Before we all became competitive players, most of us were in-game battlers thinking we were awesome because we swept the elite 4 with our Fly Charizard. There were Pokemon and moves that we thought were good, but in reality were awful competitively, like Charizard, and like Fly.
For example, the move I remember liking the most before smogon was Extrasensory, the move that's Psychic but worse. The only reason I remember liking it was because during my elite 4 runs, I would always run out of PP halfway through and ragequit. Then Ho-Oh got extrasensory and I had a 30 PP move that still did damage. I remember spending hours on end on Bulbapedia learning which pokemon learned the move, and where I could find them.
What were some of your "Pre-Competitive" Good Moves/Pokemon? (try to use something besides a starter)
For example, the move I remember liking the most before smogon was Extrasensory, the move that's Psychic but worse. The only reason I remember liking it was because during my elite 4 runs, I would always run out of PP halfway through and ragequit. Then Ho-Oh got extrasensory and I had a 30 PP move that still did damage. I remember spending hours on end on Bulbapedia learning which pokemon learned the move, and where I could find them.
What were some of your "Pre-Competitive" Good Moves/Pokemon? (try to use something besides a starter)