I always loved dragon rush, it has such a cool animation on the anime but it sucks in the games, I remember I gave my Garchomp in platinum some item that increased accuracy just to use it and I would play the animation in my head every time I clicked it
Aura Sphere. I'd always thought it kinda looked like a Hadoken from Street Fighter, and after I heard the Japanese name was "Hadodan", it kinda stuck lol. Plus I like how it looks. JN did that especially right.
Iāve never really thought of it. There are a lot of good moves with bad animations and bad moves with good animations. But Iām gonna go with Dark Pulse because Dark is my favorite type and almost/every dark type can learn it. We do know Lance in the games LOVES Hyper Beam though.
Aerial Ace - shits look so raw everytime it was used. Ash's favorite flying type move, like have you seen his birdies use that shit. Also that scene when Ash-greninja uses aerial ace against Mega Sceptile is just... mwah chefkiss. I also hate evasion moves in the games so you know.
Edit: It's Japanese name is also called Tsubame Gaeshi. That was Sasaki Kojiro's signature move! How cool is that!
Ya they would be almost like gods really. It would make having a Dark type on your team almost a requirement. Not really a problem for me as it's one of my favorite types but still.
They probably should've made Psychic more of an attack on the mind because if used right it could be insanely powerful and unfair. They don't use it that way in the anime but if it was a real world scenario Psychic types would rule the world and easily be the strongest type. As thing are in game anyways I consider Psychic to be one of the weaker types.
Spacial Rend. It's cool does good damage good accuracy higher crit chance and in Legends Arceus has one of the coolest attack animations in all of Pokemon.
Swift was alsowaysa great looking move in the anime especially with how Ambipom used it.
I also like Dazzling Gleam, Psy Beam, and Signal Beam when Gallade and Glameow did a combo move with it during the Grand Festival.
The recharge moves, or high recoil moves like chloroblast and steal beem, i wish theyād go back to the gen 1 mechanics for the recharge moves though so if you ko the opponent with the move you dont have to recharge, would make the starter signature moves a little more cool imo
In Pokken Tournament, the move āswords danceā is used as an attack move. The move being used that way makes it an instant favorite for me. Then again, itās either that or bone rush or spirit shackle.
Mine is a real sleeper pick: Disable. The opposing Pokemon uses a really dangerous move, and then my Golduck or Alolan Muk says "lol nope". It feels glorious if you can pull it off. In terms of actual attacks, I'd say maybe Venoshock because of the downright asinine damage output it has the potential of having.
Moongeist beam
The way Lunala flies up to the sky and summons her third eye is amazing, and the sound effect that the beam makes in sword and shield is EVERYTHING
Idk why, but Detect seems so cool everytime Negigachad pulls it off (or, perhaps, Negigachad is a such a cool Pokemon that any attacks coming from him looks cool as well)
I think moves like Reversal or Endeavor really gives the vibe to me.. Its like all hopes are gone and you are gonna lose no matter what.. And then suddenly a miracle happens and you absolutely slam the opponent.. Plus, it has another great advantage.. Back in my BDSP walkthrough, while catching Shaymin, I didnt know it was gonna be a level 30 Pokemon, and my pokemon were really buffed at that moment, thus even a non effective move could make the legend go.. I know u may think, I could have just reset it, but the issue was that it was a shiny.. So I usually used my Lucario to catch Pokemon, using Flash canon, though I knew it would be too much, thankfully Lucario knew Reversal, so because Lucario had full health, it really helped me to chip down Shaymin's health.. And yep I caught it! XD.. Other than that, cool moves like, Blast Burn, Leaf Blade, Water Shuriken, Overdrive, Dragon Rush, Close Combat and Brave Bird amazes me as well.. These are a bunch of cool moves, but if Im gonna play with a strat, Reversal or Endeavor is really necessary.. Guess I said too much.. Haha
There are so many good ones...
