Wasteland Field seems glitched or in-game Field Notes and Wiki are wrong?

[Vinnie 214]

Just something I noticed when running through Aya again. I only did at most 4 battles between my two save files, so if anyone else could offer confirmation it'd be nice, but so far it looks like- 

 

The Random status from Acid Downpour, Gunk Shot, Sludge, Sludge Bomb, and Sludge Wave, isn't there. Or rather, just sludge wave, seeing as that's the only one Aya really uses. None of my non-poison, non-steel types have ever been inflicted by status, and I do remember that on past playthroughs it happened quite often. It could just be RNG which is why it'd be nice to get more opinions. 

 

Something else I'd like to check out/confirm is that Toxapex's Merciless ability is activated constantly on the field like it is on the Corrosive Fields. I doubt this is a glitch, and I think it fits honestly but it should be listed on the Field Dex. 

 

I don't really have time to battle Aya non-stop, I'll be checking it out again later, but I'd like some confirmation on these.

[Dreamblitz 1056]

1 hour ago, Vinnie said:

Just something I noticed when running through Aya again. I only did at most 4 battles between my two save files, so if anyone else could offer confirmation it'd be nice, but so far it looks like- 

 

The Random status from Acid Downpour, Gunk Shot, Sludge, Sludge Bomb, and Sludge Wave, isn't there. Or rather, just sludge wave, seeing as that's the only one Aya really uses. None of my non-poison, non-steel types have ever been inflicted by status, and I do remember that on past playthroughs it happened quite often. It could just be RNG which is why it'd be nice to get more opinions. 

 

Something else I'd like to check out/confirm is that Toxapex's Merciless ability is activated constantly on the field like it is on the Corrosive Fields. I doubt this is a glitch, and I think it fits honestly but it should be listed on the Field Dex. 

 

I don't really have time to battle Aya non-stop, I'll be checking it out again later, but I'd like some confirmation on these.

For the Merciless point, It's there in the field dex at the top of page 3.

Random status's should definitely be working, so it might be some extra factor like your pokemon having immunity, or the sludge waves being from a sheer force nidoqueen or something?

[Vinnie 214]

31 minutes ago, DreamblitzX said:

For the Merciless point, It's there in the field dex at the top of page 3.

Random status's should definitely be working, so it might be some extra factor like your pokemon having immunity, or the sludge waves being from a sheer force nidoqueen or something?

Yeah it actually is, it's weird that I missed it. I know on the wiki it was the only ability without a hyperlink.

 

I'm not sure about the sludge waves though, no pokemon with immunity abilities. I just remember the Dragalge hitting sludge wave multiple times but no random status's occurring. Is it a random chance, it could just be rng, but I don't remember it being so. The only thing I could think of would be if the status that was intended to be inflicted was 

[Autumn Zephyr 434]

Sludge Wave's chances of triggering a status effect is a mere 10% to begin with- it trades that chance for extra power compared to Sludge Bomb. Thus, it's entirely possible that it never rolled for you to get statused in the first place. Either that, or whenever it did roll for one, the following one from the Field itself would then roll up one that your pokemon is immune to thanks to their Type (Electrics are immune to Paralysis, Poisons are immune to Poison, Ices are immune the Freezing, and Fires are immune to Burns).