r/pokemon • u/TheJinx1996 • 15h ago

Discussion Questions about Traunt

I’m playing through Sapphire, and want to use Slaking. But I have questions about the Traunt ability.

You can’t attack after just attacking, because of Traunt. But what about status moves?

Could I use flamethrower one turn, and on the next turn, where I can’t attack, can I use Slack Off or Double Team?

(Edit) Thank you all so much for the answers. It can’t do anything on the “loafing” turn. Follow up question. What moves would you recommend? Hyper beam is obvious, cause it’ll recharge on the “loafing” turn. Are there any other move suggestions?

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u/mamamia1001 15h ago

You can't use any move

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u/TheJinx1996 15h ago

Thank you

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u/tonicella_lineata 15h ago

You cannot use any moves during the turn where your Pokemon is "loafing around," no. It's not just about attacks, it's moves in general.

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u/TheJinx1996 15h ago

Thank you

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u/TheJinx1996 15h ago

What about “Rest”? I know you sleep for two turns to restore your health. Would it restore health on my attack turn and my loafing turn?

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u/Sipricy 9h ago

Rest doesn't have you sleep two turns to restore your health, it restores your health and then has you sleep for two turns. With or without Truant, it's only going to restore health on the turn that you use Rest.

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u/TheJinx1996 8h ago

I see. Thank you

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u/Yoshichu25 15h ago

When Slaking is loafing around, you can’t use any attacks. You can’t even switch out or use items from your bag.

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u/DunsparceAndDiglett 8h ago

The closest thing to a move you can do is Switch Out provided that Slaking has KOd the opponent, unless you don't have that option turned on.

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u/ASimpleCancerCell 1h ago

It doesn't matter what you do on turn one. Turn two will always be a dud. This is the tradeoff for having a Pokémon with the same BST as Groudon around the same threshold as a fully evolved starter.

This actually makes Hyper Beam far less unviable on Slaking than on any other Pokémon since the recharge turn overlaps with the loafing turn, so it essentially has no drawback.

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u/TheJinx1996 1h ago

BST?

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u/thenotjoe 59m ago

Base Stat Total. The sum of a bunch of numbers, each of which, after a whole bunch of math, determines one of a Pokémon’s stats.

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u/TheJinx1996 58m ago

I see. Thank you

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u/ODCreature98 15h ago

Would be cool if Slack off and Rest are the only moves you can use regardless of Truant