Hello, I'm new - so, apologies if this has been said before, I tried to search the forum but didn't see anyone mentioning this.
In this game, Geodude learns Sand-Attack at Level 3. That's actually a problem for Geodude, and here's why...
He doesn't learn Rollout until Level 10, and the wild Geodudes in Mt. Moon haven't reached that level (according to the PokeMMO wiki they can get to level 10, but I've not yet seen any that are level 10, having battled around 20 or so I'm guessing) and so their moveset is:
Sand-Attack
Mud Sport
Bide
Rock Polish
Which means their only damaging move is Bide, which requires them to basically sleep for two turns, and then three useless moves.
It's like this because Tackle and Defense Curl are bumped off, since Geodude's learned 4 more moves by the time it hits level 6 - it's not possible to encounter (or capture) a Geodude (in this region, at this location) who has Tackle or Defense Curl.
On the wiki it shows Defense Curl as the first move, and Tackle as the second... which would mean if Geodude no longer learned Sand-Attack, he should still have Tackle when you get to Mt. Moon. It's possible those two moves are just in alphabetical order on the wiki, in which case he would actually have Defense Curl in place of Sand-Attack - which on its own is a worse move, but works better with Bide as your only form of doing damage. Sand-Attack actually seems to work against your goal if your only way to deal damage is Bide, increasing the likelihood you will deal less damage each time you use it.
It's worth mentioning that the only game (according to my research) where Geodude learns Sand-Attack is "Let's Go!," which if that's what all of the movesets in PokeMMO are based on, fine, I get it... although it's a surprising choice, considered by most to be such a weak game they don't even count it as part of the series. I just think something in Mt. Moon should be able to hurt you, haha. He does learn Rollout at 10 and become kind of beastly, but again I've never encountered one that could use that ability so they've just been free experience... just making me spam my move a few extra turns than usual.
Support? Thanks for reading!
EDIT: After thinking about it, Defense Curl kind of works against Bide too, I was wrong about that being more synergistic.
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Hello, I'm new - so, apologies if this has been said before, I tried to search the forum but didn't see anyone mentioning this.
In this game, Geodude learns Sand-Attack at Level 3. That's actually a problem for Geodude, and here's why...
He doesn't learn Rollout until Level 10, and the wild Geodudes in Mt. Moon haven't reached that level (according to the PokeMMO wiki they can get to level 10, but I've not yet seen any that are level 10, having battled around 20 or so I'm guessing) and so their moveset is:
Sand-Attack
Mud Sport
Bide
Rock Polish
Which means their only damaging move is Bide, which requires them to basically sleep for two turns, and then three useless moves.
It's like this because Tackle and Defense Curl are bumped off, since Geodude's learned 4 more moves by the time it hits level 6 - it's not possible to encounter (or capture) a Geodude (in this region, at this location) who has Tackle or Defense Curl.
On the wiki it shows Defense Curl as the first move, and Tackle as the second... which would mean if Geodude no longer learned Sand-Attack, he should still have Tackle when you get to Mt. Moon. It's possible those two moves are just in alphabetical order on the wiki, in which case he would actually have Defense Curl in place of Sand-Attack - which on its own is a worse move, but works better with Bide as your only form of doing damage. Sand-Attack actually seems to work against your goal if your only way to deal damage is Bide, increasing the likelihood you will deal less damage each time you use it.
It's worth mentioning that the only game (according to my research) where Geodude learns Sand-Attack is "Let's Go!," which if that's what all of the movesets in PokeMMO are based on, fine, I get it... although it's a surprising choice, considered by most to be such a weak game they don't even count it as part of the series. I just think something in Mt. Moon should be able to hurt you, haha. He does learn Rollout at 10 and become kind of beastly, but again I've never encountered one that could use that ability so they've just been free experience... just making me spam my move a few extra turns than usual.
Support? Thanks for reading!
EDIT: After thinking about it, Defense Curl kind of works against Bide too, I was wrong about that being more synergistic.
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