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Atma
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posted 06-14-2001 05:41 AM $Profile for Atma$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

If you've played around with Azure damage calulator (and who, if any of us, HASN'T?), eventually you'll wind up trying for maximum and minimum damage. Well, with low enough power and *0.25 effectiveness, it says it'll do 0 HP damage. But the game surely sets damage to a minimum of 1, right? I yanked out Pokemon Blue, pulled my level 55 Dragonite (146 Special) out of the box, and Flew to Route 24, where I battled until I found a level 13 Bellsprout (23-27 Special). The damage calulator predicts that Vine Whip (35 power, 99.6% accuracy) would do 0 damage. Draggy played the pokeflute, and Bellsprout used VineWhip. And...

Vine Whip missed!

Sure, that's possible. There IS that annoying 0.4% chance. So I kept blowing that Pokeflute, and...

The next three VineWhips also missed.

One miss is possible, but four consecutive 99.6% moves missing is a 1/4,294,967,296 chance (that's right, one in four billion). So now you have a useless fact to laugh about: 99.6% accurate moves WILL miss if they would otherwise do zero damage.

Oh yeah, this experiment is highly repeatable -- just take any pokemon who is 133 or higher Special and *4 resistant to Route 24 and look for Bellsprouts. In G/S it's even easier -- you can find level 3 Bellsprouts east of Violet City, and you only need 50 SD to cut them down to 0 damage.

Oh yeah, the fifth VineWhip hit... a Critical Hit! And, if you plug the numbers, CHs will do usually do 1 damage not 0, sooo...

- Atma, damn proud of watching a 99.6% move miss four times running

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Sifu Peng
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posted 06-14-2001 12:25 PM $Profile for Sifu Peng$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Sifu Peng$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Wow... that be some good research there.

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Dragonite21
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posted 06-14-2001 01:52 PM $Profile for Dragonite21$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

That's because, when damage dealt is lower than 1HP, the move automatically misses anyway.

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posted 06-14-2001 07:44 PM $Profile for incompetent$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email incompetent$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

There is, but one exception to the 0 damage policy. If a multi-turn normal type move is used on a ghost pokemon, the move will have no effect on the first turn and continue hitting for 0 damage on the next few turns.

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posted 06-15-2001 10:17 AM $Profile for Cyb758$ $Email Cyb758$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I tried it too with my level lv57 Draggy (138 spc) in blue and vine whip missed then the damn Bellsprout got smart and used growth twice and every hit after that took 1HP.

My conclusion: Bellsprouts are smart. We must destroy them all (an ice beam did that nicely btw).

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spunman
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posted 06-15-2001 08:25 PM $Profile for spunman$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

phunny... in g/s it just hits and does 0 damage. get a mega happy wigglytuff, give him frustration, and start swingin'. it's fun.

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Mewone
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posted 06-16-2001 01:22 AM $Profile for Mewone$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Or the level 0 Seismic Tosser...

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LavosPhoenix
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posted 06-20-2001 10:56 AM $Profile for LavosPhoenix$ $Email LavosPhoenix$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Well, I haven't ever played around with the Damage Calculator....

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posted 09-09-2001 11:07 AM $Profile for Living on air bubbles$ $Email Living on air bubbles$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Useless fact

Good job atma

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Mu
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posted 09-09-2001 08:33 PM $Profile for Mu$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Mu$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:
Originally posted by Living on air bubbles:
Useless fact
Good job atma

Bringing back dead posts, good job assmuncher.

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White Cat
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posted 09-10-2001 03:16 AM $Profile for White Cat$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Whining about everything, good job Mu.

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Automaton
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posted 09-10-2001 02:12 PM $Profile for Automaton$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Automaton$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:
White Cat:
Stamp out intolerance!

Being intolerant, Good Job White Cat!

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oporaca
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posted 09-10-2001 10:24 PM $Profile for oporaca$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I saw the same thing when messing around with a Zubat and a Ditto on PokeSta 2. Leech Life w/0 damage still recovers 1 HP, oddly enough

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White Cat
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posted 09-12-2001 04:26 AM $Profile for White Cat$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

That was the point, good job Automaton!

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Manuel Calavera
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posted 09-24-2001 04:09 PM $Profile for Manuel Calavera$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

This is also why it says Counter and Mirror Coat miss instead of failing or not affecting.

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Mr.E
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posted 09-24-2001 11:59 PM $Profile for Mr.E$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

"WOBBUFFET used MIRROR COAT!"

"It doesn't affect TYRANITAR!"

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theclaw
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posted 10-06-2001 07:35 AM $Profile for theclaw$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email theclaw$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Level 0 seismic toss? I didn't think of trying that!

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Jolt135
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posted 10-06-2001 08:12 AM $Profile for Jolt135$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Jolt135$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Messing with the streak, bad job Manuel Calavera, Mr. E, and theclaw!

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Rolken
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posted 10-06-2001 10:37 AM $Profile for Rolken$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Rolken$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I thought that was common knowledge?

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Givera
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posted 10-06-2001 08:59 PM $Profile for Givera$ $Author's Homepage$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Yea, but Atma likes taking credit for things that are already known like the Thick Club bug.

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