Aura Sphere Octillery in Gen 8.
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Pokémon Movepool Oddities & Explanations
- Thread starter Kurona
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Koffing who knows, but Weezing has two heads
two heads are TWICE as powerful as one, ergo psychic powers
Psybeam is generally described as a peculiar ray that confuses opponents.
Koffing is poison-type made of gas.
I hopefully don't need to lecture anyone what inhalants are.
So I searched this thread and this find this item, so forgive if it's a reapeat.
Alolan Raichu, the surfer-inspired 'mon with the ability "Surge Surfer" and a dex entry that specifically mentions surfing, does not learn Surf.
But Sneasel does.
Alolan Raichu, the surfer-inspired 'mon with the ability "Surge Surfer" and a dex entry that specifically mentions surfing, does not learn Surf.
But Sneasel does.
Technically speaking it's Pikachu (the non-surfer inspired, non-surf ability having, non-surfing inclinations mentioned in the dex 'mon) that gets it.
Filthy details :P
That dex entry calls it with a term that basically means "surf poser".
Also, from that very same entry: "It focuses psychic energy into its tail and rides it like it's surfing"
LIKE it's surfing, so it doesn't surf. It not learning Surf... is actually justified.
Levitate maybe would work better as some sort of third typing, it would let 'mons such as Beedrill to actually make sense, and allow for 'mons such as Chimecho to have an ability that allows them to hame something going for them. Maybe provide inmunity only to Earthquake, Bulldoze, Fissure and Magnitude, and add like a 25% extra weakness to Rock
Now that a Gold prototype has been dumped and datamined, we finally got the answer to that oh-so-burning question of why the Hoppip line had Pay Day (Coin for a Cat) as an Egg Move only during Gen 2, and it's the fact that the line was originally designed and named with a cat theme in mind.
In a similar vein, we now also know that the Staryu line was originally a 50/50 gender line, explaining why they had Egg Moves and could learn the Attract TM only during Gen 2.
In a similar vein, we now also know that the Staryu line was originally a 50/50 gender line, explaining why they had Egg Moves and could learn the Attract TM only during Gen 2.
TIL Slowpoke can get Me First by breeding.
What.
What.
Sometimes, things in Pokemon happen for joke reasons. The super slow pokemon gets the move intended for being fast because its funny. At least Slowpoke can use it in trick room which is more than can be said for a lot of the middling speed pokemon that get it.
One thing that I never really thought about until I watched a YouTube video and looked it up:
Wooper, a Pokemon with no arms, can learn Power-Up Punch and Ice Punch.
Wooper, a Pokemon with no arms, can learn Power-Up Punch and Ice Punch.
Dedenne does not learn Dazzling Gleam.
I mean, what did GF expect from Dedenne? Did they even bother to expect anything from it? Was it an experiment to create a Pokemon without expectations? I don't even know if you can catch it in the wild in G6, eff me if I know how I have one. It was probably a covert wi-fi event that ran in the background so we never noticed a Dedenne was slipped into our cartridges while we weren't paying attention.
Seriously Game Freak, liberalize the learning of Ice Punch and Icy Wind, I'm really tired of seeing Hidden Power Ice in every single set
I mean, what did GF expect from Dedenne? Did they even bother to expect anything from it? Was it an experiment to create a Pokemon without expectations? I don't even know if you can catch it in the wild in G6, eff me if I know how I have one. It was probably a covert wi-fi event that ran in the background so we never noticed a Dedenne was slipped into our cartridges while we weren't paying attention.
Then again Kyurem, a Pokemon with yes arms, can't learn either of those. So it evens out.
Seriously Game Freak, liberalize the learning of Ice Punch and Icy Wind, I'm really tired of seeing Hidden Power Ice in every single set
By using Smeargle, you can breed First Impression onto Farfetch'd.
... Why? Why Farfetch'd? Why ONLY Farfetch'd? IT DOESN'T EVEN GET STAB!
... Why? Why Farfetch'd? Why ONLY Farfetch'd? IT DOESN'T EVEN GET STAB!
Far-fetched, isn't it?
Most stylish way to defeat a Sash mon, tho
Even without taking Shedinja into account, you actually can't KO anyone that's holding Focus Sash with Final Gambit at full HP. Sash will function as normal.
Loko means something that held on due to Sash.
Though I'd rather just Explode on them if we're going for style points.
Im pretty sure teleport arcanine is a thing. I know it's kinda a gen one thing but still this ain't so fast it's teleport