A New Pokémon Weather for EVERY Type! | Kaskade Region | Gnoggin - New Pokémon Gimmick

[@Gnoggin]

For real though, the Fan-Region projects by Truegreen7, Birdkeeper Toby and HoopsandHipHop are great. Links in the description. And thank you all so so much for showing this Kaskade project so much love. :) I've been dropping little teasers to "Project 96" over on my Twitter if you're interested, @Lockstin.

[@jhonsmithy2873]

You should re-brand your fan project and cut any ties it may have with pokemon, GameFreak and Nintendo cancel by DMCA all fan games, it would be a shame to see all your ideas go to waste.

[@MichaelLawrence-dv3dn]

You should also have the rock type be immune to hail because what can ice really do to rocks.

[@Mattno.777]

Dude, You really need tô Rembrand your game because of DMCA

[@alandragon3897]

You haven't shown us the shiny variants

[@BongoThe]

hey , if its not to much to ask , is it possible that the kaskade region has a diiferent or varried version of weavile . its my favorite and was wondering if it was possible to buff it in a way . you dont have to , its just a suggestion

[@glacierwolf2155]

Gnoggin: "Make weather stackable." Acid Rain: "Aw yeah, it's coming together."

[@rainbowsylvie16]

That’s that glitch where every weather effect happens at once causing every Pokémon type to get damaged right?

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@rainbowsylvie16 pokemon with overcoat: “your puny tricks are no match for me, mortal”

[@glacierwolf2155]

@@rainbowsylvie16 Yeah, it's that one. If you send out a Castform, it softlocks the game.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

@@rainbowsylvie16 That's a thing? Neat.

[@JocaPlays87]

@@glacierwolf2155 castform: its... sunny rain hail... FUUUUU-

[@nintenuniverse1174]

Field: Has three weather conditions Trainer: Sends out Castform Castform: "WHAT AM I?!"

[@shieldsdown227]

that’s a good point… what does castform become in stacked weather? Pick the random of the 3? Is there a tier system of the categories and it takes whatever occupies the highest tier?

[@liamwhite3522]

@@shieldsdown227 if not holding a weather gem, it chooses the climate weather as usual. If holding one, though, the question remains... probably the most recent one? And if it's holding the whirlygig, Steel.

[@Wulgreath]

I think the best way would be give Castform different Abilities to transform based on the weather. Forecast for Climate, for Irritants call it 'Outburst', and for Energies, let's call it Attunement. First two are regular Abilities, last one is a Hidden. Or make them all possible, and after X badges, Proff. Fir can change it freely. Lets Castform still hold any item, and a new one I'd like to put forward. A second Castform only one to contrast the Whirlygig, a universal Weather Extension device a la Heat rock et all. Maybe it's post game, Fir makes it out of regret over the Whirlygig Incident.

[@propheinx2250]

You could reshape Typing on Pokemon. Allowing Pokemon to have 3 or 4 types. A Primary type, a Secondary type, and 1 or 2 Tertiary types. Probably make the Primary and Secondary types be treated as they always have, but the Tertiary type(s) would give half STAB damage and half resistances. You could also make Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary type(s) all be at increasing/decreasing effects (depending on if you're looking up the scale or down the scale).

[@TMek42]

It's actually kinda neat, wind-buffed Smog weather states it will poison any type (including Poison) and the Poison Castform's effect seems like itself and allies would be immune to that.

[@truegreen7]

God damn dude. Didn't expect such a sweet shoutout. YOU'RE a great piece of work!

[@fishman585]

ok sceptile man

[@PrettyYukiTheArtist]

Yes, ur region is amazing

[@nyantails]

Hi green man

[@psychicgh05t]

:D

[@greenmenace5908]

hey ron

[@Trallnar]

20% accuracy drop in fog is still unfun. Maybe "the first attack each turn has its accuracy reduced by 20%". It gives an incentive to Pokemon who are not the fastest thing on the field, the idea being that the first Pokemon to attack gives away it's position.

[@mariustan9275]

That is pretty cool.

[@nameynamd9212]

Could even say the first attack clears the fog temporarily enough to provide vision to other Pokemon, before it condenses again after the turn ends

[@baofleurence7650]

@@nameynamd9212 Or it is because, by attacking, this pokémon reveals its position to its opponent...

[@tristandahn2284]

THIS

[@gobbergamez1581]

Fog should not reduce physical moves because they don’t really require aim

[@noxthedremoralord2683]

14:24 I would recommend adding dark to the “go screw yourself” category of fairy dust, because the fairy type is the substitute light type

[@BramLastname]

While I see your reasoning, Dragon and Ghost make sense in the magic way, While Dark would be in a more symbolic way. It's a bit difficult to explain, But basically, don't think of it as pure good light energy, Think of it as processed life essence. Dragons are allergic to the additives and Ghosts are too corrupted. The reason Dark is left out is likely because Ghost tends to be better than Dark so not debuffing Dark is not a bad call. However it's worth noting that Fighting technically shares the anti-Dark space, both mechanically and lore-wise. Also making Dark and Ghost more different might also be part of it, as people often find them too similar.

[@BramLastname]

@Walrein . . . I mean yeah.. But I'm used to typing a lot, So it took more time to clean up the sentences Than it took to actually write down all the points I wanted to address.

[@BramLastname]

@Walrein . . . Yeah, I understand completely, I used to be really bad at making sentences myself. However my language teacher made me realise why And now I'm quite well spoken and quick with writing texts. (The only problem being that I tag on additional sentences out of habit)

[@shachargold6896]

I really like how Strong Winds is the "buffer weather" as much as Flying type is the "buffer type", that is that there are barely any pure Flying Types because it always "attach" itself to another one

[@jozefdudas2811]

Oh this is perfect

[@mr.sandman7339]

Ironic when flight is so often associated with detachment

[@shachargold6896]

@@mr.sandman7339 I think it may be related to why Air is not an element in the Chinese system- according to Wikipedia (which is something), while not being an element, "air" is represented as chi is general, which is always "part of something", like how the Flying type is almost always "part of something". Can't be sure that's what gamefreak had in mind, but the fact is that they too a LOT of time to give us a pure Flying type, or even a primary Flying one, and even then they barely do it, so there must be a reason from the conceptual POV.

[@mosesbakst]

Tornadus and Castform want to know your location

[@shachargold6896]

@@mosesbakst Castform is a normal type though? And yeah, having only Tornadus and two thirds of a single evolutionary line as pure Flying types, and one line and one third stage which are primary Flying type, is what I mean when I'm said "barely"

[@theharoldsshow]

Not a mechanic change or anything but there NEEDS to be a “Weather” tab on the battle menu so people can check the weather and stuff. I would have it with the 1-3 current weathers at the top or in bold with their effects and if their boosted or not Then under that would be the other weathers so people can check them to see if they want to set any up or anything.

[@HexeChroma]

Dev here; that's the current plan!

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

@@HexeChroma beautiful and intuitive But what if we make an option to disable that clever ui stuff for people who love unnecessary challenge

[@HexeChroma]

@@ProjectEchoshadow It'll be a menu that you have to open; if you want to challenge yourself just don't open it 👍

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

@@HexeChroma I don't want to challenge myself, I just know people who do. I think they're stupid but as some of them are friends I try not to say that.

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

@@HexeChroma I don't want to challenge myself, I just know people who do. I think they're stupid but as some of them are friends I try not to say that.

[@aldeenithegreat]

“Thunderstorm” could probably have its name changed to something like “Static Aura” or something, since a “Thunderstorm” already implies rain. The lighting strike effect could also paralyze the target

[@silkmoon3533]

I've seen lightning and heard thunder without rain, so maybe Thunderclouds?

[@fernandovelazquez4440]

And with the logic of stack weather you can have a Harsh Sunlight and a Thunderstorm.

[@Thegamergabe4.0]

For the “Normal Type: Fog” weather: I do agree, with the sound attacks, but another possible buff for Normal Types is for making all normal physical attacks have a critical boost since if you are searching in the fog, you hit harder, but keep the accuracy cut.

