It used to be the case that the Legacy Move List grew over time as Niantic changed moves from Pokemon movepools in updates following the game's release. Moves from events were also slowly added to this page. This all changed with the introduction of the Elite TM. Though a rare/expensive item, this now allows many more players to obtain moves previously disregarded by many. Additionally, it's the current trend for Niantic to simply add moves to Pokemon without taking any away, resulting in the creation of less legacy moves (though some do still occur).

Wanting to keep the definition of Legacy moves the same, we've removed any moves from this page that can now be taught via Elite TM. What remains on this list are moves forgotten or ignored by Niantic.