why?

[yourself]

well.. i used to play that all you do is teach your pokemon the strongest moves with the best accuracy i can find and they can learn..

so if i cud i wud teach a pokemon something like
icebeam
flamethrower
earthquake
thunder

why is it that people use moves like double team and other weak atatcks like spikes and will o wisp and the sort that do a measly amount of damage per turn..

some insight would be greatly appreciated

[ajp123]

taken from: http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/pokemon_rs_move_team.txt.

Section 2.1:

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" [C. Non-Damaging Rock!] "
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Yes, that's correct. In no way do stat moves suck. If it weren't for stat
moves, then I would pretty much suck at the game, and everyone else who plays.
Here's some common things people say about them:

Stat moves suck! By the time they're used, I would already have killed them!
Not true, not true at all. What if I sent out a Pokemon with outstanding
defense stats, like Dusclops? With 130 Base Stats in each defense, I'm quite
sure it can last one attack, unless you have used Swords Dance or an attack
incresing move, in which you surely wouldn't have because non-damaging moves
suck so much. I would use Will-o-wisp after you attack, which burns you thus
lowers your attack and eats away your HP.

But then I'll use Special Attacks!
Yes, and I'll use Calm Mind raising my Special Defense and withstanding your
attacks, then Resting to recover health.

Then I'll switch to something with Shadow Ball.
Then I'll use WoW again. That switch will actually help me more.

I'll kill you before you even have a chance to attack!
Pssh, fat chance. Didn't I say it had 130 base defenses? All right, fine,
let's pretend that my Dusclops fainted. Then, I would switch to the oh so
mighty Crobat, who is probably faster than you since it has 130 base Spd, Spd
EVs and Jolly. Plus, its defenses don't suck either at 80 apiece. So what I
would do is use Confuse Ray and Protect until I die while you slowly kill
yourself. Or, I would switch to another tanklike Pokemon and cripple you
even more. Who says teams should have only 1 tank?

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Have I made my point clear enough yet? If not, continue reading. Non damaging
moves also help with sweeping for all you sweepaholics. Ever heard of Swords
Dance? You can even counter tanks with non-damaging moves, for example, the
Tauntrados:

Gyarados@Leftovers
Dragon Dance
Taunt
Earthquake
HP Flying

You switch to a tank, I taunt making you being able to land any status effects
or increasing defenses. Since most tanks have bad attacking stats, you switch
and I Dragon Dance increaing my attack and speed. Or, you can stay in and
land a poor damaging attack on me while I still DD. Then, once you send in
your fast sweeper or Hazer I will already be faster so I'll Taunt the Hazer
and sweep the sweeper. Excellent eh?

I hope I made myself clear. Any more comments or questions feel free to
contact me.

I think that covers everything.

[yourself]

yeah i understand now. thanks

[Shadowphoenix225]

Strong moves with high acc a sweeper should have, but tanks require other movesets to be good.

[yourself]

can you tell me what a________ is?

sweeper:
tank:

[Gravekeeper Golem]

Sweeper: Pokemon with extremely high attack or special attack (examples include Gyarados and Salamence) that can kill anything quickly. They always include some stat raising move (Dragon Dance, Calm Mind, etc.) or a Choice Band. Most Sweepers should be able to kill at least 2 monsters before dying.

Tank: Extremely high defense or special defense, some kind of status inflicting move and/or haze. Able to defend against Sweepers for at least a few turns

[yourself]

allright thanks