>Alolan Raichu does more damage than Electivire with physical

>>31825842
SwagmortGOD won

So is it viable to run Physical A-Raichu?

>>31825842
>Volt tackle has 120 bp with recoil
>Wild charge has fucking 90 bp with slightly less recoil
Wtf I hate pikachu now

>>31825887
Early on when A raichu was revealed i was speculating about it and found out that a mixed set actually hits just as strong as victini and could wreck most defensive cores.

Sadly the meme bandwagon shut me down almost immediately on their shitty nasty plot sets despite terrain being a cancerous insta set and lasting 4 to 7 turns.

Mixed LO volt tackle A Raichu is actually quite legit, I wouldnt go full physychal even with access to extreme speed.

>>31825842

What were you doing that led to you discovering this? I'm curious.

Anyway, base power matters. A move that has 120 deals 50% more damage than an 80 base power move.

As an example, a pokemon that has base 90 Attack and an 120 base power move deals roughly the same damage as a mon with base 160 attack and a 120 base power move.

Base 90 is 306
Base 160 is 460

306 x 1.5 = 459

50% boost.

A mon can work despite low attacking stats if it has high base power moves and a good typing (Talonflame, Infernape). Physical Raichu, ehh. Banded Volt Tackle in Electric Terrain with Surge Surfer sounds okay, but why deal with recoil and contact penalties when you have a higher Special Attack stat and Psychic / Thunderbolt / Thunder? Hidden Power for coverage too. You kinda have to judge these things case-by-case, but probably not viable.

Nobody gives a fuck and I typed this out for nothing. Yay. Why did I even bother?

>>31825842

>He's not using Guts Luxray with that 120 BP

>>31825842

If your talking about Physical Electric types, your better off with Zekrom and Luxray with Guts boost

>>31826032

Kyurem-B is pretty good too.

>>31826008
I-I cared.

No, seriously. I've always wondered this stuff but never gotten to check it out myself because I'm lazy. Thank you for helping me understand it better.

>As an example, a pokemon that has base 90 Attack and an 120 base power move deals roughly the same damage as a mon with base 160 attack and a 120 base power move.
Don't you mean 80 bse power move here?