[@jvbon646]

@Red Cyndaquil Not all are Normal, but most are

[@Potramon]

i think that pokemon with keen eye should not be affected by the fog negative effect, (but not the boosted fog version)

[@benjaminwall553]

I think it could be a random chance which one happens like each one has different name or based on the place it is being used. If it sound it could be like caves and and mountain tops get boosted. The normal unaffected could be for like beaches and towns. The boosted critical could be in a forest or field. I dint know where desserts would fit in

[@Commander_Appo]

Oh that’s cool

[@Visual_Disgust]

with the fog boost toxtricity with boomburst, the ability punk rock, and the item throat spray would be completely unstoppable

[@QUADChromatic]

I think Magnetosphere should activate the Plus and Minus Abilities even if the opposite ability isn't present. It would make it so you can use the Ability even in single battles with some setup.

[@mariustan9275]

I agree

[@Falinks31]

That's GENIUS!

[@Ruthles5games]

makes sense

[@Coolified_Gaming]

There is logic in what he says.

[@carzman35]

That is perfect!

[@luiseduardo8806]

Gen 5: "We made the original weather wars!" Gnoggin: *HOLD MY STRONG WINDS!*

[@ReaprWasTaken]

Lol

[@ReaprWasTaken]

True

[@arrowrandoman]

I think the coolest thing about these weather ideas is how Flying types would be important. Removing old stuff and buffing what comes next wound make weather plays real crazy. Also, Raihan uses weather Pokémon, so I see him having a flyer to buff the weather he already uses.

[@mariustan9275]

Maybe he'd be an extra oponent in Port Alki somewhere and you fight him. Or just in the battle arena

[@smollmoth6376]

Absolutely! Especially since now that weather stacks you can't just replace the opposing teams weather with your weather setter, it would make the flying type weather the best option for it now.

[@DarkVileScream]

I think steel got a really short end of the stick, I was hoping maybe increase their speed by being able to pull themselves around with magnetic polarity, also grass seems to really benefit a lot from these weather effects, but grass is weak to a lot so I guess it’s fair

[@miloweiss5201]

Hail does not help the ice type at all with anything. It makes something strong against ice able to be safe in the ICE weather

[@TMek42]

Steel can triple stack better than any other type, with Hail + Sandstorm/Smog + Magnetosphere (with even Sandstorm or Magnetosphere getting wind-buffed). Either [[dealing 1/8th HP (or 1/16th plus poison damage) per turn, perfect accuracy STAB moves and ground immunity]], OR [[dealing 1/8th HP per turn, perfect accuracy STAB moves and a 50% spDef buff]]. Though they could add Magnetosphere interactions into specific Steel moves I suppose.

[@harrya9458]

Imagine stacking Pollen, Sunlight/Rain, and Dragon Force (not strong winds buffed because the normal variant reduces a lot of damage from moves since grass has so many weaknesses). You could make some beastly grass types

[@harrya9458]

Additionally, while steel does get a pretty lame weather, it is unaffected by so many weather types that I feel it kind of balances out in general combat since I assume weather changing will be very frequent

[@c0ldbrew618]

@@miloweiss5201 maybe it should heal them 1/16 because it’s like the ice is reforming back on to their bodies. Ice needs all the defensive help it can get.

[@PantaroParatroopa]

Diamond Dust doesn't affect the weather, yes, but it does have one major change to gameplay. Making the battle against Red in HG/SS easier by not having there be hail.

[@michaelnelson1127]

The game essentially goes easy on you for your birthday, then.

[@bbqbunger2350]

Or, in some cases, makes it harder because you can’t hail stall.

[@romeojohnson2842]

With the Dark-Type weather "Blood Moon" I know another thing to add to it. Since you're making the "Blood Moon + Strong Winds" being very *Evil* (In a Good Way), is it possible to make it so that when Dark Type Pokemon attack a Pokemon who are currently protecting themselves (With Protect/Detect) Dark Types will still damage them, but it will only do half of what the damage would of done in general. Think of it like this, when the Blood Moon is out, Dark Types are more dangerous than before. During that time, Dark Types become so dangerous & stealthy that, even if the opponent guards themselves, the Dark Type Pokemon will still find a way to damage them, even if the amount of damage is reduced. This doesn't have to replace the whole "Dark Types become immune to statuses" since what I've just talked about is somewhat situational.

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

So the Feint effect but slightly gimped? I'd say go all the way through and make it so it deals full damage.

[@AznYunHou]

@@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627 but Feint isn't even that strong. So any strong move breaking through protect, being halved is not bad

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

@@AznYunHou That's not really a point. We got stuff that gives people a flat Scrappy effect, why gimp this one?

[@Mqstodon]

@@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627 cause in competitive battling that's much better, especially in doubles and against stall teams. Scrappy on all pokemon is, less so

[@jamesaditya5254]

@@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627 it shouldn't remove the protect from the target mons like feint does, which would only matter in non-singles I guess

[@AzarFirefly]

If I were to throw my personal spin on this, it would have to be a tiny change to the Sandstorm buffed with Strong Winds. While the special defensive buff IS nice, it was the phrasing Lockstin used in regards to it, "...they polish minerals well." which got me thinking. What if, instead of a Special Defense buff, the Pokemon affected get a +2 SPEED buff? I mean the move "Rock POLISH" is already a thing, so it could be like a free Rock Polish +2 Speed buff when in play. It may not turn the tide for a ton of Rock types, but some, such as Lycanroc, Archeops, and Kabutops could become even more terrifying with such a speed buff.

[@dtexdarkus]

Universal sand rush is a completely balanced mechanic with no exploits

[@hugomventura]

the meta just becomes rock untill other weather setters appear

[@CheeseBlaster]

Oh god, ESPECIALLY Rampardos will really have fun with that!

[@seanriley2695]

I think maybe changing normal and steel weathers to doing what strong winds does for the irritants and energies respectively. That further defines the three subgroups, makes it so that not every team HAS to have a flier, like it spreads the love, and gives the two *cough* weakest weather concepts more purpose. Just a thought, otherwise great video and great ideas all around

[@Blaze-nm1uh]

This please

[@sungmin7723]

i feel like strong winds would be better for the irritants since irritants have actual particles that can be blown around. magnetosphere definitely is for energies and fog is for climate because there's no other option lol

[@kaze5097]

I agree 100%

[@frzncld1164]

I love this^^

[@Allen-qs2xr]

Agree but Magnetosphere is such a cool concept. Maybe take out one of the less interesting ones like electric for energy type buffing.

[@azazelbuzz]

I would actually kill to see a competitive scene for this game. I can only imagine the weather wars, seven turns of weather setup before any actual combat even happens...

[@andrespenalosamartinell4261]

Everyone gangsta until cloud nine psyduck comes in 🤣🤣

[@iantaakalla8180]

Thus Grass types that can protect themselves from Fire/Poison/Bug/Flying/Ice and Electric types that can protect themselves from Ground will become very important in Kaskadian competitive meta. As will Fire/Poison/Bug/Flying/Ice/Ground-types that pair nicely with Psyduck.

[@fionaredfern7519]

Yeah, and it descends into endless turns of *Trying* to set up weather effects, only for the opponent to set up theirs in counter. In the end I see regular battle stategy of Attacking and no setup to be the strongest meta in this... Good idea though.

[@nunyabiz7699]

This would be Heck of an interesting Strat Game at that point.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Weather Wars part 2

[@Kurokami112]

I was hoping for the Dark weather to be "Eclipse", but "Blood moon" is pretty cool too

[@baofleurence7650]

Isn't a Bood moon a moon eclipse ?

[@alexanderpantelios3358]

oh yeah

[@michaelnelson1127]

Actually, considering the new Ursaluna just took the “Blood Moon” attack name, he’ll probably have to change the name to Eclipse.

[@bowrin32]

I feel like ice types should get an evasion boost when there's hail. Ice types aren't exactly that tanky so the overtime damage doesn't seem like it would be too great for them. But with all the ice falling around it might make it harder to tell if the target is there or just pile of snow/hail

[@AuraKnightStar]

I like this idea.

[@bowrin32]

@Santiago Guillen snow cloak would give it an extra stage of evasiveness alongside the snow.

[@velvetbutterfly]

@@bowrin32 what if Snow Cloak instead raised evasion each stage but sent it back to 0 when the weather cleared or was swapped, perhaps even gaining a lowered evasion in other weather

[@theespecificocean]

Since sand boosts spdef hail should just boost def. More competitive rpg is terrible.

