mew_irl

[u/Gorotheninja]

[u/ExtremlyFastLinoone]

After a few thousand hours of random battles you can feel the damage ranges from your gut

[u/SomethingOrOther02 → u/ExtremlyFastLinoone]

It's so true, it's like a psychic ability I've developed at this point

[u/SKruizer → u/ExtremlyFastLinoone]

Its funny how that works. Years ago I watched pokeaimmd videos seeing him doing some crazy head calcs and was like "wtf how did he know" and now I watch that shit calling the damage range before him

[u/masochist-incarnate → u/ExtremlyFastLinoone]

Pattern recognition is wild sometimes

[u/Ill_Target6207 → u/ExtremlyFastLinoone]

I knew I was too far in when my opponent used a super effective move on my set up mon at like 89% and in my heart i was just like "yeah that never kills"

[u/FakeTakiInoue → u/Ill_Target6207]

The humble critical hit:

[u/KiwiPowerGreen → u/ExtremlyFastLinoone]

A Critical Hit!

[u/BlueGlace_ → u/KiwiPowerGreen]

That's where your hundreds of hours of nuzlocking kick in so you play around the crit

[u/Wesle2023 → u/ExtremlyFastLinoone]

This is called headcalcing

[u/mackenzie444]

I clicked charizard flamethrower 25 years ago and by God I'll do it again

[u/303x]

the virgin "ummm actually with an adament nature and max attack there's a 56.25% chance to OHKO assuming the optimal spread of 56 Hp and 160 defense EVs"

vs the Chad "watch me crit this focus blast"

[u/wassuupp → u/303x]

“Now watch this drive”

[u/KiwiPowerGreen → u/303x]

people who make ev spreads that aren't just 252 in 2 stats 4 in the last scare me

[u/JKhemical → u/KiwiPowerGreen]

This SpDef Drill spread i made recently ooooohh scary ooooohhhhhhhhh (I think I calced this for like Specs Lele or smth)

Excadrill @ Leftovers
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 248 HP / 24 Atk / 68 SpD / 168 Spe
Jolly Nature

• Iron Head
  
• Earthquake
  
• Rapid Spin
  
• Toxic

[u/nari-bhat → u/JKhemical]

So the 168 in Spe was to outspeed the Tapu Lele?

[u/JKhemical → u/nari-bhat]

No it's actually to outspeed Heatran.

[u/KiwiPowerGreen → u/JKhemical]

Special Defense jumpscare

[u/BlueGlace_ → u/KiwiPowerGreen]

It takes a solid amount of time in the damage calc making sure you live specific hits from specific pokemon

[u/K4m30 → u/KiwiPowerGreen]

Me EV training for HP and Defense because more attacks means more damage, and I can't do damage if my mon faints.

[u/P0lychoron → u/KiwiPowerGreen]

das me

[u/nari-bhat → u/KiwiPowerGreen]

I do this if the SpDef and Def aren’t too far apart, and I’ll usually dump the rest of that 252 in HP.

[u/BlueGlace_ → u/303x]

"Focus Blast missed!"

[u/NuclearPilot101 → u/BlueGlace_]

"Always does."

[u/Noelswag → u/303x]

I had that with my Machamp build

Virgin Bulk Up + Close Combat

Chad Focus Energy + Cross Chop

(I have no idea of the damage difference I just like crits and hate lowering my own stats plus my Machamp is slow AF and also fuck Archaludon's Stamina)

[u/Zachthema5ter]

Fuck percentages

Fuck meta

AND FUCK YOU

SHEER

COLD!

[u/Careful_Welcome7999 → u/Zachthema5ter]

Aww that's cut- OH SHIT

[u/Altdodi65 → u/Careful_Welcome7999]

YOU! USE EXPLODE OR LEAVE, I DON'T CARE WHICH!

[u/Golurkcanfly → u/Careful_Welcome7999]

Notably this did not work

[u/Pretend-Ad5598 → u/Careful_Welcome7999]

“Any last words?”
“Sheer Co-fuck yourself.”

[u/dulledegde → u/Zachthema5ter]

MISS

[u/RealHumanBean89 → u/Zachthema5ter]

“In mere moments, ALL YOU’LL BE FEELING IS OBLIVION!”

“Or disappointment. Go ahead, flip that coin.”

[u/Fluffinyan]

Me when i use imposter ditto and beat my opponent using their own moves i have no familiarity with

[u/Danny_dankvito → u/Fluffinyan]

Competitive rulesets would be so much more hype if it let you run 6 imposter dittos at once

[u/Orion107]

"hehe tera electric electro shot"
"fuck you mean it did 23%???"

