Base stat total
Base stat total is the sum of a species' six base stats, used as a rough measure of overall strength
Arceus has a base stat total of 720, the highest of any standard form. Mega Evolution adds exactly 100 to the base stat total of the species that evolves. Eternamax Eternatus, a form the player cannot use, totals 1125.
Main-series games; introduced in Generation I, Red and Green.
2 later changes
- Totals changed for every species when Special was split into two stats.
- Mega Evolution introduced forms whose totals sit exactly 100 above the base form.