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[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

try surviving razor leaves or a hydro pump irl

[–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better odds of surviving until hospitalisation than eating a Flamethrower or Fire Blast

[–] Niello@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Razor leaf is like having hundreds of knives thrown at you simultaneously. Hydro pump you basically die almost instantly. There’s a reason water jet can be used to cut metals.

[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The water jets they use to cut metal only work because the stream is so narrow. Hydro pump is more like getting hit with multiple full-blast fire hoses at once

[–] AntiHeroChris@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blastoise Pokedex entry reads as follows: "The rocket cannons on its shell fire jets of water capable of punching holes through thick steel."

and the entry of Mega Blastoise: "The cannon on its back is as powerful as a tank gun. Its tough legs and back enable it to withstand the recoil from firing the cannon."

I'm pretty sure thats enough force to kill someone instantly.

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

enough force to kill someone

It's never enough to kill you. A water jet comparable in power to a tank shell hits you in the face, you're maybe gonna faint at worst. A literal God brings down the fury of heavens upon you, and you're just knocked out cold with a bruise that the local ER can heal free of charge.

[–] 520@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you think a water jet strong enough to cut steel is going to do against flesh and bone?

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This explains it in great detail

[–] Niello@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except it's saying the opposite? That comic is making fun of the game because no matter how deasly the attack is the pokemon on the receiving end will only faint.

[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was the joke he was making the first time and you didn’t get it so he slapped you over the face with it and you’re still not getting it.

[–] Niello@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Would do you well to actually look at the name of the commenter sometime to not insult the wrong person, yea? And I'm pretty sure you don't actually understand the comic.

[–] Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BUDDY

My guy, he didn't get the name wrong. The comment was meant for you

[–] Niello@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

No dude. Read it properly.

[–] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Found this article about this Turtles with cannons: an analysis of the dynamics of a Blastoise’s Hydro Pump

I don't know if it's right but interesting nonetheless

[–] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

A firehose for comparison is usually minimum 200psi. Close up would hurt really badly but the chances of dying aren't great. At 20ft away you'll just get really wet. Their numbers aren't wrong but the analysis of what the numbers mean is probably pessimistic for the Charizard.

[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago

True, water has never killed anyone

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pick Charmander, it eventually becomes Charizard which is

big lizardy looking thing has large wings breathes fire

and also

is not Dragon type cannot learn Fly

Gen 1 was great but it often didn’t make a lot of sense.

[–] SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org 25 points 1 year ago

He could learn Fly in the Yellow edition then you could transfer it to red/blue.

But yeah, Gen 1 had all kinds of issues.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Played only once, was Blastoise, no regerts

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I played several times.

My favourite move set was bulbasaur.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago
[–] vomitself@lemmy.film 10 points 1 year ago

Anon doesn't know about Gen 1 Leech Seed abuse.

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The OG Pokemon was so unbalanced and had such a huge bias in favor of Grass types that I legitimately don't understand why anybody would pick the other two unless they were doing a challenge run.

And fire types SUCK SO BAD. They can't kill anything. They don't even do that much damage to the grass types who just Leech Seed them all to death.

[–] azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I think this is completely intentional design. Picking charmander was literally intended to be the OG challenge run