Depends whether it has leftovers or not. Assuming it's gonna have something like a liechi berry, then I would have to suggest 252HP (that is the actual HP you're saying right? not the EVs?).
Basically when your HP is divisible by 4, you can only make 3 substitutes assuming no lefties. Once you are down to 25%, your berry will activate and it will say your sub has failed if you try to make another one.
If your HP is 1 more than a multiple of 4, then you will be able to make 4 subs. When you are at 25%, you can sub again and you would be on 1 HP. But in this case, the berry would not activate at 25% but after the 4th sub at 1 HP.
I think therefore it's preferable to have your HP divisible by 4. You get 1 less sub in but your berry activates earlier and ensures that you're not on 1 HP when your berry finally activates and you end up dying to sandstorm before you can even baton pass it.
True. Thanks! Sorry, I didn't even notice this earlier.
252HP is what I really meant. ^_^ But I do like Burger King more than McDonalds, so don't worry, Mr. King. =P
Yeah, I'm gonna have a Liechi Berry on it now that you suggested it. That way I'll have an attack boost as well, since it'll be passing to a Physical Attacker, most likely my Metagross or even Tyranitar.
The folks I'll be playing with don't use Sandstorm alot, but who knows when they might actually lead with a Tyranitar, if they ever get their hands on one. >_> (One's even a cheater... 0.o; )
I could end up trying both. It wouldn't be hard to take out whatever I'm gonna put in the defenses (whichever lowest probably, I don't even know yet) and replace it into HP. Kool, huh?
Thanks everyone! Now I can finish and start getting EXP like crazy, and then think about what I'm gonna do with my Absol.