Taemin

MOVE

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USA
Seen January 6th, 2023
Posted December 9th, 2022
11,196 posts
17.8 Years
Your Pokémon just leveled up, and oh look - it wants to learn a new attack!

A new attack that's fairly epic, by the way.

Problem is that it's moveset is already awesome, and works really well. D:



Do you get stuck, and stare at the screen for a few minutes, torn over which move to delete, and calculate things to the max? Do you just easily erase a move without caring, or maybe you just skip learning the new attack altogether?


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Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
Depends on what I have planned for the final moveset! If it's a really good placeholder, I'll probably take it, til I get the move that I want in the final set. This usually isn't much of a dilemma for me. XD;
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Seen July 31st, 2018
Posted July 7th, 2015
115 posts
14.9 Years
I'm always under the impression that I'll be changing the moveset in the future to fit something else and keeps things a bit fresh, so I tend to replace a move whenever I can. It's a nice reassurance knowing I can use Heart Scales to relearn past moves. :3

And in B/W and the reusable TMs, I tend to replace TM moves, then reteach TMs to avoid messing up current movesets~


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Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
This would be one of the most difficult moments I had to deal with when it comes to that. When a Pokemon has an amazing moveset, and all of the sudden it learns another epic move, I have to make sacrifices. I only eliminate the move that I used less, and make room for that epic move recently learned. That way, I'm good, and so is the Pokemon I was using. ;)

Enigma

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Age 26
Female
California
Seen August 25th, 2016
Posted July 12th, 2016
1,221 posts
15.2 Years
I can usually decide very quickly what the best move is for my Pokemon at the time. If I end up making the wrong decision, I either reteach it with a Heart Scale (or in B/W's case, TMs as well) or I just make do with what I have. Things usually work out for me in the end. :3

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Age 35
Male
Seen July 23rd, 2016
Posted June 17th, 2012
79 posts
12.4 Years
I'm not giving this half as much thought as I used to.

With reusable TMs and more or less unlimited Heartscales in B&W, no move is lost forever.

Back in the day in Red, I often stared at the screen for ages before deciding.

It was especially annoying when you had a useless HM move you couldn't get rid of...

vaporeon7

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Seen September 6th, 2016
Posted May 27th, 2014
5,143 posts
12.7 Years
I usually plan movesets before hand but when I don't I do sit and stare for a while. Thank goodness for Heart Scales.

Mr Cat Dog

Frasier says it best

Age 32
Male
London, UK
Seen September 29th, 2017
Posted July 12th, 2017
11,344 posts
19.1 Years
Normally, it's straight to Bulbapedia to try and work out if the move is actually better than anything else in the Pokemon in question's arsenal, as - especially in Gen V - I don't know a lot of what all the moves mean in general/physical and special divide and all that stuff. If I don't have access to the internet, normally I'm my risk averse self and just play it safe. As many people have already pointed out: thank god for Heart Scales!

Taemin

MOVE

he / they
USA
Seen January 6th, 2023
Posted December 9th, 2022
11,196 posts
17.8 Years
Bulbapedia? that's a new one. Never heard of anyone wiking the move sets when deciding.

Not that it's a bad idea at all. xD

I do the same thing as Meganium90, I just sacrifice if the move is good enough, and usually delete a move that I notice I'm not using much. No point in having it sit there when it could be replaced. Unlike a lot of people, though, I don't bother with Heart Scales.. like.. ever. o_O


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Palamon

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Age 26
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Snezhnaya, Teyvat.
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14.3 Years
I don't usually delete my old moves. Unless it's a damaging moves. Otherwise--I leave my Pokemon's moves alone.
Age 32
Female
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Seen May 29th, 2012
Posted August 31st, 2011
2,242 posts
18.7 Years
It depends on what the Pokemon's moveset is and what the new attack is. If I feel that the new attack is better then one of the already known attacks I'll switch them. I usually look at the decription of the new asttack and then look at the descriptions of the moveset.
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Age 32
Male
London, UK
Seen September 29th, 2017
Posted July 12th, 2017
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19.1 Years
Bulbapedia? that's a new one. Never heard of anyone wiking the move sets when deciding.

Not that it's a bad idea at all. xD
It's less a novel idea and more an example of my complete ignorance when it comes to moves and what they do. Gen I-II moves I know pretty much off by heart, but anything above I have a hard time remembering, so every time a member of my team learns something new, I pretty much go there by default as I have no clue of its meaning!

