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I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago

I'm looking for an explanation of defensive damage per second and why it is different than normal DPS. For example I have a Lapras with frost breath (11.11 DPS) but I keep reading that Ice shard is a better move for gym defending at 10.71 DPS. The only thing I'm finding that makes ice shard better is the "Defensive damage per second" is 4.41 compared to 3.20 of frost breath. I guess I'm just trying to understand if certain moves for better defending than attack and why. Another example is wing attack vs steel wing for Pidgeot. It seems that steel wing is better on Defense but wing attack is better when attacking a gym. So please help me out with an explanation so I can use the right pokemon :)

Asked by dflick8 years 8 months ago
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Do you understand what DPS stands for? It is: Damage Per Second.

When Pokemon defend, they do not constantly attack, like you can do while attacking. Instead, there is a ~2 second delay between each one of their attacks. Therefore when defending, DPS is much lower than when attacking. Low damage fast moves are especially bad when defending, while high damage slow moves are the best, because it minimizes the defending Pokemon is 'waiting' between attacks.

TL;DR summary: When defending, the best moves are simply the ones that do the highest total damage (i.e. Bubble).

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