Talk:Poison Touch (Ability): Difference between revisions

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:I think by "Physical" you mean that it makes [[contact]]. Not all contact moves are physical.
:I think by "Physical" you mean that it makes [[contact]]. Not all contact moves are physical.
:Independent probabilities do not add like that. I think it would be a 51% chance to poison, but figuring out this sort of probability is always a pain, so I may have screwed it up. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 13:10, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
:Independent probabilities do not add like that. I think it would be a 51% chance to poison, but figuring out this sort of probability is always a pain, so I may have screwed it up. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 13:10, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
::According to the article, they do stack. And it's not simple addition; instead, I can back up Tiddlywinks' 51%. (In cases like these, it's easier to calculate the chance the Pokémon ends up unpoisoned, which is 0.7*0.7=0.49.) [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 20:54, 17 October 2016 (UTC)