Thread: Create-a-Move: Unova Version

Now that Gen 5 is out everywhere, I thought it would be a good time to do another one of these threads. Feel free to be creative, but try not to be unrealistic. Keep move suggestions to the kind of thing we might actually see in the games. I'll start:

Power Swing (exclusive to Timburr and Cubone lines)
Type: Fighting physical
Power: 90
Accuracy: 95%
User swings a club or similar held object with terrific force. Opponents that weigh less than the user are sent flying and removed from battle. If the opponent is a wild Pokemon that weighs less than the user, the battle ends.

Tongue Slap (exclusive to Lickitung/Lickilicky)
Type: Normal physical
Power: 80
Accuracy: 100%
Slaps the opponent around with a long, slobbery tongue. 30% chance to flinch and 100% accuracy under most circumstances. If the opponent's Evasion has increased in some way, there is no flinch chance but the attack will never miss. If the user's Accuracy is reduced, this attack will be affected in the normal manner.

Doubt
Type: Dark status
Power: --
Accuracy: 100%
Causes the opponent to doubt its abilities, doing 1/10 HP damage per turn. Pokemon with the Defiant ability are immune. Can be healed with Heal Bell, Aromatherapy, Heal Pulse, or the Healer ability.

Shedding Kick (exclusive to Scraggy and Scrafty)
Type: Fighting (Physical)
Power: 70
Accuracy: 90
The user kicks the opponent using its shed skin. The user heals its status effect (i.e., Poison). If the attack misses, then the opponent is healed of its status effect.

Final Flight: Archen/Archeops's signature move.
Type: Flying/Physical
Power: 150
PP: 5
Accuracy: 100
Ignores Defeatist's effect, but takes 1/2 of damage done.

Offtopic, something I'd like to see is every single Pokémon (or Pokémon family) having a signature move, except Ditto and Mew who would share Transform as signature move.

Munch Punch(Munchlax only)
Power:75
Type:varies
PP:15
Accuracy:100
Descripton:
Hits foe with a fist surrounded in energy. An always super-effective move except for use on Spiritomb and Sableye. 50% chance of paralyzing the foe.

FireStorm(exclusive to Moltres)
Type: Fire. Special.
Power: 140
Accuracy: 75%
Hits every Pokemon on both sides of the field in Triple Battles. Makes all items of the Pokemon hit unusable for the rest of the battle. Has 40% chance to Burn.
PP: 5 Max 8

BreakDown (exclusive to Mewtwo)
Type: Psychic. None.
Power: --
Accuracy: 50%
Makes all of the opponents stats for one turn 0.
PP: 5 Max 8

Overkill Punch: Haxorus signature move
Type: Dragon/Physical
Base Power: 100
PP: 10
Effect: Runs off the Attack stat but deals Special Damage to get around physical walls like Skarmory.

Shell Shield: Carracosta signature move
Type: Water/Status
PP: 5
Effect: Cuts it's HP in half to raise both Defense and Special Defense to max for 5 turns. Duration can be extended with Light Clay.

Originally Posted by Shiramu Kuromu

Overkill Punch: Haxorus signature move
Type: Dragon/Physical
Base Power: 100
PP: 10
Effect: Runs off the Attack stat but deals Special Damage to get around physical walls like Skarmory.

That Overkill Punch seems, well, overkill. Especially for a beastly physical attacker such as Haxorus. Does it at least have 90 or below accuracy?

Karate Punch (exclusive to Sawk)
Type: Fighting (Physical)
Base Power: 75
Accuracy: 100
PP: 10
The user punches the foe using its Karate knowledge. When used in conjunction with Karate Throw, the attack's power increases.

Karate Throw (exclusive to Throh)
Type: Fighting (Physical)
Base Power: 65
Accuracy: 100
PP: 10
The user throws its weight at the opponent using its Karate knowledge. The lighter the opponent, the more damage this attack will do. When used in conjunction with Karate Punch, the power of this attack increases.

Thorn Rapier - Snivy-line's Signature
Special
Grass
Accuracy - 90%
Power - 100
Chance - Poisoning - 20%
PP - 10
The users creates Energy Swords that can poison and can be wield and tear the foe apart with them.
Animation: Leaf Blade's Swords Encircle the user like in the Sword's Dance animation, and then, various cuts (like those of Razor Wind, but green) appear on the foe.

Frozen Beat - Cubchoo-line's Signature
Physical
Ice
Accuracy - 100%
Power - 120
Chance - sharply Lowers the User's Def. and Sp.Def stats - 100%
PP - 5
the user picks up frozen energy from its body and delivers an icy-barrage of attacks!
Animation: basically a Ice-Type Close Combat, the punches are Blue and the background is the same as Icy Wind's.

