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coin flip. In Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow versions, Speed is a major contribution to Critical Hits. A Critical Hit is simply a chance that your attack will hit a gap in your opponent's defenses and deal double the damage that it was supposed to do. The higher the Pokémon's Speed, the more chance it has of dealing double damage. Note that this only applies to the First Generation. | coin flip. In Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow versions, Speed is a major contribution to Critical Hits. A Critical Hit is simply a chance that your attack will hit a gap in your opponent's defenses and deal double the damage that it was supposed to do. The higher the Pokémon's Speed, the more chance it has of dealing double damage. Note that this only applies to the First Generation. | ||
Finally, there is HP. HP stands for Hit Points, or Health Points. With either interpretation, if your HP reaches 0, then your Pokémon will | Finally, there is HP. HP stands for Hit Points, or Health Points. With either interpretation, if your HP reaches 0, then your Pokémon will faint. This means that you must switch out this Pokémon without the penalty of your | ||
opponent having an extra move, and that this Pokémon cannot fight in the same battle again. Note that for player(s) vs. player(s) battles, item usage are not allowed but attached items can be allowed. As you get hit, you lose HP, | opponent having an extra move, and that this Pokémon cannot fight in the same battle again unless an item is used to revive it. Note that for player(s) vs. player(s) battles, item usage are not allowed but attached items can be allowed. As you get hit, you lose HP, but there are moves and items that can raise your HP back up again. We will talk about this later. The point is, if you think that your almost-fainted Pokémon will be of some use later, switch it out so that it won't faint. | ||
but there are moves and items that can raise your HP back up again. We will talk about this later. The point is, if you think that your almost-fainted Pokémon will be of some use later, switch it out so that it won't faint. | |||
While Pokémon stats are talked about, we need to remember that they are quite random. If then, how is Zapdos' Attack compared to someone else's? There is a system called Base Stats. Base Stats are values to compare stats | While Pokémon stats are talked about, we need to remember that they are quite random. If then, how is Zapdos' Attack compared to someone else's? There is a system called Base Stats. Base Stats are values used to compare stats more easily. For example, your level 10 Charmander might have a higher Attack than a level 10 Bulbasaur, but a level 10 Charmander could, in theory, have a lower Attack than Bulbasaur. When base stats are checked, Charmander's Base Attack stat could be 52, and Bulbasaur's Base Attack stat could be 49. This means that most of the time, Charmander will have a higher Attack than Bulbasaur, but not all of the time, since Bulbasaur might use a move or item to raise its Attack stat. Another use is to compare stats within a Pokémon. Alakazam's Base Attack stat is 50, and its Base Special Attack stat is 135. What this means is that even if Alakazam uses a Physical Attack that has double the power of a Special attack, the Special attack would still deal more damage because Alakazam's Base Special Attack stat is more than twice its Base Attack stat. Yes, Fire Punch (damage: 75) will deal more damage than Hyper Beam (damage: 150) coming from Alakazam. I cannot list the system | ||
because every Pokémon has 6 Base Stats for HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed. Almost every Pokédex out there has base stats for each Pokémon though. | because every Pokémon has 6 Base Stats for HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed. Almost every Pokédex out there has base stats for each Pokémon though. | ||