[@appelofdoom8211]

No that would make every single route with hail (if they have any) really annoying. hail should definitely get buffed though, maybe just give a weaker version of the boost water and fire attacks get from their weather (25%) since they would be adding the hail to their blizzards, avalanches, icicle spears and what have you.

[@Whom_]

For the "Psychic Type: Psychic Field" Weather, maybe when in combination with strong winds it could make dark types no longer immune to Psychic type attacks? You could say that the psychic type Pokémon are more Intune with their abilities because of the more potent weather, and in doing so could allow them to hit dark types for normal damage.

[@EmeraldEleki7]

I was gonna mention this, yeah

[@jeffreysherman8224]

Excellent idea!

[@ShadowRealmZ373]

I got robbed

[@thequagiestsire]

So a free Miracle Eye? Maybe. That could make it kinda broken though…

[@djwiggles666]

@@thequagiestsire Dude, they clearly weren't going for balance here. They just wanted to have fun making something new. I mean, the dark weather is super overpowered and totally unbalanced.

[@jordmanbatgod]

Since you said that sandstorm “polishes” things, and there’s a move called Rock Polish, wouldn’t it make more sense for Sandstorm to boost rock types’ speed stat rather than defense?

[@maxoyew2965]

That’s what you would think, but then they’d just get Sand Stream as a weather effect, while potentially being able to have it as an ability as well

[@veledwin1]

Most rock types wouldn't be able to use that anyway. They're slow

[@jaycatterton8313]

I think sense sandstorms wear down rocks maybe it should lower defense and sharply increase speed.

[@h.buggy7935]

The thunderstorm gimmic is honestly my favorite one with the randomness of it, but perhaps to keep people interested in Kaskade, do some fan art videos or share more on the back ground planning that went into production would be really awesome to see! Love the work you guys have done for this!

[@outrageouslamp4539]

As Steel type is immune to the ice, ground and rock weathers I feel it should maybe be debuffed by others. Perhaps in sun steel types have lower physical defence (as high temperatures cause metals to warp and lose structural stability) or perhaps they have lower speed in the rain due to rust. Just something to balance out the immunities.

[@gumbarius]

Though steel type is already the strongest defensive type in the game anyways, without any drawbacks too though

[@DISTurbedwaffle918]

Have rain cause rust (damage per turn). Harsh Sunlight removes Rock immunity. Sandstorm reduces Defense and remove Rock immunity but also increases Speed (basically, the sand sandblasts off the outer layers of the Steel, weakening it, but also cleaning it which makes the Pokemon faster). That's all I've got for now.

[@datboithonk4567]

I think these should only apply when the strong winds effect is up. Steel is durable and can take a lot, it wouldn’t make sense that a little bit of sunlight or rain could warp or rust steel. Though I kinda agree with you so how about steel has a higher chance of being struck by lightning because some metals are conductive.

[@yeah5895]

Also, buffed hail and sandstorm at the same time, draining potentially 3/16s of most Pokémon but steel types sounds fun!

[@harrya9458]

Keep in mind, Steel’s own weather is almost pathetic compared to the others. I feel this kinda balances it out

[@honestlyboringperson]

Me whos allergic to pollen: *during Pollen Storm* K I L L M E

[@lycturnal9546]

That pfp makes this comment perfect.

[@jaredsabatelli2459]

Same Also dusk your right

[@boombeacher9975]

Lol true

[@donovanmayer6095]

Me too

[@colew-e5x]

Same

[@zentendoxn8955]

About the Normal Types in Strong Fog, I think they should just be lowered by like 5 or 10%, rather than completely disregarding the accuracy drop. A nice middle ground.

[@indomleon]

I always thought that the dragon weather would be an eclipse, since some people believed that eclipses were caused by a dragon eating the sun. Your idea for the dragon aura is pretty neat, although I'm not sure how I feel about the non-buffed version.

[@CopperCadwyn]

I assumed that would be dark type, since it literally makes things dark.

[@yiklongtay6029]

Dragons used to be feared in Gen 1 due to having very few type weaknesses and being directly resistant to the 3 strarter types. I think we can respect that by making the weather effect raise the stakes of type match ups. Draconean Eclipse: Under the ominous eclipse, all super effective moves are multiplied by 1.5. So super effective moves are increased by 50% Dragons will have the upperhand since they all have dragon moves and tend to get fire moves to deal with ice

[@sandstoneslab6067]

The thing is dragon type moves are only super effective against themselves. So if super effective attacks deal less damage, then their weaknesses wont be as severe while they dont get much of a downside since their stab moves are neutral to most types

[@Haunter5959]

i thought it would be like hail but with energy..... i just described a mini meteor shower.

[@squareguy5353]

coughs in filipino

[@acupanraphaelgio7925]

Weather teams in this game are gonna be so OP. Imagine a pokemon with strong winds as an ability that knows u turn

[@bananatheo3796]

there probably won't be a strong winds ability for this exact reason lol

[@idosomethingiguess3680]

@@bananatheo3796 except for mega rayquaza's ability,If megas return.

[@littleeeeeee1193]

Imagine a team composed of a pokemon with strong winds as an ability along with u-turn (like you said), which is then swapped into one that summons hail, which is empowered by the strong winds. The following turn the same pokemon or a different one can whip up a sandstorm or cursed winds, since those are in different categories, and the other weather could be summoned the turn after that. The result is that a pokemon on the opposing team takes 1/4 of their max HP every turn

[@dtexdarkus]

@@bananatheo3796 Unless it's the game's mythical, Wycoot. I could see the neutral entity buffing the weather of each legendary while being the only one to do so. Anything else would make it gen 5 eternal swift swim all over again

[@raymaikeru]

@@bananatheo3796 There is, actually. The team has a sort of wiki for the fangame, and there is an ability that triggers Strong Winds, Galeforce. There are, so far, only three Pokémon with this ability. Tornadus, Swellow, and Aerogen as a HA. They might add more, or not, but we'll see.

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Aw thnaks diude, what a legend! ALso, I love these!

[@eepicmeltan3212]

E

[@TheOneAndOnlyTakati]

MINOR SPELLING ERROR, ALLOW ME TO POINT IT OUT FOR YOU

[@hemarisam]

I swear if someone comments “Actually it’s thanks”

[@Lumix_Corrupt]

@@hemarisam Actually it’s thanqs

[@charliewilliford5254]

Isn’t it pronounced tanks?

[@StormBlackwell]

As a Ghost type specialist, I'm way into this ghost weather effect. It seems really cool and I love that Dark and Normal types are included in the buffs. That's sounds like it would be fun to play around with. Also It seems fine to me to let Fog have that extra effect. The total status immunity on a couple of the weathers is a bit spooky to me, but it's probably fine. The weather stacking is really exciting, finding fun combos should be a really good time. I wonder how the steel and ground weathers would interact... If the steel types are floating, but there's ground in the air, I suppose they just still get hit by those EQs anyway. oh well haha.

[@johncronk8867]

Given that part of the reason the Steel types are floating is the winds pushing them up, the dust devils probably just propel them just further enough to be out of reach of the dust.

[@atlan2432]

This is a bit late, but I don't think that interaction between the ground and steel weathers would ever happen, since it seems that only one weather can be buffed by strong winds at a time, "Clears all weather effects currently in play and buffs the next weather effect that is activated" 4:58, and since both the steel types levitating and ground type moves hitting flying and levitate Pokémon are strong winds they shouldn't even have to interact.

[@alanherlan3429]

my thoughts when I reviewed stackable weather strong winds, hail, smog, and cursed winds altogether would hurt a lot next idea you could describe certain characters through combo weather for example Blood Moon (dark-type weather) and Smog (poison-type weather) I won't tell you the character but I will put a quote where he announces his name just with the name redacted "We have become poison to Peter Parker and Spiderman we're -REDACTED-

[@ryuuronin9852]

Awesome video, though a couple of additional ideas: 1. Steel probably shouldn't have as many weather effect immunities, it's arguably one of if not the strongest type already. Or at least more negative effects on them like rain or sunlight wearing their defenses with rust or warping. 2. I'm not sure if this would be unbalanced but Dragon Force should probably allow Fairy types to be hit with Dragon type moves like the Fighting one does. Especially with the idea that fairies are immune because they can normally "flow the energy around them" or something. In that condition the energy becomes far more erratic and difficult to control allowing it to actually hit. Maybe not while paired with the 20% super effective move reduction the base weather has, or maybe dragons can loose hp as well in the stronger version, not sure how to fine tune that. Either that or removing dragons and ghosts from being exempt from fairy dust healing; seeing as the benefit that dragon force provides is a universal effect, fairy's should probably be too. 3. Strong Smog being able to ignore all type or ability immunities is probably too much. I get the idea, that it's basically become acid, but it still seems like that's dangerous to counterplay strategies, unless I'm missing something. Overall though this is still a very creative and cool idea and I can't wait to play an actual game with these mechanics.

