Stat

HP and Hit Points redirect here. For the move commonly referred to in competitive battling as "HP", see Hidden Power. For the Pokémon Trading Card Game set commonly abbreviated as "HP," see EX Holon Phantoms. For HP in the Trading Card Game, see Glossary of terms.

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Stats, short for statistics, determine certain aspects of battles in the games. Stats may also refer to the numerical values of each field in regards to individual Pokémon.

List of stats

Permanent stats

Hit Points, or HP for short, determine how much damage a Pokémon can receive before fainting and how long it can last in a battle. It is the most visible of the stats in battle, appearing both graphically (as a bar that is green, yellow, or red depending on how much HP is left) and as a current/total amount below the bar. Currently, Blissey has the highest base HP stat among all the Pokémon in the game, with 255. The average base HP stat is 68 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 80.

If a Pokémon has more than half of its HP, its HP bar remains green. If the Pokémon has between one-fifth and half of its HP, the bar will turn yellow. If a Pokémon has less than one-fifth of its HP remaining, the bar will turn red and a beeping sound (Generations I-IV) or a change of battle music with the beep as a metronome (Generation V) will notify the player that his or her Pokémon is in danger of fainting. This beeping will continue until the Pokémon is switched out to another Pokémon which has at least one-fifth of its HP, has its HP raised to one-fifth or higher by any means, or faints.

The HP bar also affects the Pokémon's cry. If a Pokémon's HP bar is green, the player will hear the cry of the Pokémon in its normal sounding rate, but if the Pokémon has less than half of its HP remaining or has fainted, its cry will be lowered by a half-step to indicate its weakened state.

More specifically speaking, HP is a whole package that consists of many things like the capacity for damage each Pokemon has, its stamina and energy levels and its willpower. Body mass plays a role too but it's not always a rule. Some Pokemon have high HP because of pure body mass like Wailord or Snorlax. Other Pokemon though, even small, have high HP because other factors set them capable of withstanding large amounts of damage before collapsing. Generally speaking, HP is how much damage the Pokemon's body can take before shutting down. Blissey for example has high HP so she has a great capacity for damage and she can tolerate massive injuries that would knock out every other Pokemon. Furthermore, HP is stamina and energy because the more stamina and energy a Pokemon has the more possible it will be for it to bounce back right after an attack. High stamina means the Pokemon can last a long time in the fight without tiring and high energy levels mean it can bounce back after an attack. Finally, HP is willpower and general toughness. Some Pokemon are just so strong willed, persistent and have so strong survival instincts that will never give up a fight. For example, Blissey has high HP and Shuckle has low HP. This means that Blissey won't give up no matter how injured it is while Shuckle will want to stop fighting as soon as it is slightly injured.

So, for example, Blissey and Wailord both have huge HP. Wailord's HP though is due to its enormous size. Blissey on the other hand has such a high HP because: 1) She is built in such a way so as to be able to survive horrific injuries and massive amounts of damage. She can tolerate a lot of damage before collapsing. 2) She has enormous stamina and energy levels. Thus, she can last forever in a fight and can bounce back immediately after an assault. 3) She has terrific willpower and perseverance. Blissey never give up a fight no matter how badly injured they might be. They do their best to survive.

HP is mainly willpower though. Even in the games, when your Pokemon faints and you pick it to battle the console says 'Your Pokemon has no will to battle'. When a Pokemon's HP reaches zero it means that it lost its willpower to keep going. Pokemon lose their willpower for battle as a result of injuries and the pain of the attacks. The more damage they receive the more their willpower falls.

Attack

The Attack stat determines how much damage a Pokémon can deal using a physical move. Deoxys in its Attack Forme currently holds the trait of having the highest Attack stat among all the Pokémon, with 180. Rampardos currently has the highest Attack stat of all non-legendary Pokémon with 165. Black Kyurem currently holds the highest Attack stat of all non-event Pokémon with 170. The average Attack Stat is 75 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 90.

Defense

The Defense stat determines how much damage a Pokémon receives when it is hit with a physical move. Shuckle currently holds the highest Defense stat among all the Pokémon in the game with 230. Regirock currently holds the highest Defense stat of all legendary Pokémon at 200. The average Defense stat is 70 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 83.

Special

The Special stat determines how much damage a Pokémon both receives and deals in regards to special moves. The Special stat was divided into Special Attack and Special Defense in terms of base stats in Generation II, and further divided in terms of IVs and EVs in Generation III. Mewtwo, with 154, had the highest Special stat among all the Pokémon in the generation in which the stat existed.

