It creates a resonance effect and they both end up on the astral plane.
Oh wait, wrong game.
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Magic Bounce
- Thread starter Slipperjeans
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Oh wait, wrong game.
Magic BOUNCE!
Bouncy Espeon!
Bouncy Espeon!
Does Magic Bounce reflect Curse?
Sorry if this sounds dumb but I asked in SQSA and I couldn't get a definite reply.
Sorry if this sounds dumb but I asked in SQSA and I couldn't get a definite reply.
No its self inflicted. Unless you mean the ghost-curse, I which case yes, it bounces right back at that sucker.
Yup, the ghost curse.
But if it bounces at the enemy, doesn't that mean that like,
Dusclops used Curse!
Dusclops lost 50% HP!
Espeon used Trollface!
Dusclops was afflicted by the curse!
Is this what happens?
But if it bounces at the enemy, doesn't that mean that like,
Dusclops used Curse!
Dusclops lost 50% HP!
Espeon used Trollface!
Dusclops was afflicted by the curse!
Is this what happens?
I am so unbelievably intrigued by this question I am almost willing to sit on PO with a "Trollface" Espeon until somebody uses curse.
Is there any ghost pokemon, that uses curse at all competitively? The only time I ever used it was once on spirtomb, because I forgot it did stupid things when your a ghost. When my spirtomb instantly lost hald if its HP, I was pissed. Man, if ghosts could use the regular curse that would rule.
I used it on my Clops before.
It kept dying, and I realised I needed a spinner. I kicked it off for Technitop(who gets TECHNICIAN RAPID SPIN FUCK YEAH)
It kept dying, and I realised I needed a spinner. I kicked it off for Technitop(who gets TECHNICIAN RAPID SPIN FUCK YEAH)
I guess it can function sort of as an explosion, seeing as they will just kill you off when your halfway gone in health. But then again most Ghost have dystiny bond if then need it, which is honestly better, unless you facing total stall. And then they can just switch.
I used Curse Rest Spiritomb a lot in Gen 4 UU, paired with Chansey and some other Heal Beller I can't remember off the top of my head.
It was highly effective.
It was highly effective.
Not according to the move data, it doesn't. Curse isn't reflectable. Did you actually test this?
In HeartGold, I had a Gastly that was surprisingly useful with Curse/Hypnosis/Dream Eater/Shadow Ball.
Hypnosis till they're asleep, Curse, and then Dream Eater for health back. Shadow Ball is for when you don't feel like doing all that.
Sorta gimmicky, but it did help a lot on certain guys.
And this was ingame, of course, I doubt it would work well in competitive playing (and I wouldn't be using a Gastly either).
Nope I haven't, seems kinda silly though as other status condtions reflect right back. Perhaps its considered a status affiction like attract and confuse ray. Why these are diferent has always confused me, but I guess if that actuall is data for it it must be true.
Well, magic bounce doesn't reflect curse from a ghost user. It did reflect confuse ray though (Then again, I think magic coat reflected confusion stuff except teeter dance back in 4th gen, if I'm reading Smogon's info page right).
And yeah, I tested this. Was fortunate enough to get a magic bounce natu off the GTS, so I used that for testing.
And yeah, I tested this. Was fortunate enough to get a magic bounce natu off the GTS, so I used that for testing.
Your computer/gameboy explodes.
having used espeon magic bounce is a great ability i prefered the name magic mirror, but personally i used a timid 252 sp.atk 252speed 4 Hp set with light clay i could take a hit thanks to the reflect that did quite well for me, shadowball, psyshock, reflect and hiddenpower fire was great for scizor, forry, skarmory but you could use hp fight for tyranitar.
And Team Preview killed that.
Though on Dream World, they're FAR more effective thanks to no Team Preview. My Sableye hates them there...yet Sableye is so fun to wreck newbies with who use their semi-uber team only to get it fully wrecked by a Sableye.
Yet the competent players using Espeon and Xatu are a nightmare for me...
Could be effective as an antilead... or an anti-anything that loves to status with things it isn't immune to... (takes a good stare at Togekiss)... if you could trap/KO them, it'd be a good way to get free stealth rocks from an opponent, but Espeon (or Xatu, for the matter) is hardly going to keep the thing from attacking or setting up once it's switched out...
