Age 33
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Posted June 18th, 2010
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13.2 Years
I used to implement em but now there;s as many as there is I tend to go with a Slave, some I implement in my team though, like surf.


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I usually implement them, but if it's an HM that it only used for one part of the game, then it's on an HM slave. I usually have one for as long as I can.
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Age 33
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California, USA
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Posted January 7th, 2016
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13.9 Years
I have a slave for the worthless moves like Cut, Rock Smash, etc. But I integrate the better ones like Fly, Surf, etc into my team, most of the time. Right now I only have Fly and Rock Climb taught to the Pokemon I actually use, because those are the only two I use on a regular basis in the areas I travel.

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Age 36
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Posted January 28th, 2016
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19.7 Years
I just work them into my main battling team. I'd rather have six battle-ready pokemon to cover more variety than five battle-ready pokemon and one HM slave just filling up space...especially in later generations where you'll need HMs to fully explore everything at all times. XD

HMs slaves are pretty pointless anyways. It's not like the main game is so hard that you need every pokemon to have four different powerful attacks. >_>
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13.2 Years
I give them to an HM slave :D
But I do use Surf for a LOT of Pokemon, as many have said.

This is question is very general, almost everyone agrees that HMs suck (except Surf, and maybe a few others).
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with the crappy ones i use slaves but with surf and fly i use the regional flying type i usually pick up and i usually get a strong water type like gyarados. sometimes i put stength on anything XD
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Yes, I always train a full team of six, so the HM's are spread out throughout my entire team. Once I'm done beating it, I use the Move Deleter to get rid of the useless ones.

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Australia
Seen November 29th, 2016
Posted August 14th, 2011
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I usually integrate the HMs onto my team for the League run. Then after the league I use HM slaves. Since I'm switching the team around all the time then, i need to have the HMs bulked up on a couple Pokemon. And I obviously can't put HMs on my competitively battling Pokemon.

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Posted October 4th, 2012
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I usually grab a slave for Rock Smash, Cut, Defog/Flash, Fly, and Dive. Now Rock Climb is actually really good if you have a powerful Normal type for the STAB bonus. Surf is also epic on a water Pokemon. Waterfall is good on those physical waters like Gyrados, Bibarel ect. Strength falls in the same as Rock Climb, but it's less effective.
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I have a slave for the worthless moves like Cut, Rock Smash, etc. But I integrate the better ones like Fly, Surf, etc into my team, most of the time. Right now I only have Fly and Rock Climb taught to the Pokemon I actually use, because those are the only two I use on a regular basis in the areas I travel.
Fly? Better?

Fly has a base power of 70 over 2 turns, meaning 35 per turn.

It's the worst damaging HM, if anything. xP
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Fly has a base power of 90 in the current generation and one of the turns is a mostly-invulnerable turn, that's really only a big issue if you have a status infiction.
Actually, it's still a worthless move, because you give the opponent a free turn to set up/heal while you can't do a thing about it.
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15.7 Years
HM Slave just sounds mean/wrong. Call me silly, but I like to treat my little pixelated Pokemon as if they were real. *cough*Toomuchoftheanime*cough*

So I implement them, though mostly I just use Fly and Surf the most.
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I teach GOOD hms (Surf, Waterfall, Strength, Fly) to my main team, and I drop the rest of them on HM slaves.

I mean, who would use Rock Smash/Defog/Whirlpool on one of their main pokemon.. ?_?
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