Power or Accuracy?

[Ilan]

I definitely opt for the accuracy over the power, which is why I love hone claws to boost said haxy moves. The only move I tend to sacrifice for power is Thunder. I seem to be pretty lucky with this move on most pokes except my latios. On my jirachi, I said hell no! I am abusing serene grace and getting my stat drops with energy ball.

I wonder why some people are not aware of it: thunder in the rain= 100% accuracy looking as 10% of the teams use rain you are not "lucky" with it..


and fire blast>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>flamethrower except in PP
same for hydro pump in the rain/sun it hits so much harder I see some people run scald r surf on politoed in the start I used to use surf but now I only use scald or hydro pump with preferance to hydro pump.

[☭Secret_Shocker☭]

Mostly accuracy. I'd go with moves that always hit the target than powerful moves that barely hit a target.

[Wishing Star]

I hate having moves miss.

I get extremely frustrated if it's a missed move that makes me lose the battle. It's kind of like a "haha, sucker" insult, which really irks me. :/
If it's due to a move not being strong enough, then yeah, I'd be fine with the loss.

As long as the victory-deciding move in a battle is based more on tactical usage rather than luck, then I'm fine with it. Moves like Hydro Pump and Focus Blast are examples of the latter.

[MultiDarkShadow777]

I hate having moves miss.

I get extremely frustrated if it's a missed move that makes me lose the battle. It's kind of like a "haha, sucker" insult, which really irks me. :/
If it's due to a move not being strong enough, then yeah, I'd be fine with the loss.

As long as the victory-deciding move in a battle is based more on tactical usage rather than luck, then I'm fine with it. Moves like Hydro Pump and Focus Blast are examples of the latter.

This.......^ ^

[GreatGonzales]

Well, you really can't just say one or the other flat out. It depends on the power / accuracy trade. For example, let's say you have a fire type. You can't decide what STAB to give it. Inferno? Flamethrower? Fire blast? Well, inferno has 5 more base power. (The difference would be greater after STAB calculation.) But it also has 50 accuracy, which is unnacceptable. You can not afford to miss half of your moves. You get +5 power, but -50 accuracy. No. Then, you have fire blast. You get a whopping 30 power boost, at a loss of only 15 accuracy. Yes please.

[Patri25]

I prefer something balanced, not a huge power, something common like Shadow Ball (80) and a normal accuracy.

[Valkyria!]

Raw power with low accuracy might be able to get you out of a tight situation (or screw you over in a game that would otherwise be yours), but across multiple battles, accuracy and moderate base power will win you more rounds.

[Fire Hero]

It depends on the situation. As main attacking move I go for accuracy. I only go for power in some "desperate" situations, where Flamethrower or Ice Beam wouldn't accomplish what they're there for. Those are rare though because luck is not one of my attributes on battling and I tend to miss too much xD So, no risk, let's take accuracy.

[Dr. Ciel]

Well, due to my Hyper Offensive style, I go with complete raw power to absolutely overwhelm the opponent.

[trident20]

i like accuracy

[SasoriSand]

Balance... Because if you too little acc makes it miss and too little power makes it less likely to defeat pokes

[carrot rust]

If it's 80 or 85 percent, i tend to go with it , especially in the case of volcarona, who can totaally KO gliscor with a 252 timid fire blast(provided it has sun up or at least LO) and a few other things, like starmie's hydro pump, which took down scizor(with spikes) and tyranitar (on the switch in) back when i ran specs on it. And are there any 4th gen players who don't remember games won through that 60% hypnosis actually hittting?. I'll usually only go for accuarcy if the next best move is 60-70 accuarcy compared to 100.

[Hictini]

It depends on how powerful it is and how accurate it is compared to the alternative but I try for power.

[InsaneDragoniteHD]

I try for power most of the time.

[Doodlebug]

Accuracy. Better safe than sorry....

[Flying Ludo]

It really gets on my nerves when moves fail. So, accuracy.

[Amiちゃん]

Accuracy. I mean moves with a 200+ power are nice but if it hits only 50% of the time, then what's the point of using it?

[Hictini]

Accuracy. I mean moves with a 200+ power are nice but if it hits only 50% of the time, then what's the point of using it?

Haha I think the only move that is that unreliable and isn't 1HKO is Zap Cannon and Thunder is just as good.

[Hilda]

It really depends on how it will benefit the Pokemon

[TherianForm]

I normally like balance moves. But I have to choose power, that'll always win for me.

[Trainer ARORA]

I like winning matches with predictions, so I tend to use moves with more accuracy. The only move on my pokemon which has low accuracy is probably will-O-wisp

[Ferrin]

i picked moves with accuracy because my pokémon team are tough--enough--and there's more pp

[Eaglehawk]

Generally, the correlation is that for Offensive teams:

If your team is generally a HO or a standard Offense, a player on average would go for higher power moves, due to the fact you have more sweepers than normal balance or Bulky Offense teams.

The closer you get to becoming stall on the offensive scale, the probability of one choosing higher accuracy moves is much higher.

[Meeker]

I've never done competitive battling before, but I perefer something that will do a decent amount of damage while being reliably accurate. moves like aura sphere, ice beam, thunderbolt, and flamethrower are top choices for me.

On the other hand, a friend of mine has unnatural luck w/ guillotine... and I still question how, but it works for him.

[Soperman]

On the other hand, a friend of mine has unnatural luck w/ guillotine... and I still question how, but it works for him.

Not that Guillotine is actually legal competitively...

Anyway, it's clear that it depends on the team and the pokemon; there's not much left to discuss. What I'm thinking now is to go for specifics; which pokemon would you use with higher power, versus which pokemon you would use higher accuracy. Make sure to specify the move-set as well.
For example, on Infernape, I'll generally go for Focus Blast over Hidden Power Fighting, becuase without the raw power of FB, Infernape might faint without getting a KO. He's too frail.

Anyway, that's the new discussion. Have fun.