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STAB is not applied to PvP?

It looks like that STAB bonus is not applied to PvP damage mechanics.

According to https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/damage-mechanics , damage formula for gym/raid is:
Floor(0.5 * power * (ATK / DEF) * STAB * Type_effectiveness) + 1

For PvP, it looks like:
Floor(0.5 * power * (ATK / DEF) * Type_effectiveness)

Asked by yo_see_no5 years 4 months ago
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Interesting. Early reports were that STAB still applied. We'll see how this shakes out as we get more information. Losing STAB would make a lot more pokemon viable, including many of the Mewtwo movesets.

Personally, I wouldn't mind if STAB were reduced to a 10% bonus, but not eliminated altogether. We'll see as we figure all
this out.

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