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

[spookysocialist]

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Telekinesis_(move)

" Telekinesis raises its target into the air for three turns. This makes all moves used against the target (with the exception of one-hit knockout moves) bypass accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly. In addition, the target will be immune to Ground-type moves, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Arena Trap. "

File this one under the category of weird psychic moves with strange, terrible effects with synchronoise and wonder room. To make it extra useless, the move is almost exclusively learned by psychic pokemon, which don't even have any low accuracy moves to use with the perfect accuracy (go dynamicpunch alakazam!)

Also they made diglett and dugtrio immune to the moves so they could keep the "what do diglett feet look like" meme going

 

[Aqua Jet]

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Entrainment

I didn't know this existed and I'm still not completely sure what it does.

 

[かたわれ時]

Entrainment causes the ability of the opposing pokemon to become the ability of the user
... right?

 

[Snessy!]

I still know all of these and what they do, but somebody mentioned miracle eye:

Miracle Eye
Battle effect:
"Enables a Dark-type target to be hit by Psychic-type attacks. This also enables an evasive target to be hit."
Secondary effect:
Removes Psychic-type's immunity to Dark-type (?). Removes Evasion boosts on the target during the next turn.

I wanted to use a move like foresight but for psychic types, and i found this. Reuniclus doesn't get it though so what's the point

 

[adamantazu]

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Entrainment

I didn't know this existed and I'm still not completely sure what it does.

i just know it because of those durant >:(

 

[shadowpea]

foresight

only remembered it because 1. gen 7 bh shedinja and 2. an old warstory about hitmontop spinning on jellicent thanks to foresight

btw i use pokemon fandom to find these thiccque minisprites

 

[Martin]

ok this is unrelated but let's be real here who tf uses serebii

Lots of ppl

 

[shadowpea]

Stuff Cheeks

Max Berries

 

[zorbees]

Stuff Cheeks

i used this move on your mom last night

 

[Chameleon]

Aside from Let's Go exclusive moves, I was confident nothing in here would surprise me. Most of the moves mentioned are either generic with small niches, or were (semi-) signature moves of newly introduced Pokémon. Like Steamroller on Scolipede.

...until someone mentioned Toxic Thread, that is...

 

[shadowpea]

Who remembers Mega Kick existing? Sharpen? What about Magic Powder, the signature move of Hatterene?

Who knows what Magic Powder actually does? Anyone?

 

[shadowpea]

I like how I know what all of these do but I couldn’t remember what toxic thread does... or that stuff cheeks existed...

I also like how I am aware of Toxic Thread and Stuff Cheeks existing but can't recall those three moves' existance until I pulled out an RNG and picked some random moves.

 

[LordThemberchaud]

Who remembers Mega Kick existing? Sharpen? What about Magic Powder, the signature move of Hatterene?

Who knows what Magic Powder actually does? Anyone?

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Magic_Powder_(move)

Magic Powder changes the target's type to Psychic.

 

[shadowpea]

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Magic_Powder_(move)

Magic Powder changes the target's type to Psychic.

cheater

 

[Deleted User 465389]

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Flower_Shield_(move)
anybody remember this? It’s a fairy move that only really works in double battles(unless you’re a sunflora/cherrim), and it raises the defence of your grass type pokémon by one.

 

[Ivy]

Any of these moves that can be called by Metronome I will never forget because of good ol' Metronome battles

 

[adamantazu]

Aside from Let's Go exclusive moves, I was confident nothing in here would surprise me. Most of the moves mentioned are either generic with small niches, or were (semi-) signature moves of newly introduced Pokémon. Like Steamroller on Scolipede.

...until someone mentioned Toxic Thread, that is...

this is toxic thread

 

[VTaxi]

hackmons cup moment

 

[shadowpea]

hackmons cup moment

you know when im bored i play triple hackmons cup with abyssal bot. always funny when he ragequits due to pokemon being in opposite corners.

also moves like inferno overdrive doing 1 damage lol

 

[CanineIllusionist]

Though it's admittedly less obscure than some of the other mentions on this thread, I think Powder does belong in a list like this. Not Magic Powder, just Powder.

 

[Plague von Karma]

I vaguely remember this but everything else I knew about because I'm an unhealthy sack of shit

Magnetic Flux: The user manipulates magnetic fields, which raises the Defense and Sp. Def stats of ally Pokémon with the Plus or Minus Ability.

I'm assuming this is from Gen 6 or 7, since GF kept trying to make Plus/Minus a viable strategy at the time. Safe to say it didn't work!

 

[theotherguytm]

Is it bad I know all of these?
Oh, you want me to name an obscure move? Right.
Flatter.

 

[faint]

Mat Block

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mat_Block_(move)

 

[GoodMorningEspeon]

read this whole thread and glad to say that i knew most of them outside of snap trap and magic powder

i have just learned that this move exists: https://pokemondb.net/move/terrain-pulse

The user utilizes the power of the terrain to attack. This move’s type and power changes depending on the terrain when it’s used.
Terrain Pulse is a tutor move available in The Isle of Armor DLC.

 

[GatoDelFuego]

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Soak_(move)

And its semi clone...But this one is practically famous for being a weird obscure move https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Trick-or-Treat_(move)

The truly terrifying thing is that I used soak alomomola in early gen v games to hit ferrothorn with toxic. Devilish...