Have you ever wondered what the most damage you've ever dealt with one Pokemon attack was? Well, one YouTuber has figured out the maximum possible value of any attack in each generation of the creature capture series.
Unlike a lot of other RPGs, Pokemon games don't actually tell you exactly how much damage you've done. You can work it out, as there is a mathematical formula for it, but the game itself won't display the numbers on your UI.
Nuzlockers and others who like Pokemon challenges have tools they can use to show damage, but none of them are going for strategies like this.
Enter King The Luck, a YouTuber who set out on a quest to discover the most damage possible in each generation. You may think you just get the move with the highest base power and have a Pokemon with the highest attack stat use it, but it turns out all the multipliers are far more important than just the base value.
Things like Swords Dance, Screech, STAB, and type weaknesses all play into the calculations. For Gen 1, this means the highest possible damage is obtainable by using a Dodrio with Mimic to learn Swords Dance and then using Sky Attack on a Paras.