This is a little more work than listing them by CP, but what are your top 12 pokemon by pokemon level? If you don't know the exact levels for all of them, and don't want to look them up, just approximate the best you can.
Mine:
1. Lvl 40 Dragonite DT/O 100% CP 3581
2. Lvl 40 Exeggutor C/P 100% CP 2916
3. Lvl 38.5 Rhydon MS/SE CP 3181
4. Lvl 38.5 Gyarados DT/O CP 3175
5 Lvl 38.5 Gyarados (shiny) DT/O CP 3088
6. Lvl 38 Alakazam PC/SB 93% CP 2775
7. Lvl 38 Houndoom S/FP 93% CP 2432
8. Lvl 37 Scizor FC/XS 100% CP2681
9. Lvl 37 Charizard WA/O 100% CP 2571
10. Lvl 37 Kingdra DB/B 100% CP 2320
11. Lvl 36 Mewtwo C/SB 80% CP 3669
12. Lvl 36 Vaporeon WG/AT CP 2921
13. Lvl 36 Machamp C/DP 96% CP 2710
Several of these were powered up when the old gym system was in effect, and CP mattered for gym placement. Some are powered up to important breakpoints. And I believe that useful 100% mons should eventually be powered up to the max. In general, I do two power ups at a time, because I like to keep them at an even level (e.g. lvl 36, not lvl 35.5 or 36.5).
edit: Oops, forgot my Mewtwo the first time. I believe Mewtwos also should be maxed, but I am low on rare candy, and am spreading it around to other legendaries to eventually be powered up.
Based on Level, and ordered by CP at level
Ttar 15/15/13 Level 40
Ttar 14/14/15 Level 40
Dnite 15/15/15 Level 40
Dnite 15/15/14 Level 40
Raikou 15/15/15 Level 40
Gyarados 15/15/15 Level 40
Machamp 15/14/15 Level 40
Exeggutor 15/15/11 legacy Level 39.5
Dnite 14/15/15 Level 38
Dnite 15/13/13 Level 38
Rhydon 15/14/12 Level 38
Blissey 15/15/15 Level 38
1. Dragonite 38,5 DT/O 89%
2. Moltres 38,5 FS/OH 93%
3. Tyranitar 38 B/C 91%
4. Raikou 38 TS/WC 96%
5. Exegguttor 38 C/SoB 93%
6. Vaporeon 38 WG/HP 76%
7. Rhydon 37,5 MS/SE 84%
8. Tyranitar 37,5 B/SE 91%
9. Dragonite 36,5 SW/DP 76%
10. Machamp 36 C/DP 98%
11. Exegguttor 35,5 BS/SoB 93%
12. Gengar 35,5 SC/ShB 87%
EDIT: Misunderstood the question. My top 12 mons sorted first by level, then by CP (as I have more than 12 L40s) are as follows:
L40 Tyranitar 100%
L40 Tyranitar 96%
L40 Tyranitar 96%
L40 Dragonite 100%
L40 Dragonite 98%
L40 Lugia 93%
L40 Snorlax 96%
L40 Rhydon 98%
L40 Gyarados 98%
L40 Gyarados 96%
L40 Blissey 93%
L40 Blissey 84%
I have one at level 35, and four at level 30. With limited candy and dust, I figure it's better to have multiple T-tars that are past a critical breakpoint, rather than one or two powered up to higher levels. They will all eventually be powered up some more, but that is not a high priority.
In the top-12 by CP thread, the T-tars are five of my top 12.
That wasn't me that downvoted you, btw.
I have 13 level Lvl 40 mons. I’ll just list those all as to not exclude one haha. These are my highest ones, most used Pokémon(raids and gyms) and Some of them are obvious power ups and others are personal preference because of iv or necessity
1 dragonite 98%
2 ttar 98%
3 raikou 96%
4 blissey 100%
5 Vaporeon 93%
6 golem 100%
7 Donphan 100%
8 Blaziken 100%
9 vileplume 100%
10 exeggutor 98%
11 rhydon 100%
12 gyarados 96%
13 machamp 96%
I got 5 mons at 40 and thanks to weather boost I have more Lv 35 mons than I can shake a stick at (so I'm not going to list all of them - just a few that I actually powered to 35).
1. Lv 40 Tyranitar B/C 15a/15d/13s
2. Lv 40 Dragonite DT/O 14a/15d/15s
3. Lv 40 Vaporeon WG/AT 100%
4. Lv 40 Espeon C/FS 100%
5. Lv 40 Jolteon TS/TB 100%
6. Lv 35 Gyarados W/HP 14a/15d/14s (first mon I ever put dust into)
7. Lv 35 Tyrantiar B/C 15a/15d/12s
8. Lv 35 Tyranitar B/C 13a/14d/14s
Next to join the Lv 40 club: Sceptile BS/LB 100% (current Lv 29)
& Flareon FS/O 100% (current Lv 31.5 from Lv 3)
Next to join the Lv 35 club: Raikou TS/WC 14a/14d/15s (current Lv 30)
wow, looking at the list nearly every one got at least one TM except the top two Ttars, the Vape, and the Raikou.
