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The move effect data for Scale Shot is incorrect

Open AshFrancisDev opened this issue 3 years ago • 4 comments

Scale Shot's effect entry in English simply reads that it "Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.", which is incomplete and incorrect. The attack deals regular damage two to five times, raising speed but lowering its defense stat if the attack is successful. This is referenced in the flavor text entry, but not in the effect entry, which is typically the more complete and detailed entry.

For comparison, Close Combat, which has a similar ability to deal damage, but at the detriment of lowering the user's stat, displays this information in the effect entry.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/move/799/ - Scale Shot
  2. https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/move/370/ - Close Combat

AshFrancisDev avatar Sep 13 '22 09:09 AshFrancisDev

Hi, could you open a PR fixing the issue? Maybe you can take the text from Bulbapedia

Naramsim avatar Sep 22 '22 15:09 Naramsim

Hi! I'll open a PR fixing this issue soon, within the next few days at the latest. 👍

norman-codes avatar Sep 24 '22 20:09 norman-codes

Here is a side-by-side comparison of the effect text before (LEFT) and after (RIGHT) the changes.

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norman-codes avatar Sep 30 '22 19:09 norman-codes

Looks like this got fixed in #758, but the API is still showing the old value? https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/move/scale-shot

C-Garza avatar Nov 19 '22 20:11 C-Garza