Leech Seed useful?

[Xtra]

I've been hearing that Leech seed was a useful move to breed on Treecko. But when I used it in the original Game Boy games, I didn't find it all that useful, only taking off a couple of HP points. And the healing you get for yourself is so minimal that it doesn't matter. And you can't use Leech Seed twice on the same pokemon, though the first one stays there.

So unless it's changed sometime over the last 10 years, I don't see why it's so useful. Can someone shed some light on this?

 

[Nightcat]

Leech seed is great for annoyers like ludicolo. Stick it on a ludicolo with rain dish, rain dance/giga drain, and giga drain/double team or something, and you've got a perfect annoying strategy, because he'll heal every turn, and be faster, and not be able to be hit either if you use DT.
Bye!

 

[lime_green_hero]

Leech seed is good for taking down the enemies HP slowly, and also uping your hp. It works great in with Substitute.

I bet you found it useless because you used it twords the begining of the game, and then deleted it because you didn't like it. It works far better on high-level pokemon. Also, it isn't usefull if your pokemon is at a much higher lever than that of the opponent, because it would be far quicker to just use attack moves. It's really great for battle frontier/tower or if you play competitive, where they will be the same level as you.

 

[Xtra]

So which would be more useful on a Special Sweeping Sceptile:Leech Seed or Crunch?

 

[Comis Patronus]

Crunch as Leech Seed can stall but not for very long. It also depends on your team.

 

[Akayfortyseven]

I'd say crunch for a sweeper, but seed is very good for stallers, which sceptile can also do. i think the set is something like:

Sceptile @ leftovers
Leech seed
Substitute
Hp ice
leaf blade

as i said im not sure but i think its something like that

 

[Mighty]

HP is not worth suggesting for in-game movesets, it's a waste of time trying to breed a pokémon constantly until you get the right IVs, nature, and HP type all in one.

 

[SwordofAeons]

Depends Ludicolo can use it well but the opponent always seems to ahve aerial ace >_<. Use Crunch.

 

[Akayfortyseven]

HP is not worth suggesting for in-game movesets, it's a waste of time trying to breed a pokémon constantly until you get the right IVs, nature, and HP type all in one.

Your right, I was just giving him an example of a staller lol

 

[aipomkong]

leech seed isn't that useful in-game, it justs wastes time.

in the frontier it is great along with substitute, and on NetBattle it is also great

 

[magnemiteZ]

Sub Seed Rocks!

 

[Tazzler]

Competitive version of why it it is good.

Sceptile has massive speed. It will lecch seed the opponent and sub to block hits. The hp will heal the subs. Over and over again it subs w/o taking that much damage. It works great with spikes as it causes switches a lot.

It isn't very useful ingame, but on netbattle and in the competititve aspects of ingame (Orre Colloseum, Mt.Battle, Battle Frontier/Tower), it works great.

 

[Steinhauser]

In-game AI sucks. They can't predict or catch on to anything. In Battle Frontier they will never, ever switch (if they do I can't remember a time). Stalling is crazily easy, simply Protect every other turn. Leech Seed + Protect + Toxic + Protect = 3/4 of their HP gone, and unless you're dead, more than half of yours still there if you have Lefties. Then one Leaf Blade/Crunch.

 

[i dont know 2 A.K.A. quilava lover]

i use attract then leech seed then i use like sword dance and stuff like that so then i can take them down in one hit not to mention the next pokemon