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People playing cheap

Destiny Bond

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    This may not annoy you but don't you hate it when people play extremly cheap? Like some pokemon keep spamming protect, attract and sleep powder or something?
     
    Destiny Bond said:
    This may not annoy you but don't you hate it when people play extremly cheap? Like some pokemon keep spamming protect, attract and sleep powder or something?
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    I wouldn't call it cheap... I would just say it's deflecting the battle... Although I can understand with Attract, Sleep Powder etc. as it's strategical, but protect is just silly.
     
    Protect isnt necessarily silly, it's pretty nice for example in combination with Toxic, or against moves that need one turn to charge (the only mentionable is probably Solar Beam here, if used without Sun for whatever reason)
     
    I find it kind of silly, but it's good to win battles.. so... I don't know whether to think it's silly or not.
     
    protect can be annoying and attract can be sometimes
    but sleep powder is ok
    if those moves weren't in the game it would be simple and boring
     
    It is pretty silly, I mean wha a waste of PP in my opinion. Yet it does have a good effect. But it also make the battle linger....

    I know you might think it as cheap but it is thinking strategically, because maybe you NEED those particular moves in your team, I mean they can be quite handy!

    So it depends in my opinon protect it a waste of time unless you use it for a good reason but any other move like Toxic and hypnosis I think they are good moves if you want to play strategically.
     
    BULLET PUNCH/U-TURN SCIZOR.

    FAKE OUT/DOUBLE HIT AMBIPOM.
     
    For the single case of Protect, those that use it often have their reasons.
    Wish + Protect is a very useful combination, as are the ability Speed Boost + Protect.

    Heck, think of Clefable with Magic Guard.. If it holds a Toxic orb and uses Protect, then it would
    1) Be poisoned for no damage due to its ability, therefore being protected from status
    2) Power up Facade from 70 to 140, and that's not even factoring in STAB(!) and
    3) It could scout whatever attack was thrown at it.
    Go go Protect!
     
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    That's not cheap, that a annoyer.
     
    Mind Reader+Sheer Cold is serious business.
     
    Protect is very strategical in my opinion. When it comes to double battles,a wide area attack like Earthquake comes,Protect can be very useful,not to mention Abilities being played with it like Phantom said. The only way I can see Protect being annoying is if it's close to the end of the battle and Protect is being used numerous times just to stall or if the Person is just doing it for fun just to get you annoyed.

    Offtopic @ Phantom: I better look into that Clefable and use it for competitive Wi-Fi Battling. xD.
     
    I wouldn't call those strategies cheap. >: Although Attract, Protect, and Sleep Powder all in one Pokémon would certainly be annoying, I wouldn't call it cheap. And each of those moves do have their own uses with other combinations, like earlier posters have mentioned.
     
    there's a difference between being plain old annoying and being cheap.

    Confuse Ray/Toxic/Fly/Roost Crobat is a valid moveset designed specifically to annoy the hell out of you but still counter-able.

    Mine Reader/Sheer Cold/Guillotine/Fissure Smeargle is just plain cheap. >_<
     
    Phantom Renegade said:
    Heck, think of Clefable with Magic Guard.. If it holds a Toxic orb and uses Protect, then it would
    1) Be poisoned for no damage due to its ability, therefore being protected from status
    2) Power up Facade from 70 to 140, and that's not even factoring in STAB(!) and
    3) It could scout whatever attack was thrown at it.
    Go go Protect!
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    I'm going to use that in battle next time :3
    Timbjerr said:
    Mind Reader/Sheer Cold/Guillotine/Fissure Smeargle is just plain cheap. >_<
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    Well, the fact that it knows 3 OHKO moves is cheap, but if it were one, say just Fissure or something then I guess it would be okay...
     
    Most cheap stuff is banned, lulz. The only things that really annoy me are an unusual amount of hax favoring my opponent... and Blissey/Jirachi.
     
    What really annoys me is when the opponent keeps on using Water Plusle or any other attack over and over again which will confuse me



    :t354:TG
     
    Any strategy that depends luck looks cheap to me. I especially hate it when luck is not rightfully by my side.

    Like Double Team, Sand Attack, Mind Reader, Sheer Cold

    Yeah, Smeargle only needs the following: Spore, Mind Reader, Sheer Cold. Encore for people who think it's set up bait.
     
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