I have two Pidgeys. One is CP 303 and costs 2500 stardust to power up, and the other is CP 336 and costs 2200 stardust.
Why does the one with higher CP cost less?
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I have two Pidgeys. One is CP 303 and costs 2500 stardust to power up, and the other is CP 336 and costs 2200 stardust.
Why does the one with higher CP cost less?
Best Answer
Following its predecessors, Pokemon Go has hidden stats for each Pokemon called Individual Values or IVs for short. For Pokemon Go, these stats are Attack, Defense, and Stamina.
You cannot readily know these stats from the game; however there are now calculators that, with a bit of science, can tell you how good or bad your Pokemon is. The idea here is to find a Pokemon with perfect stats to evolve, rather than evolving the Pokemon with a higher CP. It will produce an overall better Pokemon, but not by a large margin at its final stage:
You are seeing different dust requirements due to the Pokemon's hidden level, where a higher level requires more dust and candies to level up further. A Pokemon with better IVs will naturally have a higher CP at a given level, and the difference is much more drastic for un-evolved Pokemon with low base stats.
CP is calculated based on a formula: