What's So Good About False Swipe?

I’ve heard in some places that so-and-so is good because it has scrappy, so it can hit ghosts with False Swipe, or it can learn Foresight and False Swipe, which makes it good. False Swipe is literally just an underpowered Scratch. Why is there the notion that it’s good?

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False Swipe is useful for 1 thing, and 1 thing only – making it stupidly easy to capture Wild Pokemon. False Swipe is guaranteed to always leave the target with 1 HP, no matter the circumstances. This is also why it pairs well with Scrappy and Foresight – as a Normal type move, False Swipe cannot hit Ghost Pokemon… without the application of Scrappy or Foresight.

False Swipe Only Is Useful in-gameFalse swipe has low power, except if the move were to KO the other Pokemon then it would leave it with one HP.This is useful for catching a certain Pokemon or shiny hunting.It has no competitive use whatsoever though, if you want a good normal type move, Use double edgeIf you are hunting for a ghost type, use Pangoro with False Swipe so it can hit ghosts.Hope this helped!

It always leave the Pokemon with 1hp which makes wild Pokémon way easier to catch. It has no use in competitive play whatsoever