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An idea for Palkia

Even though it doesn’t learn Water Gun, Niantic can give it that and Aqua Tail. (It can learn the aforementioned charge move) This will keep Kyogre as the best Water attacker, while Palkia trails by a small DPS margin. Now I will tell you the pros of and cons of both, they should be about equal.

Kyogre Pros:
Higher DPS
Better for Solo and Duos Of Tier 3-5 Raid Bosses
More damage at once (Palkia may faint after two Aqua Tails, while Kyogre faints after a Hydro Pump)
Better bulk vs Ground and Rock types

Kyogre Cons:
Harder to dodge with
May faint with a partially charged bar
Has some weaknesses that limit its performance versus certain raid targets

Palkia Pros:
Has better TDO than Kyogre VS Fire Types and bosses weak to Water that have Solar Beam (This helps in Entei, Moltres, Ho-Oh, and Groudon raids)
Can dodge easier
Set is more flexible
Better for gym battles (Less energy wasted)

Palkia Cons:
Less DPS, which is crucial in raids
Aqua Tail outputs less than Hydro Pump (Kind of like Outrage Vs Dragon Claw)
Doesn’t have an advantage versus Ground and Rock types

(The graph is VS Entei)

Asked by DatLocalKatcher6 years 8 months ago
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Why would they give it Water Gun? The only time Pokemon were given moves they can't learn in the main series was during the first month of the game, after which point they realized they fucked up and made a bunch of stuff legacy. Ho-Oh likely would have gotten one of the available fire type fast moves if they weren't going to stick to their rule about moves.

Post-nerf Palkia with Dragon Tail/Hydro Pump already puts it on the same playing field as Kyogre, trading 1st and 2nd place of overall usefulness depending on the opponent.

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Or when they put DT on Kyogre in Game Master, but there they realized their error before release and removed the move.

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I'm all for aqua tail. Still my favorite water move.

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The only chance for Palkia to get a water fast move would be for Niantic to make Liquidation a fast move, as it‘s the only damaging Water move that Palkia can learn which isn‘t in the game yet

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And that‘s what I get for looking just at Palkia‘s movepool for Gen 7 XD I honestly forgot about those two moves, and didn‘t even know Palkia gets them

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there is literally no reason they would do that, it would be a horrible idea because no one would want to go for palkia

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