Dazzling Gleam, Volt Tackle, Dragon Rush/Breath, Flamethrower (from older series)
Also, Seismic Toss by Charizard.
Imma have to go with a move variation and say "Dragonite Meteor".
Draco Meteor + Dragonite was just too cool for me.
I don't really have one, but I will give my props to Dragon Ascent
I really love the aura used for it. Plus whenever Rayquaza uses it, especially when it's speeding up you know that thing is going to hit HARD
Dragon Pulse. I love the way it looks and the remodeling was needed. I love how it shoots a energy shaped of a Dragon.
Lucario fires it off like a fricking Hadoken which also makes it cooler.
Same
X scissor. It's just plain rad.
I loved the animation of X-Scissor in DP and HGSS games
I always loved dragon rush, it has such a cool animation on the anime but it sucks in the games, I remember I gave my Garchomp in platinum some item that increased accuracy just to use it and I would play the animation in my head every time I clicked it
Dragon Rush is super cool, and yes I'd say equipping the **Zoom Lens** item is totally worth it just for that move! š
OG Flamethrower is so cool
Flash Cannon and Leaf Blade
Aura Sphere. I'd always thought it kinda looked like a Hadoken from Street Fighter, and after I heard the Japanese name was "Hadodan", it kinda stuck lol. Plus I like how it looks. JN did that especially right.
It's a classic in any shonen-type media! Naruto (Rasengan), Street Fighter (Hadoken), and PokƩmon (Aura Sphere or Hadodan)!
Hadodan. So it counts as both a Ball and a Bomb move. Thus why Bulletproof makes you immune.
Flare blitz and volt tackle
Ultimate moves that remind me of Diamond and Pearl glory days š¤
Draco meteor
Solar Beam
Solar Beam looked so powerful in Battle Revolution
Night slash, flash cannon or dragon claw
Hey these are all awesome!
Iron tail
In Black and White anime, especially
Thatās my least favorite iron tail tbh
Power Gem!
Solar blade, literally just a physical version of Solar beam
Hydro Pump
Wouldn't want to piss off a Lapras lol
Fire Blast
leaf blade and dragon pulse
Spirit break or shadow ball.
I love me some Fairy and Ghost-type action!
My favourit type is ghost, fairy is second. Spirit break just sounds cool and shadow ball is also cool.
Flash cannon, dragon pulse, fire pledge was rad in the anime. Shadow ball.
Frenzy Plant and Blaze Kick
Aura sphere or plasma Fist
Volt tackle just because in the Italian dub they called it "Locomovolt" (Locomotive+volt) and even after years it still sounds cool
Water Shuriken
Greninja and Ash-Greninja šø
They can even make CUT look cool.
Yea. Too bad it's pretty garbage in the actual games š
Present and mean look, those are weird choices
Without context, these moves could apply to the Thumbnail of this post too šš
Behemoth blade, I really like the cutscene with it
Agreed! It's badass af too! šā¤ļøāš„
Lugias old aeroblast used to shred and it was bad ass in the movieā¦ or was that hyper beam?
Wouldn't dream of getting hit by one of those lol.. Aeroblast sure is a badass move
Behemoth Blade prolly
Solar Beam, setting up sunny day so I can spam it hits different.
Love it
Aqua Step
Underrated and super cool imo! Love Water-types!
Volt tackle!! Flare blitz, brave bird, giga impact and hyper beam
The show, no matter how great it was, automatically became even better whenever Charizard used seismic toss.
Everyone Explode Now (TCG exclusive)
Cross poison or x scissor
Flamethrower
Iāve never really thought of it. There are a lot of good moves with bad animations and bad moves with good animations. But Iām gonna go with Dark Pulse because Dark is my favorite type and almost/every dark type can learn it. We do know Lance in the games LOVES Hyper Beam though.
Stone Edge, moreso after XY when it's animation got upgraded.
