its a thread about moves and things :)

yourDeadGrandad

Hello thar. I may be stupid, and I may be a n00b, but there's one thing I'm not, and that's a porn star.

That out of the way, I shall move on to the point. I have been looking at the moves recently, and wondering, how do they decide how many pp a move has? I figured since you guys know more about pokemon than pretty much the whole internet, I'd ask here.
Are gamefreak trying to balance all moves?
Do they favour certain types?
Why are some so obviously out-and-out better than others?

take Earthquake, for example;
10pp, base power 100, 100% accuracy.
Super effective against Poison, Electric, Rock and Steel.
Resisted by Grass and Bug.
Flying/levitating has immunity.

This is one of the most over-spammed moves in history. It must have something right. Compare to something with the same base power; Stone Edge

only 5pp, with 80 accuracy.
Super effective: Fire, Ice, Flying, Bug
Resisted: Fight, Ground, Steel

Also pretty spammed, but is the 'no immunities' and extra crit ratio enough to drop accuracy by 20, and pp by half? Rock moves in general tend to have low pp and accuracy for the damage they do (except Power Gem, but that may be because only one Pokemon that can learn it gets STAB... I don't know)

Then there are things like the Fighting-type having an obscene amount of attacks with base power of at least 100, whilst Dark has a grand total of none.
So, having typed out this much, I have forgotten my point.... so.... umm.... discuss!.... something....

Personally, I would change splash. I would give it a 1-in-shiny-rarity chance to KO the opponents entire team. :heart:
 

Akatsuki

They think that obviously falling into a crack in the ground hurts more than being hit by rocks. Which can be true.

I think GF does favor some types. What goes beyond me is why only this generation they added Gunk Shot, Focus Blast and the likes. They need to have a 95 Base Power and 100 accuracy Poison move. They seriously have issues with poison types.
 

yourDeadGrandad

Special-type moves also tend to have a higher pp in relation to power and accuracy than physical moves as well. Any reasons anyone can speculate?

Also, you can have a base 100 power poison move with 10pp and 100 accuracy.

It just requires you play in ubers.

...and cheat :P (for wifi, at least)
 

infernal-dragon

Uh, sludge bomb has 95 accuracy and 100 power, but it is special. Don't know what you guys are saying...

And I hate stone edge, I swear that thing has 50% accuracy. Many times I've missed twice in a row with them!
 

Salamaster

roflcoptorsz said:
Uh, sludge bomb has 95 accuracy and 100 power, but it is special. Don't know what you guys are saying...

And I hate stone edge, I swear that thing has 50% accuracy. Many times I've missed twice in a row with them!
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i swear my TTAr goes blind when he uses that move

i almost never use anymore, even if it's super effective
 
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