Ever encountered the Move "Struggle"?

Started by Bluerang1 November 16th, 2010 11:00 AM
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When all the PP of all a Pokemon's moves run out, they have the option of using a move called Struggle, which inflicts damage on the foe, and also on the user by recoil.

I was trying to catch the HGSS Zapdos using a PokeBall and it got to a point where I had to stall as I had less than 20 PokeBalls (from 50) left and the Zapdos just wouldn't get in. After stalling with my really low level Bellsprout using Flash repeatedly causing the Zapdos to miss and then Growth for stalling until the Zapdos finally hit and it fainted, I switched back in my Traded level 100 Gengar who has hypnotise. All in all, the Zapdos didn't let up and it used Struggle, got recoil and fainted. I'd always wanted to know what would happen if a wild Pokemon ran out of all their moves, I was going to do this with the Ho-Oh but I ran out of PokeBalls so I just through a Love Ball.

Has you ever come across this move, whether with your own Pokemon or with a wild Pokemon you were facing?
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Happened to me once, a long time ago. I'm not sure which pokemon it was... perhaps my Umbreon or something. I had used all of its moves in a huge war against a foe who kept using healing moves on itself... it was quite annoying.



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Sure I've seen Struggle before, numerous times. If I remember correctly, the first time was while using a Geodude with Tackle as its only move in Red version.
The best was however a battle against a trainer's Metapod getting struggle because my Pokemon (I think it was a Nidoran f) ran out of all its non-status move PP.
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Of course I've seen Strugle! Even had to use it on several occassions! Nothing new there...

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Only encountered it once in Emerald, battling Juan. I had just kept reviving my Pokemon after his Kingdra fainted them and let it waste all its PP.
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the only time i encountered? it was when i was in battle factory and i had a cradily...... it was the longest battle ever....i was goin against a skarmory and i couldnt toxic it, and it couldnt defeat my cradliy either......so my cradily commited seppuku* after struggling for so long.....
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This happened to me in Platinum, when I was trying to catch Giratina in a Cherish Ball. It always came out, and it was at 1 HP. It used Struggle and fainted. Good thing I saved before the battle, right?

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the only time i encountered? it was when i was in battle factory and i had a cradily...... it was the longest battle ever....i was goin against a skarmory and i couldnt toxic it, and it couldnt defeat my cradliy either......so my cradily commited seduku after struggling for so long.....
Seppuku*

I had a similar experience, but I won because Mirror Coat + Barrier have ridiculous amount of PP and Recover x 16 > any amount of Drill Peck.
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If I fail to catch a legendary Pokemon within a certain amount of turns, that's when it Struggles (the amount of turns depends on the total amount of PP the Pokemon has for its moves). Usually, the legend KOs itself, but I reset when that happens.

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Lol, I remember my first time seeing the move Struggle. I was trying to catch a Chansey in Pearl for AGES (I just couldn't catch the damn thing), and it eventually used Struggle and KO'd itself. T_T I had no idea that that move existed, so I was pretty confused. ._.

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Once in Silver I was fighting a wild Kakuna with my Cyndaquil, tackle had like 10 PP left and it missed all 10 times. So I was using leer for the rest of the battle and Kakuna used Harden. It was a long fight but I won thanks to my berry.

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Like Sydian, mainly with the Regi Trio. They're the only legendary Pokemon I ever want, so I stay in battle for a very long time with them. I had a Lairon use it once on my Cradily. Roar ran out thanks to Suction Cups, and I withstood Iron Tail (thank you Hyper Potions).
Other than that, no.

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On one of the console games, I think, maybe PBR. I think the opponent used Torment on one of my brother's Pokemon holding a Choice Scarf so it would have to use Struggle every other turn until the Torment wore off.

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I have very much encountered it. Back in R/B/Y, I encountered it a lot while playing through the hideout areas and never leaving to heal. Or in an intense Gym battle.

As for how it appears, you just use all your moves until they have no PP left, and then select "Fight" and watch it use Struggle because it has no PP left.
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I usually just go and heal up fully whenever my pokes get too battered up, so the only time I managed to see Struggle was when I tried and failed to catch Ho-oh in SoulSilver. The primary reason for this failure was this usage of Struggle - well, that and I didn't really have that many Ultra Balls or any of the balls that would have worked better than what I had with me at the time.