Favorite Pokemon attack?

[Daget Sparrow]

Sky Attack. Yeah.

Or maybe Aeroblast...totally awesome first time I saw that in Silver.

 

[shadowseal22]

Earthquake is the only correct answer. It is literally the best attack in the game.

 

[him over there]

Sorry made a mistake: The correct answer is stealth rock. The answer is always stealth rock. After all:

 

[geK0]

Psyshock!!

Because I just love when people using a jellicent, snorlax, chancie, blissy or other special tank think they have my alakazam or espeon cornered and I just 1 shot them with physical damage!

Also because the original Abra card used it before it was in the games

he's such a hipster!

 

[HellsingerAngel]

MEGAHORN! My favorite move on my favorite pokemon.

 

[Cranky]

Thunderpunch has an appealing effect in my mind.

 

[him over there]

Psyshock!!

Because I just love when people using a jellicent, snorlax, chancie, blissy or other special tank think they have my alakazam or espeon cornered and I just 1 shot them with physical damage!

Also because the original Abra card used it before it was in the games

he's such a hipster!

Psyshock is okay, but it's really banking on surprise if you aren't carrying an actual special move. That's why I always dump a coverage move on alakazam to run both psychic and psyshock. Of course that's assuming you ever end up walled by a threat that running psychic over psyshock could have dispatched.

 

[geK0]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

 

[him over there]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

I assume you run the standard Life Orb? have you though about running a Specs set? While all of Alakazam's moves have one type of pokemon immune to them (ghost, dark, normal) The ability to nail key threats with the kind of damage that makes the difference between an OHKO and 2HKO can be very satisfying. Of course I run a similar set with my Chandelure, which also gets great synergy with my Breloom to get that flash fire boost.

 

[HellenicWarrior]

Rest or Restore. Hate going against it, love having it!

 

[geK0]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

I assume you run the standard Life Orb? have you though about running a Specs set? While all of Alakazam's moves have one type of pokemon immune to them (ghost, dark, normal) The ability to nail key threats with the kind of damage that makes the difference between an OHKO and 2HKO can be very satisfying. Of course I run a similar set with my Chandelure, which also gets great synergy with my Breloom to get that flash fire boost.

I usually use the Life Orb, just because it's so easy to switch to a dark or steel type, and I hate being forced to switch out..... switching into a physical attack with foretress though could give me a good opportunity for some spikes/toxic spikes though... hrrmmm.

 

[him over there]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

I assume you run the standard Life Orb? have you though about running a Specs set? While all of Alakazam's moves have one type of pokemon immune to them (ghost, dark, normal) The ability to nail key threats with the kind of damage that makes the difference between an OHKO and 2HKO can be very satisfying. Of course I run a similar set with my Chandelure, which also gets great synergy with my Breloom to get that flash fire boost.

I usually use the Life Orb, just because it's so easy to switch to a dark or steel type, and I hate being forced to switch out..... switching into a physical attack with foretress though could give me a good opportunity for some spikes/tosic spikes though... hrrmmm.

Foretress. Foretress is my worst enemy ever right now. Chandelure is my only ghost type so save for a few it isn't going to block most rapid spinners. I run a super bulky Deoxys Defense to "stop" rapid spinners. I can set up all day so it isn't a bid deal if they blow hazards, I run rocky helmet so they take 1/6 damage for each rapid spin and I also run toxic and knockoff in order to stall. But foretress sets up his own hazards and can't be poisoned so I have to go to chandelure and get him out of there asap.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

I enjoy drain punch. Such a useful move, especially with bulk up and substitute toxicroak.

 

[geK0]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

I assume you run the standard Life Orb? have you though about running a Specs set? While all of Alakazam's moves have one type of pokemon immune to them (ghost, dark, normal) The ability to nail key threats with the kind of damage that makes the difference between an OHKO and 2HKO can be very satisfying. Of course I run a similar set with my Chandelure, which also gets great synergy with my Breloom to get that flash fire boost.

I usually use the Life Orb, just because it's so easy to switch to a dark or steel type, and I hate being forced to switch out..... switching into a physical attack with foretress though could give me a good opportunity for some spikes/tosic spikes though... hrrmmm.

Foretress. Foretress is my worst enemy ever right now. Chandelure is my only ghost type so save for a few it isn't going to block most rapid spinners. I run a super bulky Deoxys Defense to "stop" rapid spinners. I can set up all day so it isn't a bid deal if they blow hazards, I run rocky helmet so they take 1/6 damage for each rapid spin and I also run toxic and knockoff in order to stall. But foretress sets up his own hazards and can't be poisoned so I have to go to chandelure and get him out of there asap.

Wait, defensive deoxys is allowed in OU? I thought all deoxys were banned : \
Man, I've been using Uxie as my defensive support this whole time : S

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

What is your favorite Pokemon attack?

Mine has to be Sky Uppercut. Even the name sounds cool.

Enemy flying? Well shit, it even hits them.

Answer stolen in the very first post, damn.

It's accuracy is high enough to not worry about missing and the damage high enough you can bet you'll be taking nearly any Pokemon out in a single hit. Really, it's rather broken.

