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What's the point of mega evolving Pokémon?

Essentially, Mega Evolution in Pokémon GO makes your Pokémon stronger and kickstarts certain bonuses that remain active while your Pokémon is Mega Evolved. The exact bonuses depend on your Pokémon's Mega Level—see “Understanding Mega Levels in Pokémon GO” for more information.
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Is it better to 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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What is the downside of Mega Evolution Pokémon?

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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What is the secret of Mega Evolution in Pokémon?

To Mega Evolve, a trainer must possess a Key Stone, and their Pokémon must be holding their Mega Stone. There are a variety of Mega Stones in the Pokémon games. According to Professor Sycamore, these stones were exposed to the power of Yveltal or Xerneas. Each stone is named after the Pokémon that they give power.
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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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Mega Pokemon in Pokemon GO Everything You Need to Know!

Does Mega Evolve last forever?

Once a Pokémon has been Mega Evolved, it will stay in that form for a limited amount of time (which was increased to eight hours in October 2020) and can be used in a variety of battles. Mega Evolutions require Mega Candy, and you can see on their CP screen how long they will remain in a Mega Evolved form.
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Do Mega Pokémon stay Mega?

Mega-Evolved Pokémon will stay in their Mega-Evolved form for 8 hours, after which they will return to their regular form.
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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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Do Mega Evolutions do anything?

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 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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What is the best mega Pokémon to power up?

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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Why didn t Ash use Mega Evolution?

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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Why is Mega Evolution evil?

"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. While some Pokemon feel physical pain, other Pokemon simply become more cruel and vindictive when it evolves.
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Why is Mega Lucario illegal?

Because of all this Mega-Lucario was thought too powerful by Smogon, and so they banned it.
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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 Mega was removed from Pokémon?

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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Can you Mega Evolve every battle?

Mega-Evolved Pokemon will only be able to be deployed in Master League battles, and trainers will have to remember to Mega Evolve their chosen Pokemon before the battle starts.
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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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What happens when Mega Evolve runs out?

Uses for Mega Pokémon

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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How many times can you Mega Evolve in a 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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Who is Ash's most powerful Pokemon?

Ash Ketchem's 6 Strongest Pokemon, Ranked
  • 6 Infernape.
  • 5 Lucario.
  • 4 Sceptile.
  • 3 Greninja.
  • 2 Charizard.
  • 1 Pikachu.
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Why didn t Ash want Pikachu to evolve?

Pikachu's evolution denial stems from its own personality. It has nothing to do with him hating Raichu. Pikachu wants to be the strongest it can be as a Pikachu. “It's better to evolve only when you want to,“ Ash said to Pikachu in the latest episode of “Pokemon Journeys.”
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Which of Ash's Pokemon refuse to evolve?

Back in the initial season of the anime, Pikachu wasn't Ash's only Pokemon that didn't jump right into evolution. Ash eventually had one of each of the lines of Kanto starter Pokemon, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander. Out of the three, both Squirtle and Bulbasaur have remained in their unevolved forms.
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