Forgettable Move Thread

hold back

>>27831707
YOU KNOW WHAT MOVE GAME FREAK HASN'T FORGOTTEN

BIPEDALIZE

I remember a move called Vacuum Wave?? Or something, I've never seen it once, but it's a move cause I've seen it on serebii, there's other stuff too I just honesty can't remember

>>27831707
>Round

>>27831707
Beat Up
Powder
Miracle Eye
Fairy Lock
And most of the new Gen 6 moves desu

Quash.

Rupture

>Rototiller
I've seen it once, on a dex nav'd Sandshrew

>>27831742
>Miracle Eye
>Fairy Lock
The fuck?

>>27831707
Brine

I'm always surprised it exists when it inevitably comes up

>>27831728
You can do a nice doubles gimmick with Round. Say you have a Scarfed Accelgor and Specs Sylveon. Once Accelgor goes first and uses Round, Sylveon will use its Round immediately after, regardless of speed.

It's gimmicky as all fuck, but you can keep doing it since it builds in power each time.

>>27831707
Quash
Snarl
Powder
Celebrate
Fairy Lock
Fell Stinger
Mat Block
Quick Guard
Wide Guard
Copycat

Barrage

>>27831882
>Mat Block
>Quick Guard
>Wide Guard

Man I had a lot of fund with those moves, I had a Hitmontop with both wide guard and quick guard, shenanigans where pretty good

anyone remember rock wrecker? the rock type hyper beam/giga impact? i do. i've never used it once

Hold hands

How about Kinesis, the move that was impossible to know in Gen 1 without Mew glitching a Kadabra?

>>27831742
This is the first time I've ever heard of fairy lock.

>>27831973
>only three pokemon can learn it.

What's with Game Freak and giving moves shit distribution?

>>27831707
Steamroller

>>27831968
I despise mat block. It's too good in triples.

>>27832045
the only reason i know it exists is cuz my boi excadrill can learn it. I think. i can't even remember that lol

>>27831880
That's Echoed Voice. Round is still a good gimmick though since it ends up base 130 power before Pixelate boost or STAB.

Dragon Pause

>>27831707
I'll go through and try to list the move's effect from memory.
>Ice Ball
Ice typed Rollout, Spheal's signature move
>Punishment
Dark type physical move with variable power depending on target's stat changes
>Swallow
Healing move that uses Stockpile charges.
>Spit Up
Normal type special move that uses Stockpile charges, BP is 250 at max charges.
>Hold Back
False Swipe renamed, event only
>Vacuum Wave
Fighting typed special quick attack, croagunk learns it
>Round
Normal typed special 60 bp sound move that doubles in power if used with an ally, all subsequent users move immediately after the fastest one
>Quash
Dark typed physical wring out.
>Beat Up
Dark typed physical move with variable BP based on the number of status free pokemon on your team.
>Powder
Priority move that stops fire typed moves and does damage, Vivillion's signature move
>Miracle Eye
Lets psychic types hit dark types if used the turn before.
>Fairy Lock
Haven't the slightest.
>Rupture
Pretty sure it isn't a move.
>Rototiller
Helps adjacent grass types somehow
>Brine
Water typed special 60 bp doubles in power if the target is at half health or lower.
>Snarl
Dark typed special move that lowers the target's special attack
>Celebrate
Does nothing.
>Fell stinger
+6 attack if it faints the target, bug typed physical and 20 bp or something
>Mat Block, Quick Guard, Wide Guard, Copycat
Someone has never played VGC.
>Hold Hands
Does nothing.
>Kinesis
Psychic typed sand attack.
>Steamroller
Bug typed physical move with a chance to flinch. 60 bp, whirlipede's signature move

>>27831724
Vacuum Wave is Mystery Dungeon exclusive.

submission, one of the most laughable attacks.

Ally Switch
Belch
Bestow
Block
Coil
Dual Chop
Eerie Impulse
Electrify
Fairy Shield
Happy Hour
Head Charge
Heat Crash
Hold Back
Hold Hands
Ice Burn
Light of Ruin
Magnetic Flux
Night Daze
Noble Roar
Parting Gift
Relic Song
Rock Wrecker
Sharpen
Shift-Gear
Thousand Arrows
Thousand Waves
Vacuum Wave
Venom Drench

>>27832210
No, I run it on my Nasty Plot Lucario.

>>27832182
Quash and Beat Up are wrong.
Quash makes the target move last in the turn.
Beat Up has 10 (or 20, don't remember if they changed it) base power. It hits as many party member you have that aren't in battle plus the user itself. It uses the attack stat of the named Pokémon for each hit.

Fairy Lock is a worse Block. It doesn't let to switch out during the turn. Klefki's signature, don't know if works if used in a turn where the opponent is switching out.

