Power or Accuracy?

[fearless rocker]

too little accuracy will lose you games, and so will too little power

[viker2]

A lot of strong/decent moves: dragon pulse, dark pulse, flamethrower, draco meteor, fire blast, etc. have good/100 accuracy, and if your heading for 100 accuracy, just hold a wide lens or something

[your boss]

Power is in my opinion, more necessary as you can get around accuracy with support.

[jstinftw!]

Unless I'm using a slow, fragile Pokemon, I'll almost always go Power>Accuracy. Sure, for example, with Hydro Pump, if I HP 10 times, I'll miss twice, but the chances of me using HP 10 times in a row is slim, plus the chance of me using it more then once or twice is just as slim, as my opponent will likely send in something to counter my move. Or the move is a tech move, put in just to counter a Pokemon or two and only needs to go off once or twice. The chances of me missing then are significantly smaller.

That doesn't mean I run Dynamicpunch or 50% acc moves though; I'll go with a 90% acc, or a 85%. Sometimes even 70% if I think the Pokemon can take it. But the difference in power is often much appreciated. Whereas it would be as 2HKO, I can clear them in 1, so I don't have to worry about being outsped or whatever. It's down and I have free roam! (:

[Lightning Raider]

Usually I go with the more powerful moves. I'd risk a miss to get a OHKO and the only time you resent a more powerful such as Focus Blast over an Aura Sphere for example, is when you miss the Focus Blast. The higher base power always makes a difference (when it hits!).

[Oao]

Voted for accuracy because generally I prefer to use moves that don't have a high chance of missing and that moves with high power and low accuracy usually come with their own drawbacks such as low PP or stat drops. I only tend to use stronger moves when the power difference is big or when there are no other options.

[Cool Rafe]

I usually choose accuracy over power because even if it lacked the power to KO my opponent's Pokemon with one hit , it still does some damage before my Pokemon faints . If I select power and my move misses , I do no damage at all . I just hate relying on luck .

[Agonist]

Certainly accuracy. Although I do tend to use moves with accuracy below 75% for more power, I usually use accuracy modifiers with them (ie.: hone claws or scope lens).

Scope Lens doesn't raise accuracy, it increases the critical hit ratio.


Anyway, I generally go with accuracy for anything with below eighty accuracy, except for ****ing Focus Miss.

[SoulMuse]

I tend to go with Power. However when I have a move that has questionable accuracry (Focus Miss), I will build overly redunant coverage this that move covers.

[Pichu47]

POWWWWEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR

I do prefer accuracy though mainly because i get really mad when fire blast/thunder/whatever misses :/

[Specter Vyle]

Both power and accuracy are both viable attributes in all metagames. Usually, some of the most powerful offensives like Fire Blast and Stone Edge can be modified by either ability or accuracy modifier(item), which evenly balances out the two.

[That Crazy Russian™]

Both power and accuracy are both viable attributes in all metagames. Usually, some of the most powerful offensives like Fire Blast and Stone Edge can be modified by either ability or accuracy modifier(item), which evenly balances out the two.

ability? the only abilities that alter accuracy, off the top of my head, are no guard, hustle, and victory star, and v-star only works in doubles.

[redcharzard]

ability? the only abilities that alter accuracy, off the top of my head, are no guard, hustle, and victory star, and v-star only works in doubles.

Victory Star works on Victini in Singles but no one else. I prefer Accuracy over power unless power is needed to KO certain threats then I'm willing to risk it to keep my pokemon in the battle longer.

[Shinluxray348]

I usually choose the power over accuracy. Because if the move hits then I don't have a problem. I like bulky pokemon more so hopefully they would have another chance at the move if it misses the first time.

[Zachmac]

For me, it really depends.

Power is when I want to go on the offensive, but it has to have at least 80 acc. Hydro Pump is notably more powerful then Surf, and has saved me many more sweeps then I would of with 95 power, even with that accuracy.

On slower, more defensive pokemon, power doesn't make much of a difference. Sure, it may score you more KOs, but if you're defensive, it doesn't matter that much. So I like to stick with the weaker attacks. The only exception for this is Ferrothorn, since I find it's power whip to be very useful.

[TerraWolf]

Power. Accuracy can truly become the difference between OHKO and 2HKO. Its like using Hydro Pump over Surf because its better

[Hilda]

It depends on the type of Pokemon.

[pokemonjoe30]

It really depends. On a bulky pokemon or a wall, accuracy is much more important. However, on a sweeper, I'd rather go with power.

[TheEliteEmpoleon]

There are plenty things (STAB, items, abilities) to raise power. Accuracy is not as easily raised, as it can take a turn to raise it.

[emboarrocks]

I'll go for accuracy because I don't wanna risk it.