What are bad IVs Pokémon?

If a Pokemon is created with IVs even below 20, they're considered worthless and unusable. There are two cases who you wouldn't want a 31 in a stat. The first case is primarily the Speed stat, where you want a 0, for the purposes of Trick Room, which reverses the turn order.

Is High IV good or bad Pokemon?

The higher the IV stat, the better the Pokémon's Attack, Defence or HP will be. If a stat has an IV ranking of 15 - the maximum possible stat - then the bar will be coloured red. On the other hand, if a stat bar is completely empty, then the IV ranking for that stat is 0.

Do bad IVs matter?

Based on the way IVs affect damage output, the difference that 100% IVs make compared to 0% IVs is around 10%, i.e. they will last around 10% longer, deal around 10% more damage, and resist around 10% more damage.

What are 0 IV Pokemon good for?

0 Attack IVs: Used for special attackers, so they don't take extra confusion and Foul Play damage. 0 Speed IVs: Used on slow Pokemon whose purpose is to go last (Payback, Trick Room, Gyro Ball).

Is a 0% IV Pokémon rare?

However 0% pokemon are even rarer than 100% pokemon, since the former can never come from raids, eggs, research tasks or trades.

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How rare are perfect IV Pokémon?

There's a one in 4,096 chance, or 0.0244% portability, of finding perfect IVs from a wild catch. There is also a Weather Boosted wild catch though, which gives you a significant odds boost. Instead of the 1 in 4,096 chance, a Weather Boosted catch increases your odds to a 1 in 1,728 chance.

Can all 6 IVs be best?

It's possible, at least in the recent generations. I occasionally get some in Japanese breedjects from wonder trade (wrong ability usually). It takes a fantastic dedication to breeding, though. Barring that, you can always find a gold bottle cap and max the IVs that way.

Do I need a perfect IV Pokémon?

For tournaments, perfect IVs in HP, Defense, and Special Defense, on top of the other 3 (depending on the pokemon) are necessary. For online battles, it's not necessary, but perfect IVs in at least Speed, Attack, and/or Special Attack are useful.

What do good IVs look like?

If your Pokémon has three stars and a red stamp, it means that it has 100% perfect IVs. If it has three star with an orange stamp, it has around 80-99% perfect IVs. Two stars means 66-80% IVs and one star means 50-65% IVs.

Are low CP Pokémon worth keeping?

It pays to keep and evolve only the best Pokémon you find. In general, you want higher CP Pokémon to evolve over lower CP Pokémon, but just because a Pokémon has a high CP doesn't mean it's actually very good.

How do you get 6 IVs in Pokémon?

The best opportunity to get a six-IV Ditto comes from six-star Tera Raid battles, which can be unlocked in the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet post-game. Pokemon caught in six-star raids are guaranteed to have five perfect IVs with their sixth stat being a random IV between 0 and 31.

Is IV better than CP?

IV vs CP — differences

A perfect IV Pokemon, when fully levelled up, will be as powerful as that particular species can be. On the other hand, a high CP will show power in terms of an absolute score but might be on the lower end of the potential spectrum. When battling, high CP Pokemon should be utilized.

How to get 5 perfect IVs?

Breeding Pokémon with good IVs

Once you grab your good IV Pokémon from a raid or get a Ditto with good IVs, the goal is to make a Pokémon with at least five perfect IVs. To get a parent Pokémon to pass down IVs, give it a Destiny Knot to hold. This passes down five of their IVs to their child, randomly.

How many IVs is best?

A perfect IV Pokemon is a Pokemon with some its IVs (usually 4-5 of them) at the maximum value of 31. This can be extended to the right Nature, too. To see your Pokemon's IVs you need an NPC called the IV Judge (or Stats Judge), which is located at the Battle Tree.

What IV range is pretty good?

Pretty Good: 11 - 20. Very Good: 21 - 29. Fantastic: 30.

Is 25 IV good?

Your pokemon with 25 IV in defense has a 96% chance of surviving opposing Earthquake. The same pokemon with 30-31 IV in defense has a 100% chance of surviving the same Earthquake.

Should I transfer all low IV Pokémon?

Combat Power (CP)

Each one should have the letters CP next them, as well as a number. CP stands for combat power -- the higher the CP, the stronger the Pokémon will be in battle. In general, you want to trade away your low-value Pokémon so you can build up your stronger ones.

Are 100 IV Pokémon better?

The difference between 0% IVs and 100% IVs statistically is between 5% and 10% depending on species. In practice, the difference is typically even smaller.

How rare is 2 perfect IVs?

There's a one in 4,096 chance, or 0.0244% portability, of finding perfect IVs from a wild catch. There is also a Weather Boosted wild catch though, which gives you a significant odds boost. Instead of the 1 in 4,096 chance, a Weather Boosted catch increases your odds to a 1 in 1,728 chance.

What is Max IVs?

IVs (Individual Values): The 'genes' of the Pokémon. They go from 0 to 31 individually in each stat. EVs (Effort Values): The training of the Pokémon. The trainer will share them from 0 to 252 in each stat. Nevertheless, the total amount can never exceed 510 points.

Can you have 31 in all IVs?

Individual Values

Unlike EVs, there is no cap for the IV total; it is theoretically possible to have a Pokémon with 31 in every IV. Statistically, the best you can hope to achieve is 31 in three of the six stats, with the remaining three being left up to chance.

What is a 0 IV Pokemon?

A Pokemon with a 0% Attack IV sounds like it'd be incredibly weak, but IVs are added onto a "base stat" for attack that's shared with all Pokemon of their type.

Do Legendaries have 3 perfect IVs?

Wild Legendaries will have minimum 3 perfect IVs. Wild encounters are the only Legendaries in Sword and Shield that can have Marks.

How common are 100 IV Pokemon?

The chance to get a 100% IV (15/15/15) Pokémon in Pokémon GO is 1/4096, or in percentage, 0.0244%. The chance to get any combination of IVs is the same and equals 1/4096. The game awards IV values using three random rolls, from 0 to 15.