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AuhsojSivart said:I don't understand the base damage on Lava Ball.
xxashxx said:AuhsojSivart said:I don't understand the base damage on Lava Ball.
It means if you get heads it does 50 instead of 20 and it does 30 more damage than usual and there are a lot of cards with theese kinds of attacks too.![]()
Pimpwalkin' Mateo Johnson said:xxashxx said:AuhsojSivart said:I don't understand the base damage on Lava Ball.
It means if you get heads it does 50 instead of 20 and it does 30 more damage than usual and there are a lot of cards with theese kinds of attacks too.![]()
Actually, that's not quite correct. To clarify:
Lava Ball states that you may flip a coin. If you do choose to flip, and get heads, you get increased damage. However, if you flip tails, the attack does no damage. The tails-fails effect is to balance the low Energy cost (in this case, 1 for 50). You don't have to flip a coin; if you are content with 20 damage, you may choose not to flip and take your guaranteed 20 damage.
There are only three cards with an attack like this. One is Furret, from EX: Team Rocket Returns (Quick Tail Smash attack, 30 base + 50 more for heads, [C][C] cost); Lugia, from Neo: Revelations (Aerowing attack, 40 base + 40 more for heads, [C][C][C][C] cost); and Steelix, from Skyridge (Metal Tail attack, 40 base + 40 more for heads, [M][M][M][C] cost*).
* - Steelix's Poké-Body converts all Energy attached to Steelix to [M] type.[/i]
Wording can be copied from the EX: TRR Furret. Lava Ball should read: "Before doing damage, you may flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage instead. If tails, this attack does nothing."
I think the HP should be reduced to 120 rather than making this into Pokémon-ex. As it stands now, this Charizard would fail if you were to label it as Pokémon-ex.