>>43943399True, the same sort of applies to Unburden sets like Fake Out Hitmonlee, as well. It's what made Knock Off so centralizing after the buff, but there's a key difference between Poltergeist and Knock Off in that you can't click it as mindlessly on switch ins. Not only is there the 90 percent accuracy and lack of actually removing the item, but you risk a normal type getting a free switch in when ghost and dark have very similar type coverage offensively. It's no wonder they gave it only to ghost types with the exception of Mew. Some of these flaws may be all people need to justify picking Shadow Claw and the like over Poltergeist and having Knock Off instead. I'd damage calc it, but Poltergeist hasn't been implemented in damage calc yet. Either way, it doesn't make the other physical ghost moves useless, even if they're below average. For example, Decidueye is probably still going to run Spirit Shackle since the trapping is nice on defensive switch ins and some Alolan Marowak may still opt for Shadow Bone, since some people opted for Earthquake on it over Bonemerang last gen.
>>43945232Cool it, /pol/, I don't know what you're talking about.
