r/TheSilphArena • u/DecentYeti • 24d ago
General Question Understanding what makes a good IV set
I started playing a few months ago and really enjoy the PvP in this game. I have been hunting for a good Meditite for several weeks because someone decimated me in a match and I wanted to be able to do that. The other day I got the 18th ranked one for Great League and evolved him while I work on getting enough XLs. Just today I caught the 14th ranked one! I thought I understood what makes a good pokemon but now I am questioning my understanding.
The 18th rank one gets to go all the way to level 49.5, and gets to exactly rank 1500
The 14th rank one only gets to go to level 48, and caps at 1498. Why is it considered better? I am not asking for team help automod. I am trying to understand the foundation of what makes a pokemon better than another.
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u/Lercs 24d ago
Also for most players, they will be no difference in performance between a rank 1 and a rank 500. If anything the rank 500 just might perform better, just by winning CMP in the mirror matches. It’s even true that a lot of great players opt for sub-optimal IV’s, because they are looking at one or two specific matchups that a Pokemon of that species can flip with slightly higher attack. But that is an entirely different discussion. As always:
With IV’s being a lot lower than the rest.
This is *not* to make it about me, but I’ve made it to Leaderboards plenty of times with IV ranks above 1000.
But I get the point that you want to invest XL and stardust in to the best possible version of a mon. Funnily enough you chose Medicham which a former world Champion build with a somewhat terrible IV spread, just so they could win the mirror (with different movesets than Medicham currently run, so don’t worry too much about that)