Rototiller es basically Growth/Work Up but for partners that are Grass Type.
Snarl hits every enemy in double battles.
Fell Stinger would be great if it nets +6. Sadly, only +2.

>>27832061
if a greninja run's mattblock they often run U-turn as well so it often get's spammed a few times, It doesn't have priority though so that's a decent counter to it

>>27831840
Oh, I used that on a Floatzel in DP. I think it was pretty good.

Triple Kick

Rock climb

>>27831707
Literally Barrage, a shitty multi hit normal move only learned by Exeggute/Exeggutor that it doesn't even get stab from.

Though maybe it will get a bit more attention with the Alolan form bringing Exeggutor into the spotlight.

Rolling Kick.

>>27831724
Its special mach punch.

>>27832160
Fuck off

PETAL BLIZZARD

>>27831973
I remember that piece of shit move from Conquest.

>>27831812
Miracle Eye = Psychic foresight
And Fairy Lock is like block.

I remember fondly wondering what the fuck magnet rise was useful for

Kinesis

>>27832045
It was Rhypheriors signature move

shadow claw

>>27831707
Shock Wave
Rage Powder

>>27832541
Rage Powder is very common on VGC/Doubles sets of Amoongos.

Shock Wave is sometimes seen on Technician Mr. Mime.

>>27832310
I've crippled plenty people with venom drench. Have no idea why it isn't used more often, it's a great move.

>Ion Deluge
>Magnetic Flux
>Hold Back
>Quash
>Happy Hour

yes, these are real moves

>>27832310
>Night Daze
AKA that move you will never get to use because it's completely counterproductive

Glaciate
Ion Deluge
Play Nice
Hold Hands
Crush Grip
Spike Cannon
Triple Kick

>>27832613
explain

its just the highest BP special dark move with upside

whats the counterproductive part?

>>27832647
>Signature Move of Zoroark
>using it instantly tells your opponent it's Rusefox

>>27832397
rock type move with chance to flinch, HM move in gen 4

>>27832422
fighting move with chance of flinching, hitmonlee's signature iirc

>>27832669
gotcha
its still a pretty decent move though

>>27832678
rock climb is normal type, and tauros' best move because of sheer force/ life orb

>>27831707
>Swallow
>Spit Up
>forgettable
You haven't played the Battle Maison or Battle Institute, have you?

>>27832328
I had a feeling I was butchering Beat Up's exact mechanics.

>Submission
Fighting typed physical move with 80 bp and 80 acc, recoil, only notable for being a TM in Gen 1 where almost everything could learn it.
>Ally Switch
Increased priority move that swaps positions with an ally in double/triple battles.
>Belch
Poison typed special move 120 BP can only be used if the pokemon ate a berry during this battle.
>Bestow
Give the target your held item.
>Block
Prevents escape
>Coil
+1 attack, +1 defense, +1 accuracy
>Dual Chop
Dragon typed physical move, hits twice, 40 BP, Axew's signature
>Eerie Impulse
-2 special attack to target
>Electrify
Target's next move is electric type
>Fairy Shield
I was going to say it was one of Klefki's obscure signature moves but that's Crafty Shield
>Happy Hour
Amulet Coin effect, event only
>Head Charge
Normal physical move with 120 BP and recoil, Bouffalant's signature
>Heat Crash
Fire type physical Heavy Slam
>Ice Burn
Ice type special, 140 BP charge move with a chance to burn, Bonus points Freeze Shock is the same with a chance to paralyze and physical instead. Signature of the Kyurem fusions.
>Light of Ruin
Fairy type special 140 bp with 50% recoil, signature of Edgy Floette
>Magnetic Flux
You got me.
>Night Daze
Dark type special move that has a chance to lowers target's accuracy and has 85 BP. Has 90 or 95 accuracy. Zoroark's signature.
>Noble Roar
-1 attack/-1 special attack to target, Pyroar's signature.
>Parting Gift
Parting Shot* -1 attack/-1 special attack to target, then switches out user. Pangoro's signature, Use against magic bouncers in obscure OM's for best effect.
>Relic Song
Meloetta's signature and transformation move, 75BP normal special with 10% chance of sleep.
>Rock Wrecker
Rock type giga impact.
>Sharpen
+1 attack
>Shift Gear
+1 attack, +2 speed, Klinklang's signature
>Thousand Arrows and Thousand Waves
Zygarde's unreleased signature, ground type and hit ground immunes I think.
>Venom Drench
Some gimmick

Flower Shield

>>27832210
Maybe you meant Vaccum Cut.

