surskitty
「にがいのは いやだ」って…
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And if you actually read the thread, it says that the person most likely used a cheat code to make TM01 Volt Tackle. All of the pokémon listed can learn focus punch. Tada.
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Attacks and Abilities Guide
- Thread starter Negrek
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Lord of the Fireflies
Back in black.
Mai
Banned
Does a pokemon know what commands they're going to use in advance, or is it an action-by-action thing? Can a pokemon know the approximate energy cost of a move? That together would allow this:
Use high energy move A, then high energy move B, then high energy move C. If the combined cost of A, B, and C would be enough to make you faint, replace A with a chill. If even that would be too much, then replace C with a chill as well; the priority is getting B executed.
Use high energy move A, then high energy move B, then high energy move C. If the combined cost of A, B, and C would be enough to make you faint, replace A with a chill. If even that would be too much, then replace C with a chill as well; the priority is getting B executed.
Because oftentimes a pokémon's moves depend on how the round unfolds, no, they can't be sure of what they're going to use in advance. Pokémon have no concept of "energy cost" or "damage" in terms of concrete numbers; they can tell when using an attack might cause them to pass out from lack of energy, and they know that it's harder to giga impact than to giga drain, but saying something like "if you go below 10% energy" is meaningless. Likewise, "if you hit the damage cap" is something they can't interpret.
The command string you proposed there won't work.
The command string you proposed there won't work.
Mai
Banned
True, but I'm not always sure if some refs use whatever scale or if they'll edit the energy cost and also sometimes I'm paranoid about that sort of thing.
Zero Moment
Vinyl Scratch
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Zhorken
groove out!
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If I tell my Pokémon to be expecting Fake Out, would it prevent the flinch as if they had already flinched a couple times and weren't falling for it anymore? Or at least nerf it so that it doesn't do any more than prevent a couple points of damage? Or is that a thing I should be asking my ref or what.
Mai
Banned
If a pokemon uses covet or thief to take an item and doesn't want the opponent to have it again, could they get rid of it in another way without using a whole action? For example, could they eat the item even if it wasn't normally intended to be edible? What about just destroying it?
EDIT: Alternatively, could they use bug bite to accomplish that?
EDIT: Alternatively, could they use bug bite to accomplish that?
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No
Ask your ref.
A pokémon can (at least try to) destroy an item it's stolen, but it will take an action. Eating the item would probably work, but would take an action.
Bug bite (or pluck) can accomplish "destroying an item" without using an action insofar as it uses the target's berry, but that works for berries only.
A pokémon can throw an item without using fling, but if it throws it at something it won't deal as much damage as if fling had been used, and the item won't take effect.
