The Best and Worst Signature Moves in Pokemon

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

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[@aaronwong2430]

you forgot chatot's chatter

[@krimsonkatt]

You mean that weird furry Summoner's War clone I see ads all over KZbin for? No thanks.

[@thaheartbreaker]

How do you make these videos?

[@darianclark3980]

Pikachu's Volt Tackle: Wow.

[@aansabutt5647]

If you make another one can you pls do phione Signatur move fromm Legends arceus

[@johnax4124]

Ever since Freeze Dry I've felt like the concept of a "Kinesis" move would make sense to be a Psychic freeze dry, strong against Steel. But that might make more sense as a new move called like... Spoon Bend idk

[@lelegerry280]

I always wanted a fire move that makes water evaporate so its super effective against water

[@ggrarl]

In the original Japanese, Kinesis actually is called "Spoon Bend"

[@Kriskirby1992]

Spoon Bend because it bends metal, absolute genius

[@IgnitedQuils]

That would be genius, and let Alakazam run only Signal Beam and Kinesis for neutral coverage (prior to Gen 8). Instead of just Psychic + Focus Blast + Shadow Ball.

[@danielcain8136]

It's kind of sad Game Freak never makes those type of moves anymore like can you imagine Pokemon like carnivine has a grass type move called flytrap a grass type move that's super effective against Bug types how Wicked does that sound and hey it could probably ignore there type resistance

[@primalgiratina8818]

Fun fact about No Retreat: if Falinks is trapped by another move (Like Mean Look) before it uses No Retreat, it can use the move multiple times since No Retreat only fails if the Pokémon was trapped by it.

[@dudster0624]

Falinks is my favourite Pokémon and I never knew this!

[@SaintoftheHonest]

Honestly, I love using Falinks with a Shed Shell, so I can get a quick setup, get a kill, switch when I’m weakened into another mon and heal it back up with Healing Wish

[@ghostamity5116]

@@dudster0624 why is he of all Pokémon your favorite

[@FilthyActs]

Based Weedletwineedle fan

[@dudster0624]

@@ghostamity5116 its just so cool, its designed after the phalanx a form of combat i believe that the romans used and the design of the 6 guys are simultaneously cute and dangerous. I really like it, but then again i am just some random person on the internet.

[@TheTrueJBru]

Gen 8's move animations were so weirdly inconsistent. Double Kick: The user's model hops up slightly and a foot appears on the foe Tail Whip: The user's model turns around and waggles a bit No Reteat: The user suddenly appears on a mountain's edge flanked with torches while a typhoon rages behind them and shouts to the wargods for victory!

[@MacZephyrZ]

That's a logistics issues, really. If you want to give a custom animation to a single move used by a only a single pokemon, you can afford to put extra effort into the animation. But to make a custom tail-wagging animation for ever single pokemon that learns tail whip would be a lot of work that's probably spent better on something else, so it makes sense that they'd use shortcuts there. Especially when the game has hundreds of pokemon and moves. (Compare to Legends Arceus, which heavily cut the number of moves and has awesome animations). Still doesn't justify all of Sword and Shield's issues, don't get me wrong, but a lot of critism of their animations didn't take development logistics into account.

[@aaronwishard7093]

@@MacZephyrZ Oh but it does, because they cited taking away development time from porting all the Pokemon into Gen 8, as giving them more resources to update their models and animations..... Yet they did neither. They gave us 0 new animations, outside of the obligatory ones that didn't exist before, and again no new models aside from the absolutely mandatory new models.

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

@@MacZephyrZ Thing is, they're literally the largest multimedia franchise in the world. Their revenue is higher than Star Wars and the MCU combined. Just the games alone make several times more than Elden Ring. They could totally afford to hire a few more animators.

[@MacZephyrZ]

@@ENCHANTMEN_ Well now we're talking about dimishing returns. Sure they could afford to in theory but it'd be really stupid buisness to. Sw/Sh was a mess of a game and absolutely deserves critism but c'mon. There's way bigger problems with SwSh then Tail Whip's animation.

[@MacZephyrZ]

@@aaronwishard7093 Their PR was horrendous, I won't deny that.

[@jrlaps521]

A funny one to me is that Accelgor got water shuriken in gen 8, and Greninja wasn’t included in gen 8, so water shuriken became Accelgor’s signature move until something else learns it or Greninja is brought back in the future

[@cdawg4021]

That is a pretty funny history.