Stun Trap - Stunfisk's Signature
Special
Electric
Accuracy - 100%
Power - 75
Chance - Paralyzing - 90%
PP - 5
the user gets close to the enemy and releases paralysing bolts upwards. two-turn attack, first turn - ''the user hid itself below the ground!'', second-turn - animation occurs, Stunfisk the returns to normal after it buries itself, even if it is defeated, the move will still occur next turn.
Animation: User disappears, then quickly reappears(1st turn), like Shadow Sneak's but bright yellow, and then some spark effects(2nd turn).

Courage Sweep - Rufflet-line's Signature
Physical
Flying
Accuracy - 95%
Power - 95
Chance - Freeze - 10%
PP - 10
the user soars high up in the sky and covers its body with cold air, it then swoops.
Animation: like Fly's, but with Cosmic Power's background, and some cold wind blowing, but it goes down in the same turn.

Bone Glide - Vullaby's Line
Physical
Flying
Accuracy - 100%
Power - 90
chance - Defense boost - 40%
the users glides and continuosly slams its bone-acessories in the enemy.
Animation - like Aerial aces, but some bones fly out of the center when it hits.



more to come

Thunder Storm (Zapdos signature move) (not trying to half-steal your name, Sublime)
Type: Electric
Power: 140
Accuracy: 90
Paralyze risk: 95%
The user summons a fierce storm that rains down powerful bolts of lightning.

Hellfire (Moltres signature move)
Type: Fire
Power: 140
Accuracy: 90
Burn risk: 95%
The user summons a fierce storm that produces extremely hot balls of fire.

Ice Storm (Articuno signature move)
Type: Ice
Power: 140
Accuracy: 90
Freeze risk: 95%
The user summons a a fierce Ice storm that brings forth rock hard balls of ice.

Elemental Kick (Hitmonlee exclusive)
Type: varies
Power: 80
Accuracy: 100
A move that varies on the users environment.

Originally Posted by Shiramu Kuromu

Overkill Punch: Haxorus signature move
Type: Dragon/Physical
Base Power: 100
PP: 10
Effect: Runs off the Attack stat but deals Special Damage to get around physical walls like Skarmory.

I like this move, but considering it's Haxorus sigature move, I'd name it Overkill Axe.

Now for my own move:

Dragon Song (Learned by Milotic, Altaria, Sazandora & a few others)

Type: Dragon
Base power: N/A
Acc: 101%
PP: 10
Effect: Inceases Sp.atk & Speed by 1 stage.

Dark Memory
Type: Dark - Special
Base Power: --
Acc: 100%
PP: 10

Effect: User remembers a traumatic moment in their past causing their Attack and Special Attack to increase by 3 stages for 3 - 5 turns. Will fail if Happiness is above 200.

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Love Hate
Type: Normal - Physical
Base Power: 60
Acc: 90%
PP: 25

Effect: User picks an opponent and gives them a harsh slap against the cheek.

Special Effects: If the target opponent is the opposite gender of the user, the target becomes CHARMED/confused. If the target opponent is the opposite gender AND in the same Egg Group, the target becomes ATTRACTED. If the target is the same gender, the target's Attack raises by 1 stage while their Defense lowers by 1 stage. If the target is the same gender AND in the same Egg Group, the target's Attack raises by 2 stages while their Defense lowers by 2 stages.

Combo Effect: If used after Double Slap, Accuracy becomes 100%.

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Compassion (not found on Dark Types)
Type: Normal - Special
Base Power: --
Acc: 100%
PP: 25

Effect: High Priority Move. In Double- and Triple-Battles, the user will block any and all attacks aimed at their teammates for the duration of the turn. Effect cancels if opponent's attack targets the user.

Out of Battle Effect: Removes all STATUS states for a single Pokemon. (I.E. Full Heal for free!)

Move found naturally on Chancy and Blissy, but can be bred to any Pokemon except Dark Types via Smeargle.

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Hug
Type: Normal - Physical
Base Power: 20
Acc: 100%
PP: 40

Effect: User runs up to the target and hugs them! <3

Secondary Effect: 30% chance that the target will be ATTRACTED to the user, regardless of gender.

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Sinister Grin
Type: Dark - Special
Base Power: --
Acc: 70%
PP: 10

Effect: User flashes a very evil smile at the target, causing fear to run through them! All of the target's stats drop by 2 stages. 10% chance of causing Paralysis on the target. In Double- and Triple-Battles, this move affects the neighboring Pokemon.

