Analyzing Pokemon Defense Stats

Let me query the database and compare both physical and special defense across all Pokemon.

Shuckle is in a league of its own with 230 in BOTH defense stats - that's 460 total defense. For context, over 91% of Shuckle's entire base stat total goes into defense. Below that, we see the Regi trio (Regirock, Regice, Registeel) all tied at 300 total defense, but each specializes differently - Regirock favors physical, Regice favors special, and Registeel is balanced.

Great question. Let me break down the average physical and special defense by type.

Steel types dominate with the highest average total defense (187 combined). What's interesting is HOW different types defend - Steel and Rock heavily favor physical defense (the blue dots are far right), while Fairy and Psychic types favor special defense (yellow dots are further right). Ground types have an interesting imbalance too - they're built to take physical hits but are much weaker to special attacks.

Absolutely. Here's a scatter plot showing combined offense (Attack + Sp. Attack) vs combined defense for Pokemon with at least 400 base stat total.

Shuckle is the extreme outlier in the top-left corner - 460 total defense but only 20 total offense. It literally cannot hurt anything, but nothing can hurt it either. Most Pokemon cluster around the 150-250 range for both stats. Legendary Pokemon like Arceus (240/240) manage to have both, but they're the exception. For regular Pokemon, you generally have to choose: be a wall or be a sweeper.

These are the "lopsided walls" - Pokemon with at least an 80-point gap between their physical and special defense.

Blissey and Chansey are the ultimate special walls - Chansey has only 5 physical defense but 105 special defense. They'll eat special attacks all day but crumble to physical moves. On the flip side, Avalugg (184 physical, 46 special) and Cloyster (180 physical, 45 special) are pure physical walls. If you know what type of damage is coming, these specialists are incredible - but get hit on their weak side and they fold instantly.