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Raichu V not doing the correct amount of damage

Raichu V's attack Dynamic Spark reads "You may discard any amount of lightning Energy from your Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage for each card you discarded this way." Against two different decks now I have run into the same bug where the math is not being calculated correctly. I discarded 4 energy when attacking a Tyranitar V, which has 230HP and no resistance. There were no stadiums or tools in effect, but I did 210 damage instead of 240 which left it alive and I lost. Another time I was up against a Lugia VStar, 280HP and lightning weakness, while my opponent had a Dunsparce 207/264 on the bench that removed all weakness from normal type Pokémon. Since Lugia did not have a weakness I discarded 5 energy, which should have done 60 * 5 = 300 damage and knocked it out, but instead I did 250 damage - again leaving it alive and causing me to lose. Is anyone else having these issues? Its extremely frustrating

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  • Mod_Bee
    Mod_Bee Moderator Posts: 773 mod
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    Hello, I recommend opening a ticket with the support team. You can do so by visiting https://support.pokemon.com/ then click the Pokémon Trading Card Game Live link. From there click "Contact Us" Thanks!

  • DoubleCure
    DoubleCure Member Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited June 2023 #3

    That deck usually uses V Guard energy, the Pokémon this card is attached to takes 30 less damage from attacks from your opponent’s Pokémon V.

    In the 2nd case they could also have benched the Radiant Gardevoir its ability makes all of their Pokémon take 20 less damage from attacks from the opponent’s Pokémon V.