https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawmanYea that's almost like all the shit that runs Fire Blast, Focus Blast, Hydro Pump etc. Let's drop everything that uses moves with 85 or less accuracy because it must be a gamble when the probability is in your favour to hit and if your opponent is at the point where their most justifiable play is staying in vs something that beats them then they're either bad / on the ropes. I've literally never seen an argument for Gengar where it says it shouldn't rise because it's most effective coverage is unreliable, or Starmie or Rotom etc. You don't ever play vs Torn thinking shit like it's already hit one Hurricane so it's missing the next because probability just doesn't work like that lol. You have to assume perfect conditions then make the best of what you get. I also find it kinda weird that in every post about Hurricane being inaccurate that not one of them acknowledges the other 30% chance to put the opponent under further pressure whereas I'm p sure the effectiveness of Scald in that regard affects some Water types placement. Funny that!
Not gonna say anything about that ridiculous hyperbole...
Also do you notice that all three S rank mons use reliable attacks? Zard X uses Dragon Claw, Flare Blitz and Earthquake, which are all 100% accurate moves with no drawbacks besides Flare Blitz. Clefable has Moonblast and a bunch of other coverage moves, which are all 100% acc, besides Focus Miss, which is a thing of the past. TWave is a 100% acc move too. Mega Sab only has a bit of trouble with WoW and its 85% acc but other than that it has reliable moves in Knock Off, Shadow Ball and the much less common Dark Pulse.
On the other hand, throwing Hurricanes, Heat Waves, Focus Blasts (though honestly FB torn-t sucks) and Iron Tails can and will backfire when you're about to reach the top of the ladder, when you're about to win the tourney, and often make you break your keyboard and stuff. But seriously, they are imprecise attacks, which means they aren't reliable in the long run.
Believe it or not but the accuracy of your moves plays a big factor in the long run because reliability is one of the main characteristics of a metagame-defining Pokemon (the S rank mons).
Yet Weavile probably wouldn't mind it if Icicle Crash's flinch rate did not exist because it still isn't beating Clefable reliably and other stuff. It'd still be A+ in my opinion, for all the goodies it brings. You also forget that Hurricane's 30% chance of confusion is about 22% de facto and the probability of the target actually hitting itself is only 11%. Switching out also solves the problem, unlike with Scald. Scald has a 30% chance to burn no matter what. Please don't compare the two situations.I also find it kinda weird that in every post about Hurricane being inaccurate that not one of them acknowledges the other 30% chance to put the opponent under further pressure whereas I'm p sure the effectiveness of Scald in that regard affects some Water types placement. Funny that!
Torn-T should stay A+
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