Bounce

>>27832341
>Triple Kick
Fighting physical 10 BP hits thrice doubles in bp with each successive hit, <100% accuracy, hitmontop's signature
>Rock Climb
Normal physical 90 bp chance of confusion, <100% accuracy, also an HM so hardly forgettable
>Rolling Kick
Fighting physical 60 bp chance to flinch, <100% accuracy, Hitmonlee's signature
>Petal Blizzard
Physical grass surf, made Florges good for Horde battles.
>Ion Deluge
+1 priority all normal moves that turn become electric type, Electivire gimmick /w motor drive
>Flower Shield
Adjacent grass types buff, florges exclusive, guessing it's +1 defense/+1 special defense
>Bounce
Gyarados's only flying move. It's like fly except worse and has a chance to paralyze

>>27832418
Does Chansey not learn Barrage?

>>27832628
>Triple Kick
Once I entered to Battle Factory on SS and rented a Hitmontop with that move in conjuction with Focus Energy, almost all Pokemon were defeated by that move after I used Focus Energy. Truly an interesting move but somewhat weak

>Hits three times in a turn, each time it hits the Base Power is increased by 10 (first turn 10 BP, second turn 20 BP, third turn 30 BP)
>This move is boosted by Technician

>>27832989
First actual forgettable move of this thread, Egg Bomb is a 100 bp/75 accuracy normal move that is inexplicably Physical as well as a TM in Gen 1. Only Exeggcute's line and Chansey (and Mew) could learn it in Gen 1, and in every gen since then it's been a level up move for those two.

>>27831707
happy hour, anyone?
I think it's jap exclusive so I'm wondering how well known it is

>>27833056
Only reason I know it's effect is because /vp/ talked about Happy Hour Inkay back when it was being distributed.

Present and Memento

>>27833056
Happy hour doubles the payout for winning a battle, iirc

Every day there's a "forgettable x" thread. Do you dumb fuckers have Alzheimer's or something?

>>27833131
correct.

That + max level payday + amulet coin should net you 2k + (battleprofit * 4), if I remember correctly

Embargo

What do I win?

>ctrl+f
>Smelling Salts
>no results

Guess it truly is forgettable.

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>>27831742

I only know about Beat Up because of the ridiculous exploit that made me take a break from triples.

>Send out a Pokemon with Justified and one next to it with Beat Up
>Use Beat Up on your own Justified Pokemon
>Attack raises six stages in a single turn
>Everything is pain

>>27833179
Read OP's comment. This is about moves, not about the Pokemon.

>>27833357
holy shit, i thought i was the only person to ever do that

>>27833217
>that TM you always find and never use
I remember it well because the BuzzNav's TM Treasures always reminded me how much I didn't ever use it.

Does frustration have any advantage over Return?

>>27833507
Fuck over potential Ditto switch ins with a shitty weak attack. That's it.

>>27833507
No
They're literally the same moves with opposing ways to max their power

>>27833179
I kek'd at this but then I forgot why

>>27833507
In competitive they're the exact same considering you can set happiness
In game it's much worse, considering it gets weaker the longer you have the Pokemon

>Ctrl + F
>"Reflect Type"
>No results

Step aside, THIS is the true most forgettable move, you probably don't even know it exists: http://serebii.net/attackdex-xy/reflecttype.shtml

Reflect Type was introduced in BW, and only three Pokémon could learn it: Mew, Latias, and Staryu. Staryu was the only Pokémon you could obtain in BW that could learn it, and even then it's a postgame Pokémon, so most players probably never came across this move.

>>27832669
That's why you use it after the ruse is up anyway.

>>27831724
vacuum wave nasty plot lucario / infernape can sweep unsuspecting teams

>>27833750
Tentacruel could learn it too

>>27833750
Reflect Type is literally the only reason Starmie is OU on Gen VI because Water/Psychic is truly a fucked up typing.

What the fuck is the point of Aurora beam even?
It's way too strong to be an early level ice move, it's way too weak to be on the level of a strong ice move, it's at 65 power which means it can't even get a technician boost and that any Pokemon can just get the same results by just running Hidden Power Ice.

Luster Purge
Mist Ball
Skull Bash
Bestow
Entrainment
Low Sweep
Belch
Grudge
Doom Desire
Synchronoise
Ally Switch
Guard Split
Power Split
Torment

>>27834154
10% chance to lower target's attack by one stage :^)

Yeah compared to Ice Beam's higher base power and having a 10% chance to freeze the opponent, Aurora Beam sucks.

>>27834154
Because back in the Gen 1/2 days when movepool was limited and Ice Beam TM weren't infinite, it was probably the best ice attack you could get.

>>27831707
>using the psychic resist berry with a Machamp that has Punishment in Gen 4

RIP

>>27834154
It's just a mid-game move that's not designed for competitive use

>what is flame wheel
>what is razor shell
>what is leaf tornado
>what is wing attack
>what is rock throw
>what is sludge
>what is metal claw
>what is dragonbreath
>what is slam
>what is mud shot

etc etc etc

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>chatter
>eerie impulse
>forest's curse
>magnetic flux

>>27834154
It's pretty.