[@theannonymaoos1527]

Same with Throh getting mat block

[@DBS_Destroyer]

Well, greninja’s back

[@NecromancyForKids]

Sad that a Pokémon that is nothing but speed needs a priority move

[@generalsynnacle23]

I’m surprised you forgot to mention Tsareena’s Signature move, Trop Kick, a 70 base attack physical Grass STAB move that will always drop the enemy’s attack stat, a damn good move to have if you don’t get access to Leaf Blade.

[@nickchabot1302]

Shame that lunge, a non exclusive move released in the same generation with the same effects, has a higher base power.

[@generalsynnacle23]

@@nickchabot1302 To be fair, what Bug type that isn’t an Ultra Beast benefits from Lunge? Probably only Centiskorch, since Galvantula is an obvious SpATKer and Araquanid only has a base 70 ATK stat, so while it could help as utility, it wouldn’t help a ton compared to a mere Growl.

[@haidynwendlandt2479]

@@generalsynnacle23 To be fairer, Tsareena also gets Power Whip

[@elijahzzz808]

13:04 I’m surprise you didn’t mention about Melloetta’s Relic Song

[@Airkong423]

@@haidynwendlandt2479 to be even more fair Trop kick has 100% accuracy making it more reliable than Power Whip

[@castform7]

11:23 On the topic of missing 95% accurate moves, I *vividly* remember when I was playing a friend's copy of SS at his house and my Cyndaquil missing Tackle 3 times IN A ROW. I was flaberghasted something like this could even happen. I remember sitting there staring at Tackle's accuracy as my friend was laughing at my luck.

[@XPurpleVortex]

Im convinced the game deliberately does that or the ingame coding or whatever doesnt reflect that 95% accuracy. Like it clearly says 95 but it lands as often as sheer cold/zap cannon

[@jasonreed7522]

To quote flygonHG (a nuzlocke youtuber), "97.5% is not 100%" But its also rediculous that tackle can miss by default with its 95% accuracy. (Its also critical to have a move that can't miss like aerial ace or shockwave) PS: the odds of tackle missing 3 times in a row is .05^3 = .000125 = 0.0125%. I guess it had to happen eventually but just know you got really unlucky.

[@emilylentz1027]

I remember missing tackle alot when I was replaying fire red im like "are you kidding me?"

[@something4320]

I feel you that happened to me too but with play rough

[@Ale-xi3mo]

I got confused 7 turns in a row once. I don't remember the odds but i got quite angry at the game :)

[@user-gt5dq1lm3q]

Yeah, Legends Arceus pretty much gave some great signature moves in general. There’s the very broken ones like Victory Dance and Lunar Blessing, like you mentioned, but then you have moves like Hisuian Sliggoo and Goodra’s Shelter, which raises both defensive stats in addition to raising evasion. This not only makes your opponent’s moves more likely to miss, but the ones that do connect deal less damage. Plus you have moves like Infernal Parade (Hisuian Typhlosion), Barb Barrage (Hisuian Qwilfish and Overqwil), and Bitter Malice (Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark) that basically act as slightly weaker versions of moves such as Hex and Venoshock that deal double the damage if the target has a status condition, but compensate for that by having a built-in 30% chance of inflicting a status condition (Burn for Infernal Parade, Poison for Barb Barrage, and Frostbite for Bitter Malice).

[@vapcr]

Some other whack ones from Gen 6: Trevenant’s Forest Curse - adds grass typing to the target Gorgeist’s Trick-or-Treat - adds ghost typing to the target It does not CHANGE them to the type. It ADDS the type. A pokemon that’s already dual type will have THREE TYPES. Is this useful? No. Is it funny to turn Heracross into a Bug/Fighting/Grass type giving it an 8x weakness to flying, effectively making a Gust from Pidgey equivalent to a nuclear missile strike? It’s hysterical.

[@johnax4124]

A level 60 Trevenant with an Adamant Nature and max attack EVs can (min-max) OHKO a level 100 Heracross with no defense EVs and a neutral nature with Aerial Ace after using Forest's Curse. A level 15 Heatran with max defense EVs and a + defense nature can (min max) survive a Horn Leech from a level 100 Trevenant with a neutral nature and no attack EVs after using Forest's Curse. Obviously the requirement of specific investments and such somewhat neuters this but even with the exact opposite investment a Heatran can survive at level 25, and a Trevenant at... 93 can kill, maybe would be better example with better stats mon but still. TL;DR:Triple types would be broken

[@samuelcastillo5246]

They'll only have 3 types for one turn.

