquidation and Choice Band Wave Crash. The Cud Chew set is unaffected, but will now appear less often.
-Quagsire's Liquidation set no longer exists. It no longer runs a Water-type move ever.
-Bulky Setup, and therefore Leftovers, Urshifu-Rapid-Strike no longer exists.
-Hustle Delibird now doesn't always run Ice Shard.
-Terapagos now runs Heavy-Duty Boots when it doesn't have Rest. Rock Polish was moved back to Rapid Spin as a result.
-Guts Luxray now always runs Trailblaze.
-Support Deo-S: +Superpower, +Tera Fighting
-Pincurchin: -Thunderbolt, +Discharge
-Life Orb 4 Attacks Lokix: -Axe Kick, -Tera Fighting, +Knock Off
-Zamazenta: -Wild Charge
-Tera Blast Lilligant: -Pollen Puff, +Alluring Voice
-Salazzle: -Tera Water, +Tera Grass
-SD Cacturne: +Knock Off, +Tera Poison (Knock Off and Drain Punch are a roll with each other)
-Smeargle: -Stone Axe, -Lunar Dance, +Stealth Rock, +Whirlwind
-Wugtrio: -Sucker Punch
-Non-Screens Grimmsnarl: -Sucker Punch, +Throat Chop
-Special Reshiram: +Tera Ground
-Toxicroak: -Ice Punch, +Earthquake, +Tera Ground on the Setup Sweeper set
-Iron Moth: -Discharge
-Necrozma-Dusk-Mane: -Moonlight, +Morning Sun (For flavor!)
-CM Primarina (Both CM sets): +Tera Steel
-Camerupt: -Fire Blast, +Overheat
-LO Copperajah: -Tera Steel (now always runs Play Rough)
The following changes are being made after winrate analysis:
-Nasty Plot Lucario: +Aura Sphere
-Seed Sower Arboliva: -Leaf Storm, +Energy Ball
-Araquanid: -Lunge, +Leech Life
-Calm Mind Cobalion: -Focus Blast
-Vaporeon: -Tera Steel
-Venomoth: -Morning Sun
-Support Chimecho: -Dazzling Gleam, -Tera Fairy
-Bulk Up Electivire now runs Supercell Slam and Life Orb again

Gen 9 Random Doubles:
-Alolan Sandslash now runs an Assault Vest set instead of a Swords Dance set.
-Lapras's Life Orb set was removed.
-Nasty Plot Plusle: -Baton Pass, +Protect
-Doubles Support Lanturn: -Eerie Impulse, +Thunderbolt
-Malamar: -Baton Pass

Old Gens:
-In gens 7-5, Beheeyem now always runs Analytic
-In gens 7-5, Gardevoir now always runs Trace.
-In gens 7-5, Guts Luxray no longer runs Ice Fang.
-In gens 7-5, Swords Dance Gliscor is now always EQ + SD + Roost + Facade.
-In gens 7-5, Cherrim now has a Staller set with Aromatherapy, Energy Ball (or Giga in 5), HP Ground (or Nature Power in 5), Leech Seed, Morning Sun, and Toxic. The other set also now runs Morning Sun over Synthesis for flavor.
-In gens 7-5, Sunflora now has a Sunny Day set.
-In gens 7-5, Rotom-Mow no longer runs HP Ice.
-In gens 7-6, Cherrim now runs Choice Specs instead of Choice Scarf.
-In gens 7-6, regular Mawile now runs Leftovers.
-In gens 7-6, regular Banette now runs Thunder Wave over Destiny Bond.
-In gens 7-6, regular Altaria's support set now runs Heal Bell.
-In gens 7-6, support Lunatone now runs Earth Power over Moonblast.
-In gens 7-6, Mega Aerodactyl now always runs Earthquake and no longer runs Fire Fang.
-In gens 7-6, Mega Lopunny now runs Encore over Ice Punch.
-In gens 7-6, regular Blaziken now has a Swords Dance set.
-In gen 7, Necrozma now has a Swords Dance set.
-In gen 7, Passimian now has a Bulk Up Drain Punch set.
-In gen 7, the Latis now run Soul Dew when they do not qualify for a Choice item.
-In gen 7, Mega Kangaskhan now has a Power-Up Punch set with Earthquake.
-In gens 6 and 4, Snorlax no longer runs Whirlwind.
-In gens 5-4, Abomasnow no longer runs Focus Blast.
-In gen 5, Dusclops is now Seismic Toss instead of Night Shade.
-In gen 4, Illumise no longer runs Thunderbolt.
-In gen 4, Volbeat now has a set with Tail Glow, Roost, Bug Buzz, and Baton Pass.
-In gen 4, Dustox now runs HP Ground.

