Talk:Anticipation (ability)

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Merge with English name Anticipation please. Zurqoxn 08:13, 26 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Shudder? What does it mean exactly?

TheBlazikenMaster 15:37, 30 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

There is just a message saying "Croagunk shuddered with anticipation!"DCM 15:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
To shudder is along the lines of shaking in fear. ~$aturn¥oshi THE VOICES 17:09, 30 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
I know what shudder means, but how exactly does it affect the game? TheBlazikenMaster 02:46, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
It's...just a warning. I don't really understand what you're trying to ask.--Loveはドコ? (talk contribs) 02:55, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Just a warning, aha, I get it now. TheBlazikenMaster 02:57, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

when a pokemon shudders it means the opposing pokemon has a move thats super effective against the pokemon that has the anticipation ability. - unsigned comment from Happizelpom (talkcontribs)

Not necessarily super effective. Just something that would have high power (Explosion for instance).--Loveはドコ? (talk contribs) 04:29, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

When your Pokémon shudders, it means that the opponent has either: A) An attack that's super-effective against your Pokémon's type(s) (example: Your Toxicroak shudders if the opponent has a Psychic-, Flying-, or Ground-type attack; B) Either Explosion or Selfdestruct; or C) A 1-hit KO move (Sheer Cold, Guillotine, Fissure, Horn Drill).

Of course, there's no way to know for sure what your Pokémon's shuddering is caused by until it happens, so it's pretty much a "This guy's gonna kick my ***" warning. Diachronos 17:21, 18 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
The question is, does it count even non-damaging moves, say, Rest? TTEchidna 17:42, 25 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
No, I'm pretty sure it only applies to moves that cause damage. Diachronos 17:34, 26 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Absol?

Look at the trivia section on Absol's page. Should we add this to the Anticipation article? --Kimori Geckarbor Hinoarashi 18:52, 18 October 2009 (UTC) Kimori-Hinoarashi

Double effective

Should it be noted that all Pokemon that can have this normally (ie, not Eevee, since that's hidden) all have a double weakness? Barboach/Whiscash have 4x weakness to Grass, Wormadam (in plant or trash cloaks, I suppose) have 4x against Fire, and Croagunk/Toxicroak have 4x against Psychic. --Aescula 02:16, 21 May 2011 (UTC)Reply