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Allergic Reaction
Type: Grass - Special
Base Power: --
Acc: 75%
PP: 15

Effect: This move is dependent on the seasons as well as the environment.

Path or Building: Target is Poisoned.
Sand: Target's speed is lowered by 1 stage per use. If used during the summer, accuracy is lowered by 1 stage per use.
Grass: Target is put to Sleep. If used during the spring, target will sleep twice as long as normal. If used during the summer, target has a 10% chance of becoming Burned upon waking from Sleep. (Sun Burn, that is.) If used during winter, target has a 10% chance of becoming Frozen upon waking from Sleep.
Puddles or Water: If target is a Grass Type and it is Spring; Summer; or Fall, this move restores half of their maximum HP. Will fail if target for all other types during this season. If used during winter, target's speed is lowered by 1 stage per use, with a 10% chance of becoming Frozen.

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Prior Knowledge
Type: Psychic - Special
Base Power: Varies
Acc: 100%
PP: 10

Effect: The user becomes familiar with the opponent's moveset and can dodge any attack. Dodged attacks are then reflected back at the attacker at the move's original base power. This includes status altering moves like Hypnosis. Accuracy of the move lowers if used consecutively.

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Glitch (Exclusive Porygon Move)
Type: Normal - Varies
Base Power: Varies
Acc: 100%
PP: 15

Effect: Porygon's coding has a hiccup and it performs a random move that it once learned but forgot. Move pool is limited to what moves it can learn by leveling up. Forgotten TMs/HMs are not called when this move is used.

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ReBoot (Exclusive Porygon Move)
Type: Normal - Special
Base Power: --
Acc: 100%
PP: 1

Effect: A two-turn move. During the first turn, Porygon does not attack. On the second turn, Porygon is healed to full HP and all STATUS conditions are removed.

Second Effect: If Porygon faints before the move's second turn effect, it is summoned back onto the battle feild at max HP at the start of the next turn.

Might as well copy from my own blog some new moves, and they are all of the Poison-type.

Foul Odour (Status)
Stats: 90% Accuracy
PP: 25 + (5 * PP Up)
Effect: Causes both normal Poison and confusion
Distribution: Pokémon with bad breath, like Koffing and Trubbish
Description: This is a fun effect, which not only does normal Poison, but also confuses, which discourages the opponent from solving their little problem. This may rack up some damage to the opponent, as long as they attack themselves and lose their turn. However, normal Poison is slower, and it can be recovered off since it will never get worse. Still, a move with two effects can be a good thing because it’s efficient.

Acid Bath (Status)
PP: 40 + (8 * PP Up)
Effect: Basically it’s a Poison-type clone for Foresight and Miracle Eye, except it allows Poison-types to hit Steel-type Pokémon.
Distribution: Pokémon that can spew acid, like Cradily and Muk
Description: May not be the most practical move to use, but at least it will not make Poison attacks completely useless.

Dispel Acid (Physical)
Stats: 20 Base Power; 100% Accuracy
PP: 40 + (8 * PP Up)
Effect: Removes tangible field effects except Toxic Spikes
Distribution: Pokémon that can spew acid, like Garbodor and Swalot
Description: This is basically like Rapid Spin, except it is Poison-type, meaning that the Steel-type will be the “Spin” Blocker. The user will basically dissolve the hazards, making them disappear, but only Toxic Spikes will not be affected, because it will make the Poison-type useful especially for the role of removing hazards.

Heavy Toxic (Status)
Stats: 90% Accuracy
PP: 10 + (2 * PP Up)
Effect: Causes Toxic Poison. Has a -3 Priority, but will start with the counter at 2 instead of 1.
Distribution: Many Poison-types, like Muk’s family, Swalot’s family and Garbodor’s family
Description: This is basically a stronger version of Toxic, but its distribution will be limited. The lower priority is for balance purposes. The thing here you will see is that the counter starts at 2, meaning that the Pokémon will lose 1/8 of their HP after that, and after 3 turns, that amounts to 9/16 of full HP, which is more than the amount of damage leaked by normal Poison and Toxic Poison for the same duration (doing only 6/16 of full HP). This would make the Pokémon who possesses it more deadly, since the buildup damage can be devastating. However, the victim who returns to the field will have normal Toxic. This idea is conceptualised after, well, this comment by this person.

