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Aprimon Statistics Intro
CA: I'm a big fan of collecting and trading Aprimon with other Pokemon Trainers.
CA: I'm also a fan of making spreadsheets for fun!
CA: I wanted to run some calculations based on my current Aprimon collection and write a quick breakdown on what I think these numbers mean.
CA: The spreadsheet at the top of the page is a snapshot, but I believe that the number of Pokemon within the collection at that point in time is a significant enough sample size to draw some conclusions.
CA: If you're interested in reading what I have to say, please join me on this journey!
CA: I'm also a fan of making spreadsheets for fun!
CA: I wanted to run some calculations based on my current Aprimon collection and write a quick breakdown on what I think these numbers mean.
CA: The spreadsheet at the top of the page is a snapshot, but I believe that the number of Pokemon within the collection at that point in time is a significant enough sample size to draw some conclusions.
CA: If you're interested in reading what I have to say, please join me on this journey!
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Statistics Breakdown - Overview
CA: Let's start with an explanation of what data I have collected and what it means.
CA: My collection specifically keeps track of 11 special Poke Ball types: Safari Ball, Sport Ball, Fast Ball, Friend Ball, Heavy Ball, Level Ball, Love Ball, Lure Ball, Moon Ball, Dream Ball, and Beast Ball.
CA: While each of them have different mechanics that affect the Catch Rate when used on a Wild Pokemon, for the purposes of this collection and the statistical breakdown, the differences are primarily aesthetic.
CA: The goal is to have at least one member of each Evolutionary Family with its Hidden Ability (HA) in each of the 11 special Poke Balls.
CA: For example, having an Eevee in a Sport Ball means that I don't also need to collect each of its Evolutions in a Sport Ball as well; just one member of the family counts for all of them.
CA: If I have an Eevee (or any of its Evolutions) with its HA in each of the 11 special Poke Balls, then my collection for Eevee is complete!
CA: My collection is for Pokemon that can produce Eggs, so Legendary Pokemon, Mythical Pokemon, Ultra Beasts, Paradox Pokemon, and Ditto are off the list for me.
CA: As of time of writing, before the release of Pokemon Winds and Waves, that leaves roughly 450+ Pokemon per Poke Ball with 11 Poke Ball types for approximately 5000 Pokemon for me to collect.
CA: As you can imagine, that's a very daunting task!
CA: I don't think that I will ever fully complete this collection, but it's a fun pastime to do, and it gives me a chance to interact with other collectors who are doing similar things.
CA: In this statistical snapshot (taken 2026/07/10), I have 1200+ Pokemon in this collection, around 25% of the total possible combinations.
CA: I think that 25% is a good enough sample size to begin analyzing the data and creating some hypotheses about the numbers!
CA: So below, I have included a copy of my spreadsheet, and I will share my findings during this snapshot of time.
CA: My collection specifically keeps track of 11 special Poke Ball types: Safari Ball, Sport Ball, Fast Ball, Friend Ball, Heavy Ball, Level Ball, Love Ball, Lure Ball, Moon Ball, Dream Ball, and Beast Ball.
CA: While each of them have different mechanics that affect the Catch Rate when used on a Wild Pokemon, for the purposes of this collection and the statistical breakdown, the differences are primarily aesthetic.
CA: The goal is to have at least one member of each Evolutionary Family with its Hidden Ability (HA) in each of the 11 special Poke Balls.
CA: For example, having an Eevee in a Sport Ball means that I don't also need to collect each of its Evolutions in a Sport Ball as well; just one member of the family counts for all of them.
CA: If I have an Eevee (or any of its Evolutions) with its HA in each of the 11 special Poke Balls, then my collection for Eevee is complete!
CA: My collection is for Pokemon that can produce Eggs, so Legendary Pokemon, Mythical Pokemon, Ultra Beasts, Paradox Pokemon, and Ditto are off the list for me.
CA: As of time of writing, before the release of Pokemon Winds and Waves, that leaves roughly 450+ Pokemon per Poke Ball with 11 Poke Ball types for approximately 5000 Pokemon for me to collect.
CA: As you can imagine, that's a very daunting task!
CA: I don't think that I will ever fully complete this collection, but it's a fun pastime to do, and it gives me a chance to interact with other collectors who are doing similar things.
CA: In this statistical snapshot (taken 2026/07/10), I have 1200+ Pokemon in this collection, around 25% of the total possible combinations.
