A Pokémon Go player revealed that he is fed up with players who “overestimate” the importance of IVs in the game and that trainers should not worry about minute differences in strength.
In Pokémon Go, each pocket monster in the mobile game is assigned IVs, which are random Individual Values.
These determine the different statistics surrounding the HP, Attack and Defense of each Pokémon. Therefore, players will naturally try to catch the best they can.
However, one player heavily criticized other players for placing too much emphasis on getting the highest IVs for their Pokémon and avoiding strong pocket monsters to have “zero” IVs.
Pokémon Go player outraged by trainers focusing on IVs
Pokémon Go player Prestigious_Time titled his post: “People are stupid about IVs,” stating that it was not a “complaint but rather a quick rant” about how they were “sick of people who greatly overestimate the role of IVs.”
People being idiots about IVs: Rant byu/Prestigious_Time_138 inpokemongo
“Yes, if you’re a hardcore Gym trainer looking to max out all the best attackers, a world-class GO Battle League expert, or someone who cares about trophies or the three-star/hundo Pokédex, the IV are important to follow. Otherwise, there is literally no reason why you should care.”
During the lengthy post, they admitted: “I lost my patience when I saw a horde of people advising someone with a Zygarde 11/12/11 (the best PvP Pokémon) not to invest in it because of the lousy IVs.”
Their main problem with trainers using IVs revolved around the “tiny differences in strength in the vast majority of contexts (especially in my central example of Zygarde),” when using IVs. They claimed that a “simple 5% increase that wouldn’t make a difference anywhere except for very high level PvP fights.”
Players were quick to share their experiences: “I don’t do a lot of PvP, my biggest problem with IVs is that if I invest in a Pokémon that has say 13/13/13, I’ll always be worried about it. getting another one later with better IVs and not having enough candies to evolve it.”
This led another player to respond: “I feel like every Pokémon Go player knows this feeling. The way I see it, if you get a Pokémon with better IVs later, you still get the upgrade. It will be a little later, but you will evolve this Pokémon too.”
To which the author replied: “I feel the same way, it’s purely sentimental. There is a lot of regret when I max out a 13/14/13 Pokémon and then a 15/15/15 of the same species comes along. My only point was to explain the real difference (or rather lack thereof) between average and perfect IVs.”
Many agreed with Prestigious_Time that IVs are “overrated” and echoed thoughts that “people who stress over perfect IVs are crazy. This mainly affects mirror matches. Most of the game is rock-paper-scissors and knowing which Pokémon can use which attack.”
Despite the backlash, various players are still trying to wait to find the perfect Pokémon to evolve. One in demand is the Fulguris, for which we have explained exactly how to find the version with the perfect IVs.
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