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Can you still Mega Evolve?

After you Mega Evolve a Pokémon for the first time, you can Mega Evolve it again without Mega Energy after a rest period. Pokémon at the Base Level have a rest period of seven days, but you can also use a reduced amount of Mega Energy to Mega Evolve your Pokémon before then.
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Do Mega Evolutions still exist?

Introduced in the April 2022 update, Mega Evolutions now have levels. To increase your Mega Level, you must Mega Evolve that Pokémon, and after a certain number of evolutions, you will reach the next level.
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Can you permanently Mega Evolve a Pokémon?

Unlike evolving your Pokémon, which is permanent, Mega Evolution temporarily transforms your Pokémon, changing their appearance, improving their performance in battle through a significant boost in stats, and offering other unique benefits.
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Is My Mega Pokémon still a mega after Evolving?

Your Pokémon will only be Mega Evolved for a time period, which you can check on the information screen for that Pokémon. Once it returns to normal, you can Mega Evolve it again for no energy cost after a cooldown. You can use Mega Energy to decrease the cooldown time.
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Is Mega Evolution illegal?

They're only banned in the gen 8 meta game if you go back to gen 7 you can use mega evolution and z moves again. The reason the new metagame does not allow mega evolutions is that the new games, sword and shield don't have them in the game, instead we have dynamax.
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What Happened To Mega Evolution?

Why did they stop megas?

Because the games were severely rushed and they couldn't get it in on time. They also wanted to more heavily focus on Dynamax and felt megas and z-moves would distract too much.
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Why did Pokémon stop using megas?

Mega Evolutions was one of the gimmicks GameFreak came up with to keep the battle system "fresh." Z-Moves was the battle gimmick of Gen7, which is why there were no new Mega forms, although one could argue that Ultra Necrozma could be counted as a Mega form.
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Can you Mega Evolve twice?

The more often you Mega Evolve a specific Pokémon, the higher its Mega Level will be. The Mega Level also doesn't reset when Mega Evolution ends. Note that you can only contribute to an individual Pokémon's Mega Level once per day.
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How many times can you Mega Evolve?

Only once; even if the Pokemon you Mega Evolved faints, you cannot Mega Evolve another.
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Is Mega Evolution Painful?

"It stores the excess energy from Mega Evolution, so after a long time passes, its body starts to melt." Basically, if you Mega Evolve your Scizor, you've basically doomed it to a painful death by melting.
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Should I power up before Mega Evolving?

Mega-Evolved Pokémon can't be powered up while Mega-Evolved. Their boosted stats are calculated based on their stats in their normal form, so make sure you've powered up Pokémon you want to Mega Evolve as much as possible before Mega Evolving them.
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Should I Mega Evolve my Charizard?

The main reason to choose Mega Charizard Y is that it has a much higher Attack stat (319 vs 273) and it's capable of reaching max 5037 CP, which is huge when compared to Mega Charizard X's max 4354 CP. Mega Charizard Y is pretty much the best Fire-type attacker you can get for Raid Battles, which makes it an easy win.
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Why did Gen 8 remove Mega Evolutions?

While Mega Evolution is also available in the Generation VII games, it has been removed from the core series as of Pokémon Sword and Shield, due to the lack of Key Stones and Mega Stones, although it still appears in some spin-offs like Pokémon GO and Pokémon Masters EX, as well as in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
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Will Pokemon Scarlet have mega?

Unfortunately, there has been no confirmation at this time that Mega Evolution will be possible at any point in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet's base game or DLC. If there are plans to introduce the mechanic to the Paldea region, it will likely come with DLC news sometime in the future.
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Is it cheaper to Mega Evolve the second time?

First up, the big change to Mega Evolution — you do not need to pay to Mega Evolve more than once. Instead, Niantic has implemented a “rest meter.” Once Mega Evolved, your Pokemon will be fatigued and unable to Mega Evolve for a certain period of time.
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Why does Charizard have two Mega Evolutions?

The Pokémon fandom has always believed that Charizard should have been a Dragon type. Game Freak obliged by giving Charizard two mega evolutions (a distinction shared by none other than the almighty Mewtwo) with one of them being a Fire Dragon type!
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Which Mega Charizard is better?

The only stat on Mega Charizard X that is better than Mega Charizard Y is its defense. Mega Charizard X has a defense stat of 213, while Mega Charizard Y has a defense of 212. As can be seen, this is not a very large difference. Both forms also share the same stamina stat in Pokemon GO of 186.
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Can you get mega energy by walking?

You can earn Mega Energy by defeating a Mega-Evolved Pokémon in a Mega Raid Battle or by completing specific research tasks. You can also occasionally earn Mega Energy by walking with your Buddy Pokémon if you have previously Mega-Evolved a Pokémon in your Buddy Pokémon's Evolutionary line.
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Why does GameFreak hate Mega Evolution?

Some Megas were designed to be different or interesting, and in the process, GameFreak made them either worse than their regular counter-part, or just not up to the power curve of the top Megas out there.
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Why can't I Mega Evolve?

You'll need a certain amount of Mega Energy before you can Mega Evolve a Pokémon, and there are a few different ways to acquire it. The most accessible option is to participate in Mega Raids, which are Raid Battles that feature Mega-Evolved Pokémon.
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Why is Mega Evolution only temporary?

After Mega Evolving, your Pokémon will be fatigued and need time before it can Mega Evolve again. Once this rest period is over, that Pokémon can Mega Evolve again without using Mega Energy. You can use Mega Energy to decrease a Pokémon's rest period.
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Why are there no Gen 6 megas?

Another reason that Mega Evolution was removed was because it was the special part of Gen 6. Gen 7 had Z Moves, Gen 8 had Max Raids and Dynamaxing/Gigantimaxing, Gen 6 had Mega Evolution.
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Why didn t Ash Mega Evolve?

Pidgeot got the ending to its character development when Ash left it behind to watch over all the Pokémon in its home, so as a developed character that already had the necessary bond with Ash to Mega Evolve, there wasn't much of a story to be told by Pidgeot gaining access to this, and the writers would have to go out ...
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What is the weakest Mega Evolution?

Weakest: Mega Abomasnow. A unique aspect about Abomasnow and its pre-evolution, Snover, is that they are the only Pokémon with the Ice/Grass-type combination.
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Why did Mega Garchomp lose speed?

Generation VI gave Garchomp a Mega Evolution it didn't need. In doing so, it dropped Garchomp's Speed by ten points, leaving it prone to threats regular Garchomp could usually take on. While Mega Garchomp has better offenses and bulk, its Sand Force ability isn't worth trading Rough Skin.
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