Talk:Trick-or-Treat (move)

What, exactly, does Trick-or-Treat do?

Turns out that, unlike Soak in Generation V, Trick-or-Treat does not change or negate the Pokemon's original typing -- use it against a dual-typed Pokémon and that Pokémon is now effectively triple-typed.

I conducted the following experiment to evaluate this:

1. Find a wild Normal-type Pokemon (because Normal is immune to Ghost) and use Trick-or-Treat.
2. Test Ghost, Dark, and other types against the affected Pokemon.

My results:

• vs. pure Normal (Bidoof, Dunsparce):
  • Shadow Sneak had no effect (Normal influence).
  • Night Slash was supereffective (Ghost influence). Signal Beam was not very effective.

• vs. Normal+Flying (Fletchling and Pidgey):
  • Shadow Sneak had no effect (Normal influence).
  • Discharge proved supereffective (Flying influence).
  • Night Slash proved supereffective (Ghost influence).

• vs. Azurill (Normal+Fairy):
  • Shadow Sneak had no effect (Normal influence).
  • Night Slash inflicted neutral damage and was NOT supereffective (Fairy resists Dark).

• vs. Litleo (Fire+Normal):
  • Surf proved supereffective (Fire influence).
  • Shadow Sneak failed to affect Litleo (Normal influence).
  • Night Slash proved supereffective (Ghost influence).

• vs. Pumpkaboo (Ghost+Grass):
  • Trick-or-Treat failed outright.

(PS - And while running around locating all these Pokemon I caught a shiny Azurill. :) ) --Stratelier 18:33, 28 October 2013 (UTC)