Pokémon Sword and Shield Guides: New Pass Moves and Rock Armor

Lonely Isle of Armor is an expansion that is particularly focused on training and fighting, so it's no surprise that Game Freak has decided to add new and important moves. The NPC that will allow you to access these new attacks is located inside the Dojo Master, and its trading currency will be 5 Armor per move. Moreover, the Pokémon Center Twitter account he had already discovered these moves in advance.

How to get Roccearmatura and its uses

Rockarmor will be a coveted material for all trainers aspiring to create the perfect competitive Pokémon. This material, in fact, can also be used to completely reset the Base Points (EVs) of your Pokémon, thanks to an NPC in the Gymnastic Sea. The best way to have a feast of Armor Rock is to face lots of Dynamax Raids, exclusively on Armor Island. Remember that the higher the difficulty of the Raid, the bigger the prize will be, so always aim for a 4 or 5 star battle.

The new moves and their competitive implications

Pokémon has always been a series based on collecting and combat, but with Pokémon Sword and Shield Game Freak wanted to pay much more attention and seriousness in renewing the metagame. This expansion continues to follow this line of thinking, introducing new moves, most of which have excellent strategic value. Here are some examples to show you what the best moves in this expansion are!

Tacking is a Water-type move that simply stands as a more advantageous alternative to Reverse, the Bug-type move used for repositioning.

Sandblaster is the Earth-type counterpart of Hydrovampata, therefore it maintains a 30% chance to burn the opponent.

Fiamminvidia is a Fire-type special move that will easily find its place in competition. In practice, in addition to doing damage to both opponents, it will burn 100% if they have suffered a stat boost in the same turn. This secondary effect will serve as a powerful brake for the teams that have dominated so far thanks to their physical offensive potential.

The War of the Fields

Campopulsar changes its type and power based on the Field present in battle. It is a move with a concept identical to Palla Clima, but contextualized to the 4 Fields (Psycho, Elf, Grass, Electric). The power will always be 100 in the presence of these fields, but the type will vary.

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Electro soaring is another move whose secondary effect depends on whether or not a Camp is present. Its base power of 70 is doubled if the opponent is in an Electric Field, so this bonus will have no effect on Flying or Levitation-type Pokémon.

Weeded allows, if in the presence of Grassy Field, to act in priority. This move gives new dignity to all Grass-Type Pokémon, but especially to Rillaboom, capable of setting up the Field by himself with the Herbogenesis ability.

Vast energy it is a Psychic move that, in addition to increasing power in the presence of Psychic Field, affects both opponents.

Mist explosion is a Kobold version of Self-Destruction which, as you may have guessed by now, increases in power if under Misty Field.

Finally, Iron roller is a ferocious steel-type attack of power 130 that connects only in the presence of one of the 4 fields, removing it.

To death the tools!

Corrosive gas dissolves all the tools of the Pokémon in the field, a strategy that could demolish the surprise effect based on some tools.

Poltergeist it only hits if the opponent has a tool, stealing it and doing 110 damage. This move also demonstrates how Game Freak is pushing players not to rely too much on the tools required but rather on the unpredictability.

The least useful moves at the moment

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• Triple Axel: Power: 20, 40, 60 / Accuracy 90 - Ice-type move that hits three times increasing in power, but each time with a chance to fail.
• Coaching: support move that increases your partner's Attack and Defense by one stage.
• Double Wing: double flapping of wings with a power of 40 each and an accuracy of 90.
• Stroke: Power: 70 / Accuracy 90 - Bug-type move that reduces the opponent's Special Attack to 100%.
• Raysometeora: Power 120 / Accuracy 90 - Rock-type move that charges on the first turn, increasing the Special Attack, to attack on the next turn.
• Squamacolpo: Power 25 / Accuracy 90 - Dragon-type move that hits 2 to 5 times, increasing Speed ​​but reducing the user's Defense.
• Fog reliever: Power 75 / Accuracy 100 - Dark-type move whose power doubles if the user has suffered a stat drop during the same turn.
  

These are the moves that at the moment convinced me least. Of course I could also be wrong, as some of these could have a possible application in VGC.

Protection is no longer secure

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From 2020 July, the rules of the VGC XNUMX will undergo an important change, allowing the entry of the fearsome Urshifu. This Pokémon will undoubtedly be the most revolutionary element of the metagame. His Invisible Fists ability allows him to ignore enemy protections with touch moves and, if that weren't already creepy on its own, it also has 2 new moves per form. Urshifu Style Single Shot learns Darkfist, a dark move with a base power of 80 that always hits a bad blow. If Gigamaxized, this move changes to Gigasingolcolpo, a 130 move that allows you to ignore even the opposing Dynabarriera. Urshifu Style Pluricolpo will have instead of Hydroraffics, power move 25 consisting of 3 consecutive kicks, cashing in 3 Bad Shots. In Gigamax form this move turns into Gigapluricolpo, 130 Water move that has the same effects as Gigasingolcopo.

In short, many of these new moves will certainly shake the balance of the competitive, forcing players to devise new strategies. So you just have to start experimenting with your favorite Pokémon and try your hand at Battlespot in the coming months.

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