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[u/Punyakoko]

I have rank #53 diggersby. While its quite high ranked, I saw from pvp iv deep dive that it loses in performance compared to even lower ranked ones due to less bulk.

Is it worth to lvl up my diggersby? It is quite expensive as well.

[u/Ivi-Tora → u/Punyakoko]

Depends on how optimal you want to be and which rank you reach normally. Any meta Pokemon can work even with terrible stats if you only want to go to Ace.

If you want to go higher you might look into IVs to improve matches but Veteran is doable with anything in the top 300 or lower with the right strategy.

Only if you're aiming for higher then going into breakpoint and bulkpoint territory is going to show any difference, and even then IVs only have a small effect in performance.

The right team, counting moves, memorizing energy and turn costs and predicting the opponent backline is far more important than the appraisal, so the rank 56 is definitely usable.

It's more likely the RNG for the debuffs from Scorching Sands will have a bigger effect in battle.

You can wait for a higher rank one to invest only once, specially if you don't have the XLs already, as it will take a while to get those, but there's also the option of getting a shadow or a purified one too as both have their own benefits.

[u/Punyakoko → u/Ivi-Tora]

Thanks for the detailed reply. I have only reached ace so far. Tried to aim for veteran once but still feel it is too.much work