Why don't many people use the Quick Claw?

Question

Quick Claw is such an amazing item- It lets the user go first, but no one ever uses Quick Claw and I just want to know why.

Comments

Maybecuz it's unreliable and other items can do more damage?

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Simply, it only has a chance of working, which makes it undesirable

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What format/rules are you asking about?

Answer 1

Quick Claw is not a good item for competitive at all. It works randomly (and rarely, only 20% of the time) and there's no guarantee it will activate on a turn where you actually did go second.

You can't base your decision-making on low % random chances, so Quick Claw plainly doesn't factor into your game most of the time.

In other words, you are never going to make a play that depends on Quick Claw working. On the other hand, you can always trust an item like Choice Scarf to hit a speed benchmark or Life Orb to secure an OHKO. You want items with a consistent, dependable and useful effect. Quick Claw is an unpredictable luck item.

Comments

I've used quick claw many times in many games. But I never heard that this works pretty rarely!!! And in most times..... It works!!

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I don't really know what to tell you. It's a fact that Quick Claw fails 80% of the time.

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I don't know! It used to work for me most times! Perhaps it might be happening only for me!

Answer 2

Becuase it’s not reliable.
It only works 20% of the time. 1/5th of the time. That’s not very often. You could just use a choice scarf or some other item that is more reliable.

Answer 3

Quick Claw is not used because it is not reliable enough for competitive impact. It only has a 20% chance to activate, meaning 1/5th of the time. It would be better to use a move like Sucker Punch for priority

Comments

2 things. 1, what does this add that the others dont? 2, sucker punch is also somehwat unreliable