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Please help, which raikou?

Two raikous, att/def/hp

1896cp, 15/11/15 (91%) vs
1893cp, 13/15/14 (93%)

The latter has higher overall IV and a much more well rounded distribution of IVs, allowing for more bulk -- but at the cost of two attack points. What do you guys think?

And also, please don't just say "don't level up any of them and just catch another raikou". If I catch another, better raikou I'll power that one up too.

Asked by SpaceOpera8 years 2 months ago
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For me, I will level the higher IV one.

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It's close, but I would go for the 15/11/15. Attack IV's count more, not just because of reaching breakpoints at lower levels, but also because the other stats are square-rooted in the damage formula. If the second one were 14/15/14, I'd probably choose that one.

You could try running some Pokebattler simulations against various defenders to compare how they perform.

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When you run sims is it best to battle against level 40 mon? For example would you run both of these at their max breakpoints let's just level 31 and 32 vs Suicune at level 40?

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no hesitate, 15 11 15
13 15 14 will perform worse than 15 11 15 in most cases. Additional 4 points of defense won't reduce damage for you (unless it crosses a defense break point but seldom happens), but additional 1 HP and 2 ATK (resulting in 1 or 2 more damage from Wild Charge) is something you can see for sure.

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I also would go for the 15/11/15 but you can still wait some time :p

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