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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Answer 1

Quick Claw is a bad item in competitive because:

1. It does nothing 80% of the time
2. In practice, it's a bad idea to make your decisions based on a random low % chance
3. Even if it does activate, you may not have moved last to begin with

You're almost 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 dependable and useful effect. Quick Claw is an unpredictable luck item.

The only exception is Galarian Slowbro, whose ability Quick Draw stacks with Quick Claw. When combined, it has a 44% chance of gaining priority, which is much better. It's still an inconsistent gimmick set, but at least you can expect it to activate often.

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