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 Strange damage to Latios in Pokemon Emerald 
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Bug Catcher
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I have gone through 69 trainers in a one-on-one battle in the Battle Tower. A strange thing happened when I fought against Salon Maiden Anabel.

My first pokemon was Heracross (50Lv, Adamant, 252 Attact, 252 Speed, Salac Berry).
Anabel's first pokemon was Raikou(50Lv) and the second one was Latios(50Lv).

Below was the battle rundown:
Raikou->Reflect
Heracross->Swords Dance
Raikou->Thunderbolt
Heracross->Swords Dance
Heracross->Endure
Raikou->Thunderbolt (Heracross had 1HP remaining)
Heracross->Reversal
Raikou died and Latios was out
Heracross->Reversal
and the problem came
My Heracross's Reversal can only deduct about 2/3 of Latios' HP

I did calculations based on the damage formula and found out that Reversal should have killed Latios under any circumstances.
Can anyone please kindly explain this?

Below is my save file. You guys may take a look at the replay.
http://two.xthost.info/kan/trm-pmeu.sav


Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:21 pm
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Maybe because Latios is psychic? Or did you factor that in too?

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Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:50 am
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Squirtle wrote:
Maybe because Latios is psychic? Or did you factor that in too?


Yes, I did.
The damage multiplier should be 1.5(own type move) * 3(2 times Swords Dance) * 0.5(fighting vs psychic) = 2.25
Attack base stat 125, move power 200, and multiplier 2.25
I think this can kill nearly all pokemon (except ghost type)


Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:11 am
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Did you factor the reflect used at the start of the battle? It would of been the last turn of it when you attacked the latias, which according to the damage calculator would of done around 316 to a 0/0 netural nature latios (assuming your heracross is +attack/252) So adding good bit of nature/IV bulk to it's HP and defenses would hit within the 2/3 range.


Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:16 am
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