Should Battles Won affect power up?
I have 4 pokemon with Battles Won > 0. I have noticed that I have a tendency to want to power them up, even though with their move set and IV's they may not "deserve it". For example, I have a level 30 Dragonite with SW/HyperBeam and 82% IV's with "Battles Won:1". Normally I wouldn't power him up, but I am tempted. Do others power up their "Battles Won" mons?
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Battles Won is the least concern af the stats that are displayed. There isn't even a true explaination of exactly what it means, and it has no use.
I have a friend who took over a gym, and put his D'nite in it. Then he has his 6 year old daughter attack the gym with nothing but pidgeys. Of course he beat all 6, and got a "Battles Won". He claimed that he was "testing a theory" about it.
A few days later, I saw his D'nite in a different gym, and it had 8 Battles Won. Ever since then, I've gone out of my way to kick his ass out of every gym that I see that D'nite in!
^ I agree with this!
OP: let's say you had 3 blisseys and 2 snorlaxes, 2 gyarados, and a rhydon all sitting below that dragonite. By the time an attacker gets to your dragonite, they will have taken a fair amount of damage and are more susceptible to being beaten by it, due to the fact that the attacker's squad has taken a beating. For all we know, the 3 blissey's prior may have each dealt more damage, but because your dragonite is sitting where it is, it just so happens to KO the attacker's remaining pokemon