Broken Cup and Doubles Broken Cup:
Tera Shell, Doodle, and all Z-Crystals will no longer appear in either singles or doubles Broken Cup.

 

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Level balancing occurred. Gen 1 now balances levels arbitrarily through consensus among the Gen 1 Rands community. This will not be considered for any other formats.

4/1/2024:

Gen 9 Random Battle:
-Add Meloetta-Pirouette: Wallbreaker with Relic Song, Close Combat, Knock Off, and Triple Axel, Tera Dark/Fighting.
-Vivillon: -Substitute (both sets)
-Nasty Plot Shiftry has been removed and replaced with a Swords Dance set with Knock Off, Leaf Blade, and Sucker Punch, Tera Dark/Poison.
-Glimmora: -Toxic
-Mabosstiff: -Fire Fang, +Retaliate
-Uxie: -Psychic
-Great Tusk: setup sets: -Ice spinner, +Stone Edge; Bulky Support: +Stone Edge
-Roaring Moon: added Fast Bulky Setup, Booster Energy with Acrobatics/Iron Head and Tera Flying/Steel.
-Dusknoir now runs Brick Break in both sets, replacing Earthquake in Bulky Support and Ice Punch in the other set. It no longer gets Life Orb, and instead gets Leftovers when rolling 3 attacks + Pain Split. The Bulky Attacker set (previously Wallbreaker) now runs Tera Fighting.
-Coil Eelektross: -Liquidation
-Landorus-Therian: removed Swords Dance TBU.
-Tera Blast (Fighting) Mismagius has been added with Shadow Ball, Nasty Plot and Substitute.
-Special attackers will no longer obtain Choice Scarf with a priority move. This affects Vacuum Wave Keldeo.
-Dunsparce: +Tera Ghost
-Support Bronzong: +Psychic
-CM Arceus-Dragon: +Recover, change to Fast Bulky Setup
-Dragonite no longer runs Tera Normal Extreme Speed; the set has been replaced by a Dragon Dance set with Roost and Tera Ground/Steel.
-Arceus-Dragon now runs a Dragon Dance set with Outrage, Earthquake, Gunk Shot, Tera Ground/Poison.
-Arceus-Ground now runs a Dragon Dance set with Earthquake, Stone Edge, Recover, Tera Ground/Steel.
-Arceus-Fire now runs a Dragon Dance set with Flare Blitz, Earthquake, Recover, Tera Fire/Ground.
-Arceus-Rock now runs a Dragon Dance/Swords Dance set with Stone Edge, Earthquake, Recover, Tera Ground.
-Subseed Arboliva: +Tera Poison
-Clodsire: -Tera Ground (both sets)
-Setup Incineroar: -Bulk Up, +Swords Dance
-Kyogre no longer runs Choice Specs; Fast Attacker is always Choice Scarf.
-Bulky Attacker Grimmsnarl: -Throat Chop, +Sucker Punch (due to winrate analysis).
-Removed TBU Necrozma-Dawn-Wings (setdev workshop)
-added Bulky Support Brute Bonnet with Crunch, Synthesis, Seed Bomb/Bullet Seed, and Spore/Stun Spore with Tera Poison. It generates Loaded Dice with Bullet Seed (setdev workshop)

Gen 9 Random Doubles Battle:
-Luvdisc and Terapagos no longer get Heavy-Duty Boots (bug fix)
-Setup Groudon: +Protect
-Hippowdon: +Tera Dragon/Water
-Meowstic-F: -Shadow Ball, +Dark Pulse, +Tera Dark

