I ran out of attack PP in a battle with Magikarp, what can I do?
I've been playing Pokemon Ruby edition, when I stumbled across fisherman Dan or whatever and his three useless Magikarps.
I have a level thirteen Mudkip that had fainted, and I was trying to level up my level seven Zigazoon but I ran out of pp for the only attack that does damage. I also have a level seven Silicoon, but it's useless, so I'm stuck in this endless loop with a magikarp that is useless.
Best Answer
It's very nearly impossible to get caught in a never-ending loop, due to the move Struggle, which is the move your Pokemon uses when it can't use any other move.
You can still win this battle, but it will take some planning:
There are a few things that can happen here.
Firstly, if you have Ether or Elixir (or the Max Ether/Elixir), you can restore some of the PP of the attacking move mid-battle, allowing you to continue using your attack. If you don't have Ether or Elixir, you will continue to use up the PP of your non-damaging moves until one of two things happen:
- You completely run out of PP, resorting to Struggle, and losing 1/2 your damage dealt in recoil per turn
- The Magikarp runs out of PP, also resorting to Struggle, and also losing 1/2 damage dealt in recoil per turn.
Splash has a maximum 40 PP. Minus the moves you've both already used, if you can survive using your other non-damaging moves long enough, it will be the Magikarp that Struggle's itself into fainting, not you.
Of course, even if your other moves don't have enough PP, you have a trump card. That Silcoon you said was useless? Switch to it. Then switch back. And switch again and so on. Switching counts as a move, and that Magikarp will just keep Splashing away while you don't use any PP. Do this for long enough and the Magikarp will start Struggling, hurting itself more than you, and eventually fainting.
Is it cheesy? Yes. Will it take forever? Yes. But either way, someone's gonna have to Struggle themselves into fainting, and it may as well not be you.
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What happens if you run out of PP?
If you have no moves available, your move will be Struggle. When you have no PP left, this move comes out instead. It damages an enemy, but it also damages you.Do enemies run out of PP?
Yes, also your opponents do have PP. This means they will use Struggle if they run out their PP. Several people on Gamefaqs have seen a Legendary Pokemon hitting himself with Struggle after a long battle.Can magikarp deal damage?
Splash will never do anything. You may either be misremembering your Magikarp using Tackle or Flail, both of which are moves that Magikarp can learn that do damage.Can magikarp use struggle?
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From the Pokemon Wiki under Struggle:
Struggle (Japanese: ????? Vain Struggle) is a Physical Normal-type move that cannot be learned naturally by any Pokémon. It can only be used if a Pokémon cannot use any moves, most commonly due to a lack of PP.
Once you use up all your ability, any FIGHT action will automatically use Struggle. It's a weak attack, but it's more like a countdown before you're self-KO'd.
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