Should I evolve Pokémon with higher CP or IV?

It pays to keep and evolve only the best Pokémon you find. 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.

Should I evolve high 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.

Should I keep low CP high IV Pokemon?

Yes, keep it and power it up when you are a high level.

Should I evolve my 100 IV Pokemon?

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!

Is high CP or 3 star better?

Star Rating Badge

The CP runs hand-in-hand with the star rating. If you have a 100% (three star) Pokemon, your CP can be raised to be the most-possible highest CP for that particular Pokemon. That doesn't necessarily mean you'll have the highest weight, or height, or even the best moves.

How does CP, IV's, and LEVELS work in POKEMON GO!

Should I max out 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.

Should I transfer all my low 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.

How rare is 0 IV Pokemon go?

However 0% pokemon are even rarer than 100% pokemon, since the former can never come from raids, eggs, research tasks or trades.

Should I purify high IV Pokémon?

Purified Pokemon will have better Appraisal and receive 2 points towards all their IVs. This can potentially bring a 2-star Shadow Pokemon to a 3-star if it's purified. Purified Pokemon will receive a significant boost in Combat Power (CP).

How rare is a perfect IV Pokémon?

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. Instead of the 1 in 4,096 chance, a Weather Boosted catch increases your odds to a 1 in 1,728 chance.

Should I focus on CP or IV?

As explained by RustyMembers the IV is by far more important than the CP of a Pokemon. But actually equally or sometimes even more important is the Moveset of a Pokemon. A Pokemon with the best moveset dps wise but with lower IV will perform better than a similar one with a different moveset but higher IV %.

Does iv affect Max CP?

For yes, IV's help for pvp and battling. Like a lower attack stat, higher defense and higher stamina helps to get a higher CP than a perfect stat pokemon for a certain league like a perfect Charizard for the Ultra League has a 0 attack stat, high defense and high stamina stat.

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Can you get a 100 IV Shadow Pokémon?

Each stat goes up by two when purified, meaning if you catch a Shadow Pokémon with at least 13 Attack, Defense, and Stamina will turn into an 100% IV Pokémon.

What happens when you purify a 100 IV Shadow Pokémon?

Purifying a Shadow Pokémon will improve their appraisal and reduce the amount of Stardust and Candy required for them to Power Up, Evolve, or learn a new attack. When Purified, a Shadow Pokémon will forget Frustration and learn Return, a Charged Attack that's exclusive to Purified Pokémon.

Is Pokemon IV important?

Base stats and IVs

While IVs are important and play a vital role when trying to find competitive Pokemon, base stats are objectively more important. Each species of Pokemon have different base stats which are made up of the aforementioned attack, defense, and stamina.

Can you get 99% IV pokemon go?

If your Pokémon has three stars and a red stamp, it means that it has 100% perfect IVs. If it has three star with an orange stamp, it has around 80-99% perfect IVs.

What is a 100% IV Pokémon?

IVs are invisible stats that determine how much a Pokémon's HP, Attack, and Defense will rise each time they are Powered Up. Each Pokémon has a different IV for each of the three stats, with perfect Pokémon having 100% IVs.

What is rarer a Hundo or Nundo?

Nundo's can only be caught in the wild. They cannot be hatched; caught from a raid; or reward encounter; or get from a trade. They're more rare than hundos because you could get a hundo from all those ways.

Does CP level matter when evolving?

Since CP increases from power ups are also proportional across evolutions, you'll get the same results for the same amount of stardust and candies whether you power up the Pokemon before or after evolving it. Save this answer. Show activity on this post. It should make no difference at all.

Does CP matter trading?

IVs, HP and CP change when trading, but moves, gender and size of the traded Pokemon stay the same. Be careful: Pokemon Level can also change!

Does IV matter a lot 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.