3. U-Turn
Nominated by: Wicklebee
Introduced: Gen IV
Pokemon I associate this move with: Ambipom
"Oh no, a counter to my current Pokemon, I must switch out! Ah, but wait! Why shouldn't I be able to hit them while doing so?" That little not-so-realistically spoken sentence must have passed someone's mind at some point, because eventually U-Turn was made. It is a great move to use under many circumstances; even if your opponent has double-resistance to the move, any damage while switching out is better than none. It obviously has great merit in competitive for this reason, and honestly, it's just always struck me as really neat. And for the record, Volt Switch, it's Gen V electric equivalent, would get a significantly lower position. See, I view it as somewhat of a "poser" move, in that it exists only to give more Pokemon that move in equivalency. Another example of this is Heart Stamp, it being the equivalent of Bite.
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