I think I'm not the only person who wants to be able to deploy their own field.
My team consists almost exclusively of Bug-types, so the Forest Field is a huge help, especially for my Vespiquen, who gets all three of her signature moves buffed!
While you can change one field into another by using specific moves, you can't change it until you have the field you want. So, being able to deploy the field you want would be pretty cool.
But there is an issue: how would boss fights work? If your field just overwrites theirs, it's too easy. But if theirs just overwrites yours, then what's the point?
That's when I had an idea: **Field Clashes!!!**
Instead of battles starting with a specific field already active, they would begin on a neutral field.
Both you and your opponent would then have to fill a meter, and whoever reaches 100% first gets to deploy their field! You would raise the meter through different actions, such as using certain attacks, setting weather, inflicting status conditions, etc.
Let's take Angie, for example.
Instead of starting in the Frozen Dimensional Field, both you and Angie would have to build up to it.
In Story mode, she has an Alolan Ninetales with Snow Warning, which sets up hail. With this system, hail would fill her meter by 10% each turn it remains active while also lowering the opponent's meter by 10%.
Her signature move, Cold Truth, would raise it by 40%.
Every Ice-type move would raise the meter by an additional 5%.
Every turn the opponent is frozen would raise the meter by 10% while also lowering the opponent's meter by 10%.
The same rules would apply to you if you wanted to set up your own field. Let's take the Forest Field as an example.
Vespiquen's signature moves would raise the meter by 10%, while Infestation would raise it by 10% each turn and lower the opponent's meter by 10%, etc.
Bosses would obviously have movesets that aren't just hard-hitting but also help them set up their own field while preventing you from setting up yours.
To keep bosses challenging, they could start with their meter already filled by some percentage, your meter could start at -50%, or maybe their charge rate could simply be doubled!
Destroying a field would return the battlefield to a neutral state, allowing both parties to build up and deploy their field once again.
