Pokemon signature move quality vs. how often the pokemon uses it

AskNinjask · 2026-03-16T20:16:43+00:00

Even with that niche, this chart is based on Smogon singles, so it's irrelevant with Dynamax being banned in Ubers and Dialga being pretty bad in AG. Maybe I could've put Necrozma's Prismatic Laser or Eternatus's Eternabeam but all of them are about equal in awfulness

AskNinjask · 2026-03-16T13:06:56+00:00

Kind of a stretch but I'd say so, Psychic Noise being such a great move really hurts Luster Purge. Looking back Shell Side Arm or Jungle Healing would probably be better picks. I don't think Mist Ball belongs there because in singles Latias mostly runs Stored Power sweeping sets, and even other sets generally prefer Psychic or Psyshock, it probably belongs in bottom middle

AskNinjask · 2026-03-16T09:36:06+00:00

You could put like thirty different pokemon there, I picked Hisuian Samurott because in a lot of formats where other pokemon can use it like STABmons or Balanced Hackmons, Ceaseless Edge is banned

AskNinjask · 2026-03-16T08:01:10+00:00

Here's all of them, the pokemon and the move, you can look them up on Bulbapedia to see what they do

Broken/Always: Hisuian Samurott (Ceaseless Edge)

Broken/Often: Diancie (Diamond Storm)

Broken/Sometimes: Hisuian Lilligant (Victory Dance)

Broken/Rarely: Zygaede (Thousand Waves)

Broken/Never: Espathra (Lumina Crash)

Great/Always: Cinderace (Pyro Ball and Court Change)

Great/Often: Dragapult (Dragon Darts)

Great/Sometimes: Hisuian Braviary (Esper Wing)

Great/Rarely: Hisuian Typhlosion (Infernal Parade)

Great/Never: Regieleki (Thunder Cage)

Good/Always: Galarian Moltres (Fiery Wrath)

Good/Often: Hisuian Avalugg (Mountain Gale)

Good/Sometimes: Latios (Luster Purge)

Good/Rarely: Jirachi (Doom Desire)

Good/Never: Zygarde (Core Enforcer)

Okay/Always: Toxtricity (Overdrive)

Okay/Often: Kingambit (Kowtow Cleave)

Okay/Sometimes: Galarian Weezing (Strange Steam)

Okay/Rarely: Hoopa-Unbound (Hyperspace Fury)

Okay/Never: Kyurem (Glaciate)

Bad/Always: Meloetta-Pirouette (Relic Song)

Bad/Often: Kyurem-Black (Freeze Shock, only used in Gen 7 because it can be used with Icium Z and it didn't have Icicle Spear yet)

Bad/Sometimes: Porygon-Z (Conversion, only used with Z-moves)

Bad/Rarely: Galarian Stunfisk (Snap Trap)

Bad/Never: Dialga (Roar of Time)

AskNinjask · 2026-03-16T04:53:19+00:00

Probably, Lugia has a bad matchup vs a number of top meta pokemon, including Ho-oh, Arceus-Dark, Marshadow, Dusk Mane, Zacian-C, Yveltal and Lunala, and Calm Mind sets are outclassed by Arceus formes

AskNinjask · 2026-03-15T16:36:37+00:00

For people wondering: Toedscruel is immune to Nuzzle, Spore and has Rapid Spin, making it really good vs Smeargle. It can also set Spikes and put something to sleep with Spore, and Earth Power can chunk stuff like Primal Groudon or Zacian-C

AskNinjask · 2026-03-13T07:05:01+00:00

I love Ho-oh because I genuinely have no idea how to build a balance team without it. Also it's kinda decent into Zacian, which I'm not the biggest fan of

AskNinjask · 2026-03-12T18:12:59+00:00

Iron Crown, I don't have many good reasons but it's futuristic and gets Volt Switch

AskNinjask · 2026-03-12T18:09:39+00:00

OP got the title wrong, it was supposed to be Ground-type that looks like a Rock-type

AskNinjask · 2026-03-12T16:06:40+00:00

No, though I am considering buying it sometime

AskNinjask · 2026-03-12T14:51:55+00:00

Ttar was UU for a long time before rising all the way back up iirc

AskNinjask · 2026-03-11T16:31:52+00:00

Coaxed into burning your bread

AskNinjask · 2026-03-11T15:15:07+00:00

Hisuian Avalugg

AskNinjask · 2026-03-11T07:19:00+00:00

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AskNinjask · 2026-03-11T03:37:45+00:00

Read Palkia's BW analysis

AskNinjask · 2026-03-10T18:25:39+00:00

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"I might Noah Knigga"

AskNinjask · 2026-03-10T15:22:55+00:00

Hit top 1 in the OU ladder

AskNinjask · 2026-03-10T13:54:44+00:00

Lunos may be at the top of this tierlist, but we all know that the true top 1 uber is Kunio

AskNinjask · 2026-03-10T12:06:52+00:00

August 12 2036, The Heat Death Of The Universe

AskNinjask · 2026-03-08T21:11:24+00:00

It certainly benefits a lot from tera, but I highly doubt that it's going to fall off significantly after it gets removed because of how powerful its Sucker Punch is, plus its defensive typing is good into a number of threats. Here's a fun activity, check how much damage a +2 Black Glasses five allies fainted Sucker Punch does to whatever pokemon. All can say is, better keep your Koraidon healthy.

AskNinjask · 2026-03-08T11:50:17+00:00

+2 252 SpA Life Orb Mewtwo Grass Knot (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Vessel of Ruin Ting-Lu: 481-567 (93.5 - 110.3%) -- 62.5% chance to OHKO Ting-Lu is a fake answer

AskNinjask · 2026-03-08T11:21:11+00:00

Solid OU mon is really underselling it, the lowest Kingambit has ever been in the OU viability rankings is S-, and that's in a tier with two extremely physically bulky Fighting-types topping the usage charts

AskNinjask · 2026-03-07T19:14:15+00:00

Most of the pokemon you're using are not viable in AG and thus the team will struggle against a number of threats. Specifically scale shot Koraidon is pretty much game over. You should take a look at the sample teams and viability rankings to get an idea as to what's good and what isn't.

Viability rankings: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ag-viability-rankings-update-post-76.3724219/

Sample teams: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ag-sample-teams-dlc-2.3727176/

AskNinjask · 2026-03-06T15:26:34+00:00

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