I've been using the spreadsheet. It seems when I put in the stats, the % of compared to perfect IV varies. So I will do one power up, my pokemon is 44-66% or something like that. Next power up, it's 37% - 50%. Next one it's higher again. Anyone know why the Google spreadsheet ends up varying so much? It's already giving a variable %, but that range changes as I upgrade a Pokemon.

Second question: What does the % mean? Does 40% of potential perfect on a Dragonite mean it's less than half as powerful as a 10/10 Dragonite, despite CP and attacks? Or is this % just a minor modifier?

Also, seems like every one of my Pokemon are below 50%. Like, every single one. :-/ Two dragonites, one is around 40%, other is around 50%. One Blastoise, perfect moveset, around 40%. Are my Blastoise and Dragonite (both with perfect movesets and high CP for my level [21]) both useless if they are around the 50% IV mark? My Blastoise seems to absolutely rape with low IV, but my more powerful gyaradose who has 300 higher CP sucks and it has a higher IV and a good moveset too... so I'm confused.

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Jul 23 2016 05:16pm

im pretty sure these spread sheets are figured for max lvl 40.

so keep that in mind

u cant get max CP on a lvl 20 but the spreadsheets are figuring it for a max cp lvl 40 account

This post was edited by VeryUnknown on Jul 23 2016 05:44pm

q1: check out this gui calc, may help you https://thesilphroad.com/research

q2: the % is how much of the combined atk def and stam your pokemon has out of the total 45 points (15 for each stat is 100%)

The CP is is based on the IV stats and the poke's level. That arc line that fills up as you use star dust is what level the pokemon is compared to the player level. The pokemon can be 1.5(?) levels higher than the player level

So you can have a high level CP with bad IV = roughly equals a higher level pokemon
and a low level CP with perfect IV = a low level poke

Move set and IV stats are what is important.

In the short run CP only matters if your trying to determine if you want to invest star dust to get CP higher.

If it has bad stats with (relatively) high CP, dont use stardust
If it has good-great stats with random CP, maybe
If it has Perfect stats with random CP, probably worth while unless you want to hold out for a naturally higher level Pokemon