In your own opinion, which stat is most important to you?

The most important stat to me is Accuracy. If a move hits, it does damage or inflicts status effects, no matter how large or small the amount of damage or effect is, but if it misses you do nothing to the target; what a waste of a move I think to myself when I miss.

Which stat is most important to you?

Personally Id put Hp AND speed in the Top Teir. This is simply due to that fact that if you cant take a hit, you gonna lose.

For me a forst list is a general overveiw of the stat imprtance ( As I said above Hp would move up a teir). The most important stat varies pokemon to pokemon ( as krisp explained).

Top Tier - HP, Attack, Defence, Special Attack, Special Defence, Speed.
Doesn't get a 'Tier' because it's not a stat - Accuracy, Evasion.

None of them are any more or less important than the other. And like Krisp said, it's so situational, I mean right now, I'm on Pokemon Online and my Blissey is battling (stupid staller fag opponent), so right now HP is by far and away the most important stat to me, but I'm half way through the process of passing a Wish to my Chandelure (Choice Scarf) so obviously Speed is it's most important stat.

And even then, your 'most important' stat needs to be complemented well by your other stats otherwise it's pretty much useless anyway. For example, going back to Blissey again, 714 HP, but, only 130 MAX defence, if Blissey gets hit by a Physical attack, it's ruined regardless of whether or not it's got the massive HP.

I understand where Frost and Krisp are coming from saying Speed is most important, but I personally don't agree with it. With there now being several quite common priority moves, with pretty much every team having atleast one hanging around faster pokemon, who let's be honest generally aren't exactly investing much in Def are getting picked off left right and centre. Scizor being the prime example of this, he is by no means fast, but nobody likes taking a Choice Band Technician Bullet Punch in the face, and alot of variants carry pursuit aswell, so you have to make a stark choice.

l don't see a point in this... every stat is important in their own specific way. Whats the point of having Speed but no power? Whats the point of having good defenses without hp? Whats the point of having good attack but no speed/being a glass cannon.

In general, every poke needs to have at least 2 good stats to even be used for the game. Either in power or bulk.

I suppose if I don't consider Accuracy or Evasion as real stats, HP is the most important to me. If any Pokemon has high HP it should survive the first attack, which can prove valuable in the long run of a battle. For e.g. If your Pokemon uses a stat enhancing move like Dragon Dance on the first turn and lives, you could cause large amounts of damage to your opponent's Pokemon in the next turns while not usually getting hit by attacks thanks to the speed boost the move provides, it's not rocket science is it?

To me, HP is the most important stat as large amounts of it can equal large amounts of stat increases for that Pokemon, if they use the right moves that is, it's a great combo. HP has more potential over Speed.

Attack definetly. An attack has its base power, which it adds to your attack then subtracts the foes defence and thats the damage. (I think thats how it goes)

EG: Base power 150 + Attack stat 250 = 400 - Foes Defence 130 = 370.

Saying that, I think defence is inportant too, to minimise HP loss from the enemy.

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It's purely dependent on the pokemon and set in question. For sweepers speed, then attack. For Walls HP and Defense etc... etc...

I suppose your right. One stat can't be the answer to everything in Pokemon battles.