ITT: Times where pokemon games straight up lied to us
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That wasn't a lie. That was a prank.
She never said it would evolve
>The Raichu you traded me went and evolved!
How is that a lie?
Choice band only raises physical attack, this description clearly implies it will power up special moves as well
>clearly implies it will power up special moves as well
doesn't imply that at all
It doesn't specify it only works on physical moves so yes
If it worked on special attack it would specify it like all items that do:
>Deep Sea Tooth: A hold item that raises the Sp. Atk of Clamperl.
>Light Ball: A hold item that raises the Sp. Atk of Pikachu.
>Soul Dew: Hold item: Raises Sp. Atk & Sp. Def of Latios & Latias.
Every item that raises special attack specifies it. You just assumed and made an ass out of yourself.
And this one shouldn't specify that it just raises attack because...?
Because if it doesn't say "special attack" it means it doesn't affect special attack.
>Hustle: Trades accuracy for power.
That's clearly misleading naming convention
Hustle is misleading too
So it's lying
Moot point, the description says it raises the move's power but it doesn't, regardless if it's physical or special the item raises the attack stat itself.
>says it raises the move's power but it doesn't
>the item raises the attack stat itself
...which raises the move's power.
It's not misleading. It would be misleading if it said it raises special attack and didn't, which it doesn't.
>...which raises the move's power.
You don't know how damage calculation works, right?
I'll give you an simple example on why this is wrong.
In gen 3 if a pokemon is holding a choice band and hits itself in conusion, they will take more damage because the choice band is raising the attack stat. Hitting itself in confusion is not a move, but the damage increased anyway, because move power and attack stat are completely different, otherwise it would mess up with fixed damage moves like dragon rage and seismic toss.
>Hitting itself in confusion is not a move
It is, a physical move in fact. You should learn how confusion works.
Items that work on attack specify it, too:
>Liechi Berry: A hold item that raises Attack in a pinch.
>Thick Club: A hold item that raises Cubone or Marowak's Attack.
And "power" is used for special attacks:
>Charcoal: A hold item that raises the power of Fire-type moves.
There is no consistency and you're full of shit.
It's 100% consistent. It specifies "special attack" when it needs to. There is no need to specify when all fire moves are special.
>Raises a moves power
based of the wording it raises ANY moves power. from tackle to crunch to fire blast
Not true. It actually doesn't boost the literal attack stat like a status move would, but rather the physical moves themselves. If you use foul play against a pokemon that is holding the choice band, it doesn't deal more damage than it would if it wasn't holding it. However if you are holding the choice band and use foul play, it will deall more damage. This also works for boosting body press and a similar mechanic is why body press isn't boosted by eviolite.
None of this existed in gen 3 and in gen 3 confusion damage was affected by choice band
I can't believe BDSP tried telling us Magcargo's name was Squag
Yeah the character limit in Gen 3's abilities were not kind. Although to be fair if you actually bothered using a Cradily you'd probably actually see Suction Cups activate at least once given how like half the pokemon in gen 3's victory road know whirlwind and roar.
Read Cradily's ability in gen 3 games and tell me what you make out of it
yjk that Lileep line and Octillery were destined to have No special ability at first
>Firmly anchors the body
Hard to know what I would make of it when I know what it does already. Methink with how rare forced switch moves are in the campaign I would probably assume the opposite, that I cannot switch it out. And probably not even test it, since I am not really a switches a lot kind of player.
>Can't be force switched
Fits in the chara limit and makes more sense.
>Firmly anchors the body.
I legit thought it would get a free ingrain being a grass type and all, which it kind of does to an extent. The name is a misnomer but it makes sense for being inspired by plants that stick to rocks. They probably wanted to call the ability ingrain for Cradily but they already used it for the move.
>Its electric charges can reach even 100,000 volts. Careless contact can cause even an Indian elephant to faint.
This thread is definitive proof that ESLs ruined pokemon. It had soul before it had to cater to you morons.
Yeah, I'm well aware that japs are probably saying the same thing about me.
>being this much of a jap guzzler
Japs work for me, not the other way around. I maintain their shitty economy.
No one works for you.
Actually good item and ability descriptions became a thing as soon as gen 4