Hi, cancer

>>27254632
Literally useless

Hi, Baton Pass

>>27254632
It makes it a little bit harder to catch, but that's about it. Probably has a really high catch rate though.

It will lose this ability upon evolving.

>>27254673
I hope not. This ability is actually pretty interesting and potentially useful for competitive battling.

>>27254641

No Pokémon is unless.

>>27254660
Red card you nigger

>>27254632
Hi Escape Button.

>>27254709
Not really. The ability more inconvenient than useful to be applicable competitively

>>27254632
Lvl. 1 w/ Focus Sash could be nice in VGC

>>27254632
If there's a way to recover HP on a switch out, you could use this to get free swap ins, right?
Say you use it for a set up, it gets hit, survives, you get a free switch without taking a hit, and can repeat that later.

>>27254758
You're being really uncreative right now. If it hasn't decent defenses and speed, it could be great.

Switching is literally the most powerful option in a battle.

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>>27254632
>Stealth Rocks up
>Wimpod Wimps Out
>Game decides you want to switch to Talonflame

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>>27254728
Karenfag detected.

>>27254800
How.

>Anything attacks Wimpod
>It switches out
>Now you are in a 3 vs 4

Congratulations!

>>27254632
>evolves
>new ability: Confidence

>>27254632
it could be a great shield
>predict super effective attack
>switch to wimpod to take it
>in the same turn switch again to the pokemon you want

>>27254830
>using smogon bird

>>27254830
Kek

>>27254852
It's Richard.

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>>27254875
>tfw you don't have the Confidence ability

>tfw have Klutz

>>27255147
Why wouldn't you switch out to the pokémon you want in the first place? If it is frail you could simply use a tank / wall to take the hit instead of wasting a spot on your team with this frail looking bug.

>>27254830
I'm pretty sure that you will choose the pokemon

>>27254830
Nowhere does it say you switch into a RANDOM pokemon.
And why would it switch out when the opponent attacked with stealthrock anyway?

Imagine this:
>Wimpod is fast
>learns Stealth rock
>uses stealth rock in battle
>gets hit
>switches out to a pokemon that has a better matchup and forces in a mon that is weak to sneaky pebbles

>>27255207
>Implying smogon are the only ones smart enough to realize priority brave bird might be viable.
I hate this meme
If anything, smogon rips everyone else's sets off and catalogues them. Not the other way around.
Even if I'm clever enough to come up with my own set that is actually viable and not already on smogon, it's only a matter of time before it gets listed there.
And here you are giving them undue credit for Talonflame.

>>27254830
Could this mean a nerf to Stealth Rock?

>>27254758
It's the same idea as using a slow U-Turn or Volt Switch user to tank a hit so you can get something else in safely.

>>27255306
>switch to the Pokemon you want
>have it lose half its health before doing anything and get killed before it can do it's job

>>27254758
Are you dumb? Do you think U-turn and Volt Switch are bad? Because this basically turns any attack into a u-turn.
It's a great momentum grabber.

>>27254641
>>27254809
>again

>>27254875
Some of you in this board could really level with this Pokémon.

>>27254855
You're a retard. Congratulations!

>>27257014
the only retard here are you. it can't use endeavor or anything before being switched out. sick lvl 1 strat

>>27255672
>mfw it only works once

>>27257014
>Congratulations for not understanding my shitty gimmick

So what?
You switch out to Wimpod to avoid damage on your mon and then come back and...
You are 3 vs 4 now, congrats!

Just so you fucks get it right, wimpod is the one who gets switched

It's not red card, it's more like Eject Button

>>27254671
What is quick ball

>>27254728
Unless what, anon?
Don't leave us hanging like that.

>>27257405
Net Ball's 4x effective on it if that fails.

>>27255366
And if it ends up with great offensive stats:
>throw out hazards or disables early game
>wimp out for a free switch-in
>team up with healing wish support
>clean up late game

I am optimistic of its potential

>>27255624
>>27255672
with the exception that you dont chose when to activate it, it's in your opponents control
>giving you opponent the opportunity to switch your pokemon out

>wimpod gets hit down to half health
>runs away, you switch to mimikyu
>you now have a turn where you can do whatever you want and not take any damage

>>27255366
I think people are assuming this works like a self-whirlwind, but I forgot escape button was an item so it's probably more like an auto-escape button.

>>27254728
archen and its evo line would like to have a word with you