User blog:Kradr/Strong pokemon

==&nbsp Strong pokemon== This page is not a list of strong pokemon, but a page on how to estimate how powerful a pokemon is, before you even catch it! There are many different factors to the power of a pokemon.

Stats
Stats are obviously very important. Pokemon with high stats are easier to battle with because they do more damage, go first more often, and don't die as much. Go to www.pokemon.com/pokedex for information on stats.

Weaknesses/strengths
If a pokemon had the highest defense stat possible, but took x4 damage from each move type, It would still be pretty vunerable. Which goes to show that weaknesses and strengths matter a lot. A pokemon can take x0, x1/2, x1, x2, or x4 damage from a move type. Check up on your weaknesses and strengths on ptd wiki or pokemon.com to aid your judgement of strong pokemon and to decide when to use different pokemon.

Moves
Moves a pokemon can learn are one of the most overlooked factors. It doesn't matter how strong the pokemon is, if it can't learn any good moves it's practically useless. Why do some people hate metapod and kakuna so much? Why is Magikarp considered to be the weakest pokemon on Earth? Info on moves can only be found on ptd wiki!

Tips:

 * Mew and missingno can use all TMs and HMs.
 * Some good pokemon to have are dragonite or gyarados
 * on ptd wiki, most moves have descriptive pages. Take your time and read about them!
 * Some moves affect how strong the pokemon tend to be in certain stats, such as rest, which recovers health, or quick attack, which has a quick cooldown, which makes it all the more important to read about the moves.