A small percentage of Pokémon are useful in PvP content. With that in mind, I believe this idea will impact both gameplay and the overall content of the game (driving players to seek out all Pokémon, not just the metas). The idea consists of:

2 types of PvP

• PvP 1: Normal PvP — the PvP currently found in the game, with rewards in PvP coins.
• PvP 2: "Special" PvP — with monthly or quarterly duration, and during this time, there is a rotating and random list of Pokémon that can be used.

with a reward at the end for the top 50 participants, unique and non-tradable. e.g., top 1-5 titles, unique mount skins, different rewards for rankings 6-10, 11-20, and 21-50.

Primary ideas to make this happen:

(1) The Pokémon used during this PvP will be locked on the account (untradeable) for the duration of the season, to prevent sharing on secondary accounts.

(2) (This idea could be reconsidered to further improve the game economy) the Pokémon must be OT (original trainer).

(3) Pokémon can be used only once per team; the goal is to have a variety of Pokémon with different teams.

(4) Scoring is: win = 3 points, loss = 1 point. This encourages players to participate even if they don’t have the ideal Pokémon, improving the participation queue and the overall score.

Basically, the initial idea as presented is to improve end-game content and give utility to the large percentage of Pokémon that are not usable in the game.

Interesting but it's basically this idea (or ideas like this) VS just making a UU (Underused) or Monotype metagame. Personally, I prefer the later.

Edited August 22, 2025Aug 22 by Zizar

Hey, we thought about adding more PvP formats before. We also monitored how it went in other games, and unfortunately, formats like UnderUsed were barely played and in some games discontinued. I can definitely see us occasionally adding a new format for a season, but there are no plans to add a permanent format alongside OverUsed and Random Battles, at least not until our PvP community grows significantly. But if it ever comes to that, then we won’t add a custom, but an existing format.