Somthing that I hope to resolve finally

[Guren]

Now I just started up my platinum and started to play I lerned a few moves and my friend scremed at me to use TM's rather than bother with leting your pokemon learn moves but I was belived playing all of the games every since that when a pokemon learns a move its self is generaly more powerful than learning it from a TM if its the same move now I asked a few people I know some say I'm 100% telling the truth others don't understand how that would make a diffrence and just think I'm telling a load of lies and don't understand why the base value of an attack can increase so here I am on a forum that should know what its talking about so please break it to me gently am I wrong or did I hear this on another pokemon and they change it?

 

[NeonTidalWave]

I'm pretty sure its exactly the same TM or learned, as the stats of the move will be the same?

I suppose learning a move early will mean a Pokemon has less experience/Ev's etc. so the move will do less damage than if it learned it when it was supposed to, but that's not really to do with the use of the TM, just when TM is used on the pokemon.

Hope that makes sense.

 

[The Fool on the Hill]

A move learned via level-up is exactly the same as a move learned via TM. There is no difference

 

[$aturn¥oshi]

It all depends on whether or not you want to wait for the move.

 

[RJ x JC]

I agree. The power of a move is based on your Pokemon's stats, not on whether it was learned naturally or through a TM.

If you can wait for your Pokemon to learn a move on it's own, I suggest that you just keep that TM for another Pokemon, one who can't learn the move at all otherwise.

 

[Sleet]

There is absolutely no difference between a move taught by a TM and a move taught by leveling up. The advantage to level-up moves, however, is it doesn't waste a TM. I would only use TMs if the Pokémon couldn't learn that move without one, or you need the move now and it doesn't learn the move until level 80 or something.

Not to be rude, but you should really use punctuation. It makes it much easier to read what you're saying and makes you look smarter.

 

[roxas_strife]

Now I just started up my platinum and started to play I lerned a few moves and my friend scremed at me to use TM's rather than bother with leting your pokemon learn moves but I was belived playing all of the games every since that when a pokemon learns a move its self is generaly more powerful than learning it from a TM if its the same move now I asked a few people I know some say I'm 100% telling the truth others don't understand how that would make a diffrence and just think I'm telling a load of lies and don't understand why the base value of an attack can increase so here I am on a forum that should know what its talking about so please break it to me gently am I wrong or did I hear this on another pokemon and they change it?

This is really dependent on what STAB moves a Pokemon can learn. Usually the attacks a Pokemon learns naturally benefit it more, that's why I wait till I've learned all the available attacks from leveling up, then I check out tutoring, TMs, and HMs(this only applies to Pokemon I genuinely want to use in battle). There's also the factor of attacks learned through breeding. Most TMs a Pokemon can learn aren't as important as the ones they learn naturally because of STAB attacks. Sometimes I use TMs early on in a Pokemon's levels, but that is usually only when I have multiple of that TM available and it is a STAB for that Pokemon.

 

[candymancan]

There is no diff between the power of a move learned by a TM or naturally. If you want your fire pokemon to learn flamethrower then buy the TM and teach it to him. Instead of waiting till he is level 50 or something. It doesnt matter. There power is the same. The only diff is your pokemon at 50 will do more dmg then at say 20 because of obvious reasons...


Now if your pokemon can learn earthquake but you want it to learn earthquake faster by the TM i say save the TM. Earthquake is harder to get back as a TM then say flamethrower because you have to buy it with battle points instead of game corner coins

 

[Yamato-san]

I forget, but was it an official Nintendo guide that started this bullshit rumor? I think they also stated that Normal-types don't get STAB.

 

[RJ x JC]

Heheh, you'd be surprised at some of the things official guides screw up. There are some other instances of errors in those guides, which is why you shouldn't stick to just one source, however official.

 

[Kiratwig]

Heheh, you'd be surprised at some of the things official guides screw up. There are some other instances of errors in those guides, which is why you shouldn't stick to just one source, however official.

Of course you gotta be careful of some Internet sources as well since they can be giving false info as well.

 

[PingPongYeti]

Finish it off with False Swipe!
Arbok evolves into Seviper!
Pikachu! The horn!
Using Thunder as armor!