Pokémon Sun & Moon – The Power of Z-Moves Revealed!

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Pokémon Sun Moon

 

 

The Power of Z-Moves Revealed!

Z-Moves are special moves that a Pokémon can use when it’s holding a Z-Crystal that corresponds to its move’s type, but their effects seem to vary greatly depending on whether they’re based on attack moves or status moves.

 

Z-Move Attack Details

Z-Moves based on attack moves have far greater power than usual moves, but how powerful they will be does seem to depend on the power of the original move that a Z-Move is based on. Since Z-Moves are full-powered attacks, they also seem to be impossible to fully ward off with moves like Protect and Detect—they will still do damage.

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What happens when you use a Z-Move based on Tackle, which has a base power of 40?

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What happens when you use a Z-Move based on Giga Impact, which has a base power of 150?

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If you use a Z-Move, you can deal damage even when the target has used Protect.

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Z-Move Status Move Details

When you pour your Z-Power into a status move, it will be powered up into a status move with new effects added to it. These effects seem to come in many varieties, so some may raise your own Pokémon’s stats, while others may heal the next Pokémon to switch in, for example.

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A Pikachu holding Electrium Z will have its Electric-type moves powered up through Z-Power.
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Z-Thunder Wave doesn’t just afflict opponents with Paralysis, now it raises the user’s Sp. Def as well.
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In addition to the effects of Memento, Z-Memento also lets you heal the next Pokémon to switch in.
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The usually completely useless move Splash raises the user’s Attack by 3, thanks to the effects of Z-Power!

 

Source: Pokémon Sun Moon.
Ici en français : La vraie puissance des capacités Z révélée ! 😉

 

 

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