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Age 29
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Ankh-Morpork
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Posted March 15th, 2023
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18.9 Years
I usually don't have much trouble deciding, but... damn, Daikenki's moves are all things I would use and they're good and I want more than 4 slots because I can't decide. ;-; But I think that's the only Pokemon I've ever had trouble deciding with.
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Captain Fabio

Age 33
London, UK
Seen November 4th, 2021
Posted November 2nd, 2021
12,193 posts
17.1 Years

When it is just for going through the game, I will just go off face value. However, if it is me training up a competitive team, I already know what moves I want it to be, so I just go by that, because I have already researched them to the max! XD

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Male
United Kingdom
Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
21,056 posts
15.4 Years
Yup I always get this, and another problem is if I have a HM which you can't delete which becomes very irritating and makes me want to goto the Move Deleter that instant.
I also if I my Pokémon doesn't want to learn a new move I click the wrong thing I can't remember what the phrases are but it repeats the sentance again asking if I want to learn the move
Female
Seen March 26th, 2011
Posted March 24th, 2011
6 posts
12.2 Years
Bulbapedia? that's a new one. Never heard of anyone wiking the move sets when deciding.
I do as well; today I was on the bus and didn't have my comp handy so had to go through my phone. Found out that the app I use for wikipedia (wapedia) also has a pokemon wiki. super useful.

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Age 97
Shimoda City
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Posted January 25th, 2022
9,705 posts
15.5 Years
I usually stare at the screen blankly, weighing its old attacks and the new ones, before eventually coming to a decision. Fortunately, I have a stock of Heart Scales at the ready in case I later regret teaching the move, or if I have to delete another good move for it.

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Age 34
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Allybahma
Seen April 5th, 2011
Posted April 3rd, 2011
111 posts
12.7 Years
If it sounds good, I'll delete a move to use it. If the move has more attack, more accuracy, and has no side effects to the pokemon using it, chances are it's going to replace a really crappy old move.I know what most moves work with anyway. Not because I google it or anything. I've learned from my mistakes. I do make sure that one pokemon always has one powerful move that can turn them into a sweeper easily. So as long as they have that one move, everything else can be changed and I could care less.

I guess I'm not very strategic.

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Age 29
Female
Irelanddd
Seen January 7th, 2012
Posted January 7th, 2012
553 posts
13.8 Years
Bulbapedia? that's a new one. Never heard of anyone wiking the move sets when deciding.

Not that it's a bad idea at all. xD
I do the same actually xD Bulbapedias an incredibly useful tool :3

I usually just weigh up its accuracy and power/effect against the old moves and take it from there. There's nothing more annoying than a HM move sitting there that can't be deleted :/

The only move-replacements I have ever been totally certain of straight off the bat are ones that are the more powerful version of another: i.e. Absorb ->Mega Drain ->Giga Drain.

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Seen June 11th, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2011
5 posts
12.2 Years
Seeing as I only play RBY and GSC, this occurs to me often. And when I played the later gens this still was a problem since using Heart Scales and stuff was a hassle IMO.
Agreed, it was much harder in R/B/Y/G/S/C when it doesn't tell you what the attack does etc, unless you know the attacks power/effect/PP before hand, it's quite hard to decide.
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Seen July 23rd, 2017
Posted June 9th, 2017
1,761 posts
14.8 Years
Prior to the Internet age and the dawn of Bulbapedia's efficiency, this was quite the pain in Pokemon Sapphire Version, as I was unfamiliar with several moves. If a move seemed like a powerful version of a move I currently had, then the choice wasn't too hard. With Bulbapedia, this will likely hardly be a problem again. Though I still have to spend time planning movesets prior to Pokemon training... >_>

Agreed, it was much harder in R/B/Y/G/S/C when it doesn't tell you what the attack does etc, unless you know the attacks power/effect/PP before hand, it's quite hard to decide.
I heard about that lack of the move description feature in the older Pokemon games...I'd be horrified if I didn't even have that feature to assist me in pondering over what move to delete. :<
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Age 27
Female
Hawaii
Seen June 28th, 2013
Posted November 2nd, 2012
211 posts
12.1 Years
It is VERY dependant on the move in question and the moveset. I think I make each choice you listed equally in frequency to be honest...

A recent case was with my Emboar, which had Flame Charge, Brick Break, Earthquake, and Rock Slide, and I wanted to teach it Wild Charge. I didn't want to remove Earthquake or Rock Slide, but didn't want to remove my STAB moves. I used all 4 of the moves a lot, and was torn up. I stared at the screen for 5 minutes contemplating whether to give up or delete something...

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Age 31
Female
Sinnoh
Seen January 4th, 2017
Posted January 4th, 2017
4,521 posts
18.1 Years
I usually don't plan out my moveset. I like to be surprised at what my pokemon can learn. If the move seems suitable at the time, I will add it and delete another move. I like to try out new moves and see how they work out. It's better to learn that way I think.


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