Aren't the Charge Move DPS "wrong"?
I feel like the DPS shown for charge moves is completely irrelevant. The total time the move takes is the time it takes to charge up the energy and the cast time, not just the cast time. Of course the problem is that the "charge time" depends on which quick move the Pokemon has and therefore makes it harder to put a specific number on it (as well as damage received). Anyway, is it really relevant to show the DPS? I understand that the recommendation of which moves are better uses a full simulation and therefore capture the issue I decribe, but still ... am I wrong about this?
Answers
DPS alone is a bad metric by which to measure a charge moves' effectiveness.
It is an indicator, but should not be looked at in isolation. Power, cooldown (also wrongly named - move duration) and number of charge moves per full bar should all be considered.
Even then...it is wrongly named, it should be 'Power Per Second'
