lamest/most pointless moves

[pastaking]

in your opinion, what are some of the lamest/most pointless moves created?

obviously we can say splash, which is downright garbage... any others?:thumbd:

 

[Gligar13]

Struggle, any move that involves swithcing pokemon with no attack, and curse.

 

[Our Wasted Years]

Any move that cannot be used in a strategy and cannot win you a fight...

 

[Battaman]

Splash has a purpose, it make Magikarp useless.
Teleport has a purpose, it make Abra hard to catch.
Struggle has a purpose, it's a substitute move when you are out of PP.
Curse is one of the most OU stat moves there are, how is it useless?

 

[Tyroxaiou]

False Swipe (Or whatever it is called).

I don't see the point in it. You would not want a potentional knock-out move to leave your opponent on HP (unless you're trying to catch a really weak Pokémon...I guess).

 

[Gligar13]

False Swipe is for roaming pokemon, or catching shinies or legendaries and you dont want a KO.

 

[Kite Austin]

Tackle!!

 

[Soulweaver]

Tackle!!

But we need weak Normal-type starting moves, right...? Yeah, we have Pound and Scratch, but they'd not fit every Pokémon.

 

[Luiie]

Helping hand. -__-

 

[Lazyboy0337]

Posion Gas. If were thinking realistic, wouldn't all pokemon learn this (lol fart)

 

[ＤＡＴＫＩＤ]

Tail Whip. There's already Leer and Screech.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Follow Me. It's useless in 1-on-1 battles (I've seen Clefairy use it in a single battle one too many times).

In 2-on-2, I don't like to see the Follow Me user taking the hits for its partner.

 

[Our Wasted Years]

Helping hand. -__-

Follow Me. It's useless in 1-on-1 battles (I've seen Clefairy use it in a single battle one too many times).

In 2-on-2, I don't like to see the Follow Me user taking the hits for its partner.

Both of these moves require strategy to use, and mostly you need to be in a 2 v 2 battle...it's probably why you think they are useless

 

[PlatinumDude]

Both of these moves require strategy to use, and mostly you need to be in a 2 v 2 battle...it's probably why you think they are useless

I know that. I can see why Helping Hand is useful in double battles.

As for Follow Me, I can see its uses, but I don't like the concept of Pokemon taking hits for its partner. The user of Follow Me has to be pretty strong defensively for it to use the move effectively (like Clefable/Togekiss; I may contradict myself here).

 

[Showsni]

Struggle, any move that involves swithcing pokemon with no attack, and curse.

Did you just say Baton Pass and Curse are useless? Umm...

And I've KO'ed enemies with Struggle before. It was better before they upped the recoil damage, though. Anyway, what would you have them do once they're out of PP? Just sit there until they get knocked out?

 

[manathief]

Flash, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Splash...

 

[Battaman]

False Swipe (Or whatever it is called).

I don't see the point in it

It used to catch pokemon.

Tackle!!

Not every pokemon can pound/scratch

Helping hand. -__-

It's a extremely powerful move in double battles.

Posion Gas.

You don't have unlimited Toxic TMs, at least not until you have beaten the main story line.

Tail Whip. There's already Leer and Screech.

It's a starter move for Pokemon whit tails, not everyone fits Leer or is a Screamer.

Flash, Follow Me, Splash...

Flash is good to get you trough caves, and it's a good help stalling when trying to catch legendaries.

Follow Me can win you many battles in double, if you know how to use it (apparently I do not )

Splash is mostly a filler move for Magikarp, just to show how weak it really is.

 

[SharKing]

Wanna know what's pointless? This thread.

Seriously, as far as I see, every move has a useful purpose, be it in-game or competitive, low or high level. Every move was created for a reason, and none of them are just "filler". Sure, some (like Splash) are thematic, but that gives them a point to be there.

 

[PDL]

Guys, Splash's purpose IS TO BE pointless. So claiming that Splash is a useless move is moot since well... that's it's purpose.

Actually, the dumbest move that does something is probably Constrict. Just look at what it does...

PP: 35
Power: 10. This makes it the weakest damaging move in the game. At least Fury Cutter can get more powerful with consecutive uses.
Effect: It has the 10% chance of lowering your opponent's speed.

The biggest joke? No one can get STAB for it except for Smeargle.

 

[SharKing]

It's supposed to act as a low-level move for Pokes like Tentacool with tentacles that can squeeze. At least it can lower Speed.

Besides, Explosion's STAB list is limited to only Lickilicky and Smeargle.