[@BILOUUU59]

I think the Smog one is fine honestly, as long as it is basic Poison and not Toxic It could make for fun strategies, since there never really been use for regular poison in competitive settings I can imagine it being used with that one move that has double damage when the foe is poisoned Also help against Steel mons

[@exi_dudi2037]

@@BILOUUU59 nah that would be so op, imagine your clefable getting poisoned and for some reason taking damage because the move is supposed to bypass magic guard as well. It would mean that every Pokemon is one a timer when paired with whirlwind. That would be so unhealthy. Also all the accuracy things.... Just no

[@Neodria]

I mean if you want to be logical with the Steel with Weather, Steel Pokemon should have a chance to burn non-fire, ice, or water type pokemon on contact because Metal gets hot in the sun, like a slightly worse Flame Body And its logical that hail wouldnt harm steel without enhancement, rain doesnt do too much to metal by itself, the air itself does more, Steel may be one of the strongest types but it is also one of the rarest, and is vulnerable to most offensive types in competitive, like Fire, Fighting, and Ground.

[@exi_dudi2037]

@@Neodria tbh competitive would turn into a hellish Weather war and cheese tactics. I feel like so many of these aren't really made for competitive play.

[@Neodria]

@@exi_dudi2037 I know, I'm mainly being logistic, not strategic, but honestly competitive cant get much worse.

[@AzazinNote]

About the bug weather, the move investation exists, as well as vespequinn three 'order' moves, so there are precedents for swarm-effects.

[@albertduggan4695]

True say, I feel an actual swarm would be a more exciting effect. Could there even be a Wishiwashi style Bug type Pokémon to explain the bug swarms in the lore?

[@shadowpuppeteer545]

The ghost type weather “cursed winds” is amazing. I think that there should be an added affect that if a Pokémon faints in “cursed winds” the winds power will get stronger or all dark types revive a small buff as if they had made a deal with a spiritual entity that promised them power.

[@albertduggan4695]

The Dark weather was the strongest one, don't buff Dark types in the Ghost weather too!

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

a nice visual for cursed winds could be ghostly hands rising from the ground.

[@albertduggan4695]

@@MrKlausbaudelaire I was thinking the Ghost weather's flavour could be a haunting chill, like a shiver down everyone's spine. Could it effectively use haze on non Ghost types?? I think dealing damage is too direct for the style of Ghost types.

[@pedrojuan1505]

Magnetisphere sounds very interesting, curiously, wouldnt it make sense if it would increase the speed of steel types, based on how quickckly metals and magnets can move based on the strenght of magnetic attraction?

[@0re0xer1cd8]

I think all steel moves should get priority since they can launch the moves like a rail gun

[@mariustan9275]

@@0re0xer1cd8 That is pretty cool, and maybe boosting their attack power along with ball and bomb moves.

[@emeraldmoon8393]

@@0re0xer1cd8 That would make moves such as Gyro Ball terrifying since you could throw out, say, ferrothorn in that type and just delete everything without something like Extreme Speed

[@jakethedragonymaster1235]

For the magnet one, make all Steel type pokémon officially weigh nothing by proxy of levitation, so that moves like Grass Knot or Low Kick aren't as effective

[@PantaroParatroopa]

But moves that benefit heavier Pokemon like Heavy Slam (whether using it or it being used on) will act as if their weight has been doubled, substituting the power of gravity for the power of magnetism.

[@HexeChroma]

Dev here; I'm gonna have to agree with David here. Weight has too many implications when it comes to Steel types. Just allowing them to become immune to ground types is significantly more simple and works just as well.

[@AdurnaKonungr]

@@HexeChroma the steel and electric gym in Pokemon Unbound does a magnetic floor that works well is a bit annoying but oh well lol

[@evolvingdragon1793]

@@HexeChroma Hey wondering if you can make strong wind give a speed boost or debuff depending on the direction and flying types would take the effect but double good or bad as well give the priority increase or decrease (depending on direction) to give the flyer who have to fly through these weather a bone

[@HexeChroma]

@@evolvingdragon1793 This is actually an idea we had but scrapped due to it making strong winds way too complex. It'd basically make tailwind be a part of strong winds, which is a great idea but it would make things a little bit too complicated

[@LordEpos]

The move to summon the smog weather effect should be called "Smoghorn." I feel like "Smog Spread" would be too easy to confuse with the move "Smog."

[@averyrosecloud]

Smoghorn is so cute! I love the name.

[@randomcatname7792]

Just name is Smogon. jk

[@Wulgreath]

Now I also want a Normal type sound move called Foghorn that has a good Flinch chance in either Fog or Smog.

[@EmeraldEleki7]

Sludge and Sludge Wave

[@lanceams483]

I hope the bugs being "motivated" means they get "pumped" like with focus energy as well, that would make a lot of sense (cause, y'know, pheromones).

[@mikkolaki24]

Hubba hubba ;)

[@BlazinBoomsy]

Lockstin: "Blood Moon + Strong Winds gives you priority for status moves, but Dark-types will have immunity to them now!" Me: Well, frick. Guess I'll just be afraid of Yveltal now...

[@Coooop_time]

You mean (yah-vul-tall

[@captianblitz]

Definitely do the “Normal Immune to Fog” thing. Gives an out to its sheer annoyance, but you still have to strategize around it.

[@GlobalSingeing]

Plus finally gives an actual benefit to using Normal types

[@Ditidos]

Yes, albeit it would be better if it affect both normal type Pokémon and normal type attacks in general. It would be very annoying if such an effect is set up and you don't have any normal type Pokémon in the party.

[@lalo1198]

"Dragon Force: The user pulls a powerful guitar solo that envigorates all pokemon on the field." Wait, wrong Dragon Force.

[@mechagamer3602]

Gotta love natsu and the fairy tail gang

[@necrozma4029]

Dvagon Vorce.

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

"Dragon Force: Dragon type pokemon become immune to fire type moves as, THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES WE CARRY ON!"

[@necrozma4029]

@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 (intense metal guitar solo)

[@baddestpython2899]

Groundon and Kyogre: switching in and out to get their weather bonuses Grass types: I see it his as an absolute win

[@sewd1289]

I feel like a good move idea would be something like "backwind" or a name like that, it applies strong winds and then it retrieves your Pokemon like U-turn or volt switch would, it'd be good competitive move because then you can send out a Pokemon with a weather ability, and if you predict your opponent using it then you can use a weather move before they switch in (I don't remember if moves happen before or after the switch, but if they happen after, then weather moves should now happen before)

[@walkermartin5366]

That sounds good, but the name is offly similar to the existing tsilwind

[@DarkSlasher36]

@@walkermartin5366 backdraft?

[@raymaikeru]

@@walkermartin5366 How about Cyclone Swap?

[@bumblebee2816]

Pollen Storm and Pheromones: *exist* Beedrill: *evil laugh*

[@darkartisttheonefromdiscor6911]

As a dev who's done -way too little- an awful lot, I can say I attended one of the meetings about weather, and I must admit it was really fun.

[@darkartisttheonefromdiscor6911]

@Shawn Lenihan My bad, used to Discord.

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

Maybe decrease the buff for psychic attacks given by the psychic field, i doubt anything other that dark types can tank a psychic attak boosted by both psychic field and psychic terrain

[@darkartisttheonefromdiscor6911]

@@anthonyrebuffo9509 Sure I'll tell the team

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

Thanks

[@misterzygarde6431]

I like the idea of Normal not being affected by the fog. Also I’m surprised we don’t have a poison weather effect in the official games Also what Kaskadian Pokemon would you want to see get a Mega Evolution?

