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Originally Posted by Fat Alice in Strings

Show me one Pokemon that gets Rapid Spin that can't become compact in some way barring Coil. Not one Pokemon that can learn Rapid Spin isn't compact in some way:

"The execution of Rapid Spin is defined as the Pokemon spinning so fast that it creates a small whirlwind around itself, blowing away any Entry Hazards on its side of the field."

Your words. Show me where it says anything about having to be compact. And even then, there are plenty of Pokemon that break patterns (Ice Punch Gastly/Wooper, anyone?), so it's not like it'd matter, anyway.

Solrock and Lunatone are based on meteorites. Steelix is based on a snake. Tell me exactly how those two have the same design points exactly.

Because I ttly wasn't referring to the spinning I'd just linked to.

For the final nail in the coffin, here's what would probably happen if Steelix attempted to Rapid Spin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...89z5MNE#t=302s

Derp.

Originally Posted by Fat celever

In pokemon battle revolution the stones are spinning, yes, so they spin natarully. How do we know that Steelix can spin them on purpose? And if Steelix can spin them on purpose, then how does it spin them while focusing on other attacks in pokemon battle revolution?

You can breathe on purpose. Does that mean you stop breathing when you start typing?

And then we have the fact that they need to be able to spin fast enough to make a small gale, the spinning they do in pokemon battle revolution could be as fast as they can go.

And it could just as easily be faster. We certainly don't have Pokemon like Machamp or Suicune moving as fast as their Pokedex entries suggest.

And I wouldn't be using the anime for reasons why a pokemon should learn a move. Otherwise Snover would be able to use recycle and Garchomp would be able to fly.

http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthr...3475350&page=3

Originally Posted by Fat Alice in Strings

Don't even bring up the anime to provide an argument for a Pokemon getting a move. Otherwise we'd have Whirlwind Bulbasaur on our hands.

Which was a translation error and you know it.

Rapid Spin's animation is a small whirlwind, not "smacking into an opponent". It has always been "creating a small whirlwind that blows entry hazards away while dealing light damage to the foe" There is no "smacking" involved. I guess Porygon should totally get Rapid Spin, cause...you know...in PBR, its parts spin around. Same with Magnemite/ton, it's parts spin, don't they? Just because its parts spin doesn't mean that it's capable of using Rapid Spin. But then, I'm defending a series that lets a twelve pound pine cone use Earthquake.

The difference is that they don't spin along their entire body. Steelix does.

EDIT: oh, and before you mention Porygon being made of those parts, ask yourself, when was the last time you saw them all spinning in unison, or at least parallel to each other?