Special Attack

The Special Attack stat determines how much damage a Pokémon can deal using a special move. Deoxys, when it is in Attack Forme, currently holds the highest Special Attack stat among all the Pokémon with 180. Chandelure currently has the highest Special Attack stat of all non-legendary Pokémon, at 145. White Kyurem currently has the highest Special Attack of all non-event Pokémon with 170. The average Special Attack Stat is 69 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 83.

Special Defense

The Special Defense stat determines how much damage a Pokémon receives when it is hit with a special move. Shuckle also holds the highest Special Defense stat among all Pokémon with 230. Regice currently has the highest Special Defense stat of all legendary Pokémon. The average Special Defense Stat is 69 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 83.

Speed

The Speed stat determines how quickly a Pokémon can act in battle. Pokémon with higher speed will make a move before ones with lower speed under normal conditions; in the case that two Pokémon have the same speed, one of them will randomly go first. Deoxys in its Speed Forme currently holds the honor of having the highest Speed among all Pokémon with 180. Ninjask currently has the highest Speed of all non-legendary Pokémon with 160. The average Speed Stat is 66 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 78.

The speed stat is not used in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon; however, movement speed is considered its analogue in that series.

In-battle stats

Evasion

The evasion stat, or evasiveness, determines the percent chance that an opponent's move will miss. The initial value at the start of any battle is 100%. If the stat is decreased below 100% with a move such as Sweet Scent, then the opposing Pokémon has a better chance of connecting its move. If the stat is increased above 100% with a move such as Double Team, the opposing Pokémon will have a harder time connecting its moves. It was called "evade" in Generation I.

Accuracy

The accuracy stat determines the percent chance an attacker's move will hit. The initial value at the start of any battle is 100%. Along with accuracy-raising moves, in Pokémon XD the player can also raise a Pokémon's accuracy by using the call action.

Formula for accuracy and evasion

The probability that a move will hit is calculated as follows:

Where:

• A_base is the base accuracy of the move (in percent - e.g. a base accuracy of 95 is counted as 0.95),
• Accuracy is the current accuracy stat of the user (in percent - e.g. raising accuracy by three stages raises this number to 3), and
• Evasion is the current evasion stat of the target (in percent - e.g. lowering evasion by two stages lowers this number to 0.6).

If P is greater than 1, the move will surely hit. In a 2-on-2 battle, it is possible for a move that hits two or three targets to miss some of the targets and hit others - the probabilities are calculated individually for each target.

Belly

The Belly is a hunger statistic appearing only in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. As the team leader explores a mystery dungeon, over time its Belly will diminish, represented by a number decreasing from 100. Running or holding certain scarves will cause the Belly to decrease more quickly. Other items will cause the Belly to deplete at a much slower rate, or not deplete at all. While a Pokémon's Belly is empty, its HP will decrease with every step it takes until it either faints or eats something.

Belly can be replenished with items such as food (Mystery Dungeon), seeds, Berries, and gummis*. When a Belly-replenishing item is used at maximum Belly, the maximum Belly will increase temporarily, and the Belly will increase to the maximum Belly.

Determination of stats

Base stats

A Pokémon's base stats will most often have the greatest influence over their specific stats at any level. Disregarding individual values, effort values, and Nature, a level 100 Pokémon's stats in Attack, Defense, Speed, Special Attack, and Special Defense will be exactly 5 more than double its base stats in each, while the HP stat will be 110 plus double the base stat (except in the case of Shedinja, whose HP is always 1).

For a list of Pokémon by their base stat values, see the list of Pokémon by base stats.

Level

Main article: Level

When a Pokémon grows a level, its stats will increase. For each level gained (ignoring nature), stats will increase by 1/50 the base stat value, and 1/100 the combined individual value and effort value. This means that it is impossible, through leveling up, for a Pokémon to ever lose points in a stat unless it evolves into a Pokémon with a lower base stat value for that specific stat or an EV-reducing Berry is used. It is also impossible for any Pokémon other than Shedinja not to gain HP upon leveling up without using a Pomeg Berry (Pokémon Emerald onward) as no evolutionary line has members with a lower base HP than the pre-evolved forms.

Nature

Main article: Nature

Most natures enhance the growth of one stat, while hindering the growth of another. After all other calculations are finished, the stat that the nature enhances will be 110% of what it would be without the nature, and the stat hindered will be 90% of its normal value.

Individual values

Main article: Individual values

Individual values cause two Pokémon of the same species to have different stats. Between generations there are different manners of determining them.

