The Pokémon That Takes Four Times the Damage

Okay, you guys. Tyranitar is so strong, its Pokédex says that if it rampages, it knocks down mountains. Maps have to be redrawn afterward! But there's one kind of move that does four times the damage to it. Four times! This is Random Pokémon Facts. I'm Josh. It's Wednesday, so it's Battle Day! Today it's Lucario versus Tyranitar. Pick your side! In this corner, Tyranitar! It's a Rock and Dark type. Its base stats add up to six hundred. A hundred HP. A hundred thirty-four Attack. A hundred ten Defense. And a hundred Special Defense. And in the other corner, Lucario! It's a Fighting and Steel type. Its base stats add up to five twenty-five. Seventy HP. Seventy Defense. A hundred fifteen Special Attack. And ninety Speed. Six hundred versus five twenty-five. Tyranitar's got this, right? Not so fast. Remember that four-times-damage move? It's Fighting moves. Fighting moves are super effective against Rock. And they're super effective against Dark. Tyranitar is both! So Fighting moves do four times the damage to it. And guess what type Lucario is? Fighting! Uh oh, Tyranitar. Lucario's big move is Aura Sphere. It's a special Fighting move with eighty power. And it never misses. Never! But Tyranitar has a secret weapon. Its ability is Sand Stream. As soon as Tyranitar enters the battle, it whips up a sandstorm. And since Generation Four, a sandstorm raises the Special Defense of Rock-type Pokémon by fifty percent. Aura Sphere is a special move. Just remember that. It's gonna matter. Round one: Speed. Lucario has ninety. Tyranitar has sixty-one. Lucario is faster! Round two: the sandstorm. A sandstorm hurts every Pokémon that isn't a Rock, Ground or Steel type. It takes away one sixteenth of its max HP every turn. Tyranitar is a Rock type, so the sand doesn't hurt it. But Lucario is part Steel! So the sand doesn't hurt Lucario either. This round's a tie. Round three: Aura Sphere against the sand. Tyranitar's Special Defense is a hundred. Fifty percent more is... a hundred fifty! That's a lot. But wait. Fifty percent more is one and a half times. And Aura Sphere does four times the damage. One and a half times, or four times? Four times beats one and a half times! Round four: Tyranitar fights back. Tyranitar has a hundred thirty-four Attack, and Lucario only has seventy Defense. Ouch. But if Tyranitar uses a Rock move, it does only a quarter of the damage to Lucario. And a Dark move does only half. Lucario does have weak spots. Fighting, Ground and Fire moves all do double damage to it. So who do you think wins? Lucario or Tyranitar? You guys, lock in your pick. And the winner is... Lucario! The sand can't hurt it, Rock moves do only a quarter of the damage to it, and Aura Sphere does four times the damage. Tyranitar faints. Good game, Tyranitar. You had the bigger numbers, and that sandstorm was a great try. Okay, Tyranitar fans, I know. Six hundred is still more than five twenty-five. Bigger numbers just aren't everything. Wild Fact time! Regieleki has a base Speed of two hundred. That makes it the fastest Pokémon! It took the title in 2020 from Deoxys in its Speed Forme, which has a base Speed of a hundred eighty. Lucario's ninety looks pretty slow now. Riddle time! This one's about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. They came out in November 2022. And Nintendo said they had the most first-three-day sales ever for any game on any Nintendo console. So how many copies sold in those first three days? More than one million, more than ten million, or more than a hundred million? Here's the biggest clue. About four million of those sales were in Japan alone. Okay, ready? More than ten million! In just three days! That's the show for today. Tomorrow is Thursday, so it's Pokédex Deep Dive! I can't wait. Be here! See you tomorrow! Bye! This was Josh.