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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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What is the point of Mega Evolving?

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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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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Is Mega Evolution the best gimmick?

For proof that Mega Evolution is the best battle gimmick by a mile, look no further than the fact that five of the eight competitors in the Masters Eight are known users of the technique. Unlike Dynamax/Gigantamax, Mega Evolution boosts a Pokémon's stats and has no time limit.
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Can you Mega Evolve a Pokémon forever?

To Mega Evolve a previously Mega-Evolved Pokémon without using any Mega Energy, you will need to wait for the resting period to expire. You can choose to Mega Evolve a Pokémon before the resting period ends, however, this will require Mega Energy.
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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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How often should I Mega Evolve?

Your Pokémon will undergo Mega Evolution, which lasts for eight hours. Only one of your Pokémon may be Mega Evolved at a time, so if you choose to Mega Evolve a different Pokémon before the eight hours is over, the first Mega-Evolved Pokémon will return to its previous state.
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What is the disadvantage of Mega Evolution?

When Mega Evolving, Gengar changes its Ability to Shadow Tag, making it impossible for the other Pokemon to switch out (bar switching moves like Volt Switch). But this also means that it regains its weakness to Ground. As such, the biggest con of Mega Evolving Gengar is the loss of Levitate.
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Which Mega Evolution is the coolest?

Pokémon: 10 Best Designed Mega Evolutions
  1. 1 Mega Ampharos. Obviously, design is subjective, but it's hard to argue that Mega Ampharos' design is anything but amazing.
  2. 2 Mega Absol. Absol has always had a cool design. ...
  3. 3 Mega Banette. ...
  4. 4 Mega Slowbro. ...
  5. 5 Mega Diancie. ...
  6. 6 Mega Beedrill. ...
  7. 7 Mega Mawile. ...
  8. 8 Mega Altaria. ...
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What time is best to Mega Evolve?

1. Your Pokémon will be useful in a raiding event. Instead of rushing to complete your Mega Dex, a strategic time to Mega Evolve your Pokémon would be if there is a raiding event where your it will be useful. A Cresselia Raid Hour, for example, would be a terrific time to Mega Evolve Beedrill.
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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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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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Can you leave mega Pokémon in Gyms?

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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Why are Mega Evolutions banned?

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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Why is Mega Evolution only temporary?

As in the main series of Pokémon games, Mega Evolution in Pokémon Go is a temporary effect. In Pokémon Go, Mega Pokémon require Mega Energy to evolve and will remain in their Mega form as long as they have enough Mega Energy to continue to do so. Mega Energy is discreet to each Pokémon species - like Pokémon candy.
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Does it cost less to Mega Evolve a 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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What happens after 8 hours of Mega Evolution?

After being Mega-Evolved, a Mega-Evolved Pokémon will stay in its Mega-Evolved form for 8 hours, after which it will return to its regular form. Note: Certain Pokémon like Charizard have multiple Mega forms.
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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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Which Mega Path should I choose?

Pokemon GO Mega Evolution: Which Path to Choose

If you are looking for the strongest Pokemon with the most Combat Power or Points, Mega Charizard Y is the way to go. This Pokemon has a high maximum CP at level 40, which turns out to be a whopping amount of 4,445 CP.
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Do Mega Evolutions have gender differences?

No Mega Evolutions or Gigantamax forms have gender differences, even if other forms of the same species do.
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What is the best Pokémon to max out?

Mewtwo is stacked when it comes to max CP, boasting over 4,000. It's also one of the most powerful Pokémon in the game with massive attack stats to boot. Mewtwo is known for its devastating psychic moves, not forgetting its Team Rocket origin story.
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Do 3 star Pokémon matter?

If your Pokémon has three stars and a red stamp, it means that it has 100% perfect IVs. If it has three star with an orange stamp, it has around 80-99% perfect IVs. Two stars means 66-80% IVs and one star means 50-65% IVs.
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Should I max CP before evolving?

It doesn't really matter unless you care about PVP. Cp is determined by base stats of a pokemon, the pokémon's level, and its ivs. Because evolving a pokemon only changes the base stats not the level or ivs, it doesn't matter if you power up a pokemon before evolving or after the cp it gets to won't change.
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Which is the strongest mega Pokémon?

The Strongest Mega Evolutions In The Pokemon Anime
  1. 1 Cynthia's Mega Garchomp.
  2. 2 Ash's Mega Lucario. ...
  3. 3 Lysandre's Mega Gyarados. ...
  4. 4 Steven's Mega Metagross. ...
  5. 5 Diantha's Mega Gardevoir. ...
  6. 6 Alain's Mega Charizard X. ...
  7. 7 Siebold's Mega Blastoise. ...
  8. 8 Malva's Mega Houndoom. ...
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