A question on IV's and the appraisals.
If I catch a pokemon and it has a good IV, does that IV stay the same when I evolve?
yes it does stay the same.
but there is no point in having say a fully evolved, perfect IV arcanine that has the perfect move set, but has CP of say 800. (well not no point, but I am catching growlith with 900CP at the moment....)
so always consider 3 things.
when you are catching to evolve, if it has low CP transfer it, dont check the IV's because it might just make you sad when its perfect, but will cost you more candy and stardust to power up than an evolution will cost.
if your pokemon has decent CP, check its IV, if you are happy wiht that you can then evolve it.
if it does not have a good move set, sorry to hear dude, that pokemon will be weaker than a lover IV pokemon, with a good move set.
all of this has been covered by TrainerTips on youtube. guys seriously watch his videos, he is really good, and deserves teh youtube moneys you will let him earn by supporting him