Congratulations everyone, you survived the first day. In honor of this achievement you’re now level five. Before you jump the gun and start busting out sweet moves allow me to educate you about how we handle Pokémon learning attacks.

You learn new attacks largely by practice. Some things come more naturally to you than others; moves you learn via level up will generally be easier because your body feels “ready” to apply it. Though it’s also possible to learn moves that aren’t normally gained through level up with sufficient knowledge and training, the former which would be difficult considering how odd this world is for some. For example, learning TM moves essentially requires a teacher or some sort of instruction to guide you through the steps. Egg moves are possibly even more difficult to learn as you need to study with someone who knows the move and how to teach it to you.

So the short of it: learn new moves by training and eventually you’ll get it. Or via move tutor. Additionally the moves you learn may not always be in the order you’re suppose to get them via level; Trevor may learn Ember before he learns smokescreen for example. It’s all about what you put time into.