CA: I think that 25% is a good enough sample size to begin analyzing the data and creating some hypotheses about the numbers!
CA: So below, I have included a copy of my spreadsheet, and I will share my findings during this snapshot of time.
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Statistics Breakdown - By Poke Ball Type
CA: We'll start by discussing the number of each special Poke Ball type in my collection.
CA: Currently, Dream Ball is the most common Poke Ball that I have, with Moon Ball, Love Ball, and Beast Ball as close competitors, with all 4 of these Poke Balls being above 30% completion.
CA: By far, the least common Poke Ball in my collection is the Sport Ball, at a dismal 5%.
CA: The second scarcest Poke Ball, the Safari Ball, is roughly 3x more common, sitting at 15% completion.
CA: I think that part of this disparity is because of how difficult it is to obtain the Sport and Safari Balls in-game.
CA: The games where I collect Aprimon are on the Nintendo Switch, which has the following relevant games: Pokemon Sword and Shield (SwSh), Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV), and Pokemon Legends: Z-A (PLZA).
CA: Apriballs were only available in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP) as part of a distribution event, and they are completely absent from Pokemon Legends: Arceus (PLA).
CA: In SwSh, you can receive special Poke Balls from an NPC called Ball Guy who performs as an unofficial mascot for the Galar Pokemon League.
CA: By talking to them in various Stadiums as you complete the game's story, Ball Guy will give you a Poke Ball, a Friend Ball , a Lure Ball, a Level Ball, a Heavy Ball, a Love Ball, a Moon Ball, and a Dream Ball.
CA: The Fast Ball can be obtained by completing 11 Rotom Rallies, and the Beast Ball can be obtained in Stow-on-Side's Bargain Shop after becoming the Pokemon Champion.
CA: This means that there is no way to obtain the Safari Ball or Sport Ball in the base game aside from a distribution event.
CA: Additionally, it's possible to obtain repeats of the special Balls listed above by winning the Galarian Star Tournament, even if the odds of receiving one of these is really, really small.
CA: The only way to obtain Safari and Sport Balls in SwSh is by using the Cram-o-matic in the Isle of Armor DLC, which gives you a random chance of obtaining either of these Poke Ball types, but it also gives you a random chance of receiving the other special Poke Balls aside from the Beast Ball.
CA: The Cram-O-Matic is 10x more likely to reward you with a special Poke Ball type other than the Safari or Sport Ball, so even with this repeatable method, it's difficult to obtain duplicate Safari or Sport Balls.
CA: In SV, you get rewards for completing the Paldea Pokedex, and among the rewards are a Fast Ball, a Friend Ball, a Level Ball, a Lure Ball, a Heavy Ball, a Moon Ball, a Dream Ball, and a Beast Ball, meaning that the Love Ball, Safari Ball, and Sport Ball are left out.
CA: However, it's possible to obtain Love Balls or repeats of the above Poke Balls through the Porto Marinada Market or the Academy Ace Tournament.
CA: Again, the only way to obtain the Safari Ball or the Sport Ball is through the DLC.
CA: In the Teal Mask and Indigo Disk DLCs, there are two more areas with their own Pokedex: the Kitikami Pokedex and the Blueberry Academy Pokedex.
CA: The Kitikami Pokedex rewards you with a Love Ball, a Friend Ball, a Heavy Ball, and a Moon Ball, meaning that most of the rewards are repeats aside from the Love Ball.
CA: The Blueberry Academy Pokedex rewards you with a Safari Ball, a Love Ball, a Moon Ball, a Dream Ball, and a Beast Ball, giving you your first Safari Ball and some duplicates of other Poke Ball types.
CA: While there is a lone Sport Ball in the Savanna Biome of the Terarium Dome of the Blueberry Academy, the only way to repeatedly get Sport Balls or Safari Balls is through the Poke Ball Lotto for the Item Printer.
CA: In other words, just like in SwSh, the only way to get the Safari Ball and the Sport Ball is through random chance in the game's DLC.
CA: At least in this game, the odds of receiving a Safari Ball or a Sport Ball are the same as the other Poke Ball types.
CA: Still, I have to imagine that being essentially DLC-exclusive hurts the widespread use of the Safari Ball and the Sport Ball, and not getting duplicate "freebies" like the other Poke Ball types compounds the issue.
