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Which is better, Metagross w/ Explosion or Snorlax w/ Selfdestruct?

medaton

I said, Bring It ON!
SELFDESTRUT: BASE POWER OF 200 + STAB = 300
EXPLOSION: BASE POWER OF 250 + STAB = 250
metagross' max attack: 450
snorlax's max attack: 350

if they both had the same attack power, the random number was the same, and the foes defense was the same for both of them, metagross is .95% better. yes i did that calculation and yes it was confusing. yes, metagross would do about 1% more damage, which can be alot if your hitting something weak.
 
Metagross, ftw with Explosion
 

aragornbird

(。◕‿‿◕。)

No Medaton, Metagross’s max attack is 405.

BoomLax is fun, but Metagross should be the one to Explode.

Also, remember that Explosion and Selfdestruct cuts the opponents defense in half when they hit, so the base power would be DOUBLED.

Selfdestruct: 400
Explosion: 500
 

medaton

I said, Bring It ON!
Hehe, oops. I didnt know it reduces the foes sheilds! It doesnt matter actually, in the calculations, i used 300 for both, so for all we care, it was a shuckle not resistant to normal moves. hold on, ill recalculate. ill edit when im done

EDIT: im done. i used 300 for the defense and 100 for the random number.

BOOMLAX: 297
BOOMGROSS:272
PERCENT OF CHANGE: .91%
still not all that much, but it looks like snorlax wins. somehow
 
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K-os

Bullet Punch
Metagross with Explosion if you want to win the battle, Boomlax if you want to laugh at an oversized grizzly bear blowing up.

~K-os
 

ThegameHHH

I am the game
Metagross works the best.

(I hate all the staff they act like showoffs..well Serebii and Conoris dont)
 

^^torpedo^^

Onions? Where??
explosion of course, I love kamikaze pokes
 

KyonKyon

Gust of Wind
metagross, but i'd pay 10 bucks to see an exploding snorlax irl
 
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