"645 million damage in one move, under Gen 7 rules"

The theorycrafting record for "most damage in a single move, under artifical conditions calling for the full cooperation of both sides" took a big blow across the 6->7 boundary, since Triple Battles no longer exist and so you can't take advantage of things like double Helping Hand at once on the big turn. We'll have to settle for doubles, but this should at least help to cushion the blow.Historically, these kinds of records have centered around Rock or Ice attacks, since Rollout 6 or Ice Ball 6 offer a higher base power than anything else. Especially after the last generation introduced Forest's Curse, Ice stands out for its ability to pick on a triple type weakness by grafting onto Noibat, Gligar, or Gible. Indeed, grafting both Forest's Curse and Dry Skin allowed Fire moves to stand alone by picking on a 10x type multiplier, and the new mechanics offer a possibly even more tempting target by changing Dry Skin into Fluffy for 16x, albeit only for non-contact moves. The problem there is that Fire just has underwhelming base power: the strongest you can get is Heat Crash on a minimized target with a large enough weight differential, which is worth 240 power, and even that's a contact move so it's stuck down at 10x for type instead of 16x. Among non-contact moves, you're stuck with Z-Blast Burn for 200, regular Blast Burn for 150 plus the freedom of an item slot, or on the physical side you'd have to go all the way down to Sacred Fire at 100. Compared to 960, that's a huge hole to have to dig out of, and one that those moves just don't have the firepower to do.As it turns out, there's something even better than all those Ice Ball shenanigans. Something that makes use of a new move that seems to be a clone of an existing move, but with one minor difference that allows it to work with a number of things that the original version couldn't. The setup is even compact enough to fit everything into a Battle Spot Doubles battle, using only 4 Pokemon a side instead of a potential 6.I'll go over the entire battle here, just so you can follow along and verify for yourself that everything going on is legal and accurate.TEAM ASmeargle @ Quick ClawAbility: Own TempoHardy Nature- Skill Swap- Electric Terrain- ElectrifyMedititeAbility: Pure PowerHardy Nature- Baton PassShuckleAbility: SturdyImpish NatureEVs: 252 Def- Power Trick- Power SplitWingullAbility: Keen EyeLonely NatureLevel: 2- Mimic- AgilityTEAM BPikachu @ Light BallAbility: StaticBrave NatureEVs: 252 Atk- Mimic- Agility- Tail Whip- ChargeToxicroakAbility: Poison TouchHardy Nature- Me First- AcupressurePrimeapeAbility: Vital SpiritHardy Nature- Power Trip- Screech- Sunny DayCherrimAbility: Flower GiftHardy Nature- Helping HandTHE BATTLETurn 1Toxicroak uses Me First, but it failsPikachu uses Mimic on Toxicroak, learning Me FirstSmeargle uses Skill Swap on Meditite, trading Own Tempo for Pure PowerMeditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 2Toxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (doesn't really matter what it boosts, but preferably not speed; Pikachu now has 2/42 boost levels)Pikachu uses Agility (gaining speed; 4/42 boost levels)Smeargle uses Skill Swap on Pikachu, trading Pure Power for StaticShuckle uses Power Trick, getting 614 Attack and 56 DefenseTurn 3Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses Agility (6/42 boosts)Toxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (8/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 229 respectively, so now they're both 421 (note that this only looks at and affects the raw stat, so even if Pikachu has +2 Attack at this point, it's still averaging 614 and 229, not 614 and 458; and the +2 then proceeds to work on the new stat of 421, making it effectively 842 for all purposes except subsequent Power Splits)Turn 4Shuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses Agility (10/42 boosts)Toxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (12/42 boosts)Meditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 5Wingull switches to SmearglePikachu uses Agility (this no longer does anything except pass the time away, since speed is maxed)Toxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (14/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power TrickTurn 6Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (16/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 421 respectively, so now they're both 517Turn 7Shuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (18/42 boosts)Meditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 8Wingull switches to SmearglePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (20/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power TrickTurn 9Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (22/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 517 respectively, so now they're both 565Turn 10Shuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (24/42 boosts)Meditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 11Wingull switches to SmearglePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (26/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power TrickTurn 12Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (28/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 565 respectively, so now they're both 589Turn 13Shuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (30/42 boosts)Meditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 14Wingull switches to SmearglePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (32/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power TrickTurn 15Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (34/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 589 respectively, so now they're both 601Turn 16Shuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (36/42 boosts)Meditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 17Wingull switches to SmearglePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (38/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power TrickTurn 18Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (40/42 boosts)Shuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 601 respectively, so now they're both 607Turn 19Shuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (42/42 boosts)Meditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 20Wingull switches to SmearglePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses Acupressure on Pikachu (now this, like Agility, no longer does anything except waste time)Shuckle uses Power TrickTurn 21Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses AcupressureShuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 607 respectively, so now they're both 610Turn 22Shuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses AcupressureMeditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 23Wingull switches to SmearglePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses AcupressureShuckle uses Power TrickTurn 24Smeargle switches to MedititePikachu uses AgilityToxicroak uses AcupressureShuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 610 respectively, so now they're both 612Turn 25Toxicroak switches to PrimeapeShuckle switches to WingullPikachu uses AgilityMeditite uses Baton Pass and switches to ShuckleTurn 26Pikachu uses AgilityPrimeape uses Power Trip on Shuckle, dealing a bit of damage (alternatively: use it on Pikachu, and miss because of the evasion boosts)Shuckle uses Power TrickWingull uses Mimic on Primeape, learning Power TripTurn 27Pikachu uses Tail Whip, giving both opponents -1 Defense (for Wingull, this reduces its raw stat from 5 points to 3)Primeape uses Screech on Wingull (-3 Defense, reducing its raw stat to 2 points)Shuckle uses Power Split on Pikachu; their Attack stats were 614 and 612 respectively, so now they're both 613 (and no amount of future Power Splitting will ever be able to raise it beyond 613)Wingull uses Agility (gaining speed, but again this is mostly just to waste time)Turn 28Shuckle switches to SmearglePikachu uses Tail Whip (Smeargle -1; Wingull -4, reducing its raw stat to 1 point)Primeape uses Sunny Day (5 turns)Wingull uses Agility (+4 Speed)Sun drops to 4 turns leftTurn 29Primeape switches to Cherrim, who comes out in sunny formPikachu uses Charge, getting double power on its electric moves next turnSmeargle uses Electric Terrain (5 turns)Wingull uses Agility (+6 Speed)Sun drops to 3 turns leftElectric Terrain drops to 4 turns leftTurn 30Smeargle's Quick Claw activatesCherrim uses Helping Hand on PikachuSmeargle uses Electrify, changing any moves Pikachu uses this turn to be Electric typePikachu uses Me First on WingullWingull tries to use Power Trip, so Pikachu uses the move insteadTo add it all up (or generally speaking, multiply it all up): Power Trip with a full slate of boosts is an 860-power move. Pikachu has a raw Attack stat of 613 at +6 (so 2452), and Wingull has a raw Defense stat of 5 at -4 (1.66 gets rounded down to 1). On top of that, there's a whole slew of multipliers: 4 (double type weakness), 2 (Huge Power), 2 (Light Ball), 2 (Charge), 1.5 (STAB), 1.5 (Electric Terrain), 1.5 (Helping Hand), 1.5 (Flower Gift in Sun), 1.5 (Me First), and 1.5 (critical hit). If you get the peak damage roll so as not to lose anything, that should deal...645,647,940Anyone want some fried duckling? via /r/pokemon http://ift.tt/2qp2idh