>>54176205Pretty much. PvP uses their retarded Combat Power metric to sort out tiers, and CP is heavily weighted towards the attack stat. Because of this, pokemon with low attack can be higher level than pokemon with high attack, causing them to deal similar damage while being WAY bulkier. You want zero attack IVs and max HP/Def IVs. There are IV thresholds you can hit that are specific to each pokemon in order to squeeze one extra level in and come right up to the CP limit for PvP optimization, but it's a huge pain in the ass to look it up for every single poemon you might want to use, and an even bigger pain to FIND the correct IV, especially when eggs and raids have high IV floors, which you don't want.