[@Ditidos]

@@samuelcastillo5246 Nope, it's until the end of the battle or until someone uses the other move on the mon (Forest's Curse removes Trick-or-Treat and viceversa). Also, it's funny that neither Magic Power nor Soak work the same way as those remove the original types and make the mon psychic or water. This means any mon after a few moves can be Water/Grass, Water/Ghost, Psychic/Grass or Psychic/Ghost.

[@jamonero]

13:45 Electrify is a fun move in doubles, cause if you have 2 electric pokémon on your field, probably the enemy wants to do the earthquake + flying friend inmune to earthquake. If you turn the enemy earthquake into an electric earthquake, he probably kill their mate and you survive, plus if you have volt absorb abilty, the earthquake heals you. This also effect if you have the cell batery item, to get the +1 boost for free. And... i think the best use is vs dynamax pokémon. If you are faster, he always do MAX Lighting, so he creates a beautifull electric terrain for you, while do less damage (no stab + resistances) Electrify is a very versatile and FUN move. See ya!

[@Maaarrrrk]

Mega Sceptile or any ability that draws Electric to get stat buffs or heals

[@_Rhatsody]

Photon Geyser is NOT tied to base form Necrozma only. Dusk-Mane and Dawn-Wings Necrozma both have access to Photon Geyser and Dusk-Mane specifically can even boost its power with Dragon Dance

[@bobjob2514]

Bulbapedia is a really good way to fix your Mandela misconceptions from the older generations. Only minor stuff, but your gen 4 beginning is fairly visible.

[@kalosianporygon]

11:08 Smeargle is evil, pass it on. The Gen VI section is pretty short, but Zygarde's Land's Wrath is a dishonorable mention due to being overshadowed by Thousand Arrows and not looking that special. Compare to Geomancy and Oblivion Wing, both pretty good moves for the X and Y cover Legendaries.

[@ThundaFuzz]

technically you couldn't legally get Thousand Arrows in gen 6. so Land's Wrath was the only choice at the time.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

If lands wrath either had earthquakes attack power without hitting your ally in double or triple battles it would be a much better move. Or if it was just a tiny bit less attack power but a high chance of status boosts it would be amazing.

[@a_cup_of_joe540]

Ironically I've always liked smellingsalts since my first shiny was a hariyama in emerald I found on victory road with the move

[@hunterpikachu1763]

What about Volt Tackle? That's a pretty good signature move with a high base power. The only downside is it causes recoil but still, it's a signature move. It's exclusive to the Pikachu line too and it's kinda weird you skipped the signature move of the mascot.

[@cory30j]

I think most people who are actually into the games just forget about casual pikachu lol

[@IgnitedQuils]

It would be a good addition to physical Electric types despite the high recoil rate.

[@hunterpikachu1763]

@@IgnitedQuils Pikachu is my favorite Pokemon and I was surprised when I found out that Volt Tackle was its signature move. I only found out when I looked up if Luxray could learn it. I don't know ALL the physical electric type attackers but I know for a fact Luxray could benefit from it.

[@Maaarrrrk]

It's a bad signature move since Pikachu will one shot itself. And it makes Pikachu Surf being unavailable in the same move slot

[@Evilraptorus]

its literally just Electric Brave Bird

[@_Rhatsody]

I'd say Thousand Arrows is the best signature move. Its a physical ground type move that hits every target and has even led to Zygarde being repeatedly banned

[@atlat412]

Gotta say, I find Electrify to be a really fun and underrated move. Especially when combined with a Lightning Rod Pokémon. Because you can then waste one of your opponent's turns by having them fire an electric move.

[@Naluh]

Photon Geyser can be used for any form of Necrozma, it is bad only because is a Psychic type move, and Steel/Ghost STAB is WAY more important.

[@auburncrescent]

Rip Ultra Necrozma and its Dragon STAB. Only stuck around for one pair of games

[@hyprov1919]

13:47 It’s not just Normal-type moves. Any Pokemon who gets hit with Electrify before it uses their move will have that move changed to Electric. You were probably thinking of Ion Deluge. Good video by the way 👍

[@dabmonstr7403]

Wait doesn't ion deluge lower the special attack of the target by two? I think that's plasma fist you're talking about Nvm I mistook ion deluge with eerie impulse

[@sterling8389]

Goes to show how bad these attacks were. Three electric moves with very little distribution = zero use

[@nechocat1234]

@@sterling8389 electrify can be a fun niche double/vgc strategy, I can't guarantee that it will win tournaments but it can be fun, electrify your oponent hardest hitter and have someone with lightning rod absorb the dmg

[@Whiteythereaper]

Electrify & Lightning Rod are a good combo but incredibly niche

[@EdgarChikara]

I'm surprised he didn't talk about Hyperspace Fury, that move wrecks Aegislash and Stall in general

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Nah hyper space hole is better, all the benifits for less damage, a special attack which hoppa accells in, and makes it more likely for hoopa to actually survive.

