Talk:Technician (Ability)

Technician's effect on Confusion?

I noticed that my Scizor got hit a lot more than my other Pokémon when it hurt itself due to confusion. Since Confusion treats that attack as a base power 40 typeless attack, does that get affected by Technician too, or is it just me? --Jayc 12:53, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Good question. I guess it needs Spading. ×Kevzo8 12:58, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

STAB?

If the Pokémon with Technician uses a STAB move with 60 base power, does it still receive a Technician boost?

For example, if I had an Ambipom with Technician, and it would use Swift, would it still get the Technician boost, even if STAB boosts Swift's base power? Dilophosaurus Rex 16:30, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Technician boost takes priority. Otherwise, super-effective moves would never get a Technician boost. bookofveteran 20:22, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

So that means STAB Tech'd moves are really operating at a x2.25? Or still just x1.5? Luna Tiger * the Arc Toraph 08:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

It's x2.25, yes. Spike Cannon if it hit 5 times would have 225 base power, and Smellingsalt against a paralysed foe would be 270! bookofveteran 13:47, 01 August 2009 (UTC)

Pursuiting a Fleeing foe + Technician, how does it work?

I'm having my doubts there. Technician would normally activate on Pursuit if the foe wasn't fleeing, giving it a base power of 60. But if the foe were to flee just when the attacker would use Pursuit, what would the base power be?:

40(Base Power)x2(Pursuit's Ability)= 80

or

40(Base Power)x1.5(Technician)x2(Pursuit's Ability)= 120

(A typical pokémon with Technician and Pursuit would be Scizor, just in case) Shadrio 16:40, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, it seems simple enough to test. Use a power item to get a non variable attack IV on two different, say, Scyther with different abilities, use Rare Candies to boost level, then get into a battle with a trainer a few times while recording results Shadowater 19:15, 26 August 2010 (UTC)