Generation 1 would like to have a word with you.
If you use Toxic or Will-o-Wisp, the foe can keep its item (not to mention the chance of missing that both of them have), while tricking or switcherooing a toxic/flame orb gets rid of their item and cripples them. Its like a Knock Off+Trick 2-in-1. And then, if the boss had an item like a Black Sludge, you can trick that item onto another pokemon and do it again.
Tricking an Assault Vest to a pure support mon like Whimsicott or Sableye is pretty funny though :p
Well, some NPCs are kinda stupid. But they aren't unneeded. They're powerful moves with a downside, which is fine.
But they aren't necessarily tricking new players into a trap. All of the Hyper Beam variants specifically state in their description that after using the move the user must rest during the next turn. Sooner or later they'll figure out that two turns of attacking the opponent at the very least deals more damage than one attack and a wasted turn that could very well cost them. Surely if the player can take advantage of the AI using these moves to beat it, he or she will start thinking that any opponent capable of actual thought can do the same to him or her should they use these moves like the AI does. The AI sees numbers, little more. Why, just ask the Golem or Lickilicky or Gigalith that blow up first chance they get without having accomplished anything beforehand.
Newcomers will make that mistake once and hopefully learn from it. It's not a big problem.
Best answer yet. This is dangerously close to a pay-to-win situation which is absolutely the worst thing that a competitive video game can do.
Eh, Dark Void Smeargle is at least reproducible and can be created with just another Dark Void Smeargle.
It wouldn't be a problem if they actually tested them and/or made them readily available. I'm 90% sure every event mon sans Arceus isn't broken in VGC.
not really
I still don't really understand why they don't make events available for long periods of time =/ I understand why they keep specific Pokemon temporary, such as Pokemon connected to movies and real life events, however, I still don't understand why they didn't put Arceus up for download on Wifi and let everyone have a shot at getting him.
Which is why they have this thing called trading.
Yes, but you'd probably have to give up an extremely good Pokémon (like a 5IV Adamant Meditite) for it. If you find someone who's willing to trade it.
Not to sound condsending, but there are plenty of people in the WiFi section willing to give people a 5/6 iv Ditto for free.
With breeding so easy this gen, you can get a 5IV good-natured Pokemon pretty easy even if you start from scratch. I wouldn't say event Pokemon are bad anymore than shiny Pokemon are bad, they make them more valuable, which is cool.
Not everyone here on Smogon is as ridiculously demanding as the people over the GTS that want Arceus for what's probably a completely random starter like Tepig. If you ask for it, you might just be surprised. Maybe it'll require you to learn to master RNG abuse in previous gens for that something valuable, or you may need to breed something decent using stuff generous people will give for lending them a hand with what they want. But you'll never know if you don't ask.
That was on purpose?! Why?! ThunderShock is ThunderShock, not "Thunder Shock"!
Get out.
Hmm, yes they're technically unnecessary in that they don't have any effect on the rest of the game. However, plenty of people find them fun, maybe for that very reason. Unnecessary but still fun > unnecessary and boring > required and boring.