Effort values

Main article: Effort values

Effort values are what cause a trained Pokémon to have higher stats than an untrained counterpart of the same level. For every 4 EVs gained, a level 100 Pokémon will have 1 extra point in its stats. Variance of stats caused by EVs reaches a maximum of 63 points at level 100, as a Pokémon can gain a maximum of 255 EVs in a single stat.

Formula

See also: Damage calculation

In Generations I and II

The stat is rounded down if the result is a decimal.

Example

Consider a Level 81 Pikachu with the following IV's and EV's:

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Sp.Atk	Sp.Def	Total
Base stat	35	55	30	90	50	40	300
IV	7	8	13	5	9		42
EV	22850	23140	17280	24795	19625		107690

Its HP can be calculated as follows:

Its Speed can be calculated as follows:

Its Special Attack and Special Defense stats simply rely on the Special EV and IV.

In the end, this Pikachu's stats are:

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Sp.Atk	Sp.Def
Base stat	35	55	30	90	50	40
IV	7	8	13	5	9
EV	22850	23140	17280	24795	19625
Total	189	137	101	190	128	112

Note that some numbers may be off by one due to rounding.

In Generations III, IV, and V

The stat is rounded down if the result is a decimal. It is also rounded down before the nature multiplier, if any, is applied.

These formulas mean that, aside from Shedinja's HP, which is always 1, the lowest a stat can ever possibly be is 4.

Example

Consider a Level 78 Garchomp with the following IV's and EV's and an Adamant nature:

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Sp.Atk	Sp.Def	Total
Base stat	108	130	95	102	80	85	600
IV	24	12	30	5	16	23	110
EV	74	195	86	23	48	84	510

Its HP can be calculated as follows:

The Adamant nature raises Attack and lowers Special Attack. This means that when calculating the Attack stat, Nature = 1.1, and when calculating the Special Attack stat, Nature = 0.9. So this Garchomp's Attack stat will be:

And its Special Attack stat will be:

Its Speed stat, on the other hand, has no Nature multiplier, so it is calculated as:

In the end, this Garchomp's stats are as follows:

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Sp.Atk	Sp.Def
Base stat	108	130	95	102	80	85
IV	24	12	30	5	16	23
EV	74	195	86	23	48	84
Total	289	280	193	172	136	171

Note that some numbers may be off by one due to rounding.

Stat modifiers

Some moves and Abilities can change stats during battle, raising them and lowering them as part of the effect. Some items will also do this.

In-battle stat modifiers multiply specific stats by a certain amount, meaning that a higher starting stat will have a bigger change. For each stat, there are six stages of increase, and six stages of decrease. The stages are cumulative: adding a stage of increase, and then a stage of decrease, results in no net change to the stat. The six stages of increase are x1.5, x2.0, x2.5, x3.0, x3.5, and x4.0. The six stages of decrease are 2/3, 1/2, 2/5, 1/3, 2/7, and 1/4. Accuracy and evasion modifications are calculated in a different manner. However, in the Generation I handheld games, the accuracy and evasion modifiers are the same as the normal stat modifiers; this was changed in the Japanese version of Pokémon Stadium and all international versions.

Some modifiers, such as Huge Power and Pure Power, do not work with the above stages, and thus can stack on top of them. For example, a Pokémon with Pure Power and six stages of increase in Attack would have eight times its normal attack.

In Generation IV, during a Sandstorm, all Rock-type Pokémon gain 50% Special Defense, which does not work with stages.

All stat modifiers listed below, except the vitamins, wings, and the EV Berries, will increase the corresponding stats only for the battle that they are used in.

