When to evolve Pokemon to keep them within the Ultra League CP limit

Trainers are currently participating in the Ultra League section of GO Battle League, which means no Pokemon over 2,500 CP. Prior to the actual battling, players will need to build a team of species within the confines of the Ultra League limit. To do so you’ll need to know when to evolve certain Pokemon to keep them under 2,500 CP. Here’s a list of the more commonly seen species and their evolution limits.

Adhering to the limit seems simple enough but when you do not know what CP a Pokemon will become when evolving it, it can become tricky. You’ll need to know the maximum CP a particular Pokemon can be before evolving it.

One mistake and you may have a Pokemon that isn’t eligible. Even worse, it’s more than likely that Pokemon will be too weak to compete in Master League, too.

Experienced Pokemon Go trainer will know that species increase CP at different rates. For example, evoling Caterpie into Metapod won’t increase its CP by much. Conversely, evolving Feebas into Milotic sees a drastic CP increase.

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Fortunately there are Pokemon Go evolution calculators out there. Any Pokemon at any given CP can have a wide range of IVs, which means a definitive CP it will evolve into can’t be shared. Therefore these calculators provide a range of the CP that it can evolve into.

Ultra League evolve CP limit

Now, there’s a balance between getting as close to the 2,500 CP limit and going past it. Ideally, you don’t want to have to use too much precious Stardust to power it up to that limit.

On the other hand, going past it is disastrous. As such it is always better to evolve the Pokemon before powering it up. This way you get to see its moveset too. We’ve also made a list for the Great League CP evolution limits, too.

Courtesy of PokeAssistant, here are the CP ranges you should be looking for for some of the most frequently seen Pokemon in Ultra League:

• Charmander 807CP – Charmeleon 1399 – Charizard 2379 < 2500 > 2659
• Chikorita 925CP – Bayleef 1475 – Meganium 2384 < 2500 > 2647
• Cleffa 641CP – Clefairy 1143 – Clefable 2328 < 2500 > 2736
• Cyndaquil 807CP – Quilava 1399 – Typhlosion 2379 < 2500 > 2659
• Magikarp 168CP – Gyarados 2079 < 2507 > 3257
• Munchlax 1434CP – Snorlax 2444 < 2500 > 2567
• Mudkip 908CP – Marshtomp 1463 – Swampert 2394 < 2500 > 2635
• Onix 1093CP – Steelix 2396 < 2500 > 2634
• Scraggy 1470CP – Scrafty 2446 < 2500 > 2569
• Squirtle 914CP – Wartortle 1475 – Blastoise 2383 < 2499 > 2648
• Togepi 452CP – Togetic 1247 – Togekiss 2292 < 2498 > 2777

Here are a selection of effective but slightly less popular Pokemon for Ultra League:

• Barboach 939CP – Whiscash 2379 < 2499 > 2660
• Bulbasaur 984CP – Ivysaur 1532 – Venusaur 2400 < 2501 > 2626
• Croagunk 912CP – Toxicroak  2383 < 2500 > 2647
• Dratini 625CP – Dragonair 1142 – Dragonite 2361 < 2501 > 2681
• Gible 665CP – Gabite 1151 – Garchomp 2369 < 2501 > 2670
• Igglypuff 629CP – Jigglypuff 875 – Wigglytuff 2264 < 2499 > 2852
• Machop 1005CP – Machoke 1636 – Machamp 2403 < 2500 > 2622
• Ralts 396CP – Kirlia 740 – Gallade/Gardevoir 2272 < 2499 > 2822
• Torchic 919CP – Combusken 1420 – Blaziken 2395 < 2500 > 2634

To be clear these are ranges, so if you want to guarantee you won’t break the 2,500 CP limit you’ll need to evolve them at lower CP than listed. Getting your Pokemon right on the Ultra League limit will no doubt cost you a lot of hard-earned Stardust, so try not to make any mistakes!