PRO PvP Sets (WIP)

[Joshimanohar]

why 29hp iv for gengar

 

[Jorogumo]

13 hours ago, Joshimanohar said:

why 29hp iv for gengar

 

Hey. This is minor and will mostly never matter in practice. Basically, 29 HP IVs minimize Life Orb recoil. If Gengar has 30+ HP IVs, it will have 260+ HP and will lose 26 HP every time that Life Orb activates. However, with 29 HP IVs, it will have 259 HP and will only lose 25 HP with every hit because 25.9 is rounded down to 25 due to the way Pokemon mechanics work. This makes 29 HP IVs an optimal choice, but it's totally optional and having higher or lower HP IVs will work just as fine. For the purpose of this (now outdated) thread, I tried to optimize sets and spreads as much as possible.

[Joshimanohar]

why ditto needs speed 1iv and relaxed nature only

[Jorogumo]

On 8/29/2022 at 8:45 PM, Joshimanohar said:

why ditto needs speed 1iv and relaxed nature only

This is another scenario that will almost never matter in practice. If your Ditto is slower than an opposing Ditto, the nature and the speed will help you in a Struggle war. Otherwise, any nature and speed IV can work as long as your Ditto has Imposter.