[@michelzwiers7742]

There's also an event Sableye from a long time ago that had Octazooka, for some reason

[@aQrator]

Techno blast had actually seen sparse usage back in Gen 7! With the power buff to Techno Blast, Douse Drive Genesect was a great way to beat Heatran when it otherwise couldn't, back when it was legal in OU. Also, the PS' random battles sets for Genesect includes a Douse Drive variant, though I can't speak to how good it is in that format. All that said, though, the other drives are absolutely worthless. Ice beam, Flamethrower and Thunderbolt'd do that for ya.

[@louisvr921]

The effect of electrify are wrong. Any move become electric type. If you have a teammate with lightningrod it means your opponent lost a turn if he isn't faster than helioptile and boosted your Mon.

[@castform7]

I swear, someone at Gamefreak just has it out for Regigigas. They do not want the guy to have anything good in life. Almost makes you wonder why it was created in the first place.

[@jasonreed7522]

A lot of pokemon have very questionable move/stat/ability combos that make you question what they have against them or are they just bad at game balance. (Onix has 30 attack aka the same as oddish, before the phys/spec split many like sneasle and volbeat were pretty useless)

[@ThundaFuzz]

the fact that it's the only pokemon with an ability in Legends Arceus has to mean someone really wants it to fail in life.

[@animejerk05]

@@jasonreed7522 onix has 30 att because it was designed as a first stage boss. if it had more it would be one shooting those poor starter pokemon

[@ThundaFuzz]

@@animejerk05 explain Cranidos then

[@animejerk05]

@@ThundaFuzz red and blue were the first games. cranidos is what 10 years into the franchise. gen1-3 used lackluster pokemon for the the 1st gym pidgeotto onix and nosepass. btw cranidos has low speed and paper defenses so it also has easily exploitable weaknesses for a 1st boss.

[@DanKeehner]

When we got to Gen 2 and there was no mention of the Legendary Pokemon and their signature, Aeroblast and Sacred Fire, I knew there would be something later. Geomancy is just wild.

[@nickchabot1302]

Aeroblaat is ok to not be on to some degree, since lugia has mid attack stats, but sacred fire should have with its burn rate.

[@payrysdoscs4903]

13:50 Heliolisk's other signature move, Parabolic Charge, is kinda mid on the base power scale but it heals you a lot and hits everything in doubles.

[@axyzsz8162]

Parabolic charge was never a signature move because Dedenne could also learn it

[@payrysdoscs4903]

@@axyzsz8162 didn't know that 😅 Who even uses that thing anyway

[@axyzsz8162]

@@payrysdoscs4903 I’ve only ever seen it on random showdown battles tbh lol

[@FootballPsychoPS3T]

13:40 This could be used in Doubles to get your opponent to attack a Volt Absorb teammate with an Electric move, but this is probably quite situational. Edit: If your teammate has Follow Me, you can nullify an opponent's attack each turn, although being outsped could be an issue.

[@chalkprinc3]

You forgot about the Unova trio signature moves that were given to pokemon in a later generation: Snivy line had Leaf Storm, Tepig line had Heat Crass, and Oshawott line had Razor Shell

[@tempest2296]

16:23 I think you confused White Herb with Power Herb there.

[@johnax4124]

14:12 I think the idea is moreso that you can turn an incoming earthquake or something into a resist, and depending on team mate, maybe absorb a move? It'd be better if Heliolisk itself got Lighting Rod or Volt Absorb but I think thats the idea. But Zeraora does it better with Plasma Fists, which does the same thing but does damage and Zeraora itself gets Volt Absorb, though it only works on Normal moves for balancing reasons.

[@jasonreed7522]

And theoretically your ally could have a crazy high basepower normal type move (maybe return or superpower) and have crazy good stats (like slaking or ursaring) and you would prefer the type be electric to hit either a ghost or be super effective for either 2x or 4x damage. (Raindance + thunder is probably better and way less situational) It could probably be better if it changed the move types for 5turns or used either sleep or freeze's rules. This way you could force someone to be exclusively electric and then swap into a ground type or volt absorb.

