Rejected In chat commands to run quick damage calcs

[ywa1n]

Just lost a battle to timer cause /calc was too slow :(

I think something like

/damage greninja, 252 spatk, specs, hydro pump | zapdos, 252hp, 252spdef | rain, stealth rock

should be implemented so that somthing like this doesn't happen again

I mean /statcalc already exists and hard damage would be much more useful that knowing stats and then having to run /math again

 

[Dorron]

This looks like the hardest thing to ever be coded in Showdown history

 

[DaWoblefet]

If you're worried about the speed of doing damage calculations, surely it would be faster to simply open the main damage calculator in another tab and do the calc there. No matter what you pick for the syntax, damage calculation is complex and you won't be able to get a short command for it. You can utilize several tactics to increase your mid-battle damage calculation speed, such as importing your team into the calc beforehand.

In addition, it should be mentioned that Showdown is a battle simulator, not a damage calculator. For example, it will only pick one random damage roll, not work with all 16. This seems to me to be unnecessary to implement when we already have a tool that handles all the complexities for us.