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This page contains information on every Pokémon family first introduced in Generation I, including stats, movesets and evolutionary lines. All evolutionary lines are put together, even if an evolution or pre-evolution was not introduced in the same Generation as other members of its evolutionary family.
This page contains information on every Pokémon family first introduced in Generation I, including stats, movesets and evolutionary lines. All evolutionary lines are put together, even if an evolution or pre-evolution was not introduced in the same Generation as other members of its evolutionary family.
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==Luvdisc==
==Luvdisc==
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Luvdisc is simply a terrible Pokémon. It has subpar defenses and horrendous attack stats, with its only decent stat being Speed. Both of its abilities depend on the rain, and don't make much of a difference. Swift Swim boosts its Speed stat in the rain, which really doesn't need a boost as much as any of its other stats. Its hidden ability Hydration lets it restore any status conditions in the rain, but it is way more likely to be knocked out by a normal damaging move due to its lackluster defense. It does learn Rain Dance to take advantage of either ability.
 
Your best bet is to teach it a strong Water-type move and Rain Dance, and hope it survives long enough to do considerable damage. Alternatively, you could give it Toxic and Protect as well as a few other stalling moves like Attract, as Luvdisc would probably accomplish more with Toxic than with direct attacks. There are better Pokémon for using either strategy, and no shortage of good Water-types in the game, so there's really no reason to use it for battling.
 
==Bagon, Shelgon and Salamence==
==Bagon, Shelgon and Salamence==
Bagon evolves into Shelgon at level 30 and Shelgon evolves into Salamence at level 50. While Bagon and Shelgon can both use Double-Edge safely thanks to Rock Head, Salamence has more raw power, although it does suffer from a severe weakness to Ice types. Salamence has Intimidate as its Special Ability, lowing the opponents Attack when it's brought into battle, and its Hidden Ability is Moxie which can make it a deadly sweeper since it's Attack power automatically gets higher when it defeats an opponent. Bagon's Hidden Ability is Sheer Force which powers up moves with secondary effects, such as Flamethrower, but the secondary effects will never activate. Shelgon's Hidden Ability is Overcoat so it won't take damage from Hail or Sandstorm.
Bagon evolves into Shelgon at level 30 and Shelgon evolves into Salamence at level 50. While Bagon and Shelgon can both use Double-Edge safely thanks to Rock Head, Salamence has more raw power, although it does suffer from a severe weakness to Ice types. Salamence has Intimidate as its Special Ability, lowing the opponents Attack when it's brought into battle, and its Hidden Ability is Moxie which can make it a deadly sweeper since it's Attack power automatically gets higher when it defeats an opponent. Bagon's Hidden Ability is Sheer Force which powers up moves with secondary effects, such as Flamethrower, but the secondary effects will never activate. Shelgon's Hidden Ability is Overcoat so it won't take damage from Hail or Sandstorm.

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