Gens 4-7 Random Battle:
-Octillery is always Sniper
-Celebi: -Heal Bell
-Primeape and Machamp: -Ice Punch
-Slaking: -Fire Punch

Gens 5-7 Random Battle:
-Intimidate's ability rating has been reduced from 4 to 3.5, like in later gens. This allows Intimidate and Moxie to naturally roll with each other, and removes the necessity of some Moxie hardcodes.
-Moxie is no longer forced on choiced sets, allowing Mightyena to roll Intimidate. It is prevented on Stealth Rock Krookodile and Mega Salamence/Gyarados, which will always be Intimidate.
-Stoutland is always Scrappy and always runs Superpower.
-Rhydon: +Swords Dance.
-Spinda: -Ice Punch, +Feint Attack
-Fast Support Maractus: +Synthesis
-Camerupt: -HP Grass

Gens 6-7 Random Battle:
-The Wallbreaker role now enforces STAB priority; current Wallbreakers that would be adversely impacted have had their roles changed accordingly.
-Mamoswine now runs its Gen 9 set: Wallbreaker with Earthquake, Icicle Crash, Ice Shard, Knock Off, and Stealth Rock.
-Dragalge has been split into two sets: Leftovers with Toxic Spikes, and Choice Specs, both of which have Focus Blast guaranteed. The Choice Specs set has Dragon Pulse as its 4th move.
-Rain Dance Poliwrath: -Hydro Pump, +Waterfall
-Mightyena: -Fire Fang
-AV Victini: +Glaciate; Bolt Strike is enforced
-Meowstic-F: -Energy Ball
-Hariyama, Sawk: -Ice Punch
-Glalie: -Explosion
-Arceus-Water: -Defog
-Entei has been set split so that it always has Sacred Fire.
-Regigigas always runs Knock Off, ensuring that it isn't walled by Ghost-types.
-Floatzel: -Taunt
-Omastar: -Earth Power, +HP Grass
-Charizard-Mega-Y now has Fire Blast, Roost and Solar Beam always; its 4th move is a roll between Air Slash and Dragon Pulse.
-Hoopa-Unbound: -Ice Punch

Gen 7 Random Battle:
-Delcatty: -Sucker Punch, +Shadow Ball
-Gumshoos: -Fire Punch
-Mimikyu: -Taunt
-Lucario-Mega: -Ice Punch
-Primeape has been set split so that Hone Claws will always have Stone Edge.
-Staller Blissey/Chansey: +Thunder Wave
-Bewear has been set split so that it always runs Shadow Claw.
-Lopunny: -Ice Punch, +Brutal Swing
-Arceus-Water: -wisp
-added Z-Fighting Floatzel with Bulk Up, Liquidation, Ice Punch, and Low Kick.
-Calm Mind Comfey now runs Leftovers instead of Life Orb.
-Stantler: +Throat Chop, +Thunder Wave, always runs Earthquake.

Gen 6 Random Battle:
-AV Emboar: -Fire Blast, +Flare Blitz
-Stantler: +Thunder Wave, always runs Earthquake

Gen 4-5 Random Battle:
-Entei has been set split so that it always runs Flare Blitz, Extreme Speed, and Stone Edge. Its 4th move is either HP Grass (Life Orb), or a physical attack (Choice Band).

Gen 5 Random Battle:
-AV Emboar: -Fire Blast, +Flare Blitz
-Stantler: +Hypnosis, +Thunder Wave, always runs Earthquake
-Rotom-Mow: -HP Fire

Gen 4 Random Battle:
-Noctowl: +Air Slash
-Cherrim now runs its Staller set like in Gens 6-7. Cherrim-Sunshine has been removed.
-Dewgong no longer runs Rest + Sleep Talk.
-Mightyena no longer has Sucker Punch or Fire Fang enforced.
-Vespiquen now runs its Gen 5 set, with HP Flying instead of Air Slash.
-Sableye always runs Payback and no longer runs Taunt.

