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Different Attack/Defense Ratings

Why is it that every site or app has different ratings for the same Mon? Sometimes they are not even close. Example:
Cacturn, 1902 CP, Battle w/ teh Best, Attack, Defense, Strong, 114 HP, 8000 Power Up, Poison Jab, Grass Knot, 87%

Gamepress: Attack, C Defense, A
Poke Genie: A rating for Attack & Defense
gameinfo site: 95% Attack, 100% Defense
pokemoves site: 95% Attack, 93% Defense

One must assume that they are using different criteria but how and why when there is only so many variables. Why does Gamepress have a rating for an attack that varies so much differently than the others?

Asked by bumrocks17 years ago
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The sites have different methodologies for determining their rankings. GP uses its own simulations and damage calculations. There are always going to be differences because there are quite many variables here, including the personal judgement of the team writing the rankings.

The explanation offered on GP's Cacturne page is that SP gains energy faster and is thus almost always preferable to PJ, despite PJ having higher DPS. With 5/6th of the movesets being mixed type, it's more important to gain energy faster for your SE charge move than to deal damage with your fast move, and especially in the case of PJ/GK, there is no pokemon that both will hit SE against. (EDIT: I thought of Ludicolo initially but it of course takes neutral from grass.)

Other sites may be blindly looking at PJ's better DPS and ranking it higher because of that.

EDIT2: I would not care much either way in this case because Cacturne is a fairly weak pokemon and is outclassed in almost any situation by multiple better options.

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Sucker Punch has STAB, so GamePress rated it higher.

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