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Da numba 1 cheater Posted at: 16:04 Nov01 2006 Post ID: 1121205
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Is absol a really good pokemon compared to others and how do you get a an absol

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shinny zapdos Posted at: 16:41 Nov01 2006 Post ID: 1121382
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absol is a good pokemon with the right moves
you can catch it on route 120

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yammy Posted at: 16:51 Nov01 2006 Post ID: 1121416
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BeN_b! Posted at: 12:24 Nov02 2006 Post ID: 1122551
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Absol generally speaking is Bad, although it has a high attack power it loearns no helpful moves to speak of and you will find yourself wasting valuble TM's on a pokemon that can't use them because it movepool opens it up to Special Sweep, but it's stats don't.

But if you do want to use it you'll need FR/LG/E and use this set:

Swords Dance
Shadow Ball
Rock Slide
Body Slam
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nintendo_dude Posted at: 13:13 Nov08 2006 Post ID: 1134005
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Absol is great in UU, avoid using him in Standard though because of his poor defences. Use Ben's set. He should be better in D/P though, since most Dark moves turn physical.


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BeN_b! Posted at: 13:51 Nov08 2006 Post ID: 1134043
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Yeah I get the feeling Crunch will replace SHadow Ball in his D/P moveset, considering Shadow Ball is turning special in all
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nintendo_dude Posted at: 09:57 Nov09 2006 Post ID: 1135837
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I don't think even then Absol will learn Crunch, right now, it's not in his movepool. A lot of people would use it otherwise, since his Special Attack is around average (nothing compared to his Atack, which is twice as high though).


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BeN_b! Posted at: 11:54 Nov09 2006 Post ID: 1135998
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I think I saw it as a level up attack in D/P on a site, that must be why it came to mind.

I shall go check...

EDIT: Ok then it doesn't learn it in D/P either, but meh, there will probably a new Dark move thats physical and stronger than Bite he'll learn

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nintendo_dude Posted at: 10:13 Nov10 2006 Post ID: 1138118
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Yeah, there is one he learns for sure. Hidden Power [Dark] with base 61+ power. There are lots of new Dark moves though, so I wouldn't be surprised.


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Da numba 1 cheater Posted at: 18:42 Nov14 2006 Post ID: 1146986
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absol can be good if you train it right

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BeN_b! Posted at: 15:15 Nov17 2006 Post ID: 1151370
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Absol is only good In-Game (due to the AI being so sucky) and in the UU metagame

Otherwise don't even think about using it, it'll be dead before you know it
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nintendo_dude Posted at: 04:57 Nov18 2006 Post ID: 1152869
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Good point Ben. That's what I do. Although in the UU metagame I prefer Kabutops as a Swords Dancer.


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shinny zapdos Posted at: 10:59 Nov18 2006 Post ID: 1153267
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Kabutops is a good UU pokemon tooSmile it learns flail iirc

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nintendo_dude Posted at: 05:22 Nov19 2006 Post ID: 1155224
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Yeah. Kabutops is also better in-game than Absol is. Although is works better in the Kanto games because the Rock Slide and Swordds Dance tutors are far easier to access. Also, Kabutops and ABsol have the same base Attack power, but Kabutops gets STAB.


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BeN_b! Posted at: 13:39 Nov19 2006 Post ID: 1155940
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Yeah, thats the only reaon I've ever used Kabutops. But by then I've normally used my Swords Dance tutor and Parasect or Victreebel. Two personal favourites of mine
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nintendo_dude Posted at: 10:30 Nov20 2006 Post ID: 1157736
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Yeah, Victreebell is a great Swords Dancer. And Parasect is countered by almost every pokémon in existance. Lol.


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POKE_FAN_4eva Posted at: 11:29 Nov20 2006 Post ID: 1157794
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I think absol is a really good pokemon. ( I also like it because of its good looks)

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phoenragon Posted at: 11:13 Aug04 2012 Post ID: 3136034
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As others have pointed out, Absol's available movepool in the 3rd gen games is pitiful.

However, several factors introduced in the 4th gen games make Absol a much more formidable pokemon:

For one, the physical/special attack distinction for individual moves REALLY tips the odds more in Absol's favor.

Also, the inclusion of many powerful physical moves that Absol can be taught by a move tutor in Plat/HG/SS (Zen Headbutt, Bounce, Superpower), as well as moves that an Absol could be bred to have (most notable is MegaHorn - 120 physical bug move - breedable in HGSS only) give you a wider variety of options for Absol's moveset.

Finally, the ability Super Luck is an option for 4th gen Absols, which ups the critical hit ratio of moves. Coupled with new level up moves like Night Slash (dark physical move) and Psycho Cut (psychic physical move), both of which have 70 power and high critical hit ratios, Absol becomes a great pokemon for the main game.

I have successfully used an Adamant-Super Luck one in Pearl with the following move set:
Swords Dance
Night Slash
Psycho Cut
Slash

Given the fairly wide variety of move types Absol can learn through TMs, you can also do a set for handling many different type weaknesses. Absol can learn powerful physical moves like Shadow Claw (ghost-70 power-high crit. hit ratio), Stone Edge (rock-100 power), Iron Tail (steel-100 power) and X-Scissor (bug-80 power)(TM in Gen 4, Move Tutor in Gen 5), just to name a few.

Overall, I'd say he's great in the right game (4th gen and up).
Great to use for any in-game opponent (with the right moveset, of course), but I probably wouldn't use him against another player.


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