Why do so many Pokemon have Unverve? A bunch having it as the HA too.Is there something I'm missing? Are berried even use in online pay? Berries never show up in single player.
>>58281737Its useful in VGC, so the main online format.Not useful in single player (though basically no abilities matter in single player to actually win), and so niche in singles fan metas that its basically worthless there too.
>>58281747People use berries? I thought people gave other items to hold like flame orb or leftovers
>>58281737Feels like an ability they just throw on stuff. As a vespiqien fan I am still mad that they chose it as its hidden ability. They could have given it marvel scae snd it would be maybe useabe in bottom tiers, but fucking unnerve.>Berries never show up in single player.You need to replay Platinum, every significant trainer has one on their ace. Beside that though berries are kind of niche, they were a bit better when items were more limited but nowadays it's usually highly niche strategies that rely on them.
>>58281753Some berries, yeah. Stat boosting ones, or even the occasional Sitrus Berry. Pinch berries (the ones that activate at lower hp but restore more health) used to be more common, but they were nerfed in gen 8. Back in gen 7 VGC though, an Unnerve mon was one of a few ways to stop Snorlax from killing everything, so it's definitely seen use
>Ability : Pressure
>>58281880>Hdden Ability : Pressure
>>58281880>>58281913>Plus>Minus
>>58281737Unverve should really be the Sp.Atk version of Intimidate.
>>58281753The berries that reduce supereffective damage are generally useful as long as the mon has some bulk to it (unless we're talking about a x4 weakness because at that point don't even bother and just swap/protect)Also custap is god tier if a mon has sturdy or you're running an endure set
One of my pet Fakemon concepts involves an ability that doubles Speed while holding a Berry. Where you might want to just use it for setup then eat it to heal, or pick a deliberately niche Berry to keep up the boost for as long as possible.
>>58281737Because gen 5 needed a filler ability that wasn't broken when they introduced Hidden Abilities so they added Unerve to fill that gap.
