Conclusions (Calculations Below) If you know your stats: 12 Sp. Atk - Water Gun 99.77% 11 Sp. Atk - Water Gun 99.67% 14 Attack - Tackle 99.61% 13 Attack - Tackle 90.06% 10 Sp. Atk - Water Gun 49.20% 12 Attack - Tackle 34.34% 9 Sp. Atk - Water Gun 25.44% Simplified rules: If 11+ Sp. Atk, Water Gun If 13+ Attack, Tackle If 10 Sp. Atk, Water Gun Otherwise, Tackle If you don't know your stats: Water Gun 64.51% Tackle* 62.55% * - This assumes you don't know your stats, but that your stats appear runnable. This is a bit of a paradox and your Tackle odds are actually worse, but some of those missed 2 shots are just unrunnable anyway. In the end, it doesn't matter since Water Gun is better, but I thought this was interesting === Data / Calculations === "Runnable" Mudkips at Level 5: - Stat Odds (all kips) Odds (no minus attack) - 12 Attack (0-19 neutral) 42.5% 50.6% - 13 Attack (20-31 neutral, 0-19 plus) 35.5% 42.26% - 14 Attack (20-31 plus) 6% 7.14% - 9 Sp. Atk (0-31 minus) 16% 19.05% - 10 Sp. Atk (0-19 neutral) 42.5% 41.67% - 11 Sp. Atk (20-31 neutral, 0-19 plus) 35.5% 33.93% - 12 Sp. Atk (20-31 plus) 6% 5.36% Final column is the important Odds for further calcs === Poochyena Stats: - 15 HP (0-29) 93.75% - 16 HP (30-31) 6.25% - 6 Defense (0-29 minus) 15% - 7 Defense (30-31 minus, 0-29 neutral, 0-29 plus) 79.75% - 8 Defense (30-31 neutral, 30-31 plus) 5.25% - 5 Sp. Def (0-6 minus) 3.5% - 6 Sp. Def (7-31 minus, 0-6 neutral, 0-6 plus) 30.88% - 7 Sp. Def (7-31 neutral, 7-31 plus) 65.63% == 2HKO Odds (incl crits): Move Atk/HP/Def 2HKO Odds Scenario Odds Tackle 12/*/6 100% 7.59% Tackle 12/*/7 22.75% 40.35% Tackle 12/*/8 22.75% 2.66% Tackle 13/*/6 100% 6.34% Tackle 13/15/7 93.75% 31.6% Tackle 13/16/7 64.29% 2.11% Tackle 13/*/8 22.75% 2.22% Tackle 14/*/6 100% 1.07% Tackle 14/*/7 100% 5.7% Tackle 14/15/8 94.51% 0.35% Tackle 14/16/8 64.29% 0.02% -------------------------------------------------------------- Water Gun 9/*/5 99.66% 0.67% Water Gun 9/*/6 22.75% 5.88% Water Gun 9/*/7 22.75% 12.5% Water Gun 10/*/5 100% 1.46% Water Gun 10/*/6 99.66% 12.86% Water Gun 10/*/7 22.75% 27.34% Water Gun 11/*/5 100% 1.19% Water Gun 11/*/6 99.66% 10.48% Water Gun 11/*/7 99.66% 22.27% Water Gun 12/*/5 100% 0.19% Water Gun 12/*/6 100% 1.65% Water Gun 12/*/7 99.66% 3.52%