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Diamond, Pearl and Platinum Battling: New Battle System and Attacks | This is probably just to confuse us.

The New Move system:

Back in the Ye Olden Days on RBYGSCFRLGRSE (Quite a mouthful), before all this fancy, "Dual Screens," and the only time we touched the screen was to wipe of marks, the battle system was quite well known and evolving troughout the games. RBY bought us the whole basic system, GSC split the specials making some Pokemon greater, giving some a better chance and making others totally useless, and RSEFRLG came and bought a big iron caps for the stat experience, (Which now is known as EVs.) But one thing always remind the same, the way the attacks were handled.

Damaging Attacks were split in to Physical and Special to decide what stat (Attack of Special attack) they would run off, while nothing explaining was given in game until FRLG, the types that ran of Special Attack were: Dark, Grass, Dragon, Fire, Ice, Water, Electric, and Psychic, while the Physical attacks were: Fighting, Normal, Steel, Ground, Rock Bug, Ghost, Poison and Flying. Let's take Fire Punch for example, it's a special type move because it is from the Fire typing, despite it's name. However all this in Pearl/Diamond, this is all set to change.

See the little red Icon? That's shows the move as a Physical Type move.

But wasn't electric a special type move? Why is this guy lying to me, he just told me a few lines up electric was a special type move! I'm now going to leave this site in rage!

Calm down, this is the new Battle system. Types are no longer used to determined if an attack is physical or special, rather the attack themselves.

Yes, that's right, Fire Punch will now run off Attack! Why? Because it uses physical force, unlike Thunderbolt which uses the Pokemon's Special abilities, there is also another type, Other, this is used when an attack isn't a damaging one like Sleep Powder or Calm Mind.

The easiest way to remember is:

Physical Attack - Anything that uses physical force, doesn't have to be contact, this could be like throwing rocks (Rock Slide) or punching.

Special Attack - When the Pokemon has to summon the attack, like Thunderbolt or Psychic.

Other - Non attacking, Leech seed etc.

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COMMENTS
MGlBlaze on Mon 09 Apr 2007 09:26:26 UTC.
The new battle system actually makes more sence if you think about it..... xD Looks like Milotic or Gardevoir wont be so bad with hyper beam any more. Not that I'd use it. But more importantly for me; THE SLACKING + HYPER BEAM TACTIC IS NOW OUT THE WINDOW! xD Slacking is now truly prety useless, then.
kendall! on Wed 11 Apr 2007 02:53:26 UTC.
I never liked Slaking anyways..it's an ugly, giant drooling gorilla. How nice. ._.
The Hitcherâ„¢ - Because You're Worth It on Mon 16 Apr 2007 17:09:59 UTC.
Slaking's a sloth. Duhhh!
BonslyDude on Tue 17 Apr 2007 18:34:13 UTC.
no i think slakoth and vigoroth are but if slaking is hes a bit overgrown lol
Derek on Sun 22 Apr 2007 06:24:05 UTC.
giga impact with slaking ;) it works(giga impact is phys of hper beam)
on Tue 24 Apr 2007 15:45:46 UTC.
hmmmm.....It looks like that this will make the moves more "real"....Love some of the moves though! like poison barb...
RuinManiacIan on Wed 25 Apr 2007 19:26:03 UTC.
for one, "In Fight" is a very poor translation of the word. close quarters is better, or the american version's name, close combat, is a better overall translation.
PikachuFan on Mon 07 May 2007 03:54:52 UTC.
????? Can't seem to get it.
on Mon 04 Jun 2007 19:32:05 UTC.
Very good guy
on Mon 04 Jun 2007 19:32:19 UTC.
guide*
Simirror on Thu 07 Jun 2007 14:37:31 UTC.
Its very convenient, in my opinion.
torterra_king on Sun 05 Aug 2007 12:26:24 UTC.
uhh uhh yah i guess
espeon32 on Fri 18 Jan 2008 23:28:28 UTC.
this makes dark types like sneazel not be so crappy with faint attack. but they should have thought of this like... on day one of pokemon red and blue. i also thought dragon was PHYSICAL in RBYGGSCFRLGRSE (O.o)...
on Tue 12 Feb 2008 15:41:32 UTC.
Hitmonchan's elemental punches don't seem so weak anymore...
Lion Demon on Wed 20 Aug 2008 18:04:54 UTC.
This split Ruins baenette Makes Machamp A Vicious Competitor!
Awkward Squirtle on Sun 12 Jul 2009 16:12:05 UTC.
give your slaking giga impact instead