[@nickchabot1302]

@@jasonreed7522 weedletwineedle used an elictric type silvally with explosion next to plasma fists.

[@krimsonkatt]

When you mentioned legendary signature moves I'm surprised you didn't mention Behemoth Blade. Easily one of the strongest signature moves by far.

[@corronnicolla]

I was also surprised there was no mention of Dragon Ascent, it’s ability to allow Rayquaza to Mega evolve is insanely good.

[@krimsonkatt]

@@corronnicolla IMO dragon ascent is really only great for mega evolving Rayquaza. As a move it's pretty medicore in spite of it's high base power because Rayquaza is primarily a special attacker 99% of the time (Draco Meteor and Dragon Pulse are both special movies) and Dragon Ascent is a physical attack. There are almost no good physical dragon type mores and CERTAINLY not enough good physical flying type movies. Minus signatures you have, like, dragon claw, air slash, and aerial ice? Two of those moves I'm pretty sure Rayquaza can't use? And making Rayquaza physical also makes him lose Draco Meteor, one of the strongest attacks in the game and Rayaquaza's big damage dealer.

[@corronnicolla]

@@krimsonkatt Oh, I totally agree. As a move it's mediocre at best, it's the ability to Mega Evolve Rayquaza that makes it worth noting, imo, as no other signature move has that ability. Mega Rayquaza is objectively better than Rayquaza, both in stats and ability. Behemoth Blade is way stronger than Dragon Ascent, I just thought it was worth a mention due to it's ability to Mega Evolve Rayquaza, which was so broken that it caused Mega Rayquaza to be moved to AG.

[@nazeersadek6705]

I’d love if you revisit this topic once SV are out and see which of the current signature moves got spread around

[@dotexe8870]

Honestly, Night Daze. It just makes sense. The name says it all. You will be dazed and it is dark. Perfect for sneaky dark types like Zoroark, the illusion Pokémon. 40% chance of lowering accuracy, Just makes sense.

[@rayyt5566]

15:07 If Flainks already can’t escape the battle, it can keep spamming No Retreat!

[@terractus9972]

Kangaskhan had dizzy punch as a signature move until spinda got it in gen3

[@NewtBannner]

The Seaking Waterfall fact blew my mind! How did I not know that being a fan for over 20 years!

[@MorganKing95]

Probably because virtually no-one used Seaking on their team

[@theboi5584]

Ariados actually has a signature move in “Toxic Thread”. It lowers the target’s speed and then poisons them. Very obscure indeed.

[@TheGBZard]

And to think Gen 9 introduced so many op moves, rage fist, flower trick, aqua step, torch song and many more

[@turtlenator6249]

Umm, Photon Geyser can be used by any Necrozma form, and does damage based on your highest attack stat.

[@MasterofLaziness]

Couple things: Hitmonlee has the OG Rolling Kick, not Hitmontop. Still kind of bad, but I believe it has a good flinch chance which was nice. Hariyama's Smellingsalt wasn't meant for damage, as shown by lack of STAB and low base power. Instead it was meant to remove Paralysis from something that either benefited from it (Guts, later Quick Feet) or that you wanted another status on (Sleep on a legendary, poison on ally Zangoose). It's a circumstantial move yes, but it gave the sandbag a niche that was only partially replaced by Heal Bell or Aromatherapy. I think Crush Grip exists just to make Regigigas not 100% useless at the start, but something to make him burn a turn counter would have been 100x better. Even a Belly Drum-like move that burns health to get him going right here and now with a stat boost would make the lug viable. You're telling me Hetterene has Psychic type Soak? I don't think you understand just what shenanigans that move can cause. Soak was only bad because it was exclusive to bad water types for years. As an example, using it on Shedinja reduces him to three weaknesses, one of which is a garbage type, another is hard countered by Fairy, and the third can be managed by Dark or Ghost mons. It's mostly a doubles move, but it can also help you counter a mon that your team would otherwise struggle against by preparing weaknesses in advance.

