which to evolve?
Hello guys,
I would like to evolve and get my first Tyranitar. Larvitars are hard to come by. Have two good candidates after the rock event, both hatched. 1. 505 cp 15atk/14def/11sta 2. 508 14 atk/15def/13sta, with a total of 225 candies. I know the obvious answer would be to evolve the second one, but she only has 14 atk. Would she still be the better one to evolve? Thks.
Answers
Because CP is derived from the 3 stats, but defence and stamina are square rooted.
Therefore increases in CP due to IVs are determined by the relative increase to that stat and then that increase is square rooted if the stat is defence or stamina.
For example lets say you have a Pokemon with 100 base attack, defence and stamina.
15 attack IV would result in (115 / 100) = 1.15x CP increase (compared to one with 0 attack IV), while 15 stamina or defence would result in (115 / 100)^0.5 i.e. square rooted = 1.072x increase in CP
This means that for most Pokemon, attack IV has a higher CP increase than an equal IV in defence or stamina. Occasionally in cases where Pokemon have really skewed stats such as Alakazam or Gengar, stamina IV can have more impact on CP than attack even after the relative increase has been square-rooted.
As for Tyranitar I think defence is the weakest stat. Attack is still important both for raising CP as well as against Blisseys, where attack IVs can be the difference between dealing 4 or 5 damage with Bite against high level Blisseys which can save some time.
Stamina is usually more useful than defence, especially on offense, if you dodge, defence IVs do not do much because you are most likely already reducing quick move damage to 1, while 10 or so extra HP can mean your Pokemon does a lot more damage before fainting if you're only taking 1 damage every time you dodge.
Mike1344,
I'm assuming you are young, as in very young. Probably not even 16 years old yet.
As you get older and wiser you'll learn, just like I learned, that being right is less important than how you state your opinions/facts.
No one wants to be in the room with another person who is constantly trying to demonstrate that they are the smartest person in the room.
You are right about the age. A little wrong about my personality tho but I wasn't hoping you know because then well that would be creepy. Also my Reply seems more or less rude depending on the tone of voice used while reading for example if you read it how I meant it well it is not so bad. But looking back I can see how it could be misunderstood. So apoligies to all visiting this old thread for some reason.
Do you understand how IV's work? Specifically, that the IV gets added to the base stat? In the case of Tyranitar, the base attack stat is 251, so you are talking about the (miniscule) difference between having an attack stat of 266 or 265.
Tyranitar's attack stat is already his highest of the three stats, so the defense and stamina IV's are arguably more important anyway. This is a no-brainer.
