Breakpoint calculator

Which power-up actually adds damage per hit?

Damage in Pokemon GO is floored, so it is a staircase, not a ramp: several power-ups in a row can change nothing and then one adds a point. A breakpoint is a level where your damage per hit goes up; a bulkpoint is a level where the boss's damage on you goes down, which is what buys you an extra hit before fainting.

AttackerFast moveCharged moveAttacker IVsRaid bossTierBoss fast moveBoss charged moveWeatherFriendshipShadow?My level right now

Next breakpoint at level 44.5 — Bite goes 8 → 9

At level 30, Tyranitar hits Mewtwo for 8 with Bite and 88 with Fire Blast, and survives 88 Psycho Cuts. The next bulkpoint is level 31, where Psycho Cut drops to 2. Price the power-up to level 45.

Tyranitar

rockdark

Mewtwo · Tier 5

psychic

Breakpoints: 8
Bulkpoints: 64
Boss defense: 156

Breakpoints — where your damage steps up

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Levels where Tyranitar's damage against Mewtwo increases
Level	Attack	Bite	Fire Blast	Step
1.5	35.9	2	17	already reached
3	57.4	3	26	already reached
5.5	81.4	4	37	already reached
9.5	109.4	5	50	already reached
14.5	135.3	6	61	already reached
21	162.8	7	74	already reached
28.5	189.7	8	86	already reached
44.5	216.2	9	98	+1 damage per Bite

Fire Blast also steps up at levels 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13, 13.5, 14, 14.5, 15, 15.5, 16, 16.5, 17, 17.5, 18, 18.5, 19, 19.5, 20, 20.5, 21, 21.5, 22.5, 23, 23.5, 24, 24.5, 25.5, 26, 26.5, 27, 28, 28.5, 29, 30, 31, 32.5, 33.5, 35, 36.5, 38, 39.5, 41, 42.5, 44.5, 46, 47.5, 49.5, 51.

Bulkpoints — where the boss stops hurting as much

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Levels where Mewtwo's damage against Tyranitar decreases
Level	Your HP	Psycho Cut on you	Psychic on you	Fast hits survived
1.5	32	8	185	4
2	39	7	150	6
2.5	46	6	130	8
3	51	5	116	11
3.5	56	5	106	12
4	61	5	98	13
4.5	65	4	92	17
5	69	4	86	18
5.5	73	4	82	19
6	77	4	78	20
7	83	4	72	21
7.5	86	3	69	29
8	90	3	67	30
8.5	93	3	65	31
9	95	3	63	32
9.5	98	3	61	33
10	101	3	60	34
10.5	103	3	58	35
11	106	3	57	36
12	111	3	54	37
12.5	113	3	53	38
13	115	3	52	39
14	119	3	50	40
14.5	122	3	50	41
15	124	3	49	42
15.5	126	2	48	63
16	128	2	47	64
16.5	130	2	46	65
17	132	2	46	66
17.5	134	2	45	67
18	136	2	45	68
18.5	137	2	44	69
19	139	2	43	70
19.5	141	2	43	71
20	143	2	42	72
20.5	145	2	42	73
21.5	148	2	41	74
22	150	2	40	75
22.5	152	2	40	76
23	153	2	39	77
23.5	155	2	39	78
24	157	2	39	79
25	160	2	38	80
25.5	161	2	37	81
26	163	2	37	82
26.5	165	2	37	83
27.5	168	2	36	84
28	169	2	36	85
28.5	171	2	35	86
29.5	174	2	35	87
30	175	2	35	88
31	177	2	34	89
32.5	179	2	34	90
34	181	2	34	91
35.5	183	2	33	92
37	185	2	33	93
38.5	187	2	32	94
40	189	2	32	95
41.5	191	2	32	96
43	193	2	31	97
44.5	195	2	31	98
46.5	197	2	31	99
48	199	2	31	100
49.5	201	2	30	101

The whole staircase

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Damage at every half level
Level	Attack	Bite	Fire Blast	HP	Psycho Cut on you	Hits survived
25	177.7	7	80	160	2	80
25.5	179.4	7	81	161	2	81
26	181.2	7	82	163	2	82
26.5	182.9	7	83	165	2	83
27	184.6	7	84	166	2	83
27.5	186.3	7	84	168	2	84
28	188.0	7	85	169	2	85
28.5	189.7	8	86	171	2	86
29	191.4	8	87	172	2	86
29.5	193.0	8	87	174	2	87
30you are here	194.6	8	88	175	2	88
30.5	195.4	8	88	176	2	88
31	196.2	8	89	177	2	89
31.5	197.0	8	89	177	2	89
32	197.8	8	89	178	2	89
32.5	198.6	8	90	179	2	90
33	199.4	8	90	179	2	90
33.5	200.2	8	91	180	2	90
34	201.0	8	91	181	2	91
34.5	201.8	8	91	182	2	91
35	202.6	8	92	182	2	91
35.5	203.4	8	92	183	2	92
36	204.1	8	92	184	2	92
36.5	204.9	8	93	184	2	92
37	205.7	8	93	185	2	93
37.5	206.4	8	93	186	2	93
38	207.2	8	94	186	2	93
38.5	208.0	8	94	187	2	94
39	208.7	8	94	188	2	94
39.5	209.5	8	95	188	2	94
40	210.2	8	95	189	2	95
40.5	210.9	8	95	190	2	95
41	211.5	8	96	190	2	95
41.5	212.2	8	96	191	2	96
42	212.9	8	96	192	2	96
42.5	213.5	8	97	192	2	96
43	214.2	8	97	193	2	97
43.5	214.9	8	97	193	2	97
44	215.5	8	97	194	2	97
44.5	216.2	9	98	195	2	98
45	216.9	9	98	195	2	98

Showing levels 25 to 45 around where you are now.

How this is worked out

Each row calls calcDamage from src/engine/damage.ts — floor(0.5 x power x atk/def x STAB x type x modifiers) + 1 — with the attacker built by effectiveStats at that level and the boss by raidBossStats (15/15/15 IVs, tier CP multiplier, fixed tier HP). Weather, friendship and the Shadow multipliers are the same constants the simulator uses. Incoming damage carries no friendship bonus, because friendship is a trainer-side bonus, and a Shadow attacker's 0.8333x defense penalty is applied to it.