Sucker Punch vs Hex
Hey everyone, slight noob here and will have a longer question later but for now can someone explain why Hex is considered better than Sucker Punch for Gengar? SP is faster w/ a slightly higher trueDPS & is still SE against anything you’d be using Gengar against, so what gives?
Answers
It does. Sucker Punch is actually really close to Hex in terms of effectiveness in situations where both are super effective.
Sure Hex has more energy gain, which makes up for the lower DPS compared to Sucker Punch, so they end up being about equal in DPS, but Sucker Punch is more dodge friendly, having the same cooldown as Shadow Claw.
According to simulations against Gengar and Alakazam (with Focus Blast), both Sucker Punch and Hex with Shadow Ball are within a second of each other, for both dodging and no dodging.