[@Armaham]

kaskadian luxaray

[@OakDev]

I can't tell if he's implying that this is in the non mega timeline or if there's some CIA running around making people forget mega evolution exists

[@Kevin_L_]

@@OakDev like in the terminal montage videos who he collars with alot

[@thiagoxavier6737]

well if i had to chose, chynmunk cat-thingy! (i forgot the name) the design is so cute and a mega would be very cool (also first route rodends barely get any love so might as well give some to one of them)

[@destrumthetiger9274]

Tofrug

[@elyouseekay_plays]

Steel also could’ve been something like “colloidal” where metals shavings or particles dispersed through the air. I’m not sure what it would do but it sounds cool.

[@Esqueletito17]

It's a cool idea, but I think they went right with the Magnetosphere concept. It makes it more distinct from Duststorm and Sandstorm

[@AverageTeenageYoutuber]

If they did this, I’d assume they would move a pollutant into the energy segment, I think the most likely option for this is faerie type, it’s not fairy dust, it’s Mythic Aura or Fae Aura

[@conlon4332]

I feel like the flying type weather effect should in some way benefit flying types specifically.

[@an8strengthkobold360]

Priority and evasion? Since they can ride the winds using it to swiften their strikes and evade attacks.

[@lilharper17]

Id say something like how gale wings was, all flying moves +1 priority and tailwind effect

[@HeronWolf]

Reduce accuracy against them? Cause they whip around with the wind?

[@CelVini]

Reduce acurancy, increase speed, or boost flying type attacks looks like good options

[@conlon4332]

@@CelVini Increasing Flying type Pokémon's evasion makes more sense, I feel, than decreasing other Pokémon's accuracy, but other than that I agree with you.

[@gardenshed6043]

I feel like the strong winds buff for smog having it become like toxic would be a little more appropriate. Otherwise pretty much no poison type would choose to use it because then there is no net positive for them since everyone on the field looses 1/8 hp per turn. Speaking in a meta way. Turning it to toxic instead of normal poison in strong winds makes more sense.

[@bookswithbek2702]

poison heal.

[@ohcadin6590]

Name a poison type with poison heal… I’ll wait…

[@keildriktorishima4672]

@@ohcadin6590 gligar's hidden, friend used it with a toxic orb

[@GlobalSingeing]

Potentially could give severe toxin to all, but NORMAL poison to poison types so they still have a longer death clock at least. If they wanted to keep that all get poisoned, of course.

[@ohcadin6590]

@@keildriktorishima4672 Gligar is a ground flying type, not a poison type… also toxic orb can’t poison a poison type Pokémon (unless they have the Corrosion ability; I had to look that up to make sure)

[@ikaro7227]

For Hail, i feel it just screws over ice types even more, the premise of dealing damage over time would be good for a defensive type… which ice is NOT. Plus steel types are the bane of ice type’s existence, just hurting it more

[@gengavari9460]

Labrys pfp :o

[@TMek42]

Agreed, while I think the weather mechanics are neat, Ice gets screwed other the most, it could really benefit from something like a 50% physical Def buff during Hail, and maybe some specific interaction with another weather (like maybe immune to Cursed Winds, but not immune to the flinch-chance effect?)

[@UGMD]

@TMek42 I think they were trying as hard as they could to avoid the “hail gives 50% buff to defense” thing because of how common the idea is. IMO another way to buff hail could be giving out abilities like slush rush and moves like blizzard to more ice types and maybe making more of those types of things. This makes them benefit from hail while also not making hail just another boring weather.

[@ikaro7227]

@@UGMD 100% agree, a simple defense buff would be a bit… meh. There have to be more roundabout snd interesting ways, like another comment mentioned, having the boosted hail give ice types the ability to freeze opponents 10% of the time when hit with contact moves, or make other types slower due to the piled snow and etc.

[@Hurricane_RPM]

Addition: I think when the Dragon Type Weather Effect is active (it’s your choice if strong winds is also active), all attacks should take 2 PP, or have a high chance of consuming +1 PP with that move. I believe this should exist because in Pokémon, a lot of strong moves have low PP, so to balance strong moves with high PP (strong due to Dragon Weather), PP should drain faster.

[@mrsamiam7872]

The strong winds dragon one might be a little broken it basically gives dragons the ability to hold two choice bands (we all know how broken galarian darmanatan was) now I can do that with haxorus and garchomp. Not to mention you can also set up. I would recommend decreasing the damage increase for both dragons and non-dragons by 10 to 20%

[@blowyourmindscientist6497]

Pretty sure all of it is broken. Two choice bands? Why lock yourself into a move when you get a 50% boost to ALL moves. Throw in a life orb instead. If it's 50% only to dragon moves, well that's just like rain and sun. The accuracy one is the most nightmarish to me. 20% accuracy drop is still a lot, and combined with moves that isn't already 100% accurate like H pump, Fire Blast and Focus Miss, that REALLY matters. Either way, this is giving me Gen 5 weather wars flashbacks. The meta for this is really only going to be keeping your weather up to benefit your team while having checks to opposing weathers. All of weather setting abilities are going to be broken, and weather neutering abilities like cloud nine and air lock might also see a lot of use.

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

I feel like Ice types should have, like, a 20% buff to both defenses when Hail is boosted by strong winds. It would just help them out in general.

[@JacobPDeIiNoNi]

Yeah they're more difficult to see and hit in the hail. And Ice type is so weak defensively, it needs all the help it can get

[@peasantb100d]

Idea, when strong winds is active, the Smog badly poisons (like toxic) all non poison or steel types, while those two are normally poisoned despite immunity.

[@WinterPains]

0:20 5. Sunny, Rain, Hail, Sandstorm, and Fog. 8 if you count the weather trio's stronger weathers/Cloud Nine as new weathers

[@rajji8550]

Can we all appreciate their hardwork? I mean, the man made a whole region. Respect.

[@brickthebrick263]

First, the positives: I really like the idea of Strong Winds, and the fact that some weather types become potentially harmful to the user with them. I think it adds a nice layer of strategy. May I suggest an interaction between Strong Winds and the move Tailwind? I also like the fact that Grass benefits from Rain and Sun, it allows Grass-types to potentially survive most Fire-type attacks while also being an even more effective tank against Water-types. Dual-types such as Torterra and Ferrothorn look appealing. Rock getting a defense buff via Strong Sandstorm potentially makes it a little better as a defensive type that is usually regarded as one of the worst. Pheromones' speed + accuracy buff to Bug-types is quite interesting, Volcarona and Scolipede come to mind as benefactors. Next, the negatives: I'm kind of averse to the idea of debuffing accuracy using a weather; it kind of just adds an unnecessary layer of variance. Strong Pheromones confusing everyone can also be especially frustrating to play with and against. Similar thoughts to Strong Cursed Winds, and having them stacked together is even more chaotic. Smog is straightforward and makes sense, just a little boring imo. It's also not specified if it's poisoned or badly poisoned. Steel-types potentially gaining an immunity to Ground, especially in doubles where it's easier to set up, is really scary, and I fear that it will make Steel even more broken as a defensive type. Now onto more ambiguous opinions: Strong Blood Moon is absolutely bonkers and is a little difficult to wrap my head around, but it can make for some fun battles. Ground-types being able to hit Flying-types through Strong Dust Storm is really interesting, but I'm afraid that it might devalue Rock-type moves as a whole, as Ground-types have little reason to use them now. Hay Fever (Pollen Storm ability) is potentially the Special Attack equivalent of Intimidate everyone is asking for, how that affects battling is a little difficult to assess, though. That's it for the observations, I'm really loving this project and I can't wait to see it finished!

[@brandonchain1721]

Thank you for listing everything out properly

[@brickthebrick263]

@@brandonchain1721 I did my best. I also noticed that I used the word "potentially" a lot, lol

[@jipoudeweernink9364]

I'm assuming that getting a strong winds buff on your weather isn't easy, with it costing either a move slot or a pokemon in addition to the other weather, and if so this weather system seems fairly balanced and I don't think the strong dust storm will invalidate rock-type moves. But double battles ain't my thing so what do I know.

