Are you chasing the monsters with perfect ratings in Pokémon GO? Understandable. But in every situation, the top values are not always the best.
What are 4 stars in Pokémon GO? “4-star Pokémon”, “100 percent Pokémon”, or also simply “Hundo” refers to the rare Pokémon that have a perfect rating.
If this is the case, the game will show you the usual 3 stars during the evaluation by your team leaders, while the rating sticker changes color. You will also see fully filled bars for attack, defense, and HP values. “Perfect values,” indeed.
But sometimes the perfect values are not ideal: namely when you want to play in the Great or Ultra League.
Why would I sometimes want a bad attack in Pokémon GO?
Here’s the reason: An interesting discussion about Pokémon values has started in the Reddit community for Pokémon GO. User “DaAwesomeCat” asks why some trainers swear that you’d prefer a value distribution of 0/15/15 over 15/15/15.
The answer: The digits each represent one of the three values. 15/15/15 would be a “perfect Pokémon” with ideal values, as described above. A 0/15/15 Pokémon, on the other hand, has a bad attack value but still strong defensive and HP values.
Why is this good? When you battle in raids or the Master League, you always want the “Hundo”, meaning perfect values. However, it looks different in the Great League and Ultra League: there, a low attack value can pay off. Because: these leagues are CP-limited.
The CP are the values of your Pokémon that represent its overall power. They consist of the attack, defense, and HP values, with the attack being weighted more heavily.
The theory goes like this: In the battle league, strong defensive and HP values are more important than the attack value, as long as you have good moves. That’s why monsters like Azumarill, Slurpuff, or Rocara are good options in the Great League, while they aren’t particularly relevant in raids.
If the attack value is very high, the CP also increase rapidly – and then it may be that you cannot use your monsters at high levels due to the CP limits. Or the defensive and HP values may be lower in comparison than they could be, as the attack value does not give them enough space within the CP limits.
In short: If you have a lower attack value but high defensive and HP values, you can use Pokémon with a higher level in the league than if you had, for example, 15/15/15. And that can give you a significant advantage in the league.
What do you think of the battle league? Do you play there too, or are you only in raids or the Master League? Then you can simply rely on “Hundos” and the best attackers in Pokémon GO.