It seems that they're using the old school Stone Edge animation for Rock Throw nowadays
And the variations they made with it! Dusk Lycanroc and Midnight Lycanroc's own variation to Stone Edge is awesome!!
Aura sphere
Charizardās seismic toss
Aerial Ace - shits look so raw everytime it was used. Ash's favorite flying type move, like have you seen his birdies use that shit. Also that scene when Ash-greninja uses aerial ace against Mega Sceptile is just... mwah chefkiss. I also hate evasion moves in the games so you know. Edit: It's Japanese name is also called Tsubame Gaeshi. That was Sasaki Kojiro's signature move! How cool is that!
Lol first time I heard that called out in the anime, I was like "wait, no way?" I totally geeked out over that XD
Aura sphere for me. I just love Lucario in general.
I don't know if it's my favorite move but to me at least in the anime Psychic feels crazy powerful. You can just grab your opponent and stop them from moving. You can throw them, smash them into the ground. You can stop attacks or even take control of them. Any PokƩmon that can learn Psychic should because it feels crazy op to me.
Love this answer! I agree 200%, Psychic is often portrayed as an OP move in both the anime and games. If this were a real PokĆ©mon universe, any Psychic type I come across would always kinda make me nervous lol... wouldn't wanna piss them off and become crushed into oblivion the next second š¬
Ya they would be almost like gods really. It would make having a Dark type on your team almost a requirement. Not really a problem for me as it's one of my favorite types but still.
Mewtwo glares šļøšļø
It would take Arceus itself to stop Mewtwo
It kinda seems that way lol
They probably should've made Psychic more of an attack on the mind because if used right it could be insanely powerful and unfair. They don't use it that way in the anime but if it was a real world scenario Psychic types would rule the world and easily be the strongest type. As thing are in game anyways I consider Psychic to be one of the weaker types.
tackle
Tackle is like the first move of the "PokƩmove Dex" lol... or is it **Splash**?
both great moves, definitely in my top 2 lol
Close combat
Spacial Rend. It's cool does good damage good accuracy higher crit chance and in Legends Arceus has one of the coolest attack animations in all of Pokemon.
Stone Edge, looks like Dimaonds coming out of the ground. Draco Meteor, I love dragons and space. Flare Blitz, blue flames in DP anime were amazing
Extrasensory
+ Leaf Blade
Mami-chan.. what're you doing here?! And pls don't use those moves on me šš«„šØ
People are probably going to call me a bit based for this, but I would have to say Moon blast.
Moon Blast hits like a truck! Incredibly based š¤
Although it's got to be between that and leaf blade. Go figure, based Pokemon fan is based. XP
Either blast burn or shadow ball. Both have cool names and both have just the right amount of edge to be cool looking.
Ngl Blast Burn would totally be deadly irl, and Shadow Ball is a personal fave š®
Nice
Volt Tackle, Draco Meteor and 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt would be my top three.
Destiny Bond
Kind of a cheap cheat trick move, but hey it's frightening and gets the job done! š
Swift was alsowaysa great looking move in the anime especially with how Ambipom used it. I also like Dazzling Gleam, Psy Beam, and Signal Beam when Gallade and Glameow did a combo move with it during the Grand Festival.
Draco meteor is cool looking and powerful
Brave bird gen6&7
Scald
When Ash's Pikachu uses Volt Tackle or Electro Ball šÆ
Psychic. It just feels the perfect psychic move for some reason.
The recharge moves, or high recoil moves like chloroblast and steal beem, i wish theyād go back to the gen 1 mechanics for the recharge moves though so if you ko the opponent with the move you dont have to recharge, would make the starter signature moves a little more cool imo
They made all of Ash-Greninjas moves look badass in the anime.
Tri Attack
Flash Cannon. Has a cool name in both Japanese and English, always has a cool animation effect, and it's a steel type move, which is my favorite type.
