Brine or Water Pulse?

I’ve been playing Pokemon Platinum and was wondering which move I should give my Floatzel:Brine or Water Pulse?

Both are strong special Water-type moves with their own advantages:Brine gets stronger when you’re below half-healthWater Pulse has a chance of confusing your enemies.

Tell me what move you think I should go with,including reasons why you think the move you chose is superior.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Actually,Water Pulseis the better move. Yes, Brine does 5 more damage, and can even deal double damage in some situations, but the move only has 10 PP. This will be a quite annoying factor in-game, so you are better off with Water Pulse, which does enough damage. Think about it. Would you really sacrifice 10 PP for 5 more damage?

Once you get the chance, however, Surf, Dive, and Waterfall are both better moves, as well as HMs that will help you get through the game without an HM slave.

Hope I helped. :)

If you mean in game (just for completing the main storyline) I think Surf would be the best option for the following reasons:- Respectable 90 Base Power- Perfect 100% accuracy- A required HM move to progress- 10 PP, much better than Hydro Pump’s terrible 5If you can only chose from Water pulse and Brine, then I would chose Brine because:- 5 more Base Power- Brine only has 20% chance to confuse, and a 50% chance of making the opponent hit themselves, so you’re basically never going to have Water Pulse’s secondary effectsIf you mean in competitive, then Hydro Pump for sure. That extra 30 Base Power over Surf makes plenty of Hydro Pump exclusive OHKOs.Also, Floatzel’s attack is 30 higher than his special attack, so you might want to consider a physical water move like Waterfall, which is also an HM move required to progress in the main storyline.

Brine is much better than water pulse