In Pokemon GO battles, the charge meter goes up a different amount for each attack, but it doesn't provide information as to how to maximize or change the amount of energy per attack.
Example: Lick on Snorlax gives barely any charge for its heavy slam, while fire spin on Moltres gives 1/5th of my sky attack. (I know they aren't super similar but those are the Pokemon I battle with)
Or on my Grotle how razor leaf barely gives any energy but does a lot of damage and bite does decentish damage and good EPS. (sort of) Does anyone know what the charge per attack is based on or any sort of formula? I did see something once that said you got 0.5 charge for every 1 HP of damage dealt. Is that correct?
Pokemon-go – the charge meter in Pokemon GO based on? Is it determined by damage, EPS, different attacks, or what
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If you and your friend are the same player level, no. Max CP is based solely on player level and type of Pokemon. Each Pokemon has the same max CP at the same player level. If you max out 2 Pidgeys they will have the same CP. As Joe pointed out there can be a difference in HP. I'm fairly sure this is based on size and weight (XL vs XS), but those minuscule amounts of health don't amount to much in a gym battle.
The different colours you see are different "environments". To quote the Pokemon GO FAQ:
Some wild Pokémon appear only in certain environments and climates. For example, some Pokémon may appear only near lakes, oceans, or other bodies of water
"Environments" are based off GPS maps, and are somewhat accurate to the real world. You should expect to see water where there should be a lake, and grass where there should be grass. Buildings appear to always show up as grass. Also consider that it will not be 100% accurate; in the screenshot, above, the 'water' is actually a children's playground.
As a side note, if you stay in the same area for a while, the ground appears to slowly turn grey and patchy. From my observations, these are 'dry areas'. They show up if you are in the area for a long time, and Pokemon generally do not spawn when you are standing on them.
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Every fast attack gives a specific amount of energy each time you use it. This amount depends only on the attack you're using and not on how much damage you do or any other factors.
As far as I know, this information isn't available in-game anywhere, but fan sites such as Gamepress have them all catalogued - they list the values in the form of energy per second rather than energy per attack, though that's probably a more convenient way of looking at it. For instance, Lick gives 12 energy per second, while Fire Spin actually only gives 9.09 energy per second.
However, you can also see that Lick has a cooldown of only 0.5 seconds, and working backwards from there that means it gets 6 energy per attack, while Fire Spin has a cooldown of 1.1 seconds for 10 energy per attack. So even though Lick has higher energy gain per second, it has lower energy gain per attack which is why it seems like it gives less. But it makes up for it by being faster and giving more energy overall.
You may have misread that, or the person who wrote it may have mixed things up. When you take damage from a gym defender or raid boss, you gain energy based on the damage that was dealt to you. But that is completely separate from the damage your own fast moves deal.