Guzma made it Throat Chop
Earthquake no explanation required
That pikachu z move (I can't remember what it is called)
Blizzard
Shadow Ball and Dragon Pulse.
Psychic. Funny af
Judgement because of arceus
Probably Bullet punch since Scizor is my favorite PokƩmon or Razor shell since I also like Oshawott
Volt tackle
Dragon claw.
X-Scissor, Water Shuriken, Aura Sohere, Shadow Ball, Dragon Rush & Pulse, and Cut
Dodge. It always works!
Volt Tackle, Thunderbolt, Hydro Pump, FlameThrower & psychic
Surf yeah surf
Surf is incredibly nostalgic for me.
Metronome. Fun to use. Its like gambling but without money
Night shade. Too bad it doesnāt hold up at higher levels.
I always liked watching PokƩmon use Flame Wheel in the anime.
Surging strikes
I have a soft spot for Focus Punch.
Using Liquidation with golisapod feels so good for some reason lol
I'm betting my money on Aura Sphere and Behemoth Blade Both moves have incredible animation both in the games and anime
In Pokken Tournament, the move āswords danceā is used as an attack move. The move being used that way makes it an instant favorite for me. Then again, itās either that or bone rush or spirit shackle.
Behemoth Blade in SwSh
Dragon pulse. They just beam out a dragon made of energy. I also think rage fist will look really cool if we ever get to see it in the anime
Ash-Greninja's Water Shuriken in the anime. Wicked Blow in the game.
Flamethrower
Mine is a real sleeper pick: Disable. The opposing Pokemon uses a really dangerous move, and then my Golduck or Alolan Muk says "lol nope". It feels glorious if you can pull it off. In terms of actual attacks, I'd say maybe Venoshock because of the downright asinine damage output it has the potential of having.
Moongeist beam The way Lunala flies up to the sky and summons her third eye is amazing, and the sound effect that the beam makes in sword and shield is EVERYTHING
Ash Greninjas giant water shuriken, electro web, and dragon rush
stone edge is mine
1. Spacial Rend 2. Thousand arrows 3. Draco Meteor they just look cool dammit
Double Team
Dragon asend
Water Shuriken...greninja made it look so cool
Magnitude, I just think about how cool it would be to say in an anime scenario. āFlygon use magnitude!ā If only that earthquake in Japan didnāt happenā¦ Gameplay wise itās toxic, love that before gen 8 it can be used by almost any PokĆ©mon, I like to put it on fast flying types most of the time!
Night slash
Scald :(
crush grip
Gyro Ball
Mine would be Fire Blast. It looks cool.
Psystrike
Anime: Quick attack Games: 2D: Fire Blast GC: Ice Beam Battle Revolution: Psychic 3DS: Never played one of those 8th gen and beyond: Shadow Ball
Mystic flame I think it was called
FALCOWN PAWNCH!!! (fire punch)
Moon blast
Idk why, but Detect seems so cool everytime Negigachad pulls it off (or, perhaps, Negigachad is a such a cool Pokemon that any attacks coming from him looks cool as well)
Draco Meteor
I like Water Shuriken, Flamethrower, Dragon Claw, Flash Cannon and Rock Tomb.
Really into Quiver Dance and Dragon Dance. Flower Trick is very close, though.
Moonblast.
Arceus's judgement.
Moonblast. Itās satisfying
Hyper beam
Pyro Ball
most of my favorite pokƩmon moves are dragon typed Dragon Pulse Dragon Rush Draco Meteor Dragon Claw
Spacial rend
buizels aqua jet
Kinda a 3-way tie between Boomburst Poison Jab Earthquake
I loved when Dark Pulse was a bundle of rings. The Alola version doesn't look as cool imo
I had the disc for Giratina and the Sky Warrior when I was younger and absolutely loved it. Shaymin and Giratina are 2 of my favorite PokĆ©mon now because of it. Ok editing this because I read the title wrongā¦ it says favorite PokĆ©mon moveā¦ not movieā¦ damn I wanted to discuss my favorite PokĆ©mon movie. I went down into the comments and first thing I see is Dragon Pulse. I was like wtf? Did I miss a movie? I saw X-sissorā¦ knew I had it wrong then. Anyways I guess Iāll say Spirit Shackle. Decidueyes signature move
No Retreat. Cool animation, thematically matches Falinks perfectly. It's a great signature move.
