Some Facts about Summon Gears in v1.5.0+

Figure 1. Summary of the data obtained and the analysis. 

#Abstract

The author compares data between three SR Summon Gears in order to illustrate how (1) Summon damage is directly proportional to the total CP of the user, and (2) Summons receive damage bonus against Super Bosses they are recommended against. 

#Introduction

Ever since v1.5.0, in addition to recommending Style Gears against Super Bosses, i.e. Charge Boost (CB), Lobber (L), Grappler (G), and Snappy (S), the game also started to recommend specific Summon Gears, invariably the two currently featured and obtainable from refining ores. Having previously noted^(1) that using the recommended Style Gears do not result in any more damage than the ordinary calculations would suggest, the author expected the same for the recommended Summons, but hands-on experience^(2) when progressing through Bulbasaur Sea seemed to indicate otherwise. 

Being lucky enough to have pulled both Super-Rare Summons (SRs), i.e. Volt Tackle and Sacred Fire, from the Sea, the author set out to quantify this supposed damage bonus by comparing the damage done by three SR Summons – the two aforementioned and a control (SR Outrage) – against two different Super Bosses, namely, stage 41 Chansey and stage 46 Snorlax. The bosses were chosen due to all three Summons’ types being neutral against them (Normal-typed), with Sacred Fire being recommended against the former and Volt Tackle the later.  

| Gear | Level | Effect value (EV) | Gauge length | Type | Effect |
| :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| SR Outrage | 5 | 1191 | 6 | Dragon | Starts level with full gauge |
| SR Sacred Fire | 4 | 1203 | 7 | Fire | Burns the target |
| SR Volt Tackle | 5 | 1248 | 5 | Electric | Paralyses the target |

Table I. Summary of the Summon Gears used. 

#Methodology

Each of the Summons were attached to a Pokémon and used against both bosses ten times, sometimes by normal charge and use, and sometimes by hot-swapping\* from Outrage, which gives a pre-charged gauge (Table I) if the player leads with it. (**Hot-swapping has not appreciably affected the damage output**; indeed, only the stats of the Pokémon carrying the Summon should factor into the damage calculations.) The total damage values, as shown in a big font on screen after using a Summon, were averaged between the ten uses. In each case, the standard deviation of the this average damage did not exceed 3%. 

| Summon | Pokémon | Base CP (BCP) | Total CP | Style gear | Other gear |
| :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| SR Outrage | Dragonite | 2921 | 6521 | G level 30 | Dragonite Family Plus (FP) level 5 |
| SR Sacred Fire | Mewtwo | 4010 | 7910 | CB level 33 | Mewtwo FP level 5 |
| SR Volt Tackle | Charizard | 3841 | 7291 | S level 42 | Fire Move Plus level 27 | 

Table II. Summary of the Pokémon used. 

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