What kind of pokemon should I place in the gyms? There is this gym defence tier list which has pokemon with high hp in it.
Is that the only thing we should look for? Does DPS, attack moves, CP matter or is hp the most important thing?
Pokemon-go – What criteria to look for when placing pokemon to defend gyms
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Best Answer
There are 3 main criteria: The first being high hp, for obvious reasons. The second criteria is charges that charge fast and have a high base damage to take full advantage of the 1.5 attackrate. The third one is a high Defense-DPS, explained in depth here. But to simplify it: a high base damge is generally better.
The highest Tier actually isn't simply the highest hp Pokémon - it is more of a coincidence that the high hp Pokémon also have a higher base damage.