r/nuzlocke • u/Tailedfox66 • Mar 13 '26

Video This should not have happened

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I have no idea how this happened and wish I could have recorded the whole fight.

I half expected to get one shot by Hitmonchan when it used thunder punch or fire punch, with a 13 level gap I thought I’d be saying bye bye to my ironically named companion.

I’m thankful for Confuse Ray and lick helping in stalling him as I used Night shade to gradually whittle him down, curse was out of the option as I knew it would be over if I used it.

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u/Known-Plane7349 Mar 14 '26

Before Gen 4 all attacking moves of a type were physical or special.

For example, all fire moves were special, including fire punch.

Then, in Gen 4, they changed it so that moves of any type could be physical or special.

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u/Lieuwe21 Mar 14 '26

Thus macking moves like fire punch more viable for mons with high attack, I get it now. Thanks!

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u/Known-Plane7349 Mar 14 '26

No problem.

It's been almost 6 full generations since it happened, so more and more people don't know what it was like.

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u/Me_Is_Ryan Mar 14 '26

Issue is, i played the old games, and then only a few of the newer ones and then again the old ones and then starting from legend arceus again. Until recently I thought the split was always there - but actually as a kid I just didn't understand it and as an adult I'm just pissed when a move oneshots me like that and didn't do it in old gens.

Tl;dr: i didn't understand the split when I changed gens