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Do you have a finisher?

Falconwing

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When fighting a battle, is there always that one move one of your team knows that you always want to use to finish the battle?

I recently started playing another run through of Emerald and while training my trapinch, I realized I was always finishing battles with Sand Tomb.

But with starters, especially the fire kind, I always try to finish with Blast Burn
 
More than often on Platinum, I finish off with Dark Pulse or CLose Combat

Emerald, everyone (who can learn it) must finish with EARTHQUAKE XD
 
If I'm up against a weakened opponent and my Pokemon knows a priority move, I use that. Else, I use a low BP move, as to conserve the PP of my stronger moves.
 
I absolutely love it when my Lucario can use Focus Blast to end a battle. I always picture it going all "SPIRIT BOMB," and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
 
Espeon-Hyper beam or signal beam. Depending on which one it is.
Galade-Psycho cut. But with close combat and leafblade its a toss up.
But in the case of Espeon to be fair.. Psychic almost always finishes the job right off the bat.
 
Hmm.... I don't have a specific move that I finish off battles, but if possible I try and finish them off with the most powerful attack of a Pokemon I'm currently using, especially when it's Gym Leaders or in the League. But if I were to choose from my Platinum, I would try to use Avalanche on Cynthia's Garchomp with my Gastrodon....that is when I get the move Avalanche though, I'm still on my way to Celestic Town since the last time I've played it.:sweat:
 
Like when you only have one poke and your opponent does too, you have full health, your opponent has only 1HP and you're like "it's already won you b******", situations like that?



Explosion.
 
Espeon ~ I'll normally use Future Sight a few turns before I know I might lose.
Tyranitar ~ Rock Slide or Crunch
Beautifly ~ Bug Buzz
Lucario ~ Depends. I have two. One is a physical, the other is special. The physical one, I'll have it use Metal Claw. While my other will use Aura Sphere.
 
I mainly finish battles with a move, which has a high accuracy. It's so annoying when a opponent's last pokémon has only a little HP left and then your move miss.
And when it's about wild pokémons, I like using some priority moves since the most of my pokémons in team are quite slow ones. For example my Mamoswine finish opponents nearly everytime with Ice Shard.
 
Charizard - Heat Wave. Burn the infidels.
Leafeon - Leaf Blade. Slice them in 2.
Vaporeon - Muddy Water. Drown them in their own filth.
Lucario - Aura Sphere. Use your own life-force to destroy your enemies.
Luxray - Iron Tail. Smash their faces in.
Crobat - Poison Fang. Let them die slowly and painfully.

100th Post, people!
 
Yes, I know, but I couldn't come up with anything creative for "Dragon Pulse..." I like the idea of throwing one's life-force at an enemy any way. :p
 
I tend to finish battles with hyperbeam-like moves.
Porygon-z uses Hyperbeam!
Ryperior uses Rock Wrecker!
Swampert uses Hydro Cannon!
Drapion uses Combo Breaker!
 
I use Hydro Cannon for my Water starters, and Frenzy Plant for Grass. Or if I'm using Arceus, it'll be Roar of Time.
 
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