Judging by the Porygon family's ability to learn Shadow Ball, Ice Beam, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Dark Pulse, Signal Beam, etc., it's clear that they have a much greater capacity for manipulating energy than Klinklang. Porygon-Z gets it by level up because it's based on a glitch that messed up Porygon2's programming, so it's not a huge stretch for it to be able to glitch out the flow of time.
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Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations
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Judging by the Porygon family's ability to learn Shadow Ball, Ice Beam, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Dark Pulse, Signal Beam, etc., it's clear that they have a much greater capacity for manipulating energy than Klinklang. Porygon-Z gets it by level up because it's based on a glitch that messed up Porygon2's programming, so it's not a huge stretch for it to be able to glitch out the flow of time.
Once again you can blame that on bodily differences between evolutions. Dusknoir gets it because Dusclops gets it. Being it a ghost it can probably create a pair of spectre legs.
Either that or it just smacks the recipient head-on with its tail. :P
You mean just like how I have to keep some Ice Punch Woopers and Focus Punch Shroomish just because it makes no sense to have them?
I've been considering this mystery for a while now, and looking at Dusknoir's truly singular anatomy I have come to a rather interesting conclusion: Dusknoir is actually an armless primatial androphagal ectoform, and what we percieve as its head is actually a vestigal beardlike protrusion. In fact, the illustrations of Dusknoir actually show it floating upside down, for no reason other than it looks cooler that way. In reality, Dusknoir lives and moves like this:
Considering its proportions and the structure of its hair tuft and jagged jaws, it's possible Dusknoir may be some sort of ghostly emanation of some poor Darmanitan.
That explains Mega Kick, but it brings up the question on how it can learn Eight different Punching moves. (Nine if you count Sucker Punch)I've been considering this mystery for a while now, and looking at Dusknoir's truly singular anatomy I have come to a rather interesting conclusion: Dusknoir is actually an armless primatial androphagal ectoform, and what we percieve as its head is actually a vestigal beardlike protrusion. In fact, the illustrations of Dusknoir actually show it floating upside down, for no reason other than it looks cooler that way. In reality, Dusknoir lives and moves like this:
Considering its proportions and the structure of its hair tuft and jagged jaws, it's possible Dusknoir may be some sort of ghostly emanation of some poor Darmanitan.
By the way has anyone mentioned that Gloom gets Dazzling Gleam?
Yet another one explained by the Japanese name. Sucker Punch is called Surprise Attack over there. Haven't you wondered why stuff like Dugtrio and Galvantula can learn it?
Japanese name Magical Shine. As does Roserade, which I can't see shining. Or Gengar. On the topic of Gleam, here's another oddity: despite being a staple of every Fairy that doesn't get Moonblast and a prominent option in Doubles and as coverage for a few mons (Alakazam most notably), it is distributed...only by TM. Not by level-up, not by breeding, not by Move Tutor, not by event. Just the disc.
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Oddish (and only Oddish) also learns Moonblast. I get that Moonblast is basically Nega-Solarbeam thematically, but it's still weird.
Strangely, unlike other light-generating Pokemon such as Tentacruel, Lanturn, Volbeat and Illumise, and Manaphy, Ampharos does not get Dazzling Gleam.
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Fixed. Heliolisk CAN learn Rain Dance. You might have been thinking of Sandstrom because of Sand Veil, but Heliolisk also learns that.
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Heliolisk may not be able to learn Sunny Day because, due to its species living in the scorching desert for possibly hundreds of years, it has come to take it for granted.
Like we humans who have not needed to evolve since adjusting to an environment that is perfect for us, Heliolisk no longer has the ability to make the weather sunny because it always had the environment to make it sunny for it.
One could argue that being in the desert would surely mean it would not need to learn Sandstorm either, but consider the difference between all year round sunny weather compared to the occasional blast of sand in the desert.
Indeed, Heliolisk would probably be better off using its high speed to run away from predators rather than hiding in a sandstorm anyway.
Like we humans who have not needed to evolve since adjusting to an environment that is perfect for us, Heliolisk no longer has the ability to make the weather sunny because it always had the environment to make it sunny for it.
One could argue that being in the desert would surely mean it would not need to learn Sandstorm either, but consider the difference between all year round sunny weather compared to the occasional blast of sand in the desert.
Indeed, Heliolisk would probably be better off using its high speed to run away from predators rather than hiding in a sandstorm anyway.
Pelipper with Shock Wave is very strange and out-of-place, and I don't understand it.
While I think the move itself is weird, Belch has a very odd distribution. All of the Pokemon who learn it by level-up make sense, but then you get into egg moves, and stuff like Seel, Magby, and Cacnea get it. What gives?
While I think the move itself is weird, Belch has a very odd distribution. All of the Pokemon who learn it by level-up make sense, but then you get into egg moves, and stuff like Seel, Magby, and Cacnea get it. What gives?
I think Seel learns it because its face is really ugly, so I can imagine a horrid putrid burp coming out of that mother
Magby already has some really smoky intestines and stuff so probably anything that comes out of its mouth would be poisonous, including burps I guess? Cacnea I'm not so sure.
Pelipper learning Shock Wave is weird too but I can imagine it flying over the ocean during storms and getting hit by lightning a bunch of times and somehow retaining some of the charge in its rubbery bill? Sounds flimsy but that's all I got
Magby already has some really smoky intestines and stuff so probably anything that comes out of its mouth would be poisonous, including burps I guess? Cacnea I'm not so sure.
Pelipper learning Shock Wave is weird too but I can imagine it flying over the ocean during storms and getting hit by lightning a bunch of times and somehow retaining some of the charge in its rubbery bill? Sounds flimsy but that's all I got
My guess is that Heliolisk can't learn Sunny Day since two of its three abilities hurt it when in the sun. No point in summoning something that hurts you, right?
*coughShedinjaSandstormcough*
And yes, I know that it's only because Nincada gets it.
Not to mention that it just wouldn't help. I mean, it isn't like Heliolisk learns Flamethrower, and would rather use Thunder anyways. You can't use Thunder under the Sun!!!
Shedinja also learns Dream Eater despite having no way to use it, and the cherry on top is getting Final Gambit as an egg move.
Shedinja also learns substitute but never works.
...At least it has Psychic Coverage.
As mentioned by Pikachu315111 in another thread,
Gothitelle's Pokedex entry does not match with her movepool.
It's known as the Astral Pokemon, but does not learn Cosmic Power.
It's known to predict the future, but does not learn Future Sight.
Gothitelle's Pokedex entry does not match with her movepool.
It's known as the Astral Pokemon, but does not learn Cosmic Power.
It's known to predict the future, but does not learn Future Sight.
Actually it does learn Future Sight, however it has a star theme yet doesn't learn Swift.