>>47230711Alright, since I haven't made the change in the calculator to separate the Master Skills per Category to fully support the new ones that Maxie and Archie have... I'll write this as objective as possible... Analysis of both Ground Strikes at 6EX 5/5 and after 1 Sync Move (so we use Mega Garchomp). Not considering the x2 effectiveness since the only difference would be that Archie has a boost higher by x1.5, so you can directly compare both with just the numbers you see.
Grids:
Cynthia:
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/9100/44500?s=5&l=135&r=6&p=0&a=13010203&g=AAECAwQFBhEXGBseHyAiIyUvMaxie Offtype:
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/19200/38300?s=5&l=135&r=5&p=0&a=13010602&g=AAECAwQFCAoLDA4RFBcaKCsuLwMaxie With Effective:
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/19200/38300?s=5&l=135&r=5&p=0&a=13010602&g=AAECAwQFBgcICw4RFBcaKCstMaxie hits harder than Cynthia in both Regular and Sync Moves. He'd require less setup for him to get going too. So, if those are your criteria, you can shitpost about Maxie > Cynthia. The only difference is that you have to consider that Maxie gets that damage using a 4bar move, while Cynthia uses a 3bar one... restricting a bit how you play, but it would only impact fully in Master Mode. In Syncs, Cynthia will obviously lose since she lacks any multiplier there, so no point commenting there.
If you want to know how to calculate the damage for these comparisons and have the time
(and autism) to read a long-ass document, here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f5jJSZx4vkGIle2oiVWdbwQ82fl7RqYi84jPgaWbIKE 