There are plenty of ways to get your hands on some pretty powerful Pokémon in Pokémon GO, but if you don't understand the stats of your Pokémon, it'll be hard to use them to your advantage.
Different values assigned to the Pokémon you capture will quickly tell you how the Pokémon will perform in battle, and these stats are a bit different than the ones you're likely used to in traditional Pokémon games. For example, what does CP mean? Let's break it down.
In Pokémon GO, CP stands for "Combat Power" and is entirely separate from the Pokémon's Hit Points (HP). While the two usually correlate (meaning a higher CP will yield a higher HP), the CP is important if you want to use the Pokémon in battle.
A Pokémon with a higher CP will perform better than one with a lower CP. While you can use type advantages in a lot of instances to help you take down a Pokémon with a higher CP, if there's too big a difference it won't do you any good.
As your personal level gets higher, you'll be able to find more powerful Pokémon in the wild — which, in turn, will make your team more powerful and allow you to take on more challenging battles and raids.
Your Pokémon's CP will never be lowered, though its HP will be during a battle.
There are ways to increase your Pokémon's CP, similar to how leveling up a Pokémon works in the traditional games.
How to increase your Pokémon's CP.
Both a Pokémon's CP and HP can be increased using Stardust and candies. There is no way to increase one without the other, but thankfully it's a fairly simple process.
To increase a Pokémon's CP, tap the Pokémon you want to power up and click the "Power Up" button below its stats. So long as you have enough Stardust and candies for that specific Pokémon, you should be able to power it up with no issue.
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If you don't have enough Stardust, we have a guide on how to get more. There are also plenty of ways to get more candies, like making the Pokémon your buddy and walking with it or catching more of the same Pokémon. Transferring a Pokémon to the professor will also give you more candies, though you should be careful not to transfer the Pokémon you plan to power up, as you will not be able to get it back once you do.
Evolving a Pokémon will provide the biggest jump in a Pokémon's CP, so if you can find a lower-evolution Pokémon with a high CP, you'll spend less Stardust and candies making it a powerful player on your team. Even if you already have an evolution of a certain Pokémon, if you have the lower-evolution Pokémon with a higher CP, it may be worth it to spend the candies to evolve it.
If a Pokemon's CP is higher than a Gym's Pokemon, then they will inflict more damage. Likewise, a Pokemon with a lower CP will have a lower damage output. Players can view the CP in Pokemon GO by the white arc and number behind and above the Pokemon respectively.
A Pokémon with a higher CP will perform better than one with a lower CP. While you can use type advantages in a lot of instances to help you take down a Pokémon with a higher CP, if there's too big a difference it won't do you any good.
Just use the highest CP stuff you catch. CP is why IVs matter. CP is a representation of a Pokemon's combined attack, defense, and stamina. Higher IVs mean higher stats in those areas, which can make the difference between winning and losing at times -- especially in regards to breakpoints.
What are Combat Power (CP) and Hit Points (HP)? Each Pokémon has Combat Power (CP) and Hit Points (HP). All Pokémon start out with full HP at capture, but HP can be depleted during battle. Each individual Pokémon is assigned CP at capture, which indicates how well that particular Pokémon will perform in battle.
High CP Pokémon should be used during battling. However, IV scores are the most important factor if you're playing the long game, a desire that ideal Pokémon, and are prepared to pay Stardust to level it up.
When you evolve a Pokemon, its CP circle stays as full as it did before. As a result, it really doesn't matter in which order you boost a Pokemon. However, you should keep a few points in mind: Powerups cost more Candies the more CP a Pokemon has (based on a Pokemon's level).
It's recommended to evolve the Pokemon with the higher CP or the better Appraisal. So, if a 0-star Pokemon has 1000+ CP, it may be worth evolving instead.
Basically the better the cp on the lower thing you are evolving the higher the cp on the evolved and the less stardust and candies you have to spend to get maxed. Basically save your candies and stardust until you find a higher level I'd say 3/4 full cp at least before even evolve.
Every Pokémon you catch will give you some XP and count towards a Catch Bonus medal, while others may provide you with candy for an evolution which hasn't been introduced into the game yet. It's also worth catching any evolved Pokémon you see, because they will provide you with more candy than their pre-evolved form.
Low CP pokemon are useless as you will catch higher ones soon enough as you level more. Toss everything under 200CP in the blender. The higher ones you'll be able to use a bit, until you level even more.. soon everything under 300 is useless, then 400, etc.
If a Pokemon's CP is higher than a Gym's Pokemon, then they will inflict more damage. Likewise, a Pokemon with a lower CP will have a lower damage output.
It doesn't really matter unless you care about PVP. Cp is determined by base stats of a pokemon, the pokémon's level, and its ivs. Because evolving a pokemon only changes the base stats not the level or ivs, it doesn't matter if you power up a pokemon before evolving or after the cp it gets to won't change.
Note that the CP, HP, and other stats will change when you trade. The Pokémon's new CP and HP will appear as a range. Additionally, trading certain Pokémon may affect how much Candy is required to evolve that specific Pokémon.
It pays to keep and evolve only the best Pokémon you find. In general, you want higher CP Pokémon to evolve over lower CP Pokémon, but just because a Pokémon has a high CP doesn't mean it's actually very good.
The CP gives players an idea of the amount of damage they will inflict on an opponent. If a Pokemon's CP is higher than a Gym's Pokemon, then they will inflict more damage.
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