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Nidoking.
In Pokemon RB glitchless speedruns, Nidoking is an absolute must to use. According to the pokemonspeedruns.com FAQ for RBY:
However, in the actual games, Nidoking has been a severe victim of power creep. While he has remained comfortable in UU for some time, which is not all bad for...
I'd argue for hardest Pokemon to catch period would be the Manaphy from Ranger, if you want to get it's shiny. Not the mission itself, it was pretty easy iirc, but the context behind it:
Each cartridge can only complete the Manaphy mission once for the egg. Ever. So no restarting the game if...
Oh god this. Why can't Victini learn this move normally (or at least via Heart Scale)? This move was made for this thing.
inb4 someone brings up Rayquaza learning it
You do make a valid point there. It does seem to craft a whole risk/reward sort of deal. No wonder I didn't bother evolving my Growlithe in my Sun playthrough until later.
God i feel stupid now...
Stone evolution Pokemon not evolved from Eevee not being able to learn plenty of moves. Why? Trade evolved Pokemon still can learn moves like their pre-evos, and some more too (Hi Scizor).
Seriously, I had to breed 3 5IV Jolly Cloysters for Battle Spot just to address this problem. One for...
Reminders that the Battle Revolution Stargazer Colosseum Set 8 Master Battle had the final boss use Cherrim on one of his teams for the Flower Gift buff for allies.
...and ability-summoned weather was still permanent in Gen 4...
From when I had FireRed as a kid:
I threw a Master Ball at Zapdos... way before I discovered the legendary dogs were in the game...
...and the Roar glitch being a thing...
...and I didn't know about roaming Pokemon...
...
Look. I was a dumb kid, okay?
Yes, I know this is from a gen 4 Smog article but remember this?
Sucker Punch isn't a punching move. It's Japanese name is sneak attack. Hence, it's not an Iron Fist-boosted attack
Does this look capable of a sneak attack to you?
Hey Game Freak, can you please get Shiny Tapu Koko outside of Asia, please? kthnxbai
...I'm sorry, I just really want Shiny Tapu Koko. It just looks so cool!
Whydon, have Ripjaws the Totodile.
Throughout the game, Ripjaws is very heat-sensitive and gets dehydrated easily, especially as a Totodile. As such he is not allowed to battle any fire-type Pokemon, and must be switched out if hit by a fire type move (mainly via switch in). If Ripjaws gets...