CA: As for why the Dream Ball, Moon Ball, Love Ball, and Beast Ball are the most common in my collection, my hypothesis is that these are the Poke Ball types that collectors find the most aesthetically pleasing and / or appropriate for most Pokemon.
CA: The Love Ball and Dream Ball are "cute," which could be used for Pokemon that are seen as more charming, beautiful, or are the collector's favorites.
CA: The Moon Ball and Beast Ball are "cool," which could be used for Pokemon that are seen as more powerful, scary, or are used for competitive battling.
CA: I feel like a similar hypothesis could explain why the Friend Ball is the next most common Poke Ball type before a sudden drop-off to the next Poke Ball, the Heavy Ball.
CA: If you feel like a Pokemon is your friend, put it in a Friend Ball!
CA: That may seem a bit silly, but I feel like the breakdown via Pokemon Type holds an interesting insight.
CA: Currently, Dream Ball is the most common Poke Ball that I have, with Moon Ball, Love Ball, and Beast Ball as close competitors, with all 4 of these Poke Balls being above 30% completion.
CA: By far, the least common Poke Ball in my collection is the Sport Ball, at a dismal 5%.
CA: The second scarcest Poke Ball, the Safari Ball, is roughly 3x more common, sitting at 15% completion.
CA: I think that part of this disparity is because of how difficult it is to obtain the Sport and Safari Balls in-game.
CA: The games where I collect Aprimon are on the Nintendo Switch, which has the following relevant games: Pokemon Sword and Shield (SwSh), Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV), and Pokemon Legends: Z-A (PLZA).
CA: Apriballs were only available in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP) as part of a distribution event, and they are completely absent from Pokemon Legends: Arceus (PLA).
CA: In SwSh, you can receive special Poke Balls from an NPC called Ball Guy who performs as an unofficial mascot for the Galar Pokemon League.
CA: By talking to them in various Stadiums as you complete the game's story, Ball Guy will give you a Poke Ball, a Friend Ball , a Lure Ball, a Level Ball, a Heavy Ball, a Love Ball, a Moon Ball, and a Dream Ball.
CA: The Fast Ball can be obtained by completing 11 Rotom Rallies, and the Beast Ball can be obtained in Stow-on-Side's Bargain Shop after becoming the Pokemon Champion.
CA: This means that there is no way to obtain the Safari Ball or Sport Ball in the base game aside from a distribution event.
CA: Additionally, it's possible to obtain repeats of the special Balls listed above by winning the Galarian Star Tournament, even if the odds of receiving one of these is really, really small.
CA: The only way to obtain Safari and Sport Balls in SwSh is by using the Cram-o-matic in the Isle of Armor DLC, which gives you a random chance of obtaining either of these Poke Ball types, but it also gives you a random chance of receiving the other special Poke Balls aside from the Beast Ball.
CA: The Cram-O-Matic is 10x more likely to reward you with a special Poke Ball type other than the Safari or Sport Ball, so even with this repeatable method, it's difficult to obtain duplicate Safari or Sport Balls.
CA: In SV, you get rewards for completing the Paldea Pokedex, and among the rewards are a Fast Ball, a Friend Ball, a Level Ball, a Lure Ball, a Heavy Ball, a Moon Ball, a Dream Ball, and a Beast Ball, meaning that the Love Ball, Safari Ball, and Sport Ball are left out.
CA: However, it's possible to obtain Love Balls or repeats of the above Poke Balls through the Porto Marinada Market or the Academy Ace Tournament.
CA: Again, the only way to obtain the Safari Ball or the Sport Ball is through the DLC.
CA: In the Teal Mask and Indigo Disk DLCs, there are two more areas with their own Pokedex: the Kitikami Pokedex and the Blueberry Academy Pokedex.
CA: The Kitikami Pokedex rewards you with a Love Ball, a Friend Ball, a Heavy Ball, and a Moon Ball, meaning that most of the rewards are repeats aside from the Love Ball.
CA: The Blueberry Academy Pokedex rewards you with a Safari Ball, a Love Ball, a Moon Ball, a Dream Ball, and a Beast Ball, giving you your first Safari Ball and some duplicates of other Poke Ball types.
CA: While there is a lone Sport Ball in the Savanna Biome of the Terarium Dome of the Blueberry Academy, the only way to repeatedly get Sport Balls or Safari Balls is through the Poke Ball Lotto for the Item Printer.
