GBL Box
Language日本語English

GBL Box / Guides / Rank 1 and the mirror

Rank 1 loses the mirror

Put the rank 1 and rank 76 Feraligatr against each other in the Great League and rank 1 falls first — with zero, one, or two shields each. Rank leans toward bulk, so chasing it costs you Attack value.

Two individuals you cannot tell apart on paper

Both land on CP 1,499. Stat product and SCP are all but identical. The difference is that rank 76 carries more Attack and more Defense, and only gives up HP.

Rank 1
IVs 0 / 11 / 13		Rank 76
IVs 0 / 13 / 1
Stat product100.0%98.6%
SCP (overall bulk)1,4981,484
CP1,4991,499
Level reachedPL20.0PL20.5
Attack / Defense / HP122.5 / 118.9 / 126124.0 / 121.6 / 120

Great League (CP 1500 cap), ordinary individuals.

Those stat values move the damage by one

Attack 122.5 against 124.0, Defense 118.9 against 121.6. Both gaps tip the floor in the damage formula the same way.

Damage dealt to the otherRank 1Rank 76
Shadow Claw, one hit45
Hydro Cannon, one hit4041

Moveset: Shadow Claw with Hydro Cannon and Ice Beam.

So far this is breakpoints. The question is what those single points do across a whole battle.

Running it with charged moves and shields

Counting fast moves alone would mislead, so the full 1v1 is simulated with energy, turns, CMP, and shields. Each side throws its strongest affordable charged move as soon as it can and shields the earliest hits.

ShieldsRank 1 HP leftRank 76 HP leftResult
None040Rank 76 wins
One each020Rank 76 wins
Two each012Rank 76 wins

Rank 1 falls first in every case. It does not matter which side wins CMP when both throw a charged move on the same turn.

Not a fluke: 185 individuals do the same

This particular rank 76 is nothing special. Run all 4,096 combinations against rank 1 and 185 of them win with zero, one, and two shields alike.

Rank 10 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 16 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 17 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 19 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 33 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 34 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 35 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 38 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 42 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 53 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 54 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 55 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 67 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 76 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 81 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 82 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 83 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 89 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 90 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 98 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 99 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 102 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 103 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 104 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 105 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 125 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 126 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 128 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 140 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 141 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 163 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 164 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 169 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 170 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 171 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 177 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 178 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 184 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 211 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 212 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 214 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 215 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 216 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 220 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 221 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 241 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 253 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 256 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 259 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 261 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 265 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 271 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 272 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 299 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 300 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 305 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 306 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 309 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 310 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 314 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 315 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 316 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 317 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 320 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 329 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 330 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 364 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 365 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 380 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 381 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 384 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 385 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 405 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 406 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 412 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 413 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 440 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 446 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 448 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 450 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 453 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 455 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 464 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 505 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 506 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 507 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 508 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 512 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 513 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 515 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 516 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 527 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 528 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 578 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 579 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 603 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 604 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 633 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 634 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 643 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 644 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 648 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 655 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 656 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 667 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 690 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 694 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 699 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 702 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 703 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 708 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 715 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 772 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 773 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 781 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 782 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 794 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 795 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 849 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 850 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 921 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 922 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 928 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 929 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 942 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 943 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 961 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 962 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 964 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 965 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1017 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1021 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1023 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1026 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1034 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1090 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1091 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1130 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1131 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1181 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1182 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1246 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1274 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1275 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1285 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1286 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1297 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1298 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1310 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1311 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1317 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1318 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1391 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1399 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1412 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1467 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1468 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1628 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1679 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1680 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1693 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1694 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1698 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1699 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1711 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1712 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1790 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1821 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1880 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 1881 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2028 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2106 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2107 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2113 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2114 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2125 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2126 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2206 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2425 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2505 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2506 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2531 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2814 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 2884 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 3161 — beats rank 1 in every caseRank 14,096Each blue tick is one of the 185 that beat rank 1 with zero, one, and two shields
The winners are not clustered just below rank 1 — they run from rank 10 to rank 3,161.

The reason is simple. Rank is the product of Attack, Defense, and HP, and the individuals that maximise that product tend to give up Attack value — enough to fall below the damage thresholds. It is the same structure as why a lower Attack IV ranks higher, seen from the other side.

About this calculation

The numbers follow the same rules as GBL Box's rank calculation, damage calculation, and battle simulator. On top of that, the app's own engine was run to confirm that every figure here matches — rank, stat values, SCP, CP, the 4/5 and 40/41 damage, the 40/20/12 HP left, and the count of 185.

Baiting — throwing a weak charged move to draw out a shield — is not modelled. Real play can change the conclusion.

Related

Get it on the App Store One screenshot gives you rank, SCP, and the actual stat values

This app is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Niantic, Inc., The Pokémon Company, or Nintendo. "Pokémon" and "Pokémon GO" are trademarks of their respective owners. All values are for reference.