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Why doesn't X pokemon get Y attack/ability/typing?
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PowerBomb
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Greenstreet
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@ Powerbomb Probably because his attack stat is already pwnage. :D
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Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
Yet his usage still dwindles at the very bottom of OU.
Smitty Werben Jaeger Man Jensen
Smash Apprentice
Because Gamefreak wanted to make Salamance the undesputed king of dragons, up until the next generation. (Insult to injury for Flygon and Dragonite)
Why can't Hitmontop know Drain Punch?
(Could you imagine a Hitmontop with Technician and Drain Punch? Ho ho!)
****ing Gamefreak =D
Drain Punch is a great move anyway, seriously. More things should use it. Imagine...RestTalk Bulk Up Machamp with Drain Punch as its single move (trap ghosts with dual pursuiters). Machamp has no commonly-used special weaknesses, and physical weaknesses will be trumped by bulk up.
Drain Punch is a great move anyway, seriously. More things should use it. Imagine...RestTalk Bulk Up Machamp with Drain Punch as its single move (trap ghosts with dual pursuiters). Machamp has no commonly-used special weaknesses, and physical weaknesses will be trumped by bulk up.
Smitty Werben Jaeger Man Jensen
Smash Apprentice
Yes.
If the move can be taught to Slowbro, Bellosom, Ledian, Gengar, Regirock (not Regice or Registeel WTF?), Vileplume, Blissy and F***ing Togekiss, why not Hitmontop?!?
Also, why can't Salamance learn Sky Attack?
CRASHiC
Smash Hero
Why does a lobster know dragon dance?
PowerBomb
Smash Master
Garchomp gets Swords Dance and its attack stat is base 130.
Why doesn't Flygon get Swords Dance or Dragon Dance?
Also, since the silly Pokedex says that when Flygon flaps its wings, it sounds like a woman singing, so why doesn't it learn Sing?
E123-omega
Smash Journeyman
Flygon needs a bigger movepool, STAB EQ isn't enough to make him equal to Salamence.
Riddle
Smash Lord
Uturn, Sr resist, and a better defensive typing give flygon a niche. He's not as good as mence though
Charmander
Smash Champion
Why dont groudon/kyogre get a signature move, but LATIOS AND LATIAS DO?!?!?!!??
CRASHiC
Smash Hero
Because Groudon and Kyogre get signature and incredibly powerful abilities.
Smitty Werben Jaeger Man Jensen
Smash Apprentice
Crabs (and lobsters) can really shake it!
If it can scurry in a hurry, it should have no reason to be unable to use a dance to make it useful for battle.
Why can't Weezing learn Gunk Shot?
E123-omega
Smash Journeyman
Why doesn't Flygon learn bug buzz?
¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯
Smash Legend
Why would Flygon learn bug buzz? Dragons do not "buzz."
Circa
Smash Champion
My hypothesis on this is that Snorlax is lazy due to a genetic trait that what it would consider hard work ethic would be another Pokemon's slack off state, and thus its true slacking off is when it rests.
And because it's a genetic thing, it would be very rare for a Snorlax to actually comprehend the idea that it constantly slacks off. I'm not sure it could actually increase its work ethic to a point where it could actually slack off even if it wanted to, due to, like I said, its laziness being completely genetic.
Not ironic. If it weren't for the sun and the moon, the earth wouldn't even exist. Or at least not as it does. As such, it's not too far off to believe that the sun and the moon have certain 'powers' over the earth. And it would only make sense for the symbolic sun and moon to have some sort of power over the earth as well.
Togekiss used Air Slash!
The entire line is based off the antlion, which is a bug. However, I don't believe antlions buzz, so that would explain why it doesn't so long as I'm actually right.
EDIT: Sucker Punch is actually called a number of other things in other languages; Low Blow in French, Cheap Shot in Spanish, and Surprise Attack in Japanese. So that would explain why Gastly can use it. And I hadn't considered it before, but that would also be why Hitmonchan can't. You're not allowed to "cheap shot" someone in boxing, and you can't exactly launch a surprise attack either.
E123-omega
Smash Journeyman
This is why Flygon needs bug buzz.
FAILchion-
OH HE'S SO PRINGLES
Salamence can learn Hydro Pump, and Flareon can't even use Flare Blitz. What the hell. .__.
PowerBomb
Smash Master
Why the hell doesn't Dragonite learn Hydro Pump? Why the **** can Salamence learn it but Dragonite can't?
Maybe cuz Dragonite gets Surf...
Maybe cuz Dragonite gets Surf...
FAILchion-
OH HE'S SO PRINGLES
Breeding with Gyarados yields that result. Why, though, I'll never know. :/
PowerBomb
Smash Master
What about breeding w/ Kingdra?
Metal~Mario
Smash Lord
That, too.
Gyara is a little easier to obtain.
Gyara is a little easier to obtain.
PowerBomb
Smash Master
Speaking of which, why can't Gyarados learn Dragon Rush? It learns Dragon Dance and Dragon Rage, why not Dragon Rush?
Metal~Mario
Smash Lord
He's not the rushing type.
Clearly.
Clearly.
PowerBomb
Smash Master
Miamisportsfan45
Smash Lord
Glad I found this thread because Flareon has good stats but a HORRIBLE movepool. Why?
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Because it's a fire type and it's an Eevee evolution.
Its stats aren't that great btw
Its stats aren't that great btw
Pete278
Smash Lord
If, by the end of the Gen 5 metagame, all fire types aren't completely unviable, GameFreak will have failed in their quest. 
Terywj [태리]
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You worded this as if all Eeveelutions are bad.
Jolteon and Vaporeon are both in OU. Umbreon is currently OU but will hip-hop the border from OU back and forth to UU, I presume.
mood4food77
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the eeveelutions have a great BTS
but the stats aren't balanced
vaporeon and jolteon have just the right stats in the right places
flareon and glaceon both have horrible speed combined with possibly the worst defensive mono-typings you could ask for
espeon has a bad typing and it's not fast enough
umbreon is really bulky with good HP, but the fact it can't deal damage really limits what it does
leafeon just isn't fast enough because grass on it's own is actually a decent type
but the stats aren't balanced
vaporeon and jolteon have just the right stats in the right places
flareon and glaceon both have horrible speed combined with possibly the worst defensive mono-typings you could ask for
espeon has a bad typing and it's not fast enough
umbreon is really bulky with good HP, but the fact it can't deal damage really limits what it does
leafeon just isn't fast enough because grass on it's own is actually a decent type
Miamisportsfan45
Smash Lord
It's stats are good and workable though... Just not excellent.
PowerBomb
Smash Master
If it's stats were swapped around a bit, then it'd be fine. If it had base 95 HP and base 110 Speed, now that would be very nice.
Greenstreet
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since when can geo float?
and even still, geodude not learning fly certainly isnt unreasonable.
Greenstreet
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bl3h
why can't pikachu pwn rhydon in the game? his horn is liekz a lightning rod.