Are there any abilities that you hate with a burning passion?

Prankster.

Parental Bond

>>27246565
I'll be honest, idk what that movie even does

>>27246565
Stall and Magician. They just seem so useless.

Klutz

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>>27246565
>Pressure

Protean

>>27246602
hoopa-u loved magician big time. especially focus sash lead sets.

>>27246602
>Hoopa is literally the Mischief Pokemon
>didn't get Prankster
for what purpose?

>>27246666
How many status moves does it get? By the way, those quads are pretty relevant. Nice job.

>>27246565
Fuck Sturdy.

moody
it + spore lets smeargle turn anything into an unstoppable killing machine

>>27246565
I dislike those abilities that starters get too. all of them and similar ones for other types, like swarm.

And a friend of mine HATES sturdy with a passion. he gets so mad anything has even a remote chance of having it.

Protean

>>27246680
Hoopa got some pretty nice moves such as Destiny Bond, Trick, Taunt, Swagger

>>27246748
>prankster destiny bond
Jesus fucking fuck.

>>27246565
GALE WINGS

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Defeatist

>>27246795
fuck this shit. It's such a cool Pokemon and it's ability is so shit, it's frustrating to work around even in single player.

>>27246592
Torrent, Blaze, and Overgrow all boost their respective type's attacks by an additional 1.5x(?) when their health is below 1/3. I've seen speed runners play with whole strategies involved staying under that 1/3rd for certain battles.

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>>27246767
h-hey guys, am I relevant?

>>27246680
Taunt and T-wave.

>>27246820
Nope because you have one less moveslot than any other mon.

What is the literal point of torrent, swarm, overgrow and blaze when Adaptability exists?

>>27246795
I could've sworn it got an HA already like Carracosta.
That's awful. I don't know why GF likes fucking over Pokémon like that, just don't give them those stats if you're going to do that shit.

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"Hey Mitsubishi-san, what should Volcarona's hidden ability be?"

"I don't fucking know. Swarm?"

ANYTHING would have been a better choice. FUCKING DROUGHT

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>lol what if Wonder Guard wouldn't work on weather, entry hazards, items, abilities and status haha just wondering

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>>27246694

We have Salandit for that.

>>27246950
Did you mean "Mold Breaker"?

>>27246920
What are you saying? That it should resist those?

>>27247006
Wonder Guard additionally needs all the effects of Magic Guard

>>27246602

Magician is underrated

It's meant to steal your opponent's item without needing to use the move thief

>>27246616
Pressure is great against pokemon that rely on moves with small PP's like hydro pump

>>27246694
>>27246719

To be fair, Sturdy i better now than it was pre-gen 5, where it's specifically against OHKO moves

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>People complaining about Sturdy

Im sorry i stopped your precious OHKO sweeper fuckers

>>27246565
Levitate.

It can be replaced with an airborne marker and free up slots for actual abilities.

>magneton line
>All dem winged stuff that gets hit by EQ

>>27246795
>>27246810
>>27246873

Gastro Acid exists

Skill Swap exists

>>27246878
If you don't want that extra boost when your on your last leg, then use Flame Body

It's supposed to punish those that try to exploit Volcarona's weaker defense stat

>>27246853
Balance. Not PVP balance, but ingame balance. Imagine if the early route bug, bird, rodent, and starter were all top OU material. They have to be shit.

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>>27247108
>stealth rock

>>27247135
Yeah, let's just use that for every. Fucking. Battle.
Fuck off.

>>27247137
But the starters SHOULD be good.
It's an awful lesson to teach children they need to toss their starter out because their normal ability is designed to be shit while their hidden ability is the real ability.

>Gale Wings
For being single-handedly responsible for the fall of Bug types

>Prankster
and
>Magic Guard
For being utter fucking horseshit in combination with each other, effectively giving Sableye two Abilities for a turn. Also fuck M-Sableye in general.

What is the literal reason for Slow Start?

>>27247240
implying bug types were anywhere to begin with

>>27247158
A Pokemon can be good in the context of the game but not good in PVP. Also the other way around, I'm sure we all loved using Butterfree in Kanto. Having a starter able to plow through literally everything is pointless.

>>27247143

Not everyone thinks like that

me personally, i have Aerodactyle as my Stealth Rock stopper, taunt lasts good until i get my own sweeper that also has Sturdy

>>27247246
To prevent Golem Rape.

>>27247246
Regigigas?

>>27247152

I mean it works anon

Archeops is meant to be a fossil pokemon to be utilized in Doubles

Same shit with Slaking

>>27246565
Intimidate.

I just think it's irritating to sit through the animation and text every time. Makes me avoid Gyarados.

>>27247246
A lame gimmick, much like Archeops

>>27246795
This thing would be easily OU with a good ability.
But the question is: What ability should it have?

>>27247336

Intimidate is great for pokemon setting up to be defensive walls

>>27246795
>>27247365

It's weird because Carracosta got the most generic abilities while archeops gets THIS

>>27247259
>implying bugs were anywhere to begin with
How to spot the faggot who never played 5th gen but probably spends every waking hour of his life shitting on it on /vp/

Plus and Minus. Thanks to those Ampharos gets shafted with a worthless HA.

>>27247096
The problem with Sturdy is the fact that a ton of wild pokemon have it now.

>>27247365
Keen Eye or something, I dunno. It's not good but it's not detrimental.

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>tympole used bubble beat!
>it's super effective!
>critical hit!
>roggenrola's sturdy left it with one hp

>>27247108
Sturdy pisses me off in-game, especially when I'm grinding up a water or grass type against some Rock types and they keep fucking living on 1hp

I honestly don't mind the starter abilities. They've proven handy far too many times to call them useless

Run Away. Absolutely cripples Eevee in PMD.

>>27246565
Garchomp made me hate Rough Skin.

>>27246565
Torrent, Overgrow, and Blaze seriously need to be buffed next gen. Make it activate when their HP is below half instead of 1/3.

I hate these because they are pretty much useless.
>Anger Point
>Big Pecks
>Damp
>Defeatist
>Early Bird (only good for Rest)
>Forewarn (rather have something better)
>Friend Guard
>Frisk
>Heavy Metal
>Hustle
>Hyper Cutter
>Illuminate
>Light Metal
>Magnet Pull
>Minus
>Plus
>Run Away
>Slow Start
>Steadfast
>Unnerve
>Water Veil
>Weak Armor (the biggest pile of shit)

Defeatist, Klutz, Truant, Illuminate.

>>27246565
Elemental absorb ones on the pokemon that are not weak to it (e.g. Flash Fire on a pure Fire type)

>>27249763
And they either explode or use Stone Edge in return.

>>27246565
Shell Armor and Leaf Guard,

>>27247365
Early Bird.

>>27249888
This whole list+Stall

Rattled
A perfect ability for Psychic type, NO PSYCHIC TYPE HAS IT.

>>27246565
Just Sturdy

Big pecks

>>27247365

Rock head and then also give it Brave Bird, but banded or LO Head Smash is enough to put the fear of god even in a lot of mons that resist it.

Serene Grace for obvious reasons

>>27246581
This

>>27249924
>yfw mega Sceptile's ability

>>27249997
>tfw Areodactyl will never ever get Rock Head and Bave Bird (or any good flying move)
why the fuck did you give him rock head then?!

>>27249924
>Pokemon uses a Fire type attack
>switch in my Flash Fire mon to eat it
>FF mon now has upgraded Fire attacks...
>...which are utterly pointless, because 99 times out of 100, the Fire type attack I switched in on was used by ANOTHER FIRE TYPE POKEMON

Big Pecks

Don't know why, but it's always stuck out in my mind.