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Moltres Rider January 3rd, 2013 1:57 PM

Favorite non-damaging, non-healing move
 
this could range from weather moves to status effecting or stat raising/lowering only moves... any move that doesn't do damage or heal damage or status ailments. what is your favorite of those type of moves...


mine is "Attract"...

vapes January 3rd, 2013 2:01 PM

Protect. Combine that with toxic and a bunch of defense boosts.

Why I love vaporeon so much

bwburke94 January 3rd, 2013 2:04 PM

Tail Glow. It's a pity almost nothing learns it.

Sydian January 3rd, 2013 3:49 PM

I agree with Tail Glow, more Pokemon should learn it. Anyway, I don't think I have an absolute favorite one of these moves. I do really like Calm Mind, Quiver Dance, and Attract though. idk if Attract counts since attraction could be seen as a status ailment, but oh well!

lineofdeath January 3rd, 2013 3:51 PM

Toxix ftw everybody toxic is the bwst

Brendino January 5th, 2013 10:27 PM

Toxic would probably have to be my favorite non-attack/healing move. The fact that it is one of the best status inflicting moves and can be used by virtually every Pokemon makes it a truly versatile move.

PlatinumDude January 6th, 2013 9:33 AM

Quiver Dance and Shell Smash. They're pretty much the ultimate setup moves, IMO.

Arma January 6th, 2013 9:47 AM

Spore, because it's just overpowered in my opinion. though this is countered by the fact that only very few Pokemon are able to learn it. (Man am I glad one of my favorites learns it. XD)

Swords Dance, I like most stat increasing moves, but Swords Dance is the one I've used the most. (Not to mention Zangoose learns it at a ridiculously low level.)

King_21 January 6th, 2013 11:07 AM

Protect because it annoys the opponent

pikakitten January 6th, 2013 11:18 AM

But the more successful it is the less protect works and then BAM! You're dead xD
Mine is Swords Dance, since it super boosts! IMO xD

dontstay96 January 12th, 2013 10:15 PM

swords dance or toxic I really love them both

Puppeteer Mask January 15th, 2013 4:41 AM

I would have to say that Quiver Dance is one of my favourite moves. My Lilligant learned it right before Clay's gym on my White version.

...many lives were lost in that mine that day...

Boilurn January 15th, 2013 11:16 AM

Swagger. It has such a wide distribution, and I enjoy confusing opponents, :P and its the only way of crippling physical Fire types like Darmanitan and Flareon who are immune to burns.

Legobricks January 15th, 2013 12:38 PM

Mirror Move. Hopefully at some point there will be a Fighting bird that can use it.

Firox January 15th, 2013 1:49 PM

I really love using Swords Dance and Work Up
(Work Up raises attack and special attack of the Pokemon, I love using with my Patrat, right before using Retaliate)

Sirfetch’d January 15th, 2013 2:30 PM

Shell Smash FTW!
Yeah, Cloyster + Shell smash owns.

Atomic Pirate January 15th, 2013 3:39 PM

Toxic. On Snorlax. That combination alone creates a near-invincible tank.

Ravenfreak January 15th, 2013 5:10 PM

Mine would have to be Toxic or Leech Seed, I love that combo together. <3

DavidtheDeadPhilosopher January 15th, 2013 5:23 PM

Double Team, Toxic, Baton Pass

Frostweaver January 15th, 2013 5:44 PM

And no one said Stealth Rock yet... o_o; it's probably the most game-changing move since they made it in Diamond/Pearl.

Sweets Witch January 15th, 2013 6:04 PM

I've always been a fan of Bulk Up. Oddly enough, I rarely used it in RSE.

Synerjee January 15th, 2013 11:07 PM

I like Toxic and Calm Mind. Toxic is what it is: a slow and deadly killer. Calm Mind works wonders with Psychic-types. I appreciate both the special attack and special defense boosts. It helps a lot in battles. Oh, and Quiver Dance. No one can deny that.

blue January 18th, 2013 2:40 PM

Swagger, Toxic & Double Team.

Swagger because it can be a pain both ways, Toxic because it's so easy to Poison the opponent and comes in handy when competitive battling and Double Team because once you've stacked it up it's difficult to be hit.

Miss Anne Thrope January 18th, 2013 3:24 PM

Quiver Dance. My Lilligant was so cute using Quiver Dance.

Seki January 18th, 2013 7:23 PM

Toxic, cos that poison will get so worst and worst every turn.

Arc January 18th, 2013 7:41 PM

Leech Seed.

I love this move due to the fact that it leeches life and I gain HP, nothing more to say LOL.

dragonfly_dust January 18th, 2013 10:03 PM

Protect. Useful to any pokemon you give to it!!

Starry Windy January 18th, 2013 11:40 PM

Calm Mind because it raises both Special Attack and Special Defense of my Pokemon in battle.

RoreyG January 19th, 2013 3:02 PM

Swords Dance- Stack up 3 of these in a row (and not faint) and you'll be OHKO machine.