Love Scent (Special)
Stats: 20 Base Power; 100% Accuracy
PP: 20 + (4 * PP Up)
Effect: Inflicts infatuation on any Pokémon with gender
Distribution: Pokémon that are typically able to learn scent-based moves like Gloom and Roselia.
Description: Again, the idea is conceptualised after that same post from the same person. Anyway, regardless of gender, the Pokémon with gender is still infatuated, which will be an interesting move and a more useful one at that, since it can work on more Pokémon. Infatuation can be a useful status condition, but it’s not widely used because getting it to work is difficult, since you need to make sure the opponent is of the opposite gender, which is not a 100% guarantee.

Intense Acid (Special)
Stats: 50 Base Power; 95% Accuracy
PP: 10 + (2 * PP Up)
Effect: Able to hit Steel-types, doubles Base Power against Steel-types. 40% chance of Burn.
Distribution: Pokémon that can spew acid, like Cradily and Eelektross
Description: This is an offensive move that discourages Steel-types from blocking Poison-types, as it is not only able to inflict a burn on them (which most of them hate), but will hit them for extra damage. In essence, this is my idea for an anti-Steel Poison-type attack, because Steels will be hit will a strong attack and the Burn chance will definitely come in handy.

Thanks for reading.

Originally Posted by Freddie

That Overkill Punch seems, well, overkill. Especially for a beastly physical attacker such as Haxorus. Does it at least have 90 or below accuracy?

Karate Punch (exclusive to Sawk)
Type: Fighting (Physical)
Base Power: 75
Accuracy: 100
PP: 10
The user punches the foe using its Karate knowledge. When used in conjunction with Karate Throw, the attack's power increases.

Karate Throw (exclusive to Throh)
Type: Fighting (Physical)
Base Power: 65
Accuracy: 100
PP: 10
The user throws its weight at the opponent using its Karate knowledge. The lighter the opponent, the more damage this attack will do. When used in conjunction with Karate Punch, the power of this attack increases.

When you consider Earthquake and Judgment (Same BP, PP, and Accuracy), I felt the move seemed reasonable. Besides, it doesn't do too much as it's walled by Blissey alot, as the only purpose of the move is to get around physical walls like Skarmory.

Forest Growth
Torterra's Signature
Status
Type:Grass
BP:--
PP:5:Max:8
Accuracy:--
Description: The user promotes growth of hidden seeds beneath the ground and accelerates the growth of plants creating a defensive shield around the user made of flora sharpening the user's Special Defense.

Bearded Blaze
Emboar's Signature
Physical
Type: Fire
BP:90
Accuracy:100
PP:10 Max:18
Description: The user uses its beard of fire to engulf the target in a blaze that both cuts the Defence of the target, and raises the Speed of the user.

Healing Mist
Type: Water Status
Power: N/A
Accuracy: 100%
Description: A natural mist filled with the same substance as that of Potions. Heals half of both your team's and your opponent's team's Pokemon's health.

Topsy-Turvy
Type: Normal Status
Power: N/A
Accuracy: 95%
Description: For every time you take damage from anything that does damage every turn (for example, the burned status or the move Curse), your opponent takes twice the damage you recieve. Lasts for 2 to 5 turns.

Stock Exchange
Type: Normal Status
Power: N/A
Accuracy: 95%
Description: If your opponent has used the move Stockpile, their amount stocked will be reduced to 0 and yours will become what theirs was before.

Anti-Curse
Type: Ghost Special
Power: N/A
Accuracy: 85%
Description: If your Pokemon is a Ghost type, it takes away half of the opponent's health, but puts a Curse on your Pokemon. If the Pokemon is not a Ghost type, it increases the opponent's speed and decreases their Attack and Defense.

Bad Medicine
Type: Psychic Status
Power: N/A
Accuracy: 80%
Description: All healing moves cause damage instead of healing. Damage is equal to the amount that normally would have been healed.

Hypersonic
Type: Normal Physical
Power: 60
Accuracy: 75%
Description: The user moves at hypersonic speeds, moving so fast that it cannot be seen. It disappears on its first turn of use, then attacks each individual Pokemon on the opposing team each turn. It cannot be hurt while using Hypersonic. (for instance, in a single battle, it would disappear the first turn, then attack on the second turn, then return to normal. In a triple battle, it would disappear on the first turn, attack the left Pokemon on the second, attack the middle Pokemon on the third, and attack the right Pokemon on the fourth turn, then return to normal.)

Master Swordsman
Type: Fighting Physical
Power: 40
Accuracy: 95%
Description: The opponent is struck with a ferocious onslaught of slashes from a blade or a similar object. Attacks 2 to 5 times.