![]() ![]() Pokemon do not forget their move as noted here). though being a strong electricity attack has a huge disadvantage - it's hurting the Pokemon using it and not to mention a physical attack, electro ball, on the other hand, don't hurt the user and is a special attack and not physical, so when we compare each other electro ball is sure much more useful and smart to use than volt tackle and Ash sure understand that electro ball is sure much more electricity speed attack useful than volt tackle so it stopped using it (and that's, again, if we go by the assumption that in the anime ver. is like the game mechanic in electro ball it makes much more sense - volt tackle whether in the game ver. electro ball don't have much explanation on its mechanics and how it is better than regular thunderbolt and thunder attacks if we say Pikachu didn't forget volt tackle and the anime ver. ![]() in short: the electro ball attack is a "speed attack" like volt tackle in the anime ver. To explain and expand that summary I will give a little introduction: in the games mechanic, speed is how sooner the Pokemon will hit the foe, the more the Pokemon have more speed than the foe, it will hit first, electro ball takes more advantage of the speed mechanic - the more the pokemon is faster, it will not just hit sooner than the foe (since he's faster) but will have more damage on the foe, so it's been clarified that electro ball has 3 advantages: it will hit first, it will be much more damage that way and if the foe is weak against electric attack it will be much stronger. Now, in the games the summary of electro ball says: volt tackle is simply a combination of quick attack and electricity powers, making volt tackle a "speed attack". If this assumption is correct, though in the games I don't remember the attack summary, it's seems from the above that in the anime ver. In the Anime, Ash' Pikachu learned Volt tackle in the Battle Frontier season ep05 (425) though not entirely learned (by the following episodes when used it's soon failing) by Ash orders Pikachu to use quick attack, though using quick attack Pikachu soon combine it's electricity in the quick attack creating volt tackle. Though the question already cleared I have a more creative way to answer it. Eventually his anger caused him to learn Electro Ball.Īfter this point, it appears that Pikachu no longer knows Volt Tackle. The synopsis for this episode even states:Īfter unintentionally shocking himself with Thunderbolt, because he was stuck in a beach umbrella, Pikachu couldn't use Electric-type attacks. The first instance of Pikachu using Electro Ball is in BW020 (Dancing with the Ducklett Trio!). Pikachu managed to get up and countered Pignite's Flame Charge with Volt Tackle. The last instance of Pikachu using Volt Tackle was in BW013 (Minccino - Neat and Tidy!).Īs Pikachu headed forwards he got hit by Pignite's Take Down, followed up by a powerful Heat Crash. He forgot it so he could learn Electro Ball.Īccording to the wikia page for Ash's Pikachu, this checks out. Either use Taunt or, like I do, use Trick Room yourself to cancel it out! I use Trick Room Magic Bounce Espeon for example.According to some users in this thread, Ash's Pikachu forgot Volt Tackle to learn Electro Ball, which makes sense, as the series seems to follow the games with Pokemon only knowing 4 moves at a time.īecause they just had to have him learn a Gen V move. Electroweb/ Icy Wind: Hit all adjacent opponents, can both be learned by the ΩR/AS move tutor, can be learned by almost every Pokemon there is, have 95% accuracy.Īs for countering Trick Room, there are two incredibly easy options. Mud Shot: Only targets once adjacent Pokemon (including allies), has 95% accuracy and can be learned by many good Pokemon. There are three good speed reducing attacks. Sticky Web is really bad, since it can be used to take advantage of trick room and also Defiant (Bisharp) and Competitive (Milotic). Scary Face: Affects any Pokemon, can only target one Pokemon per turn, but can target allies, MANY great Pokemon can learn it, has relatively low PP (10, compared to the 40PP of the other two). Cotton Spore: Can be learned by many good Pokemon, but they are all pretty slow themselves (except for Jumpluff and Whimsicott), targets all adjacent foes, but doesn't affect Grass types, Pokemon with Overcoat or holding Safety Goggles. String Shot: Affects any Pokemon, can only target one opponent per time, hits only adjacent foes (no allies if you need to eg: Contrary ally), can't be leaned by almost any worthwhile Pokemon and has 95% accuracy. Click to expand.There are only three status moves that reduce the opponent's speed by two stages. ![]()
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