Sorry for double post but as an extension to that question. Whats its typing in no terrain? Does it keep ground steel or become normal similarly to camouflages effect
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Sword & Shield Battle Mechanics Research
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Life Dew is a status move, so it's just a very mediocre half-Recover in singles and an option in Doubles.
Now, with the knowledge that Inner Focus was buffed, are Steadfast and Justified still the same?
How does Strength Sap interact with Will-o-Wisp? Does it heal very little when a Pokémon is burned?
Unless the properties of Strength Sap changed from last generation, burn / Huge Power / Slow Start etc won't have any affect on Strength Sap; it only looks at the raw Attack stat and the +6/-6 boosts/drops applied to it.
Thanks! Kinda expected that but still great news for my beloved Cursola
Is there a place I can find a specific and explicit explanation of what dynamaxing and gigantmaxing does exactly?
This post. :p
Both mechanics are broadly similar, and can only be used in PVP, the Battle Tower, or certain important story battles such as Gym Leaders. You may activate Dynamax or Gigantamax once per battle, on amy Pokemon. Doing so requires no held item, meaning that you can choose what to Dynamax on the fly.
Maxing lasts for three turns, or until you switch out. A Pokemon has a Dynamax level, which can be increased with Dynamax candy and goes up to 10. To begin with, Dynamaxing increases your hitpoints by 50%; when fully levelled, it increases your HP by 100%. Contrary to rumour, no other stats are boosted with either mechanic. Additionally, you cannot be flinched while in Dynamax form, to stop your opponent stalling with Fake Out etc.
The other benefit of Maxing is Max Moves. These are generally more powerful than a Pokemon's normal moves, and work a lot like Z-moves did, but are not as strong as Z-moves. Instead, their big use is in the various secondary effects that each type's Max Move has. For example, Water's sets rain, Grass sets Grassy Terrain, Flying boosts your speed, and Normal reduces the opponent's speed. Each type has a move which either raises your own stats, reduces the opponent's stats or sets a field effect. Whichever type you use, the effect applies to both Pokemon on the relevant side in a Double Battle.
Gigantamaxing is functionally the same thing as Dynamaxing, except that instead of just turning into a bigger version of the Pokemon, it takes on a different visual appearance. Only a few species can Gigantamax. The mechanical effect this has is that instead of a generic Max Move, one of its types of Max Move gets replaced with G-Max moves, with a special effect unique to that Pokemon in addition to damage. For instance, Charizard's sets Fire Pledge, Drednaw sets Stealth Rock, and Lapras sets Aurora Veil. These aren't necessarily better than the normal forms but give other options. Only certain members of that species can Gigantamax; raids give a random chance of encountering them, and are the only known way to find Gigantamaxable Pokemon.
One final note is that the Poison and Fighting Max Moves increase your Special Attack and Attack state respectively. To stop this getting too outrageous, Max Moves of those types are significantly weaker than Max Moves of other types.
Does Justified and Anger Point still trigger when the ally hits them? Asking that because Beat Up is now a TR if it's still the case, that would have been scary. Also, Defiant and Competitive don't activate when an ally lowers their stats.
Not a battle mechanic question but I don't know where else to post this.
When will we be able to start playing the Gen 8 meta on here? I don't remember how long it took for the Gen 7 meta to start as I didn't start playing till later on that year on and off
When will we be able to start playing the Gen 8 meta on here? I don't remember how long it took for the Gen 7 meta to start as I didn't start playing till later on that year on and off
Thank you for this post, I couldn't find this any where. Were did you get this info from?
Sorry if this has been asked before, but what happens if a Dynamaxed pokemon with increased HP is hit by a move that would normally knock it out (ie in its regular form with its regular HP)? Does it faint right after the last Dynamax turn ends?
The 'mon retains the same % of HP, so it loses HP but won't faint.
Do pokemon with Own Tempo or Inner Focus still get a boost from Adrenaline Orb when an Intimidate mon enters the field? Does Mental Herb reverse the stat dropsnof Intimidate? (Categorizing the strange Intimidate effects as a Mental attribute) Does Own Tempo or Inner Focus become immune to Unnerve?
It seems to be based more on the damage dealt -- I've seen some strong super effective moves take out two "counts" of the barrier, minimum of one.
Unaware doesn't negate secondary effects, it makes you ignore stat buffs on the enemy.
Max moves would still normally buff/debuff when used against or by Unaware users.
By how much does G-Max increase moves' Base Power by, and is that boost applied flatly, as a factor of the move's own BP, or some combination wherein? I.E. Would, for example, it be +20 to any move, a 1.2x multiplier, or some combination ala Z-Moves?
Also, is there a maximum or minimum BP a G-Max move can have?
Also, is there a maximum or minimum BP a G-Max move can have?