Pokemon GO newbie here, sorry for a lot of these questions D:
So there's a lot of question so let's begin.
1) Does having 70% IV or either 100% IV changing the gameplay or something? Or it can effect the max cp? (+Question My Jolteon has 15 max attack IV but the hp and defense are 9, is it worth to upgrade it? or dont upgrade it and wait for an eevee with 90% IV?)
2) Is max IV eggs hard to get? and if the moves are bad example a snorlax with 100 % IV with lick and earthquake upgrade it or keep it?(+Another question: Is evolving a 90-100% IV pokemon like dratini or magikarp worth to gamble?)
3)Fighting a 100% IV Dragonite VS 0% IV Dragonite if my dragonite is the 0% IV, is it going to be hard? or just slightly harder if their CP is the same?
Thanks, i hope ya'll can answer my questions :D
Answers
1) IV just affects max CP. A zero attack IV mon will deal less damage than a max attack IV mon, but 14 v. 15 is negligible, if it has any impact at all (due to rounding)
2) Moves matter. I'd probably take grade A move set with 70% IV over grade D moveset with 100% IV. That being said, specific roles matter. For example, my double rock Golem is a Charizard killer.
2a) Any high IV snorlax is good. You should never transfer a hatched snorlax.
2b) I'm not sure what game it is to evolve a 90% dratini or magikarp, unless that are like level 2. Get the candy and do it! Both will be strong,
3) The way attacking speed works (you sttack faster than a defender) as well as dodging, if two dragonite are the same level, you should win, regardless of IV.
Basically, any pokemon above 67% IV haa potential, but a low level and low IV isn't worth the dust to power up. Also, because it is cheap, if you catch a bad IV Pokémon at level 30, it might be worth evolving. Doesn't cost any dust and could get you something around 2200+ (bad IV eevee, rhyhorn, etc)
WOW thanks man, you've answered all my questions.
That doesn't mean you guys can't answer again, i really love your facts and opinions.
2a) I'll always keep a snorlax even 0% IV with bad moves :D
2b) What i mean is, is it worth to gamble? even if the moves suck? (opinions pls) Also magikarp or dratini with 67%-90% IV worth to gamble the candies?
3)So IV really matters when you're defending the gym, not attacking?
IVs are far less important than a species base stats and their moveset.
If a Pokemon has really high base stats IVs make a minimal difference. Good IVs are nice to have and will impact the max cp a Pokemon can gain but they're not the key matter in determining how useful a Pokemon will be.
Remember too that moveset ranking is only relevant in comparing movesets for that specific Pokemon. A Snorlax with the worst defensive moveset will out perform most other Pokemon with the best.
Generally speaking, movesets are more important than IVs. IVs are added to a pokemon's base stats and affect its CP cap when you max out its level.
-For pokemon that you put in gyms, CP directly affects where it places in a gym and better IVs will improve the amount of CP that you get for each power up.
-For pokemon that you use to attack enemy gyms, CP doesn't matter but better IVs will mean you don't have to power up as much to get a strong attacker.
-For pokemon that you use to train up allied gyms, the actual CP number is more important than the IVs that get you there. The pokemon you choose to train a gym should be less than the CP of the pokemon in the gym, and if you want to maximize prestige gain should be half the CP of the defenders.
1) https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon/135 Jolteon's highest base stat is its attack and its lowest is stamina. Idealy I would want a high stamina IV to most support that low stamina, but 15a/9d/9s are still okay IVs. Jolteon is not a typical gym defender though. If it has Thunder or Thunderbolt you can poer it up and use it to attack Vaporeon or Gyarados. If its CP is currently about 1000-1400, then I would save it there and use it to train team gyms.
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon/134 As a comparison, if an Eevee with the same IV distribution 15a/9d/9s had evolved into Vaporeon, I would consider that a little better because Vaporeon has higher base stamina to start with.
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/cpcalc#/
You can plug different numbers into the CP calculator to get an idea for how much higher or lower values would affect a pokemon.
2) IVs of wild caught pokemon range from 0-15. IVs of egg hatched pokemon range from 10-15. It is more likely to get higher IV pokemon from eggs, but it is still a random distribution of those values.
Snorlax's main role is being big and fat. His high CP and high HP can place him high in any gym and he has no perfect counter so will always take a long time to beat.
Generally the harder it is to get candy for a pokemon, the more picky about IVs I am for spending candy to evolve, and after evolving the more picky about movesets I am for spending stardust and candy to power up.
If you live in a water biome and can catch a lot of Magikarp, then you don't need to be as picky about the IVs of the Magikarp that you choose to evolve. But given that you need so much candy for Magikarp, you should probably find at least one good one by the time you get the candy to evolve it.
3) A 0% Dragonite and a 100% Dragonite currently at the same CP would function very similarly in battle. The big difference is that the the one with higher IVs will be several levels lower so it still has room to be powered up more.
https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/pokemon/149 At the bottom of each pokemon's page is a table with min and max CP at each level. A 0% Dragonite at level 30 has 2693 CP. The closest matching 100% Dragonite with 2711 CP is level 26.5. Only a 3.5 level difference there, but the CP gains above level 30 are half the gains below 30, so the one with higher IVs will gain more over the next few power ups than the one with lower IVs.
