Pokemon Scarlet & Violet players reveal secret move effects you probably didn’t know about

Pokemon trainers have noticed that various moves have special secondary effects, and even in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, there are a lot of them. Here’s what they have discovered.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players are always trying to be the very best, and while they try to climb to the top of the competitive ladders, they learn a few things on the path. That’s why these amazing secret effects from some popular Pokemon moves have surprised the community.

Well-hidden secrets that now were revealed by members of the Pokemon Reddit community, and that will make you think twice before thinking a move is too lame or weak.

Here’s a list of secret or hidden effects and interactions between moves and items in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

TIL Defence Curl has a secondary effect in battle;
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Posted by Reddit user ‘onetreuce,’ this post made several trainers reveal some well-hidden secrets about moves and their secondary effects. The OP gave the example of Defense Curl, which doubles the damage of the moves ‘Rollout’ and ‘Ice Ball.’

Many other trainers then added their own secret knowledge about Pokemon moves, including the following examples:

• Gust, Twister, and Hurricane can hit a Pokemon while it is in the middle of Fly and deal double the damage.
• Magnitude, Fissure, and Earthquake can hit a Pokemon while it is in the middle of Dig and deal double the damage.
• Surf, Whirpool, and Muddy Water can hit a Pokemon while it is in the middle of Dive and deal double the damage.
• Thunder, Smack Down, Sky Uppercut, and Thousand Arrows can hit Pokemon while in the middle of Fly.
• Moves like Stomp, Body Slam, Phantom Force, Heavy Slam, and Heat Crash do double damage if the target has previously used Minimize.
• Roost will turn a Flying/Normal-type Pokemon into a Normal-type for one turn.
• Growth doubles its effect during Sunny weather.
• Thunder and Hurricane have perfect accuracy during Rainy weather and Blizzard has perfect accuracy during Hail weather.
• Solar Beam and Solar Blade do not need to charge during Sunny weather.
• Substitute can’t block sound-based moves like Hyper Voice.
• Poison-type Pokemon remove Toxic Spikes effects when they enter combat and can never miss the move Toxic, not even when the opposite target is under the effects of Dig, Fly, or Dive.
• If your Pokemon uses Fling while holding a TM, it will copy the base power of the TM move.

But there are hundreds of secondary effects yet to be listed, which proves that the Pokemon games are quite complex in their combat mechanics, despite what many people believe.

And there you have it! Those are some of the secret effects of Pokemon moves. Next time you are fighting a battle, you’ll do great if you apply these tactics to your repertoire.

In the meantime, here’s all you need to know about the endgame activities in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, like Tera Raid Battles and the Mass Outbreak events. Now go catch ’em all!