1) LVL 37 Groudon, 98% (15HP/14ATK/15DEF), MS/EQ
2) LVL 40 Ho-oh, 95% (14HP/15ATK/14DEF), ES/BB
3) LVL 40 Tyranitar, 91% (15HP/11ATK/15DEF), B/C
4) LVL 40 Lugia, 100%, ES/SA
5) LVL 40 Dragonite, 95% (14HP/15ATK/14DEF), DB/O
6) LVL 40 Entei, 98% (14HP/15ATK/15DEF), FS/OH
7) LVL 40 Raikou, 98% (14HP/15ATK/15DEF), TS/WC
8) LVL 40 Snorlax, 91% (12HP/14ATK/15DEF), ZH/HB
9) LVL 40 Zapdos, 93% (13HP/15ATK/14DEF), CB/TB
10) LVL 40 Gyarados, 100%, WF/HP
11) LVL 40 Rhydon, 93% (15HP/15ATK/12DEF), RS/SE
12) LVL 40 Moltres, 93% (14HP/13ATK/15DEF), FS/OH
It needs the double bug moveset (FC/XS) to really be useful, IMO. It hits its breakpoint for max quick move damage against Alakazam at lvl 29.5, and Mewtwo at lvl 31.5, so I would shoot for at least those levels. Breakpoints are really important with a low-damage but fast move like FC. It's glassy, but fun to use because it is so nimble.
I have few Pokemon above L30, so I will just list those above L30.
1: Blissey L35.5 CP 2999
96% 15/13/15 ZH/DG
My main gym defender.
2: Gyarados L34.5 CP 3008
96% 15/15/13 Wf/HP
Powered up for old gym system, witnh DT/O then, just TMed last week.
Gyarados was the highest CP Pokemon for me that was easy to obtain candies for back then.
In my area, even high level Blissey towers did not last for more than a day. Sitting in high level towers was so that I could run to the next few gyms and slot in without the first one going down, to collect more coins. And higher gym placement was important not to prevent getting shaved, but to buy more time to slot into more gyms if the tower gets attacked before I finish.
3: Alakazam L34 CP 2639
100% 15/15/15 PC/FS
My first, and now my only meta relevant 100% mon. Powered to PC breakpoint against Machamp right now.
4: Snorlax L34 CP 2875
60% 07/13/07 ZH/BS
One of the investments that I regret now, particularly because of the IVs. Luckily the Snorlax was already quite high level before I powered it up.
It was powered up early in Gen 2 (old gym system), because of the legacy moveset. Also because I didn't have better candidates to power up. I only caught a 15/14/12 one in June 2017, and it was below 1000 CP.
5: Dragonite L33 CP 3202
96% 14/14/15 DT/O
My first high IV Dragonite, still my highest. It got SW/O moveset after evolution. It was only CP 802, but I powered up anyway.
I was still powering up that Gyarados in #2 on this list then, so I had to wait before powering this Dragonite.
By June 2017, I had already powered the Dragonite to CP 2950. Good enough for gym sitting in some gyms here. It did well on offense too against Blissey towers with SW/O.
This was when the gym rework was announced, so I stopped powering up.
Now I just started maxing out this Dragonite, but short of dust.
6: Ttar L32 CP 3188
82% 14/08/15 B/Cr
Caught at late night as a boosted Pupitar in partly cloudy weather. Got B/FB on evolution, a single CTM got Crunch.
I won't list most of the L35 weather boosted mons here.
1. Lvl 40 Tyranitar B/SE 93% 3645 CP
2. Lvl 40 Lugia E/SA 93% 3565 CP
3. Lvl 40 Dragonite DT/H 93% 3556 CP
4. Lvl 40 Dragonite DT/O 93% 3554 CP
5. Lvl 40 Snorlax E/HS 96% 3333 CP
6. Lvl 40 Raikou TS/WC 93% 3326 CP
7. Lvl 40 Rhydon MS/EQ 91% 3264 CP
8. Lvl 40 Moltres FS/OH 96% 3252 CP
9. Lvl 40 Gyrados WF/HP 89% 3231 CP
10. Lvl 40 Vaporeon WG/HP 89% 3117 CP
11. Lvl 40 Articuno FB/B 98% 2925 CP
12. Lvl 40 Golem RT/SE 100% 2916 CP
13. Lvl 40 Venusaur VW/SB 100% 2568 CP
A/D/S
15/12/15 Mewtwo C/SB Level 40
15/15/15 Tyranitar B/C Level 40
14/14/15 Tyranitar B/C Level 40
14/13/15 Dragonite DT/O Level 40
15/12/14 Dragonite DT/O Level 40
15/15/15 Raikou TS/WC Level 40
15/15/15 Gyarados W/HP Level 40
15/14/14 Execugger ZH/SB Level 40
15/15/15 Machamp C/DP Level 40
15/15/15 Sceptil FC/LB Level 40
15/15/15 Venusaur VW/SB Level 40
15/15/15 Slaking Y/HB Level 35
Machamp, Hariyama, Houndoom, Ludicolo, Alakhazam, Execuggutor, Blaziken, etc. A lot of level 35s. Going from 35-40 is very candy intensive.
