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Offline Monzta

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Selfdestruct battles.
« on: February 07, 2011, 01:59:49 PM »
I hate the move selfdestruct because.. well, simple logic is simple. The foe pokemon blows up, killing itself first, then your pokemon. It faints first ._____. Seriously, it's like ragequitting on a part of the battle. I don't think it should be in PU, discuss here.
(I'm no expert at this type of move, so I don't know the cons and pro's when you use it.)

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Re: Selfdestruct battles.
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2011, 02:03:21 PM »
 If your pokemon won't survive another hit and it's faster than your opponent's pokemon, you could use selfdestruct to deal a lot of damage, and it doesn't really matter that your pokemon faints from selfdestruct if it was going to faint anyway.

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Re: Selfdestruct battles.
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2011, 03:00:38 PM »
Explosion, the more common move, is an effective part of some peoples strategies and should be kept. I see no reason why it's any different from a move like bullet punch or such. Also it's not a guaranteed kill against the opponents pokemon so your overreacting a bit.

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Re: Selfdestruct battles.
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2011, 12:50:54 AM »
I fed my Graveler dynamite pre-battle.

Gravler used Explosion!

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Re: Selfdestruct battles.
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2011, 12:58:55 AM »
My shuckle soaks it like a champ. :) I seriously remember
him losing about 8% once when my friend  first fought me and
was silly enough to let my shuckle set up with acupressure.
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