Two Year Birthday Update For PVP IV
It’s been a bit over two years since I published PVP IV during covid. A few important things have stayed the same since I published the one year birthday update last year. PVP IV still has thousands of users and over 60 Pro subscribers. These numbers are actually down a bit from last year, which…
One Year Birthday Update for PVP IV
I’ve been less active in the Pokemon Go community lately in order to focus on other projects (if you’d like to check them out, I made a shopping list app for iOS and a block puzzle game for iOS) as well as my day job. So I thought I’d give an update on the one…
Opponent Imports
Feel free to download these files and then copy and paste their text these into a custom meta to quickly import opponents. Note that these files may not be perfectly up-to-date with the standard metas in the app, although they are intended to be the same. For more accurate results, I recommend logging opponents you…
A First Look at Level 50: The Pokemon That Benefit Most
Today, it was announced that the level cap for Pokemon will be increasing to 50 (51 with Best Buddy boost). This article looks at which Pokemon are likely to be most heavily impacted by these changes. I obtained this information by doing Comparison Battles in the PVP IV iOS app with the projected CPM values…
Aeroblast Lugia in Master League: A First Look
Soon, Lugia will get its signature move Aeroblast, which boasts an eye-popping 180 base power, and a similarly massive 75 energy cost. To keep this analysis simple, I ignored the 12.5% chance of raising Lugia’s attack by 2 stages. In summary, Aeroblast is basically a strict improvement as a secondary move over Hydro Pump (with…
Great League Meta – Season 4
The above chart contains aggregate data representing 5797 Pokemon from thousands of battles logged with PVP IV custom metas. While this chart is a great way to get a high-level overview of the overall meta, your local meta may vary significantly based on factors such as MMR and time of day played. You can get…
About Custom Metas
Custom Metas are PVP IV’s most powerful feature, allowing you to personalize Rankings, 1 vs All Battles, Team Battles, and Comparison Battles based on the Pokemon you have available to you and the opponents you face. This feature is only available in the PVP IV iOS app, which can be downloaded on the App Store.…
About Team Battles
PVP IV team battles (aka “PVP IV team builder”) is a tool to help you build strong teams. Choose a league then enter up to three Pokemon to identify which Pokemon they do well against, which Pokemon are threats, and which Pokemon might also pair well with them. This article goes into detail about the…
PVP Impact of the September & October Community Day Options
This article analyzes the community day options for September and October 2020: Charizard, Porygon-Z, Muk, and Butterfree. It lists out every matchup improved or worsened by the possible move changes in each relevant league. The focus is mostly on Charizard, since that’s who stands to benefit most. Here’s a tl;dr: Charizard with Dragon Breath would…
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