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Or Lickitung not learning Lick until Gen 2…What always bothered me was that in Gen 1 (Pokemon Red/Blue) that Charizard could not learn Fly despite the fact it has wings on it.
Or Lickitung not learning Lick until Gen 2…What always bothered me was that in Gen 1 (Pokemon Red/Blue) that Charizard could not learn Fly despite the fact it has wings on it.
There's even more weird move decisions like Hydreigon can learn Surf.Or Lickitung not learning Lick until Gen 2…
I have a theory that it originally was a Whiscash but then things changed and they forgot to change the moves it knew.Or Pokemon Emerald has a Lanturn located in Victory Road that only knows Earthquake.
Most Dragon types can learn Surf so it’s not that weird for Hydreigon to learn it. Even several Pokémon who aren’t Dragon or Water types can learn Surf. (Tyranitar, Rhydon, Aggron, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Tauros, Lugia, etc.)There's even more weird move decisions like Hydreigon can learn Surf.
Or Pokemon Emerald has a Lanturn located in Victory Road that only knows Earthquake.
This is weird but not as weird as it not learning Crabhammer naturally despite being a crab and only getting it from its pre-evolution.
That lack of priority really hurts it when you consider how frailer it is than it looks. Maybe if it makes it in S/V, it could get buffed with a moveset update?Crabominable has Pokedex entries indicating "it can lop off its own pincers and fire them like rockets." It also has one that says "before it stops to think, it just starts pummeling. There are records of its turning back avalanches with a flurry of punches." For me those entries seem like it should be quick at punching. Despite this there it does not get any increased priority moves such as Mach Punch.
That lack of priority really hurts it when you consider how frailer it is than it looks. Maybe if it makes it in S/V, it could get buffed with a moveset update?
It looks too heavy to get Mach Punch. It's a perfect bulky pokemon to get Hammer Arm but nope Crabrawler/Crabominable line can't get it.Exactly. Its that bad combination of slow and fragile which doesn't help. I hope they do upgrade it (if it makes SV). At the very least I think it should get Mach Punch (given it has Iron fist) and Ice shard could also work. Bullet Punch would also be helpful (for fairies) and it would't be that crazy given Crabominable does get Iron Head. But if it was just one I'd definitely choose Mach Punch as that combined with its decent attack stat, Iron Fist and STAB would make it a lot more practical.
It can get Nasty Plot usually by TM/TR's It fits perfectly with the lore that they love to sneak up on people and scare them.I am shocked that Genger can learn Psychic but yet cannot learn Calm Mind.
It looks too heavy to get Mach Punch. It's a perfect bulky pokemon to get Hammer Arm but nope Crabrawler/Crabominable line can't get it.
It also doesn't get Heavy Slam or Body Slam.
Still Flygon's 80 Special Attack isn't too far Physical 100 Attack. Oddly Hyper Beam seems to have been replaced by Boomburst in Gen 8 Level Moves.Hyper Beam is a move that was initially largely only learnt by fully evolved forms (or at least fully evolved when introduced). Despite this Trapinch a Pokemon that has never been fully evolved has been able to get Hyper Beam since gen 3. Now in gen 3 Hyper Beam was physical so Trapinch could at least use it with its decent attack. However since gen 4 it has been special and a they added Giga Impact as a physical option but Trapinch does not get that. So it can use Hyper beam with 45 special attack but not Giga Impact with its 100 attack.
Still Flygon's 80 Special Attack isn't too far Physical 100 Attack. Oddly Hyper Beam seems to have been replaced by Boomburst in Gen 8 Level Moves.
Also in Gen 8 Giga Impact and Hyper Beam are just TM's.
Why the change? I don't have any idea.
Boomburst can be described as creating a sonic boom strong enough to break the sound barrier. In order for Flygon to create a sonic boom capable of breaking the sound barrier, it would have to be traveling faster than sound and moving approximately 750 miles per hour at sea level.Flygon learning both of them I've no issue with. Its just why it can learn it at that stage when its unevolved as a Trapinch. As for why they changed Hyper beam for Boomburst in the level up moves my suspicion is that they got rid of a lot of pre-evolution only moves so it was probably for simplicity given Vibrava has had boomburst since gen 6 but flygon (without getting it before it evolves) hasn't and they knew Hyper beam and Giga Impact would be fairly easy to access. Its still weird I admit.
Doduo is one of the weirdest ones. No wings on it to explain flying..Charizard cannot learn Fly in Red/Blue which is honestly very weird.
Honestly, there's a lot of Pokemon that are flying type, but can't learn fly that I find odd. And Pokemon that can learn it that definitely shouldn't be able to carry a human person on their back. (But that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to Learn fly, mind you). I think I mentioned in this thread Yanmega, a Pokemon that is said to be able to carry people on its back and fly cannot learn fly. I find it strange that Pokemon like Butterfree and Mothim cannot learn fly in later Pokemon games that remove it as a Field move, to be honest. They no longer have a reason to not know Fly, if I'm being honest.
Ummmm... if you look at the list of Pokémon who can learn Boomburst, absolutely none of them are known for being able to travel at supersonic speed and thus create a sonic boom induced shockwave via their speed... but they all (with only a few select exceptions) have designs/inspirations involving sound. Boomburst is also described as "The user attacks everything around it with the destructive power of a terrible, explosive sound," and is negated by the Soundproof ability, both facts further supporting the fact that Boomburst is simply an extremely loud and powerful sound generated by the user.Boomburst can be described as creating a sonic boom strong enough to break the sound barrier. In order for Flygon to create a sonic boom capable of breaking the sound barrier, it would have to be traveling faster than sound and moving approximately 750 miles per hour at sea level.
A better question is: Why can’t Galarian Zapdos or Kantonian Zapdos learn Boomburst?
Kantonian Zapdos should be able to learn Boomburst since a sonic boom is essentially the same thing as lightning and thunder. As for Galarian Zapdos, it’s confined to a limited area and can’t run 750 miles per hour at sea level or travel faster than sound.