The WORST Pokémon Move of Each Type

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  @MattBudYT · 2 years ago · pinned

  Hey all, this list does include in game situations but I was more thinking in game BATTLES. So yeah, Soak is a great move for false swiping ghosts but it was an honourable mention for in battle situations. And I didn&apos;t include signature moves in this so that&apos;s why no Trick or Treat, Forest&apos;s Curse, Kinesis ETC. <br><br>Thanks everyone for watching &lt;3

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• GO

  @gossaamer · 2 years ago

  i think the only reason soak is bad is because of it&apos;s only on water types. they gave it to bellibolt and it&apos;s pretty great, at least in pokemon 1v1&apos;s

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• IC

  @icecreamorc · 2 years ago

  Y&apos;know, I think having an ability that just deploys 3 to 5 turns of mist when the Pokémon comes out would be a super great ability. &nbsp;Nobody is going to spend a 4th of their move slots on mist but it&apos;s not an awful move. I can see ice types and ghosts getting an ability like that.

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• MY

  @MysticMaid3 · 2 years ago

  Gen1 Mist would actually not protect from Moonblast stat drops. Gen1 Mist specifically protects from stat lowering moves, not secondary effects. Otherwise it would have had a niche in Mewtwo mirror matches.

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• SA

  @SakhotGamer160 · 2 years ago

  I think dragon&apos;s worst move being dragon rush of all things is just proof of how good dragon mons usually are

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• TR

  @TrapeZoid_-117 · 2 years ago

  Actually, the worst normal type move (in Gen 1 specifically) is Focus energy. &nbsp;They screwed up the programming and it ends up cutting your Crit rate in Half. At least Constrict does minor amounts of damage.

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• PR

  @Prisoner-gk6lr · 2 years ago

  Have to give an honorable mention to the psychic type in the move psywave, the horrible TM that Sabrina gives one in Gen 1 after defeating her. A move that does between 1 or the user level as damage which makes it a gimmicky, terrible version of seismic toss which more often than not does miniscule damage.

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• IS

  @isaacO_H · 2 years ago

  Grudge is really REALLY funny in metronome battles if you pull it

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  @10Gpixels · 2 years ago

  My favorite part of competitive Pokemon, is that a lot of “bad” moves can find a powerful niche with the right team.

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• GR

  @GravityIsFalling · 2 years ago

  Brutal swing was used in gen 8 VGC to activate metagross policy<br><br>Tho it was rare as people preferred bulldoze most of the time

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• TO

  @tomsmithok · 2 years ago

  as a shuckle user, I think power split and guard split are great moves

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• AR

  @ArbitraryOutcome · 2 years ago

  Guard Split immediately reminded me of that one Showdown VGC replay from the salt compilation where someone ran it on Shuckle to make their Chansey nearly unkillable (though this also involved the Chansey spamming Minimize so like).

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