"Psystrike is NOT worse than Psychic in most situations"

#PokemonGO: The claim in this other thread seemed a little sensational. It at least contradicts the conventional wisdom that Confusion + Psystrike is the higher DPS moveset. I find that it's best to verify such claims against other simulators, because they can greatly influence a community's opinion.Using GamePress's GoBattleSim, I simulated raid solos vs. Tier 3 Machamp using teams of 6x Mewtwo. All Mewtwo had the same moves, either Confusion + Psychic or Confusion + Psystrike. 2000 iterations were performed with each Mewtwo moveset against each of Machamp's 8 moveset combinations. The output is time to win in seconds.C + PsychicC + PsystrikeC + CC113.3112.7C + DP114.93114.14C + HS114.69114.05C + RS114.45113.31BP + CC113.34112.69BP + DP114.99114.02BP + HS114.48114.1BP + RS114.44113.42Average114.3425113.55​In the Tier 3 Machamp raid specifically, GBS predicts that Confusion + Psystrike Mewtwo consistently outperforms Confusion + Psychic Mewtwo by margins of about 1 second. This result was also replicated in the Tier 4 Nidoking raid, although it's worth noting that Psystrike did not consistently outperform Psychic in the Tier 4 Venusaur raid.There are two takeaways: 1) the difference between Psychic and Psystrike, as the move data exist in the game master, is miniscule, and 2) don't trust sensationalist headlines. via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/2Z8Wjzu