

There are three good speed reducing attacks.

Sticky Web is really bad, since it can be used to take advantage of trick room and also Defiant (Bisharp) and Competitive (Milotic). Scary Face: Affects any Pokemon, can only target one Pokemon per turn, but can target allies, MANY great Pokemon can learn it, has relatively low PP (10, compared to the 40PP of the other two). Cotton Spore: Can be learned by many good Pokemon, but they are all pretty slow themselves (except for Jumpluff and Whimsicott), targets all adjacent foes, but doesn't affect Grass types, Pokemon with Overcoat or holding Safety Goggles.

String Shot: Affects any Pokemon, can only target one opponent per time, hits only adjacent foes (no allies if you need to eg: Contrary ally), can't be leaned by almost any worthwhile Pokemon and has 95% accuracy. Immense backlash after use, crippling Pikachu.Click to expand.There are only three status moves that reduce the opponent's speed by two stages. Can demolish most obstacles in it's path. Can be combined with Iron Tail for an immensely powerful attack. Can be used as a defensive shield against incoming attacks (as demonstrated by blocking Electrodes aftermath explosion and Mimikyu's Z-Move) Can intercept/deflect projectile attacks such as Shadow Ball.
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It can ensnare and immobilize foes to deliver a full power Thunderbolt or Iron Tail without worrying about missing the target.

It improves Pikachu's manoeuvrability in battle (as demonstrated in it's battle against Silvally and Mightyena). But it could swap out Iron Tail or Quick attack.Įlectroweb is FAAAR superior to Volt Tackle in almost every situation and has far less drawbacks than a last resort move. Thunderbolt is his kamehameha, it should keep that one. It would be nice if Pikachu changed up more of his moveset IMO. Or making up strategies that make no sense. Instead of smashing his pokemon idiotically into his opponents. Ash should have learn to use things like setup moves, status effects and recovery. While he was up against bulk up incineroar and swords dance lycanroc. Which isn't remotely unnusual for his teams. The only Status move on Ash's entire team during the Alola conference was Feather Dance. He didn't deserve the win any more than Cameron did against Ash in Unova. Ash deserved to lose when his lycanroc got hit by that last counter, instead of having his Lycanroc take the hit unreasonably well and learning counter itself without warning. But Ash managed to win by hammering through, rather than becoming champion by learning more as a trainer. I remember being kind of annoyed that Gladion had a much smarter strategy than Ash throughout most of their battle. But it could swap out Iron Tail or Quick attack.Īsh's teams in general desperately need more status moves. Click to expand.There was an event Pikachu with ESpeed.
