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What is your Favorite & Least favorite Pokemon ability?
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Favorite ability: Moxie (whoever uses it gets harder and harder to stop after each KO). Tinted Lens is my second favorite because 2x resisted hits become neutral.
Least favorite ability: Truant (you don't do anything every other turn). Illuminate comes in close because it's utterly useless in battles, even in Gen V.
Least favorite ability: Truant (you don't do anything every other turn). Illuminate comes in close because it's utterly useless in battles, even in Gen V.
My favorite abilities are:
Frisk (because of Gothitelle)
Motor Drive (I love getting faster against Electric attackers)
Regenerator (Healing while switched out is a plus)
Aftermath (Deals damage if knocked out with a contact move, cool)
Water Absorb/Volt Absorb (Cool way to heal yourself)
Tinted Lens (Doubles powers of moves the opponent resists, loved it)
Static (Automatic paralysis + disabled opponent)
Technician (Minccino and Cinccino rock this ability well)
Snow Cloak (I love avoiding attacks in hailstorms)
Poison Heal (I can get stronger from poison with this)
Levitate (Eelektross has no weaknesses thanks to this)
My least favorite abilities are:
Klutz (I got a Golett in Black yesterday and sadly it had this, can't give it a Lucky Egg)
Defeatist (Archen and Archeops are cool but this lets them down)
Stench/Illuminate (Downright useless)
Weak Armor (Losing your Defense is no fun)
Intimidate (I use physical attackers a lot and this hinders them)
Sturdy (Black & White makes it worse, meaning we have to take them out in at least 2 hits)
Frisk (because of Gothitelle)
Motor Drive (I love getting faster against Electric attackers)
Regenerator (Healing while switched out is a plus)
Aftermath (Deals damage if knocked out with a contact move, cool)
Water Absorb/Volt Absorb (Cool way to heal yourself)
Tinted Lens (Doubles powers of moves the opponent resists, loved it)
Static (Automatic paralysis + disabled opponent)
Technician (Minccino and Cinccino rock this ability well)
Snow Cloak (I love avoiding attacks in hailstorms)
Poison Heal (I can get stronger from poison with this)
Levitate (Eelektross has no weaknesses thanks to this)
My least favorite abilities are:
Klutz (I got a Golett in Black yesterday and sadly it had this, can't give it a Lucky Egg)
Defeatist (Archen and Archeops are cool but this lets them down)
Stench/Illuminate (Downright useless)
Weak Armor (Losing your Defense is no fun)
Intimidate (I use physical attackers a lot and this hinders them)
Sturdy (Black & White makes it worse, meaning we have to take them out in at least 2 hits)
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Slow Start. That ability single-handedly ruined Regigigas.
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Favorite would be Levitate. Its come in handy for me quite a lot.
Lease favorite would have to be Intimidate. It's annoying.
Lease favorite would have to be Intimidate. It's annoying.
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Favorites are Levitate and Technician. Both are very useful on my team.
As for ones I don't like, I'm gonna split them into two categories.
Truant, Klutz, and Slow Start are hindrances that make otherwise good Pokemon unusable.
I hate going up against Pokemon with Intimidate, Sturdy (5th gen), Static, Poison Point, and Effect Spore. It's just frustrating having to put up with random status effects or not KOing Pokemon that should have been KO'd.
As for ones I don't like, I'm gonna split them into two categories.
Truant, Klutz, and Slow Start are hindrances that make otherwise good Pokemon unusable.
I hate going up against Pokemon with Intimidate, Sturdy (5th gen), Static, Poison Point, and Effect Spore. It's just frustrating having to put up with random status effects or not KOing Pokemon that should have been KO'd.