Idea: Unlock and test movesets within the Pokedex
I got this idea while reading through the attack animation questions that popped up today. Basically, each Pokemon's Pokedex entry would have a Battle button. When you press it, you are able to test out any moveset that particular Pokemon has learned against a practice dummy or a tree or something.
Moves have to be unlocked so for instance if you've only found 1 Venusaur with Vine Whip and Solar Beam, then those are the only moves you can view in Venusaur's practice test. A new objective for people who are lvl 40 and have completed Pokedexes. Now they can work towards a complete Move-dex.
So my question is would you like or use something like this to play around with?
Answers
I'm all-in on this idea and have wanted something similar for some time.
As a practical example: I've been playing around with Entei about whether I want Fire Spin or Fire Fang. The former does more damage and creates more energy, while the latter is easier to dodge with. Being a dodger, I'm curious about against how many more matchups will I be able to get in two Fire Fang when I'd otherwise only be able to get in one Fire Spin in between dodges. If it's just a few corner cases, it might not be worth sacrificing Fire Spin's overall DPS advantage.
All of that to say: It would be a lot easier if I could just practice with the moves in a "training" scenario rather than wasting FTMs and hoping to hit upon enough variety in defending gyms to conduct my experiment.
