AND Nincada does have claws anyway.
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Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations
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It's official...
You don't want to know.
Also, I assume Hippowdon getting it can only be justified by it coming from the same place where the sandstorm brews up in.
It's nose?
That makes a little sense.
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I don't know how to explain this one:
A great portion of psychic Pokemon learn Dazzling Gleam, but somehow, some psychic types don't.
What? They aren't dazzling enough? (or magical in Japanese)
A great portion of psychic Pokemon learn Dazzling Gleam, but somehow, some psychic types don't.
What? They aren't dazzling enough? (or magical in Japanese)
There's a lot of Grass-types that learn Dazzling Gleam, too (which I guess works on the same principles as Solarbeam), but also a bunch of them that get inexplicably shafted (including Lilligant, because of course Lilligant can't get any coverage moves worth a damn!).
Well, Lilligant does get Own Tempo Petal Dance, the only combination of Thrash clone and natural immunity to confusion. But of course it had to be a Grass-type, which has so many problems as an attacking type.
Snorlax gets Whirlwind too. Don't ask why.
On the other hand, a perfectly Whirlwind-able poke like Zapdos gets Roar. I can totally see a bird roaring.
Well Dazzling Gleam is portrayed as a flash of light released from the user's body, which sort of explains Lanturn and Tentacruel and Starmie. I guess the rest really don't have the magic happening in them.
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But some of the non dazzling psychics can learn flash
Well, this is the wrong kind of Psychic-type, but the message still stands...
Yes, I know. Gardevoir is always the victim of sexualization. I'm a horrible person.
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I find it ironic that Kecleon, the shopkeeper mons in Mystery Dungeon who will mass divebomb you if you steal from them, are one of only five mons that have ever been capable of learning Thief without the TM. As a starting move (or by Heart Scale).
Nintendo shopkeepers, man. Like the psycho in Link's Awakening with the OHKO spell
"I wasn't kidding when I said you'll pay! Now you'll pay the ultimate price!"
Anyway, the other natural thieves are Klefki (bred with another key ring or five other mons), Mightyena (level 57 or Heart Scale), and, in Generation III only at level 37...Lombre. It's said to me a mischievous mon in one of its Dex entries, but stealing? That ain't mischief, buddy. And since the entry justifying this made its first appearance in Gen IV, I have to wonder.
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I wasn't talking about Gardevoir, Gardevoir can learn dazzling gleam.Well, this is the wrong kind of Psychic-type, but the message still stands...
Yes, I know. Gardevoir is always the victim of sexualization. I'm a horrible person.
Oh, and I posted something after my self-imposed exile! Yay!
I mean, Jynx can learn flash but not dazzling gleam, and I don't know why.
Execcutor can't learn dazzling gleam neither.
Maybe it has something to do with using honey to attract other Pokémon? You know, the whole thing with bears and honey. And Teddiursa has Honey Gather if I recall.
Yeah but it's based on a bear, a territorial animal,
"In its territory, it leaves scratches on trees that bear delicious berries or fruits." This is the DPPt, BW& B2W2 PokéDex entry. This hints that it does mark its territory, I'm trying to say that why would it want other pokémon in its own territory?
Nah, it's definitely to do with honey. Did you never watch Winnie the Pooh? Plus, bears are supposed to be sweet -- all of those stuffed bears you give to kids and such. There are many things associated to bears, so it's probably not possible to accurately represent all of them without a couple contradictions here and there.
I just realized that Tyrantrum learns Charm by level up. Frikkin' Charm. A T-Rex.
Maybe it has some hidden talents at being cute?
Maybe it has some hidden talents at being cute?
If that's so, I want to know why Amaura doesn't get a move that lowers the opponent's Attack by 6. Just look at the adorable thing.Tyrunt though:
Kinda cute, for a T-rex anyway.