[@gamewisdomgaming]

I actually didn't know that scull bass was a move that exists until I played gen 1 a couple months ago

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

The only issue with double iron bash is the flinch chance might as well not be there because what on earth is Melmetal actually outspeeding 💀

[@brendanboomhour7606]

Uh, Trick Room? There's Trick Room

[@wooptyfrickendoo6203]

Here are some of the best Signature moves of the ones you didn't mention: -Thousand arrows Arguably the strongest attacking move in the game. For only 10 less bp than Earthquake you get a move that removes the only thing that keeps ground types offensively in check which is their flying immunity. -Spectral theif It's a strong physical ghost move that takes 1 turn and is 100% accurate which would already make it a really good move. But then you also get the massive benefit of stealing all of your opponents stat boosts which makes the move really broken. -Steam eruption What if we took hydro pump, made it 15% more accurate, and gave it a 30% burn chance just like scald which is one of the most broken moves of all time? -Dragon ascent Close combat is a really good move. This is flying type close combat. This is a really good move. -Astral barrage/Glacial Lance Both are 100% accurate 120/130 base power spread moves that are both great offensive types. These moves literally have almost no drawbacks for how powerful they are. -Wicked blow A physical 80 base power move that always crits, and it's dark type which is one of the best offensive types. The move is broken.

[@mushroomdude123]

Photon Geyser can be learned by all the Necrozma forms. DM Necrozma actually uses it alot. Zeraora’s Plasma Fists seems like Electrify but executed better. Since it has Volt Absorb, it actually has a reason to turn the enemy’s Normal move into an Electric one.

[@darkyang6601]

Should also mention that Photon Geyser uses YOUR attack/special attack stats and uses which one is higher, making it that much better/versatile of a move (especially on ultra necrozma back when it existed)

[@AbasiMatthew]

I just found out about Spinarak/Ariados Line having Toxic Thread from the BDSP battle tower. It poisons you and also drops your speed. Luckily I had a steel type out at the time but I was so confused because I was like, when was this introduced.

[@OriginalGameteer]

It was given to the Ariados family back in generation 7

[@JustaGr8GuyHere]

For real, I like keep signature moves on some Polemon in a playthrough. Even when going online.

[@aspiringwayfarer]

Hatterne's signature ability Magic Powder is great for catching Pokémon, not competitive. It's kinda like Soak, and after you change the target's type, they can be paralyzed, put to sleep, etc.

[@the_ark_king]

I'm pretty sure that moves are still signature moves even if other pokemon can get it through tms/hms/egg moves

[@VeraExora]

Honestly, I would still consider Signature moves that can be learned by other Pokemon to be Signature Moves. It doesn't really remove the status of "Signature" it just removes the status of Exclusivity

[@danieljames1868]

... lol. The idea of victini hearing about a move with "victory" in the name and going "is for me?" While the community screams in terror in the background is just. \*Chef's kiss.\*

[@popstarchamp]

7:55 I'm never gonna get tired of Sceptile's final Leaf Blade on Darkrai

[@somerandomskyrimguy]

I just want to say that it’s not just base Necrozma it’s every Necrozma form who gets Photon Geyser 14:29 on its alternate forms it’s very good *Flashbacks to Ultra Necrozma

[@nerddwarf]

Oblivion Wing Draining moves like Absorb, Mega Drain, Giga Drain, Horn Leech, Drain Punch, and Leech Life restore to the user 50% of the damage they dealt. Their Base Power ranges from 20 and 40 for Absorb and Mega Drain, to 75 for Giga Drain, Drain Punch, and Horn Leech, while finally Leech Life has 80 BP The Draining move Draining Kiss is 50 BP; however, it restores 75% of the damage dealt Oblivion Wing has 80 BP and restores 75% of the damage it dealt

[@Nameless_mixes]

I would say, “Don’t underestimate Magic Powder”. Similar to Soak, you don’t know when you’re going to need to change an opponent’s type. It’s especially useful against Steel/Poison types to get them Poisoned and Shedinja because… It’s Shedinja lol

[@armorbearer9702]

(8:06) Smelling Salts may have never been a good move; however, it was pretty hilarious to use. The animation and sound effects are pretty funny.

[@MagnusTB_]

in case no one has pointed it out yet, your description on photon geyser is wrong, it's physical or special based on whichever of necrozma's offensive stats are higher, not on the opponent's defensive stats is lower. Im assuming you mixed its effect with galar slowbro's shell side arm.

