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Old Jun 22nd, 2012, 12:45:24 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Fat Jellicent View Post
Same type and either both physical or both special, such as Flamethrower and Fire Blast = related. Varying BP, accuracy, and likelihood of effect make moves such as these easily interchangeable on a set, assuming the Pokemon has access to both. Because their differences are more of a matter of preference than anything else, they're certainly related.
This is where it gets tricky though. For example Ember, what do we want to list for it with this description? All of Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Heat Wave, Lava Plume, etc? Or just one alternative?

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Same BP and accuracy, but different type, such as Fire Blast and Hydro Pump = unrelated. Especially if they have different effects, but even if they both lack effects, they don't have much relevance to one another. They're just similar attacks of different types.
I can live with dropping this, since that would cut down on the size of the section.
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