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Does my 15/0/15 Machamp actually have a higher dps/eps than if it were 100%

I mean i get that it misses almost all the relevant bulkpoints and will obviously die faster. i've been told that a 0 def iv actually boosts eps (from taking more damage) and with good timing possibly even her dps. I just cant seem to find a simulation to back that up and my other machamps are all enough bigger that it makes comparing them in the real world kinda pointless. Is powering her up even worth it?

Asked by FuzzSabre7 years 1 month ago

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It might, it might not. Having low def iv is really situational, depending mostly on quick move breakpoints.
It might move quick move damage up from an even to an odd number, giving you 1 extra energy per hit, it might move it from an odd to an even number, which just makes you die faster, or it might not change the quick move damage at all.
Extra energy might get a quick move off faster, or it might be wasted. Dying faster raises your dps if you just used a charge move, but lowers it if you have a full energy bar.
If you look at enough simulations, some of them will come out in favor of 0 def, some in favor of 15 def, and some will be literally the same.
If you want to power it up for the novelty, go ahead, but it's not gonna revolutionize your gym experience anytime soon.
(shrug)

Edit: Disregard

FuzzSabre is referring to when a 0 def IV leads to more energy gain leading to more charge moves being fired off and thus leading to higher DPS. In reality this, as above explained, it happens sometimes, sometimes it doesnt matter and sometimes a 0 def IV can hurt your DPS.

Ah, forgot about energy gain

Considering that you're asking for advice on powering this one up, than probably not. That makes it sound like it's a mid to low level (below level 25), and would take quite a bit of Stardust and Candies to raise up to a useable level.

Since we can get Weather Boosted Machop's up to level 35, you will probably be able to catch a Level 35 that you can quickly evolve to get a decent attack, and save that Stardust for more useful Pokémon. Now, if you had a level 35 Machamp with 15/0/15, that'd be well worth it. But powering it up from say level 20 to level 35? No.

As ramen_use said, it's situational. I once ran a bunch of simulations trying to see how close one could come to soloing Absol with weather boost, and the best attacker turned out to be a C/DP Machamp with 15A, 15S, and defense IV in the 5-10 range. Higher and lower defense IV's had an adverse effect on time to win. But that was only considering L40 Machamps against Absol.