[@brandonchain1721]

@@jipoudeweernink9364 Most teams will likely want a Strong Winds setter to help remove their opponents weather and upgrade their own

[@brickthebrick263]

@@brandonchain1721 And that can turn into mind games where you use your own weather move to take advantage of the opponent's strong winds. Though, investing moveslots for weather has never been a major consideration for most Pokémon, hence weather setting abilities being popular

[@jennifergriel861]

I just feel like the electric type and dark type effects should swap categories. Like… a blood moon feels more like filling the air with spiritual energy whereas a thunderstorm is an actual literal weather effect.

[@dinorex6978]

It also means you can stack sunny day with a thunderstorm

[@KingFenrir34]

Sun and Moon at the same time 🤣.

[@appelofdoom8211]

@@KingFenrir34 So a eclipse then

[@BILOUUU59]

also Fog should be an Irritant and not a Climate! Feels weird that you can't have both Fog and Rain...

[@ThelordHayden34]

@@BILOUUU59 I mean I have seen it Ain’t fun I have also seen the sun in fog

[@doodad6755]

The magnetosphere would be interesting if it messed with how steel types interact with eachother, such as a scarmory carrying a steel type lighter than itself with it in flight or a klefki following an excadrill using dig.

[@gamegod6859]

the excadrill here a ground/fairy

[@skeepodoop5197]

Me: * Was in a emotional rut due to missing my meds for 2 going on 3 days. * Lockstin: Posts Kaskade video. Me: "Thanks, you have no idea how much better I feel."

[@Direblade11]

Hey buddy, you're a pretty cool dude. TAKE YOUR MEDICINE

[@skeepodoop5197]

@@Direblade11 Don't worry I'm good now lol.

[@Amalgam03]

Unless poison gets reworked, I don’t see much of a use for Smog, especially in the strong winds weather effect. I mean, why would you want to poison your own Pokémon? Poison and steel types generally don’t get poison boosting abilities like Poison heal or Toxic Boost, so getting smog up is a detriment to all parties.

[@inkwelldarkpit7722]

Ability: guts

[@Amalgam03]

@@inkwelldarkpit7722 okay but name a poison or steel type with the ability guts. And besides, burn is much more commonplace for guts users, since there is no venoshock equivalent move

[@inkwelldarkpit7722]

@@Amalgam03 bruh

[@noodlesandeggs1512]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking too. Maybe Smog can stay poisoning all except for immune in its normal form but while powered up perhaps make steel vulnerable to poison attacks and increase its power by 10%?

[@leebulger7112]

@@noodlesandeggs1512 That is perfect so you would not have to rely on Sallazle to poison steel types.

[@DiegoG2004]

For normal type, I liked what PMD did with "Cloudy" weather, which didn't exactly buff normal types, instead nerfed every single move's power, except for normal types. And with Strong Winds, well... what's cloudier than cloudy? Fog! So I think that's where the accuracy debuff should happen (I guess Psychic and Ghost can dodge the debuff too, along with Normal)

[@steel8231]

15:20 I mean if you're in the Midwest US and the sky suddenly turns green or dusty red it gets pretty tense but it's got nothing to do with the people. (It's a sign of either a tornado or an extremely intense thunderstorm being imminent, "intense" as in the thunder itself being capable of minor property damage from vibrating enough to knock things like lamps over).

[@jamesmccarthy962]

The weather effects seem well thought out and intriguing. Sounds like all types would have good strategies for this, certainly making gyms more interesting in the kaskade region great work as always (:

[@Simply_Getsu]

I feel like strong wind should be " buff every weather effect in the next x turns" and not just the next one for the enemie to be able to counter it with his own weather and leave the player make real fun combo weather during the adventure. personally i never used weather in original pokemon games because adventure never needed this kind of strat (either because i would one shot enemies pokemon or my team wouldn't be fit for a weather strat) that's why i think it would be way more fun if strong wind would buff every weather change for like 5 turns or more (with item) than just the next one. btw i love the bug weather one ^^. Your faithfully french viewer (sorry for spelling mistake).

[@blacknoodles1103]

i think they actually should have this kind of counterplay because otherwise the enemy has no real way to counter strong winds unless it also gets removed by the next weather change

[@Simply_Getsu]

yeah i mean if there is onlines battles against real players in the kaskade region the strategie around weather for this game will be so fun and even for the adventure.

[@moerkx1304]

@@Simply_Getsu I dont't think that weather effects are permanent, so strong winds can already obly boost up too 5/8 turns. But if weathers can be permanent then this change should be made.

[@Simply_Getsu]

@@moerkx1304 what i meant here is : when you play strong winds the opponent have 3 choices: -1 use a weather before you do to get the buff. -2 cancel your weather/strong wind with his own -3 suffer from your weather buff and do nothing so what i said was, when you use strong wind it's not buff the next weather effect but all next weather effect since you can put climate, irritants and energy giving more plays around weather: -1 both player being able to buff their weather and having climate and energy buff at the same time or countering your irritants with his own -2 cancel the weather boosted with another strong winds -3 opponent doing nothing about the weather -4 having fun combining climate, irritants and energy weather with strong winds during the adventure that's why in my opinion stong winds should be a buff for all weather during 5/8 turns and not just buff the next weather.

[@greenchucklesjr]

First off, obligatory complement on just how AWESOME this whole thing looks, my god I can't wait to play the game. But, my only comments would be to first off, go ahead with the normal moves ignoring fog mechanic, as normal has been a rather weak type to use offensively for several gens now, and it can use all the help it can get. Secondly, hail has always been by far the weakest weather competitively, and the changes don't seem to do much to change that. My recommendation would be to have it give ice types a physical defense buff, as a counterpart to sandstorm. this would help the issue with the type's underwhelming defensive properties practically invalidating all defensive ice types. It could be justified by saying that the cold air hardens the ice on their bodies, or that the hail sticks to them and gives them some sort of armor. Needless to say, this is mostly coming from a competitive viewpoint, and so my suggestions obviously reflect that. I fully understand that the devs probably have a good reason for why this might not be a good idea, and if this change doesn't happen, then I can't really yell at all the people working on this massive project for not putting in one change that some guy with a keyboard ranted about. Anyways sorry for the long rant and much love to the whole team.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Funny how even in another reimagining of a Pokémon area, Hail still sucks (although there may be great users of Hail beyond Aurora Veil and Blizzard Spam)

[@calistenesroth5596]

This is AMAZING! I love the idea, and I feel like having weather changes be secondary effects of some moves, held items or as hidden abilities would revolutionize competitive play.

[@minedex7279]

About the ice type weather, I'd recommend allowing it to help ice type defenses. They have only one resistance and are universally the weakest defensive typing. Instead of reinforcing the damage they already are capable of doing, hail should either heal ice types(as it adds to their bodies) or increase their defenses against super effective attacks(freezing faster in the weather?)

[@cristofercruzmartinez3002]

Think the same 💙 ❄️

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Yes. I really like this idea. There's a lot of way to make it works too. Here are a few suggestions. Negating/Reducing Ice's weakness during Strong Hail is an idea I really like. Or reducing the power of Water, Grass and Fire moves in general. Or have all Ice Type get a Pseudo Aurora Veil during Strong Hail.

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 Strong Hail could also make Water type moves deal Ice damage instead, as it freezes the water, thus doing less damage to Ice and Fire types.

[@tr3yart679]

The psychic weather effect should reduce fighting instead of dark moves, just like misty terrain reduces dragon moves. UNLESS the dark weather also reduces psychic moves in an inverse relationship (like how sunny day and rain reduce one another’s effects)

[@OakDev]

Idea for fairy dust: as you said it's super calming so what if it applies the yawn move to all non fairy or grass types? So after 2 or 3 turns the Pokemon that's currently out will fall asleep if they don't switch?

[@fiery114]

Y e s

[@JGD44]

That would be far too broken as a passive ability.

[@jeromebreton2764]

Why not just make it so they fall asleep if they dont take damage for two turn It would help prevent sweep

[@OakDev]

@@jeromebreton2764 because if they swap out it stops yawn already. It's like an antisweep terrain because non grass and fairy types can't build up stats.

[@jeromebreton2764]

I know but just automatic Yawn is too op

[@leebulger7112]

I have made dual typed weather conditions for pokemon that have types that are in the same category so I will list the ones that make the most sense. Climate Combos: Most of these do not work very well but there are a couple that make sense. Freezing Rain: is a combo of Rain and Hail which would have the same effects but it would make Water type moves except Brine and Scald super effective against Grass and have a 10% chance to freeze. Solar Eclipse: is a combo of Harsh Sunlight and Blood Moon which would give Dark type moves a 10% chance to burn and super effective on Bug.

