Should I use a good eevee when evolving to Umbreon? Or is Umbreon just a dex entry?
I have a lot of good Eevee (98IV 827CP, 98IV 551CP, 96IV 467IV, 98IV 275CP, 96IV 244CP) . Also have 3 others over 91IV. I just evolved an Espeon with Confusion and Psybeam (yayy :D). I haven't used the name trick to evolve Umbreon yet. Should I use one of my best eevee to evolve to Umbreon? If so, at what CP range? Is Umbreon best for attacking, defending or prestiging? Or is Umbreon just a dex entry?
These are the eevee evolutions I have thus far.
Vap WG HP 93IV 3027CP
Vap WG AT 91IV 2125CP
Vap WG WP 84IV 2402CP
Jolteon TS T 91IV 2581CP
Jolteon TS TB 93 IV 529CP
Flareon E FB 91IV 2556CP
Flareon E FT 93IV 1642CP
Espeon C Psybeam 100IV 2850CP
Noticeably missing is a FS O Flareon and a 95+IV Vaporeon with W AT. But to be honest, I'm not too desperate for either Flareon or Vaporeon. I'm already happy with my Vaps and a have Charizard with FS and Overheat (and I like Charizard more than Flareon).
So what should I do for Umbreon? Evolve one of my best ones? Or maybe just a 91+IV one?
Answers
Umbreon is a great prestiger, but I powered mine up to level 30 and I have found it to be an excellent attacker against Psychic and Ghost types. What's especially nice is that Umbreon has only four movesets, and although both Feint Attack/Foul Play and Snarl/Foul Play are the best, all four movesets are good—none are rated lower than a B by GamePress; so you are guaranteed not to evolve a bad one.
Umbreon is a great prestiger, given it's low CP and great defensive stats. Obviously it's low CP prevents it from really being useable as a gym defender, but there's a chance though with the Gym rework that's coming that CP might become less important, which could make Umbreon a very useful defender.
I would say use one of your high IV Eevee's, maybe not the 827CP, but one of the ones just below that. That will put it in a good CP range for prestiging, and if you want to you could power it up later. Also, as Simon said (lol Simon says) there's no real danger of rolling and getting a bad moveset, so I'd say go for it.