1. Lvl 39 Dragonite DT/DP 95,6% CP 3514
2. Lvl 39 Dragonite DT/O 95,6% CP 3514
3. Lvl 39 Dragonite DT/H 91,1% CP 3947
4. Lvl 37.5 Vaporeon W/H 97,8% CP 3036
5. Lvl 37 Rhydon MS/M 100% CP 3159 (defender in the old meta)
6. Lvl 36 Vaporeon WG/H 95,6% CP 3011
7. Lvl 36,5 Dragonite DT/DP 88,9% CP 3358
8. Lvl 36.5 Gyarados DT/C 93,3% CP 3080 (another defender)
9. Lvl 36.5 Gyarados W/H 88,9% CP 3074
10. Lvl 36.5 Gyarados B/O 91,1% CP 3067
11. Lvl 35,5 Dragonite DB/DP 82,2% CP 3270
12. Lvl 35.5 Gyarados B/DP 84,4% CP 3014
No legendaries in this list because I've only brought them up to level 35, but ready to max Raikou in case of needing it for Kyogre :)
I'll ignore weather boosted catches. I'm level 37, so I'm finally getting some of my better mons to 35+. These are all ones that I've powered from 30 or lower:
1. Dragonite L39
2. Vaporeon L37.5
3. Golem L37
4. Dragonite L37
5. Exeggutor L37
6. Tyranitar L36.5
7. Gengar L36
8. Raikou L35
9. Moltres L35
10. Pinsir L35
11. Espeon L35
12. Lots at level 34-34.5 including multiples of Tyranitar, Machamp, Alakazam, and Snorlax
Mine looks like below. Not that impressive for a L40 player.
L40 dragonite 100%
L40 gyarados 100%
L38.5 dragonite 84%
L38.5 gyarados 100%
L38.5 blissey 71%
L36.5 dragonite 84% legacy
L35 gyarados 100%
L34.5 dragonite 98%
L34.5 dragonite 84%
L34.5 dragonite 87% legacy
L34 snorlax 87%
L33.5 vaporeon 84%
Of course, tons of L30+ useful mons like tyranitars, machamps and etc. Some are legendary mons too
Now, I'm more picky for what mons to power up or max out.
My top 13, all above L35. None weather boosted catches or raid catches. Only 1-4 have been powered post-gym change. None have been TMed.
1. L40 3157 100IV vapor
2. L40 3252 93IV gary
3. L40 2909 98IV eggy
4. L40 2268 100IV Victreebel
5. L38 2891 93IV espeon
6. L37.5 3027 93IV vapor
7. L37.5 3005 87IV vapor
8. L37.5 2982 80IV vapor
9. L37.5 2770 93IV flare
10. L37 2997 91IV vapor
11. L37 2412 87IV Venus
12. L36.5 2676 76IV zam
13. L36 2559 96IV jolt
I will just post my top 6 with the detailed information. I have a large log jam just below these at level 36.5 (these are all from the old gym system and after the rework I made the decision that they were all high enough and I wouldn't spend more dust on those particulars).
1. Lvl 40 Gyarados 100% CP 3281
2. Lvl 38.5 Machamp 96% CP 2808
3. Lvl 38.5 Gyarados (Shiney) 49% CP 3016
4. Lvl 37.5 Gyarados (Shiney) 82% CP 3103
5. Lvl 37.5 Rhydon 84% CP 3133
6. Lvl 37.5 Dragonite 93% CP 3424
Lvl 36.5 would include a Golem, Espeon, Arcanine, a couple more Gyarados, a few vapes, 2 exeggutor, a kingdra, two dragonites, and two tyranitars.
My raids crew(and some defenders :) ), sceptile will be rised for Kyogre as soon as I will got another 80 candies :).
A venusaur, articuno and ho-oh see some groudon fights when I shirt man it and anither 3 bite/crunch tyra were used for meetwo and soloing various Alakazams.
A jynx, a cloyster and a piloswine will get maced for raykouza I think, maybe 2nd and 3rd Dragonite(for 2 manning attemts I hope).
Love the fact that for the new legendaries there needs to be some preparation by using types which were not needed until now. Electric and especially ice is a little tricky and needs some investment for sure. My top 12:
Dragonite lvl 40 100%
Dragonite lvl 40 98%
Machamp lvl 40 96%
Lvl 35,5: Tyranitar x2, Dragonite x2, Machamp x2, Golem x3, Gyarados x2, Blissey x2, Rhydon, Snorlax, Lugia, Raikou, Moltres, Vaporeon, Exeggutor.
