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Is it better to evolve a high CP Pokémon or high IV?

A higher IV also means better chance of better moves for the evolved pokemon - and those are much more important than a high CP.
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Should I evolve Pokemon with higher CP or IV?

You can check out our tips for evolving Pokémon in Pokémon Go for more detail, but generally it's advisable to evolve your high-IV Pokémon before you start spending Stardust to Power Up and increase its Level. That's because each time a Pokémon evolves, although its IVs stay the same, its moveset is randomised.
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Is it better to evolve Pokemon with high CP or high appraisal?

In general, you want higher CP Pokémon to evolve over lower CP Pokémon, but just because a Pokémon has a high CP doesn't mean it's actually very good. Since you can't see the underlying stats, you won't know if the numbers are getting goosed because it has one high stat and a bunch of low ones, for instance.
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Should I keep low CP high IV Pokemon?

Yes, keep it and power it up when you are a high level. I have a 100% Wailmer with low CP and I'm not going to evolve it yet: it might be that evolving a wailmer is on the next special research like evolving magikarp was. I'm level 39 so when I do evolve it I will power it up to the limit of my stardust and candy.
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What CP is 100% IV Pokémon?

A 100% IV would mean that Attack, Defense and Stamina are all at 15. Everything below that works out to being a percentage of the maximum possible stat of 45. For example: A Gengar with 10 Attack, 10 Defense and 12 Stamina would have an IV of 71%.
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Are 100 IV Pokémon better?

The difference between 0% IVs and 100% IVs statistically is between 5% and 10% depending on species. In practice, the difference is typically even smaller.
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Should I max CP before evolving?

It doesn't really matter unless you care about PVP. Cp is determined by base stats of a pokemon, the pokémon's level, and its ivs. Because evolving a pokemon only changes the base stats not the level or ivs, it doesn't matter if you power up a pokemon before evolving or after the cp it gets to won't change.
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Should I evolve higher CP or HP?

In Pokémon GO, CP stands for "Combat Power" and is entirely separate from the Pokémon's Hit Points (HP). While the two usually correlate (meaning a higher CP will yield a higher HP), the CP is important if you want to use the Pokémon in battle. A Pokémon with a higher CP will perform better than one with a lower CP.
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Can you increase IVs in Pokemon go?

Unfortunately, there isn't a way to increase or change a Pokemon's IVs once it's been caught. There are a few exceptions to this, such as Trading, in which IVs will go under a slight change once traded over. The main method of increasing IVs is exclusive to Shadow Pokemon through a process called Purification.
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Do perfect IV Pokemon matter?

Not only do IVs determine the HP, Special Attack, Attack, Special Defense, Defense, and Speed of a Pokemon, but they also can be hereditary in the realm of Pokemon breeding.
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Does 100 IV matter in Pokemon go?

Based on the way IVs affect damage output, the difference that 100% IVs make compared to 0% IVs is around 10%, i.e. they will last around 10% longer, deal around 10% more damage, and resist around 10% more damage.
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How common are 4 star Pokemon?

Perfect IV odds in the wild? There's a one in 4,096 chance, or 0.0244% portability, of finding perfect IVs from a wild catch. There is also a Weather Boosted wild catch though, which gives you a significant odds boost.
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Can a Pokémon have 6 max IVs?

The chance of a pokemon hatching shiny is 1/512. The chance of the pokemon hatching with 6 perfect IVs is 1/31.
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How rare is it to get a 100 IV Pokemon GO?

Research results

The chance to get a 100% IV (15/15/15) Pokémon in Pokémon GO is 1/4096, or in percentage, 0.0244%. The chance to get any combination of IVs is the same and equals 1/4096.
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Should I evolve a perfect Pokémon?

If you have a Pokemon that is in the highest or second highest IV tier, it really is not that far away from perfect Max CP. So evolving a Pokemon with IV's in the first or second tier is a good idea, you don't need to wait for the perfect IV's. Never power up a Pokémon before evolving it!
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Should you transfer high CP Pokémon?

Combat Power (CP)

Each one should have the letters CP next them, as well as a number. CP stands for combat power -- the higher the CP, the stronger the Pokémon will be in battle. In general, you want to trade away your low-value Pokémon so you can build up your stronger ones.
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Does the max CP increase after evolving?

Evolving species increases CP at different rates

In Pokemon Go, species' CP increases at different rates when evolved. A lot are around the 2x multiplier whereby their CP will double. @PokemonGoApp Magikarp's CP will increase by an average of 11x when it evolves into Gyarados!
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When should I power up my Pokémon?

You'll want to evolve Pokemon before you power them up, to make sure they've got attacks that do the most damage. Once a Pokemon evolves, they'll get a new randomly generated set of moves. Some moves are faster, and others do more damage.
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What's a good CP Pikachu to evolve?

So basically, if you have a Pikachu that's at least 430 CP, it should evolve into a Raichu that's over 1,000 CP.
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Why would you want a 0 IV Pokémon?

What Pokémon do I want to catch at 0 Attack IVs? In general, having 0 Attack IVs on a Special Attacking Pokémon is a luxury, not a necessity-- it matters in very few scenarios. Those scenarios are 1) if your opponent has the move Foul Play, or 2) if your Pokémon might get confused and hit itself in confusion.
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How rare is a perfect shiny Pokemon?

On average, there's a 1 in 500 chance, or . 2%, for a wild Pokémon in Pokémon GO to be Shiny, although the rates change depending on various circumstances. The rate appears to be eight times higher - a 1 in 62.5 chance, or 1.6% - for very rare wild spawns, certain Shadow Pokémon, and certain raid Pokémon.
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How rare are shiny Pokemon?

How to find Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. According to one of the game's Biology lessons, shiny odds are 1 in 4,000. In other games they've been 1 in 4069, so it's likely that this is a simplification, but either way, it's very possible to go through the entire game without seeing any.
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How many IVs is perfect?

When it comes to competitive battling meanwhile, on almost every occasion you're going to want what's known as a 6IV Pokémon - one that has the maximum 31 IVs in all six of it's stats - HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed. Some exceptions do occur however.
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