Confused about confused Pokémon ?

If I use Screech then Confuse Ray and a Pokemon was confused, will it deal more damage because its Defense is down, or should I use Metal Sound to reduce the SpD?

(I can’t explain this so here’s an example);Sceptile is confused.It hurt itself in its confusion.Umbreon used Screech.Sceptile’s defense fell.Sceptile is confused it hurt itself in its confusion.ETC.Would my Sceptile have hurt itself more before or after screech?

Let’s say I clicked “Leaf Blade”.

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The confused condition causes a Pokémon to hurt itself in its confusion 50% of the time. The damage is done as if the Pokémon attacked itself with a40-power typeless physical attack.

To answer your question:It would have hurt itself more after Screech. That is because Screech lowers your defense by 2 stages and since hurting yourself in confusion is atypeless physical attack.

SourceHope it helped.

Confusion has the same mechanic ofFoul Play.The higher the target’s attack is boosted, the more damage it does. This is similar to Confusion.

If a Pokemon’sattackis bosted, then itdoeshurt itself more in it’s confusion. That’s the mechanic of the moveSwagger. It boosts the opponents attack and confuses them, which makes them hurt themselves more. As far as I know, defense doesn’t affect this.

Source: Experience

You would lose more hp because “hurting yourself in confusion” is a typeless physical attack. You have your defense lowered, so you will lose more hp. Hopefully you get what I’m saying :) Hope I helped!Source: experience