Ally Switch currently has very little drawback-the main downside is that your Pokémon has to spend its turn swapping ally positions, and it doesn’t impact spread move targeting, since those hit multiple Pokémon anyway. Ally Switch is a powerful move, being able to flip momentum on its head by swapping the targets the opponent originally intended to aim at, sometimes causing guessing games on subsequent turns of battle. When Ally Switch received increased distribution due to move tutors in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the feedback from the VGC community wasn’t very positive. Go to top Ally Switch increases damage taken by 1.25x If setting Sun melted away the frozen status of all Pokémon on the field, we would have yet another method of curing the otherwise hard-to-handle freeze, which is always appreciated. Mega Evolving a frozen Charizard into Mega Charizard Y will still leave it stuck in place. However, as of Generation 7, setting up harsh sunlight won’t do anything about freeze status. In addition, there is a built-in bonus to harsh sunlight that often goes underappreciated: Pokémon cannot be frozen at all if Sun is up (whether that be regular Sun or that of Primal Groudon’s). Making all Fire-type moves auto-thaw freezes would make things more consistent, and it would seem to make sense, too-just use your own Flamethrower to melt through the ice! However, while this list includes some common Fire-type moves, like Flare Blitz, it misses out on a lot of commonly used Fire-type attacks, like Flamethrower, Heat Wave, and Overheat. There are also a select number of Fire-type moves that can auto-thaw a frozen user. Using any Fire-type attack on a frozen target will instantly thaw it. Game Freak has given us some checks and balances to freeze, however, in the form of Fire-type attacks. Getting frozen in Pokemon is never a good time-not only is the initial chance of getting frozen in the first place low, but you only have a 1 in 5 chance of breaking through the ice on subsequent opportunities to move. Go to top All Fire-type moves auto-thaw freeze setting the Sunny Day effect removes freeze In addition, if Heal Block were to prevent the gain of HP from Dynamaxing, a well-timed Heal Block may do some good in limiting the bulk of these titanic transformations, allowing them to be more easily KO’d. Locking down passive healing from Leech Seed may buy enough time to outdamage defensive Pokemon like Ferrothorn before they have the opportunity to drain away your HP until it goes down to 0. Now, a defensive Pokémon switching in to munch on its Berry will be without its snack if it falls under 25%, without needing to preemptively Knock Off the target. By changing Heal Block to be a field effect that only affects the opponent, it suddenly shows much more worth. It’s hard to justify spending a turn, and especially dedicating a whole moveslot, to prevent a Pokémon from healing if it’s only temporary. Sounds pretty good, right? It even hits both Pokemon in a double battle! The problem is that you can just switch out of the effect. Heal Block is an interesting concept: the opponent can’t heal their Pokemon with moves, Abilities, or items for 5 turns. Go to top Heal Block is an effect that applies to the opponent’s entire field for 5 turns Rather than passively trapping two Pokemon, you only trap one-though you always know which one is trapped. Restricting Shadow Tag to only trapping the opposing slot, like how Ditto’s Imposter restricts it to Transforming into only the opposite slot, would tone down the impact Shadow Tag has.
In the transition between Generations 5 and 6, Ghost-type Pokemon were granted immunity to all trapping effects, but that didn’t slow down Shadow Tag much at all. Although originally limited to Wobbuffet, Shadow Tag’s wider distribution in later generations to other Pokémon gave it real potential to be a nuisance to many players. Restricting one of the most fundamental aspects of competitive play, switching, can significantly limit an opponent through an Ability that works passively. Shadow Tag is one of the most powerful Abilities ever released in Pokémon. In no particular order, here are ten mechanics interactions I’d love to see changed or added in Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield: Shadow Tag can only trap the opposing slot across from it While there are a number of things I’d love to see in Sword and Shield (easier ways of getting teams ready in-game, being able to select battle music, and being able to save Battle Videos from Live Competitions are just a few), there’s also a number of mechanics interactions I’d love to see implemented for competitive play. Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are right around the corner, and with a new generation come new Pokémon and new interactions to explore.
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