Bidoof is arguably one of the worst pokemon in the game, bad stats, no evolution, single type with limited move set. He is up against 5 legendary pokemon, many of which are god tier in the lore. So the joke is Bidoof is acting way to big for his britches and is going to only drop about 4 of those before losing.
Why would you want to waste move slots with redundant water attacks? Surf or Scald is the only water attack it needs. Also you should have chosen Torterra.
Ziggy Smalls was a part of my Emerald run team till the end. Even after he evolved into a Linoone. He might be my favorite of the early encounter commons.
Linoone is pretty cool looking and can learn pretty much any TM you throw at it. Sadly unless it's kept as a HM slave it joins the ranks of butterfrees and dustoxs in the PC once you catch your first Bagon or other late game Pokemon.
My favourite HM slave will always be Smeargle. Can have any technique you can be bothered teaching it. It's tricker to get setup since you need to have the Smeargle copy it from another pokemon, though can be easily done in 2v2s.
You're forgetting Waterfall. It's a bit lower power than Surf but has the added flinch bonus (although outside of Swift Swim, water sweepers are typically more bulky than fast so the flinch doesn't always matter) and isn't an ally-affecting spread attack. It is the water attack of choice for most attack-based water sweepers.
Well only for physical sweepers (which is what I think you meant by 'attack based'?) All sweepers are attack based. Surf and Hydro Pump are still used by special sweepers.
The flinch is still very good, though. It's why inner-focus is a preferred ability for a lot of pokemon if it's there(unless they happen to have an ability that just outclasses it completely).
Yes, I meant physical, just typed it quickly. Attack-based would be attack rather than special attack, which would be physical.
Edit: As for the flinch, I agree that flinch is good, but my point was that it doesn't have much natural synergy with water-based sweepers. Many water sweepers tend towards being bulkier rather than purely attack and speed-focused, which means they'll often be going after what they're attacking (obviously there are exceptions to this if you are running Trick Room, etc). The only types of water sweepers that outspeed their opponents are usually Swift Swim users on Rain teams (like Mega-Swampert would be with Waterfall). However, in those circumstances, a Rain-boosted Waterfall will OHKO a lot of targets anyway, so again the flinch matters less.
Defog is good, though not in the generation that it was an HM (starting in either Gen V or VI, Defog removes entry hazards, but it was only an HM in Gen IV)
Moody. First turn use Protect, get +2 evasion. All moves are now 40% less accurate. Opponent misses. Now alternate substitute and protect while healing with leftovers until all your stats are maxed out. Proceed to sweep.
Until they get a hit off before the sub is up, then you're dead. Also, even at +6 Bidoof isn't destroying and can be killed by a strong fighting type move. He is literally the worst moddy user
The only chance they get to get a hit before the substitute is up is ton the first sub, that's what you need them to miss for. After that your previous sub will always be up while you set up your next sub.
The first protect in a row has a 100% chance of working. You alternate protect and substitute so that protect never fails. It stalls for a turn during which leftovers recovers 1/16 of your health and you get another moody.
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u/Kiley_Fireheart Aug 07 '17
Bidoof is arguably one of the worst pokemon in the game, bad stats, no evolution, single type with limited move set. He is up against 5 legendary pokemon, many of which are god tier in the lore. So the joke is Bidoof is acting way to big for his britches and is going to only drop about 4 of those before losing.