How would pokemon, more specifically gen 1, be if tm's weren't allowed? At first glance it looks like a lot of pokemon would become more viable.
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Pokémon Pokemon without TM's
- Thread starter Roostur
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I think there'd be a lot less viable Pokemon than you think.
A TON of Pokemon are reliant on TMs/HMs for their movesets, most learnsets are trash in gen 1. Tauros' best attack is Stomp, and has no coverage. Rhydon has no STAB. Moltres' only Fire-type move is Fire Spin. Chansey only has Normal coverage. Need I go on?
It could be interesting, but basically everything is going to centralize around the 3 best Psychics (Alakazam & Starmie still have recover, Jynx still has Lovely Kiss) & the most viable of the precious few paralysis inducers left (Jolteon, Dragonite, Snorlax, Lapras, Jynx again EDIT: also Tangela, Eggy, Victreebel & Parasect, forgot about the Stun Spore mons some reason). The rest would be the few Pokemon remaining that aren't completely screwed over by their learnsets (such as Zapdos, Porygon, Pinsir, Golem).
A TON of Pokemon are reliant on TMs/HMs for their movesets, most learnsets are trash in gen 1. Tauros' best attack is Stomp, and has no coverage. Rhydon has no STAB. Moltres' only Fire-type move is Fire Spin. Chansey only has Normal coverage. Need I go on?
It could be interesting, but basically everything is going to centralize around the 3 best Psychics (Alakazam & Starmie still have recover, Jynx still has Lovely Kiss) & the most viable of the precious few paralysis inducers left (Jolteon, Dragonite, Snorlax, Lapras, Jynx again EDIT: also Tangela, Eggy, Victreebel & Parasect, forgot about the Stun Spore mons some reason). The rest would be the few Pokemon remaining that aren't completely screwed over by their learnsets (such as Zapdos, Porygon, Pinsir, Golem).
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Chansey Body Slam vs. Alakazam: 54-64 (17.2 - 20.4%) -- possible 5HKO
Chansey Body Slam vs. Jynx: 59-70 (17.7 - 21%) -- possible 5HKO
tbf vs these two mons, chansey is doing similar damage to what it does with special attacks. Not sure it's totally unviable?
Chansey Body Slam vs. Jynx: 59-70 (17.7 - 21%) -- possible 5HKO
tbf vs these two mons, chansey is doing similar damage to what it does with special attacks. Not sure it's totally unviable?