[@brendanboomhour7606]

In a way Sacred Fire is still Ho-oh's signature move, cause Ho-oh resurrected Entei, Suicune and Raikou, so think of Entei's ability to learn Sacred Fire as an extension of that

[@happysmilesworldandgames8755]

16:24 two quilver dances that need two turns

[@liamhayes9544]

I equip falinks with the shed shell item so it can use its signature move however many times, and still switch out for a bad match up

[@jaceybella1267]

You look like a cross between Ralph the Movie Maker and Tom Holland. Anyway, your top tens are fun! I don't normally watch this style video, but since I'm a casual player that's been out of the game for a couple gens, there's just a lot I don't know! These are comfy to watch and I feel like I'm kinda catching up on where the games are (while being reminded of the old). Also, your voice is energetic and you project it well without dipping or raising in volume, meaning I can feel like my ears won't be destroyed if I start my headphones and do some chores. Just really relaxing stuff for me, 10/10

[@cheeseburgerlazers]

if i had a quarter for every time a 95% accurate move missed i could buy a new pokemon game

[@kevandre]

Similar but far better than Hatterene's signature move is Gourgeist's Trick-or-treat. I only recently used one in an X playthrough and man what a game changer that move was. But obviously the ghost type gives you a lot more to work with there than psychic does, since ghost is weak to ghost

[@joltx9909]

Love the mystery dungeon explorers of sky OST at the background

[@AnActualDimetrodon]

It's worth mentioning that Hitmontop gets Technician, boosting Rolling Kick significantly, especially combined with STAB. Effectively, Technician + Stab Rolling Kick is a less accurate CloseCombat without the debuffs, which is pretty appealing!

[@isawedu]

Boltund also has access to Electrify, and it's a pretty good move, actually. It can target the enemy to derail dynamax strategies, completely screw up their attempts at supereffective moves, and it lets you surprise the opponent with an electric attack, with an added bonus of it being physical OR special depending on what you use.

[@lukasmartinez5667]

I saw a meme strat where they gave mold breaker to an electrify pokemon, then switched to a pokemon with lightning rod so they could cheese out enemy attacks and freely buff their lighting rod

[@redwardranger7034]

I to this day hate the idea that they didn't give my boi Regigigas some upgrade in Legends Arceus. That Titan leader deserves better

[@jekfrumstotferm9830]

A move you didn't mention was Fire Lash, which was Heatmor's signature move in Gen 7. Heatmor was not naturally obtainable in any of the Gen 7 games.

[@Yuzrnaime]

One of the worst signature moves of all time has to be Barrage on the Exeggcute line. Not only is it literally just Fury Attack, but why would you put this on the Exeggcute line which are mostly special attackers anyway?

[@zade3488]

Surprised you didn't mention one of the most impactful moves of all time in Smogon singles: Spikes. It was originally the signature move of Forretress in Gold/Silver before Quilfish and Cloyster got it in Crystal

[@lordglitch4266]

One note: electrify turns the target's move to electric regardless of the original type, so volt absorb/lightningrod synergizes

[@Asaomar]

Toxapex has Baneful Bunker as a great signature move for gen 7 and 8

[@jamiewalsh3349]

Got to love me some Leaf Blades. Ever since the good ol days playing Pokemon Sapphire.

[@meta527II]

I didn’t know Smellingsalt was Makuhita’s signature move!

[@rileypoynter2223]

Electrify could be useful if you had a move like Boomburst, with 140 BP against ghost types.

[@jordipernillo3026]

Extremespeed actually got a buff later generations where it’s a speed tier above normal priority moves too

[@frogsnidget_7345]

Electrify doesn’t change a normal move, it makes any move on that turn used by the targeted Pokémon electric which can be hilarious if you’re running a partner ground type or even for Heliolisk to live a resisted move, it’s also funny turning an opponent’s EQ into an electric move so their flying teammate gets hit super effectively

[@lolzant397]

16:03 oh yeah sacred fire 16:07 NOOOOOOO NOT THE PIDGEYYYYY

[@Sylvieboy72]

Shoutout To Cinderace's Pyro Ball signature also, i can NEVER get tired of witnessing that animation!😍💜

[@AuraStrikeAce]

Sacred Fire is a strong move, but I'd say Cinderace's signature move, Pyro Ball is the best Fire type move, personally. Sure, it has five less accuracy, but it makes up for that with 20 points more in base power. A 120 base power Fire move with no drawbacks, aside from having 90 accuracy is pretty strong. Plus that animation is top tier.

[@Ditidos]

Oh yeah, Pyro Ball is literaly broken if you ask me. It should have some sort of genuine drawback, like being a gamble with 75 accuracy or having like 100 base power.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Its on a galarian starter that makes it awful.