>>27834256
>tfw I never took luster purge off of my original latios since it's a signature move
Useless signature moves are annoying.

There was a move called "Ice Ball"
topkek

>>27833475
What? Why? It's a common tactic.

>>27833507
>>27833631
In game its a good move to give to pokemon you jusr got to help grind.out those first few levels.

>>27833100
>Memento
>confirmed for not catching the Spiritomb in Sea Mauville
Seriously that is some sick joke.

>>27833507
Pretty much a "fuck you ditto" tactic in competitive

>>27831724
>>27833934
Vacuum Wave / Flash Cannon Mega Luc tears fuckhuge holes in teams that dont stop it from setting up.
Unfortunately mine lacks Calm Mind due to the ridiculous barrier of getting both Vacuum Wave and Nasty Plot (Hitmonchan can only get it by Heart Scale, which I then need to find a Female Lucario - Riolu cant breed - to breed with the 'chan and then level the resulting VW Riolu up to level 47...)

>>27834256
>Luster Purge
Latios/Latias signature move
>Skull Bash
Raises defense then attacks the next turn.
>Bestow
Give item to target
>Entrainment
Force your ability onto the opponent
>Belch
High power poison move. Works only if you've eaten a berry.
>Grudge
If you faint, the opponent loses all pp of the move that landed the final blow
>Ally Switch
Switch places with an ally in doubles/triples.
>Torment
Quite a commom move. Target can't use the same move twice in a row.

>>27834363
Tough claws shell smash Barbaracle uses razor shell quite effectively.

Pretty sure I haven't seen Fissure since Emerald

>>27834670
Latios.
Latias' signature is Mist Ball

>>27834755
Dugtrio still learns it.

>>27831707
>Tri-Attack
Seriously, I am always amazed to see that move used, because I see it so infrequently that I always forget about it.

>>27831707
Weavile and Hambo?

>>27831797
This one, for sure. Fairy Lock is another good one. Electrify, Ion Deluge. Gen 6 introduced a shitton of useless, forgettable moves.

>>27832310
>Magnetic Flux

I was almost dead positive you made one up for giggles but what the fuck, I don't recall ever knowing about this move even though my browser says I've been to the Bulbapedia page before

Every other move in this thread I'm at least roughly familiar with but this one is blowing my mind.

>>27834154
Feels like it would be perfect for some part of the game that's not early or late, but oh well, sometimes there's nothing you can do.

>>27831789
>Rupture
>>27832310
>Fairy Shield
>Parting Gift
These are not real.

I had to look up Belch, Hold Hands, and Magnetic Flux though.

>>27834749
yeah just because you cant give him waterfall

>>27834375
Playing Rutile Ruby, early-game Chatot is extremely useful with Chatter since it's a 100% confusion move that does damage. Absolutely cripples a good chunk of Brawly's team. The usually terrifying Machamp is nothing, especially if Chatot is faster.

>>27835157
Parting Shot is real tho

>>27834670
Does Encore/Torment work like I want it to?

>>27833228
I did the exact same thing, but looks like you beat me to it.

>>27835893
Haven't seen Odor Sleuth either. Only way I remember it is because Zigzagoon learns it pretty early.

>>27835893
The only way I really remember Smelling Salts is that it went over the max character limit for a move in Gen 5 so it looks like "SmellingSalt".

>>27831968
>I had a Hitmontop with both wide guard and quick guard, shenanigans where pretty good
Do tell. I've never understood their purpose. Why quick guard over protect?

>>27831973
I remember it because a random Crustle in BW caught me totally off-guard and rock rekt me with it

>>27831742
Beat up was the coolest shit to little kid me in gen 2. It felt like something out of an anime.

>>27832001
H-how could they approve of this?!

>>27832033
And after you could learn it normally it was still exclusive to the abras, had like 70 acc and did nothing but lower acc

>>27832310
>Bestow
>Heat Crash
>Hold Back
>Magnetic Flux
>Noble Roar
>Rock Wrecker
>Venom Drench

I have played through every generation of games yet never heard of these.

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>>27832310
>Light of Ruin

>>27833507
Don't need to spend time grinding for happiness b4 going comp i guess

>>27834256
>Synchronoise
This is memorable because it's the most baffling move in Pokemon. A damage dealing move that doesn't do damage. And on the rare occurrences when it does do damage, either the opponent resists it (because Psychic type) or the user doesn't get STAB. And to top it all off it had only 70 base power when it was introduced. What were GF thinking?

>>27836917
Synchronise Umbreon is pretty OP in UU.

>>27831882
Powder is a move?
>>27832033
I only knew what this was from Metronome and always assumed there was some other effect like Sunny Day

I nominate Imprison and Snatch