Hikamaru January 19th, 2013 3:34 PM

Swords Dance.

That move helped save my Lucario and Excadrill in Black 2 a lot. The 2+ Attack boost is always handy.

And also Nasty Plot, its Special equivalent.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE January 21st, 2013 8:49 AM

Agreed with Ravenfreak - Toxic + Leech Seed = gold!! :D

Also love Spore, Parasect's one of my faves and it's a great move :)

thedestinedblade January 21st, 2013 12:41 PM

Always a fan of stat boosting moves. So moves like Dragon Dance, Hone Claws, and Quiver Dance are a must have.

Shadow Shed was pretty decent too.

Turnip February 2nd, 2013 1:36 PM

There's always been something about Safeguard for me. Not sure why, but trainers who use mostly poison types are rendered a load less annoying.

dungeonmaster201 February 3rd, 2013 11:01 AM

A crobat, with this moveset
Mean look,
Toxic
Confuse ray
insert damage inducing attack here.
but on its own I have to give props to doubleteam

Caelus February 3rd, 2013 12:44 PM

Sword dance and stealth rock are my favorites. Sword dance gives you a 2+ attack raise while stealth rock can inflict a lot of damage on the next pokemon your opponent uses (especially if its a dual type and both are weak to rock - takes away half of their health).

ChocolateCrunch February 3rd, 2013 1:13 PM

Curse on Pokemon like Lickilicky. Yes, the Speed sucks but with 4x ATK and DEF, it's just a big, fat killing/stalling machine.

Legobricks February 6th, 2013 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frostweaver (Post 7494637)
And no one said Stealth Rock yet... o_o; it's probably the most game-changing move since they made it in Diamond/Pearl.

The amount of change Stealth Rock has caused to the metagame is all the more reason to dislike it. Well, one says 'change' but at this point it's really just a silly status quo of a field condition that only serves to stagnate competitive battling. It's too powerful for a one turn setup, too ubiquitous with the large number of monsters able to learn it, and thus demands that every team be made with consideration for the foe potentially using it (which serves only to narrow the pool of candidates), so it may as well be banned in general competitive play.

Dullstar February 8th, 2013 7:51 PM

Thunder Wave. Mainly because paralysis lasts much longer than sleep, and still helps to catch pokemon, even if it is slightly less potent.

SoulSilver10112 February 23rd, 2013 5:12 PM

I like protect... wastes some of your opponent's PP.

Hydro Pumper February 23rd, 2013 8:48 PM

I love the move Substitute. <3 It's pretty versatile since it can be used for a stalling/defensive Pokemon (with Toxic/Leech Seed/Protect etc), or offensive Pokemon with set up moves (like Dragon Dance on Kingdra, or Bulk Up/Calm Mind users). :)

mikey February 24th, 2013 12:15 PM

Thunder Wave has always been my favorite for this category. It helps me in sticky situations. I can move first and the enemy can't because they are too paralyzed >:D (most of the time anyway)

Iny Gage February 24th, 2013 10:14 PM

Will-O-Wisp
Its a nice way to give you some nasty damage as well as cripple an attacker.

theSyko501 February 25th, 2013 12:09 AM

I really like nasty plot just for the sound it makes

Kikaito plush February 25th, 2013 9:19 AM

I really like Mean look as it really helps with roaming legends.
also there is forsight which really helped me when fighting ghosts.

Thursday March 8th, 2013 11:46 AM

I love how a lot of people said toxic when the OP said non-damaging, non-healing, and non-status ailments XD

Anywho, my fav has to be sand-attack. Lower opponents accuracy? Heck yes! I spam the crap out of that when fighting Red (which is as bad as it sounds XD ), especially when he pulls out snorlax.

imevil March 8th, 2013 12:17 PM

Swords Dance/Nasty Plot make me feel so strong. I hate Attract, especially on the enemies...

B-L-A-Z-E March 8th, 2013 3:14 PM

I really like Cotton Guard and Dragon Dance, but unfortunately, the only only Pokemon that can do both of these is one of the Pokemon I hate the most. (Altaria if you didn't get where I was going with that)

Munchlax11 March 8th, 2013 3:52 PM

Spore is great because it puts the opponent asleep.... 100 % accuracy!

Austin March 8th, 2013 6:29 PM

Swords Dance/Dragon Dance/Nasty Plot/Cotton Guard.

All really great moves used correctly.

Tackle March 8th, 2013 8:01 PM

My favorite non-damaging and non-healing are Swords Dance, Dragon Dance, Quiver Dance, Nasty Plot and Cosmic Power.

They're all boosting move, they're very useful if you use them the right way.

Dark_Illusion March 12th, 2013 5:09 PM

Sand-Attack: I find this to be REALLLLY useful. But, just as a side note, because I feel I need to say this. I ABSOLUTELY LOATHE the move Attract.

Zorogami March 15th, 2013 6:46 AM

I like Dragon Dance a lot, boosting both attack and speed at the same time...awesome :D


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