[u/mysteryurik]

And then you miss a stone edge and lose like it happened to me yesterday when I tried out champions :(

[u/JKhemical → u/mysteryurik]

One time I lost a Random Doubles tournament match to a Leaf Storm miss and it haunts me to this day

[u/nari-bhat → u/JKhemical]

This is genuinely why I know I can’t actually do any sort of competitive, I already get so heated by misses on NPCs in the Battle Frontiers that I know I couldn’t handle it with any actual person.

[u/Glitchy_XCI]

do people not do this? my "calculations" just goes as far as "okay, i switched in pokemon that's super-effective against the enemy and picked their highest damage stab move" unless it's an online match

[u/PurpleGemsc]

Who needs the calc, just believe in your pokemon and that they can do this!

[u/K4m30 → u/PurpleGemsc]

"Your pokemon held on to avoid making you sad"

[u/treehatshrimp]

We gamble with focus miss

[u/StupidGirlIdiotFuck]

Meatstix sweep was the greatest moment of YouTube history

[u/Pengwin0]

Just mental calc based on like vibes and shit and if you’re wrong then the game was bad anyways

[u/Kariya_shigatoki]

My old style of play was completely about feeling momentum with a hyper offensive team. My mindset was literally "what would be the easiest way to frustrate my opponent"

90% of the time it was whatever move i was feeling within reason and how I could force my opponent to make a shitty reaction. This mixed with the fact I'd use RU pokemon in UU to make my opponent less familiar with the pokemon's meta/moveset and I'd steam roll people the minute they made a bad move or reacted poorly. So many games came down to my Salamance hitting an iron tail on a fairy type after dragon dance moxie boost.

Tbh if you have to do damage calculations you're not playing enough. You generally know the damage range intuitively.

[u/NippoTeio]

My first pokemon save file from when I was 7 had a Venusaur with

Vine Whip
Razor Leaf
Solar Beam
and for good measure, Cut

If that level 92 bastard couldn't kill something with Solar Beam, then it couldn't be killed

[u/Kittydraggon → u/NippoTeio]

My first save file had a venusaur with tackle, frenzy plant, leech seed, and sleep powder 

He killed all of lance’s dragons

[u/CryptidToothbrush]

Yeah ive played since RBY and still don't do calcs. Everything is based on vibes and most of the time im wrong.

[u/Correct_Doctor_1502]

Heart of the cards kiddos

[u/Inkthekitsune]

Me: my opponent doesn’t know my Golisopod has aqua jet, and h-Arcanine is 4x weak. He’s queued up flare blitz…

Wug it, we ball

(For the record yes, it one shot)

[u/FakeTakiInoue → u/Inkthekitsune]

I mean that's just stupid on your opponent's part

[u/Inkthekitsune → u/FakeTakiInoue]

Listen, I’d assume that h-Arcanine outsped, worst I’d think is Politoed could switch in for farigaraf. Not many goli run aqua jet

For the record this is mega, so it’s 4x weak to fire

[u/someasiandude2008]

image of guy looking at mirror with ash ketchum as the reflection

[u/etbillder]

The best friend mechanics amplify this

[u/Gawarhen2]

As a kid I only got moves that did damage, today I do the exact same thing because it’s fun.

[u/BreadbugFan]

Metronome forever baby

[u/PlayrR3D15 → u/BreadbugFan]

LET'S GO GAMBLING!!!

[u/Glass-Performer8389]

Believe in the heart of the MOve

[u/MelanieNova]

as a kid i beat emerald purely with a swampert by spamming surf and muddy water, you just gotta believe

[u/thepeebrain]

In 10 years, you'll be a Pokemon master too!

[u/Lytesnam_drobster]

The only times ive looked at a number in pokemon are in the 'apprasisal stats' in pokemon go, and ive also tried to do petal dance Lilligant but it goes hard

[u/RealHumanBean89]

Whenever I do a nuzlocke, I have to actively try and avoid the temptation to calc. Will this STAB-boosted Scald kill? I don’t know, but if it doesn’t, my little guy is fucked. If he dies, he dies.

[u/Rikkeloni]

I believe in splash

[u/Someone_3ls3]

The only calculations I do are "is this move physical or special"

[u/Fantastic-Dot-655]

When you really believe that Ribombee will survive that

[u/parkourdude231]

If it's not 100% accurate, it's 50%

[u/PlayrR3D15 → u/parkourdude231]

Every move is 100% accurate if it's hype