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Stat Balancing of 1st Generation PokemonGo!
Michal Shingler Dr. Bennett Intro to Data Analytics
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Introductory Questions
Are the original 151 Pokémon in the initial release of PokemonGo properly balanced? Is there enough information to confidently conclude whether the Pokémon are indeed balanced or not?
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Data Intro Original dataset
Pokemon No. Name Type 1 Type 2 Max CP Max HP Image URL 1 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 1079 83 2 Ivysaur 1643 107 3 Venusaur 2598 138 4 Charmander Fire 962 73 5 Charmeleon 1568 103 6 Charizard Flying 2620 135 7 Squirtle Water 1015 81 8 Wartortle 1594 105 9 Blastoise 2560 137 10 Caterpie Bug 446 11 Metapod 481 91 12 Butterfree 1465 13 Weedle 452 75 14 Kakuna 488 15 Beedrill 1450 115 16 Pidgey Normal 684 17 Pidgeotto 1232 111 18 Pidgeot 2106 143 19 Rattata 585 59 20 Raticate 1454 99 Original dataset Given basic characteristics of each Pokémon Name Number Type’s 1 and 2 (if applicable) Max CP (Combat Power) Max HP (Hit Points) Image URL
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Cleaning Sorted into two new worksheets:
Pokemon No. Name Type 1 Type 2 Max CP Max HP 113 Chansey Normal 679 408 143 Snorlax 3135 265 40 Wigglytuff Fairy 2192 233 131 Lapras Water Ice 3002 218 134 Vaporeon 2836 39 Jigglypuff 924 194 150 Mewtwo Psychic 4174 180 89 Muk Poison 2621 178 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 2259 115 Kangaskhan 2057 Sorted into two new worksheets: ”Sorted-CP” in which the data was sorted by greatest to least Max CP “Sorted-HP” in which the data was sorted by greatest to least Max HP Removed the “Image URL” entirely as it was irrelevant and clunky Pokemon No. Name Type 1 Type 2 Max CP Max HP 150 Mewtwo Psychic 4174 180 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 3525 156 151 Mew 3322 170 146 Moltres Fire 3263 154 145 Zapdos Electric 3136 143 Snorlax Normal 3135 265 59 Arcanine 3005 131 Lapras Water Ice 3002 218 144 Articuno 2999 103 Exeggutor Grass 2976 162
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Discovery There was speculation that the Pokémon with the water typing had a substantially higher Max CP and Max HP than any other types. This lead to the discovery that water Pokémon may be unbalanced.
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Max Values Values Row Labels Sum of Max CP Sum of Max HP Bug 14628
1194 Dragon 6275 340 Electric 15653 882 Fairy 3623 284 Fighting 11273 786 Fire 24486 1353 Ghost 4293 249 Grass 21931 1376 Ground 10393 829 Ice 4727 269 Normal 31091 2999 Poison 22052 1592 Psychic 15852 903 Rock 14293 872 Water 46661 3188 2523 154 Flying 2708 162 7230 463 3147 213 6039 423 (blank) 25014 1773 Grand Total 247231 17116 Sum of Max CP Column Labels Row Labels Fairy Fighting Flying Grass Ground Ice Poison Psychic Rock Steel Water (blank) Grand Total Bug 3553 2682 5329 3064 14628 Dragon 3525 2750 6275 Electric 3136 2790 9727 15653 3623 11273 Fire 5883 18603 24486 Ghost 4293 16096 4083 1752 21931 3449 6944 10393 2999 1728 4727 Normal 3116 10453 17522 31091 2582 4994 14476 22052 1505 14347 15852 2180 5480 6633 14293 2523 2708 7230 3147 6039 25014 46661
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Analysis Discovery It was true that the water type Pokémon did have the highest Max CP and highest Max HP However, this type also had the highest amount of Pokémon within it Count of Name Column Labels Row Labels Fairy Fighting Flying Grass Ground Ice Poison Psychic Rock Steel Water (blank) Grand Total Bug 2 5 3 12 Dragon 1 Electric 6 9 7 Fire 10 Ghost 8 Normal 22 14 4 18 28
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Conclusions Is the original 1st generation of Pokémon in PokemonGo! unbalanced? Yes, being that the water type had a significantly higher Max CP and Max HP stats and much more Pokémon than any other typing group. Any individual who played the game actively and took advantage of the potential for water type Pokémon would have a great advantage against players with Pokémon of other types.
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Moving Forward With the advancement of this very popular game, and new generations of Pokémon coming out with each passing year, uncovering the balancing methods and analyzing them would be extremely interesting.
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