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I'm in doubt of powering up my Alakazam or evolving another. I want to power them up to lvl 30 but not sure which one. The choice
Alakazam cp 1624 53IV 14/2/8 with psycho cut shadow ball
Abra 867 cp 82IV 14/14/9 which will turn into a a lvl 28 2241 cp Alakazam

I got 122 candy so far and could easily power up the first one to lvl 30. Should i go for this one with a good attacking stat or hope for another one with the best moveset?

Asked by opiumXrico7 years 11 months ago
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Don't power up. Terrible IVs (even more if that 14 is attack, Alakazam only needs HP and defence) and terrible moveset too. Evolve that Abra.

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With that logic, due to the 9 HP ivs on the abra it wouldn't make sense to evolve the abra. As you said, attack is least needed compared to the other two stats, BUT the abra has 9 HP ivs.

I would wait (as painful as it may be) to hatch a better abra and then evolve. As well, shadow ball doesn't have great coverage and isn't nearly as effective as future sight

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It's already at level 27 though, that's a lot of saved stardust in case that he gets the best moveset. So I'd still do it.

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For a lot of people, dust is a lot more valuable than candy for some mons so evolving high level Abras, even at 125 maybe worth it if you have tons and want to get a good Alakazam.

I had 550+ candies before the event and was using Abra evolves just for the EXP.

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candy that 53% alakazam it's only good for the professors clandestine research.

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For attackers, you should ideally just evolve high level mons instead of powering up.

Even though I am guilty of powering up a low level 98% Jolteon (TS/TB) to level 30, it does feel great to be sorta "done" with my main electric attacker for now (at least in the current meta).

Unless you have spare dust/candies, powering up should be saved for defenders normally.

I suggest just evolving your high level Abra and use those instead. Since CP isn't a concern for attackers, they work well enough and are very usable (I use a Psycho Cut/Focus Blast one now daily against Blissey for fun).

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