So this is something I've been wrestling with for a while and I'm curious what you all do. At what point do you consider an IV good enough to invest stardust in?
I understand that IVs are greatly overvalued, but I would like to still have a general rule of thumb, and stardust investment is honestly the biggest factor here for me. If I'm gonna dump all that stardust into something I'd rather make sure it's worth it comparatively to what I could find in the future. That and IV hunting adds a little to this game.
I dont apply any sort of IV rule to legndaries though, I'm not in a position to raid enough to make that feasible.
So what's your IV threshold? Do you ever bend that rule?
I don't keep anything that isn't a wonder (Mystic) or basically 80%. But I also don't keep more than three of anything unless it is in the 90s.
I do bend the rules for legendaries - I have transferred a couple but generally keep them all.
Also, I have some in the 80s that I already put a lot of stardust in (my highest Vaporeon is only an 84) and I keep those as well.
Anything above 90% with an attack IV of 13 and up makes it onto my "power up bucket list".
If I had more dust, I might go down on the attack IV I want.
And I would make an exception for any relevant attacker if I'm only a power up or two away from a break point.
Currently I decide what to power up based on T3 raid soloing.
E.g. I can do Machamp raids already, but I'm struggling with Zam, so I'd rather power up my 14/15/13 Ttar than my 15/14/15 Zam.
For me personally it really all depends on the Pokemon. Regardless it is always at least 82% but some types I have much higher standards while others are lower. For example fire and rock types are very rare where I am so (before golem and tyrannitar raids were a thing I powered up some in the low 80's) but now for those I bumped it up to the low 90's. Fire types still could be an option in the high 80's. Something like grass types though need to be basically perfect (96-100%) before I'm willing to invest these days. It all depends on your personal play style, biomes, and ability to wait which determines what is a good cut off.
80%+ with 15 IV in attack at least. I still got a Tyranitar that's 89% but 14 Atk, 11 Def, 14 HP and I still can't bother to level it up, candy's too rare and that def stat could be better. Plus the dreaded Iron Tail...
There's just one exception to that rule. My 15 HP 87% IV Kingler, I have yet to find a better Krabby/Kingler and I've hatched/caught a lot of them.
MIne is 91%. I don’t bend them for Legendaries either. I know they’ll come back and I already dumped rare candies for all of them to create space in my bag even though I never got a 91% or higher for most of them. That’s for my Mewtwo as well which I’ve only gotten one Ex Pass months ago.
Only have Lugia, Raikou and Ho-oh that met my requirement.
It depends on the rarity and usefulness of the mon. So long as it has the best in-game rating (for Valor, that’s Amazing), it’s a candidate. If it’s common, then I aim for 91%+.
I maxed a 76% Mewtwo and Gyarados (shiny with 15a/4d/15s — but I didn’t do that one until the arrival of Waterfall). For other legendaries that I want to power up, I wait until they’re gone and then do my best one whatever its IVs. All of mine ended up being 91 or 93%.
In general, 82%. I made an exception for my 80% Mewtwo because its stats are so ridiculous that a few in either direction aren't going to amount to much (and I have no guarantee of ever seeing another one).
Otherwise, I'll take a lower IV if the Attack is 15. Defense is a bonus. Stamina isn't that important if the other two are good. Case in point, I evolved a 15/15/8 Dratini because it was L30 wild caught. It's only ever going to be missing just a few HP.
I also powered up a wild-caught 44% DB/DC Dragonite because I never got another one by the time that move set went legacy (but I did wait until it was no longer available).
I maxed out my 39% DB/DC D'nite ... and will keep special mon like her. Because of limited space, however, I usually keep only 89% or higher mon.
If I had more legendaries (only one Suicune so far, sadly) I would probably keep them all - there is no guarantee they'll return, although I certainly hope so.
I've gotten to a point where I only keep perfect commons, 98%+ uncommons (Staryu, Eevee), high level Pokemon with high max CP (such as Rhyhorn), and I plan to power the best legendary of every type that I have.
It's not a rule of thumb but more of a set of "tiers" in which higher tiers constitute lower thresholds.
I rarely invest stardust, but when I do it will only be in Pokemon who are really useful (Mewtwo, Golem, Dragonite, Machamp etc.) and if they have a really good IV and also atleast 14 in attack (if I were to invest in a defensive Pokemon, it would be 14 in defence).
The only exception is a 89% IV Tyranitar. At the time I didn't have any good ones and this was the only one with 15 in attack. I have a 14/14/14 one now that I might Power up at some point, though I don't often use Tyranitar.
My threshold for spending stardust is 93% 15a or 96% 13a. I've bent the rule a few times. Tier 3 soloing is the most important thing to me in the game so I've put dust into anything that was necessary to achieve them.
The impact of IV on performance does tend to be overvalued but when deciding what to power up, you can't overvalue IVs. You want your stardust investment to be as efficient and safe as possible and that's best achieved by investing in a pokemon that's a) good species b) good IV c) has both immediate and future use.
As a level 40 player with a big collection of fully maxed and level 30 mons my limit is 95%
That said I'm pretty flexible. A handful are from when I was lower level and go as low as 91%. I also chose to boost a 91% Mewtwo.
With the gen 3 excitement I also boosted a 91% 15atk&hp slaking. It was already a high level but ultimately not worth the candy and dust.
I would consider making an exception of an IV or two for a Blaziken or perhaps something else that's going to rewrite the way battles are conducted.
95 iv 15 attack. Pefer 15 15 13 ads sometimes 15 13 15 at the lowest. Anything under trash even for legendary. I have a lot of 14 15 15 legendary I didn't power up cuz 14 attack. If it's 97 14 15 15 ads I don't touch. Has to be 15 attack 95 iv at the lowest. Imagine spending 225k plus dust from going from 20 to 40 with 14 attack 15 defense 15 stamina but u can't hit the last breakpoint cuz it's 14 attack. Would be a waste of hard earned dust. If I'm investing dust into a Pokemon I max it out to 40. I don't stop at 30 cuz of that half cp nonsense. I want my Pokemon to be at full potential dishing out max damage possible. Only time I bent the rule was for moltres. 93iv 15 attack was the best 15 attack one I had. I also had 95 iv 13 attack and 14 attack moltres and I skipped those. I have 3 raikou 97 iv 14 attack I didn't touch. I maxed out a couple 95 iv 15 attack ones instead(stupid curveball glitch existed when 100iv ran away from me)
I started playing PoGo the first day it launched in Europe and now I'm lvl 35 player. I play daily but as you can analyse from this information I'm far from a hardcore player. Reading through this GP website I read a lot of interesting stuff posted by true fanatics in the game.
Because I don't play hours a day I don't collect tons of stardust. I have to set a lower standard than most of you do. I'm thrilled when i find a wild wonder! above lvl 25 of a pokemon I want to evolve. That's my standard, but sometimes I even lower the bar further.
I have a great vaporeon with 55 IV and my alakazams in high 70 IV's are strong enough to solo Machamp. The impact of IV is marignal, only a few percent tops. Don't take it too serious is my advice.
