[Sword & Shield] Removed Moves

[Drayton]

Aside from the national dex, there are several moves that been removed and no longer available in SnS

Spoiler:

Karate Chop
Double Slap
Comet Punch
Razor Wind
Jump Kick
Rolling Kick
Twineedle
Sonic Boom
Dragon Rage
Meditate
Rage
Barrier
Bide
Mirror Move
Egg Bomb
Bone Club
Clamp
Spike Cannon
Contstrict
Kinesis
Barrage
Bubble
Dizzy Punch
Flash
Psywave
Sharpen
Spider Web
Nightmare
Feint Attack
Foresight
Return
Frustration
Magnitude
PURSUIT
Hidden Power
Smelling Salts
Assist
Refresh
Snatch
Secret Power
Camouflage
Mud Sport
Ice Ball
Needle Arm
Odor Sleuth
Silver Wind
Grass Whistle
Signal Beam
Sky Uppercut
Water Sport
Miracle Eye
Wake-Up Slap
Natural Gift
Embargo
Trump Card
Heal Block
Wring Out
Lucky Chant
Me First
Punishment
Mud Bomb
Mirror Shot
Rock Climb
Magnet Bomb
Captivate
Heal Order
Ominous Wind
Telekinesis
Flame Burst
Syncronoise
Chip Away
Sky Drop
Bestow
Heart Stamp
Steamroller
Rototiller
Ion Deluge
Spotlight
Zippy Zap
Splashy Splash
Floaty Fall
Pika Papow
Bouncy Bubble
Buzzy Buzz
Sizzly Slide
Glitzy Glow
Baddy Bad
Sappy Seed
Freezy Frost
Sparkly Swirl
Veevee Volly

*Green text those moves are from lets go series and not the main one.

Any thoughts on moves that no longer learnable and gone from existence? Do you missed these movepool from the game?

 

[Palamon]

Some of these, such as Egg Bomb and Bone Club make sense since the Pokemon that can learn Egg Bomb and Bone Club aren't in Sword/Shield to begin with. But RETURN? Are you kidding me? Return is a move that should be in any Pokemon game.

But, yeah, apart from that, I'm sure a lot of these moves have logical reasons as to why they aren't in the games. But... Return and Pursuit.... that's weird. Very weird. I hope they at least eventually patch in a few of these.

 

[Lee Know]

I was really sad about the loss of Return since it would have been a killer move on some new Pokémon like Guts Flame Orb Obstagoon, and it's just a staple move, but at the same time many of the Pokémon that could have abused it (aka anything with a Normalize variant like Mega Glalie or Mega Pinsir) isn't even in the game, save for HA Sylveon. And even then, Sylveon is better off using Hyper Voice.

I can only guess that some of the more important moves were removed as part of the game's competitive meta overhaul.

 

[Raicheot]

I use a good few of those moves quite a bit so not too happy about them not being in the game

 

[VisionofMilotic]

My girl Vespiquen already has a lot of type weaknesses.They deleted her signature move heal order, the only reliable access to recovery she has. I feel like someone walked up to my favorite bug Pokemon, and ripped off one of her wings for no reason :(

I have several Pokemon that also rely on hidden power for coverage and am surprised to see it missing.

 

[HM100]

They should have removed signature moves for Pokémon not existed in Sw/Sh instead of these useful moves, anyways, who will teach Techno Blast to a Pokémon since no smeargle exists.

 

[Sektor]

Heal Block was removed? So much for Kompetitive balance I suppose. It might not have been widely used however there were plenty of healing move styles that could be thwarted by it at the right time. Rest, Roost, Recover, Leech Seed, etc.

There are also several Bug moves on the list like Signal Beam, Silver Wind, Spider Web, Twin Needle and Heal Order. I don't understand really. I suppose I can understand it more than I can understand others enjoying that all these moves are gone though.

 

[Simply Dunsparce]

Rest in peace Hidden Power. Unown couldn't have made it all this way without you.

Also extending my condolences to the following: Return, Pursuit, Heal Order, Flame Burst, Magnet Bomb, Mirror Shot, Heal Block, Signal Beam, Needle Arm, Frustration, Magnitude, Feint Attack, Jump Kick, Heart Stamp, Double Slap, Ominous Wind, Silver Wind, Steamroller, Ice ball, Sky Uppercut, Spider Web, Foresight, Odor Sleuth, Psywave, Bubble, Sonic Boom, Dragon Rage, Miracle Eye, Grass Whistle, Spike Cannon, Mub Bomb, Rock Climb, Assist, Wake-up Slap, Twineedle, Clamp, Barrier, and Rage.

I know like the list is long, but I don't think that some of them get the attention they deserve.

 

[Drayton]

Whats funny about them when someone try to save edit anyway to add these moves, a description would say

This move cant be used.
Its recommended that this move is forgotten.
Once forgotten, this move cant be remembered

Curiosity kills the cat if whenever this moves will work or not if people were to test them in battle

Actually, its more disabled and cant be used at all thought some of them may have their original descriptions. There are a lot more than this list it seems