Double weakness count as x1.25 or x1.25^2?
I'm quite confused that whether double weakness exist in Pokemon Go or not, as some reference says double weakness does produce x1.25^2 damage, while others say it only deal x1.25? Can I know which one is true? Does anyone did experiments to verify this hypothesis?
Answers
Double bonus is x1.25^2. Here's the experiment writeup that verified this:
Type strength and weaknesses stack multiplicatively.
The test has a Level 15 Arcanine (245 attack) attacking Level 18 Paras (135 defense) with Fire Fang (10 Power, STAB bonus)
Arcanine 1219 CP 94 HP (IV 15/9/3)
Fire Fang / Bulldoze
Paras 447 CP 45 HP (IV 12/15/10)
Scratch / Seed Bomb
Paras is Bug/Grass, both fire weaknesses.
- If type modifier is x1.25 = floor{.5 * 245 / 135 CPM(15)/CPM(18) * 10 * 1.25 * (1.25) } + 1 = 13
- If type modifier is x1.25 x1.25 = floor{.5 * 245 / 135 CPM(15)/CPM(18) * 10 * 1.25 * (1.25*1.25) } + 1 = 17
- If type modifier is x1.5 = floor{ .5 * 245 / 135 CPM(15)/CPM(18) * 10 * 1.25 * (1.5) } + 1 = 16
Paras has 11/45 hp remaining after two Fire Fang attacks from Arcanine, thus Fire Fang dealt 17 damage and proving type multipliers stack and are multiplicative.
