Average Switch-Ins Per Usage: Which Pokemon Switch In More Often Per Team?

X-Act · Sep 19th, 2009, 5:42:50 AM

I was interested to know which Pokemon switch into other Pokemon more often. To do so, I used Colin's latest 'Switch-in' stats and Doug's 'Usage' stats.

What I did is the following: I wrote a simple program that parses through Colin's files, and sums up each switch-in for each Pokemon. Then I divided this total by that Pokemon's usage.

Remember, a Pokemon is said to be 'used' (in Doug's sense) if it was part of a team when a player plays a battle. It doesn't actually need to take part of the battle in order for the usage statistics to mark it as being 'used'. For example, if a player wins 6-0 against another player by sweeping it with his lead Pokemon, Doug's stats would still count all 6 Pokemon of this team as being 'used'. Likewise, if a player forfeits immediately at the start of the game, both players' full team of Pokemon would be counted as being 'used'.

Anyway, here, then, are the average amount of switch-ins (as defined by Colin in his thread) that each Pokemon does in every team. They are listed in the following format:

Code:

<Rank> POKEMON was switched in <average switch-ins> times per usage (<total switch-ins>/<amount of usage>).

For example, from the Standard ladder:

Code:

 15. SCIZOR was switched in 1.284 times per usage (313856/244266).

They can be found in the following links:

Standard | Underused | Uber Average Switch-in Stats.

Hopefully you'll find this of use.

its omar yo · Sep 19th, 2009, 5:51:07 AM

oh nice
thanks im always happy to explore this kind of stuff

zarator · Sep 19th, 2009, 7:03:33 AM

Why there is a phone number next to some mons like Rotom and Cresselia? I'm a bit confused

KnightoftheWind · Sep 19th, 2009, 7:14:04 AM

That's one of what happens when you have Skype :/

The_Chaser · Sep 19th, 2009, 7:37:48 AM

Thanks for your work. I'm suprised Tyranitar is so low at 73 he's really easy to switch in against Latias and Rotom.

SHUCKLE MAN · Sep 19th, 2009, 9:34:59 AM

Wow. That's interesting. And I'm not surprised that Blissey tops Ubers and Standard, and that Chansey tops UU though.

Erazor · Sep 19th, 2009, 9:38:57 AM

This is something that is useful to assess how badly a pokemon will get worn down by entry hazards, I guess. Nice work X-Act!

YaM · Sep 19th, 2009, 9:56:01 AM

thanks for the stats!

Quote:

1. CARVANHA was switched in 3.0 times per usage (3/1).
2. WAILMER was switched in 3.0 times per usage (3/1).
3. WORMADAM was switched in 3.0 times per usage (3/1).
4. TANGELA was switched in 2.5 times per usage (5/2).
5. ELEKID was switched in 2.0 times per usage (2/1).
6. SKORUPI was switched in 2.0 times per usage (2/1).
7. CHANSEY was switched in 1.974 times per usage (13903/7043).

LOL

Quote:

355. ODDISH was switched in 0.0 times per usage (0/3).
356. SKITTY was switched in 0.0 times per usage (0/1).
357. REMORAID was switched in 0.0 times per usage (0/1).
358. MAREEP was switched in 0.0 times per usage (0/1).

fail

SHUCKLE MAN · Sep 19th, 2009, 2:52:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat YaM

thanks for the stats!

LOL

fail

Yeah, we whould perhaps remove the 'anomalies' from the list, so we get something like

Quote:

1. CHANSEY was switched in 1.974 times per usage (13903/7043).
2. MILOTIC was switched in 1.512 times per usage (27119/17932).
3. QUAGSIRE was switched in 1.48 times per usage (2362/1595).
4. REGISTEEL was switched in 1.464 times per usage (26781/18291).
5. SLOWBRO was switched in 1.436 times per usage (11365/7912).
6. SLAKING was switched in 1.431 times per usage (1800/1257).
7. DONPHAN was switched in 1.403 times per usage (24910/17745).
8. CLEFABLE was switched in 1.381 times per usage (13752/9955).
9. BLASTOISE was switched in 1.38 times per usage (4698/3403).
10. WEEZING was switched in 1.377 times per usage (5252/3812).
11. DUSCLOPS was switched in 1.358 times per usage (2065/1520).

instead of

Quote:

1. CARVANHA was switched in 3.0 times per usage (3/1).
2. WAILMER was switched in 3.0 times per usage (3/1).
3. WORMADAM was switched in 3.0 times per usage (3/1).
4. TANGELA was switched in 2.5 times per usage (5/2).
5. ELEKID was switched in 2.0 times per usage (2/1).
6. SKORUPI was switched in 2.0 times per usage (2/1).
7. CHANSEY was switched in 1.974 times per usage (13903/7043).
8. LAIRON was switched in 1.888 times per usage (17/9).
9. POLITOED was switched in 1.544 times per usage (465/301).
10. MILOTIC was switched in 1.512 times per usage (27119/17932).
11. QUAGSIRE was switched in 1.48 times per usage (2362/1595).

These stats are so awesome though!

Blue_Tornado · Sep 19th, 2009, 3:43:20 PM

Quote:

5. SPINARAK was switched in 1.4 times per usage (7/5).

Uhh, yeah...

These are usefull though. It just shows how much stall teams switch, which is a bit alarming. This is why passive damage is so usefull I guess.

snorlaxative · Sep 19th, 2009, 4:16:56 PM

this is a very useful and informative list. thank you for your work.

i think it would be good to put minimum usage criteria to filter out said statistical anomalies and get a true ranking system.

Sep 19th, 2009, 5:42:50 AM	#1
X-Act np: Biffy Clyro - Shock Shock Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,679 Malta	Average Switch-Ins Per Usage: Which Pokemon Switch In More Often Per Team? I was interested to know which Pokemon switch into other Pokemon more often. To do so, I used Colin's latest 'Switch-in' stats and Doug's 'Usage' stats. What I did is the following: I wrote a simple program that parses through Colin's files, and sums up each switch-in for each Pokemon. Then I divided this total by that Pokemon's usage. Remember, a Pokemon is said to be 'used' (in Doug's sense) if it was part of a team when a player plays a battle. It doesn't actually need to take part of the battle in order for the usage statistics to mark it as being 'used'. For example, if a player wins 6-0 against another player by sweeping it with his lead Pokemon, Doug's stats would still count all 6 Pokemon of this team as being 'used'. Likewise, if a player forfeits immediately at the start of the game, both players' full team of Pokemon would be counted as being 'used'. Anyway, here, then, are the average amount of switch-ins (as defined by Colin in his thread) that each Pokemon does in every team. They are listed in the following format: Code: <Rank> POKEMON was switched in <average switch-ins> times per usage (<total switch-ins>/<amount of usage>). For example, from the Standard ladder: Code: 15. SCIZOR was switched in 1.284 times per usage (313856/244266). They can be found in the following links: Standard \| Underused \| Uber Average Switch-in Stats. Hopefully you'll find this of use. __________________ http://users.smogon.com/X-Act For all your Pokemon needs (and more!) including: the Defensive EVs applet, the Probabilities of Breeding IVs in Pokemon applet, and the Ratings of Pokemon Base Stats applet (now Version 2.0!). And also the IV to PID applet! Last edited by X-Act; Sep 19th, 2009 at 5:48:39 AM. Reason: Fixed Ubers link

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Sep 19th, 2009, 7:37:48 AM	#5
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Sep 19th, 2009, 9:38:57 AM	#7
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