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Evolution and Training Pokemon
Whenever one of your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 competes in?a battle and wins (whether it launched a successful attack, or not) it is awarded experience points (EXP). Whenever these EXP reach a certain, pre-determined?number, your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 moves up to the next experience level. With each level, your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 also gains higher stats and may even learn new techniques. Many 笔辞办é尘辞苍 also?evolve when they reach a certain level.?The process of leveling up?your 笔辞办é尘辞苍, ie sending it into battle and gaining EXP, is called "training" in the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 games.
It's important to remember that not all 笔辞办é尘辞苍 are created equal. While it's fun to try and catch each and every 笔辞办é尘辞苍, you shouldn't waste time training some of the obvious duds out there. Apart from inherent advantages related to type and abilities 笔辞办é尘辞苍 stats differ from one creature?to the other. Don't hesitate to catch multiple?笔辞办é尘辞苍 of the same species. When you have found a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 species you would like to train and use in your party, first compare the stats of all the ones you have caught. You will notice that two 笔辞办é尘辞苍 of the exact same level and species are likely to have slightly different stats.
With that fact in mind, here are some basic tips if you're looking to train the most powerful 笔辞办é尘辞苍:?
- Capture multiple 笔辞办é尘辞苍 of the same species and compare their stats. Train the strongest, use the weaker ones for trading.
- Catch them while they're young. For example, a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 raised from a low level to level 50 is guaranteed to have higher stats than a wild 笔辞办é尘辞苍 captured at level 50.
- Know your techniques. As your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 raises up in the ranks, it will learn new moves. However, it can never know more than four at the time -- so?you will soon have to get rid of old ones.
- Know when to evolve. Your may lose out on some techniques if you evolve a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 to?early.?
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As mentioned above, many 笔辞办é尘辞苍 evolve during the course of their lives. In addition to some irregular ones, there are a number of different types of evolutions:
Type | ?Evolves when... | 笔辞办é尘辞苍 |
Natural | 笔辞办é尘辞苍 automatically evolves when it reaches a certain level. | (Most 笔辞办é尘辞苍) |
Induced | 笔辞办é尘辞苍 only evolves through use of?a certain item, such as a?Water Stone. | Pikachu, Eevee (into Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon), Growlithe, Vulpix, Poliwhirl, Shellder, Staryu, Exeggcute, Gloom, Weepinbell, Nidorina, Nidorino, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Sunkern, Gloom |
Trade | 笔辞办é尘辞苍 only evolves when it's traded with another player. | Haunter, Machoke, Graveler, Kadabra |
Item Trade | 笔辞办é尘辞苍 evolves when traded while holding a particular item. | Poliwhirl, Slowpoke, Onix, Scyther, Seadra, Porygon? |
Friendship | 笔辞办é尘辞苍 only evolves when its mood is high. | Pichu, Togepi, Cleffa, Chansey, Igglybuff, Golbat, Eevee (into Espeon and Umbreon). |
As you can see from the table above, 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in Gold/Silver can now evolve in two new ways --?and they can also breed! In Red, Blue and Yellow, some 笔辞办é尘辞苍 evolved when they were traded. This is still true, but there are now 笔辞办é尘辞苍 that evolve only when traded while holding a particular item. For example, Scyther only evolves into Scizor when it is traded while holding the Metal Coat.
A few 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in Gold and Silver, including most of the "baby" 笔辞办é尘辞苍 and the two new Eevees, evolve according to their mood. Elevating a 笔辞办é尘辞苍’s mood to the point where it will evolve is a long and difficult process. Most importantly, keep the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 in your team (don’t store it in the PC) and use it in battle frequently. Don’t allow it to stay Fainted, asleep and so on; heal it frequently.
Trips to the Goldenrod City Salon are great mood-boosters, as are the expensive items that increase stats permanently (such as Carbos and Iron).
Sex isn't just for Nidoran any more! In Gold and Silver, most Pokemon have gender, indicated by the "Mars" (male) or "Venus" (female) symbols next to their names. You need to take your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 to the Day Care Center on Route 34 to breed them. When a male and a female of the same species spend some time together in the Day Care (and provided they get along…) an egg will be laid. Note that you don’t necessarily need two 笔辞办é尘辞苍 of exactly the same species; sometimes a similar Pokemon will be able to stand in (try matching their types), and the miraculous Ditto can use its shape-changing ability to mate with pretty much any Pokemon.
A 笔辞办é尘辞苍 egg will hatch if you carry it around with you for a while (it takes up a slot in your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 team). In most cases, the egg hatches into a low-level specimen of the lowest evolution of that 笔辞办é尘辞苍. (For example, mating two Ampharos will result in a new Mareep, not another Ampharos or Flaaffy). Some 笔辞办é尘辞苍, such as Pikachu, Clefairy and Jigglypuff, have new "baby" forms that can only be found by breeding.
While evolution is definitely a good thing and always turns your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 into a more powerful creature stats-wise, there is a downside to it all:
- Delayed Techniques: Many evolved forms learn techniques either at a later level. For example, Koffing learns Explosion at level 48, whereas Weezing learns it at level 53.
- Missing Techniques: Other 笔辞办é尘辞苍 especially those that require induced evolution, cease to learn?new moves in their new state. For example, Staryu learns its last technique at level 47. However, the moment you evolve it by using a Water Stone, it will no longer be able to learn techniques naturally. You can of course till teach it techniques by using TMs and HMs.
The obvious solution is to evolve your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 as late as possible. The trick is that you can prevent?your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 from evolving by pressing the B button during evolution.Don't worry, this merely delays the evolution -- it doesn't cancel it. Your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 will attempt to evolve again when it reaches the next level.?
So be sure to check what techniques you're giving up on before you evolve your 笔辞办é尘辞苍. By the way, there are no penalties for evolving Haunter, Machoke, Graveler and Kadabra -- so trade them right?away.