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Why are 3 star Pokémon better?

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.
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Is it better to evolve a Pokémon with high CP or 3 stars?

It doesn't really matter what you do first as in the end it will cost the same amount of stardust and candy to power up and evolve.
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Is it worth keeping non 3 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.
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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.
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Is it better to evolve higher CP or 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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Does 3 star matter in 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. Two stars means 66-80% IVs and one star means 50-65% IVs.
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Should I evolve a bad IV shiny?

If you're goal is to get a high CP shiny of the pokemon and the shiny you have is high level and If you know you wont be putting much candy into it, go for it. I'd say go for it if you want the shiny and its a pokemon you'd like to use/have, as I believe personal like of a pokemon >>> than any iv's.
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Should I prioritize CP or IV Pokemon GO?

IV vs CP — differences

When battling, high CP Pokemon should be utilized. However, if you're playing the long game, wanting that perfect Pokemon, and are willing to spend the Stardust to level it up, then IV scores are the key metric.
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Are low CP Pokémon worth keeping?

Absolutely not - for your defenders and enemy gym attacking team, high IVs are much more important. This is where having a high CP is important - the difference between a maxed out Dragonite with 0% IVs and 100% IVs is 3,141 and 3,581 respectively. Save your super-high IV Pokemon for your A-team.
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Why do star ratings matter?

The Star Ratings system helps Medicare consumers compare the quality of Medicare health and drug plans being offered so they are empowered to make the best health care decisions for them.
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How rare is a 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. I have a 0% Houndour and Sandshrew. I wish i'd thought of collecting them at an earlier date, i've probably binned one or two 0% pidgeys without knowing.
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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%
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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.
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Should I transfer low CP 3 star Pokémon?

Should I transfer low CP 3 star Pokémon? 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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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 you purify 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.
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Which Pokemon not worth keeping?

While catching 'em all is the name of the game, not all of Pokemon GO's Pokemon are worth the effort (or candy).
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They are often only available to a Pokemon if it is caught during a specific event.
  • 3 Venomoth.
  • 4 Vespiquen. ...
  • 5 Onix. ...
  • 6 Persian. Max CP. ...
  • 7 Dugtrio. Max CP. ...
  • 8 Seaking. Max CP. ...
  • 9 Lickitung. Max CP. ...
  • 10 Arbok. Max CP. ...
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Should I keep all shiny Pokemon?

Yes shiny Pokémon are incredibly rare very few people won't even have one and if you're lucky enough to have one can you set yourself incredibly lucky that's probably the only shiny Pokémon you are ever going to have legitimately so it's totally worth keeping you can totally evolve it it will remain shiny.
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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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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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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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Can you raise a Pokemon's appraisal?

Please note that Evolving or Powering Up a Pokémon will not improve its appraisal, however Purifying a Shadow Pokémon will improve its appraisal.
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Should you purify Shinies?

Why would you purify? The most obvious reason to purify is get yourself a 100% IV Shiny Pokemon. Even nearly four years after Pokemon Go released, this is something many trainers are still searching for. While this is good for your collection and bragging rights, the reason behind is purely aesthetic.
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Is it worth powering up Lucky Pokemon?

Lucky Pokémon are highly desired because of their reduced Stardust cost when powering up. Stardust cost is reduced by half for Lucky Pokémon. Normally when you trade Pokémon, the Individual Values (or IVs) of the Pokémon are shuffled randomly.
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Is it better to purify or evolve?

Purifying gives the Pokémon a significant increase in Combat Power and it will cost less candies to evolve. Make sure you Purify a Pokémon BEFORE you evolve it so you can use less candies.
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