Generation Free-For-All!

[Agent Syrup]

What if you could pick one generation build a team for and face other generation teams. All aspects would stay in tack: RBY would have high critical hit rate and "broken" hyper beam, advanced series will have abilities, 4th gen will have stealth rocks, ect. Also sleep will last according to the generation who inflicted it, so RBY Jynx could put BW2 Jynx to sleep for 1-7 turns and BW2 Jynx will inflict a sleep that has a turn restart if the pokemon id swtiched out. So how well do you think each gen will do? Think any will be at the top? (assuming it's OU)

[Dre]

RBY would get owned. They wouldn't hit hard enough outside of crits, and would get owned by choice and life orb users. They also have no proper way to deal with status or stealth rock

The only thing RBY would have going for it is crits, but then once something on the other side sets up in weather or boosts it's over anyway.

[Isa]

I think you're underestimating the power of a great Special stat. Alakazam and Chansey (and maybe even Exeggutor) could go to town on future generations, as they have huge special stats offensively AND defensively instead of just one as in future generations.

GSC would probably beat RBY though as that generation also has maxed IV's.

[Zilch]

Do you really think a standard RBY team could compete with a well built Baton Pass team from any of the future gens? I don't.

[Isa]

I completely forgot about Baton Pass. Whoops, Whirlwind.

[Zilch]

Don't forget, Whirlwind does absolutely nothing against non-wild Pokemon in RBY

[Isa]

Yeah, that's what I meant. The move exists alright, it just doesn't work vs. Baton Passers. =p

[Dre]

Baton pass, choice users, items, weather, boosting and hidden power coverage would all own RBY.

[WaterWizard]

A fascinating concept!

[Crystal_]

A combination of Umbreon, Blissey, Skarmory and Miltank would likely wall the whole RBY metagame.

[Agent Syrup]

RBY would probably suffer from Psychic and Normals being the only viable Pokemon in its OU tier. What about RBYPlus? How much better do you think that metagame would do against future gens?

[Isa]

While the moves are decently powerful, the generation still suffers from the previous issues, but the fight would at least be fairer.

The only thing that can save RBY is a lucky AgilityWrap sweep. =p

[Dexter]

gen 5 pokes would just kill everything with their 180 base power stab attacks and base attack stats well over 130

[longfellow]

What if we allowed RBY to use Mew and Mewtwo?

[Agent Syrup]

Mewtwo in gen 1 is the most powerful thing in Pokedom (especially with Amnesia) . Even a Baton Pass team would not stand up to the might of Mewtwo! (I'm guessing )

[narfnra]

While Amnesiatwo would certainly be devastating, it would play against him that he would play against actual phazing. Focus Sash would also make Mewtwo's life difficult, because Gen I has no usable entry hazards and thus could not break sashes easily. Something could come in on the Amnesia and, depending on the situation, possibly take him down.

EDIT: Are we assuming Gen I Psychics are immune to Ghost, by the way?

[Agent Syrup]

Psychics are immuune to Ghosts. That should be an advantage.