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:[[talk:Explosion (move)|answered here]]. —'''<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="color:#000">darklord</span>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<span style="color:#0047AB">trom</span>]]</span>''' 21:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC) | :[[talk:Explosion (move)|answered here]]. —'''<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="color:#000">darklord</span>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<span style="color:#0047AB">trom</span>]]</span>''' 21:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
== On halving defense power.... == | |||
The article currently notes that prior to [[Generation V]], the game divides the target's Defense score by half when calculating damage (and to prevent dividing by zero, rounds zero up to one). Thus, if the target had a Defense score of exactly 1 point, Selfdestruct would inflict the rated base power instead of double its base power. However, all Pokemon have an absolute minimum 5 points (4 with a hindering [[Nature]]) in their permanent [[stats]], so in practice the only way this would happen is on a Pokemon with less than 8 points base Defense (or Special Defense, respectively) ''and'' their Defense score lowered by six stages before the opponent uses Selfdestruct. | |||
Is this minor point still worth mentioning at all? It sounds more like trivia now. --''[[User:Stratelier|Stratelier]] 18:49, 27 April 2011 (UTC)'' | |||