Is HP more important than attack?

Q: Which IV stats are most important?

The higher the IV stat, the better the Pokémons Attack, Defence or HP will be..

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Which is more important attack or HP?
Which IV stats are most important?
What is more important HP or defense?
What is the most important stat in Pokemon go?

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Defense vs HP - which is more important?

TheHaggis 1 year ago#1

I know Defense relates to how much damage you take from an attack, while HP refers to stamina, but which is more important?
Say for example you have two the same pokemon, only their IVs vary as follows:
A) 15/15/0
B) 15/0/15

Which would survive longer in a battle? A would take less damage from an attack with the higher Defense, but it has lower HP. B would take more damage from an attack, but has higher HP. Would they both survive as long?

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Mizznox 1 year ago#2

Depends entirely on the specific Pokemon + moves involved, really. Generally speaking, I'm pretty sure that with small differences the extra HP is probably better (but the majority of the time there will be no difference) while with a gap that large the extra Defense will probably survive longer.

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SRR_Capdown 1 year ago#3

It really depends on the Pokemon, moves and situation. What's the context?

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fawooboogads 1 year ago#4

What the above have said. I'll give an example:
say in PVP you're fighting something that has a slow move, like confusion and it does 1 extra damage back of the low defense. By the time it KO's you, it'll have maybe only shot 6 confusions. So 6 extra damage. Did you gain at last 6 extra hp from the 15/0/15 over the15/15/0? On the other hand let's say it's a fast move like dragonbreath or lick doing 1 extra damage, they'll probably pile on 30 + moves to KO you which would be 30 extra damage.

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Defense vs HP - which is more important?

So basically, when someone attacks you, it takes their attack against your defense or their special attack against your special defense. The result of that becomes a number of HP points which is subtracted for your HP total. So both of the stats help keep you alive in a different mathematical way.

The ideal setup is actually to have them roughly equal. As in, usually you should work on your lowest stat to make it higher. But HP is good obviously because it helps you against both physical and special attacks.

This website, http://pokestudio.altervista.org/defevs.php , helps you optimize your overall HP/defense with effort values, but you do have to know a few things about your Pokemon first, like its base stats.

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There is a formula to calculate damage, a pokemon deals. It can be found here.
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/damage-mechanics

If you just ignore
- rounding
- moveset
- stab
- type-bonus

you can deduce, that a plain multiplication of att, def and sta stat is the measure to compare damage a pokemon deals until it faints.

This is not exactly CP, because in CP, Def and Sta are square rooted before multiplication.
This means, attack stat is evaluated higher in CP than it should be from a "damage done until pkm faints" point of view.

Nevertheless, i like CPs to evaluate attackers, because this formula takes into account that "damage done until pkm faints" is not everything, killspeed matters too, and the higher evaluation of att-stat in CP takes this into account.

Maybe, for defenders there should be another measure, like "defensive CP" to find a pkms position in a gym.
It is annoying and takes long to kill snorlax in comparison to dragonite, whereas dragonite has higher (and from a defensive point of view) overrated attack-stat that gives him really high CP.
Other extreme durable defenders (wigglytuff and chansey) have low CP and therefore are at the botton of gyms what is sonehow unfair and makes training of those gyms harder.

But if the ranking in gyms will change and consider more defence and stamina stats, wouldn't became much harder to prestige?

Edit: I guess not necessary, since in that case Wiggly's gym defence CP will be higher, so the attackers CP can be higher than I initially thought.

CP is just a condensed value of your pokemons stats and level. No more no less. It is just an inaccurate assessment of "how good" your pokemon is.

https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon-stats-advanced

The only thing matters in gym fights is the attack, defense (including basestat + iv and level in means of cpM) and hp of your pokemon.

Which is more important attack or HP?

Every Pokémon has a set stat value, which is a balance between Attack, Defense and HP. In Pokémon go, Attack is valued more highly than Defense and HP, and contributes more to CP.

Which IV stats are most important?

The higher the IV stat, the better the Pokémon's Attack, Defence or HP will be..

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stars - 66.7% to 80%.

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What is more important HP or defense?

Defense reduces damage from each attack your Pokémon receives, while Higher HP Pokémon will require more hits to take down. Defense is preferable if your taking multiple small hits; having more HP is better if your taking big hits. Ideally, you'd want a bit of both to be a solid tank.

What is the most important stat in Pokemon go?

CP explained in Pokemon Go Generally, a Pokemon with higher CP will perform better in battle than one with a lower stat. There are other factors such as types, moveset, and weather bonuses that alter this paradigm, though. Nonetheless, it is a good way of determining a Pokemon's strength at a base level.