Broken Moves

The system used by Pokémon World Online to handle battling, while adequate, is quite sadly underdeveloped. This means that while it works well for the most part, sometimes an attack doesn't work exactly as you'd expect it to, or doesn't even work at all. This can be due to a bug, or simply because the move's behaviour has not being programmed in yet or is unsupported by the system.

When a move in PWO does not work in the same way you'd expect if you played an official Pokémon game, it is called a Broken Move.

List of Broken Moves

This list reflects in-game mechanisms that may change over time, and therefore may be inaccurate. Attempts to keep this as up-to-date as possible are encouraged.

A

Move Name	Why it's broken
Absorb	Doesn't recover HP.
Acid Armor	Is wrongly treated as a normal attack by the game. Does small damage to the opponent, when it should not damage at all, and does not raise user's defence like it's supposed to.
Acupressure	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
After You	Does not guarantee that the target will move first next turn.
Air Cutter	Only works properly when using Zubat. Otherwise, does no damage.
Air Slash	Does not cause opponent to flinch.
Astonish	Only works properly when using Zubat. Otherwise, does no damage.
Aromatherapy	Does not cure Status Ailments for any Pokémon.
Attract	Does damage. Does not attract the opponent.

B

Move Name	Why it's broken
Baton Pass	Does damage. Does not switch Pokemon out.
Beat Up	Has no effect at all within PWO.
Belly Drum	Does damage. Increases attack slightly, no loss of HP.
Bestow	Has no effect at all within PWO.
Bide	Has no effect at all within PWO.
Bind	Does not "attach" to the opponent.
Blast Burn	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Block	Does damage. Does not block opponent from fleeing or switching.
Brave Bird	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Bounce	Does damage. Does not take two turns and does not have a chance of paralysis.
Bonemerang	Only hits once.

C

Move Name	Why it's broken
Calm Mind	Move does damage and does not increase Sp.Atk or Sp.Def
Captivate	Move does little damage. Does not affect stats
Camouflage	Move does little damage and does not change type in accordance to surroundings.
Charge	Does not double the damage of the user's following electric attack.
Close Combat	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Confusion	Turns into Supersonic if Supersonic is used first.
Conversion	Does slight damage; does not change the user's current type to the opponent's current type.
Conversion 2	Does not change the user's current type.
Counter	Move does little damage and does not counter moves.
Covet	Move does damage and does not steal held items(because they don't exist!)
Coil	Does not raise attack and defense stats
Crush Grip	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Curse	Being Cursed is not implemented as a Status Ailment yet, so this move is not properly programmed into the game. However, it will raise a user's attack by one stage.

D

Move Name	Why it's broken
Destiny Bond	Move does little damage and does not take out opponent upon fainting.
Detect	Move does damage and does not prevent moves from hitting.
Disable	Doesn't disable any moves.
Double Edge	This move is spelt both "Double Edge" and "Double-Edge" in game due to a mistake in the Database. Only "Double-Edge" causes damage. Also, neither move gives recoil damage.
Double Team	Does little damage. Does not raise evasiveness.
Dragonbreath	Does not paralyze.
Dream Eater	Can hit while Opponent is not Asleep.
DynamicPunch	This move is spelt both "Dynamic Punch" and "DynamicPunch" in game due to a mistake in the Database. "Dynamic Punch" does not work at all, but "DynamicPunch" works correctly.

E

Move Name	Why it's broken
Earth Power	Does not decrease Sp.Def
Echoed Voice	Does not increase in power
Electro ball	Does not deal damage based on opponent's speed. Does very little damage instead.
Encore	Does not make opponent repeat its attack.
Endeavor	Does not lower opponents HP to yours.
Endure	Does not endure a hit.
Eruption	Damage set at 75 (intentional).
Extrasensory	Does not do damage.
Extremespeed	Doesn't ignore Opponent's Speed.

F

Move Name	Why it's broken
Fake Out	Damage calculation is incorrect.
False Swipe	Kills opponent, does not leave 1hp left.
FeatherDance	Does not guarantee lowered attack.
Fire Fang	Does not cause flinching or burn.
Fire Spin	Does only a little damage.
Flail	Does low damage and no base power increases.
Flame Charge	Does not raise the user's speed stat.
Flare Blitz	Does not do recoil damage.
Flatter	Does not raise opponents Sp.Atk or confuse.
Flame Burst	Does not hit opponent next to it, due to no double battles existing
Focus Energy	Damages the opponent, when it should not.
Follow Me	Does not draw attacks.
Foresight	Ghost-type targets don't lose their immunity against Normal-type and Fighting-type moves.
Frenzy Plant	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Future Sight	Damages immediately, instead of two turns later, and damage calculation is incorrect.

