Hi all

 

Hope someone could help me with this, and sorry if this is the wrong place to post.

 

on this Bulbapedia page, they explain the damage calculation formula and give an example of a lvl. 75 Glaceon (123 ATK) attacking a Garchomp (163 DEF) with Ice Fang (65 POWER).

 

Using the formula, the answer I get for a Max non-crit hit is 198, but their answer is 196.

Is there something I am missing? How do you more precisely calculate damage?

 

Edit:

So flowing the damage formula on Bulbapedia my equation is:

((((2 * 75 / 5) + 2) * 65 * 123 / 163) / 50) + 2 = 33.39141104

The answer is then multiplied by the modifier which is [5.10 , 6.00] depending on the random number used.

So at max it would be: 33 * 6 = 198

But on the site it is stated to be [168, 196]

So I would just like to know if I am doing something wrong, or why it does not match the site.

Min damage

 

Max damage

 

You rounded too early is why my results don't match yours.

 

Reasons for bulba not matching either of our results,

1) it's wrong, someone made a mistake

2) it uses/d floor rounding without stating so, as is used in calculating final stats (speed ect.)

3) we've both entered wrong numbers

 

Reason 2 would surprise me as you can rearrange the calculation to remove all brackets so when do you floor.