how will niantic implement smeargle?
Smeargle in the games learns only one move, sketch. Sketch can permanently copy an opposing pokemoms move. Making Smeargle useful for breeding purposes. But what will Niantic do?
-Forget sketch. Give Smeargle Zen headbutt and Struggle and leave it as another boring dex entry.
-Allow Smeargle to learn any random move in the game.
-Give Smeargle sketch, make sketch have the same effect as Yawn (non damage causing move that charges the charge move) give it struggle as its charge move.
Or will Niantic impliment radical new coding. Make Sketch work as it does in the games, implement breeding, allowing you to create pokemon with moves they wouldn't normally learn.
The way Niantic are releasing Shedninja (ignoring its unique trait from the games and reducing it to another boring dex entry) suggests a zen headbutt Smeargle is more likely. But i can dream, can't I? (ditto did get transform so thats why i hope they will do something with it).
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Pretty sure its going to be just a dex entry. Even if they gave it sketch and able to learn the best moves, its atk stat is terrible, it wouldn't be usable anyways. I'd be nice to have them do something special for it, but I feel the only reason they did soemthing special for ditto is that its transform mechanic's tied to encountering it
Smeargle's main trick was also copying status moves like dark void, not offensive moves.
HAHAHAHA....Niantic implementing breeding....they can't even release new legendaries properly (remember Giratina CP bug) so that's out of the question for now. I don't see why it would be too ddifficultto use Ditto mechanics with Sketch just meaning it will have the moveset of any pokemon it faces but Smeargle would remain the same and don't transform. That's the best compromise between what's feasible right know and not making it a boring dex entry
