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Is Mega Evolve permanent?

Mega Evolution is a temporary process that increases a Pokémon's CP, typically lasting for eight hours. The Pokémon's HP does not change. Some Pokémon temporarily change type while Mega Evolved, which is important to consider when planning a Mega Raid Battle lineup.
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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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How do you make Mega Evolution permanent?

Multi-step quests to unlock a Permanent Mega Evolution for a single Pokémon. It'll probably involve completing a number of tasks with the Pokémon as our buddy. Win 5 raids, Win 10 gym battles, spin 20 Pokéstops, things like that.
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Does Pokemon Go Mega Evolution last forever?

Once Mega Evolved, a Pokémon will remain Mega Evolved for eight hours. It can be used in Raid Battles, Gym Battles, Team GO Rocket Battles, PVP Battles outside the Go Battle League, and as your Buddy Pokémon. After the timer runs out, you will need to spend more Mega Energy to Mega Evolve again.
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Is Mega Evolving worth it?

Mega Evolution makes your Pokémon stronger, yes, but there's also a few other perks you get when you have and use a Mega Evolved Pokémon. One perk includes bonus candy for that type of Pokémon. You'll also have a higher chance to get XL Candy for Pokémon of the same type, if you're at least level 40.
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Should I power up or Mega Evolve?

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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What's the point of Mega Evolve?

Mega Evolution is an Evolution that transcends all others. Mega Evolution temporarily changes a Pokémon's appearance and increases its strength. In Pokémon GO, Trainers use Mega Energy to Mega Evolve their Pokémon.
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How long can you keep a mega Pokémon?

Mega-Evolved Pokémon will stay in their Mega-Evolved form for 8 hours, after which they will return to their regular form. You can see the remaining time on your Mega-Evolved Pokémon's summary page.
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Can you Mega Evolve twice?

You can only Mega Evolve one Pokémon at a time. If you Mega Evolve a second Pokémon, the other one will return back to normal. Shadow Pokémon cannot undergo a Mega Evolution.
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Can Mega Evolve fail?

A transformed Pokémon (either by Transform or Imposter) is unable to Mega Evolve. It will fail to Mega Evolve even if it is transformed into the correct species and it is holding the respective Mega Stone.
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Is Mega Evolving 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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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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Do Mega Evolution stones disappear?

A Mega Stone will break and disappear from one's inventory once it is used to Mega Evolve a Pokémon, and therefore may only be used once.
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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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Can you trade a Pokémon after mega evolving it?

Of course, Mega Pokemon can't be traded, so Trainers will have to wait through the duration of Mega Evolution before swapping.
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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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How many times can you Mega Evolve Pokémon per day?

Note that you can only contribute to an individual Pokémon's Mega Level once per day. The higher your Pokémon's Mega Level, the more bonuses that will be active when that Pokémon is Mega-Evolved.
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What is the best mega Pokemon GO?

Undoubtedly, Mega Gengar is the top gun of all Mega evolutions in Pokemon GO and must be in any player's Raid team. And while it doesn't have the highest CP, Mega Gengar has the best Attack stat in the entire game, 349.
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Can you keep a Mega Evolved Pokémon in a gym?

Gym Battling - You can battle at Gyms with Mega-Evolved Pokémon, but note that you can't leave them at a Gym to defend it. The attack boost applied to Raid Battles also applies to Gym battles.
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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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How much stronger does Mega Evolution add?

When a Pokémon Mega Evolves in battle, it will provide a boost to itself and any other Pokémon in Raids that match its type and a 10% boost to all other Pokémon in the raid.
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Why does Charizard have 2 mega evolutions?

Charizard has no dominant instinct and has two mega's as a result, instead of using the energy within the Mega Stone to fuel a destructive or constructive ideal, Charizard will retain the ideal of the creator of its Mega Stone, either Xerneas or Yveltal.
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Which starter Mega Evolution is better?

Mega Blaziken is one of the most well-designed Mega Evolutions and takes the crown for the best Hoenn Mega starter. Aside from its Mega Evolution, Blaziken is also one of the strongest starter Pokemon of all time, even in its base form.
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Should you evolve your strongest Pokémon?

Evolving Pokémon gives you a big boost in experience points, so it's one of the main ways to increase your trainer level. A higher trainer level means stronger Pokémon, plus big rewards each time you earn a new one, so you want to constantly be climbing higher and higher.
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Do you need mega energy every time you Mega Evolve?

Once you have Mega-Evolved a Pokémon, you can evolve it without Mega Energy following a resting period that may last up to several days. To Mega Evolve a previously Mega-Evolved Pokémon without using any Mega Energy, you will need to wait for the resting period to expire.
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