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Issy van der Velde

Pokemon professor does the math to work out the most damage possible in each generation over the past 28 years, and the number is staggering

Charizard in the Pokemon anime.

Have you ever wondered what the most damage you've ever dealt with one Pokemon attack was? Well, one YouTuber has figured out the maximum possible value of any attack in each generation of the creature capture series.

Unlike a lot of other RPGs, Pokemon games don't actually tell you exactly how much damage you've done. You can work it out, as there is a mathematical formula for it, but the game itself won't display the numbers on your UI. Nuzlockers and others who like Pokemon challenges have tools they can use to show damage, but none of them are going for strategies like this.

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