Resources & Links

Your comprehensive guide to getting started with Hackmons. Whether you're interested in Pure Hackmons, Balanced Hackmons, ROM hacking, or competitive play, these resources will help you on your journey.

Understanding the Formats

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Pure Hackmons

The most unrestricted Hackmons format. Any Pokemon can have any move, ability, and item combination that's legal in the game's code.

BH

Balanced Hackmons

A more balanced take on Hackmons with bans on the most broken combinations. Popular on Pokemon Showdown.

WH

Wondrous Hackmons

A variant format with its own unique ruleset and metagame.

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PH No Nerfs

A custom Pure Hackmons format where every Pokemon is at its peak across all generations. Mewtwo has 154 SpDef, Parental Bond's second hit deals 50%, Psychic has 95 BP with a 33.2% chance to lower SpA and SpDef.

Community Forums

Learn from the experts and engage with the competitive Pokemon community.

Discord Communities

Join our Discord servers to chat with the community, participate in tournaments, and stay updated.

Content Creators

Check out community content creators making Pure Hackmons and competitive Pokemon content.

Know a Resource We're Missing?

If you have links to useful resources, tools, or content creators that should be featured here, let us know on Discord or create a post in the forum!

This resource list was compiled by the Hackmons community. Special thanks to isleep2late for the original curation.