Gen 3 Random Battle:
-Magcargo now rolls between Fire Blast and Flamethrower for its STAB. It also runs a Staller set with HP Grass, Toxic, and Protect.
-Sunflora now runs a Sunny Day set with Solar Beam, HP Fire, and Synthesis.
-Azumarill no longer runs Encore.
-Houndoom no longer runs Flamethrower and always runs Fire Blast.

Gen 2 Random Battle has been revamped entirely to fit the system used by gens 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9.

Gen 1 Random Battle:
-Venusaur and Victreebel's sets have been adjusted so that they always run Sleep Powder.
Technical:
-Fixed a bug which resulted in Substitute users with Leftovers/Black Sludge having reduced HP EVs in Gens 5-7.
-In Gens 5-7, Meloetta-Pirouette's sets are now included under the Meloetta species.

 

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4/17/2024:

Gen 9 Random Battle:
-Torterra now once again has an additional set with White Herb, Wood Hammer, and Stone Edge.
-Charizard now has a third set: Sunny Day, Fire Blast, Solar Beam, and Air Slash with Solar Power. It won't always be using Sunny Day with this set, but when it does it will be very, very strong.
-Calm Mind Arceus-Fire now always has Recover, and rolls between Energy Ball and Earth Power for coverage.
-Arceus-Poison now always has Earthquake, only runs Tera Ground on its original set, and has a new second set of Swords Dance, Earthquake, Extreme Speed, and Gunk Shot with Tera Ground/Normal.
-Empoleon now runs a second set of Bulky Attacker, with Roost, Grass Knot, Ice Beam, and Surf with Leftovers.
-Regirock now always has either Stealth Rock or Setup, similarly to Registeel.
-Crunch Drednaw will no longer generate Swift Swim with a rain-setting teammate.
-Solgaleo no longer has a Fast Attacker set and therefore no longer runs Choice Scarf or Choice Band.
-Keldeo now once again can roll Choice Scarf, with Flip Turn + Secret Sword + Hydro Pump + Air Slash. Achieved by allowing Flip Turn to generate Choice Scarf on special attackers, when previously it could only give Specs.
-Arceus-Dark: -Tera Fire, -Tera Ghost, -Fire Blast, +Dazzling Gleam
-Zebstrika: -Wild Charge, +Supercell Slam
-Tera Blast Comfey: +Synthesis
-Dipplin: -Sucker Punch
-Setup Probopass: +Thunder Wave
-Espeon: +Psyshock
-Maushold: +Tera Ghost
-Arceus (Normal): +Tera Ghost
-AV Samurott: +Tera Grass
-Fast Attacker Electrode-Hisui: +Tera Electric
-Skeledirge: -Tera Fire on Flame Charge, +Tera Fairy on both sets
-Conkeldurr: -Tera Fighting
-Dusknoir no longer runs Brick Break (and once again runs Earthquake on its support set) due to statistical analysis of previous changes.
-Brute Bonnet's new Synthesis set now always runs Sucker Punch and does not always run Crunch, due to statistical analysis of previous changes.
-Tera Blast Lilligant now runs Pollen Puff instead of Alluring Voice again due to statistical analysis of previous changes.
Gen 9 Random Doubles:
-Vigoroth now exists. It is level 90, and runs Double-Edge, Knock Off, and any two of Encore, Slack Off, Icy Wind/Thunder Wave, and After You (!)
-Spidops: -Bug Bite, +Lunge
-Venusaur: +Giga Drain (roll with Leaf Storm)
-Palkia now runs Lustrous Orb when it isn't Choice Specs.
-Zamazenta-Crowned's sets have been merged, and it now runs Heavy Slam instead of Behemoth Bash. Sets without a Steel move no longer exist.
Old Gens:
-In Gens 4-7, Wailord and Kyogre now always run Choice Scarf when they have Water Spout.
-In Gens 4-7, Porygon2 now runs Download 66% of the time.
-In Gens 4-7, Toxicroak now runs Earthquake. In Gens 6-7, it also now runs Knock Off sometimes and no longer runs Ice Punch.
