Should I hold off on evolving Pikachu?

You should not evolve Pikachu until you get to level 24. At level 26, you can evolve Pikachu into Raichu, then next evolutionary generation and this is how you go about it. Travel to Celedon city with your Pikachu. Enter the celadon department Store, which is depicted by a tall Purple Tower.
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Is it better to not evolve Pikachu?

The only reason to ever wait to evolve would be certain item-based evolutions might have moves only available before evolving. But that's not a thing anymore. That's not a good reason. It's easy enough to catch another Pikachu to do the other research tasks.
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Which Pokémon should I hold off on evolving?

Delaying Buizel's Evolution for several levels would allow it to learn its best moves much earlier than if it had evolved into Floatzel. A Chimchar that levels up without evolving will learn different moves than its evolved form Monferno.
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How long should you wait to evolve Pikachu?

Pikachu evolves when you use a Thunder Stone on them, and while you can evolve them at any level, waiting until at least level 28 is a good idea. Raichu learns no moves from leveling up, and at level 32, Pikachu learns Discharge.
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Are there any benefits to not letting Pokémon evolve?

Originally Answered: What are the benefits to not evolving Pokemon? Some Pokémon learn certain moves in a prior evolution, so people give them an Everstone in order to make it learn these moves. Learning better moves at a lower level and/or learning different moves altogether.
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Pokemon Black and White: Ash Saves Pikachu From Evolving Into Raichu

Is there a downside to not evolving Pokemon?

While trainers are free to pass on the option to evolve their Pokémon, doing so comes with its own set of challenges. Unevolved Pokémon have to train twice as hard just to keep up with evolved Pokémon, as their stats gain fewer boosts when they level.
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Does stopping a Pokemon from evolving make it weaker?

But the stats are exactly the same no matter when you evolve. Just delaying evolution on its own, no. But all the extra training and such will naturally make a Pokemon's stats different.
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Is it better to evolve Pokemon early or later?

The majority of Pokemon which evolve using a stone won't learn any moves when evolved, so you don't want to evolve those Pokemon until they've learned all their possible moves. Evolving them earlier will really, really limit their usefulness.
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What's better Pikachu with light ball or Raichu?

Which one is superior? Well, Raichu is Faster, but Light Ball Pikachu is Stronger, so it's really your choice.
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Does Raichu learn moves after evolving?

Accepted Answer. Once you evolve a pokemon that evolves via stone, it usually ceases to learn any moves whatsoever. However, if you want Raichu to learn Thunder, you can teach it via TM (TM25).
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Should I evolve the Pokemon with the highest stats?

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.
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Are 3 evolution Pokemon better?

If a Pokemon evolves, it's evolved form is stronger. Number of evolutions does not matter, what determines strength in a competitive battle is the Pokemon's stats, movepool, typing, and your own ingenuity.
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Should I use Pikachu or Raichu?

When looking at Raichu's superior stats in almost every circumstance and Alolan Raichu's secondary typing and usefulness in Electric Terrain it would be reasonable to say that Raichu reigns supreme. However, there will only ever be one Pokémon mascot, so Pikachu has a purpose all its own.
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Is it better to have Pikachu or Raichu?

Raichu IS stronger, tougher and more durable than Pikachu in the games. The only down side is that Raichu can't use the Light Ball but regardless it still has higher total base stats. However, it would have lower Attack and Sp. Attack, so Pikachu would generally be the better sweeper.
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Is Raichu worth it Pokemon go?

While it does have access to a powerful moveset, the lack of sufficient stats makes it a poor choice compared to many other Electric-type Pokemon. Maybe keep a bunch with fancy hats if that's your thing, but it's probably not a good idea to invest Stardust into Raichu.
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Should I evolve Pikachu with Light Ball?

There is no advantage in combat in evolving Pikachu. Pikachu with light ball can sometimes be seen in competitive play with proper set up as a power sweeper, whereas Raichu is almost never seen in competitive play.
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What is the strongest evolution of Pikachu?

Pikachu evolves into Raichu when exposed to a Thunder stone; no level requirement. Raichu is decently powered but cannot learn new moves if evolved too early. If holding a light ball, Pikachu is actually stronger than Raichu.
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Which Pikachu is most powerful?

Ash's Pikachu Has Always Been Powerful

Even Professor Oak mentioned there was a "problem" with Pikachu before he gave it to Ash, though he doesn't explain what he means. This ambiguous problem might actually have referred to an excess of electrical generation -- not necessarily a bad thing for a battling Pokémon.
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Should I stop Charmander from evolving?

Evolution boosts stats, but when they evolve does not. And unevolved pokemon level up as fast as their evolutions. In Charmander's case, he learns Flamethrower so quickly that there's no reason to let him unevolved. The stats should recalculate when you evolve, so you don't "miss" stats by evolving late.
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Should you wait to evolve starter Pokemon?

Delaying an evolution can be both beneficial and also a hindrance. For some Pokemon, their pre-evolutions can learn moves earlier than evolved pokemon. Squirtle, for example, learns hydro pump at lvl 40, while Wartortle learns it at lvl 49, and Blastoise learns it at lvl 60.
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Should I evolve Pokemon before level 30?

It honestly depends on your patience. I believe that Pokemon you can catch will max out on the CP they can give by level 30. Basically, this means that up until level 30 Pokemon you see in the wild will grow stronger every level... but the Pokemon you catch at 40 will be the same as 30-39 in terms of max potential.
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What happens if you evolve your Pokemon late?

The evolution brings up its base stats so it will have the same stats regardless of when you evolved it. Delaying an evolution can be both beneficial and also a hindrance. For some Pokemon, their pre-evolutions can learn moves earlier than evolved pokemon.
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Are Pokemon weaker if you use Rare Candy?

No. The only difference between experience gained in battle and experience gained through other means (rare candy, daycare, etc) is that battle experience grants EVs. So if your EVs are maxed out, there is no difference anymore. Originally Answered: Are Pokémon raised with rare candy weaker?
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Is it better to power up 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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Can evolving be bad?

Genetic changes can be neutral or harmful, as well as beneficial. And some change can be both, conferring benefit when a single copy of a gene is present, and causing a life-threatening disease when copies are inherited from both parents.
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