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'''Damage modification''' in the {{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon series}} is [[Mystery Dungeon game mechanics|slightly different]] from than in the main games due to the differences between the two game engines. Here are a list of differences:

== Type Affinity ==
Standard attacks are considered to have no type, and will attack Pokémon of all types equally. Against {{a|Wonder Guard}}, standard attacks will only do 1 damage.

Like the main games, special attacks are affected by types, although the multipliers are different.

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]], the type affinities are as follows. Multipliers stack multiplicatively against dual-type Pokémon:
* '''Super-effective attacks''', such as {{t|Grass}} attacks on {{t|Water}}, deal 150% of normal damage.
* '''Not very effective attacks''', such as {{t|Fighting}} on {{t|Psychic}}, deal 90% of normal damage.
* Attacks '''of little effect''', such as {{t|Ground}} attacks on {{t|Flying}}, deal 50% of normal damage.

In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness| Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]] the multipliers are instead 50%, 70% and 140%, unless either the attacker or the defender has Erratic Player IQ skill, which changes them to 25%, 50% and 170%.

Note that type affinity changes brought forth by moves or abilities do not use the above - {{a|Levitate}} will still render {{t|Ground}} attacks useless, for instance.

==Critical hits==
===Rescue Team and Explorers===
There are some differences from how critical works in main series:
*Critical hits do only 50% more damage, unless the Pokémon has {{a|Sniper}}, in which case it will do double damage.
*Male or gender-unknown Pokémon will have the move's base critical hit rate multiplied by 1.5x.
*[[Scope Lens]], [[Patsy Band]], Sharpshooter [[IQ]] skill and {{a|Super Luck}} add a flat modifier to the move's critical hit rate (30% in Red/Blue Rescue Team, 15% in Explorers). 
*Type Advantage Master will set the critical hit rate to 40%, ignoring all other effects. 
*{{m|Focus Energy}} will guarantee critical hits, provided the critical hits are not prevented by [[exclusive item]]s, [[Abilities]], Critical Dodger IQ skill or {{m|Lucky Chant}}.

{| class="roundtable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{MD Red color}}; border: 3px solid #{{MD Time color}}"
|-
! Moves
! Chance of critical hit
|-
| {{m|Pin Missile}}, {{m|Fury Attack}}, {{m|Fury Swipes}}, {{m|Comet Punch}} and {{m|Rock Blast}}
| 1%
|-
| {{m|Ice Ball}}, {{m|DoubleSlap}}, {{m|Bullet Seed}}, {{m|Twineedle}}, {{m|Barrage}}, {{m|Arm Thrust}}, {{m|Icicle Spear}}, {{m|ThunderShock}}, {{m|Spike Cannon}}, {{m|Triple Kick}} and {{m|Bone Rush}}
| 2%
|-
| {{m|Double Kick}}
| 3%
|-
| Other moves
| 12%{{sup/md|RB}}/8%{{sup/md|TDS}}
|-
| [[:Category:Moves with a high critical-hit ratio|Moves with a high critical-hit ratio]]{{tt|*|Except Karate Chop in Red/Blue Rescue Team}}
| 50%{{sup/md|RB}}/30%{{sup/md|TDS}}
|}


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