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Pokemon Sword & Shield list of silently removed moves

By:Adnan Kljajic - Nem
Published: 23:10, 11 November 2019
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Pokemon Sword and Shield

Pokemon fans became furious after learning that Gamefreak are removing 129 moves from Pokemon Sword and Shield, without any prior announcement, according to data miners. Here is a list of moves that will not make an appearance.

Creative destruction is usually not a bad thing, especially if the new content is bound to bring fans a lot of joy in the future. However, Pokemon Sword and Shield fans got riled up after learning that Gamefreak removed numerous moves from the upcoming titles. 

This is in part due to the fact that Pokemon fans can get attached to a certain Pokemon or its moves and losing them could be a deal-breaker. The other part of the disappointment is that the fans have been kept in the dark.

It is through data mining that the information surfaced as the developers didn't announce it themselves and the fact that some iconic moves such as Karate Chop are not making an appearance only fanned the flames further. 

We filtered the moves from the list found in the data dump but in case you see a duplicate, it is there because some of the moves apparently had two planned versions. 

The full list is as follows:

  1. Karate Chop 
  2. Double Slap 
  3. Comet Punch
  4. Razor Wind 
  5. Jump Kick
  6. Rolling Kick
  7. Twineedle
  8. Sonic Boom
  9. Dragon Rage
  10. Meditate
  11. Rage
  12. Barrier 
  13. Bide
  14. Mirror Move
  15. Egg Bomb
  16. Bone Club
  17. Clamp
  18. Spike Cannon
  19. Constrict
  20. Kinesis
  21. Barrage
  22. Bubble
  23. Dizzy Punch
  24. Flash
  25. Psywave
  26. Sharpen
  27. Spider Web
  28. Nightmare
  29. Feint Attack
  30. Foresight
  31. Return
  32. Frustration
  33. Magnitude
  34. Pursuit
  35. Hidden Power
  36. Smelling Salts
  37. Assist
  38. Refresh
  39. Snatch
  40. Secret Power
  41. Camouflage
  42. Mud Sport
  43. Ice Ball
  44. Needle Arm
  45. Odor Sleuth
  46. Silver Wind
  47. Grass Whistle
  48. Signal Beam
  49. Sky Uppercut
  50. Water Sport
  51. Miracle Eye
  52. Wake-Up Slap
  53. Natural Gift
  54. Embargo
  55. Trump Card
  56. Heal Block
  57. Wring Out
  58. Lucky Chant
  59. Me First
  60. Punishment
  61. Mud Bomb
  62. Mirror Shot
  63. Rock Climb
  64. Magnet Bomb
  65. Captivate
  66. Heal Order
  67. Ominous Wind
  68. Telekinesis
  69. Flame Burst
  70. Synchronoise
  71. Chip Away
  72. Sky Drop
  73. Bestow
  74. Heart Stamp
  75. Steamroller
  76. Rototiller
  77. Ion Deluge
  78. Breakneck Blitz
  79. All-Out Pummeling
  80. Supersonic Skystrike
  81. Acid Downpour
  82. Acid Downpour
  83. Tectonic Rage
  84. Tectonic Rage
  85. Continental Crush
  86. Savage Spin-Out
  87. Never-Ending Nightmare
  88. Corkscrew Crash
  89. Inferno Overdrive
  90. Hydro Vortex
  91. Bloom Doom
  92. Gigavolt Havoc
  93. Shattered Psyche
  94. Subzero Slammer
  95. Devastating Drake
  96. Black Hole Eclipse
  97. Twinkle Tackle
  98. Catastropika
  99. Spotlight
  100. Sinister Arrow Raid
  101. Malicious Moonsault
  102. Oceanic Operetta
  103. Guardian of Alola
  104. Soul-Stealing 
  105. 7-Star Strike
  106. Stoked Sparksurfer
  107. Pulverizing Pancake
  108. Extreme Evoboost
  109. Genesis Supernova
  110. 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt
  111. Light That Burns the Sky
  112. Searing Sunraze Smash
  113. Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom
  114. Let’s Snuggle Forever
  115. Splintered Stormshards
  116. Clangorous Soulblaze
  117. Zippy Zap
  118. Splishy Splash
  119. Floaty Fall
  120. Pika Papow
  121. Bouncy Bubble
  122. Buzzy Buzz
  123. Sizzly Slide
  124. Glitzy Glow
  125. Baddy Bad
  126. Sappy Seed
  127. Freezy Frost
  128. Sparkly Swirl
  129. Veevee Volley 
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