What is the maximum power of Return and Frustation? How does the happiness of the pokemon affect it?
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Return inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. The base power of Return is dependent on the friendship of the user. The greater the user's friendship, the greater the base power. The base power can be calculated using the following formula:
Base Power = Friendship / 2.5
The base power of Return varies between 1 (minimum friendship) and 102 (maximum friendship). The base power is set to 1 if the formula outputs 0.
Source: Return
Frustration inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. The base power of Frustration is dependant on the user's friendship. The lower the user's friendship is, the greater the base power of Frustration. The base power can be calculated using the following formula:
Power = (255 - Friendship) / 2.5
The power of Frustration varies between 1 (maximum friendship) and 102 (minimum friendship). The base power is set to 1 if the formula outputs 0.
Source: Frustration
Here is a list of all the normal moves so you can get a better idea of the varying strengths of Return/Frustration. I will highlight a few of the more common normal, physical moves to give you a better perspective of how much 102 base power actually represents.
Move Name Power Explosion* 250 Self Destruct* 200 Giga Impact* 150 Double Edge* 120 Skull Bash* 100 Max Frustration 102 Max Return 102 Take Down* 90 Strength 80 Cut 50 * Has some sort of drawback (charge up time, recoil, death, etc)
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