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.
Ally Switch	Has no effect at all within PWO.
Aqua Ring	Does not restore the user's HP.
Aromatherapy	Does not cure Status Ailments for any Pokémon.
Attract	Does damage. Does not attract the opponent.
Autotomize	Does not decrease the user's weight, because weight is currently not accounted for in battle in PWO.

B

Move Name	Why it's broken
Barrier	Inflicts slight damage. Does not increase the user's defense.
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.
Block	Does damage. Does not block opponent from fleeing or switching.
Blue Flare	Inflicts minimal damage.
Bolt Strike	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.
Bulk Up	Does not increase the user's attack and defense.
Bulldoze	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Bug Bite	Inflicts damage, but it has no secondary effect due to the lack of ability for Pokémon to hold items.

C

Move Name	Why it's broken
Calm Mind	Move does damage and does not increase Sp.Atk or Sp.Def
Camouflage	Move does little damage and does not change type in accordance to surroundings.
Captivate	Move does little damage. Does not affect stats
Charge	Does not double the damage of the user's following electric attack.
Charm	Move does slight damage. Does not lower the opponent's attack.
Circle Throw	Inflicts slight damage. Does not end wild Pokémon battles or switch the opposing Pokémon in trainer battles.
Clear Smog	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Coil	Does not raise the user's attack, defense, and accuracy.
Constrict	Does not lower the target's speed.
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.
Copycat	Does not cause the user to select the move that was used last.
Cosmic Power	Does not increase the user's defense and special defense.
Cotton Guard	Does not increase the user's defense.
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!)
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
Dark Void	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Defend Order	Does not increase the user's defense and special defense stats.
Defog	Does not affect the opponent's evasion stat.
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.
Dig	The move is fully executed in one turn.
Disable	Doesn't disable any moves.
Dive	The move is fully executed in one turn.
Doom Desire	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Double Team	Does little damage. Does not raise evasiveness.
Dragon Tail	Inflicts slight damage. Does not end wild Pokémon battles or switch the opposing Pokémon in trainer battles.
Dream Eater	Can hit while Opponent is not Asleep.
Dual Chop	Move does little damage and does not strike twice in one turn.

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.
Electroweb	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Embargo	Has no effect at all within PWO due to the lack of ability for Pokémon to hold items.
Encore	Does not make opponent repeat its attack.
Endeavor	Does not lower opponents HP to yours.
Endure	Does not endure a hit.
Entrainment	Has no effect at all within PWO, because abilities currently are not implemented.
Eruption	Damage set at 75 (intentional).
Explosion	Damage has been intentionally reduced to its minimal value.
Extremespeed	Doesn't ignore Opponent's Speed.

F

Move Name	Why it's broken
Fake Out	Damage calculation is incorrect.
Fake Tears	Does not lower the opponent's special defense.
False Swipe	Kills opponent, does not leave 1hp left.
FeatherDance	Does not guarantee lowered attack.
Fiery Dance	Does slight damage.
Final Gambit	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Fire Fang	Does not cause flinching or burn.
Fire Pledge	Does slight damage.
Fire Spin	Does only a little damage.
Flail	Does low damage and no base power increases.
Flatter	Does not raise opponents Sp.Atk or confuse.
Flame Charge	Does not raise the user's speed stat.
Flare Blitz	Does not do recoil damage.
Flame Burst	Does not hit opponent next to it, due to no double battles existing
Fling	Does not have a variable base power, due to the lack of the ability for Pokémon to hold items.
Fly	Move strikes instantly, and can be executed in a single turn.
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.
Foul Play	Has no effect at all within PWO, because it does not calculate damage based off of the opponent's attack stat.
Freeze Shock	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Frost Breath	Only deals slight damage, and there are no critical hits in PWO.
Frustration	Has no variable base power, because happiness currently is not implemented in PWO.
Fusion Bolt	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Fusion Flare	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.
Gear Grind	Only deals slight damage.
Giga Drain	Does not recover 1/2 of damage to user's HP.
Giga Impact	Move is executed in a single turn.
Glaciate	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Grass Knot	Does little damage. Does not account the opponent's weight in the damage calculation.
Grass Pledge	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
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)
Grudge	This move has no effect in PWO because PP has not been implemented yet.
Guard Split	Does not average the user's Defense and Special Defense stats with the opponent.
Guard Swap	Does not switchany changes to the user's Defense stat and Special Defense stat with any changes to the target's Defense stat and Special Defense stat
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 Charge	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Heal Bell	Does not cure status ailments.
Heal Block	Does not prevent the functioning of any moves.
Heal Order	Does not recover the user's health.
Heal Pulse	Does not restore the target's HP.
Healing Wish	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Heart Stamp	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Heart Swap	Does not swap any stat change with the target.
Heat Crash	Does not take weight into account in its damage calculation.
Heat Wave	Does not cause burn.
Heavy Slam	Does not take weight into account in its damage calculation.
Helping Hand	Does damage. No effect because of no double battles.
Hex	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Hidden Power	May be broken (needs verifying)
High Jump Kick	Does not do recoil when move misses.
Hone Claws	Does not increase the user's attack and accuracy.
Horn Leech	Inflicts little damage and does not restore the user's HP.
Hyper Beam	Move is executed in one turn and its damage is intentionally nerfed to 120 base power.

