Will this kind of battle ever end?

Jul. 18, 2017

Your Zigzagoon that only knows Normal-type moves is battling with a wild Gastly that only knows Ghost-type moves. You don’t have any other Pokemon to switch out Zigzagoon with. You don’t even have any Pokeballs. (I don’t know why you don’t have any Pokeballs but it is just for this situation) Will this battle ever end?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Yes, it would end, because eventually one Pokémon would be forced to Struggle.

Struggle dealstypeless damage, meaning it can hit Ghost-types, and takes a quarter of the users HP when used. So, whoever runs out of PP for their moves first loses the fight unless some magical crits happens.

However, prior to Gen 2 Struggle dealt Normal-type damage, so I don’t know how it would play out in that scenario.