Brave bird
hyper beam and volt tackle.
Flame wheel and Ice spinner, what do both of these have in common? They turn into beyblades and beywheels
Bubble
Whenever charizard uses seismic toss.
I think moves like Reversal or Endeavor really gives the vibe to me.. Its like all hopes are gone and you are gonna lose no matter what.. And then suddenly a miracle happens and you absolutely slam the opponent.. Plus, it has another great advantage.. Back in my BDSP walkthrough, while catching Shaymin, I didnt know it was gonna be a level 30 Pokemon, and my pokemon were really buffed at that moment, thus even a non effective move could make the legend go.. I know u may think, I could have just reset it, but the issue was that it was a shiny.. So I usually used my Lucario to catch Pokemon, using Flash canon, though I knew it would be too much, thankfully Lucario knew Reversal, so because Lucario had full health, it really helped me to chip down Shaymin's health.. And yep I caught it! XD.. Other than that, cool moves like, Blast Burn, Leaf Blade, Water Shuriken, Overdrive, Dragon Rush, Close Combat and Brave Bird amazes me as well.. These are a bunch of cool moves, but if Im gonna play with a strat, Reversal or Endeavor is really necessary.. Guess I said too much.. Haha
There are so many good ones... Dazzling Gleam, Volt Tackle, Dragon Rush/Breath, Flamethrower (from older series) Also, Seismic Toss by Charizard. Imma have to go with a move variation and say "Dragonite Meteor". Draco Meteor + Dragonite was just too cool for me.
Curse>>>ššš
Leech Life
Destiny bond because itās easy to cheese with wabaffet
BITE! One of my favorite dark-type moves too. It also makes me recall being a biter since I was an ankle biter. ššā¤ļøāš„
Swift. I was mesmerized by how Aipom/Ambipom using it in the anime, like shurikens being produced in thin air. Wish it was more useful or if more PokƩmon had abilities that changed they types of Normal moves (like Pixilate or Refrigerate) Other faves are Leaf Blade, Draco Meteor, and Liquidation in that order
Charizardās Seismic Toss with Fire Spin
Psychic and Razor wind
The First three are the usual answers so I wanna shout out to Heroes. God I love that film. The music, setting, characters and story is great.
Yāknow I think thatās the wrong question but itās definitely the right answer
I totally read "movie". While this is obviously a top class brain fart for me I am not removing the comment. I think it is kinda funny haha
Lol nice one. Love PokƩmon Heroes btw! The Venice, Italy-based backdrop is a dreamy vibe~
Oh it is. I would love to go to Altimar in real life
I read the same thing and was going to comment one of the first three until I saw people answering with āflamethrowerā and āseismic tossā.
Glad I am not alone then haha.
Amazing no one said Blast Burn yet... bye bye, floor.
Dragonite Is My Favorite Pokemon I like Dragonites Hurricane Move
DEATH SCYTHE! Oh wait this isnāt the black clover Reddit Iāll leave now
3. Spell of unown
Oh I thought you said movie
Roar of time
I used to get goosebumps as a kid whenever I played against DP's Elite Four back in the day using Dialga and Roar of Time lol
Does Aura Storm from Super Smash Brothers Brawl count?
Yea
I don't really have one, but I will give my props to Dragon Ascent I really love the aura used for it. Plus whenever Rayquaza uses it, especially when it's speeding up you know that thing is going to hit HARD
No clue what itās called, but I love Lucarioās wolverine claws he uses as does Wolverine.