Best move(s) from each type
Before reading this hint, I want to say that THIS IS ALL OPINIONATED.
And that these are all Attacking and Annoyance Moves.
Normal type:
1. Body Slam - Has nice base power, and it works well with the paralysis chance. 2. Hyper Voice - Nice base power, although it only counts for Loudred/Exploud.
3. Sleep Talk - Great combination with Rest.
4. Flail - With Endure/Substitute, great combo.
5. Explosion - It's Pokemon version of saying, "If I die, you die with me."
Grass type:
1. Solarbeam - If paired up with Sunny Day, it could reck havoc.
2. Leaf Blade - One of the best moves a starter could have. No Sceptile could live without it (unless it was made a SunnyBeamer).
3. Giga Drain - Fair base power, and the partly healing of HP is great.
4. Leech Seed - Automatic Giga Drain, might be even better.
5. Petal Dance - Powerful, but it can confuse you. Using Lum berry/the berry that heals confusion would be a great combo.
Poison type:
1. Toxic - No annoyer would be complete without this beautiful move.
2. Sludge Bomb - Strongest poison-type move.
3. Poison Tail - It's Toxic + base damage. Great move for Seviper.
Bug type:
1. Silver Wind - Bug version of Ancient Power. Great move.
2. Signal Beam - Damage + confusion is always great.
Fire type:
1. Flamethrower - One of the best moves in-game. High PP, High base power and High accuracy. This for me is better than Fire Blast. 2. Eruption - With high HP, this could reck havoc.
3. Sacred Fire - Ho-oh's signature move. Great for in-game battling.
4. Blaze Kick - See Sacred Fire, but it's Blaziken's signature move.
5. Overheat - with White Herb, great combo.
6. Will-o-Wisp - For me, one of the very few available replacements for Toxic
Water type:
1. Surf - The one and only best HM of all.
2. Water Spout - It's eruption, water style.
3. Water Pulse - See Silver Wind, but it's Water version.
Ice type:
1. Ice Beam - See Flamethrower. Also great with Thunderbolt to form the "Bolt-Beam" combo.
2. Icy Wind - Speed lowering might be good, although I don't use this move that much.
3. Hail - Not as great as Sandstorm, but it works.
Thunder type:
1. Thunderbolt - See Flamethrower. Also great with Ice Beam to form the "Bolt-Beam" combo.
2. Thunder - If partnered with Rain Dance (also known as "Thunderdancing"), it would never miss. Down to Double Teamers.
3. Shock Wave - It's like Rain Dance + Thunder, only weaker. Still down to Double Teamers.
4. Thunder Wave - See Will-o-Wisp.
Rock type:
1. Rock Slide - Great base power + flinching = nice.
2. Rock Tomb - See Icy Wind.
3. Ancientpower - See Silver Wind. This is the original one.
Ground type:
1. Earthquake - No one can beat this move (unless the Pokemon has Levitate or is a Flying Type). Don't even think of another Ground Type.
Fighting type:
1. Sky Uppercut - Only a few can learn this move, and that few can use this to their advantage.
2. Focus Punch - With Substitute, Spore or any Sleep/Freeze-inducing move, great combo.
3. Reversal - See Flail.
Psychic type:
1. Psychic - See Flamethrower, only that it has 90 base power, 10 PP, and can lower Special Defence. Great move.
Ghost type:
1. Shadow Ball - It's like Psychic, only a little bit weaker. It can also lower Special Defense, which is a good thing.
2. Destiny Bond - Can ultimately annoy anyone when worked perfectly.
Dark type:
1. Crunch - It's like Shadow Ball, they both have 80 base power and can lower Special Defense. Great for annoying Psychic/Ghost types.
2. Faint Attack - It's Shock Wave, Dark version.
Dragon type:
1. Dragon Claw - Works like Shadow Ball/Crunch, without the lowering of Special Defense. One of the best Dragon type moves of all time.
2. Outrage - See Petal Dance.
Steel type:
1. Meteor Mash - Although limited, works great.
2. Doom Desire - Also limited, but is one of the nicer moves for legendaries.
Flying type:
1. Aerial Ace - Best flying type move. Works like Shock Wave/Faint Attack.
2. Drill Peck - The only other replacement for Aerial Ace, although the thing is that it's somewhat limited.
Hope I help. ^_^
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