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Amp May 25th, 2008 1:51 PM

OK that's just stupid
 
OK, I'm playing through Leaf Green. One of the members of my team is my Dugtrio. great! it's ability is Sand Veil! Fantastic!

So I'm going through Victory road and I find the Sanstorm TM. Woot! My Dugtrio will be stealthy!

DUGTRIO CAN'T LEARN SANDSTORM.

....and Snorlax can.


Milke May 25th, 2008 2:02 PM

He can in D/P check serebii

Shwicked May 25th, 2008 2:04 PM

Lol, I can't believe Dugtrio can't learn Sandstorm in 3rd gen, instead, it can learn... Sunny Day?! What's the point of that! Is it trying to be Solarbeam bait? T_T

Panfisha May 25th, 2008 3:07 PM

Well that is dumb that it can't learn sandstorm, since sand is a kind of ground, I guess. But it does make sense that it can learn sunny day. After all, ground pokemon are weak against water, so they would want the ground dry.

. May 25th, 2008 3:13 PM

Wow...And I thought Shoddy was fail because Snorlax could learn Whirlwind :D

Dugtrio learns it in fourth gen though. But you're right, that's just stupid.

Sydian May 25th, 2008 4:39 PM

Quote:

OK, I'm playing through Leaf Green. One of the members of my team is my Dugtrio. great! it's ability is Sand Veil! Fantastic!

So I'm going through Victory road and I find the Sanstorm TM. Woot! My Dugtrio will be stealthy!

DUGTRIO CAN'T LEARN SANDSTORM.

....and Snorlax can.


._.

Woooooooooow.

Wow.

That's great. That is just fantastic.

What the heck. Makes no sense at all. I wanna rofl at this.

Amp May 25th, 2008 5:00 PM

I wouldn't be nearly as beligerent if they didn't give it EFFING SAND VEIL.

ninjamaster195 May 25th, 2008 5:10 PM

Wow.............. crazy thing.

solopy567 May 25th, 2008 6:00 PM

Punch Dugtrio and Nintendo in the face and then we'll see what happens

YuuNoKami Saka May 26th, 2008 12:12 AM

That's wrong. That's like not letting Pikachu the ability to use Quick Attack.

Smarties-chan May 26th, 2008 9:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ninjamaster195 (Post 3611519)
Wow.............. crazy thing.

Don't bypass the 25-character limit. If you can't type 25 letters, your post could most likely be better formulated or simply doesn't add anything to the topic.

Amp May 26th, 2008 12:11 PM

This move has been around since Gen II. Why has it been all the way to Gen. IV to fix it? WHY didn't they look and see if Dugtrio was packing Sandstorm before they gave it SAND VEIL for goodness sakes!

*-Donkey In Mr-* May 26th, 2008 12:40 PM

That's so stupid and crazy i think snorlax should NOT learn it and let other ground type's learn it.

Kung Fu Quagsire! May 26th, 2008 3:26 PM

I think Nintendo had an off day when they were programming Dugtrio. There's no other explination.

solopy567 May 26th, 2008 4:37 PM

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Originally Posted by skarzor_x (Post 3611066)
Lol, I can't believe Dugtrio can't learn Sandstorm in 3rd gen, instead, it can learn... Sunny Day?! What's the point of that! Is it trying to be Solarbeam bait? T_T


I guess you are right.

After all, grass is super effective against ground, and that is exactly what SolarBeam is.....So why, its a three headed bait

Johnny Jones May 27th, 2008 1:04 AM

That's just the thing you want to find out when you've raised your Dugtrio, waiting for Sandstorm all the time!

BakingBluePotatoe May 27th, 2008 1:09 AM

you know, you COULD just have another Pokemon use Sandstorm then switch to Dugtrio o_O

Mitchman May 27th, 2008 1:22 AM

kitsune still its not the same. Nintendo had te 3rd gen as a phail gen. It had no connection to any other gen and it still has no connections. Its a phail gen thats why. But sandstorm and sand vail is a pretty good combo. There are some other moves that dont make sence.

R a c h e l May 27th, 2008 4:37 AM

What? Dugtrio can't learn Sandstorm? That's ridiculous!
I was sure that he could :(

fade101 May 27th, 2008 5:09 AM

Dudes... This is by far the most funniest thang i've ever heard... lol cant even show how im laughing my heads off here...
Dugtrio, a ground pokemon... cant learn Sandstorm, a ground type move...
How is that possible? Are ya sure... holy crap, this is stupid!!
Dudes! Grab ya pitchforks and shotguns coz we're headin to nintendo's hq!!!

Mitchman May 27th, 2008 5:23 AM

Only in 3rd gen fade so calm down. Well save those for when pokemon gone down the drain with leaf shaped pokemon. And ontopic nintendo acually created fire red leaf green on a whim so they really didnt care who learned it.

fade101 May 27th, 2008 5:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkcookie_93 (Post 3616471)
Only in 3rd gen fade so calm down. Well save those for when pokemon gone down the drain with leaf shaped pokemon. And ontopic nintendo acually created fire red leaf green on a whim so they really didnt care who learned it.

Owh... really?? Seriously, thanks for the info cookie... coz i 'was' sharpening my pitchfork... dang... i'll save it for later then...

Sydian May 27th, 2008 8:16 AM

Quote:

you know, you COULD just have another Pokemon use Sandstorm then switch to Dugtrio o_O
That's a bit risky...but, I could see where you're coming from on this.

Quote:

kitsune still its not the same. Nintendo had te 3rd gen as a phail gen. It had no connection to any other gen and it still has no connections. Its a phail gen thats why. But sandstorm and sand vail is a pretty good combo. There are some other moves that dont make sence.
If you're going to say it's a 'fail' generation, spell the word 'fail' correctly.

Quote:

Only in 3rd gen fade so calm down. Well save those for when pokemon gone down the drain with leaf shaped pokemon. And ontopic nintendo acually created fire red leaf green on a whim so they really didnt care who learned it.
If it was on a whim, why take the time to give new items(VS Seeker, Fame Checker, etc.), update graphics from RGB, update music from RGB, and etc.? I think they did care, but they just made an error. Don't expect them to be perfect.

On-topic...poor Dugtrio. Left to die in the sunlight.

Azonic May 27th, 2008 2:45 PM

Such a fact would be considered quite silly. Dugtrio has no connections with the sun or light energy at all, yet it can learn Sunny Day. Dugtrio has connections with the sand as it lives in burrows underground and could easily twist the earth for a sandstorm. I must state that Dugtrio receives no great bonus even with access to Sandstorm. It won't last long enough to abuse the hax that Sandstorm provides (one hit brings it down), and thus more commonly used as a full out offensive sweeper. In competetive battling, manually handling Sandstorm as a moveslot is rare, as most Sandstorm teams use Tyranitar to whip up a Sandstorm.

Voltagenic May 27th, 2008 3:37 PM

I'd ROFL, but that is really dumb.


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