 

[him over there]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

I assume you run the standard Life Orb? have you though about running a Specs set? While all of Alakazam's moves have one type of pokemon immune to them (ghost, dark, normal) The ability to nail key threats with the kind of damage that makes the difference between an OHKO and 2HKO can be very satisfying. Of course I run a similar set with my Chandelure, which also gets great synergy with my Breloom to get that flash fire boost.

I usually use the Life Orb, just because it's so easy to switch to a dark or steel type, and I hate being forced to switch out..... switching into a physical attack with foretress though could give me a good opportunity for some spikes/tosic spikes though... hrrmmm.

Foretress. Foretress is my worst enemy ever right now. Chandelure is my only ghost type so save for a few it isn't going to block most rapid spinners. I run a super bulky Deoxys Defense to "stop" rapid spinners. I can set up all day so it isn't a bid deal if they blow hazards, I run rocky helmet so they take 1/6 damage for each rapid spin and I also run toxic and knockoff in order to stall. But foretress sets up his own hazards and can't be poisoned so I have to go to chandelure and get him out of there asap.

Wait, defensive deoxys is allowed in OU? I thought all deoxys were banned : \
Man, I've been using Uxie as my defensive support this whole time : S

All deoxys except deoxys defense are Ubers. In fact Deoxys defense is Borderline. The mini uber tier for pokemon that suck but break shit in UU.

 

[geK0]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

I assume you run the standard Life Orb? have you though about running a Specs set? While all of Alakazam's moves have one type of pokemon immune to them (ghost, dark, normal) The ability to nail key threats with the kind of damage that makes the difference between an OHKO and 2HKO can be very satisfying. Of course I run a similar set with my Chandelure, which also gets great synergy with my Breloom to get that flash fire boost.

I usually use the Life Orb, just because it's so easy to switch to a dark or steel type, and I hate being forced to switch out..... switching into a physical attack with foretress though could give me a good opportunity for some spikes/tosic spikes though... hrrmmm.

Foretress. Foretress is my worst enemy ever right now. Chandelure is my only ghost type so save for a few it isn't going to block most rapid spinners. I run a super bulky Deoxys Defense to "stop" rapid spinners. I can set up all day so it isn't a bid deal if they blow hazards, I run rocky helmet so they take 1/6 damage for each rapid spin and I also run toxic and knockoff in order to stall. But foretress sets up his own hazards and can't be poisoned so I have to go to chandelure and get him out of there asap.

Wait, defensive deoxys is allowed in OU? I thought all deoxys were banned : \
Man, I've been using Uxie as my defensive support this whole time : S

All deoxys except deoxys defense are Ubers. In fact Deoxys defense is Borderline. The mini uber tier for pokemon that suck but break shit in UU.

It seems a lot like a shuckle with an actual move pool.

 

[godfist88]

it's a tie between Flamethrower and Close Combat. Flamethrower because it's deadly and super accurate. and Close Combat ridiculously strong, and it make me think of fist of the north star.

 

[twaddle]

Blaze Kick + overheat
behold it's epic might!

 

[him over there]

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I always have a hard time choosing between Psychic,shadowball,focusblast,calmmind and psychic,shadowball,focusblast,psyshock

but Alakazam has a hell of a time setting up with calm mind anyway unless he's up against a pure special attacker or a wall. So sometimes choosiing psyshock over calm mind pays off.

I assume you run the standard Life Orb? have you though about running a Specs set? While all of Alakazam's moves have one type of pokemon immune to them (ghost, dark, normal) The ability to nail key threats with the kind of damage that makes the difference between an OHKO and 2HKO can be very satisfying. Of course I run a similar set with my Chandelure, which also gets great synergy with my Breloom to get that flash fire boost.

I usually use the Life Orb, just because it's so easy to switch to a dark or steel type, and I hate being forced to switch out..... switching into a physical attack with foretress though could give me a good opportunity for some spikes/tosic spikes though... hrrmmm.

Foretress. Foretress is my worst enemy ever right now. Chandelure is my only ghost type so save for a few it isn't going to block most rapid spinners. I run a super bulky Deoxys Defense to "stop" rapid spinners. I can set up all day so it isn't a bid deal if they blow hazards, I run rocky helmet so they take 1/6 damage for each rapid spin and I also run toxic and knockoff in order to stall. But foretress sets up his own hazards and can't be poisoned so I have to go to chandelure and get him out of there asap.

Wait, defensive deoxys is allowed in OU? I thought all deoxys were banned : \
Man, I've been using Uxie as my defensive support this whole time : S

All deoxys except deoxys defense are Ubers. In fact Deoxys defense is Borderline. The mini uber tier for pokemon that suck but break shit in UU.

It seems a lot like a shuckle with an actual move pool (oh if only shuckle could stealth rock)

Appaently it's the typing that's holding it back. Tyranitar messes it up pretty good and it's like one of the most used pokemon, especially for a lead which is often deoxys d's place because of setting up hazards. Scizor does a number on it too. Also Shuckle does get stealth rock, it lost its edge mostly because of the new sleep mechanics so it's screwed if it's phazed.