I

Move Name	Why it's broken
Ice Ball	Does not increase damage over time.
Ice Burn	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Ice Fang	Move does not freeze or flinch.
Icicle Crash	Does not cause the target to flinch.
Imprison	Does not block opponents same moves.
Incinerate	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
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 Tornado	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.
Low Kick	does not do damage based on opponent's weight.
Low Sweep	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Lucky Chant	Has no effect at all within PWO.
Lunar Dance	Does not faint the user and additionally does not affect the following Pokémon's HP, PP, and status ailments.
Luster Purge	Move does not currently exist in 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.
Magic Coat	Does not reflect the opponent's status ailments inflicted on the user.
Magic Room	Has no effect at all within PWO, due to the lack of the ability for Pokémon to hold items.
Magnet Rise	Does not immunize the user from Ground-type attacks.
Magnitude	This move is not properly supported by PWO, and is treated as a low-damage attack.
Me First	Does little damage
Mean Look	Does not block opponent from fleeing or switching.
Meditate	Does damage.
Mega Drain	Only does damage - does not heal the user.
Memento	Does not cause the user to faint; does not lower the opponent's attack or special attack by 2 stages each.
Metal Burst	Does not return 1.5 times the damage dealt by the foe's last attack.
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.
Miracle Eye	Does not remove a Dark-type Pokémon's immunity to Psychic-type attacks.
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.
Mist Ball	Does not inflict damage.
Moonlight	Does damage. Does not heal HP.
Morning Sun	Does damage. Does not heal HP.
Mud-Shot	Does not lower speed.
Mud Sport	Does not reduce the damage of Electric-type moves.

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.
Night Daze	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
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.
Outrage	Does not inflict damage for 2-3 continuous turns; does not confuse the user.

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.
Power Split	Does not average the user's Defense and Special Defense stats with the opponent.
Power Swap	Does not swap any change in the user's Attack stat and Special Attack stat with any changes to the target's Attack stat and Special Attack stat.
Power Trick	Does not switch the user's attack with its defense stat.
Present	Does little damage.
Protect	No attack-evading effect, does damage.
Psych Up	Gives no Stat boosts, does damage when it shouldn't.
Psycho Boost	Move does not currently exist in PWO.
Psycho Shift	Does not transfer the user's status ailments to the opponent, nor does it cure them.
Psyshock	Damage calculation is incorrect.
Psystrike	Damage calculation is incorrect.
Psywave	Does incorrect damage.
Pursuit	Does not hit opponent for more damage when switching.

Q

Move Name	Why it's broken
Quash	Does not affect the opponent's priority.
Quick Guard	Has no effect at all within PWO.
Quick Attack	Does not guarantee first strike.
Quiver Dance	Does not raise the user's Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed.

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.