Stat

HP redirects 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. More specifically, stats may also refer to the numerical values of each field in regards to individual Pokémon.

List of stats

Permanent stats

Hit Points

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HP bar in Platinum

Hit Points, or HP for short, determine how much damage a Pokémon can receive before fainting. It is comparable to body mass rather than the toughness or willpower of the Pokémon. 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 HP stat among all the Pokémon in the game with a whopping 255 Base HP. The average HP Stat is 72 of all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 81. If a Pokémon has more than half their HP, the color remains green, if the Pokémon is between half or more than 1/4 their HP, the Pokémon HP will turn yellow (In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, if a player uses a revive the color would be green when revived to half of the player's Pokémon), and if a Pokémon has less than 1/4 of their HP remaining, the color will turn red and a beeping sound (gen I-IV) or a change of battle music with the beep as a metronome ( Generation V) will notify the player that his Pokémon is in danger of Fainting and will continue playing until the Pokémon is switched out, treated to a healing item, or faints.

Attack

The Attack stat determines how much damage a Pokémon can deal using a physical move. Deoxys in its Attack Forme currently holds the honor 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. The average Attack Stat is 75 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 90.

Defense

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Summary Screen from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl showing Piplup's stats

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. The average Defense Stat is 72 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 86.

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 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. Shandera currently has the highest Special Attack stat of all non-legendary Pokémon, at 145. Mewtwo currently has the highest Special Attack of all non-event Pokémon with 154. The average Special Attack Stat is 70 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 85.

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 the Pokémon with 230. The average Special Defense Stat is 71 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 86.

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. Deoxys in its Speed Forme currently holds the honor of having the highest Speed among all the Pokémon with 180. Ninjask currently has the highest Speed of all non-legendary Pokémon with 160. The average Speed Stat is 67 for all Pokémon, and the average for all fully evolved Pokémon is 80.

In-battle stats

Evasion

The Evasion stat 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 2), 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 move.

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.

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 and IV

The stat is rounded down if the result is a decimal. It is also rounded down before the nature mutiplier, 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	135	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.

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 Template:Type2 Pokémon gain 50% Special Defense, which does not work with stages.

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

Stat	Raisers				Reducers
	Vitamin	Moves	Abilities	Items	Moves	Abilities	EV Berry
Attack	Protein	Acupressure* AncientPower Belly Drum Bulk Up Curse Dragon Dance Howl Meditate Metal Claw Meteor Mash Ominous Wind Sharpen Silver Wind Swagger Swords Dance Growth* Hone Claws Coil Around Shell Smash Cheer Up	Anger Point Competitiveness Download* Flower Gift Guts Huge Power Hustle Pure Power Rivalry* Righteous Heart Sudden Impulse*	Liechi Berry Light Ball Starf Berry* Thick Club X Attack	Aurora Beam Charm FeatherDance Growl Memento Secret Power* Superpower Tickle	Intimidate Slow Start Rivalry* Sudden Impulse*	Kelpsy Berry
Defense	Iron	Acid Armor Acupressure* AncientPower Barrier Bulk Up Cosmic Power Curse Defend Order Defense Curl Harden Iron Defense Ominous Wind Silver Wind Skull Bash Steel Wing Stockpile* Withdraw Coil Around Cotton Guard	Marvel Scale Sudden Impulse*	Ganlon Berry Metal Powder Starf Berry* X Defend	Close Combat Crunch Crush Claw Iron Tail Leer Rock Smash Screech Superpower Tail Whip Tickle Shell Smash	Sudden Impulse*	Qualot Berry
Special Attack	Calcium	Acupressure* AncientPower Calm Mind Charge Beam Flatter Growth Nasty Plot Ominous Wind Silver Wind Tail Glow Butterfly Dance Shell Smash Cheer Up	Download* Flower Gift Minus Plus Solar Power Sudden Impulse*	DeepSeaTooth Light Ball Petaya Berry Soul Dew Starf Berry* X Special	Captivate Draco Meteor Leaf Storm Memento Mist Ball Overheat Psycho Boost	Sudden Impulse*	Hondew Berry
Special Defense	Zinc	Acupressure* Amnesia AncientPower Calm Mind Charge Cosmic Power Defend Order Ominous Wind Silver Wind Stockpile* Butterfly Dance	Sudden Impulse*	Apicot Berry DeepSeaScale Soul Dew Starf Berry* X Sp. Def	Acid 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	Sudden Impulse*	Grepa Berry
Speed	Carbos	Acupressure* Agility AncientPower Dragon Dance Ominous Wind Rock Polish Silver Wind Body Purge Butterfly Dance Shell Smash	Chlorophyll Motor Drive Quick Feet Speed Boost Steadfast Swift Swim Unburden Sudden Impulse*	Quick Powder Salac Berry Starf Berry* X Speed	Bubble BubbleBeam Constrict Cotton Spore Curse Hammer Arm Icy Wind Mud Shot Rock Tomb Scary Face Secret Power* String Shot	Slow Start Sudden Impulse*	Tamato Berry
Evasion	--	Acupressure* Double Team Minimize	Sand Veil Snow Cloak Tangled Feet Sudden Impulse*	BrightPowder Lax Incense	Defog Gravity* Sweet Scent	Sudden Impulse*	--
Accuracy	--	Acupressure* Hone Claws Coil Around	Compoundeyes Sudden Impulse*	Wide Lens X Accuracy Zoom Lens	Flash Kinesis Mirror Shot Mud Bomb Mud-Slap Muddy Water Octazooka Sand-Attack Secret Power* SmokeScreen	Hustle Sudden Impulse*	--

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%

Notes

This game mechanics article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.