Attack possibilities

[stigy]

Well, I tried searching for a topic about new attacks, but the search function is being an ***, so if there is already a topic about new attacks, I won't get mad if you close this.

Anyways, I think the move Feint will have a lot of potential, and will hopefully lower the amount of BPing Ninjasks.

Poison Barb might be extremly deadly if used in tandem with Spiking Skarmorys, because a Pokemon with Poison Barb can use Poison Barb (maybe up to three times?), and send in Skarmory to Toxic them and use Spikes on the switch, to cause some major damage. This might prompt everyone to have a Rapid Spinner on their team (or more people than usual).

Cross Poison will be extremely deadly, considering there is a high chance of a critical hit AND poisoning, which is coupled with a Pokemon with a trait that increases the chance of critical hits even MORE, which might mean critical hits a vast majority of the time. This might increase the amount of Steel Pokemon usage (i.e. Skarmory), to prevent being hit by this deadly beast.

"Spell" might be an alternative answer, because it prevents the opponent from getting critical hits. Although it depends on the Pokemon that get it.

"Anticipate" is another deadly attack, and will probably be used by many n00bs. But again, it depends on the Pokemon that get it (but Lukario getting it already is a sign of major usage).

This doesn't really have to do with attacks, but why in the world would they give Chansey a pre-evo? I mean, is Blissey not already good enough? Is Blissey not already overused? Who's idea was this?

 

[Tytus]

I think the sole purpose of Pinpuku is to give chansey and blissey a few new moves.

 

[HugoBoss]

This doesn't really have to do with attacks, but why in the world would they give Chansey a pre-evo? I mean, is Blissey not already good enough? Is Blissey not already overused? Who's idea was this?

I think they want every pokemon to have 3 step evos.

 

[Jiggy37]

Anyways, I think the move Feint will have a lot of potential, and will hopefully lower the amount of BPing Ninjasks.

They still have Substitute, and if Feint is a Fighting attack, they've also got a 4x resistance to it. I think people will think Feint is cool at first, but as they try to use it, they'll realize more and more that Protect/Detect aren't used often enough to really justify it.

Poison Barb might be extremly deadly if used in tandem with Spiking Skarmorys, because a Pokemon with Poison Barb can use Poison Barb (maybe up to three times?), and send in Skarmory to Toxic them and use Spikes on the switch, to cause some major damage. This might prompt everyone to have a Rapid Spinner on their team (or more people than usual).

No need for Rapid Spinners if you've got Guts Heracross. Or Guts Machamp and its new superpowered elemental punches.

Cross Poison will be extremely deadly, considering there is a high chance of a critical hit AND poisoning, which is coupled with a Pokemon with a trait that increases the chance of critical hits even MORE, which might mean critical hits a vast majority of the time. This might increase the amount of Steel Pokemon usage (i.e. Skarmory), to prevent being hit by this deadly beast.

Well... I kind of agree and kind of don't. It'll be a great move, yes, but I'm disagreeing with more Steel Pokemon--everyone already uses Skarmory and Metagross anyway.

"Spell" might be an alternative answer, because it prevents the opponent from getting critical hits. Although it depends on the Pokemon that get it.

That move's cool in theory, but too niche to waste a move slot on, much like Camouflage or Conversion.

"Anticipate" is another deadly attack, and will probably be used by many n00bs. But again, it depends on the Pokemon that get it (but Lukario getting it already is a sign of major usage).

Eh... okay. I think it's balanced well enough.

 

[[Super_Fjord]]

Anyways, I think the move Feint will have a lot of potential, and will hopefully lower the amount of BPing Ninjasks.

I'd agree except that I don't think it'll be that popular. No one uses Protect/Detect enough to make it worth while.

Poison Barb might be extremly deadly if used in tandem with Spiking Skarmorys, because a Pokemon with Poison Barb can use Poison Barb (maybe up to three times?), and send in Skarmory to Toxic them and use Spikes on the switch, to cause some major damage. This might prompt everyone to have a Rapid Spinner on their team (or more people than usual).

I don't see this replacing Spikes too soon. It doesn't take long for people to realize that Status Affliction vs. Guts = loss for Annoyer usually.

Cross Poison will be extremely deadly, considering there is a high chance of a critical hit AND poisoning, which is coupled with a Pokemon with a trait that increases the chance of critical hits even MORE, which might mean critical hits a vast majority of the time. This might increase the amount of Steel Pokemon usage (i.e. Skarmory), to prevent being hit by this deadly beast.

-Wants Scope Lens and nods vigorously- I personally think it'll be an awesome poison-type Attack. I'm really hoping Beedrill and other UU Poison-types with good Attack and decent Speed will get this too.

"Spell" might be an alternative answer, because it prevents the opponent from getting critical hits. Although it depends on the Pokemon that get it.

I really doubt it. I mean, only a few attacks have high critical hit ratios, and even with Scope Lens or Sniper, they'll be sporadic enough to not be an issue, I think.

"Anticipate" is another deadly attack, and will probably be used by many n00bs. But again, it depends on the Pokemon that get it (but Lukario getting it already is a sign of major usage).

I don't really see why everyone is freaking out about this... The only things that suffer from this are Tryanitar and other Dark/Rock/Steel/Ice/Normal-types, which not too many people really use... I doubt that anyone should get too worked up unless they don't use Flying/Ghost/Water/Poison/Grass/Dragon/Psychic-types at all.

This doesn't really have to do with attacks, but why in the world would they give Chansey a pre-evo? I mean, is Blissey not already good enough? Is Blissey not already overused? Who's idea was this?

Personally, I'd like Blissey to have a better moveset... I think it's rather nice, actually. Besides, I like Blissey.

Opinions in bold. Yeah.