Why did Showdown! say that it's illegal for Ash-Greninja to have Cut?
Mar. 16, 2018It says in Pokemon Showdown! it’s illegal to teach Ash-Greninja Cut, but, for regular Greninja, it is possible. I’m so confused.
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I’ve never played (Ultra) Sun/Moon, so I don’t know for sure if there’s no HM moves in the games, but I can’t find any.I believe that is the reason.
In Generation 6 (X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire), there ARE HMs, and Greninja can learn some of them: Cut, Strength, Waterfall, and Surf.Source: PokemonDB’s Greninja moves list.
However, on the move list for Greninja in Sun/Moon, cut does not appear at all. Since Ash-Greninja is Generation 7 exclusive, cut is not possible for him to learn in-game.
Because of this, It cannot learn cut on Showdown!.
This is the reason that makes the most sense. However, even that leaves something to be desired.Like I said, I haven’t played Sun/Moon, but I think that it is possible to move your Pokemon from the Gen 6 games to the Gen 7 games. If this is possible, my idea should be thrown out. If not, then my reason is probably right.