CA: In other words, just like in SwSh, the only way to get the Safari Ball and the Sport Ball is through random chance in the game's DLC.
CA: At least in this game, the odds of receiving a Safari Ball or a Sport Ball are the same as the other Poke Ball types.
CA: Still, I have to imagine that being essentially DLC-exclusive hurts the widespread use of the Safari Ball and the Sport Ball, and not getting duplicate "freebies" like the other Poke Ball types compounds the issue.
CA: As for why the Dream Ball, Moon Ball, Love Ball, and Beast Ball are the most common in my collection, my hypothesis is that these are the Poke Ball types that collectors find the most aesthetically pleasing and / or appropriate for most Pokemon.
CA: The Love Ball and Dream Ball are "cute," which could be used for Pokemon that are seen as more charming, beautiful, or are the collector's favorites.
CA: The Moon Ball and Beast Ball are "cool," which could be used for Pokemon that are seen as more powerful, scary, or are used for competitive battling.
CA: I feel like a similar hypothesis could explain why the Friend Ball is the next most common Poke Ball type before a sudden drop-off to the next Poke Ball, the Heavy Ball.
CA: If you feel like a Pokemon is your friend, put it in a Friend Ball!
CA: That may seem a bit silly, but I feel like the breakdown via Pokemon Type holds an interesting insight.
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Statistics Breakdown - By Pokemon Typing
CA: The two most common Pokemon Types in my collection are
Water and Normal,
both with over 200 individual Pokemon collected.
CA: Looking at Type combinations by abundance, the two most common Type combinations are singular Water types and singular Normal types, both with no secondary Type.
CA: If I was trading Pokemon randomly and not prioritizing any specific Type, then probability states that the most common Pokemon that I would receive would be Water and Normal Types, so the fact that those two Types are the most abundant in my collection is unsurprising to me.
CA: The breakdown by Type "double-counts" a Normal / Water (or Water / Normal) Type in both the Normal and Water categories, which is why the total number of Pokemon in the collection snapshot is ~1300 while adding the total number of Pokemon in the Breakdown by Type is ~1800.
CA: While the distribution of Pokemon by Type isn't necessarily interesting on its own, I believe that adding the additional breakdown by Poke Ball type add some new insights.
CA: We can see that Normal Types make up ~10% of the overall collection and that Water Types make up ~12% of the collection.
CA: If we assume that Pokemon Type isn't a determining factor for choosing which Pokemon to put in a Poke Ball, then we would see that roughly ~10% of any Poke Ball collection would be Normal Type and that ~12% would be Water Type.
CA: However, looking at the Lure Ball collection, we see something different: Water Types make up ~25% of the collection instead of the expected 12%!
CA: We see a similarly significant deviation in Grass Type representation in the Friend Ball collection.
CA: Instead of the expected ~7.7% representation, we see that Grass Types make up ~15% of the Friend Ball collection, which is also nearly double the random distribution!
CA: We can see another example of uneven distribution in Fire Types in Fast Balls and Level Balls.
CA: Fire Types make up ~6% of the overall collection, but they have ~9% representation in the Fast Ball and Level Ball collections.
CA: This one is interesting to me because the uneven spread is across two separate Poke Balls as opposed to the other examples which were weighted in one specific Poke Ball's favor.
CA:
CA: If we're looking for Pokemon Type that is fairly evenly distributed across all collections, I would look at Flying Type, which is consistent across all Poke Ball types aside from Safari Balls and Sport Balls, the two types of Poke Ball that we have discussed above as being rarer than all other types of Poke Ball.
CA: I feel like this can be partially explained by the fact that, until Gen 5, Flying Type was always one of two Types that a given Pokemon Species would have, not including Type Changes caused by Abilities, Moves, or Forms that would allow a Pokemon to be only Flying Type temporarily.
CA: Even then, as of time of writing, the only Pokemon that can produce Eggs that are pure Flying Type are the first two members of the Rookidee Evolutionary Family.
CA: All of that to say that Flying Type is essentially always a package deal with another Type, which means that unless being Flying Type is enough on its own to bias choosing one Poke Ball type over another, then the distribution of Flying Type Pokemon will follow the trends of its other Type.
