Why is paralysis so fucking garbage in nu-Pokemon? Finally been playing Gen 5 and other than the hair-pullingly slow animations that plague every aspect of gameplay and the disgustingly 2deep4me plot, the broken paralysis is the worst part. When your opponent is paralyzed, it doesn't do shit. Maybe 5% of the time they won't be able to attack. But god fucking forbid you get paralyzed, you'll only be able to attack 10% of the time if you're lucky.