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����� An important and unavoidable part of pokemon training is evolution. As your pokemon grow stronger and more mature, there is always the option of evolving them. Even if you choose against it, you'll end up in heated battles against these highly-evolved forms who will be very difficult to defeat ����� Just for the heck of it, let's look at the info of why pokemon evolve. As I read once on a website called "Everything You Didn't Want To Know About Pokemon" (sorry, forgot the URL), pokemon evolve as a sign of puberty. I guess that's logical. As the pokemon grow older and gain levels, they evolve. But on the TV show, some pokemon may simply refuse to evolve (such as Ash's Bulbasaur). Does that mean it won't be able to breed? No. In Pokemon Gold and Silver, any evolutionary stage (to my knowledge) can breed with another pokemon. Hmm... Well, there is another reason. You see, a pokemon has its limits, which only allow it to be so strong. When a pokemon reaches L100, it will be able to gain higher stats, but it takes exceedingly long amounts of time to get it to rise only a tiny increment. So we must assume that as a pokemon grows stronger, evolution increases their capacity of strength. They evolve to adapt to their environment and their own physical capabilites. ����� But there are different types of evolution as well. The majority of pokemon evolve naturally through leveling-up. Then, a minority of pokemon evolve when fully exposed to an element-stone, based on the pokemon's type. There are also four pokemon that will only evolve when they are traded off of the cartridge. Finally, there are pokemon that never evolve. These pokemon all appear to be rare for it, and many of them are strong enough to not need to evolve. ����� First, let's look at the pokemon who evolve by leveling up. These are the most common types. They evolve at set levels, but if you cancel their evolution, it will try to evolve again with each level it gains. I've noticed that delaying evolution a level or two can make the pokemon a tiny bit stronger, however. For example, a Paras I was experimenting grew to level 24. Its stats were 46 attack, 38 defense, 22 speed, and 33 special. Not long after, it evolved into Parasect. Its stats raised to 58 attack, 50 defense, 25 speed, and 45 special. Here, I shut off the game and raised it again, this time to L25 before evolving it. There was a tiny rise in stats, but only about a point difference in attack and defense. I have heard of much larger differences with other more carefully raised pokemon. ����� Also as an example, I experimented with the stone-evolving pokemon Eevee. At L25, it had 37 attack, 32 defense, 32 speed, and 43 special. I gave it a thunder stone and it evolved into Jolteon. Its stats were now 42 attack, 37 defense, 70 speed, and 65 special. Pretty big jump there. I shut off the game and raised Eevee to L26, then tried stoning it again. After evolving, its attack was 44, defense 39, speed 73, and special 68. Again, there was only about a 1 point jump in the evolution delay. ����� Hmm... if you delay your pokemon's evolution, by the time it does evolve it should be noticably stronger than it would have been when it evolved early. Delaying evolution has other benefits, too. A pokemon will learn its attacks faster than it would if it evolved. Also, as experienced trainers will find, a stone-evolving pokemon will stop learning its attacks once it is stoned (with the exception of Eevee). ����� This is not a rule of evolution, however. I once raised a Rattata to L53 without ever letting it evolve. Its stats actually lowered to numbers in the 20s. I found this quite strange. ����� The effects of evolution are well needed for pokemon trainers. I only reccommend that you experiment with it. To raise the best, delay a pokemon's evolution only a level or two. For stone-evolving pokemon, wait until the pokemon has learned all of its natural attacks (with the exception of Eevee). With trade-evolving pokemon, it is trainer's choice. Have fun with researching what your pokemon can do, and happy training! |
