Specifics are taken from the Serebii AttackDex.
Powder | Bug | Other
20 PP | 0 BP | 100 Accuracy
Battle Effect:
The user covers the target in a powder that explodes and damages the target if it uses a Fire-type move.
In Depth Effect:
(none yet)
+1 Priority
Pokemon that learn it by level up:
Vivillon @ Lv0 (Move Reminder)
Vivillon @ Lv55
A friend of mine was sweeping through the Battle Chateau with his Lv100 Blaziken, and at some point, ran into a level 30 Vivillon which had Powder under its belt. He used Blaze Kick to quickly dispose of the butterfly, but it used priority Powder. Okay, nothing bad you'd think, the in-game description implies it just deals damage but still lets the attack through
But get this:
It blocks the fire move from going off and deals a ridiculous amount of damage back to the user of the fire-move. His Blaziken took around 50-60% damage (not confirmed yet, take with grain of salt) from its own Blaze Kick and the Vivillon remained unscathed. Of course, it could just be my friend leading me on, so it might be worth researching the move a bit more in case it doesn't block the fire move and he just missed or whatever, and how its explosion damage is calculated.
We should check for anything that may be able to learn this move by breeding, most importantly Galvantula Scizor and Forretress. (4x Fire weakness gone? Yes please).
If Galvantula gets it (especially now as Sticky Web leads might become a thing), it would allow him to completely ignore his fire weakness the only thing still being a threat being Rock (Damn you SR).
I know it might be wishful thinking, so for now let's just assume just Vivillon learns it:
Considering it's able to Quiver Chance, what are the chances we'll see something along the likes of Quiver Dance / Powder / Hurricane / Bug Buzz as a sweeping set that checks any and all fire types that aren't running something else that can dispose of it?
First post on the forums after lurking for ages without even an account. So uhm, hello.
Powder | Bug | Other
20 PP | 0 BP | 100 Accuracy
Battle Effect:
The user covers the target in a powder that explodes and damages the target if it uses a Fire-type move.
In Depth Effect:
(none yet)
+1 Priority
Pokemon that learn it by level up:
Vivillon @ Lv0 (Move Reminder)
Vivillon @ Lv55
A friend of mine was sweeping through the Battle Chateau with his Lv100 Blaziken, and at some point, ran into a level 30 Vivillon which had Powder under its belt. He used Blaze Kick to quickly dispose of the butterfly, but it used priority Powder. Okay, nothing bad you'd think, the in-game description implies it just deals damage but still lets the attack through
But get this:
It blocks the fire move from going off and deals a ridiculous amount of damage back to the user of the fire-move. His Blaziken took around 50-60% damage (not confirmed yet, take with grain of salt) from its own Blaze Kick and the Vivillon remained unscathed. Of course, it could just be my friend leading me on, so it might be worth researching the move a bit more in case it doesn't block the fire move and he just missed or whatever, and how its explosion damage is calculated.
We should check for anything that may be able to learn this move by breeding, most importantly Galvantula Scizor and Forretress. (4x Fire weakness gone? Yes please).
If Galvantula gets it (especially now as Sticky Web leads might become a thing), it would allow him to completely ignore his fire weakness the only thing still being a threat being Rock (Damn you SR).
I know it might be wishful thinking, so for now let's just assume just Vivillon learns it:
Considering it's able to Quiver Chance, what are the chances we'll see something along the likes of Quiver Dance / Powder / Hurricane / Bug Buzz as a sweeping set that checks any and all fire types that aren't running something else that can dispose of it?
First post on the forums after lurking for ages without even an account. So uhm, hello.
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