A Pokémon can use up to four different moves in order to battle opponents in the Battle Tower. These moves can either do damage to the opponent, improve the Pokémon's stats, or alter the flow of combat. Although borrowing heavily from the Pokémon video games, their mechanics have been simplified for use on GPX+
Move Properties
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All moves under GPX+ have three common attributes: Typing, Class, and Grade (the latter two were invented for this wiki for ease of explanation).
TypingEdit
As in the first four generations of Pokémon games, moves can have one of eighteen types: the seventeen elemental types, such as Water and Rock, and the ???-type (previously used for Curse, depreciated in Generation V). Damage-dealing moves are all assigned an elemental type, while non-damaging moves are classified as ???-type. GPX+ has a total of four attacks per elemental type.
Pokémon will do more damage using a move that shares its elemental type(s), similar to the Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB) awarded in the video games.
ClassEdit
Damage-dealing moves can be sorted into two classes, physical or special attacks, using the respective Pokémon stat to perform damage calculation. As there are four attacks per elemental type, there are two physical attacks and two special attacks per type. A third class, the non-damage dealing or status class, can improve a Pokémon's statistics, alter the properties of certain attacks, or force the opponent to switch Pokémon. Consequently, all status class moves are of the ???-type.
GradeEdit
Unique to GPX+, all moves are classified into one of two grades: Strong or Weak. Each elemental type can have two Strong attacks and two Weak attacks, one each classified as a physical or special attack; thus any element has a Physical Strong, Physical Weak, Special Strong, or Special Weak attack. Status attacks can also be Weak or Strong.
Strong attacking moves have a greater move power than Weak moves (90 vs 50), while Strong status moves are considered to have a greater overall impact on the battle; as a draw-back, however, any Strong move uses one of 3 Power Points (PP) that cannot be replenished during battle.
Pokémon MovesetsEdit
Newly-hatched Pokémon begin with four default moves that match its elemental type. A single-typed Pokémon will have access to all four moves of its type, while dual-typed Pokémon can use the two Weak attacks for its two types; it cannot access any of the Strong-grade moves of either of its types.
A Pokémon's moveset can be modified by selecting the "Attacks and hold items" option from its drop-down menu. This provides the user the opportunity to swap out one of its moves for one of the Status-class moves. Users can also elect to have the Pokémon hold one of the elemental gems, which grants the Pokémon access to Weak-grade attacks of the type corresponding to the gem.
Moveset limitationsEdit
Pokémon must have at least one attack-class, Weak-grade move in their moveset to make sure it can do some damage every turn (an all-Strong grade moveset would make it unable to attack after three moves, for example). Additionally, a Pokémon cannot equip a gem if it's attacks could do super-effective damage to the Pokémon.
List of MovesEdit
The following table showcases the different moves found on GPX+. Note that damage-dealing moves do not have any additional effects, such as an elevated Critical Hit rate or the ability to deal a Status ailment (which do not exist in the Battle Tower anyways). The powers of the attacks tend to correlate with their values in the video games.
| Name | Type | Class | Grade | Description | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tackle | 
| 
| 
| Deals some Normal-type damage | 50 |
| Thrash |
|
| 
| Deals lots of Normal-type damage | 90 |
| Swift |
| 
|
| Deals some Normal-type damage | 50 |
| Hyper Beam |
|
|
| Deals lots of Normal-type damage | 90 |
| Leech Life | 
|
|
| Deals some Bug-type damage | 50 |
| X-Scissor |
|
|
| Deals lots of Bug-type damage | 90 |
| Silver Wind |
|
|
| Deals some Bug-type damage | 50 |
| Bug Buzz |
|
|
| Deals lots of Bug-type damage | 90 |
| Pursuit | 
|
|
| Deals some Dark-type damage | 50 |
| Crunch |
|
|
| Deals lots of Dark-type damage | 90 |
| Snarl |
|
|
| Deals some Dark-type damage | 50 |
| Dark Pulse |
|
|
| Deals lots of Dark-type damage | 90 |
| Dragon Claw | 
|
|
| Deals some Dragon-type damage | 50 |
| Outrage |
|
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| Deals lots of Dragon-type damage | 90 |
| Twister |
|
|
| Deals some Dragon-type damage | 50 |
| Draco Meteor |
|
|
| Deals lots of Dragon-type damage | 90 |
| Spark | 
|
|
| Deals some Electric-type damage | 50 |
| Volt Tackle |
|
|
| Deals lots of Electric-type damage | 90 |
| Thundershock |
|
|
| Deals some Electric-type damage | 50 |
| Thunderbolt |
|
|
| Deals lots of Electric-type damage | 90 |
| Rock Smash | 
|
|
| Deals some Fighting-type damage | 50 |
| Close Combat |
|
|
| Deals lots of Fighting-type damage | 90 |
| Vacuum Wave |
|
|
| Deals some Fighting-type damage | 50 |
