Combined just means they ' re combined in some way . There ' s many ways to combine stats . Technically the ingame CP is also a combined stats , just combined in a really weird way ! The sum of all the stats is what ' s usually used in the core game series as the ' combined stats ' metric , so I see their logic for using it . I personally feel that in Pokmon GO , the product of all the stats is the preferred metric because it ' s the best approximation of the Pokmon ' s actual combat power . However , no metric gives a perfect ranking , and each has value ! I just think it ' s important to know which one I ' m looking at . <| sep |> IGN HosaDeposited Spearow , Male , Lvl . 12 Message I want to fill my Pokedex . Requesting SolgaleoThank you !