Do Stakataka or the other Ultra Beasts have smart battle AI?

Question

I'm fighting Stakataka and it kept going for Rock Blast against my Dewgong, so now I'm curious.

Comments

Well they have smarter ai than most pokemon so I would say yes

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what counts as "smart battle ai?"

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Specifically choosing the super effect move instead of just clicking random stuff. There's probably more that defines smart battle AI, but I don't know what all it is.

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ok. i dont have access to usum but i wish you luck in finding ur answer

Answer 1

Yes they do. They have smarter ai than most Pokemon, using specific moves for certain types of Pokemon than just randomly using moves. They have the same AI as “boss” Pokemon like the totems or the easy ultra Necrozma.

Comments

You're probably right, but do you have a source?

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https://essentialsdocs.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_AI
Second paragraph below skill level chart

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Information on this is surprisingly hard to find, wow. I'm not quite sure if this site is solely for fan projects or if it builds off of the game ai, but the info tracks based on what I've seen, so I'll take it, thanks!

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Glad I could help

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That site is for a modified RPG Maker used to create fan Pokemon games. Perhaps this same logic also applies to official Pokemon games, but I don't think that we can safely assume anything on this wiki directly mirrors how the official games work. Especially considering it seems to be more based on the gen 3 and 4 games, I can't imagine it would accurately recreate how gen 6+ works.

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I'm going to keep this selected for now, as while I don't know about totems and Ultra Necrozma, I can say that my tests with other ultra beasts show that they do have different AI than regular wild Pokemon, as in they consistently go for certain moves instead of just clicking random things.