How do you determine which Defense stat is more important for a Pokémon?

Feb. 5, 2018

I know that Def is used for physical attacks and Sp. Def is for special attacks, but how can I be sure which is more important? I’m pretty sure there are physical and special moves for each type, so are there guidelines that will help me decide? For example, are special fire type moves more common than physical ones?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

You asked how to determine which stat is more important, so I’ll answer that.

Which moves are special/physical don’t always matter since they’re not all used (for example, no one will ever use ember, tackle, vine whip, etc.)

Hope this helps, but it is hard to specify without an exact Pokemon to base an answer off of. Also, some Pokemon will never use defense (Sweepers, like Tapu koko and Pheramosa).