"USELESS" Moves In Pokemon...

Hold Hands is the best move in the game

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yo, these thumbnails DO NOT need to go this hard

5:39 Fun little story about Me First. I was recently fighting the Johto Elite 4 for the first time and noticed how Will's first Xatu spammed Me First. Unfortunately for Will, I had a Forretress who knew Spikes (a non damaging move Me First can't use) and Explosion. Watching that bird explode was pretty hilarious.

Pokémon should make a competitive game mode in witch all good moves are banned

If you liked this video, I really suggest the video (Usually) Useless Moves by Reverend, it's absolutely hilarious if you're into past gens and singles. Things like Mewtwo using Flash to PP stall other mewtwos in gen 1 and Mamoswine using Peck to send Breloom and Heracross to the shadow realm in gen 4. This was a really interesting video to watch as I really like VGC as well! Keep it up!

If I'm being pinned into a corner with no way of recovering from a strong team, I know Tackle has got my back

Leer Roaring Moon in reg B and C was just the predecessor to the genies

“Strong moves. Weak moves. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites.” -Moxie Boosted, 2024

4:30 encore is act very good in singles.. seeing use on iron bundle early on, indeedee, iron valiant, tinkaton, etc. it can be useful to screw over setup sweepers and bulky mons

I know the artist is in the description but I still gotta bring attention to the consistent banger thumbnails.

so what you're saying is: "Moves get better when they effect more than one Pokemon" gotcha.

I think the Hustle + Ariel Ace combo is pretty cool too.

Don't think too much about the Thumbnail I'm out here inventing mandela effects

00:27 who was cooking with Tera fighting water urshifu and thought that’d be the play against Tera psychic expanding force hatterene??

Moxie is Prof. Kukui confirmed

Hittata can't hurt you Hittata:

I love the venn diagram between moves often used in casual games, moves often used on competitive, and moves used in challenge runs of games/nuzlockes. Moves like Close Combat and flamethower are most often used in casual games, but competitive still uses those powerful moves plus the "useless" moves like reflect or howl. Nuzlockes will also use some of the "useless" moves but also uses unique moves very often like charm or stealth rocks, while also deeming the super-powerful moves like hydro-pump useless because of their unreliability that the other styles of play would love to use. That doesn't even cover abilities or the pokemon themselves! A casual might hate "useless" abilities like chlorophyll, competitive users might love it for specific teams, and Nuzlockers might find a niche use for it in difficult matchups. The ability to have multiple ways of playing with certain pokemon is what makes the game so special to me, I love all three+ variations of play.

The thumbnail does indeed go hard

I have a history with String Shot because I ran it with Unburden Slurpuff in Sword and Shield to great success! I realized that when paired with U-Turn Rillaboom I could make Slurpuff (With a Grassy Seed) into a physically bulky support mon that could enable slower Pokémon better than Tailwind could thanks to the fact that I could use it multiple times in a row; then swap in a Base 80 speed behemoth like Chandelure to clean up the game. I even made Top 500 on the ladder with that team once. Was it gimmicky? Yes. Was it fun? Absolutely.