CA: So far, I feel like I have demonstrated that there are some biases that Aprimon collectors have when either catching a new Pokemon in a Poke Ball or when prioritizing trading Pokemon with others.
CA: After all, this collection of mine is only possible with the explicit help and support of the Aprimon community; I didn't catch all of these Pokemon + Poke Ball combos on my own.
CA: Rather, I heavily relied on trading with others to accrue as many combinations as I currently have.
CA: Therefore, I feel like my random sampling of Aprimon can be used to at least suggest potential trends within the community.
CA: I do have one more vector that I want to touch on before this particular initial analysis is complete, and that is a breakdown by Pokemon Egg Group.
CA: Looking at Type combinations by abundance, the two most common Type combinations are singular Water types and singular Normal types, both with no secondary Type.
CA: If I was trading Pokemon randomly and not prioritizing any specific Type, then probability states that the most common Pokemon that I would receive would be Water and Normal Types, so the fact that those two Types are the most abundant in my collection is unsurprising to me.
CA: The breakdown by Type "double-counts" a Normal / Water (or Water / Normal) Type in both the Normal and Water categories, which is why the total number of Pokemon in the collection snapshot is ~1300 while adding the total number of Pokemon in the Breakdown by Type is ~1800.
CA: While the distribution of Pokemon by Type isn't necessarily interesting on its own, I believe that adding the additional breakdown by Poke Ball type add some new insights.
CA: We can see that Normal Types make up ~10% of the overall collection and that Water Types make up ~12% of the collection.
CA: If we assume that Pokemon Type isn't a determining factor for choosing which Pokemon to put in a Poke Ball, then we would see that roughly ~10% of any Poke Ball collection would be Normal Type and that ~12% would be Water Type.
CA: However, looking at the Lure Ball collection, we see something different: Water Types make up ~25% of the collection instead of the expected 12%!
CA: We see a similarly significant deviation in Grass Type representation in the Friend Ball collection.
CA: Instead of the expected ~7.7% representation, we see that Grass Types make up ~15% of the Friend Ball collection, which is also nearly double the random distribution!
CA: We can see another example of uneven distribution in Fire Types in Fast Balls and Level Balls.
CA: Fire Types make up ~6% of the overall collection, but they have ~9% representation in the Fast Ball and Level Ball collections.
CA: This one is interesting to me because the uneven spread is across two separate Poke Balls as opposed to the other examples which were weighted in one specific Poke Ball's favor.
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CA: If we're looking for Pokemon Type that is fairly evenly distributed across all collections, I would look at Flying Type, which is consistent across all Poke Ball types aside from Safari Balls and Sport Balls, the two types of Poke Ball that we have discussed above as being rarer than all other types of Poke Ball.
CA: I feel like this can be partially explained by the fact that, until Gen 5, Flying Type was always one of two Types that a given Pokemon Species would have, not including Type Changes caused by Abilities, Moves, or Forms that would allow a Pokemon to be only Flying Type temporarily.
CA: Even then, as of time of writing, the only Pokemon that can produce Eggs that are pure Flying Type are the first two members of the Rookidee Evolutionary Family.
CA: All of that to say that Flying Type is essentially always a package deal with another Type, which means that unless being Flying Type is enough on its own to bias choosing one Poke Ball type over another, then the distribution of Flying Type Pokemon will follow the trends of its other Type.
CA: So far, I feel like I have demonstrated that there are some biases that Aprimon collectors have when either catching a new Pokemon in a Poke Ball or when prioritizing trading Pokemon with others.
CA: After all, this collection of mine is only possible with the explicit help and support of the Aprimon community; I didn't catch all of these Pokemon + Poke Ball combos on my own.
CA: Rather, I heavily relied on trading with others to accrue as many combinations as I currently have.
CA: Therefore, I feel like my random sampling of Aprimon can be used to at least suggest potential trends within the community.
CA: I do have one more vector that I want to touch on before this particular initial analysis is complete, and that is a breakdown by Pokemon Egg Group.
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Pokemon Egg Group Introduction
CA: Pokemon Egg Groups are a hidden mechanic that affect
Pokemon breeding.
CA: Every Pokemon is a member of at least one Egg Group and are able to have a secondary Egg Group, similar to how Pokemon all have at least one Type and may have a secondary Type as well.
CA: Unless the Pokemon is a member of the No Eggs Discovered Egg Group or the Ditto Egg Group, then the Pokemon is able to breed and produce Pokemon Eggs.
