Sheer Cold, keep it? scrap it?

[Moltres Rider]

this poll is not meant for regarding Pokémon that have the mind reader + sheer cold combo


when your Pokémon has the opportunity to learn Sheer Cold... do you keep it (learn the move) because it is a one hit KO or do you scrap it (abandon learning the move) because it only has a 30 accuracy

 

[Sydian]

Ummmm I don't want some low PP will likely fail move. I'm an in game kinda dude. I pass on all OHKO moves.

 

[PlatinumDude]

It would've been nice if you mentioned the other OHKO moves too.

Anyway, I don't make my Pokemon learn Sheer Cold or other OHKO moves because they're too unreliable, even in-game.

 

[Blizz]

I voted "Keep it" because when I first time used that move on my Lapras I was like "What was that!?". Since that Sheer Cold have been one of my favourite Ice-type move. All OHKO moves (Sheer Cold, Quillotine, Fissure and Horn Drill) are unreliable but cool when you success. My record is 3 streak of Fissure.

 

[2Cool4Mewtwo]

Sheer Cold is completely useless in competitive battling. (Aside from it being banned, it's never a reliable move and turns the metagame into cheap, luck-based crap)

Also keep in mind that OHKO moves only have 5 PP, therefore you can only rely for it to succeed 1 or 2 times. Plus, there are much better moves to use than OHKO moves. (Ice beam, Blizzard under hail...)

 

[Pixel!]

Sheer Cold is completely useless in competitive battling. (Aside from it being banned, it's never a reliable move and turns the metagame into cheap, luck-based crap)

Also keep in mind that OHKO moves only have 5 PP, therefore you can only rely for it to succeed 1 or 2 times. Plus, there are much better moves to use than OHKO moves. (Ice beam, Blizzard under hail...)

Said everything, I however feels proud when it does work ^_^
But pretty much everywhere,other than the games they're banned,so there isn't much of a chance to use them

 

[Sydian]

It would've been nice if you mentioned the other OHKO moves too.

Anyway, I don't make my Pokemon learn Sheer Cold or other OHKO moves because they're too unreliable, even in-game.

Then just pretend he did. This applies to all OHKO moves, not just Sheer Cold, for variety's sake.

 

[bwburke94]

Sheer Cold hits everything except Shedinja. The other OHKO moves can be avoided via immunity. So, it was the only one mentioned in the OP.

 

[Ciax]

I always pass on OHKO moves, just too unreliable. Plus only a few pokemon learn them and its at a very late level

 

[miltankRancher]

I'm not really a fan of OHKo moves. They always fail me. :(

 

[Zapperz]

i dont rely on OHKO moves cause they are sooooooo unpredictable when i use em. they only work when I dont want them to

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

I guess when I have space move space I let my Pokemon learn Sheer Cold though I scrap it once I have the possibility =)

 

[Wings Don't Cry]

I scrap it since the accuracy is so low that it never actually hits anything unless someone at the Battle Frontier is using it on you.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

I skip OHKO moves unless the Pokemon has a really shallow movepool (read; 3rd gen Walrein). They're just too unreliable. Unless of course, an opponent in the Battle Frontier/Tower uses it on you. Then somehow it seems like its accuracy is more like 70:/

 

[mondays suck]

Nah, I'd rather use Splash, it does the same thing - nothing - with slightly higher accuracy, has a lot more PP and is much easier to access.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

Unless there's absolutely nothing else that a critter can learn in its place, I normally never OHKO moves to them. As has been mentioned previously: way too unreliable, too few HP etc. It certainly wouldn't be the end of the world if they were removed from the games, but I doubt it will happen, unfortunately.

 

[Mentalii]

I never keep OHKO moves.
When other use them on my Pokémon, that works, but when I decide to use them, that always fail... Thus I'd scrap Sheer Cold.

 

[psyanic]

No, they're useless to me. I don't like relying on it, it's like a last resort thing that doesn't even work. What annoys me more is that in-game NPC's somehow make it hit about 80% of the time against me.

 

[Legobricks]

My stratagems are generally forged around weaker high-accuracy moves, so OHKOs are not used.
I've seen such as a Rhyperior with a Zoom Lens and Fissure used to great effect; it's just not my style.

 

[LatiasSoulDew]

Ummmm I don't want some low PP will likely fail move. I'm an in game kinda dude. I pass on all OHKO moves.

This. I don't play competitive. I'm even more concerned with accuracy rather than power. For example, I prefer Flamethrower rather than Fire Blast.