For defenders, the time to win is approximately proportional defense times stamina, and so the difference made by increasing one depends on the size of the other. For example, Steelix base defense is much larger than its base HP, so an increase in the HP IV carries far more weight than an increase in the Defense IV. The situation is opposite for Blissey/Chansey, and they are of approximately equal value for Milotic.
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Rule of Thumb - How to choose best IVs to power up?
Hey,
Today I needed to pick a Geodude to evolve, power up a bit, and use in the Heatran raid. I missed the last six months of the game so Golum and Rhydon is all I've got for this fella.
But my two best Geodudes were 89s:
A) 15/10/15
B) 14/13/13
I picked A, because I realize that maybe a weaker defense might get my energy bars (for the charged move) filled faster...?
How wrong am I? Or right? I know that they might not be that much different.. But anyways, what is the best of the best?
And essentially, this is the questons: when looking for an attacker, which stats (other than attack) is more important?
And for a defender, what other than defense is the best thing to look after?
Thanks!
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Just to add to the discussion, defense is a slightly more important statistic than stamina now after the stat rebalance in November as far as defenders are concerned as a lot of Pokemon received an HP buff. Most pokemon now have their defense lower than stamina but there do exist exceptions. Have a look at the GP stats for each pokemon species and if you are looking to bolster defense, the lower stat of defense/stamina is the one you want to boost up
