Waterfall or Liquidation?

Sorry for the barrage of Floatzel questions, but I was wondering. I never seem to flinch with Waterfall. This is for the Battle Tree, by the way.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

I personally don’t like relying on luck, as it often backfires when you can just do more damage than have a small chance of hax. People use Sheer Force Pokémon all the time for this very reason. Liquidation has a 20% chance to drop defense, and Waterfall has a 30% chance to flinch (Helix716 is wrong it isn’t 20%). Liquidation has 5 more BP than Waterfall. Let’s go over the pros and cons of both

Liquidation- 5 more Base Power- 20% chance to get a defense drop

Waterfall- 30% chance to flinch

Also, I disagree with Helix716 that defense drops don’t matter. They certainly aren’t viable, but I think the defense drop can come in clutch at moments in a battle. I know flinches are better than defense drops, but flinches rely more on its chance to flinch than to OHKO withthat extra 5 base damage.

Conclusion - Everybody has a different opinion on the matter (I think Liquidation is better) and you must make your own personal assessment from the information provided

Waterfall.Because 20% chances of flinching can be useful sometimes. I have never seen liquidation to lower anything. Lowering defense is not necessary, because opponent can switch out to another Pokemon.