Is it better to evolve a 3 star Pokémon or higher CP?

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 prioritize CP or stars Pokemon go?

Prioritise Appraisal (Stars), then Combat Power (CP)

With the new Appraisal system it's easier to determine which Pokemon will be best. 3-Star Pokemon have higher base stats, and therefore a higher (maximum) CP. You can search your Pokemon using the terms 0* , 1* , 2* , 3* or 4* to filter Pokemon by their appraisal.

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.

Is it better to evolve Pokémon with 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.

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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What is the benefit of 3 star Pokémon 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.

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 only evolve 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!

Should you only keep 3 star Pokemon go?

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.

What happens if you evolve a perfect Pokémon?

Yes IV's don't change when you power them up or even evolve them. A 100% IV Pokemon will stay 100% no matter what you do to them.

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.

Is it better to evolve then power up?

Trainers may wonder if they should power up a Pokemon before evolving it or vice versa. When deciding this, it is usually more economical to evolve first, then power up the desired Pokemon in Pokemon GO.

Should I level up before evolving Pokémon Go?

Unlike the main-series Pokémon games, you don't need to power up Pokémon to a given level to evolve them in Pokémon Go. You can evolve your Level 1 Charmander into a Level 1 Charmeleon, which will quite happily become a Level 1 Charizard.

Is it better to evolve Pokémon early?

Evolved Pokémon often learn particular moves at later levels than unevolved Pokémon, or they might learn different moves altogether. Although evolved Pokémon's moves are generally more powerful, some Trainers may want to wait to evolve their Pokémon until it learns a certain favorite move.

Is it worth evolving a low CP shiny?

No because that does not do much for the CP, and it is more candy efficient to level it up after evolution (This applies to all pokemon), and either way there's no point in leveling up shinys as it is very difficult to get high CP shiny pokemon, let alone a high starred one.

When should you evolve a 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.

Should I keep 1 of every Pokémon in Pokemon Go?

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.

Should I purify all Pokemon Go?

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).

Should I evolve a weak Shiny Pokémon?

Oh yes, you should evolve it, it will give rise to the shiny version of the evolved pokemon. So, if you don't have any other problem about evolution, you can surely evolve it.

When should I not evolve my Pokémon?

The only reason you would want to stop your Pokémon from evolving is if it learns a move that its evolution doesn't learn (for example, Growlithe learns Flare Blitz but Arcanine doesn't, so you may not want to use a Fire Stone on it right when you acquire one).

Is there any benefit to not evolving Pokemon?

Unevolved Pokémon Learn Some Moves Early

For some reason, preventing evolution gives some Pokémon access to powers that are harder for evolved Pokémon to acquire. Having a strong move available in early battles can easily make the difference between defeat and victory.

What happens if you purify a perfect 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 it worth keeping low IV Pokémon?

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.

Do higher CP Pokémon do more damage?

For the easy answer, NO. CP has no value in the damage calculation.

What's a perfect Pokémon benefit?

A perfect Pokémon is a Pokémon whose IVs on Attack, Defense and Stamina are 15, which makes a total of 45. Given the fact that the maximum sum of IVs on the base stats is 45, that would make it a 100% Pokémon (45/45).