CA: The Ditto Egg Group is comprised of a single species of Pokemon, the eponymous Ditto, which is able to produce Eggs with members of any other Egg Group aside from the No Eggs Discovered group, but the resulting Eggs will always be of the species of the non-Ditto Pokemon.
CA: While Pokemon breeding is undoubtedly part of Aprimon collecting, I'm not interested in Egg Groups specifically because of those mechanics.
CA: For the purposes of this analysis, I'm interested in Egg Groups because they are another way of describing the themes or aesthetics of a Pokemon.
CA: The reason why I chose this vector to analyze aside from Pokemon Shape or Pokedex Color is for the following reasons:
CA: 1) Pokemon can have more than one Egg Group but are confined to only one Shape or Color, and having overlapping categories creates slightly more data points.
CA: 2) Shape and Egg Group are nebulously defined in a way that make them difficult to work with.
CA: For example, all members of the Charizard Evolutionary Family are considered Red because orange doesn't exist in the Pokedex Color category system.
CA: Another example of Pokedex Color oddity is the Scolipede Evolutionary Family, where Venipede and Scolipede are considered Red as opposed to Purple or Pink.
CA: Your mileage may vary on whether or not you consider that to be a proper placing for them, but since this is a more subjective category than Egg Groups, I would rather use the latter for my purposes.
CA: Egg Groups may also be loosely defined and somewhat nebulous, but I find it harder to quibble with why a given Pokemon is in one Egg Group as opposed to another arbitrary Egg Group.
CA: Every Pokemon is a member of at least one Egg Group and are able to have a secondary Egg Group, similar to how Pokemon all have at least one Type and may have a secondary Type as well.
CA: Unless the Pokemon is a member of the No Eggs Discovered Egg Group or the Ditto Egg Group, then the Pokemon is able to breed and produce Pokemon Eggs.
CA: The Ditto Egg Group is comprised of a single species of Pokemon, the eponymous Ditto, which is able to produce Eggs with members of any other Egg Group aside from the No Eggs Discovered group, but the resulting Eggs will always be of the species of the non-Ditto Pokemon.
CA: While Pokemon breeding is undoubtedly part of Aprimon collecting, I'm not interested in Egg Groups specifically because of those mechanics.
CA: For the purposes of this analysis, I'm interested in Egg Groups because they are another way of describing the themes or aesthetics of a Pokemon.
CA: The reason why I chose this vector to analyze aside from Pokemon Shape or Pokedex Color is for the following reasons:
CA: 1) Pokemon can have more than one Egg Group but are confined to only one Shape or Color, and having overlapping categories creates slightly more data points.
CA: 2) Shape and Egg Group are nebulously defined in a way that make them difficult to work with.
CA: For example, all members of the Charizard Evolutionary Family are considered Red because orange doesn't exist in the Pokedex Color category system.
CA: Another example of Pokedex Color oddity is the Scolipede Evolutionary Family, where Venipede and Scolipede are considered Red as opposed to Purple or Pink.
CA: Your mileage may vary on whether or not you consider that to be a proper placing for them, but since this is a more subjective category than Egg Groups, I would rather use the latter for my purposes.
CA: Egg Groups may also be loosely defined and somewhat nebulous, but I find it harder to quibble with why a given Pokemon is in one Egg Group as opposed to another arbitrary Egg Group.
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Statistics Breakdown - By Pokemon Egg Group
CA: Now that we have introduced Egg Groups and defined why we are using them for this
analysis, I would like to do a brief overview of the categories themselves:
CA: With these terms defined, we can already see trends similar to the breakdown by Pokemon Type.
CA: The Grass Egg Group has significantly more representation in the Friend Ball collection than would be expected if there was random distribution, and we also see similar overrepresentation of the Water 1, Water 2, and Water 3 Egg Groups in the Lure Ball collection.
CA: While Egg Groups are not defined by Pokemon Type, I believe that these categories in particular have strong overlap with the Grass Type and Water Type respectively, so while this strengthens the breakdown by Type, I feel like this doesn't necessarily provide new information.
CA: Instead, I would like to look at Egg Groups that aren't as strongly associated with a specific Type, such as Monster Egg Group.
CA: The Monster Egg Group sees relatively even distribution across most Poke Ball types, but there is a sharp drop-off for the Fast Ball collection and a strong association with Safari Balls.
