2nd Gen The Berserk Gene

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    I'm sure most of you have heard of the Berserk Gene that you get in GSC at the place Mewtwo once was. Ever wondered why it never appeared in any other Pokemon games or generations? Also could the Berserk Gene be leftover remains from Mewtwo? What's your theory?
     
    Definitely some portion of Mewtwo that became unstable and fell off. I, for one, would love for this item to return to the current games, just for the nostalgia factor.
     
    what does the Beserk Gene do? do I find it in Cerulean cave?
     
    The berserk gene raises your attack by six stages, just like belly drum, and makes you permanently confused. Even if you baton pass the +6 stat boost, the confusion status gets passed on too. This could be circumvented by having the Pokemon you baton pass to hold an item that cures confusion. In that way, Berserk Gene would be pretty gnarly in a baton pass set like that. It could even be game breaking, because it is the Belly Drum without the HP-halving. But there is still a good chance your Pokemon will hit itself in confusion and get defeated before it can use Baton Pass, so it is really ballsy. Super-risky, but it would make one heckuva sweep.

    I was just thinking about this stuff involving the Berserk Gene the other day. Very cool.

    ADDITIONAL: Disregard the +6 boost, it's really just a +2 boost!
     
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    Wow, thanks a lot power surge, I think I'm going to try that out with a Smeargle Baton Pass team.
     
    @Powersage

    Does it really increase Pokemon's attack to maximum? Always thought it's a one-time self-swagger.
     
    Gah, you are right, it only raises it by 2 stages = 2x attack. Whoops, I got tripped up on the 2x attack, sorry. Thanks TehFisharmahn.
     
    Completely forgot about this item....

    Never used it because of the confusion factor involved but it'd be pretty cool to see if any Pokemon with the 'Own Tempo' ability could abuse it since they wouldn't get confused...maybe too broken? Basically a free x2 attack boost at that point.
     
    Champloo said:
    Completely forgot about this item....

    Never used it because of the confusion factor involved but it'd be pretty cool to see if any Pokemon with the 'Own Tempo' ability could abuse it since they wouldn't get confused...maybe too broken? Basically a free x2 attack boost at that point.
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    I never knew this item even existed until recently... I played G/S/C when I was much younger though. The item was only in GEN II, abilities where introduced in GEN III... I wouldn't think it would break the game, a +2 Attack boost for confusion, any Pokemon with high attack stat with that boost could 2HKO itself!
     
    I remember finding this thing, but never thought too much about it. I suppose it doesn't make much sense to bring it back though.
     
    If any of ya played Pokemon New Gold 2012 hack, many trainer's Pokemon there had Berserk Gene and it's really bad to see a Machamp begin a fight in this manner...
     
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