Lugia got Brave Bird in the Teal Disk DLC. The only thing bird about Lugia is it's feathers and the Kanto Birds. Give Aerodactyl Brave Bird now.
Presumably Sing is given as an event move because you sing when you're happy? It definitely feels like "This Eevee sings!" is a flavor way of making it feel different/better than a generic Eevee. And it's not a particularly strong move, so Sing isn't going to make something like Kangaskhan more busted if something changes for it's balance in the future, but it does open up a new option at lower-seriousness play.Ever notice how much Sing is given out as an event move? It's one of those moves I always assume is way more widespread than it actually is, but it's only learned naturally by 5 Kanto lines, 2 Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Paldea lines and only 1 (non event-exclusive) Unova, Alola, and Galar line. Those that do get it are cute, fey Pokemon like Altaria, Delcatty, and Gossifleur, feminine-themed Pokemon like Blissey and Jynx, and sound-based Pokemon like Primarina, Meloetta, and Chatot. A bunch of Pokemon, however, get it either as an event move or a purification move: Meowth, Marowak, Kangaskhan, Ralts, Mawile, Gulpin, Snorunt, Pichu, Pikachu, Spinda, Eevee, and Piplup.
Event moves can occasionally feel quite out of place, but a lot of those Pokemon are really natural fits for Sing. Marowak and Kangaskhan in particular, since they're maternal species (and Marowak already gets Perish Song). I feel like it'd probably be a bit of a stretch for those two to learn it naturally given their monstrous aesthetic, but it's definitely the sort of move they should have gotten via breeding at least. Ralts, Snorunt, Gulpin, and Pikachu fit the bill as well, and overlap with enough cutesy species that learn it.
Huh. Scovillain doesn't learn Fire Punch. I mean, it doesn't have GREAT punching arms, but it does have them and is a fire type, I'd expect it to learn the move alongside all the other Fire TMs it gets. It's not a relevant loss, but it is odd that's missing.I recently found out Lombre and Ludicolo can be taught Fire Punch for some reason. They are the only Water- and Grass-types that can learn the move.
I guess cause they can do spicy dances? I dunno.
I think Scovillain might not get it for flavor reasons: if you look at the fire moves it gets it's all "projectiles" aside from Fire Fang, which is presumably the spicy head biting you.Presumably Sing is given as an event move because you sing when you're happy? It definitely feels like "This Eevee sings!" is a flavor way of making it feel different/better than a generic Eevee. And it's not a particularly strong move, so Sing isn't going to make something like Kangaskhan more busted if something changes for it's balance in the future, but it does open up a new option at lower-seriousness play.
Huh. Scovillain doesn't learn Fire Punch. I mean, it doesn't have GREAT punching arms, but it does have them and is a fire type, I'd expect it to learn the move alongside all the other Fire TMs it gets. It's not a relevant loss, but it is odd that's missing.
You've never seen a machine using acid? The typing has nothing to do with it.Metagross is a Psychic/Steel type. It is, therefore, perhaps the most hostile Pokémon to Poison types that can exist.
It learns Sludge Bomb. HUH??
one of them is Sucker Punch. Oh right, Sucker Punch was a tutor move in Pt/HGSS.
A sizeable amount of Pokemon already learned that move naturally in Gen IV - most of the Pokemon who first got access to it via tutoring, such as the Houndour line, the Bellsprout line, Mr Mime, Wormadam, Huntail, and Hitmontop to name a few, eventually regained it in later generations via level or breeding. Interestingly, Nidoran-F couldn't be tutored the move but subsequently got it as a Dream World move in Gen V.
No idea why it just got added back to its moveset (and as a learnset move nontheless)
Also fwiw Chinchou line regained access to the Curse TM with SV as well, I am curious if someone went checking which "new" Pokemon got access to it and which instead lost it.
Why can't TERApagos, a.k.a. the TERA Pokémon, use Tera Blast?
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It's due to its shape. Smart Strike is mainly executed by piercing the enemy with a pointy appendage, and Iron Boulder is pretty rounded.Iron Boulder doesn't get Smart Strike, even though Iron Leaves, Iron Crown, and all the regular Musketeers do, including Terrakion.
Iron Boulder's pointy horns are exactly as curved towards itself as Terrakion's, but even without that the horns merge together at a point to super stab youIt's due to its shape. Smart Strike is mainly executed by piercing the enemy with a pointy appendage, and Iron Boulder is pretty rounded.
(yes, it tecnically has horns, but they're curved toward itself and aren't really practical for piercing anything)
Terrakion has other smaller horns that are probably more appropriate to the kind of piercing Smart Strike usually implies (stuff like Kartana's appendages f.e.).Iron Boulder's pointy horns are exactly as curved towards itself as Terrakion's, but even without that the horns merge together at a point to super stab you
I think the only thing smart strike implies is "has a horn" and "hits you with it"Terrakion has other smaller horns that are probably more appropriate to the kind of piercing Smart Strike usually implies (stuff like Kartana's appendages f.e.).
Iron Boulder's horns like Terrakion's main ones seem to serve better for the purpose of Megahorn's (which both learn), aka a strong charged stab, rather than a "hit and run" one.
Base Tauros-P has tiny blunt horns compared to regular Tauros. Blaze and Aqua Breed Tauros have the exact same level-up pool as the Paldean form, only swapping out Assurance and Double-Edge for Flame Charge/Aqua Jet and Flare Blitz/Wave Crash. Egg moves are the same for all four.And the new Tauros don't get it despite having more prominent horns than the base version.
So this made me go look up the actual Tauros sprites over the years, at which point a few things became clear.Base Tauros-P has tiny blunt horns compared to regular Tauros. Blaze and Aqua Breed Tauros have the exact same level-up pool as the Paldean form, only swapping out Assurance and Double-Edge for Flame Charge/Aqua Jet and Flare Blitz/Wave Crash. Egg moves are the same for all four.
Look at how blunt base Paldean Tauros's horns are.So this made me go look up the actual Tauros sprites over the years, at which point a few things became clear.
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One, his horns have grown since the GBC days. Not a huge amount, but they started as smaller than his skull nose-to-forehead and are now notably larger than it. I picture K-Tauros as having basically buffalo horns, which was close to how it started but is no longer accurate. (I'm also Texan and used to longhorn cattle, so my personal scale for "oh those are cute baby horns" may be slightly off)
Two, all Tauros deserve Horn Attack as their lvl 1 move and Headbutt at lvl 20. You can't tell me there's any real combat difference between these heads.
Three, they really need to try more with the shinies in modern generations. That's just disappointing.
Four, if Nidoking gets Horn Attack then so should a bunch of the dex, which was my original point.