[@multifister47]

Machamp really got pegged hard with strength being it’s signature move. Non-STAB normal with no additional effects. It blew my mind as a kid that it wasn’t a fighting type.

[@KeizerSosebee]

We can all agree that Necrozmas exclusive Z-move is the most badass move in the entire game..i meam its called "Light That Burns the Sky" that alone is up there with Oblivion Wing and Moongeist Beam in terms of naming

[@hodanisbased4980]

13:30 I’ve found that the water type Techno Blast is pretty good, since it’s Genesect’s only move that’s super effective against fire, it’s only weakness. 120 base power is nothing to scoff at for a coverage move

[@Hip-Gnosis1134]

Wasn’t arm thrust also a signature move for hariyama?

[@theseculargamer3339]

Electrify could have been an interesting option in Doubles where you could have had a teammate with lightning rod and you basically incapacitated one opponent each turn. A choice scarfed Heliosk would be annoying to deal with in that case. Wonder if anyone pulled that off. Now I regret not at least trying it.

[@cjlite0210]

14:11 You can actually use Helioisk's Electrify to change an opponent's attack to be Electric, so if you are paired with a Pokemon that is resistant/immune to Electric but weak to the other Pokemon's moves, you can use Electrify on the dangerous Pokemon to stop it from decimating Helioisk's teammate Pair this with a Pokemon with Lightning Rod, and you can essentially shut down any and all attackers not aiming for Helioisk (and even if they aim for it, there's likely a way to protect Helioisk as well)

[@DogOnExtendingLead]

What happened to my boy with the most underrated shiny, heatran getting fire lash was awesome and is such a kool signature move that sadly isn't one anymore.

[@p42ickles]

Althought double iron bash sounds awesome for flinches, its tied to one of the slowest pokemon who cant outspeed anything to make use of the flinch

[@corey410]

Fire Lash was also a signature move for my man Heatmor until Sw/Sh!

[@billkostas5441]

Kommo-o also has two great signature moves. Clanging scales a 120 special dragon type attack that drops your defense by ome stage amd clangorous soul a move that boosts all of your stats at the cost of 33% percent of your hp

[@samanbouniady]

“Photon Gyser, and a forgotten move that is just Tied to base form Necrozma” Ultra Necrozma, Duskmane Necrozma and Dawnwing Necrozma would like to know your location.

[@CA_Pokemaster227]

A bit unrelated, but a pokemon fangame made Regigigas an actual good signature move (and ability), being a 85 power normal move that changes type depending on the elemental rock it holds (the ability adds that type for the same rock)

[@arininquotes8396]

My favorite signature move is Dhelmise's Anchor Shot. Plus, the animation looks beautiful in SwSh, and normally I'm not the type to notice such details.

[@ciaranpatrick6859]

In gen 8 genesect actually occasionally used techno blast with douse drive to let it get past heatran. Heatran was one of the few Pokémon able to handle it, but with water techno blast it was unable to stop the genesect train. Genesect was banned rather quickly. I wouldn’t say it’s an amazing move but I definitely wouldn’t call it bad.

[@Nameless_mixes]

They really need to bring back Dark Void so that it would normally have 50% accuracy. But if used by a Pokemon with “Bad Dreams” as its ability, the accuracy is buffed back up to 100%. Or just something to make it that Darkrai can use it again. Maybe make it that Sketch will fail if someone tries using it on Dark Void?

[@Scatterbrained_and_Lost]

I feel inclined to point out that in Legends Arceus, Dark Void got it's accuracy buffed to about 90%. Part of me hopes that it stays like that when/if it's released to gen 9, but a 90% accurate sleep move might be a problem. Oh wait, spore exists, but then again Darkrai is probably a far better pokemon than Amoongus or Breloom. I do hope that going forward, it's accuracy is at least on par with sleep powder.

[@oponentgull186others4]

The flinch on double iron bash means almost nothing btw. Only time it means anything is if you have trick room or if the enemy somehow finds something slower

[@jadedheartsz]

My friend was lucky enough to pull a Sacred Fire with his Togekiss's Metronome and combined with Serene Grace that raised it's burn chances to 100%, talk about luck of the draw.

[@m8.21]

it goes without saying that Behemoth Blade is up there for signature moves. maybe its the mix of stab, high base power and insane stats but it feels like a 1 hit KO button on anything that doesnt resist it 😅

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

2:11 Doesn't help that Amoongus being a fake Poke Ball Pokemon makes it even more sus.