Summary
In the two weeks post-launch, the focus withinPokemon Trading Card Game Pocketseems to have shifted fromcollecting to battling. The game imposes pretty strict limits on how often you can open packs and complete wonder picks but nothing on how many battles you can do. So, when coupled with theLapras ex Event, players are flocking tothe game’s competitive mode.
With the game so new, players are still figuring out the intricacies and quirks of TCG Pocket’s battle mechanics, the latest of which is that the game has a maximum amount of damage you’re able to deal in one turn.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’s Damage Cap
Shared onReddit, a player namedLonk_From_Hiroolshowed how they achieved the maximum possible damage in a single turn—990.
The player’s Alakazam was facing the daunting prospect of a Moltres with 37 fire energies attached to it. The oppositionMoltres exhad been sitting on the bench, accruing energies from another Moltres ex that was using the energy-stacking move Inferno Dance.
While in most cases, having 37 energy on aPokemon in the TCGwould be pretty useless, in this case, it played into Lonk’s hands. Alakazam’s Psychic does 60 damage, plus 30 for every energy attached to the opponent’s Active Pokemon. The 37 energy alone would have meant Alakazam dealt 1,110 damage, adding the 60 base from the attack, and it should have hit Moltres ex for 1,170. But instead, it only hit for a measly 990, implying the game has a hard cap on how much damage a Pokemon can receive.
It’s likely this cap, discovered by Lonk, who was almost certainly playing against themselves to test their theory, sits at 999, but as Pokemon deal damage in multiples of ten, it is rounded down to 990.
It’s a useless piece of information, given that you’ll probably never hit for this much, but one that’s nice to know.
WHERE TO PLAY
Experience the fun of collecting Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) cards with Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, an upcoming game for iOS and Android devices from Creatures Inc., the original developers of the Pokémon TCG, and DeNA Co., Ltd.
In this game, you will be able to open two booster packs every day at no cost. You can collect digital cards featuring nostalgic artwork from the past as well as brand-new cards that are exclusive to Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket.Be on the lookout for new “immersive cards,” which will make you feel as though you’ve leapt into the world of the card’s illustration.
