(Yeah, the usual why-doesn't-[insert pokémon]-learn-[move]-? rant...)
*Please remember to explain why you feel said Pokémon should learn [insert move]. - Dedenne*
So, for starters:
-Delphox and Greninja - No Focus Blast! I know Focus Blast has bad acc. and all but not only do they lose important Fighting coverage, it really makes me wonder why GF thinks a magical bipedal fox and a ninja frog can't learn Focus Blast... For comparison, Zoroark and Politoad (other pokémon based on similar creatures) can learn Focus Blast, so, really GF?
-(Mega) Gyarados - No Crunch... This is not new but considering Gyarados has a Mega Evo that is part Dark, one would think they would finally give the more powerful version of Bite to the giant-mouthed-serpent... Its only physical Dark moves are, again, Bite and Payback which is only good if you go on the slower side and doesn't pair well with DD...
-(Mega) Mewtwo X - Again, another Mega Evo with no decent STAB for its new type. At least, Ampharos got Dragon Pulse in its learnset and Charizard always had Dragon moves in its learnset. One would expect they would give M2X Close Combat, but no... You have to stick with Drain Punch, which is decent but only available if you bring Mewtwo from Gen V (same happens with Zen Headbutt, which is stronger than Psycho Cut). Otherwise, you can only use Brick Break...
-XYZ Legends - Xerneas and Yveltal have the same stats and twin offenses. However, Xerneas doesn't learn Play Rough, the only physical Fairy move. Yveltal, on the other hand, only has Sucker Punch has a good physical Dark-type move but is always a risky move.
Also, even though Xerneas is a grounded pokémon Pokémon, for some reason, GF thinks it is not strong enough to learn Earthquake when things like Pineco or Glalie are perfectly capable of doing so.
As for Yveltal, it also doesn't learn Earthquake, probably because it's an airbone pokémon like Zekrom and Reshiram before it who suffer from the same problem. But again, when similar pokémon like Rayquaza, Lugia and Ho-oh can learn it, you know something is wrong at GF's HQ. In Yveltal's case, it is worse than Xerneas as it would have a move to cover its Electric weakness.
Last and definitely least, Zygarde learns Outrage and Dragon Tail as physical Dragon STAB to complement its boosting moves (DD or Coil). However, Fairies are now amongst us, so being locked into Outrage is not as awesome as it was. Plus, Dragon Tail is weak and has negative priority. On the other side of the spectrum, it has Dragon Pulse and (obviously) Draco Meteor but guess what? Its Sp. Atk stat is even worse than its Attack stat, so going mixed when you have two physical boosting moves is a waste... If it learned Dragon Rush (it's a bit of a stretch but not as much as suggesting Dragon Claw), it would be good to use on a Coil set.
That's it for now. I think there was some other pokémon I wanted to mention but I can't remember...
Comment yourselves now...
*Please remember to explain why you feel said Pokémon should learn [insert move]. - Dedenne*
So, for starters:
-Delphox and Greninja - No Focus Blast! I know Focus Blast has bad acc. and all but not only do they lose important Fighting coverage, it really makes me wonder why GF thinks a magical bipedal fox and a ninja frog can't learn Focus Blast... For comparison, Zoroark and Politoad (other pokémon based on similar creatures) can learn Focus Blast, so, really GF?
-(Mega) Gyarados - No Crunch... This is not new but considering Gyarados has a Mega Evo that is part Dark, one would think they would finally give the more powerful version of Bite to the giant-mouthed-serpent... Its only physical Dark moves are, again, Bite and Payback which is only good if you go on the slower side and doesn't pair well with DD...
-(Mega) Mewtwo X - Again, another Mega Evo with no decent STAB for its new type. At least, Ampharos got Dragon Pulse in its learnset and Charizard always had Dragon moves in its learnset. One would expect they would give M2X Close Combat, but no... You have to stick with Drain Punch, which is decent but only available if you bring Mewtwo from Gen V (same happens with Zen Headbutt, which is stronger than Psycho Cut). Otherwise, you can only use Brick Break...
-XYZ Legends - Xerneas and Yveltal have the same stats and twin offenses. However, Xerneas doesn't learn Play Rough, the only physical Fairy move. Yveltal, on the other hand, only has Sucker Punch has a good physical Dark-type move but is always a risky move.
Also, even though Xerneas is a grounded pokémon Pokémon, for some reason, GF thinks it is not strong enough to learn Earthquake when things like Pineco or Glalie are perfectly capable of doing so.
As for Yveltal, it also doesn't learn Earthquake, probably because it's an airbone pokémon like Zekrom and Reshiram before it who suffer from the same problem. But again, when similar pokémon like Rayquaza, Lugia and Ho-oh can learn it, you know something is wrong at GF's HQ. In Yveltal's case, it is worse than Xerneas as it would have a move to cover its Electric weakness.
Last and definitely least, Zygarde learns Outrage and Dragon Tail as physical Dragon STAB to complement its boosting moves (DD or Coil). However, Fairies are now amongst us, so being locked into Outrage is not as awesome as it was. Plus, Dragon Tail is weak and has negative priority. On the other side of the spectrum, it has Dragon Pulse and (obviously) Draco Meteor but guess what? Its Sp. Atk stat is even worse than its Attack stat, so going mixed when you have two physical boosting moves is a waste... If it learned Dragon Rush (it's a bit of a stretch but not as much as suggesting Dragon Claw), it would be good to use on a Coil set.
That's it for now. I think there was some other pokémon I wanted to mention but I can't remember...
Comment yourselves now...
