Why doesn't X pokemon get Y attack/ability/typing?

[flyinfilipino]

Spore is specifically Mushroom Spore in Japan, so that explains it, pretty much.

 

[EpicSandwich]

If gunkshot can be learned pretty much by all monkeys i would assume its coming out of the back end, so why skuntank cant learn sludge just may have to do with the fact that sludge doesnt come from that end.

also how cant dragonite learn Shadow claw, but it does have dragon claw >.>

 

[PowerBomb]

What? That makes no sense.

Salamence can learn Dragon Claw and Shadow Claw. Why can't Dragonite?

 

[Metal~Mario]

I think it has something to do with how D-nite can learn Superpower and Focus Punch whereas Mence cannot.

Probably that Nite's claws aren't well developed for other claw moves. So he get punching moves instead of scratching moves.

*shrug* My thoughts.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Dragonite is more humanoid in shape than Salamence so it makes more sense. Dragonite does actually have arms, although pudgy for Focus Punch. Salamence is much more lizard-like.

 

[#HBC | Dark Horse]

Why doesn't dusknoir learn sucker punch?

 

[UltiMario]

...Why does Starmie get Thunderbolt and Thunder? It's extremely unprecedented in waters and most Psychics, so why does it get them?

 

[Chill]

Why doesn't dusknoir learn sucker punch?

Dusknoir does learn sucker punch.

http://serebii.net/pokedex-dp/477.shtml

 

[mood4food77]

actually

quite a few water pokes learn thunderbolt and thunder

slowbro and slowking (they actually don't learn it but they learn flamethrower/fire blast)
gyarados
starmie
lapras
kyogre
bibarel

 

[UltiMario]

1- Thunder Wave isn't Thunderbolt/Thunder
2- Kyogre is Uber.

So the only things left there are Starmie/Lapras/Bibarel

Bibarel has normal typing, so it has SOME affinity with Electric due to normal usually getting tons of stuff.

Starmie and Lapras still put me in the clueless zone though.

 

[mood4food77]

gyarados learns it too....

it could be becasue they're magical pokemon, like mystic stuff

i think the slowpoke family learning flamethrower/fire blast is weirder

 

[PowerBomb]

Either that or Starmie has that core thing that's supposed to flash into the sky and send strange signals or something. Possibly related to electricity, hence why it gets those two moves?

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Gyarados learns Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Ice Beam, as well as the more powerful versions of the special beams. Starmie just lacks Flamethrower, while Slowbro/king lack Thunderbolt.

 

[UltiMario]

gyarados learns it too....

Holy **** what.

I thought it only got TWave

This **** makes no sense. Does it like commit suicide with them or something?

 

[PowerBomb]

Gyarados is supposed to be Dragon-like, right? Maybe that's why.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

That still doesn't quite explain how Slowbro and Slowking get Flamethrower.

 

[Metal~Mario]

Either that or Starmie has that core thing that's supposed to flash into the sky and send strange signals or something. Possibly related to electricity, hence why it gets those two moves?

Ya know how Starmie's rear star spins?

I think it can generate electricity that way and unleash it though its core.

 

[PowerBomb]

That still doesn't quite explain how Slowbro and Slowking get Flamethrower.

Oh psh, that's easy.

Slowbro is so stupid that it ignores the way Water-types work.

Slowking is so smart that it ignores the way Water-types work.

 

[The Star King]

Ya know how Starmie's rear star spins?

I think it can generate electricity that way and unleash it though its core.

What about Staryu then?

 

[Terywj [태리]]

They use / abuse the mystical powers of their cores?

 

[mood4food77]

that is what i always believed in

lapras and gyarados look weird using it though

i guess since they're mystical though, they're allowed

 

[PowerBomb]

Hey, can Victribell learn Power Whip? If it can't, then what. It has a whip-like thing anyway and it learns Vine Whip...

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Victreebel lacks Power Whip but has Leaf Blade.

 

[PowerBomb]

Ha, mispelled it.

Even if Victreebel gets Leaf Blade I think it should get Power Whip since it DOES have a vine and it has a nice Attack stat to boot.

Maybe it'll get Power Whip in Gen 5.

 

[mood4food77]

wait...victreebell doesn't have power whip

WTF GAMEFREAK!!

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Kinda like how Machamp lacks Mach Punch. Gamefreak never ceases to confuse us, sometimes.

 

[Metal~Mario]

Kinda like how Machamp lacks Mach Punch.

And learns Light Screen (not Reflect)

AS A FREAKING EGG MOVE

*shrug*

GF is impossible to understand.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

I bet they make movesets while stoned.

 

[Metal~Mario]

I bet the make movesets while stoned.

And the pokes.

And the reasons for the "evil" team to be evil.

 

[PowerBomb]

The only 'evil' ones as far as my opinion goes is Team Rocket, since they're in it for money. Aqua, Magma, and Galactic are all uh, weird...

Gardevoir learns Will-o-Wisp as an Egg Move, and can't learn it via TM. wat

It's like Gamefreak WANTS us to get annoyed.

 

[Fuelbi]

The only 'evil' ones as far as my opinion goes is Team Rocket, since they're in it for money. Aqua, Magma, and Galactic are all uh, weird...

Gardevoir learns Will-o-Wisp as an Egg Move, and can't learn it via TM. wat

It's like Gamefreak WANTS us to get annoyed.

lolwut. Who uses Gardevoir anyways?

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

And the pokes.

And the reasons for the "evil" team to be evil.

"oh man we should TOTALLY make like a team with like all these planets and **** like im orbiting RIGHT NOW"

"yeah bro like saturn"

"and mars man, don't forget mars"

"dude but why man why"

"cuz like they want to save the world but they really dont so thheyr like lying man"

"oh man thisll be totally sweet bro"

 

[rockem7]

I haven't checked Smogon, but my game says I can't use a Calm Mind TM on Noctowl. Why the heck can't Noctowl learn Calm Mind? >_>

 

[PowerBomb]

I haven't checked Smogon, but my game says I can't use a Calm Mind TM on Noctowl. Why the heck can't Noctowl learn Calm Mind? >_>

Same reason why Starmie can't learn Calm Mind.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Gardevoir learns Will-o-Wisp as an Egg Move, and can't learn it via TM. wat

It's like Gamefreak WANTS us to get annoyed.

Yeah, it's that Gamefreak chicanery nobody likes. Ninetales gets Energy Ball through breeding, but not via the TM process.

 

[E123-omega]

Same reason why Starmie can't learn Calm Mind.

Sea stars don't have minds to calm

 

[Terywj [태리]]

So we went over this some, but Rampardos gets Whirlwind.

Rampardos.

Whirlwind.

How.

 

[M.K]

Maybe it hits them hard enough so that they fly way out of the ring, effectively taking them out of the battle XD.

 

[E123-omega]

The second fastest pokemon doesn't have extremespeed. Why?

 

[PowerBomb]

The second fastest pokemon doesn't have extremespeed. Why?

Because it's 'God Speed' in Japan, hinting that it's supposed to be mystical or legendary or something.