-In Gens 5-7, Zebstrika now always gets Sap Sipper with Wild Charge and Lightning Rod with Thunderbolt.
-In Gens 5-7, Jynx no longer runs Substitute.
-In Gens 5-7, Pokemon with Foul Play as their only attack will get minimum Attack investment.
-In Gens 6-7, Dedenne now has a Staller set with Recycle, Thunderbolt, Toxic, and any one of Substitute, Super Fang, or U-turn.
-In Gens 6-7, Mienshao's Reckless set no longer runs Choice Scarf, in favor of more Choice Band.
-In Gens 6-7, Dusknoir now sometimes runs Toxic on its Bulky Attacker set and has an additional Staller set of Shadow Sneak + EQ + Toxic + Protect.
-In Gens 6-7, Fast Support Raichu now always has Hidden Power Ice.
-In Gens 6-7, Kecleon now has a second set of Drain Punch, Knock Off, Recover, and Toxic/Stealth Rock/Thunder Wave with Leftovers.
-In Gens 6-7, Mega Mawile no longer runs Fire Fang. In Gen 6, it also now runs Knock Off sometimes.
-In Gens 6-7, Klefki now always runs Spikes and never has Toxic.
-In Gens 6-7, Vivillon now always runs Sleep Powder and never runs Substitute.
-In Gen 7, Z-Move Magearna no longer runs Thunderbolt.
-In Gen 7, Oranguru now runs Trick instead of Trick Room.
-In Gen 7, Omastar no longer runs Weak Armor.
-In Gen 7, Shell Smash Magcargo now runs Weak Armor and Firium/Rockium Z.
-In Gen 7, Charizard now has an additional non-Z-Move set of Bulky Attacker with Fire Blast, Air Slash, Roost, Earthquake, and Will-O-Wisp. Code relating to Pokemon with only Z-Move user sets has been removed as a result.
-In Gen 7, Shiinotic now sometimes runs Hidden Power Ground.
-In Gen 7, Tapu Lele's set has been split into a Choice item set with both Psychic and Psyshock and a Calm Mind set. Neither set runs Hidden Power Fire, and both sets always have Focus Blast.
-In Gen 7, Comfey now once again has a Life Orb Calm Mind set, but this time in addition to the Leftovers one. The sets are identical moves-wise.
-In Gen 7, Sawsbuck now runs Headbutt sometimes, and will get Serene Grace when it does so. Headbutt will not generate with Return.
-In Gen 7, all Support Silvally sets now run Toxic, Parting Shot, and U-turn, and no longer run Thunder Wave. Parting Shot and U-turn do not generate together. Parting Shot is not present on Silvally-Bug.
-In Gen 7, Silvally-Poison no longer runs Grass Pledge.
-In Gen 7, Silvally-Fairy now runs Surf instead of Rock Slide.
-In Gen 7, Swords Dance Silvally-Dragon now runs Outrage instead of Multi-Attack.
-In Gen 7, Silvally (Normal) no longer runs Choice items or Assault Vest (its Bulky Attacker set is gone)
-In Gen 7, Z-Hyper Beam Serperior no longer exists.
-In Gen 5, Butterfree now always runs Sleep Powder, only runs Bug Buzz for an attack, and is a 50/50 roll between Substitute and Roost.
-In Gen 4, Sharpedo now has a set split between Waterfall and Hydro Pump and no longer runs Hidden Power Grass.
-In Gen 3, Muk now runs Hidden Power Ground instead of Hidden Power Ghost and Brick Break. Its Wallbreaker set always has Hidden Power Ground. It no longer runs Haze. Its Curse set now always has Rest.
-In Gen 3, Politoed now runs a third set of RestTalk + Surf + Ice Beam/Toxic.
-In Gen 3, Spinda no longer runs SubPunch.
-In Gen 3, Charizard now has a Berry Sweeper set with Dragon Claw, Fire Blast, HP Grass, Substitute, and a Petaya Berry.
-In Gen 3, Medicham now has a Berry Sweeper set with Substitute, Reversal, Bulk Up, and Shadow Ball with a Salac Berry.
-In Gen 3, Primeape now has a Berry Sweeper set with Substitute, Reversal, Bulk Up, and Hidden Power Ghost with a Salac Berry.