Is recoil capped by the target's HP?

Apr. 5, 2022

This is definitely a very dumb question, but I honestly couldn’t find a straight answer to my specific question anywhere, so sorry about that.To better explain, you can do far more damage than necessary to kill a Pokemon, so is recoil based on that damage or on the damage ACTUALLY done, AKA, if the opponent is full health, 300, is the recoil based on that 300?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Yes, recoil is maxed out at the opponent’s HP. If we had a Blaziken at 300 HP and we used a super effective Brave Bird (which would do more than KO it), we would only take 99 recoil Damage (1/3 of the damage dealt is the recoil for Brave Bird).

Source: Experience andhttps://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Recoil