pokemon attacks you didn't know existed until you went on serebii for one thing but found them instead

[Blitz]

Obscure moves by definition tend to be useless since they have little to no reason to be used. Odor Sleuth you’ll see on the Poochyena line in Hoenn and maybe Growlithe in Kanto but that’s about the extent of it afaik - i’d definitely call it obscure otherwise.

 

[Gravity Monkey]

Yeah extrasensory is in the moveset of like every legendary you capture

 

[adamantazu]

big minisprites

this was from like a month ago but ???

 

[shadowpea]

i somehow know all of these due to regularly playing triples hackmons cup against abyssal bot

 

[かたわれ時]

Bestow

I am forced to admit defeat

 

[Texas Cloverleaf]

I thought y'all were crazy talking about the TM move Bestow of course everyone knows it nope turns out it's not a TM at all and I have no idea how tf I know it exists maybe asb or something except most of you don't even know what that is


Rolling Kick: would be completely obscure if not for being in the starting learnset of the gift Hitmonlee in FRLG. Afaik only Hitmontop and lee learn it, good chance youve never seen it if you missed gen 3.
Smelling salts: known only to people who raise a Hariyama
Covet: for when you're too hipster to use Thief on your linoone
quash: you could put a gun to my head and I could never tell you what this does. And it's a tm.

 

[GabrieLegal]

i am glad someone mentioned this one as it was on my short list.

another cool but unknown move: fell stinger. i made a gen 7 ou team with mega bee yesterday just to fuck with this. i won't spoil the description for anyone that doesn't know it.

I Actually used it in on nature swap on buzzwole

Aggron setup rocks and endeavored(aggron wasn't my idea)
When it worked i swepped with an +1 speed +3 attack buzzwole https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8natureswap-1278971770

 

[Unfunnydededenotxd]

I know these moves exist, but they are obscure, and also hot garbage. Water Sport and Mud Sport. https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Water_Sport_(move) https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mud_Sport_(move)
Why bother lowering the power of fire and electric moves respectively if you likely resist them? If you don't resist them, switch out. DO NOT use these moves.

 

[faint]

I know these moves exist, but they are obscure, and also hot garbage. Water Sport and Mud Sport. https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Water_Sport_(move) https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mud_Sport_(move)
Why bother lowering the power of fire and electric moves respectively if you likely resist them? If you don't resist them, switch out. DO NOT use these moves.

this is the most zoomer post i have ever read

 

[zo]

things i forget exist and would like to forget exist:

ion deluge
noble roar
embargo
wonder room
disarming voice
after you
gear grind because apparently klink line had a sig move lol
shock wave?
is snore used

i also didnt know about steel roller or life dew until a few weeks ago but im sure they have a use somewhere so theyre probably not as obscure

 

[GatoDelFuego]

is snore used

Homies getting whooped by red's snorlax in mt silver in gsc will remember

 

[boo836]

things i forget exist and would like to forget exist:

ion deluge
noble roar
embargo
wonder room
disarming voice
after you
gear grind because apparently klink line had a sig move lol
shock wave?
is snore used

i also didnt know about steel roller or life dew until a few weeks ago but im sure they have a use somewhere so theyre probably not as obscure

i really want to see Room abilities so Wonder Room teams can finally be a thing

 

[antemortem]

this is the most zoomer post i have ever read

yeah Unfunnydededenotxd consider not being such a move supremacist next time bro

 

[A Welcome Guest]

Topsy-Turvy

This move reverses your opponent's stat drops I guess.

 

[shadowpea]

Topsy-Turvy

This move reverses your opponent's stat drops I guess.

you know it if you play balanced hackmons (like me)

 

[A Welcome Guest]

you know it if you play balanced hackmons

yea i play it occasionally

 

[tondas]

So did you all know that Smelling Salts is a move? Or "SmellingSalt" prior to XY, it's a 70BP Normal type move (upped from 60BP in XY as well) that doubles in power vs Paralyzed targets but heals the status as a tradeoff. It was introduced as a "signature" move to the Makuhita line wherein they're the only two pokemon to learn it through level-up, and other pokemon obtain it through breeding, usually fighting types and beefy physical attackers. Yeah,,,,,, considering the only line of Pokemon to get it through level-up are locked behind RSE and the move was outright removed in SwSh it's a move that I've literally never seen in-game. At least Kinesis was on a recognizable Pokemon and has gained infamy over the years

 

[zo]

So did you all know that Smelling Salts is a move? Or "SmellingSalt" prior to XY, it's a 70BP Normal type move (upped from 60BP in XY as well) that doubles in power vs Paralyzed targets but heals the status as a tradeoff. It was introduced as a "signature" move to the Makuhita line wherein they're the only two pokemon to learn it through level-up, and other pokemon obtain it through breeding, usually fighting types and beefy physical attackers. Yeah,,,,,, considering the only line of Pokemon to get it through level-up are locked behind RSE and the move was outright removed in SwSh it's a move that I've literally never seen in-game. At least Kinesis was on a recognizable Pokemon and has gained infamy over the years

yes but only because i caught a hariyama in pokemon x lmao

 

[zo]

it is only now that i remember kyub and kyuw have signature moves (freeze shock and ice burn, respectively)

honestly these moves scream "horrible" from the names to the two turn charge to the mediocre secondary effect to the fact that they werent even guaranteed hits, so i cant blame anyone who forgets that kyurem was supposed to be cool at one point for rocking 3 sig moves

 

[phoopes]

it is only now that i remember kyub and kyuw have signature moves (freeze shock and ice burn, respectively)

He said it

 

[Martin]

Bestow, Land’s Wrath, Odor Sleuth, Camouflage, Crafty Shield, Extrasensory, or Eerie Impulse

I recognise and remember all of these; bestow is a funny gimmick—way more interesting than most other deliberately-useless gimmicks (usually they’re just a Splash clone nowadays). Crafty Shield was actually kinda cool in doubles, albeit not very practical, and Extrasensory saw a competitive use in just about every singles tier I’ve played.

 

[Martin]

It’s honestly kinda wild I’ve read through this whole thread and know every single one of these moves. Either I’m a massive nerd or y’all weren’t paying attention when u were gaming.

 

[zo]

It’s honestly kinda wild I’ve read through this whole thread and know every single one of these moves. Either I’m a massive nerd or y’all weren’t paying attention when u were gaming.

oh dont worry ive only missed like 3 of these i knew everything else

 

[GabrieLegal]

Congratulations you're the #100 post in this forum

It’s honestly kinda wild I’ve read through this whole thread and know every single one of these moves. Either I’m a massive nerd or y’all weren’t paying attention when u were gaming.

 

[Colteor]

It’s honestly kinda wild I’ve read through this whole thread and know every single one of these moves. Either I’m a massive nerd or y’all weren’t paying attention when u were gaming.

Same, probably because of A: Metronome battles and B: spending too much time reading the strategy guides for the games I played as a kid