Pokémon: Forensic Mechanics

Question 1

In Generation I, the critical-hit check is not a flat percentage. The chance is computed from which value?

Accepted Answer

The attacker's base Speed

Question 2

Focus Energy claims to raise your critical-hit rate. In the Generation I games, what does it actually do?

Accepted Answer

It quarters your critical-hit chance instead, a programming bug

Question 3

Even a move with 100% accuracy can miss in Generation I. How often does the glitch strike?

Accepted Answer

1 time in 256

Question 4

Generation II rebuilt critical hits around stages. What is the stage-0 critical rate in Gold and Silver, precisely?

Accepted Answer

17/256, about 6.64%

Question 5

The critical-hit damage multiplier was reduced from 2x to 1.5x in which generation?

Accepted Answer

Generation VI

Question 6

From Generation VII onward, the stage-0 critical-hit rate settled at what value?

Accepted Answer

1/24, about 4.17%

Question 7

Generation I critical hits play by their own rules inside the damage formula. What do they ignore?

Accepted Answer

All stat stage changes, both helpful and harmful

Question 8

Every species' catch rate falls inside a fixed range used by the capture formula. What is that range?

Accepted Answer

3 to 255

Question 9

In Generation I, while a partial-trapping move like Wrap keeps connecting, what happens to the target?

Accepted Answer

It cannot move at all for as long as the trapping continues

Question 10

From Generation III, critical hits ignore two kinds of stat stages when calculating damage. Which pair?

Accepted Answer

The defender's raised defensive stages and the attacker's lowered offensive stages

In Generation I, the critical-hit check is not a flat percentage. The chance is computed from which value?