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I think in the next big update, Niantic should make attack, defence and stamina contribute equally to the CP of a Pokemon. So a 15 15 0 pokemon will have the same cp as a 0 15 15 pokemon. Attack ivs should allow the pokemon to do more damage, defence ivs should allow the pokemon to do less damage, stamina should buff their hp. But they all have to be weighted equally in-game battle and to their CP. So 15 defence vs 15 attack vs 15 stamina is the same as pokemons will either do more damage/take less damage/have more health. Anyone with me?

Asked by JeffWhale8116 years 9 months ago

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Umm... No.

It's not like there's some magic formula where CP = power.
CP is just a representation of the pokemon's power.

Surely, most people realize this when they choose a lower CP pokemon that has better moves. For example, choosing Meteor Mash Metagross over Dialga eventually.

The reason attack is more valuable than defence and HP in the CP formula is because it matters more. Attack is the ONLY stat relating to how much damage you deal. Defence and Stamina both contribute to how long you survive. Thus, attack is more important to overall power.

Further, at least how the game is played for now, DPS is king. Lowering the CP of stronger attackers will just make it more annoying for us to scroll through our legions of tanks to get to the pokemon we want to use in raids to get the most damage balls...

OP seems to acknowledge everything you say, but is suggesting changes to how they perform.

I think your getting STATS and IV mixed up.

CP is just an empty number. Changing how CP looks like will not change a pokemon's performance. How stats are calculated or changes in the combat mechanics would. In addition, they already decided how pokemon stats will be calculated, we had a glimpse of it before they reverted the change due to a bug. How CP is going to look like in the next update is already decided.