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Old 08-29-2016, 12:50 PM   #1197
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Can someone explain this to me? I had a 2500 stardust required to power up Caterpie, which I evolved. It turned into a Metapod, 2500 to power up, CP 188.

However I already have a Metapod, 194 CP, that appraises better, that only takes 1900 to power up.
The 2,500 stardust Caterpie has poorer IVs compared to the Metapod that requires 1,900. Essentially the Metapod has more baseline potential than the higher CP Caterpie. Evolutions are different than Pokemon levels, you can hypothetically have a level 40 Caterpie and a level 5 Butterfree, despite one being an evolved form of the other.
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