Roobertoober
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Sneasel Speed Bug?
So I started a new file on Pearl a while ago, got my team all good to go and got a Sneasel, which I'd never had before but always wanted. Got to Victory Road and weird things are starting to happen. Sneasel is the fastest pokemon in my party, with a Naive nature to boot. She's got 20ish more speed than Crobat, it was around 130ish or so. Yet she's had to move after a Torterra, Graveler, Hippowdon and a couple other slow pokemon. She often died because of Earthquake or Explosions (#$%@ing Gravelers). But against the very same pokemon, even my Toxicroak with Speed around 85 moved before previously said pokemon. No priority moves were used, no speed changing conditions were present (i.e. Torterra's Overgrow doesn't affect speed, no weather effects, no stat changes), and yet it kept happening. I just now evolved her into Weavile and haven't had a chance to battle with her yet, so maybe it's changed now, but I'm still confused.
EDIT:
Just tested again, with Weavile (146 Speed) this time. Sent her out, found a Graveler, both were 45. I picked Avalanche (Because it's stupidly the only physical ice-type move Weavile can learn besides Ice Shard), and promptly got destroyed by a 4-hit Rock Blast (of course). Sent out my level 43 Empoleon (72 Speed), used Surf, and destroyed the Graveler before it could do anything. I am so confused and saddened.
So I started a new file on Pearl a while ago, got my team all good to go and got a Sneasel, which I'd never had before but always wanted. Got to Victory Road and weird things are starting to happen. Sneasel is the fastest pokemon in my party, with a Naive nature to boot. She's got 20ish more speed than Crobat, it was around 130ish or so. Yet she's had to move after a Torterra, Graveler, Hippowdon and a couple other slow pokemon. She often died because of Earthquake or Explosions (#$%@ing Gravelers). But against the very same pokemon, even my Toxicroak with Speed around 85 moved before previously said pokemon. No priority moves were used, no speed changing conditions were present (i.e. Torterra's Overgrow doesn't affect speed, no weather effects, no stat changes), and yet it kept happening. I just now evolved her into Weavile and haven't had a chance to battle with her yet, so maybe it's changed now, but I'm still confused.
EDIT:
Just tested again, with Weavile (146 Speed) this time. Sent her out, found a Graveler, both were 45. I picked Avalanche (Because it's stupidly the only physical ice-type move Weavile can learn besides Ice Shard), and promptly got destroyed by a 4-hit Rock Blast (of course). Sent out my level 43 Empoleon (72 Speed), used Surf, and destroyed the Graveler before it could do anything. I am so confused and saddened.
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