Did the Gen 1 Special stat get assigned to either SpAtk or SpDef, or did it get split in half for both stats?

Didnt some Pokemon have their stat go into either SpATK or SpDEF? Like Alakazam’s Special became Special attack, but Charizard had its Special go into Special Defense? I am watching someone on YT do these challenge runs, and it made me wonder how the Special stat was changed to SpATK and SpDef. Was it split, and half went to each stat? Was it just given to one of the stats completely and the other stat had a different number? I am curious how it was fully determined.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

In Generation II, the Special stat from the Generation I games was separated into two stats: Special Attack and Special Defense, and most Pokémon have different Special Attack and Special Defense stats, which do not match the combined Special stat of the previous generation

Basically the stats were split depending on the Pokémon. Most of the time the split was not equal to the original special stat.

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Edit: After looking through the Red/Blow Pokédex it seems you’re right.Gen 1 Blastoise 85 special stat-> Gen 2 85 SpAtkGen 1 Mewtwo 154 Special Stat-> Gen 2 154 SpAtkGen 1 Raichu 90 Special Stat-> Gen 2 90 SpAtk

These are a few examples. I didn’t check the entire Red/Blue Pokédex, but every entry I found had an exact number of Special Stat going into either SpAtk or SpDef.So the Special Stat was given to one of the stats completely and the other stat had a different number.Hope that helped!