Explosion question

[ChucQy]

Hi,

Why does explosion do so little? Based on damage calc, 252atk adamant gross should do well over 100% to fully defensive milotic, but in reality it does only 65%. Why? What´s wrong? Thanks for clarification

[BurntZebra]

Before gen 6, defense was always halved when calculating damage for selfdestruct and explosion, so it gave explosion an effective base power of 500. But we updated to the current generation mechanics, so it's only an actual 250 base power attack. 

 

252+ Atk Metagross Explosion vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Milotic: 134-158 (66.6 - 78.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

 

[ChucQy]

thanks for clarification, that its really unfortunate in these times when everyone is running at least 4 walls