Many Pokemon have access to some incredibly powerful moves, but a special few get something unique - a signature move of their own, exclusive to their line. These signature moves vary greatly 👍- some deal massive damage, others have unique extra effe💃cts - but all are great assests to the evolutationary lines fortunate enough to get them.
While many lines retain their signature moves to this day, others have not been so lucky. It's not uncommon for a move to be introduced as a signature move to hype up a new Pokemon, then make its way to other lines as soon as a generation later. Here are ten such moves that were once signatures but have now become more wi♌dely available.
10 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Hyper Fang and Super Fang - The Rattata Line
Super Fang is an interesting move, taking exactly half an opponent's HP. Hyper Fang is seen as the evoltion of Super Fang, and just deals flat damage, but its 80BP makes it 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a powerful normal-type STAB. While both moves are enjoyed by numerous Pokemon in modern games, prior to generation 4 they were the signatures of the Rattata line.
Raticate's strong attack and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:formidable Guts ability made it a force to be reckoned with, and while Hyper Fang Raticate is still effective, Diamond and Pearl brought the moves to the Bidoof line, ending Ratatta's hold on the move.
9 ဣ 🎃 Glare - The Ekans Line
Glare is cool for a few reasons. Paralysing moves are always nice, and Glare has pretty good accuracy for one, at 75%. It's also one of the only normal-type moves able to hit ghost-type Pokemon (except in generations 2 and 3). In the original generation 1 games, though, the only Pokemon with this interesting move were Ekans and Arbok.
The move fit with the snakes' eye-like design - like real-world snakes, Arbok has fake larger eyes to intimidate predators. With Gold and Silver, though, Dunsparce got Glare, ℱand it was the signature of the Ekans line no more.
8 🍸 Spore - The Paras Line
Spore is an incredible move. Putting the opponent to sleep with 100% accuracy is fantastically useful for both battling and catching wild Pokemon, so in generations 1 and 2, Spore put Paras and Parasect on the map.
In generation 3, though, there was a new fungi-themed Pokemon on the scene - Shroomish could learn Spore. As the years went on, the move did stay true to its mushroom mo📖tif, t⛦hough - the only others to get it to date have been the Amoongus line and the Shiinotic line.
7 🍬 Fissure - The Diglett Line
Fissure is one of a handful of low-accuracy moves that, if they connect, instantly KO the opposing Pokemon. There are a few other factors affecting the move's success but it's the sort of high-risk, high-reward strategy that appeals to many players.
When Fissure was introduced in gen 2, it was exclusive to Diglett and Dugtrio, but a mere generation later, Camerupt, Barboach, Whiscash and Groudoun could all learn it, and Diglett's time in the spotlight was over. Dugtrio remains a strong Pokemon though - its impressive stats and good typing have managed to keep it relevant.
6 Waterfall - The Goldeen Line ꦐ🦹
Waterfall shows up on countless Pokemon; being a physical water move makes it useful for many sets. It was also mandatory for many of the older games, as its role as an HM meant it was required for progression. In Red, Blue and Yellow, though, it was nowhere near as ubiquitous - only Goldeen and Seaking learned it.
This was before the days of the physical-special split, so it was just another damage-dealing water move, and likely was intended to just set the line apart from the sea of other animal-based water types. In generation 2, Waterfall became the HM we know it as, and could be taught to most water-types.
5 🔯 Outr♛age - The Dratini Line
Outrage is an incredibly powerful physical dragon move, dealing massive damage for several turns, with the only drawback being confusion afterwards. In modern Pokemon, it shows up on many dragons' movesets, but in generation 2, only Dragonite and its pre-evolutions could learn it.
Unlike many signature moves, however, this might not even have been to add appeal to the Dragonite line - they were simply the only dragon-types at the time (apart from Kingdra, but Outrage doesn't suit it). The move's status as a signature ended when Rayquaza got it in gen 3.
4 🐬 Megahorn - Heracross ꦕ
Megahorn is a bug-type move, but its one of those moves that shows up on a lot of Pokemon regardless of type. If a Pokemon has a horn, it can probably learn Megahorn. Yes, even Seaking. When the move was introduced in Gold and Silver, though, it wasn't anywhere near as common - only Heracross could learn it.
Heracross was an exciting new Pokemon, powerful and hard to acquire, so the move was likely added to give it some extra flair. But Megahorn's potential as a fitting coverage move was too great, and in generation 3, it was on anything with a horn.
3 ℱ Octazooka - Octill꧅ery
Octazooka seems like the quintessential signature move - it's very niche, and clearly suited to the Pokemon that gets it. Unlike most entries on this list, Octazooka didn't lose its signature status because it had a wide enough theme to fit with other Pokemon, but because another Pokemon in its niche came along.
Generation 8's Sword and Shield introduced Grapploct, who, like Octillery, was an octopus, so it made sense for this new Pokemon to learn Octazooka too. Grapploct is an awesome Pokemon, and the learnset's expansion made perfect sense, but it's a shame Octillery has to share the octopus limelight.
2 🐲 Leaf Blade - The Treecko Line
Treecko itself couldn't learn Leaf Blade, but Grovyle and Sceptile could, and in generation 3 they were they only two Pokemon with this capability. They were lucky to be - Leaf Blade is a str💝ong STAB attack for grass-types, with no real drawbacks.
Game Freak clearly recognised this power, though, and in generation 4 Leaf Blade was everywhere - anything from Victreebell to Gallade and Bellossom could learn it. Like many start𝓀er signature m𒁏oves, Leaf Blade ended up losing its exclusivity in spectacular fashion.
1 ✨ Sacred Sword - The Swords of Justice
Another move whose modern-day availabilty is taken for granted, Sacred Sword is a powerful fighting-type attack that serves as excellent coverage for the formidable Aegislash. But with its introduction in generation 5, the only Pokemon to learn this move were the Legendary Swords of Justice.
Terrakion, Virizion, Cobalion, and Keldeo were the only ones lucky enough to learn Sacred Sword, since it fit with their blade theming, but in generation 6, the Honedge line came along and the move belonged solely to the Swords of Justice no more.