CA: I feel like this trend can be partly explained by the idea that kaiju, by and large, are not necessarily associated with speed, and therefore wouldn't conceptually fit with the Fast Ball.
CA: I'm less certain on the association with the Safari Ball, but I personally associate the Safari Ball with the first place where you can obtain it: the Kanto Safari Zone.
CA: While there are other Safari Zones in other Regions, this is the one that most often comes to mind when the topic comes up.
CA: The Kanto Safari Zone is home to several kaiju-like Pokemon that are members of the Monster Egg Group, such as the Nidoran Evolutionary Family, the Rhyhorn Evolutionary Family, Kangaskhan, and Slowpoke.
CA: None of these Pokemon are exactly known for their Speed Stat, nor are any of them Electric Type, which are two factors that I could potentially see affecting their representation in the Fast Ball collection.
CA: Because of the association with the Kanto Safari Zone, I can see why these Pokemon and other Pokemon in the Monster Egg Group may have more representation in the Safari Ball collection and less representation in the Fast Ball collection.
CA: This is likely not the direct reason for why Monster Egg Group Pokemon are overrepresented in the Safari Ball collection, but I believe that a similar thematic or aesthetic connection could produce similar results.
CA: Another group with interesting representation is the Mineral Egg Group, which has roughly 6% representation in every Poke Ball collection except for the Fast Ball and the Heavy Ball, where the Egg Group has over 10% representation.
CA: To a certain degree, I understood the strong representation in the Heavy Ball collection, since a lot of Mineral Egg Group Pokemon are Ground, Rock, Steel, and Ice Type, but the Fast Ball representation confused me at first.
CA: Looking at the Egg Group a little closer, I learned that a lot of Electric Type Pokemon are also in the Mineral Egg Group.
CA: Given that the Electric Type has a ~4% overall representation but a ~7% representation in the Fast Ball collection, this likely accounts for the overrepresentation of the Mineral Egg Group as well.
CA: While the Mineral Egg Group isn't strongly associated with one specific Type, its strong connection to five different Types tests the assumptions made in the previous breakdown, and we see similar results.
- Amorphous: Pokemon that have no definite or solid form.
- Bug: Pokemon that are insectoid in appearance.
- Dragon: Pokemon that are reptilian or draconic in appearance.
- Fairy: Pokemon that are often petite and cute in appearance.
- Field: Pokemon that are mammalian, or are otherwise able to produce Eggs and don't qualify for other Egg Groups. This is the largest Egg Group and acts as a catch-all category.
- Flying: Pokemon that are avian in appearance.
- Grass: Pokemon that are plantlike in appearance.
- Human-Like: Pokemon that are humanoid and fully bipedal.
- Mineral: Pokemon that are made of inorganic materials.
- Monster: Pokemon that are dinosaur-like or kaiju-like in appearance.
- Water 1: Pokemon that are amphibious.
- Water 2: Pokemon that are fish-like.
- Water 3: Pokemon that resemble aquatic invertibrates.
- Gender Unknown: Pokemon that do not have a Gender and would therefore need to breed with a Ditto to produce Eggs
- Ditto Group: The Pokemon Ditto.
- No Eggs Discovered: Pokemon that are unable to produce Eggs.
CA: With these terms defined, we can already see trends similar to the breakdown by Pokemon Type.
CA: The Grass Egg Group has significantly more representation in the Friend Ball collection than would be expected if there was random distribution, and we also see similar overrepresentation of the Water 1, Water 2, and Water 3 Egg Groups in the Lure Ball collection.
CA: While Egg Groups are not defined by Pokemon Type, I believe that these categories in particular have strong overlap with the Grass Type and Water Type respectively, so while this strengthens the breakdown by Type, I feel like this doesn't necessarily provide new information.
CA: Instead, I would like to look at Egg Groups that aren't as strongly associated with a specific Type, such as Monster Egg Group.
CA: The Monster Egg Group sees relatively even distribution across most Poke Ball types, but there is a sharp drop-off for the Fast Ball collection and a strong association with Safari Balls.
CA: I feel like this trend can be partly explained by the idea that kaiju, by and large, are not necessarily associated with speed, and therefore wouldn't conceptually fit with the Fast Ball.
CA: I'm less certain on the association with the Safari Ball, but I personally associate the Safari Ball with the first place where you can obtain it: the Kanto Safari Zone.