[@BTCrossley94]

My main thing is, with these weather effects being able to stack, how do they interact with each other? Like ground and steel, steel gains levitate, but ground still affects levitating pokemon. Or which form of Castform takes precedence in the weather, is it the first condition added, or is it the most recent one? Maybe a hold item for Castform that introduces the weather effect of choice that can't be removed unless the item is taken out of play, something like the heat/damp/smooth rocks.

[@nitrogenbubbles4555]

That first one doesn't sound like a problem, and more sounds like a clever counter one could employ.

[@TMek42]

They couldn't interact, because to do what you stated you'd need to somehow Strong Wind buff both Dust Storm AND Magnetosphere, which is impossible due to Strong Winds clearing weathers. And if you mean if Steel gains ground-immunity through other means (like magnet rise, part flying type, air balloon item, or the levitate ability) then wind-buffed Dust Storm should still hit because their Ground immunity comes from an airborne-like effect. Go to Bulbapedia and check the move Gravity for what types of Ground-immunities can be negated, since I imagine its similar.

[@BTCrossley94]

Maybe I misunderstood that element of it, I thought he suggested that strong winds clears what's there, and can be stacked upon, but it would still be interesting to see if there was any implementation of unique effects with certain combinations of weather, in a similar vein to the pledge moves.

[@Surkk2960]

This gimmick is absolute chaos and is probably gonna be on the razor-wire between amazing strategy and extreme frustration... This will be interesting to see in action if the fan-game comes out before it is axed by TPC... like all the other cool ideas...

[@nck-ng8ke]

Theres hundreds of fangames out there, and very few have actually gotten DMCA'd. The chances of the fangame getting shut down are slim, especially due to us taking certain precautionary measures to lower those odds even more.

[@___horizon___252]

Pokemon Reborn and Rejuvenation basically has this but with terrains and my god it is as chaotic and fun as you expect.

[@Surkk2960]

@@nck-ng8ke Makes sense, still have to say rip to Uranium though.

[@jiro3po817]

This sounds really cool, and I never knew they had more than 4 or 5 weather moves, also small idea, it would be cool if poison had a climate move called Acid Rain, kinda like a tamed or nerfed version of the glitch Acid Rain from Pokemon Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Where normal it would inflict damage to all Pokemon except Poison While if combined with Strong Winds, it would make it cause slightly more damage to the opponents, but also have a 10-15% chance to inflict a burning status, relating to how acid can burn very bad (Feel free to add more ideas here if you want)

[@lauraclose936]

this is just smog

[@johncronk8867]

Chemical burns aren’t the same as heat burns. They feel similar from what I hear, but how they injure you is different.

[@francislelievre5172]

+3 stat buffs are very strong. combining damaging moves and buffs needs a malus to balance it.

[@prodbycitric]

I really like all the weather effects and they are very thought through, however I think it's quite hard to implement these many, as it would make the gameplay aspect very difficult. When there is such a big focus on the weather, there are 18 weather effects and it can be changed in battle by a move or ability... wouldn't the battle just be a back and forth of weather changes?

[@thundercrash4775]

So, what you're basically saying is, Weather War 2?

[@estebanramirez1178]

I just want to bring this up. I know this is the wrong video, but there is something else for Bug Rotom. There are electronic devices that emits a really high pitched sound that repels and sometimes kills bugs. A malfunctioning version of this device as a Rotom would turn it into a horrific pied-piper. So as a device move, it could learn Infestation. (If not, But Buzz works pretty well.)

[@khyebotnoneyabiss1846]

I feel like pokemon with lighting rod or are steel types should have a higher chance to be hit by lightning during a thunderstorm. I just think that would make some sense

[@nameynamd9212]

Given that weight is used to calculate the power of moves like Low Sweep or Heavy Slam, it could also account height in calculating the chances of being struck

[@demi-femme4821]

Make it an Electric-type attack that hits someone randomly, so Lightningrod automatically pulls it in.

[@MrSamMaloney]

Wild idea for Kaskade region. What if raids take place in cyber space? You get to do raids by finding transmission towers over the region that digitise your character and project them into cyberspace. During raids you work with other players to solve puzzles before you get to take on a special Pokemon together.

[@gametestlabs4832]

Maybe their could be 4 trainers of yourself, hoops and hiphop, true green 7 and birdkeeper toby in a battle tower esque facility each using altheir team from their own new regions?

[@GabeThaGoober]

Wouldn’t that mean that the Pokémon from their games would have to programmed into the cascade region

[@gametestlabs4832]

@@GabeThaGoober idealy but if not they fiul use teams from the kascade region

[@georgelee9941]

Most of the new weather effects are really interesting but I would say buffing hail to do double damage against grass types(1/8 instead of 1/16) would help balance the fact they get boosted by both sun and rain. Also for the fighting type one making it so you can’t switch whilst it’s active could play into the honourable duel angle of the weather.

[@funfacts9229]

So Grass types would take 1/4 HP under Hail + Strong Winds? Seem a little much to me.

[@udayverma9749]

Then perish song or disable would be op , i prefer battle aura more :)

[@AdamsAndCompan]

I love this honorable duel idea. Perfect for forcing a battle in a nuzlock as well, especially if they make better combat AI that actually switches pokemon when it's a good idea.

[@BILOUUU59]

Oh I really like the Fighting Type one basically being an Arena Trap for both trainers tho maybe should be reserved for the Strong Wind version

[@stephanielynn5747]

I have no clue about balancing stuff and all that jazz, but I can see being incredibly frustrated after a Pokémon strong winds away all the weathers I just put up. Maybe make it 1pp to add more strategy on whether or not to use it instantly or wait until my opponent stacks up weathers. 3pp at the max

[@oodogla]

That makes sense.

[@Dr._is_sleepy]

There needs to be some balance to the OP weathers

[@stormRed]

Very cool weather ideas! And since you asked, I actually feel like any amount of accuracy drop is really infuriating in Pokemon, so normal type moves always hitting would definitely be appreciated since they're so common, however it doesn't work as well thematically for me. I would almost rather have fog give normal types a level of evasion, since they're hard to notice due to how "plain" they are. Just my two cents 💛

[@cassie6146]

Me after finishing the Kaskade playlist: Wow, that was so amazing and well put-together! I wish I could have gotten into it while videos were still airing. Lockstin: Observe...

[@fiery114]

W H E E Z E !

[@lucadauria4384]

this is an addition that I would put for the steal type weather, which is to also give a buff in speed to type steel pokémon, since they levitate on the ground are not slowed by their weight, so they might start first or just have a speed stats buff.

[@leebulger7112]

I think if Lightning Storm is combined with Magnetosphere it creates Electro Magnetic Field and while charged with electricity Steel type moves can act like Electric moves like Flying Press has Fighting/Flying effectiveness.

[@baofleurence7650]

Steal type...

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

Normal type moves that aren’t sound should still have reduced accuracy, but less than what others have like 20% instead of 20

[@Minish4rk360]

Yeah probably 10% or 15%

[@amiablereaper]

Oh thank goodness there's a fangame in the works. Was worried I'd just have to imagine the game in my head and *yearn*

[@ToaCody1]

Question: What is the intended method for Castform to distinguish between Irritants and Energy? You specified in its video that the Weather Gem is needed to have it not prioritize Climate, but if examples of the previous two are active, what then?

[@squareguy5353]

i think castform is going to transform into the first weather effect plased in the battle

[@jordanf9257]

@@squareguy5353 or the latest one perhaps?

[@GlobalSingeing]

@@jordanf9257 I think that would be the best/most intuitive way to track it

[@squareguy5353]

@@jordanf9257 ye i can see that

[@brianzmek7272]

You could split the weather gem item and have 1 for energy and one for irritants say gem foy energy and an air filter or particle meter for irritants

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

A suggestion for the strong Wing Poison Weather Effect : Inflicts Toxic instead of simple Poison on non-Poison immune Pokemon. It just makes sense that they would get affected even more since the Poison is so strong, and it gives Poison Type an Edge.

