Poliwrath is a filler mon. I personally will TM a Poliwrath to double fighting at some point. That is because I have 9 or twelve of them in my bag and only one has a double water moveset.
If you have gone through a lot of candy without getting what you want, do it. Just pick one with at least 91%. If you don't care about legacy moves, well there's your candidate. 2 TM however (and probably more than that) might be a waste.
Power up these Poliwraths ? And TM the 2nd one?
I am conservative with stardust but I found these two Poliwraths and wondered if I should power up both and TM the second.
1) 1759CP L26 15HP/10ATK/13DEF 84%IV RS/DP
2) 1731CP L25 14HP/15ATK/13DEF 93%IV MS/SB(Mud shot and Submission legacy moves)
Should I TM Submission? DP is a straight upgrade in terms of DPS. I do not care about keeping legacy moves for trade value or as a trophy, unless they give the Pokemon high dps (like SC on Gengar)
Answers
Most will recommend NO power up on either Polywrath since machamp is essentially a stronger fighting Polywrath.
Also, anything below 89% is considered pretty low for power up nowadays, given that it is easier now than before to get high IV mon thru raids.
That said, I have 2 fighting Polywrath maxed, from the time before machamp raids and TMs, and also because I like the odd looking, ball of pure fighting water dude.
Anyway, if must spend stardust and TM, then do so for the 93% only, and leave the 84% alone.
I pinap most poliwags and get a bunch of candy from hatching them. I use higher level wild ones to evolve. Feel like I am 1mill points less than I could be by not recycling 25 candy evolves for points. I like them but they will take over if you aren't selective. Spent maybe 20k dust total on Poli-species
Poliwrath is one of many mons, where I feel the best course of action is to find a L30 Poliwag and evolve that more or less regardless of IV's. Stardust is too important to preserve and Pokemon level is more important than IV's.
For instance, I haven't spent a single stardust on Golem. I just evolved three low IV L30 Geodudes I foudn during the rock event and during a visit to a Geodude nest. Sure I would rather have a super high IV Golem, but these three boys get the job done and I can use my precious stardust elsewhere - like on legendaries where you can never find one above L20.
I fought a Tyrantitar raid boss yesterday, a bunch were there for it, so I got in the smaller group...Fire Blast fried Machamps, Poliwrath was helpful and Vaporeon at end. I just collect candies and consider an evolve when I find a Poliwag 535 or above, but make an almost perfect one if that is important to you