can anyone explain to me why everyone on /vp/ hates scald
>rain boosted 80 bp burn machined
I never wanna go back to weather wars.
Probably just Ice fags salty their dual-type Water/Ice Pokémon do not get Scald.
Next to Knock Off and Stealth Rock it's one of the best moves in the game
It has a good damage output and causes burn 30% of the time - most fire type moves have a 10% chance
>>25846068
b/c it's a pretty strong water-type move that causes burn.
they don't like the fact that hot water can burn
>>25846068
>scald has a higher chance to burn than most fire moves
>>25846210
Hold your hand to a lighter for a second.
Then pour some boiling water on your hand for a second. Which leaves a more painful burn?
>>25846068
Because 30% chance = 90% chance
>>25846125
>Diaper of Holding
>>25846210
It's equal to Lava Plume, which is why most defensive Heartans run Lava Plume over Flamethrower or Fire Blast.
>>25846256
Stand on the rim of an erupting volcano/in the way of a flamethrower for a second
Then pour some boiling water on your hand for a second. Which leaves the more painful burn?
Because competitive battlers can't handle status effects.
>>25846125
> +3 rattle
There is some serious power-creep going on in that D&D game, a +3 anything should be reserved for powerful artifacts and shit
It's a water type Lava Plume. The issue is that because it's a TM and a Water move, it's so wide spread.
9 fully evolved pokemon get Lava Plume
63 fully evolved pokemon get Scald.
If Lava Plume were a TM move, we'd probably be but hurt about it too.
>>25846736
>+3
>artifact
nigger +3 weapons have ALWAYS been level 10-14 fare. theyre not artifacts
>>25846192
Meanwhile, most fire type moves, which involve spraying or smashing actual fire on a target, have a 10% chance.
>>25846872
Water sticks to your skin and carries more heat energy at the same temperature than fire does, which can be put out. How long does it take for you to dry off? Hit for a split-second of fire, you can get off with minor burn, split second of scalding water sticks to you and burns into your skin, into your wounds, and stays there until ALL it's heat is in your skin.
Boiling water is nasty stuff, nastier than fire even.
>>25846293
do you have more nihilist isabel?
i have a need i did not know i had
>>25846912
Work as a line cook and can confirm
Fire hurts, water leaves a mark
Steam eruption>>>scald
>>25847118
The only Fire-type in the game that can take a Scald, and its signature move is a STRONGER Scald.
FUCK Gamefreak, we're never going to get rid of Scald.
>>25846256
Dip your hand into a pile of hot glowing coals
Then dip your other hand in boiling water
which hand still has recognizable skin?
>>25847142
Emboar gets scald
>>25847373
The coals hand, fire walkers exist. You people are severely underestimating how bad boiling water is
>>25846256
Pour some boiling water on your hand for a second.
Then blast some molten lava on your hand for a second. Which leaves a more painful burn?
>>25846758
Its not like fire types in general are that great at being defensive anyway, barring a small handful, they're better suited for offensive pressure
I LOVE SCALD!
I WANT TO MARRY AND IMPREGNATE SCALD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>25847490
>Implying Flamethrower is lava
Don't move the goal posts anon, we are comparing fire to boiling water
>>25847490
>Fire Blast and Flamethrower always shown as just the fire, no boiling rocks, no lava, no gasoline or anything like that
>Fire Blast and Flamethrower are, like totally, molten lava you guise!
>>25846068
Because they're shitters. I love Scald.
>not carrying a water absorb vaporeon
>>25846758
>we'd probably be hurt about it too
no, because scald is fundamentally unbalanced
fire types are immune to burn, and resist plume
the only type that doesnt suffer the burn from scald is weak to it
im not saying that pokemon is a balanced game at all, but the move is just more of a fuckup than other moves
and before someone replies with >water absorb or >storm drain, yes i know those things exist but it doesn't make scald ok
it's akin to making a sludge bomb that can hit poison and steel types super-effectively
>>25846068
>>25846125
>>25846293
fucking furries die
>>25847609
Imagine an 80 BP ground move that had a 30% chance to paralyse.
Imagine an 80 BP psychic move that had a 30% chance to badly poison.
>>25847581
no, shitters love broken stuff like Scald.
>>25846125
You just want me to post it don't you?
>>25847649
Isabelle isnt furry fuck off
>>25847784
she's literally an anthropomorphic animal
furry.
>>25846311
You do know that a liquid lingers longer than a flame right?
And that no pokemon actually create anything on the same level as lava
>decent base power of 80 which isn't far off surf
>30% chance of status which is big
>alright amount of PP so its most likely you could burn a whole team with it
>100% accuracy so not much drawbacks from using it
>wide distribution thanks to being a TM
>can melt through freezesrare cases but it happens
>most water types are fairly bulky but a good amount lack physical defense so causing burns just rubs salt to the wounds making them even stronger
Those are just my general reasons
>>25847964
except for the pokemon literally made of lava you tool
>>25847765
>everyone saying its the worst thing they've ever seen
Jesus christ, we were all so tame back then. This shit's normal as breathing now
>>25846068
Because it makes poliwrath look so good
