IV (Individual value) vs. CP (Combat power) Explain

typing “4*” in the search bar will yield all of your 100 percent IV Pokémon, making it easy to spot any sleeper picks you may have missed. Looking up “3*”, “2*,” and “1*”

The IV increase means a Shadow Pokemon with IVs of 13 (13 attack, defense and stamina) are guaranteed to become perfect (100% IV) when purified.  (Yes, I figure this out)

https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/pokemon-go-when-purify-shadow-pokemon-1308580/

https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/pokemon-go-iv-cp-explained-444052/

https://pokemon.gameinfo.io/en/faq#counter

If your Pokémon has three stars and a red stamp, it means that it has 100% perfect IVs. If it has three star with an orange stamp, it has around 80-99% perfect IVs. Two stars means 66-80% IVs and one star means 50-65% IVs.

What are IVs (Individual Values)?

Every Pokémon has a set of base stats for Attack, Defense, and Stamina which never change - we've put together a list of these values so you can compare Pokémon.

Every single Pokémon that you catch will then have an additional set of values (randomly generated) for these three stats, which will range between 0 and 15 - these are the IVs.

Pokemon caught in Pokemon Go have two key metrics: IV and CP. Respectively, they measure a species’ potential and power.

IV in Pokemon Go

IV stands for individual values, which is something every Pokemon has. They determine your Pokemon’s potential in comparison to others of the same species, indicating how good they can be once fully powered up.

IVs are broken down into three statistics: attack, defense, and stamina (HP). Each of these statistics has an IV of 0 to 15. Therefore, perhaps the easiest way to think of these scores is as either a score out of 45, or as a percentage.

For example, a total IV score of 40 out of 45 (89%) would indicate a strong Pokemon, at least for that species. It is estimated that the chance of getting a perfect IV Pokemon is 1 in 4,096, although the chances of a 100 IV Pokemon varies depending on how you capture them.

Earning Pokemon from hatching eggs, completing field research tasks, and winning Raid Battles all drastically increase the chance of a perfect IV species.

The attack, defense, and stamina stats do the following:

• Attack: A factor determining how much damage a Pokemon can cause
• Defense: A factor determining how much damage a Pokemon can resist
• Stamina: A factor determining how long a Pokemon can survive

Base stats and IVs

While IVs are important and play a vital role when trying to find competitive Pokemon, base stats are objectively more important. Each species of Pokemon have different base stats which are made up of the aforementioned attack, defense, and stamina.

Every single species of Pokemon has exactly the same base stats. If we take Pikachu for example, it has a base of stats of 112 attack, 96 defense, and 111 stamina. A perfect IV Pikachu would increase each of these by 15.

So, perfect IVs in comparison to the worst possible would increase Pikachu by roughly 15%. IVs become more important when comparing high-level Pokemon and those of the same species.