Was just a weird way to word it as a "Status"
I assume it works like Fire Spin/Leech Seed and the like.
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Was just a weird way to word it as a "Status"
I assume it works like Fire Spin/Leech Seed and the like.
Presumably they don't, just like with the old stuff that gives boosts without literally boosting stats.
Wanna double check these:
- If you use Shed Tail with less than 50% of your max. HP remaining, do you fail completely, dry pass with no Substitute, KO yourself, or do something else?
- Does Fillet Away fail or self-KO if you use with less than 50%(-75% for Sharpness, apparently) of your max. HP remaining?
I haven't seen mention of it here, but I saw some talk in the main discussion thread that Thermal Exchange granted a Fire-type attack immunity as well as the Attack boost.
After watching a buddy of mine test it, I can confirm this is NOT the case. He had his Scream Tail use Flamethrower on a wild Frigibax. It took the damage as normal, and then got the Attack boost from Thermal Exchange. I believe he was on the patched Scarlet version as well, so it should be up to date.
After watching a buddy of mine test it, I can confirm this is NOT the case. He had his Scream Tail use Flamethrower on a wild Frigibax. It took the damage as normal, and then got the Attack boost from Thermal Exchange. I believe he was on the patched Scarlet version as well, so it should be up to date.
Yeah, the Ability descriptions make the distinction. When they give an immunity (such as Sap Sipper) they explicitly say the pokemon takes "no damage".
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Yup! Most of the time that's right. But then we may come across another Water Bubble situation where it has like 3 other effects than the text. Mainly just confirming here cause I saw the chatter in the other thread about an immunity and had my friend test it while he was playing.
It doesn't bypass Immunity, so probably not.
I did testing on Fire's damage boost from the Sun, figured I should do that since I tested Koraidon's ability!
The level 68 Koraidon had a Special Attack stat of 141, and used Flamethrower against a level 57 Gabite with a Special Defense stat of 66.
This seems pretty inline with Fire moves still being boosted by 1.5 in the sun!
Also on a side note: Terablast can be used without Terrastalizying, it'll just be normal typed!
The level 68 Koraidon had a Special Attack stat of 141, and used Flamethrower against a level 57 Gabite with a Special Defense stat of 66.
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This seems pretty inline with Fire moves still being boosted by 1.5 in the sun!
Also on a side note: Terablast can be used without Terrastalizying, it'll just be normal typed!
Can you clarify this? You mean it's not multiplicative, or it doesn't boost at all if you have Iron Fist?
About Tera Blast, does it always hit the opponent's Sp. Defense even when it uses the attacker's ATK?
Nah it's like Photon Geyser, so just switches spectrum.
Sorry, I just found it! Kalalokki answered this here!
Regenerator is unchanged!
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Is color change coded in the game? If so, does it over ride tera type changes?
Hi. New to Smogon, so apologies if I do anything incorrectly. I have footage for all claims if requested and will happily send via Discord (DarkFE#4248).
I tested this for the Doubles OU Discord. I did it using Sweet Scent, which is similar, and achieved 100% chance to hit 10 times using Population Bomb across 12+ consecutive attempts. An edit for clarity: I tested without this and did get less than 10 often, including 6 hits and 4 hits. I know there's been some confusion around this mechanic being bugged or such, so felt the need to add this.
It does not copy the opposing Tera Type on Transform, instead copying the natural Type. If you Tera your Transformed Ditto, it becomes Ditto's own Tera Type. If Ditto switches out and back in, it has its Tera Type still applied on switch-in prior to Transform. If Ditto proceeds to Transform again, it stays its Tera Type instead of copying the opponent's Typing.
I tested this for the Doubles OU Discord. I did it using Sweet Scent, which is similar, and achieved 100% chance to hit 10 times using Population Bomb across 12+ consecutive attempts. An edit for clarity: I tested without this and did get less than 10 often, including 6 hits and 4 hits. I know there's been some confusion around this mechanic being bugged or such, so felt the need to add this.
It does not copy the opposing Tera Type on Transform, instead copying the natural Type. If you Tera your Transformed Ditto, it becomes Ditto's own Tera Type. If Ditto switches out and back in, it has its Tera Type still applied on switch-in prior to Transform. If Ditto proceeds to Transform again, it stays its Tera Type instead of copying the opponent's Typing.
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Latter.
What happens if you Terastallize and then change your typing (like with protean) afterwards? Terstallizing let's you keep your STABs even when your Tera-type is completely different, does this property carry over when you change your type again? Or do Type-changing effects fail while Terastallize?
Does Ice Spinner fail if there isn't terrain?
Guard Dog activates when Intimidate does and simply raises the Attack by 1 stage instead of lowering it.
Both fail.
Afaik no move changes in PLA has persisted to SV.
Both yes.
Type changing things like Soak fails as tested by Theorymon and I just tested Reflect Type and it also fails. Don't have a cat so I can't test Protean.
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Does Oricorio’s revelation dance change to match the Tera type when terrastalized? I believe it normally copies primary type so curious if that is overwritten and this ends up being a more powerful alternative to Tera Blast
Does Booster Energy act as an Invisible boost when consumed, and thus, uncopyable from Ditto?
Furthermore, Booster Energy doesn't activate if your respective weather/terrain is already up, but if you consume Booster Energy and then set the sun/terrain up the next turn, do you still get the boost? Or does it not amp you since you just used the energy?
Furthermore, Booster Energy doesn't activate if your respective weather/terrain is already up, but if you consume Booster Energy and then set the sun/terrain up the next turn, do you still get the boost? Or does it not amp you since you just used the energy?
How do invisible boosts from Protosynthesis/Quark drive interact with regular visible stat boosts? Are they the same and additive in nature? If so, are you only able to gain 5 regular stat boosts now, or do you still get to boost to +6 (effectively +7)?
Alternatively, are these boosts multiplicative in nature (which would give a total stat boost of 2.15x at +1/+1, 3x at +1/+2, and so on)?
Alternatively, are these boosts multiplicative in nature (which would give a total stat boost of 2.15x at +1/+1, 3x at +1/+2, and so on)?