What is the point in Shedinja having Defense and Special Defense stats?

Since it has 1 HP, what is the point in Shedinja having Defense and Sp. Defense?

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What’s the point of giving Pokemon SAtk when its Physical Attack is much better? To fill a void. Sure it has 1 HP, but the same can be said to giving Shuckle Attacking Moves or Blissey Defense. If Shedinja had no Defenses, it’d be no different than if it did anyways. This could be Gamefreak’s way of trolling as well. If a Pokemon were to have 0 Defense, that would very much glitch the game every time it gets hit in battle, as not damage can be set really.

well, actually theres no point at all. but it would be even stranger if hedidn’t. like, no Pokemon can have 0 in any stat, so its simply just to don’t have it

Actuallyboth of you forgot something. These defenses would be taken into account when it’s behind a Substitute. How does it get behind a substitute you ask? Baton Pass.

Step #1Any Baton passer with Substitute and any defense boosting move.

Step #2Baton pass a substitute and maybe a few defense boosts (your choice) and set up a few times if you want and you haveDeath.I recommend Drifblim to Baton pass because it has access to Stockpile.

Hope I helped!-demat

It’s a late reply but one reason I can think of is when someone usesGuard Swapon Shedinja. Guard Swap switches the Defense and Special Defense stats of the user with the target’s, but I’m not quite sure why anyone will want to do that considering Shedinja’s below mediocre 45 Def and 30 SDef stats. And of course, like the other answers have mentioned, to fill in the void, increase Shedinja’s low base stat total, and also the Substitute strategy.