Timeline for Which is better for Pikachu in Pokémon Red: Swift or Slash?
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| Jul 13, 2010 at 8:59 | vote | accept | Jasarien | ||
| Jul 12, 2010 at 16:59 | comment | added | Grace Note♦ | @Ólafur In Red, Swift is still preferable on a Sandslash. Slash should be cycled out for Earthquake as soon as possible - with STAB it is much more powerful than Slash, even against enemies that resist it. Which are few in number, as Poison's weakness to Ground trumps both Bug and Grass's resistance. The only problem is against Flying types - if Swift's Power isn't sufficient, then you'd be better suited with Body Slam/Strength over sticking with Slash's lucky nature. But its movepool is so small back then that you can field both Slash and Swift with Earthquake anyway. | |
| Jul 12, 2010 at 16:14 | comment | added | Grace Note♦ | @Noctrine 100 accuracy is still subject to any miss chance imparted by, say, Sand Attack or Double Team. Whereas, Swift has the "no miss" property which ignores those. I updated my answer to reflect that extra fact - more reason to stick with Swift! | |
| Jul 12, 2010 at 16:14 | comment | added | Ólafur Waage | I thought you were talking about Sandslash at first. | |
| Jul 12, 2010 at 16:13 | comment | added | Jesse Dorsey | pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Slash & bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Slash_(move) says it has an accuracy of 100. | |
| Jul 12, 2010 at 16:12 | history | answered | Grace Note♦ | CC BY-SA 2.5 |