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Which Exeggutor to power up? (legacy vs. iv)

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I have two level 20 Exeggutors and I want to power one up to at least level 30. One is 84 IV (14A/14D/11S) and has Confusion and Solar Beam. The other has 96 IV (15A/15D/13S) and has Extrasensory and Solar Beam. Which would you power up? Thanks!

Asked by saydoe21427 years 6 months ago
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Moveset is more important than IVs, and Confusion is the better moveset, it has the fastest time to kill against most raid bosses. Only Bullet Seed against Rhydon is faster due to the double grass weakness.

If you look at IV as a percentage then yes, they are lower, but when you look at them in practice, they don't make a significant difference.

14 vs 15 attack, if they had the same moveset would only be a difference of 1 power up to reach a quick move breakpoint, and for charge move it's probably only 1 or 2 extra damage on a Solar Beam.

Same with defence, one extra power up to reduce a raid boss' quick move damage by 1, and reducing it's special damage by 0 or 1 point.

A difference of 2 stamina IV is only a difference of 1 HP at level 30 and 2 HP at 39.

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C/SoB is the preferred moveset for a generalist Exeggutor. However, with Dragonite and Mewtwo it has no place as a generalist in the current meta.

It’s only role now is as a premium attacker into water, especially Vaporeon. Since Bullet Seed is better than Confusion for that purpose I would go for a Bullet Seed instead, but if you mainly go for T4/T5 water pokemons I think Confusion or Bullet Seed doesn’t matter.

In short, TM 96% to BS and take it to 34,5.

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I agree with Rick here - Bullet Seed is good for Vaporeon solos also because its fast energy buildup and quick speed allow for dodging and offing fast SoBs for more survivability on the frail palm tree.

That being said, hang on to the legacy Exeggcutor. Against weaker players without a Scizor, Con/SoB absolutely wrecks as a gym defender since its slow moves pack a huge punch and varying STAB types.

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Both

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I powered both of my Confusion Eggs to near 2500 with around 80% IV each . Then I caught a 98% one, decided to bring it to 2700 and tmed it to Bullet Seed/Solarbeam to become my best grass Attacker. There won't be a better one in the upcoming gen3.

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