What do you think is the most disappointing attack animation?

[Tyrfing]

I'm not sure is this counts, but Overheat in Pokemon Battle Revolution. I expected a big flame to encase the opponent, but no. It's just a little wave that goes on the ground.

 

[Karpi]

Gen 4 Water Gun. The Gen 3 version was just barely acceptable because you could imagine the orb of water exploding on contact to cause damage, but the Gen 4 version is seriously pathetic.

Also, Hyper Beam sucks now. It looks like its damage should be on par with Spark/Bubblebeam.

Gen 5 Solarbeam. Why give up the perfectly good Gen 4 animation for something that looks like Thundershock levels of power? Same goes for Blizzard - not that its animation now is terrible, but the one in Gen 4 was perfect.

Also, Tri Attack. The anime people got it right: we want a triangle laser beam, not a multi-colored Bubble attack.

And finally, Gen 5 Earthquake looks like it's a Level 3 Magnitude from Gen 3. Fix it.

 

[TheRealJDawgz]

I find Overheat and Flare Blitz in Gen IV and Black to be lackluster two of most powerful fire type attacks. Overheat is just a wave of fire blobs and then smoke... And Flare Blitz is just bits of fire followed by tackle with a flurry of unfitting sparks. Not to mention they have a crappy blue background that doesn't fit at all... At least B2W2 made them more interesting

 

[Pikazard]

Flare Blitz is awful XD

 

[magikarp ftw]

splash could be improved

 

[Magma Bomb]

I usually don't care much about animations, but every time I used Surf on Gen I it looked more like 3 bolts unscrewing upwards over the enemy sprite than a colossal wave.

 

[Shiny Staraptor]

SolarBeam is pretty disappointing for me, at least in Gen IV. It's just a flash and then a beam of light falling onto the target.

 

[Anser]

Generation 3's Hydro Pump. Gen 2's was pretty epic, and all we get now is some blue circles and that's all??

 

[Robo-Floatzel]

Hyper Beam in Gen 3 looks like a bunch of red and white pellets being shot at the opponent more than anything else.

 

[Colton S]

Gen V Seismic Toss.

 

[Aamir]

Generation 3's Surf is just the screen filling up with water, not that exciting.

 

[Jammy2A]

looking back... Hydro Pump in Gen I, now I kinda go like ".....really?", also, but it's a given, splash (in every Gen)

 

[SONICバリヤ]

Energy Ball. For some strange reason, I always thought that the Gen III Dragon Breath and Flamethrower looked more powerful than Gen IV's.

I hope Game Freak changes the animation for Fire Blast back to 大.

Also I really liked the Gen III Solar Beam and Hyper Beam...

 

[Dimension Witch]

Frenzy plant on gen V. I expected more from such an attack, but no, its just some roots coming out of the ground like an opposite ingrain.

 

[Almonds]

Gen 3 Weather Ball. Personally, I like the attack itself, but Castform throws up a ball in the air, and suddenly small fragments fall from the sky. It could've been due to the limitations of graphics at that time, but still...

 

[9B057]

Every other Bubblebeam after Gen 1. I miss that ear defiling screech...