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Pretty Sure theres a mistake here

https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/sites/pokemongo/files/2018-11/Gengar%20Counters%20_%20Shadow%20BallGP.png

This shows Mewtwo with Psychic having more DPS than one with Shadow ball, which isnt true unless the weather's windy

Asked by MetagrossMaxis5 years 5 months ago
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noticed it as well

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So here's the thing. That chart is specifically showing a simulation of sucker punch/shadow ball Gengar - if you run that simulation on Pokébattler, it does show Shadow Ball slightly ahead of Psychic (only by 3 seconds)

The difference is much more prominent against other movesets.

However, these charts use GamePress's own battle simulator (GoBattleSim) which may have the numbers slightly different to where psychic is a tiny bit better.

In reality, the two are both good options to an opponent weak to ghost and psychic, and you will have a degree of RNG and variance with each raid you do anyway.

Given that every other Gengar moveset (sludge bomb and focus blast) have Shadow Ball with a much larger DPS difference, I would personally consider that one more valuable - but your Psychic Mewtwos are still a very good option here.

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I know both are close, but this shows psychic being better than shadow ball, and wondering it there was something about it I didnt know

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