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The passage around this formula

The theorem that 510 points can buy at most 127 stat points is only interesting if it is possible to fail it, and the pkmn/smogon archive of Smogon’s own historical movesets [ 8 ] turns up exactly one Garchomp spread, out of every generation and every competitive tier checked, that does. A Generation 5 Monotype set titled “Defensive Entry Hazard Support (Dragon)” runs 252 HP, 162 Defense, and 94 Speed — 508 total points invested, the same total as both of the currently maintained Generation 9 sets above. But $\lfloor$ 252/4 $\rfloor$ + $\lfloor$ 162/4 $\rfloor$ + $\lfloor$ 94/4 $\rfloor$ = 63+40+23 = 126 , one stat point short of the 127-point ceiling the same 508-point total achieves everywhere else…

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