CA: While there are other Safari Zones in other Regions, this is the one that most often comes to mind when the topic comes up.
CA: The Kanto Safari Zone is home to several kaiju-like Pokemon that are members of the Monster Egg Group, such as the Nidoran Evolutionary Family, the Rhyhorn Evolutionary Family, Kangaskhan, and Slowpoke.
CA: None of these Pokemon are exactly known for their Speed Stat, nor are any of them Electric Type, which are two factors that I could potentially see affecting their representation in the Fast Ball collection.
CA: Because of the association with the Kanto Safari Zone, I can see why these Pokemon and other Pokemon in the Monster Egg Group may have more representation in the Safari Ball collection and less representation in the Fast Ball collection.
CA: This is likely not the direct reason for why Monster Egg Group Pokemon are overrepresented in the Safari Ball collection, but I believe that a similar thematic or aesthetic connection could produce similar results.
CA: Another group with interesting representation is the Mineral Egg Group, which has roughly 6% representation in every Poke Ball collection except for the Fast Ball and the Heavy Ball, where the Egg Group has over 10% representation.
CA: To a certain degree, I understood the strong representation in the Heavy Ball collection, since a lot of Mineral Egg Group Pokemon are Ground, Rock, Steel, and Ice Type, but the Fast Ball representation confused me at first.
CA: Looking at the Egg Group a little closer, I learned that a lot of Electric Type Pokemon are also in the Mineral Egg Group.
CA: Given that the Electric Type has a ~4% overall representation but a ~7% representation in the Fast Ball collection, this likely accounts for the overrepresentation of the Mineral Egg Group as well.
CA: While the Mineral Egg Group isn't strongly associated with one specific Type, its strong connection to five different Types tests the assumptions made in the previous breakdown, and we see similar results.
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Conclusion
CA: I believe that the results of this statistical survey shows with decent confidence that Aprimon
collectors are more likely to catch Pokemon in certain Poke Ball types, which overall makes it more difficult
for the community at large to catch 'em all in every Poke Ball.
CA: With the release of Pokemon Winds and Waves on the horizon, I will personally use these statistics to my advantage with one simple change: I am challenging myself to catch against type.
CA: To contribute to the community, I will be trying to use rarer Poke Balls when possible, leaning away from Dream Balls, Moon Balls, Love Balls, and Beast Balls.
CA: Instead, I will work to highlight Sport Balls and Safari Balls, likely once the DLC is out, and focusing on Fast Balls, Heavy Balls, and Level Balls before then.
CA: I'm going to catch Grass Types in Lure Balls, Water Types in Friend Balls, and other less common combinations.
CA: Ultimately, I believe that this will be to my benefit, as I will have combinations of Pokemon that others are less likely to have, and so I will be able to trade with them and we can both fill out our collections.
CA: If you read this and are similarly compelled to catch unexpected combos, then I'm glad I could share this information!
CA: If you read this and are unconvinced and will catch things the way you want, then that's also awesome!
CA: This diversification of available combos only works if there's someone catching a Pokemon in every Poke Ball, whether it fits aesthetically or not.
CA: In either case, I look forward to trading with you when the good time comes!
CA: With the release of Pokemon Winds and Waves on the horizon, I will personally use these statistics to my advantage with one simple change: I am challenging myself to catch against type.
CA: To contribute to the community, I will be trying to use rarer Poke Balls when possible, leaning away from Dream Balls, Moon Balls, Love Balls, and Beast Balls.
CA: Instead, I will work to highlight Sport Balls and Safari Balls, likely once the DLC is out, and focusing on Fast Balls, Heavy Balls, and Level Balls before then.
CA: I'm going to catch Grass Types in Lure Balls, Water Types in Friend Balls, and other less common combinations.
CA: Ultimately, I believe that this will be to my benefit, as I will have combinations of Pokemon that others are less likely to have, and so I will be able to trade with them and we can both fill out our collections.
CA: If you read this and are similarly compelled to catch unexpected combos, then I'm glad I could share this information!
CA: If you read this and are unconvinced and will catch things the way you want, then that's also awesome!
CA: This diversification of available combos only works if there's someone catching a Pokemon in every Poke Ball, whether it fits aesthetically or not.
CA: In either case, I look forward to trading with you when the good time comes!