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would you evolve this larvitar?

I caught this lvl 30, 71.1-64.4 iv larvitar, from what i know he would evolve into a 3000+ cp tyranitar. Should i go for it or should i wait.

Asked by limbertbb8 years 2 months ago
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Wait, the IVs are too poor for a keeper.

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Ivs are forever, candies are temporary. The Iv range of attainable egg hatches spans from 67-100%, with an average of 83%. With that being said, I would certainly wait for a better one.

Incase anybody suggests, in the main series, ivs are permanent. EVs (effort
Values) which don't exist in Pokémon Go, were able to be changed from training. I highly doubt Niantic will ever allow IVs to be "trained" or changed on any given mon, as it would be the exact opposite from the main series, and would provide players with one less reason to purchase incubators (to hatch high iv mons, as well as movesets) and therefore may take away from their financial objectives.

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Gen7 introduced IV training, but you need to get the pokemon to max level 100 and use a rare item.

Be that as it may, rerolling movesets in PoGo seems much more likely than ever being able to IV train.

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by JHVS 8 years 2 months ago

Are you looking for a defender or an attacker? What is you're gym CP minimum like?

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I kinda want both im looking for a blissey slayer and a high cp mon for gym placement. My city is infested with blisseys so the cp ceiling is kinda low and im lvl 35.

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by Data10 8 years 2 months ago

If you powered up a 93% from hatch level, it would cost an extra 66 candy and 75k stardust to reach level 30. In exchange, you'd gain ~90 CP. So it's a question of whether a having a 3100+ CP Tyranitar instead of a 3000+ CP Tyranitar is worth the resources -- enough candy for half of a 2nd Tyranitar evolution + 75k stardust. There isn't a simple right and wrong answer to this. It depends on your priorities, how scarce starudust/candy is for you, how likely you are to see a better Larvitar soon, and your local gym meta.

If you may be using it as an attacker, then attack IV is critical due to Bite damage rounding against Blissey, not just % IV. So there are additional considerations.

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To put this in perspective, I think his max CP will be roughly 3400 (depending on his exact distribution). Only Dragonite can reach higher at 100% so if there are any Snorlax or Blisseys etc in those gyms you would always be able to out CP them.

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First awesome answer. Second stardust i have 2 million +, candies are not a problem given that i live on a biome where larvitars spawn often. I kinda want to evolve him for gym placement and im kinda stingy with stardust. I maxed a blissey and still miss those hard earned candies and stardust.

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If candies aren't a problem there's no way in hell I'm not evolving this one at some point. You have a 50% chance of evolving a ready made Blissey killer with any bite set including FB. On defense he may be placable with zero investment.

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Wait.
IVs are ok for an attacker, but bad for a decent defender. As it's a Larvitar, you have a 2/3 chance of not getting good offensive moves. Would defenitely wait for a better one, it's not that rare to hatch.

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That's exactly it, if your main goal is an attacker and you evolve good iv lvl 20 and end up with meh moveset, you'll have to invest about half evolution price to make it cp viable defender. But with lvl30 you'll get 3000 cp right away.
So it depends on many things.

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