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Effect and Short Effect are not Reliable

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Description

There are some attacks that get constantly updated and buffed, the pure numbers get updated, but not the effect texts.

Example Fury Cutter: The Long Effect text describes an end multiplier of 16x, the short effect of "maxing out after 5 turns"
Both dont even work, cause the maxing out of power happens at 160 power, which was 16x in Gens 2-4 and the 5 turns in 5.

Example Bind: The Effect texts claim an 1/16 of max hp damage, but that category of damage has been overall buffed to 1/8th of max hp damage.

I did not check all moves, but I happened to see this often enough that i can't call the effect text data reliable

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Review the move effect text data using Fury Cutter and Bind as initial examples. Audit other move effects for outdated values or turn descriptions, and consider the work complete when the affected effect texts match the current mechanics.

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Bug
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3-5 days
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Mostly clear
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