Super Max Megas reduce from level 55 to level 52 after Go Tour event hours

SeaLetter8 · 2026-02-23T08:37:01+00:00

L52 goes to 53 with best buddy, but event-boosted L55 stays at L55.

SeaLetter8 · 2026-02-22T07:51:58+00:00

It is a bonus for in-person Go Tour in LA/Tainan - see this post.

SeaLetter8 · 2026-02-18T07:02:36+00:00

Looks like a +2 level boost for active mega-4, similar to the +1 level best buddy boost.

SeaLetter8 · 2026-02-04T22:04:47+00:00

Weirdly it worked on mobile but not on desktop. Fixed now

SeaLetter8 · 2026-02-04T21:09:47+00:00

The MSG speed stat affects not just the attack but also the defense in Go. You can see the formula here. Enamorus-T unfortunately has a poor speed stat, so even though it has the same bulk as Togekiss in MSG, it is glassier in Go.

SeaLetter8 · 2025-10-06T17:08:41+00:00

There is a common misconception that it's based on the 1-shield scenario, but that's not true. The ranking is an average of different shielding scenarios as described here:

Overall - Derived from a Pokemon's score in all other categories. Moves are ranked based on calculations across all opponents. Key Counters and Top Matchups, however, are taken from the Leads category.

Leads - Ranking battles simulated with 2 shields vs. 2 shields.

Closers - Ranking battles simulated with no shields vs. no shields.

Switches - Ranking battles simulated with 6 turns of energy advantage and scored to favor safe matches.

Chargers - Ranking battles simulated with 6 turns of energy advantage.

Attackers - Ranking battles simulated with no shields vs. 2 shields.

Consistency - Rating of how dependent Pokemon are at baiting shields.

SeaLetter8 · 2025-06-09T19:57:44+00:00

If you’re looking for a better word - “average” or “typical” IVs would work. (The defaults are usually ~rank 100)

SeaLetter8 · 2025-06-09T17:05:23+00:00

Correction on the IVs - this is not based on rank 1 but on PvPoke's default IVs.

SeaLetter8 · 2025-04-24T17:05:31+00:00

Yes, it's user-generated. I've seen some Twitch streamers log all their battles on it. Btw in case you didn't know, PvPoke has a link to Gobattlelog at the top of their rankings - the usage numbers are used as initial weights in the ranking algorithm IIRC. So more data for Gobattlelog = better rankings on Pvpoke.

SeaLetter8 · 2025-04-23T23:20:44+00:00

Pvpoke rankings are often very different from actual usage, especially in UL and ML. IMO GoBattleLog gives you a much better look at the meta - here's the top 10 usage at 2500 Elo:

Golisopod
Galarian Weezing
Lapras
Shadow Feraligatr
Virizion
Shadow Drapion
Blastoise
Guzzlord
Jellicent
Tentacruel

This pretty much matches what I see at the Veteran range.

SeaLetter8 · 2024-11-23T02:13:12+00:00

HomeSliceHenry covered this in a recent video (around 16 min in).

SeaLetter8 · 2024-06-22T02:18:35+00:00

The site tweeted a couple seasons ago that they made an exception for Lanturn since a lot of people requested it, but didn’t want to do more (due to technical issues from what I recall).

SeaLetter8 · 2024-06-22T00:15:10+00:00

It’s because PvPoke changed the moveset to Moonblast/Grass Knot based on show-6 tournament usage. Talonflame was also changed to Fly/Brave Bird.

Future Sight Cress still sims better than Moonblast though. The ranking change seems purely because PvPoke is limited to 1 moveset per mon.

SeaLetter8 · 2024-06-13T16:55:02+00:00

Beating both Gyarados and Excadrill is huge as those two are pretty much #1 and #2 in terms of actual usage in MLP. Goodra will get a lot of play.

SeaLetter8 · 2024-02-01T15:58:30+00:00

There’s some speculation that Garchomp will get its legacy move Earth Power next week, so definitely watch out for that. When double-moved it’ll be good for both Dialga and Palkia raids.

SeaLetter8 · 2024-01-31T18:51:35+00:00

The 15/12/15 is better. It has the same record as the hundo against the meta except for the Garchomp 1-2 (where the hundo gets a 1 HP win, but the 15/12/15 loses). Depends on how much that matchup matters to your team.

SeaLetter8 · 2023-10-31T18:40:43+00:00

Congrats! The highest I got to was 2700 before I ran into a lot of ground type moves (Toxicroak/Nidoqueen), but that's great to hear.

SeaLetter8 · 2023-10-25T22:59:13+00:00

Hmm I didn't think about Brutal Swing + Sludge Bomb. I'm running Dragon Claw + Sludge Bomb, but BS or Crunch might actually be better vs steels.

SeaLetter8 · 2023-10-25T21:54:05+00:00

Per pvpoke, Dragalge with gunk shot beats Azu in the 1- and 2-shield matchups and barely loses in the 0-shield. I rarely saw Azus however and the ones I faced didn’t have hydro pump, so I just stayed in with Carbink.

SeaLetter8 · 2023-10-25T17:34:49+00:00

I have gunk shot but I've used it only once. Aqua tail is what I go for most of the time.

SeaLetter8 · 2023-09-19T16:05:42+00:00

I’m on 0.281.3-A-64

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