[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

You know, the main reason I got Sky Uppercut for Michael was not to get another powerful Fighting Move for him, but just to fulfill the guy's dream of punching birds straight out of the air. If I were being strictly logical with his XP, I would have spent it on Seed Bomb, as he only has the dinky Absorb as his primary Grass STAB (which is just sad without Technician to back it up), and plenty of other good Fighting Moves, not the least of which is ROCK SMASH.

In fact, compare to his other Fighting STABs, Sky Uppercut is just worse than them all in some aspect, and unarguably in Accuracy. Mach Punch is less powerful but has Priority, Drain Punch heals and damage deals, and ROCK SMASH is both stronger and has super useful effects. The only thing that SU does is let Michael hit Flying Pokemon and jump good, which isn't all that good imo. So purchasing SU was not exactly the wisest decision, from a competative perspective.

Still, I went ahead with it, as again, I just wanted to make Michael happy. Strange how attached we get to our creation that we put their desires ahead of more optimal play, eh?