Pokemon-go – Should I keep Pokemon with high CP, Attack, or Weight

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Forgive me if my Google skills are poor but putting so many words in a question didn't yield a satisfactory answer to me on the web.

I caught multiple of the same Pokemon. I want to transfer them to get candy and free up space to catch more. However, which one should I get rid of, high weight, high CP, or high attack?

These are the rough numbers from what I remember before I transferred them but hopefully they illustrate my question/dilemma. The numbers aren't exact since I had already transferred them since I needed the space but is basically what I observed.

Pokemon A

CP: 294 
HP: 52 
Weight: 30.53 kg
Bug Bite (bug) 6 
Poison Fang (poison) 15

Pokemon B

CP 280
HP = 54
Weight 31.0
Bug bite (bug) 6
Signal Beam (bug) 35

Pokemon C

CP 190
HP = 46
Weight 27.9
Bug bite (bug) 6
Poison Fang (poison) 35

Poke A has the highest CP out of the three. However, its attack is the weakest of the three BUT it has two different attack types (bug and poison).

Poke B is almost the same as A but it's a little heavier, the HI is slightly higher and CP is slightly lower but the attacks are higher than A, but it's only of one type (bug).

Poke C has the lowest CP, HP, and weight but just like sports, since it is behind by 100CP, it's POSSIBLE thru training and stuff that it could get up to its big brother. Also, in addition to growth potential, it has both types of attacks and both attacks are high.

So which of the three do I keep? Poke A b/c it has the highest CP, Poke B b/c it's close to Poke A and has better attacks and slightly better HP, or Poke C due to its potential and attack?

Best Answer

It depends on how far into the game you are. Up until level 24 or so usually you only care about CP and if the CP are similar then the movesets. Once you get into the medium to high 20's that is when things start to get more interesting.

Outside of just movesets and CP there are also IVs (Individual Variables) to keep track of. A Pokemon's IV determines its maximum CP, CP per level, and health. However as long as the IV difference isn't too large, I believe moveset takes priority over IVs because it is more than enough to make up for the CP/HP difference a lot of the times. Another reason why at this point in the game you care a lot more about IVs is because you have a lot more stardust and can finally justify spending them.

Think of good IV pokemon as a long term investment while high CP pokemon as short term. It's really important to balance out the two. And if you follow the moveset chart you are good to go. Keep in mind that movesets are random after evolving so if you find a pre-evolved pokemon you only want to look at CP/IV because IV's are the same after evolution. Weight/size do not matter at all compared to these other statistics.

Best movesets for each pokemon can be found here. IV calculator can be found here.

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