What do these VGC damage ranges mean?
Jul. 11, 2018Porygon2 used Thunderbolt!The opposing Incineroar lost16.8–20.8%of its health!
What is up with the damage ranges? 16.8-20.8%? Isn’t it one or the other? I know that generally moves have damage ranges, which is why you can use the same move on the same Pokemon and have it be noticeably weaker than the last time you used it, but when you actually use the move you’re dealing a certain amount of damage, not a range of it.
Sorry, I don’t know how to explain it. I don’t know if VGC works a bit differently when it comes to this stuff, since this was my first time in this metagame.
Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.
Showdown gives the possible damage range rather than the actual damage percentage in cartridge formats (so BSS, BSD, and VGC) because it’s meant to replicate battles as accurately as possible to playing on an actual 3DS, which doesn’t give you the exact amount; the best you could do is estimate based on damage calculations, which SD does for you.