List of moves and Abilities

Stat	Raisers					Reducers
	Moves	Abilities	Items			Moves	Abilities	Items
			Vitamin	Wing	Items			EV Berry
Attack	Acupressure* AncientPower Belly Drum Bulk Up Coil Curse Dragon Dance Growth Hone Claws Howl Meditate Metal Claw Meteor Mash Ominous Wind Sharpen Shell Smash Shift Gear Silver Wind Swagger Swords Dance Work Up	Anger Point Contrary Defiant Download* Flower Gift Guts Huge Power Hustle Justified Pure Power Rivalry* Sap Sipper Moody* Moxie	Protein	Muscle Wing	Liechi Berry Light Ball Starf Berry* Thick Club X Attack	Aurora Beam Charm FeatherDance Growl Memento Secret Power* Superpower Tickle	Contrary Intimidate Slow Start Rivalry* Moody*	Kelpsy Berry
Defense	Acid Armor Acupressure* AncientPower Barrier Bulk Up Coil Cosmic Power Cotton Guard Curse Defend Order Defense Curl Harden Iron Defense Ominous Wind Silver Wind Skull Bash Steel Wing Stockpile* Withdraw	Contrary Marvel Scale Moody*	Iron	Resist Wing	Ganlon Berry Metal Powder Starf Berry* X Defend	Close Combat Crunch Crush Claw Iron Tail Leer Rock Smash Screech Secret Power* Shell Smash Superpower Tail Whip Tickle	Contrary Moody*	Qualot Berry
Special Attack	Acupressure* AncientPower Calm Mind Charge Beam Fiery Dance Flatter Growth Nasty Plot Ominous Wind Shell Smash Silver Wind Tail Glow Quiver Dance Work Up	Download* Flower Gift Lightningrod* Minus Plus Solar Power Moody*	Calcium	Genius Wing	DeepSeaTooth Light Ball Petaya Berry Soul Dew Starf Berry* X Special	Captivate Draco Meteor Leaf Storm Memento Mist Ball Overheat Psycho Boost Snarl	Moody*	Hondew Berry
Special Defense	Acupressure* Amnesia AncientPower Calm Mind Charge Cosmic Power Defend Order Ominous Wind Quiver Dance Silver Wind Stockpile*	Moody*	Zinc	Clever Wing	Apicot Berry DeepSeaScale Metal Powder* Soul Dew Starf Berry* X Sp. Def	Acid Acid Spray Bug Buzz Close Combat Earth Power Energy Ball Fake Tears Flash Cannon Focus Blast Luster Purge Metal Sound Psychic Seed Flare Shadow Ball Shell Smash	Moody*	Grepa Berry
Speed	Acupressure* Agility AncientPower Autotomize Dragon Dance Flame Charge Ominous Wind Quiver Dance Rock Polish Shell Smash Shift Gear Silver Wind	Chlorophyll Motor Drive Quick Feet Sand Rush Speed Boost Steadfast Swift Swim Unburden Moody*	Carbos	Swift Wing	Quick Powder Salac Berry Starf Berry* X Speed	Bubble BubbleBeam Bulldoze Constrict Cotton Spore Curse Hammer Arm Icy Wind Low Sweep Mud Shot Rock Tomb Scary Face Secret Power* String Shot	Slow Start Moody*	Tamato Berry
Evasion	Acupressure* Double Team Minimize	Sand Veil Snow Cloak Tangled Feet Moody*	--	--	BrightPowder Lax Incense	Defog Gravity* Sweet Scent	Moody*	--
Accuracy	Acupressure* Hone Claws Coil	Compoundeyes Moody*	--	--	Wide Lens X Accuracy Zoom Lens	Flash Kinesis Mirror Shot Mud Bomb Mud-Slap Muddy Water Octazooka Sand-Attack Secret Power* SmokeScreen	Hustle Moody*	--

Stages

When a status move is used that is meant to increase or decrease a stat of an in-use party or foe Pokémon it will be measured according to the following fractions:

For Attack, Defense, Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense and Speed

Stage power

	Subtractive moves						Base	Supplemental moves
Stage	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6
Fraction (x)	2/8	2/7	2/6	2/5	2/4	2/3	1	11/2	2	21/2	3	31/2	4
Percentage	25%	29%	33%	40%	50%	67%	100%	150%	200%	250%	300%	350%	400%

For accuracy and evasion

Stage power

	Subtractive moves						Base	Supplemental moves
Stage	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6
Fraction (x)	3/9	3/8	3/7	3/6	3/5	3/4	1	11/3	12/3	2	21/3	22/3	3
Percentage	33%	38%	43%	50%	60%	75%	100%	133%	167%	200%	233%	267%	300%

In the anime

Stats in the anime appear to leave out the Special and Physical concept. It is more dependent on attack power and the amount of damage inflicted instead of Attack and Special Attack, and endurance rather than Special Defense and Defense. One example was seen in Pedal to the Mettle! when Paul's Weavile used Swords Dance, an Attack-boosting move, which boosted Blizzard, a special move, as well as Ice Shard and Metal Claw. Another instance was in Shocks and Bonds, where Johnny's Aggron's Harden, a Defense-boosting move, appeared to defend against Tyson's Sceptile's SolarBeam, a special move.

Gallery

Generation I	Generation II (International)	Generation II (Japanese)
File:RSE status screen.png		File:StatsDP.png
RSE	FRLG	DPPt
HGSS	BW

See also

• List of Pokémon by base stats

Notes

Pokémon individuality
Level • Stats • Friendship • Gender • Ability (Hidden Ability) • Nature • Characteristic Effort values • Individual values • Go Power • Effort level Condition • Performance • Affection • Memory

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