I've played some games on PC using an emulator a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. I've forgotten EVERYTHING (moves, abilities, stats, etc). I'd appreciate if you could help me with this inquiry.
I have many Pokemon in my box that I never use. I'm planning to send them to Professor on a nice long vacation. However, I'm willing to keep some of them that are less useful at the moment, but might become much more valuable when ABILITIES are introduced in Pokemon GO.
So my question is, WHICH POKEMON (currently available in the game) COULD BECOME MUCH MORE USEFUL AND POWERFUL IF/WHEN ABILITIES ARE IMPLEMENTED? In other words, is there more to Pokemon like Golduck, Victreebel, Sandslash and Dewgong; or are they always going to be nothing but a poor man's Vaporeon, Venusaur, Rhydon and Lapras?
This is impossible to answer. Even if abilities are introduced we have no way to know if all pokemon will have access to all their abilities. Further more there are no items that can change them.
That said abilities were introduced in gen 3. I imagine its right around the corner. If we don't have status effects. I don't see how or why we would get abilities. Tone will tell.
How many abilities effect status ailments, added effects, and critical hits? These are all very important components of competitive strategic gameplay that are absent from Go.
If its above 90% keep it. If its a top tier attacker and level 30 keep it regardless of IVs. That's the best I can do for ya.
nothing but poor man's especially with new generations, even lapras will fade off, venusaur definately will, rhydon perhaps but has nice new evolution
vaporeon is the only one which continue to be a vaporeon
besides even with different abilities, sandslash damage wont ever compare to rhydon especially when is most likely rhydont will have the strongest or same attacks, same applies to the others
So, from a competitive perspective, the only sensible reason for keeping Sandslash is so he can help me clean Rhyperior's pokeball?
What about some other Pokemon, like Nidos, maybe Kingdra? Idk, Ditto? Are they simply competitively inferior or do they have any kind of a purpose on a battleground (if they get useful abilities)?
Kingdra was somewhat OP in gen 2 due to It knowing rest+toxic.
Its really no point. The games and pogo are different. The games favors in depth knowledge and tactic while pogo is more a brut force no-brainer.
The old (awesome) Classics like Pokémon crystal favored heavily in high speed and status changing moves like toxic, amnesia etc. It was a good tactic to use a strong gengar as a sweeper of a amnesiax3 snorlax combined with rest
IF (and only if) abilities are transferred from the main series and implemented in such a way that they reflect the way they function in the main series:
Thick fat Mega Venusaur
Drought Ninetails
Drizzle Politoed
Adaptability Mega beedrill
Drought Mega Charizard Y
No guard Mega Pidgeot (maybe)
Magix Guard Clefable (maybe)
Arena trap dugtrio
Regenerator Slowbro/king
Lightning rod Rhydon/Rhypherior
Intimidate/Moxie Gyarados
Flash fire / water absorb / volt absorb Pokémon / other lightning rod Pokémon (eeveelutions, arcanine, rapidash, etc. - lantern gets access to two which is awesome!)
Multiscale Dragonite (maybe)
Huge power Azumarill (attack would jump from 112 -> 224)
Speed boost yanma/yanmega
Synchronize espeon/umbreon/alakazam
Shadow tag wobbuffet/mega gengar
Download porygon2/porygonZ
Swift swim Pokémon, namely kingdra
Natural cure Blissey
Sand stream Tyranitar
Multiscale Lugia (maybe)
Like others have said, we don't know which abilities will be applicable. Stat boosting ones may/may not be usable, same with status condition ones. OR they might not be added at all! I know the Pokémon company told Niantic to differentiate Go from the main series, perhaps adding abilities wil not hinder this condition?
That being said, I think ninetails/politoed/Tyranitar will have useful abilities as weather effects had a huge impact in the main series
