May 25, 2015, 11:13 AM
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2015, 11:17 AM by PKPatriot56.)
(May 25, 2015, 10:58 AM)naitre Wrote:(May 25, 2015, 10:11 AM)GMX Wrote: I have 2 questions:
1) Is it "No Pentagon" only?
2) Are there enough interesting illegal moves/abilities to make teams different from each others? If the answer is yes, is there a list or a source that we can use to check what are the existing illegal moves/abilities we can use?
If you look a pokemon up on serebii, it will show you a list of generation specific moves as "transfer only moves" or "gen x only moves," depending on the dex you're looking out. Scroll to the bottom of Weavile's XY entry to find "transfer only moves." Those are the moves Weavile can learn in previous gens (it lists which gen) that aren't VGC legal for 2015.
I'm not sure of any better way to get this info because each Pokemon is unique in its transfer movepool. There are a lot of fantastic moves that aren't VGC legal that can really benefit you, such as Soft-Boiled Clefable and moves from previous gen events, like ExtremeSpeed Entei.
The problem that I see is that Serebii isn't always perfect with showing Transfer-only moves. Weavile is the perfect example. Just compare Weavile's Transfer-only moves to Sneasel's. They should be the same, but they didn't update Weavile's moves to include those that could only be obtained in Gen 3 where only Sneasel was available. Likewise, through XD, it was possible to get a Chikorita with Frenzy Plant, but that move is nowhere to be seen on its Serebii page for Gen 6, while it is on its page for Gen 3. With a little digging, it is possible to figure out all of the legal moves any given Pokemon could have in this format, but it just takes the extra effort.
That being said, I think this is a really cool idea for a tournament, given of course that everyone can find someone willing to gen Pokemon for them that they couldn't get otherwise, just to ensure we're all on an equal playing field.
