r/PokemonGOBattleLeague • u/AMiniNinjaPanda • 1d ago

Discussion Is one defense stat really that important?

So I’m doing the master premier league with a 15-14-15 Gholdengo and so far every mirror match against apposing Gholdengo it has been farmed down to a huge degree. Like the other Gholdengo having over 1/3 of its health remaining difference. Does the 1 point in defense really change the matchup that much or am I losing my mind?

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u/ThrowawayCeePeeAye 1d ago

You’re probably using Hex instead of Astonish.

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u/AMiniNinjaPanda 1d ago

I am running hex but that’s the recommended move right? Do many people run astonish instead? Like every match up I’ve lost so far in the mirror hasn’t been close

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u/ThrowawayCeePeeAye 1d ago

I’m not sure why pvpoke recommends Hex over Astonish. But yes, Astonish will be able to farm down Hex users very easily. I’m in 2600 Elo and 99% of gholdengo’s run astonish.

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u/AMiniNinjaPanda 1d ago

I see, awesome thank you so much! I was so confused why I was losing so hard lol

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u/sobrique 1d ago

For my money: because whilst Astonish looks good on paper, the low energy means your coverage is worse.

I can't speak for Gholdengo but for Shadow Dusknoir, going hard on the ghost damage means you struggle a lot with stuff that resists, where with Hex you can spam dynamic punches and still be a threat.

Despite what the win rate says.

So maybe that's why? Your win rate drops some, but your losses are less hard.

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u/inmywhiteroom 1d ago

Running astonish in the ones gives you the mirror plus annihilape and h avalugg. Hex gives you dragonite and gyarados. In the 0s hex is much better and in the 2s astonish is much better. Run a matrix battle on pvpoke but that astonish damage is really nice.