rocky505
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IIRC Lightningrod Seaking isn't hurt by electric moves
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Soak:a great move or useless?
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WolfSpirit456
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Soak might be useless, but it can't be as useless as Splash. XD
I don't see how Soak would make Shedinja immortal. If anything, it'd get new weaknesses. Anyway, it's pretty useless most of the time. You can just switch and the effect will wear off.
kaiser soze
Reading ADWD
The idea is to reduce the amount of weakensses it has. 2 is less than 5, and their idea of a switch-in probably has less of a chance to carry a Grass or Electric move. However, since you probably are playing Doubles, then they will probably be switching a G/W mon to counter your Water type. Plus you lose STAB, which really helps when you're running Shadow Sneak.
LinksOcarina
The true master
Soak is one of those moves that can be used in a pinch to throw people off guard, and used in the trickster-style archetype I posted about earlier. It is a good move if used right, but it is not that suitable for singles as far as I see it. Doubles though...damn powerful if your not prepared for it.
soak is, to be honest, too gimmicky to ever be a good staple move. it may have its surprise factor uses, but once you get past that, its too easy to play around and becomes dead weight...
for doubles...can gastrodon get soak? it would work well paired with a discharge user
for doubles...can gastrodon get soak? it would work well paired with a discharge user
kaiser soze
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floatzel98
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i don't see soak as a useful move. it may be okay as a gimmick move but that is all.
Zachmac
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That's where a good ol' power whip comes in.
And being a water type can be helpful sometimes. I've had an enemy Alomomola use Soak on my Jumpluff....It was even harder to take down then before, thanks to substitute blocking toxic.
Oh, I do use Jumpluff on Wi-fi sometimes, it does a better job in 3vs3 with team viewer.
throwmeapeanut
New Member
Might be useless in singles, but in rotation I had a guy soak all my 'mons. Sends out Thundurus. Checkmate =/
Zachmac
Well-Known Member
Though Dragon Dancers are pretty common in rotations, and most +1 Dragons can outspeed and OHKO Thunderous.
jstinftw!
hey trainer
That's what I'd like to point out. Soak is actually pretty useful if you can devise a strategy around it. Sure, it'd leave a couple holes if you base your strategy completely off of it, but if you thought it through and you tried to find a way to make it work, Soak is so viable.
You take away STAB, you change the type to a type that your Pokemon can hit for a SE, Sandstorm and Hail teams lose their immunity, and so does Steel.
My only thing is I kind of wish more Pokemon learned it. @__@
Generic User Name
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You could form a team with tons of grass or electric moves and use scald for the x2 weakness but other than that I don't see much of a use for Soak.
MachokeIsOnSteroids
Tsunamii
I say that soak is more of a double battle move than singles. I can't think of any uses for it other than if you had (whats is that electric fish thingy?) and wanted to score super effectiveness by making the enemy water type then using electric moves.
TheBluePorygon
i miss the old kanye
I see how it can be useful, but personally I think it's useless for my style of battling
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