Iron Fang

[baoba]

Name: Iron Fang
Type: Steel
Category: Physical
PP: 15 (base) 24 (max)

Power: 50
Accuracy: 100%
Priority: 0
Target: Adjacent (Choose 1)
Makes Contact: Yes
Description: The user bites the enemy with its steel-hard fangs. It may also make the target flinch.
Secondary Effect: Yes, Iron Fang have a 40% chance to flinch the target.


Affected by Protect: Yes
Affected by Magic Coat: No
Affected by Snatch: No
Affected by King's Rock: No
Affected by BrightPowder: Yes
Affected by Strong Jaw: Yes


Signature Move: No
Pokemon: Crunchear, Gaiapulse (on according with the creator), Steelix, Aggron, Lairon, Mawile, Dialga, Bastiodon, Heatran, Durant, Tyrantrum, Smeargle

[Flerovium]

I actually really like this as an odd signature move, but I think it should be buffed maybe to 65 BP?

[Twix]

This move should follow through with all Fang moves and be 65 BP as well as having 95% accuracy. I also feel that the flinch chance should be lowered to 10% and a defensive drop could be added with a 10% chance as well. I feel this move shouldn't just be a signature move either, but I'll wait until you comment.

[kizzo212]

Isnt it only the elemental fangs that have 65BP? Poison fang has 50BP and I would say this would be more a copy of that since steel is non-elemental, thus this move having 50bp seems reasonable. The 40% flinch is nice as it means the move isn't completely outclassed by iron head (not too sure what one is stronger with strong jaw). I do think maybe this shouldnt be a signature move, but I dont see too many other pokemon getting this anyway. At least give it to mawile, as this move really suits it.

[Psych]

I don't think this should be a signature move at all, this should be open for quite a few pokemon (Steelix, Mawile, Aggron, Bastiodon, Dialga, Heatran, Arceus, Durant and Cobalion)

[silverwhiteblue]

This can match poison fang, and not the elemental fangs. It's not a bad move overall, but Steel types have metal claw as a substitue for fang moves

[jaywad]

ALOT of steel types would not really have fangs. Only ones I can see having this move are steelix, dialga, aggron, bastiodon, heatran, and mawile. I don't think any others would be able to chomp a target like scizor or bisharp. But I would like the idea of a fang move rather than another pulse move.

[kizzo212]

Scizor does get bug bite. But yeah, a lot of those Pokemon dont get access to metal claw, so I don't think the slight overlap between the two moves is much of an issue.

[baoba]

Well i edited the post with a list of Pokémon that may learn this move

[Tazonite]

Distribution here looks good. Pretty much change it up so it's like the regular fang moves. And maybe Tyrantrum could have it too.

[baoba]

I think the move is completed, it have 50 BP because is a non-elemental fang move (Poison Fang have 50 BP). The flinch rate is high, so this move is not totally outclassed by Iron Head as said kizzo

[The Run]

40% flinch and 50 BP. A good idea is contemplating those two by averaging out the acc and the BP. What you could do is boost the BP by 30 and reduce the acc by 30. That way the Flinch rate settles to a reasonable 10% and the BP stays at a good 80.

[TheBlueFiretruck]

Jun 25, 2015 22:43:50 GMT 1 The Run said:

40% flinch and 50 BP. A good idea is contemplating those two by averaging out the acc and the BP. What you could do is boost the BP by 30 and reduce the acc by 30. That way the Flinch rate settles to a reasonable 10% and the BP stays at a good 80.

Why would anyone ever use this over Iron Head then? Like ever?

[silverwhiteblue]

Metal claw is already 50 bp no ? as I said, metal claw already fills for this, and making it it higher in bp causes it to be outclased by iron head. Maybe you can make it drop defense with 60 bp ?

[Kim BC]

Yeah I don't see why we need this when Metal Claw is already a thing. No Strong Jaw Pokemon would want this move tbh as it's BP is too low :c. Also the flinch rate is pretty high and should be lowered.