Help choosing between very similar Rayquazas
I was fortunate enough to get three 96% Rayquazas but plan to max only one to 40lvl and need help choosing:
A) 2073CP - 13HP-15A-15D
B) 2072CP - 14HP-15A-14D
C) 2071CP - 15HP-15A-13D
I’m leaning towards Ray B, but it basically comes down to what’s more important for a Rayquaza, HP or Defense? Thank you very much!
Answers
At this point it's just splitting hairs but the difference between 13 and 15 stamina IV is only 1 HP which will rarely make a difference (most of the time you'll get overkilled) and best case scenario is that you get one extra Outrage before fainting from having 1 extra HP.
And that's only if the 15 defence doesn't make a difference to charge move damage, which it most likely will because of Rayquaza's relatively low defence and charge moves have higher damage values - if the 15 defence lowers damage by 1 then it has the same survivability as the one with +1 stamina but -1 defence IV.
However if the 15 defence results in a defensive quick move breakpoint that 14 defence cannot reach, the difference is greater than +1 HP because you're reducing damage from every quick move by 1, effectively giving you +1 HP every time you take a hit which could mean 2 or even 3 more Outrage uses.