A Beginner's Guide to Custom Game! (Level 9999 Edition)

The Beginner's Guide to Custom Game! (Level 9999 edition)

Section 1: Introduction
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·What is Custom Game?
Custom Game is a format that takes the normal game of Pokémon to a whole new level.
You can:
1. Have any Ability you want.
2. Use Pokémon that are already in their Mega, Primal, or other battle-specific Forme.
3. Use moves that the Pokémon does not normally learn.
4. Have up to 24 moves on any Pokémon.
5. Set your Pokémon's level to up to 9999.
6. Have up to 252 EVs in EVERY stat.

While this type of format allows for many types of "challenge" type games and convoluted tests that wouldn't normally be possible in a regular Balanced Hackmons battle, for this guide I will only be talking about a certain game type: The Level 9999 "metagame".

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·How do I set my Pokémon to level 9999?
Just follow these steps:
1. Open your teambuilder.
2. Select a Pokémon.
3. Click on Import/Export.
4. You will see a text field that resembles this:


Marill
Ability: Thick Fat

Or, if you have many more details filled out, perhaps it will look more like this:


Marill @ Eviolite
Ability: Huge Power
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Knock Off

In order to change the level to 9999, add the following line to this text field:
Level: 9999

So, for example:

Marill @ Eviolite
Ability: Huge Power
Level: 9999
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Knock Off

5. Click Save.
6. Congratulations! Your Pokémon is now Level 9999.
*IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE*: DO NOT change anything in the "Details" field, because that will reset the level back to 100.
*IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE*: You technically _can_ set your Pokémon's level to a number above 9999, but this Pokémon's level will default back to 9999 once you send it into battle.

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·How do I give my Pokémon 24 moves?
This is another thing that requires the magic of Import/Export. Follow these steps:

1: Open your teambuilder.
2: Select a Pokémon. (You may wish to select the same Pokémon that you just changed to level 9999.)
3: Click on Import/Export.
4: Again, you should see something that resembles this:


Marill @ Eviolite
Ability: Huge Power
Level: 9999
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Knock Off

In order to add another move, simply add a line like this:
- Move Name

For example:
- V-create

Once you do this, this is what the text field should look like:


Marill @ Eviolite
Ability: Huge Power
Level: 9999
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Knock Off
- V-create

Of course, don't stop at just 5 moves. Construct the ultimate moveset! You have 24 moveslots, so you have a lot of freedom:


Marill @ Eviolite
Ability: Huge Power
Level: 9999
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Aqua Jet
- Waterfall
- Knock Off
- V-create
- Swords Dance
- Spectral Thief
- Catastropika
- Horn Leech
- Sacred Sword

...and so on, until you reach the maximum of 24 moves.
*IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE*: Choose your moves carefully! 24 moves may seem like a lot, but once you become familiar with this "metagame", you may find yourself wishing you had more moveslots.
*IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE*: Although it is technically possible to add more than 24 moves to your Pokémon, doing so is pointless; Once you send the Pokémon into battle, it will not load any more than the first 24 moves you added to its moveset.

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·How do I have 252 EVs in every stat?
This one's easy. Click on the "Stats" field on the selected Pokémon, and place the number 252 in every text field in the "EVs" column.
*IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE*: Although it is technically possible to change the EVs to a number higher than 252 using the Import/Export feature, there is no point in doing so; they will default back to 252 once you send the Pokémon into battle.