Is it better to catch a fully evolved Pokemon?

While the decision is up to each person, it's generally recommended that Pokemon should only be evolved if GO trainers are trying to fill out the Pokedex, if they want a specific evolution, or if they have Candy to spare. Pokemon generally receive a boost in their Combat Power (CP) once they've evolved.
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Is it better to let Pokémon evolve or not?

Pros and Cons of Evolution

Evolved Pokémon often learn particular moves at later levels than unevolved Pokémon, or they might learn different moves altogether. Although evolved Pokémon's moves are generally more powerful, some Trainers may want to wait to evolve their Pokémon until it learns a certain favorite move.
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Is it better to Max Out A Pokemon's CP before Evolving?

A Pokémon's CP potential and IVs are not affected by evolution: IVs (Attack, Defense, Stamina values hidden in the game) and CP potential (the max CP that can be reached when fully powered up) remains the same regardless of whether you Power Up before or after evolving.
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Is there a benefit to not Evolving a Pokémon?

While the movepool for unevolved Pokémon is much narrower, there is actually one strength that comes with it. Unevolved Pokémon can actually learn some strong moves much earlier than their evolved forms can.
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Do fully evolved Pokémon breed faster?

Evolving a Pokemon won't wield any better or any worse results. It matters when it comes down to actually obtaining an egg. Goomy and Sliggo aren't the same species, but are in the same egg group. They will pop out eggs every 255 steps at a 20% success rate.
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Pokémon that get WORSE when they Evolve

Can Unevolved Pokémon breed?

The female gender always determines what species the egg produces. No, it does not have to be fully evolved. Only "Baby" pokemon (Riolu, Smoochum, Pichu, Magby, Elekid, probably a couple others I'm forgetting) are incapable of breeding until they've evolved.
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Is it better to breed with a Ditto?

However, by choosing to breed a Pokémon with Ditto, you miss out on potentially altering the future of your Pokémon's genetic mix, resulting in a Pokémon that is functionally either a clone of their parent or even less powerful than their parent.
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Why do people stop Pokémon from evolving?

One reason to cancel an evolution is when a Pokémon can only learn a certain move in its un-evolved form at a higher level than when it would normally evolve. For example, Rattata can learn Super Fang at a lower level than Raticate.
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Do Pokémon get better stats when evolved?

Not only do evolved forms tend to show greater stat gain from Level to Level, but Pokémon receive a one-time "evolution bonus" to their stats. The longer evolution is delayed, the larger this bonus will be. However, it is not the case that Pokémon who put off evolution are stronger in the long run.
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What is the point of evolving Pokémon?

Evolved Pokémon generally have higher CP and HP, making them a valuable addition to your collection. You'll still have the same number of Pokémon in your collection after completing an Evolution. The Pokémon you selected has evolved—transforming into an evolved Pokémon—so you haven't gained or lost in total Pokémon.
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Should I evolve 4 * Pokémon?

It's recommended to evolve a Pokemon that has high CP or a 3/4-star Appraisal.
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Is it better to power up a Pokémon before or after evolving?

That question depends entirely on the Pokémon and what you want to use it for. If it's for Master League or you want to use it for Raids and Gym battles, then you should power it up once you've evolved it to the final stage, as this generally offers a bigger stat buff, making it more useful quicker.
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Is it better to evolve low CP or high CP Pokemon GO?

Choosing to evolve a Pokemon with high CP but not great IV's, rather than a high IV Pokemon with lower CP can sometimes save you a ton of stardust. As a lvl 32 player, I have had a lot of experience in seeing how IV's really affect your Pokemon Combat Power.
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Should I purify my Pokemon before or after evolving?

For example, it can cost 1,000 Stardust and one Weedle Candy to purify a Shadow Weedle, but purifying a Legendary Shadow Pokémon can require up to 20,000 Stardust and 20 Candy. It's best to purify your Shadow Pokémon before you power it up and accidentally burn through your hard-earned Candy and Stardust.
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Should I increase CP before evolving?

Pokemon GO: Why evolving first is preferred

Although evolving a Pokemon or powering it up first won't dictate its full battle potential in Pokemon GO, there are a few reasons many trainers opt to evolve a Pokemon before powering it up. After a Pokemon's evolution, they'll acquire new moves in many instances.
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Can you unevolve a Pokémon?

This has never been possible in any of the games, or the anime, as far as I know. So it's a general rule in the world of Pokemon that evolution is permanent.
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Is there a downside to using rare candies?

Rare Candies prevent you from gaining EV's as you level up, making your pokemon weaker overall. However, they're pretty useful in-game because you gain EV's throughout the game. Besides, three levels would make nearly no difference. So go ahead and use them, you have nothing to lose.
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What is the best way to raise stats Pokémon?

Vitamins, Feathers, and Mochi

These consumable items can increase the number of base points a Pokémon has in a single stat. You'll need 26 vitamins, 252 feathers, or 26 mochi to bring a stat from zero all the way to its maximum.
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Do Pokémon level up faster in Unevolved?

However, evolving does make leveling up take longer. This is because unevolved Pokemon that pass their level requirement to evolve will gain more EXP from battle. For example, a level 17+ Mudkip will gain more EXP than a level 17-35 Marshtomp or a level 36+ Swampert.
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Should I wait to evolve Charmander?

You're best served evolving Charmander into Charmeleon as late as possible (it learns its last technique at level 46). As far as HMs and TMs go, Charmander is able to learn techniques like Rest, Swift, Dig, Dragon Rage, Seismic Toss, Toxic, and more.
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Should I let Squirtle evolve?

Its Attack stats are on-par with Bulbasaur and with the exception of Speed, it beats out its Fire and Grass/Poison counterparts on all counts. It learns its last, and most powerful technique at level 42, so it's a good idea to wait with evolving it into Wartortle until the last possible moment.
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When should you evolve your Pokémon?

Even then (in regards to the SS point), you can use Rare Candies to evolve a Pokémon at level 100, so, starting from SS (Sword and Shield), you can always evolve a Pokémon no matter what. The only potential benefit of waiting to evolve is to learn moves earlier, since lower stages Pokémon learn them faster, but still..
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Can Ditto breed with Mewtwo?

Mewtwo can only be bred with a Ditto to produce more Mewtwo Eggs. If the Mewtwo Egg is obtained from the Daycare, it will count for your shiny chain. The chance of hatching a Mega Powered Mewtwo by breeding is the same as hatching any other Mega Powered Pokemon.
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What happens if you breed two Dittos together?

Can Ditto Breed With Ditto In Pokémon? Unfortunately, Ditto cannot breed with other Ditto. The members of the Ditto Egg Group cannot breed with each other, which means that the only way to acquire a Ditto is through catching them in the wild, trading with another player, or through claiming one in a special event.
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Does breeding with shiny Ditto help?

*Ditto always passes down its DVs to offspring regardless of gender, so any Pokémon paired with a shiny gene Ditto will have a 1/64 chance of being shiny.
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