G

Move Name	Why it's broken
Gastro Acid	Has no effect at all within PWO, because in-battle abilities have not been implemented in PWO yet.
Giga Drain	Does not recover 1/2 of damage to user's HP.
Glare	Does a small amount of damage instead of paralyzing the target.
Gravity	Does not make flying user's grounded
Growl	Immediately reduces Opponent's Attack to its minimum, rather than merely dropping a stage; and may affect Sp. Attacks too. (Needs verifying)
Growth	Raises an unknown stat.
Grudge	This move has no effect in PWO because PP has not been implemented yet.
Gyro Ball	Does not deal damage based on speed.

H

Move Name	Why it's broken
Hail	Has no effect at all within PWO, because weather effects have not been implemented.
Haze	Does not reset stat changes.
Head Smash	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Heal Bell	Does not cure status ailments.
Healing Wish	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Heat Wave	Does not cause burn.
Helping Hand	Does damage. No effect because of no double battles.
Hidden Power	May be broken (needs verifying)
High Jump Kick	Does not do recoil when move misses.
Hydro Cannon	Move does not currently exist in PWO.

I

Move Name	Why it's broken
Ice Ball	Does not increase damage over time.
Ice Fang	Move does not freeze or flinch.
Imprison	Does not block opponents same moves.
Ingrain	Does not heal over time.

J

Move Name	Why it's broken
Jump Kick	Does not do recoil when move misses.

K

Move Name	Why it's broken
Kinesis	Doesn't lower accuracy.
Knock Off	Does damage. Does not knock off held items(because they don't exist!)

L

Move Name	Why it's broken
Last Resort	does not require any other moves to be activated before using it.
Leaf Storm	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Leech Life	Does not restore HP.
Leer	does not gradually reduce defense (reduces to minimum in one turn).
Light Screen	Does damage
Lock-On	Does not grant sure hit status.
Lovely Kiss	Does not induce sleep.
Low Kick	does not do damage based on opponent's weight.
Lucky Chant	Has no effect at all within PWO.

M

Move Name	Why it's broken
Mach Punch	"Move Priority" is ignored, so the move does not have an increased chance of going first.
Magical Leaf	Is not a sure hit attack
Magnitude	This move is not properly supported by PWO, and is treated as a low-damage attack.
Magma Storm	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Me First	Does little damage
Mean Look	Does not block opponent from fleeing or switching.
Mega Drain	Only does damage - does not heal the user.
Meditate	Does damage.
Memento	Does not cause the user to faint; does not lower the opponent's attack or special attack by 2 stages each.
Metronome	The ability to change the attack to another attack at random is not supported by PWO, so this move is treated as a minimal damage attack instead.
Milk Drink	Does not heal hp.
Mimic	Does not mimic opponent's last used move.
Mind Reader	Does not grant sure hit status.
Minimize	Does damage. Does not raise evasiveness.
Mirror Coat	Does damage. Does not counter special moves.
Mirror Move	Does damage. Does not use last move used by opponent.
Mist	Doesn't prevent Stat changes, and does small damage to the opponent.
Moonlight	Does damage. Does not heal HP.
Mud-Shot	Does not lower speed.
Mud-Slap	Doesn't lower Accuracy.
Muddy Water	Does not lower accuracy.

N

Move Name	Why it's broken
Natural Gift	Does not work due to lack of held items.
Nature Power	Does not use a move based on location.
Nightmare	Does little damage. Does not require sleep.

O

Move Name	Why it's broken
Odor Sleuth	Does not grant ability to hit ghost types with fighting or normal type moves. Does not reset evasiveness.

P

Move Name	Why it's broken
Pain Split	Has no effect on the user's and opponent's HP.
Pay Day	Does not affect the battle's Prize Money in any way.
Perish Song	Does not faint all pokemon on field in 3 turns.
Present	Does little damage.
Protect	No attack-evading effect, does damage.
Psych Up	Gives no Stat boosts, does damage when it shouldn't.
Psycho Shift	Does not transfer the user's status ailments to the opponent, nor does it cure them.
Psywave	Does incorrect damage.
Pursuit	Does not hit opponent for more damage when switching.

Q

Move Name	Why it's broken
Quick Attack	Does not guarantee first strike.

R

Move Name	Why it's broken
Rage	Does not grow more Powerful with continued use.
Rain Dance	Doesn't increase the power of Water moves.
Rapid spin	Ignores speed.
Recover	Does damage. Does not heal HP.
Recycle	Has no effect at all within PWO, due to the lack of ability for Pokémon to hold items.
Reflect	Does damage. Does not lower power of physical type moves.
Refresh	Does not cure status ailments.
Rest	Does not heal user's HP of status ailment, does not afflict user with Sleep, does damage.
Revenge	Does not double in attack power if the user takes damage in the same turn.
Reversal	Move does not deal increased damage with lowered HP.
Roar	Doesn't make the wild Pokémon flee, or change the opponent.
Rock Blast	May hit up to six times. Moves should not hit more than five times.
Rollout	doesn't increase damage each time it's used.
Role Play	Does damage. No affect due to lack of abilities.
Roost	Does not restore HP; does not remove the flying-type attribute of the user.
Round	Does not increase in power when used consecutively by an ally.

S

Move Name	Why it's broken
Safeguard	Move does damage. Does not protect against status ailments.
Sandstorm	Does not cause damage every turn. Does little damage.
Sand Tomb	Hits multiple times on one round, and lasts only one round. Also, it does not prevent switching and escaping from battle.
Scary Face	Does little damage, doesn't bring speed down (shows 0 speed reduction)
Scratch	Does little or no damage.
Screech	Lowers DEF too much. (possibly works like leer?)
Seed Flare	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Seismic Toss	Does little damage. Does not do damage based off of opponent's level.
Selfdestruct	You still get EXP if this move knocks out the opponent's Pokémon.
Shadow Claw	Does not have increased critical strike chance
Sketch	Can not copy an opponent's move permanently, due to PWO's current mechanics.
Skull Bash	Immediately does damage and doesn't raise Defence.
Slack Off	Low damage and does not recover HP.
Sleep Talk	Does slight damage.
Smog	Does damage but secondary effect (40% chance of poisoning) does not work.
Snore	Can be used while User is not Asleep.
Snatch	Does damage. Does not steal stat-changing move.
Softboiled	Does not heal HP
Solarbeam	Does not require a turn of charging, instead attacks instantly.
Sonicboom	Is not fixed at 20 Damage; does very weak damage (but is effective if combined with Screech).
Spit up	Does little damage. Does not increase in power with stockpile.
Spikes	Has no effect - will not damage Pokémon switching in.
Spite	This move has no effect in PWO because PP has not been implemented yet.
Splash	Does damage.
Spore	Sleep is bugged. (Is it really? I thought this was fixed...)
Stockpile	Does little damage. Does not work with Spit Up or Swallow.
Stored Power	Does not deal damage in accordance with the user's stats
String Shot	Does damage. (Lowers speed? Needs verifying)
Substitute	Does not create a substitute; does slight damage.
Sucker Punch	Always does damage
Sunny Day	Does damage. Does not increase power of fire type moves.
Superpower	Does not decrease attack and defense.
Super Fang	Does no damage.
Swagger	Does not raise attack or confuse.
Swallow	Does little damage. Does not work with Stockpile.
Sweet Scent	Doesn't reduce evasiveness and does low damage.
Synchronoise	Has no effect at all within PWO, because double-battles have not been implemented yet.
Synthesis	Does not heal HP.

T

Move Name	Why it's broken
Tail Whip	Reduces Defence down to its minimal value. When you switch Pokémon, the amount of Defense lowered from the Original Pokémon is transferred to your next Pokémon. May, or may not cause damage to your Pokémon.
Take Down	Does not give recoil damage.
Taunt	Does not make opponent use attacking moves.
Teleport	Does damage; does not escape from combat/return you to Pokécenter.
Thrash	Does not confuse the user
Thunder Fang	Move does not paralyze or flinch.
Torment	Does not prevent opponent from using the same move twice.
Toxic Spikes	Does not poison. Does not stack and badly poison.
Transform	Does damage and does not Transform the user in any way.
Trick	Has no effect at all within PWO, due to the lack of ability for Pokémon to hold items.

U

Move Name	Why it's broken
Uproar	Does not prevent sleep.

V

Move Name	Why it's broken
Volt Tackle	Move does not currently exist in PWO.

W

Move Name	Why it's broken
Wake-up Slap	Does not deal double damage to a sleeping opponent. Also does not wake them.
Water Pulse	Does little damage and does not cause confusion
Water Sport	Does not reduce the Attack Power of Fire-type Attacks; does low damage.
Water Spout	Damage set at 75 (intentional).
Weather Ball	Can not change its attack type, due to the absence of weather effects being implemented in battle in PWO.
Whirlwind	Does not end the battle/force opponent to switch Pokémon.
Whirlpool	Does not do a small amount of damage per turn.
Will-o-Wisp	status BURN Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Wish	Has no effect at all within PWO.
Withdraw	Does damage(?). Does not raise defense.
WoodHammer	Does not have recoil. (needs verifying on if it does normal damage)
Worry Seed	Does not prevent opponent from sleeping.
Wrap	Hits multiple times in one round; and only lasts one round.
Wring Out	Move does not currently exist in PWO.

X

There are no broken moves beginning with X currently known.

Y

Move Name	Why it's broken
Yawn	Does not induce sleep, does a little damage.

Z

There are no broken moves beginning with Z currently known.