How do you choose Pokémon to battle?

Touch the Battle button to select your Pokémon for battle. You can bring a group of up to six Pokémon to battle against your opponents. Generally, Pokémon with high CP and HP make great additions to your group. Some Pokémon types and move types fair better against other Pokémon.
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How do I choose which Pokémon to keep?

Picking a Poke-Champ. If you're a very casual player, here's the TLDR version of this article: Focus on keeping Pokemon with high attack, high CP, and high IVs, in that order. If you want to actually use stardust and candy to make it strong, then it's high attack, high IVs, high CP.
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Why can't I use some Pokémon in Pokemon Go battles?

Only Pokémon captured after a set time can be selected to use during the event's battles, meaning you could run into issues if you weren't aware of that fact. For the most recent iteration of the Catch Cup, you can only use Pokémon captured after 3pm CT on March 29.
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Which Pokemon are not worth keeping?

There are not, however, very many articles about which Pokemon are not worth the trouble.
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They are often only available to a Pokemon if it is caught during a specific event.
  • 10 Arbok. Max CP. ...
  • 9 Lickitung. Max CP. ...
  • 8 Seaking. Max CP. ...
  • 7 Dugtrio. Max CP. ...
  • 6 Persian. Max CP. ...
  • 5 Onix. ...
  • 4 Vespiquen. ...
  • 3 Venomoth.
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Who is the strongest Pokemon in Pokemon GO?

Mewtwo. Mewtwo is stacked when it comes to max CP, boasting over 4,000. It's also one of the most powerful Pokémon in the game with massive attack stats to boot. Mewtwo is known for its devastating psychic moves, not forgetting its Team Rocket origin story.
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Should I evolve Pokemon with high CP or appraisal?

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.
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Can you make a 3 star Pokémon perfect?

Star Rating Badge

If you have a Pokemon with a pink badge with three stars, that Pokemon is as perfect as the game can generate. Apparently there's more than one different sort of 100% perfect – but it has to do with potential CP numbers, not just skill points.
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Should I evolve 4 star Pokémon?

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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Should I keep multiple of the same Pokémon?

The game-focused blog Kotaku points out that having a bunch of low level Pokemon of the same variety can also help you level up faster as a trainer. To boost your trainer level, Kotaku recommends catching every garbage poke you come across until you have a Pokedex full of unwanted Doduos and Diglets.
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What is the most unpopular Pokemon?

Reader's Choice: The 10 Most Hated Pokemon
  • Smoochum. Ain't no love for Smoochum, the baby evolution of the controversial Pokemon, Jynx. ...
  • Trubbish. Good idea, Game Freak. ...
  • Kricketot. Kricketot isn't so bad. ...
  • Patrat. How did Patrat manage to be this hated? ...
  • Foongus. ...
  • Stunfisk. ...
  • Luvdisc. ...
  • Gothita.
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How do I get Pokestop at my house?

Pokémon Go will now let users request new PokéStops and gyms near their location. All they have to do is visit the game's support page, fill out a form, and hope the PokéGods grant the request.
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Should you keep one of each Pokemon?

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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Which Pokemon should I stop from evolving?

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).
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Should I evolve a perfect 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!
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Is it better to evolve or power up first?

Should you evolve first, or power up first? Evolve first, power up second. It's tempting to power up first, because instant gratification is instant, but it'll cost you less Stardust in the long run to evolve and the strategically power up only your best or favorite Pokémon.
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Should I purify my Pokemon?

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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Is it better to power up a Pokemon before evolving Pokemon go?

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.
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Which starter is better Pikachu or Eevee?

Pikachu is still more broken than Eevee. Zippy Zap, in particular, takes all challenge out of the game. You could probably, quite easily, beat the game with Pikachu and the Magikarp you get before Mt.
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Should you catch every Pokémon?

Now, if a player has a ton of pokeballs saved up or they purchase these items in the store, the answer is yes - catch them all! It's pretty straightforward why: trainers in Pokemon GO earn a variety of valuable things for each catch.
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