@sephikong8323
I'm still baffled by them introducing Body Press in Gen 8 and having a Box legendary that is a Fighting type that boosts its Defense on entry, and not only did they not give it Body Press, but its own Signature move doesn't even use its Defense to calculate damage. I am just perplexed by GF's design decisions with Zamazenta in Gen 8, some of it has been fixed, but I really wish Behemoth Bash used its Defense for damages, that would fit so much better and make the mon a lot less awkward to use
@trumpeterjen
The fact that Zoroark has a signature move at all is hilarious to me. The second you use Night Daze, it immediately gives you away, and it's not even that great of a move. At 85 bp and 95% accuracy, it's almost exactly the same as Dark Pulse, which has very wide distribution to preserve the illusion, and Zoroark benefits much more from Dark Pulse's flinch chance than from Night Daze's potential accuracy drop. I bet a lot of people have never even heard of Night Daze.
@airtempest8945
You know Freeze Shock and Ice Burn are bad when the only reason you ran Freeze Shock back in Gen 7 was just to have Subzero Slammer available for one hit with Icium Z because Kyurem Black did not get a single other physical ice move until it finally got Icicle Spear.
@driftdc121
Imagine if Dialga got a decent Hidden Ability related to it's "God of Time" lore, and would say something like: "This Pokemon ignores recharges", making Roar of Time and Hyper Beam actually viable.
@altariamotives16
"say the line!" "*sigh* Dark Void's accuracy got dropped to 50%"
@outrageouslamp4539
IMO for the genies signature moves. Bleakwind should get an accuracy boost in snow, wildbolt in rain, sandsear in sandstorm and springtide in sun. It would sorta match with where they are caught in PLA
@LucasLima-sb6cp
The way the time based pokemon's signature time based move makes it lose time.
@doodlenaut
You cooked with this video idea. I remember being a child and assuming signature moves HAD to be best in slot because ‘why else would they have made them??’
@EvlynDusk_a_girl
3:48 an easy way to buff Roar Time, could be to make it a Dragon type and special version of Gigaton Hammer, and just make it that we can't use it twice in a row, that way, it could still be a move with a drawback, but a less detrimental one (Also it could make opponent flinches but at the cost of being just 140 base power)
@sonicrunn3r895
Imagine using your once per battle power herb 1 turn ice burn or freeze shock and MISSING because they’re also not even 100% accurate 😭 I think I’d straight up click forfeit right there and then
@nacl4988
You forgot Alakazam. He has a Signiture move. Kenisis. 80% accuracy, Reduce enemy Accuracy by 1 stage. Directly worse than Flash.
@ogeid772
Enamorus not getting perfect accuracy in rain feels like an oversight, but having less PP feel intentional
@whyareyoulookingatthis236
The only other examples i can think of other than early gen mons with trash signature moves are, Hisuin Goodra who doesn't use Shelter because Iron Defense is just a straight upgrade and Hawlucha with Flying Press because Acrobatics and Close Combat are just better options because theyre not as funky with damage calcs. This vid is peak tho, I honestly forgot about a lot of these moves because they're so mid.
@alexboudrie4998
For Roar of Time, they could've made it similar to moves like Doom Desire and Future Sight but split the damage between the turn it's used, and the turn it hits later. Like, a Roar that does damage, through Time... would've been cool imo
@zinzolin14
As somebody who loves the idea of signature moves, I can't help but try to give my Pokémon their unique moves almost everytime.
@ethanrichardsonye
An interesting thing you can do with pyukumuku and a partner with guts is wait until the orb activates and then use purify on that pokemon. Pyukumuku is so slow causing the guts Pokemon to attack with the guts boost and after that pyukumuku can heal its health. After the turn is over the orb will activate again so you can keep your guts boost and heal pyukumuku with almost no downside
@colonel__corn
Justin Tang actually used a Drum Beating Rillaboom to reach top 16 at the Toronto Regional Championship, last year. Definitely an uncommon choice but it's still powerful enough that it is a viable option for speed-control.
@mintx1720
Roar of Time is used in gen8 by VGC degens because +10 bp max move. Also you couldn't really leave a recharging diaga/charizard on the field in that format anyway since dynamax stat boosts forces you to kill them quickly so it kinda works out.
@PunkBrainwave
Luster Purge/Mist Ball used to be soooo bad I never understood why GF invented them in first place. Thank goodness these two sig moves were bufed in S/V. Luster Purge is a rad name
@HuneeBruh