What is the best EV spread to receive as little damage as possible?
Like the question says. Use Celebi as an example since it has the same stats. The moves in question that would hit the example Celebi would be Close Combat and Focus Blast and the attacking Pokemon would be Mew. Ignore the type effectiveness and assume the two moves would deal neutral damage since this is just for some research. Also, assume that Mew has both of those moves and on turn one ,uses close combat and on turn two, uses focus miss. So, what is the best EV spread in these scenarios:
Scenario one - you have all 510 EVs to spare. How would this be spread in order to receive as little damage as possible from both attacks?
Scenario two - you only have 258 EVs to spare and the other 252 went to Celebi’s attack stat. How would the remaining 258 EVs be spread in order to receive minimal damage from both attacks?
Do not put the 252 hp / 252 Def or SpD because that is not what I am looking for
Also I am aware that most Pokemon do not have the same Def and SpD stats. This is just for research and I’ll do the adjusting myself
Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.
Assuming that Mew’s attack and special attack are the same (maxed EVs) and both Poke we can see how much damage Mew will do with different EV spreads. For the purpose of this experiment, damage will be measured in percentage of total HP.
To start, let’s do 252 HP, 128 defence, and 128 special defence. If Mew uses Focus Blast, it will do from 11.8% to 14.1% damage. This, times 2, will make Celebi take 23.6% to 28.2% damage.
Despite what you say, let’s do 252 HP, 252 defence/special defence, and 4 defence/special defence. When Mew attacks, it will do 10.6% to 12.6% damage to the 252 EV stat, and 13.3 to 15.8% damage to the 8 EV stat. Combined, this makes Celebi take 23.9% to 28.4% damage, slightly higher than the previous option.
Next, let’s try 252 defence, 252 special defence, and 4 HP. Each move Mew uses will do 12.5% to 14.9% damage. This, times 2, will make Celebi take 25% to 29.8% damage. This is much more than to previous two options.
The last test will be with 172 HP, 168 defence, and 168 special defence. Celebi will take 11.9% to 14.3% damage per attack, making it 23.8% to 28.6% damage for two attacks. This is slightly lower than the other 3 options.
As you can see, the option of 252 HP, 128 defence, and 128 special defence provides the best defence to this scenario. It is miniscule, with about 1 or 2 HP being saved.
Now for scenario two. Let’s start with 128 defence and 128 special defence. For each attack, Celebi will take 14% to 16.7% damage. That’s 28% to 33.4% damage for 2 attacks.
Next, let’s do 252 defence/special defence and 4 defence/special defence. Celebi will take 12.6% to 14.9% damage in the stronger stat, and 15.8% to 18.7% damage. Combined, this is 28.4% to 33.6% damage, once again slightly more than the first option.
As you can see, doing 128 defence and 128 special defence is the best option, but only saves about 1 to 2 HP. I hope this all helps.
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