Dookieman12@piefed.social 1 day ago
In Pokémon Red/Blue, enemy Pokémon have unlimited PP and trainer Pokémon will always choose their move based on type alignment. Psychic moves are super effective against Psychic Pokémon. Recover is a Psychic type move. You can’t run from trainer battles.
So, if you’re in a trainer battle against a Pokémon that knows Recover, and you only have Psychic type Pokémon, the enemy will use Recover over and over until you eventually run out of PP and Struggle to death or turn the game off.
smeg@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Firstly, that’s the tip of the iceberg in mad decisions (or lack of QA) in red and blue, seeing people break those games is a thing of beauty.
Secondly, that’s how Twitch Plays Pokémon was able to beat the Elite Four, venomoth is poison so Lance’s dragonite kept using its super-effective psychic move: agility (which does no damage).