[@TheGloryXros]

Nah, Toxic-ing everything automatically for 5 turns is seemingly pretty powerful in my eyes to be honest.

[@jupiterivan3433]

Everything here sounds pretty great! I do have one suggestion. Instead of giving fog to normal types (which makes no real sense. Fog is water), make normal types have advantages when there’s no “weather”. Clear sky is also a type of weather in of itself. So the normal type weather (also just default weather) would be Clear Sky. Perhaps introduce a move that clears a single weather condition (I put forth the name Dissipate). I’ll leave the buff ideas to the experts.

[@poisonedoak6563]

Isn’t Defog a thing?

[@darkfrost279]

I was thinking the same thing, fog is more of a water weather than normal so I do have an idea, just like u said clear sky clears the sky, simple, but as it can't be boosted by strong winds as it's a clear sky of course, how bout giving something to the normal types so that they can get all the boosts that the opponent had before the clear sky was used. That would be great.

[@darkfrost279]

@@poisonedoak6563 personally I think if the weather has been stacked using defog only once won't work dunno what will happen tho, but I think defog can clear one weather condition where clear sky can clear all at once while also giving the normal a great boost.

[@yourpsychicfriendfredbear]

When boosted by strong winds, maybe no weather change can occur until this weather naturally ends.?

[@darkfrost279]

@@yourpsychicfriendfredbear that will be too OP

[@lucasmartin9069]

All of these weather affect are very cool, and very well-thought-out! The only one I have an issue with is thunderstorm. Shouldn't that be in the climate section? You are literally adding clouds and thunder into the sky and Battlefield. I don't know if my thoughts. Keep up the great content!😁👍

[@udayverma9749]

I would suggest that only 1 hp reduction effect should last on the field, since 3 reductions, each boosted by winds would be broken. Or another thing that can be done is either decrease their stackability, or make more moves like drain punch and giga drain so that pikemon can avtuslly mantain their hp.

[@QuiteRelative]

Only one wheather effect can be boosted by Strong Winds at any one time. Also, I'd say that making use of Hail, Smog, and Cursed winds all at the same time is allready hard enough. I mean, only setting it all up whould be a challenge in of it self. But on top of that, the wheather effects whould also effect your pokemon, and there is litteraly only one type combo which protects against it all. Ghost - Steel, which there is only a single pokemon line with that combo; the Aegislash line. I don't think it'd be that insanely broken of a strategy, seems too hard to set up and maintain, seeing as the opponent could just try and change the wheather. fun? Extreamly. broken? Not really.

[@udayverma9749]

@@QuiteRelative firstly, magic guard exists. Secondly, yeah it may be hard but it would still be annoying since even 2 effects stacked up would be so annoying. (1 from ability and 1 from move is the simplest combo)

[@QuiteRelative]

@@udayverma9749 Honestly, with how the entire region is centered around the use of wheather effects, I whoulden't doubt the arrival of a whole slew of new wheather countering abilities and moves to be added. Which even if that's not true, I just don't think it'd be that hard to remove wheather anyhow, because all you have to do is set up rain, sunnyday, etc. which by the sounds of things, pretty much every single pokemon will now have access to. Also, forgot about magic guard, but that's still a very limited ability, but whould be quite useful on both sides of the conflict. So yeah, that's a thing. But to be real now, that's the crux of my argument, any sort of wheather combo will have to not only be reasonably easy to set up, but also be able to keep it going, or else, Imo, not be a worth while strategy. That said, Im sure that people will find ways of setting it all up and keeping it all going, and absolutely dominating. The hell, I wanna do that, it just sounds fun. I just don't think it'll be easy, and Imo, therefore should not be considered broken.

[@udayverma9749]

@@QuiteRelative thats also true but i still believe damage stacking should be reduced just a bit, For eg 1/16 hp per turn could be changed to 1/24 ish if another reducing effect is up too

[@leebulger7112]

@@QuiteRelative I agree which is why I think you should have 2 weathers from the same category like Blood Moon and Hail/Rain/Fog.

[@elemangell2981]

All of these are so creative and interesting gameplay-wise. My only suggestion is that even with all the new weather effects, Hail still feels like it doesn't do much in comparison, and lord knows the Ice types need all the help they can get, so here's my suggestion: What if while Hail is falling, Ice types are able to catch the hail with their bodies and freeze it onto themselves, resulting in them gaining a defense buff while Hail is active as they build it up as icy armor, similar to how types like Rock and Ground get stat buffs from their weathers? Also, maybe Strong Winds could make the air so cold, that just making contact with an Ice Type has a 10% chance of freezing you?

[@baacloud]

now that you mentioned it, i'd be pretty surprised if that doesn't make it in, it'd be a great addition edit: made this reply before the freezing part, so i'll add that although freeze might be a bit too good i think the 10% chance is fair, since it's only for contact moves, and freezing status needs more love, even if it's good. using a contact move would be a last-ditch effort if you desperately need to get rid of an ice mon and only have contact moves although the freeze effect is a bit chancey on its own, and the 10% chance is even more so, but i still feel justified since most things in pokemon is a bit rng-dependent, even some of the new weathers like thunderstorm. to close off my point, the chance for the move ice beam to freeze is already 10%, the same chance. just don't make contact if you're not an ice type and/or overwrite the weather and you're good to go

[@rileyackison4495]

This is great!

[@jackdotzler6115]

I think the frozen condition is a dangerous status to mess with. Its really good and thats why it appears so infrequently in the games. I like the defense buff though, it makes perfect sense to me

[@defiantmars9910]

@@jackdotzler6115 I'm going to second the support for the defense buff, but not the freeze part. Although in that case, maybe both Defense and Special Defense could be buffed?

[@Progamer-po5pr]

I honestly like the freezing buff, but I think chance from contact might be a bit unbalanced, though I’m not a competitive player, so I can’t say whether it’s under or overpowered, but what about boosted hail giving water type moves a chance to freeze?

[@alessiopiscitelli2749]

"Rock types get a special defense buff. That's a thing that we added" it literally is not 😭

[@noodlesandeggs1512]

How else do you think Tyranitar is so bulky 0-0

[@mr.creeper6836]

A weather rock for every weather (except strong winds)(and the ones that exist): Moon rock (blood moon) Steam rock (fog) Light rock (dust storm) Overgrown rock (pollen storm) Nest rock (pheromones) Corroded rock (smog) Enchanted rock (fairy dust) Aura rock (battle aura) Cursed rock (cursed winds) Clear rock(like a future seeing orb) (psychic field) Carved rock(looks like a dragon head) (dragon force) Conductive rock (thunderstorm) Magnetic rock (magnetosphere). Also i think that the cursed winds flinch should be 5% instead of ten percent.

[@kaboomer227]

“Fairy Lockstin isn’t real, he can’t hurt you”. Fairy Lockstin: 14:39.

[@Dr.Disney]

Unless you’re a Dragon

[@wannabealeskiej]

Just wanted to say about the "chi" in battle aura: I'm not an expert, but I think that chi is more of a life energy inside everyone, and while it's usually misrepresented in media as a "ultimate fighting power", it's really just very green and life-ey energy. Just a thought.

[@TMek42]

True, but I think he's more referring to the act of focusing one's Chi through meditation and discipline, etc. Monk/martial arts-stuff essentially. But pop culture references make sense in pokemon anyway, I mean, Psychic type's weaknesses are just the three most obvious fears (bugs, ghosts and the dark), and Psychic being supereffective against Fighting is just the popular phrase 'Brains over brawn'.

[@tronzero]

I think you might be confusing "chi" with "ki." I don't think I've every heard chi depicted as a "fighting aura" before. Or am I being an idiot and those are just two different translations of the same word?

[@arthurraoux9539]

Cool video, as always ! If I may add something, I feel like it would make sense if Pokémon with the Lightning Rod ability had more chance to get struck by lightning during thunderstorms (like 20% instead of 10%), and that non-Electric type Pokémon with this ability didn't sustain any negative effect (and maybe even add a positive one).

[@spinosauryx1915]

12:10 This made me think, what if there was a grass type status effect called sneeze or something? Similar to paralysis, but instead you flinch everyonce in awhile

[@IsabruhMoment]

Do you think once everything is getting wrapped up for the fan game, there will be a video on all the balance changes?