What is the most damage a move can do?

Question

rumors that it is shuckle but I'm not sure if its true.
can someone help?

Comments

It's shuckle unless it's changed. +6 power swap flower gift x2 helping hand x2 huge power critical hit vs level 1 ledian iirc or something along those lines.

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all the answers are good
time to add shuckle to my team o3o

Answer 1

This is the best I can find

>+6 252+ Atk Choice Band Refrigerate Kyurem-B Helping Hand Explosion vs. -6 0 HP / 0- Def Noibat on a critical hit: 9068992-10669408 (75574933.3 - 88911733.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Hope I helped!

Comments

That can't actually happen though e.e

Answer 2

>A level 100 Shuckle can potentially deal the most damage in one single attack through the use of numerous stat boosters; by receiving the effects of Helping Hand from two allies in a triple battle, holding a Metronome, Power Trick, a Skill Swap to Pure Power, a conversion to Ice, and 6 stages of positive Attack stat changes. Also, both of Shuckle's partners must have the Ability Flower Gift and the weather must be sunny. On the 5th turn of using a Defense Curl-boosted Ice Ball (learned via Mimic) consecutively without any misses, if used against a level 1 Noibat with minimum Defense stats, that has 6 stages of negative Defense stat changes (such as from being subject to Screech 3 times), and being under the effect of Forest's Curse it can deal 721,899,685 damage with a critical hit.

Source

Answer 3

Pokemon: Shuckle

• Level 100
• Maximum defense (all EVs and IVs with boosting nature, at +6 boosts)
• Power Swapped (defense becomes attack, i.e about 614)
• Rollout on the fifth turn after a Defense Curl (960 base power)
• Critical Hit
• Helping Hand
• Flower Gift
• Huge Power
• Choice Band

Opponent: Ledyba

• Level 1
• Minimum defense (no EVs, 0 IVs, reducing nature, -6 boosts)

Here's the calc for how much damage we're talking about.

+6 252+ Atk Choice Band Huge Power Shuckle Helping Hand Rock Slide vs. -6 0 HP / 0- Def Ledyba on a critical hit: 76701762-90237372 (639181350 - 751978099.95%) -- guaranteed OHKO

PS.- Rollout is not an option on the calculator, so I took Rock Slide with Rollout's base power. Flower Gift is not an option on the calculator either, so I manually calculated it.

Hope I helped!

Comments

What if it didn't OHKO o3o

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I don't remember putting a Focus Sash on that Ledyba :P

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actually a +6 defence stays as defence when you power swap, you would want +6 attack. Also does choice band do more damage than metronome?

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also if a castform used reflect type to get a typing 4x weak to rock and then guard swapped with a happiny...

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I think Ice Ball on a Forest's Curse Noibat is more powerful.

Answer 4

I would keep it simple, and while it may not be the most possible, when you include stat level drops and items, it is the maximum without all the technical stuff.

V-create + critical hit + 4x Super effectiveness.

basically the strongest non normal type move critically hits an opponent whose types are both weak against fire.