When should you not evolve a Pokemon?

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. To delay a Pokémon's Evolution, you can press and hold the B Button when the Evolution animation begins.
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When you stop a Pokémon from evolving?

Cancelling an evolution does not permanently halt it, just until it levels up once more. Of course, if the unevolved Pokemon is level 100 (in terms of levelling up) or holding an Everstone, it cannot evolve.
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Is it better to evolve Pokémon early or later in Pokémon Go?

The max potential of a pokemon does not depend on what order you do things. That said, evolving first is generally good because it gives you a decent boost for candy only, while powering up does the same thing but costs dust. Candy is more plentiful than dust generally.
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Is there a benefit to not evolving Charmander?

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 I stop bulbasaur from evolving?

Although they learn moves faster, not evolving them puts them into a disadvantage later on in the game where most of the pokemon you fight are evolved. Evolved pokemon usually have higher/better stats then unevolved ones. I usually evolve them as soon as I can, and i recommend you do too.
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Is it worth not evolving Pokemon?

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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Should I stop Squirtle from evolving?

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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Do Pokémon level up faster if you don't evolve them?

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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Is it bad to evolve Pokémon late?

The level you evolve your pokemon at has no bearing at all on the stats that the evolved pokemon will have. The main reason to evolve at different levels has to do with the moves that pokemon learn. Many lower evolutions learn moves either at an earlier level, or entirely different moves.
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Why doesn t Squirtle want to evolve?

Bulbasaur and Squirtle May Have Decided Not to Evolve

The fan argues that, upon seeing this drastic change in their friend's personality, Bulbasaur and Squirtle were so horrified that they swore never to evolve, lest they end up the same way.
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Should you keep 0 star Pokémon?

If players are keeping 0-stars, then they can't farm Candy via Transfer. Furthermore, there are some events in-game that will double the Candy from Transfers. Thus, 0-stars are better to Transfer than Pokemon with better appraisals.
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Should I max 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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Should I evolve 3 star Pokémon?

It's recommended to only evolve a Pokemon that has high CP, or a 3/4-star Appraisal.
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Why do people stop evolving?

It is often claimed that humanity has stopped evolving because modern medicine erased all selection on survival. Even if that would be true, and it is not, there would be other mechanisms of evolution which could still led to changes in allelic frequencies.
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When should you evolve Pokemon?

If you have a Pokemon that is in the highest or second highest IV tier, it really is not that far away from perfect Max CP. So evolving a Pokemon with IV's in the first or second tier is a good idea, you don't need to wait for the perfect IV's. Never power up a Pokémon before evolving it!
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Why did my Pichu stop evolving?

Once Pichu reaches full Happiness, it will automatically evolve into Pikachu. Make sure your Pichu's Happiness level is maxed or it will not evolve. Affection is different from Happiness. Pichu will not evolve with max Affection alone.
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Are there benefits to not evolving Pokemon?

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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What Pokemon should you evolve?

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. Since you can't see the underlying stats, you won't know if the numbers are getting goosed because it has one high stat and a bunch of low ones, for instance.
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Why would you want to stop a Pokémon from evolving?

So you can learn some moves faster by not evolving until it's learned. Three: A few Pokemon have some moves they can only learn before they evolve, even if the level they learn it is after when they would normally evolve. So if you want to know that move, you need to avoid evolving until after it's learned.
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Is it bad to evolve Pokémon late?

It doesn't matter when you evolve a Pokémon, its stats will be the same.
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Do Pokémon not evolve if they faint?

A Pokémon which has fainted is unable to battle or gain experience points if it would have until it has been revived. However, it can still evolve after battle if the required criteria were met (unless the player blacks out if the Pokémon evolves by leveling up) and it is still able to use field moves, such as Fly.
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Should I stop magikarp from evolving?

Always take the chance to evolve Magikarp. If Magikarp doesn't evolve, its maximum level will increase by one, making the weak Pokémon just a little less weak. But make no mistake—it's Magikarp, so it'll still be weak.
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Should I let my Charmander evolve?

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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Is it better to purify Pokemon before evolving?

Purifying a Shadow Pokémon will improve their appraisal and reduce the amount of Stardust and Candy required for them to Power Up, Evolve, or learn a new attack. When Purified, a Shadow Pokémon will forget Frustration and learn Return, a Charged Attack that's exclusive to Purified Pokémon.
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