is Kadabra good for gym-leveling?
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon/64
Kadabra (not Alakazam) has interesting Stats: Very high attack, and low defense / stamina. So its CPs are quite low, while it's attack is strong, really strong, almost the same as exeggutor and jolteon.
This makes me wonder, whether he could be really fast to train a gym when dodging. Has anybody tried to?
Answers
It is.....
If you dodge everything including Quick Attacks.... and even then at best it's even with a Type Adv.
Psycho Cuts 19.3 and change true dps is better than 17.3 and change true DPS using a Vine Whip Tangela against a Water Mon gets you. So that's like 11.5% more dps
But even when Dodging everything, the Tangela also dodging everything will take like 20% less damage from the Water Attacks
So when comparing Kadabra to Tangela for leveling up vs a Water Mon.
Kadabra = +11.5 Damage, but takes +25% more damage. In another words, for me, not a great trade.
Kadabra probably works well if you dodge everything + don't have a Pokemon that has a Type Adv on both offense/defense.
I think, i got your point.
Your example ist interesting - a tangela, a pkm perfectly matching to fight waters - deals less damage to a water-pokemon. This illustrates the generall usefulness of kadabra.
Of course, i will use a pkm with great type advantage if i can, but sometimes it is not available in correct size (still having gym-training in mind).
I will test my kadabra and then decide whether to aim for an army of different size kadabras.
