Vine Whip
| Vine Whip | |
|---|---|
 When used as an attack, Vine Whip has a powerful Sweetspot. | |
| User | Ivysaur |
| Universe | Pokémon |
Vine Whip is Ivysaur's up special move. With this move, Ivysaur lashes a pair of vines from its flower, which functions as both an attack and a tether recovery. Ivysaur will also gain some slight ascension. There are two "forms" for Vine Whip. The first is when Ivysaur is on the ground, Vine Whip being an attack that attacks at a forty-five degree angle in front of and above Ivysaur, with a powerful sweetspot at the end of the whip. The second is when Ivysaur uses it as a recovery, in which Vine Whip gains a deceptively long range, capable of nabbing the edge with a length far beyond the ground-based Vine Whip. Like Olimar's Pikmin Chain, Vine Whip will cause helplessness if used in the air. If left hanging on its vine for long enough, Ivysaur will panic & automatically retract to the ledge. Unfortunately, Ivysaur can easily be edgehogged while attempting to use the Vine Whip to recover. This can, however, be prevented by shooting a Razor Leaf to clear the edge-hog off the stage.
Ivysaur's grab also involves using its vines, being that it is quadrupedal and lacks arms.
Origins
Vine Whip is a Grass-type attack introduced in Generation I from the Pokemon series. It is often learned by low-level Grass Pokemon. It has no effect outside of battle. In battle, it is a weak attack, having only a base power of 35. However, it has 100% accuracy, meaning that it hits almost all the time, and has 10 PP in Generations I-III and 15 PP in Generations IV and V.
Trivia
- A small electric shock will be heard when the sweetspot of the vine hits another character. This is strange not only because the move has no electric properties in the Pokémon series, but in that the sweetspot is still considered a grass attack and not an electric attack.
- If used from far enough away, grabbing the front end of the Pirate Ship will cause Ivysaur to swing into the boat, rocketing downwards and resulting in a self-destruct.
