This is the Advance Generation area, dude. It'll be a Special attack.
I know.
Man, I suck, see when I play pokemon games, I just go with my gut, without thinking about the stats, and what not. And all of you guys that I see on here are all professonal with the games. I'm not new, just weird.
I know.
Just kidding.
It's simple. Here are some pointers.
-Physical attacks (like Aerial Ace and Mach Punch) utilize the
Attack stat. This means, the higher your attack, the more damage done.
-Special attacks (like Sludge Bomb and Psychic) utilize the
Special Attack stat. These do more damage depending on your Special Attack, like I said with Physical attacks.
-STAB means Special Type Attack Bonus. Don't bother remembering it if you don't want to. All it means is that if your Pokemon's type is the same as the move it uses, it gets a slight boost.
-Be diverse with your moveset! Take this Swampert for example:
Muddy Water
Surf
Water Gun
Water Pulse
Now compare it to this Swampert:
Surf
Ice Beam
Earthquake
Hammer Arm
Sure, the first set lets you take out an army of fire pokemon. But the second set covers you against:
Fire
Ground
Rock
Grass(swampert's weakness)
Dark
Dragon
Flying
Steel
Normal
Electric
Poison
So that's 11 of the 16 types. Not bad for one Pokemon, eh?
-Secondly, learn to utilize Stat Boosts. Boosting your defenses will give your pokemon more time left in the field. Boosting your Offenses gives your opponent less time. And remember that stat boosts remain until you switch.
Also, look into Baton Passing. Have a Pokemon use a stat boost move, then use baton pass to
pass the boosts to another pokemon. You can pass attack and defense boosts, subsitutes and (I think, don't quote me on this) future sight attacks.
Wow, one hell of a response.
