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Dragon Rage does a set amount of damage. Mentioning set-damage moves and then mentioning it is redundant.
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'''Same-type attack bonus''', commonly abbreviated as '''''STAB''''', is a 50% boost to the power of an [[move|attack]] when the attack is the same [[type]] as one of the types of the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} using the attack. This results in a 50% increase in [[damage]] (100% if the Pokémon has the {{a|Adaptability}} Ability). | '''Same-type attack bonus''', commonly abbreviated as '''''STAB''''', is a 50% boost to the power of an [[move|attack]] when the attack is the same [[type]] as one of the types of the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} using the attack. This results in a 50% increase in [[damage]] (100% if the Pokémon has the {{a|Adaptability}} Ability). | ||
Same-type attack bonus does not apply to moves that do a set amount of damage nor ones that do not use the normal damage formula, such as | Same-type attack bonus does not apply to moves that do a set amount of damage nor ones that do not use the normal damage formula, such as {{m|Seismic Toss}}. | ||
The same-type attack bonus was introduced in [[Generation I]] and has remained unchanged since. | The same-type attack bonus was introduced in [[Generation I]] and has remained unchanged since. | ||