What does a 1 star Pokémon mean?

To give you a quick look at the overall status of your Pokémon, Niantic has created a set of star tiers: 0 stars - below 50% 1 star - 51% to 63.4% 2 stars - 66.7% to 80%

Is CP or stars more important?

CP is the number at the top of your Pokemon's listing – that's where you see the simultaneously most and least important part of your Pokemon's worth. The CP runs hand-in-hand with the star rating.

How rare is a 0 star Pokémon?

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

How does Pokémon star rating work?

When you tap Appraise, your Team Leader offers you an evaluation of your Pokémon. Each Pokémon is appraised out of three stars, with more stars reflecting higher battle potential. Along with the star rating, your Team Leader gives specific appraisals for Attack, Defense, and HP.

What makes a Pokémon 0 stars?

Appraising Pokemon

The first IV listed is Attack, followed by Defense, then HP. Each IV has their own "three bar scale." This determines the "rating" of a Pokemon on a 3-star scale. Pokemon with only half a bar and one bar filled in two out of three of their stats are likely to have zero stars.

Star Ranks EXPLAINED - Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Should I purify low star 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).

Why are 0 IV Pokémon rare?

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

Should I delete 2 star Pokémon?

A lot of your shiny Pokemon won't be 3-stars. So if you want to hang on to a shiny, don't delete them. Some are rare, and your best stuff might be 2-stars. For instance, if you only did 2 Palkia raids, and both were 2-stars, you probably don't want to delete them.

What is the difference between 1 and 3 star Pokémon?

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. Two stars means 66-80% IVs and one star means 50-65% IVs.

Can you increase a Pokémon's star rating?

There are two ways to improve your Pokémon's stats: give it a Power Up or, if possible, evolve it into a better version of itself.

What is the #1 rarest Pokémon?

1. 1998 Pikachu Illustrator Card. What is this? There's no better place to start than what many consider to be the rarest Pokemon card in existence, the Pikachu Illustrator card.

What is the 1st rarest Pokémon?

01. Illustrator CoroCoro Comics Promo (Pikachu illustrator card) Without a doubt, the most expensive of the rare Pokemon cards is the elusive Pikachu Illustrator card. In 1997, CoroCoro held an art competition where winners were given the stunning item which depicts the Electric-type adorably drawing other monsters.

How rare is a 1 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.

Is it worth keeping low CP Pokémon?

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.

When should I evolve my Pokemon go?

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.

Is it better to evolve or power up first?

Pokemon GO: Why evolving first is preferred

In the long run, it costs less Stardust to evolve and then strategically power up Pokemon that are used in battles often. At times, players will power up a Pokemon significantly only to evolve them and find that they're not used all that often.

What is the highest star Pokémon?

6-Star raids in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are currently the highest-tier raids in the game. They're incredibly difficult to beat, and feature Level 90 Pokemon, the highest in any Pokemon game so far.

How rare is a full 3 star Pokémon?

0 stars - below 50% 1 star - 51% to 63.4% 2 stars - 66.7% to 80% 3 stars - 82.2% to 98%

Can you tell if a Pokémon is 4 star?

Tap the three bars "Menu" icon in the bottom right. Select "Appraisal". Your team leader will tell you your Pokémon's IVs. You'll see IVs represented as bars for HP, Attack, and Defense, as well as an overall "star" rating that tells you how good the Pokémon is in general.

Should I keep 1 of every Pokémon?

There's no need to carry every type of Pokemon as a growing collection in your bag - that's what the Pokedex is for. It's better to keep only the Pokemon you need: that's an army to fight with in Gym and Raid battles.

Is it worth keeping a 1 star Shadow Pokémon?

Is There Any Benefit To Keeping Shadow Pokémon? Trainers who choose to keep their Pokémon as Shadow Pokémon will reap the benefits of increased attack stats, but at the cost of decreased defensive stats.

Which Pokémon are not worth keeping?

Is IV or CP more important?

IV vs CP — differences

IVs show a Pokemon's potential within their own species. A perfect IV Pokemon, when fully levelled up, will be as powerful as that particular species can be. On the other hand, a high CP will show power in terms of an absolute score but might be on the lower end of the potential spectrum.

What are Pokémon secret rare?

Secret Rare is the highest category of Pokémon card rarity, and Secret Rare cards differ in several ways from lower-rarity cards. First, they have a collector card number that's higher than the advertised set number — hence the "secret" in their name.