| Focus Blast |
|
|
| Deals lots of Fighting-type damage | 90 |
| Flame Wheel | 
|
|
| Deals some Fire-type damage | 50 |
| Flare Blitz |
|
|
| Deals lots of Fire-type damage | 90 |
| Ember |
|
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| Deals some Fire-type damage | 50 |
| Flamethrower |
|
|
| Deals lots of Fire-type damage | 90 |
| Aerial Ace | 
|
|
| Deals some Flying-type damage | 50 |
| Sky Attack |
|
|
| Deals lots of Flying-type damage | 90 |
| Gust |
|
|
| Deals some Flying-type damage | 50 |
| Hurricane |
|
|
| Deals lots of Flying-type damage | 90 |
| Astonish | 
|
|
| Deals some Ghost-type damage | 50 |
| Shadow Claw |
|
|
| Deals lots of Ghost-type damage | 90 |
| Ominous Wind |
|
|
| Deals some Ghost-type damage | 50 |
| Shadow Ball |
|
|
| Deals lots of Ghost-type damage | 90 |
| Vine Whip | 
|
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| Deals some Grass-type damage | 50 |
| Power Whip |
|
|
| Deals lots of Fighting-type damage | 90 |
| Magical Leaf |
|
|
| Deals some Grass-type damage | 50 |
| Solarbeam |
|
|
| Deals lots of Grass-type damage | 90 |
| Sand Tomb | 
|
|
| Deals some Ground-type damage | 50 |
| Earthquake |
|
|
| Deals lots of Ground-type damage | 90 |
| Mud Shot |
|
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| Deals some Ground-type damage | 50 |
| Earth Power |
|
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| Deals lots of Ground-type damage | 90 |
| Ice Shard | 
|
|
| Deals some Ice-type damage | 50 |
| Avalanche |
|
|
| Deals lots of Ice-type damage | 90 |
| Powder Snow |
|
|
| Deals some Ice-type damage | 50 |
| Ice Beam |
|
|
| Deals lots of Ice-type damage | 90 |
| Poison Sting | 
|
|
| Deals some Poison-type damage | 50 |
| Gunk Shot |
|
|
| Deals lots of Poison-type damage | 90 |
| Acid |
|
|
| Deals some Poison-type damage | 50 |
| Sludge Bomb |
|
|
| Deals lots of Poison-type damage | 90 |
| Psycho Cut | 
|
|
| Deals some Psychic-type damage | 50 |
| Zen Headbutt |
|
|
| Deals lots of Psychic-type damage | 90 |
| Confusion |
|
|
| Deals some Psychic-type damage | 50 |
| Psychic |
|
|
| Deals lots of Psychic-type damage | 90 |
| Rock Throw | 
|
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| Deals some Rock-type damage | 50 |
| Stone Edge |
|
|
| Deals lots of Rock-type damage | 90 |
| Ancientpower |
|
|
| Deals some Rock-type damage | 50 |
| Power Gem |
|
|
| Deals lots of Rock-type damage | 90 |
| Metal Claw | 
|
|
| Deals some Steel-type damage | 50 |
| Iron Head |
|
|
| Deals lots of Steel-type damage | 90 |
| Mirror Shot |
|
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| Deals some Steel-type damage | 50 |
| Flash Cannon |
|
|
| Deals lots of Steel-type damage | 90 |
| Aqua Jet | 
|
|
| Deals some Water-type damage | 50 |
| Waterfall |
|
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| Deals lots of Water-type damage | 90 |
| Water Gun |
|
|
| Deals some Water-type damage | 50 |
| Surf |
|
|
| Deals lots of Water-type damage | 90 |
| Swords Dance | 
| 
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| Sharply raises user's ATK. | |
| Iron Defense |
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| Sharply raises user's DEF. | |
| Nasty Plot |
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| Sharply raises user's SATK. | |
| Amnesia |
|
|
| Sharply raises user's SDEF. | |
| Agility |
|
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| Sharply raises user's SPD. | |
| Charm |
|
|
| Sharply lowers target's ATK. | |
| Screech |
|
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| Sharply lowers target's DEF. | |
| Captivate |
|
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| Sharply lowers target's SATK. | |
| Fake Tears |
|
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| Sharply lowers target's SDEF. | |
| Scary Face |
|
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| Sharply lowers target's SPD. | |
| Focus Energy |
|
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| Boosts the user's chance of landing critical hits. | |
| Haze |
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| Negates all stat changes to both the user and the opponent. | |
| Lucky Chant |
|
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| Protects the user from critical hits. | |
| Mean Look |
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| Prevents the opponent from switching Pokémon. Cannot be used in rotation battles. | |
| Protect |
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| Shields the user from one attack. Always moves first. | |
| Psych Up |
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| Copies the target's stat changes to the user. | |
| Recover |
|
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| Restors 40% of the user's (maximum) HP. | |
| Rest |
|
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| Recovers 80% of the user's (maximum) HP. The user is unable to act the following turn. | |
| Roar |
|
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| Forces the opponent to switch Pokémon. Cannot be used in rotation battles. Always moves last. |
