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Mewtwo power-up limit

You guessed it; yet another twonk asking about whether to hurl candy at his spanking new legendary.

So; What's a reasonable minumum set of stats for powering up Mewtwo?
My first one has a wonderful 11 11 10 (a d s), 71%.
It'll likely be a fair while before I get another invite, but I will get it sooner or later; I do visit eligible gyms every now and then.

Asked by Slapdangle Dinglybat7 years 5 months ago

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Do you NEED a Mewtwo right now?
Despite it's stats, it's a pretty useless mon in general. You asked, I'd advice against powering it up unless you think you really need one in your team. Mine aren't as bad as yours but I've resisted the itch to power any of them up because I wouldn't get any use out of it. Perhaps when the Latwins descend from the heavens

Tbh, Mewtwo low-key kinda sucks. Powering up that 71% Mewtwo will just be a waste of resources. You're better off with a Mewtwo above at least 90% IVs (preferably with 15 ATK). But, even then, it'll still be pretty useless.

I disagree with the above statements. The only minimum stat I would provide is 15 Attack, but it really depends on how often your area EX-Raids.

- Current best Psychic (And near best Ghost) specialist in game
- Best generalist, similar to Rayquaza
- Focus Blast is best answer to Blissey

And I really wouldn't power it up without maxing it. If you power it up to level 30 you may as well just evolve a weather-boosted Alakazam for similar results at less of a cost.

I maxed mine - definitely no regrets even at 84% IV.

"- Current best Psychic (And near best Ghost) specialist in game
- Best generalist, similar to Rayquaza
- Focus Blast is best answer to Blissey"

In my opinion, all of this is invalidated by Mewtwo's low defense. Even if it has a whooping base stat of 300 ATK, Mewtwo faints way too fast for it to even put in any sort of significant damage. Whatever Mewtwo can currently do, other Pokémon (like Dragonite or Machamp) can do just as good (or better). If Mewtwo had more bulk and better charge moves, then I'd definitely agree with you. Sadly, the nerf on Mewtwo made it too fragile to even be useful.

Haven’t run the Numbers but i’m guessing that a 70% IV should have a more than enough DPS-rate, outperforming the usual suspects. Don’t get stuck on IVs. Today I got a 93%; 14/15/13 and ran it against my other mewtwo (87%) and got more or less a identical DPS-rate.
Im guessing a 70% should perform pretty much Almost the same as a 82%.

10-10-10, because Mewtwo is rare and his base stats are so high that 5 points this way or that won't make a difference except in the rarest circumstances.
I powered one up to level 30 with FB. He occasionally helps on my gym clearance squad. If I get a second, I'll give it C/SB and use it on raids.

Wait for a better one, at least for a 82 ivs one, like other said Mewtwo isnt that great, its surpassed by Machamp with the FB moveset and with C/ ShB, a set which its supposed to have the higher DPS generalist ms, its underwhelming just because it dies so fast in Raids due to his very low bulk

Well, I was struggling with soloing Machamp, could only beat Close Combat, and with less than 10 seconds to spare. Then I got a Mewtwo (85%), and added him to my Machamp team (Con/SB).
Soloed Machamp last week, Close Combat, beat it with 28 seconds to spare, and didn't get to my 5th or 6th pokemon.

So my experience was pretty good, and would have been better if I had Con\Psychic. Hard to argue that it's useless - I now like my chances against Dynamic Punch a lot more.

10/10/10 is only marginally weaker than 15/15/15 in raids and gym battles, and the Mewtwo is the most precious resource you have - they are hard to get. You can grind more dust and rare candies, but you need to get the EX pass to get a Mewtwo.

Like any meta relevant pokemon, he will shine in a few situations; like a good generalist, he will do pretty well in most. Don't use him against things that resist psychic, or his charged attack, and he'll be useful.