Mega Evolution (Concept)

Mega Evolution

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Mega Evolution is a new type of evolution that debuted in Pokémon X and Y, in which specific Pokémon can become new, more powerful evolutions.

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Overview

Mega Evolution is a mechanic introduced in Pokemon X/Y. Mega Evolution allows the player to temporarily transform certain Pokemon into stronger forms during a battle. When Pokemon Mega Evolve their type and/or ability may change, allowing them to function differently in battle.

Effects

When a Pokemon Mega Evolves, its base stats and ability change. Depending on the Pokemon, its type may change as well, granting it resistances, immunities or weaknesses. The changes caused by Mega Evolution often allow a Pokemon to behave differently in battle, often allowing it to take better advantage of its type combination or base stats and move. For Example, Mega Kangaskhan's Parental Bond ability allows it to better utilize its Attack stat by making all damaging moves attack twice, with the second attack dealing half damage.

The Mega Evolving Pokemon's base stats also increase during the evolution. The base stat increases vary from Pokemon to Pokemon, but the Mega Pokemon's base stats are always 100 points higher than that of their base form. The sole exception to this is Mega Alakazam, whose base stats are 90 points higher than those of its base form (however, the base stat increase would be equal to 100 if compared to Alakazam's base stats prior to Generation VI).

Limitations

Due to the powerful effects of Mega Evolution, some limitations have been placed to prevent the mechanic from being overused. Each Trainer may only Mega Evolve one Pokemon per battle. Mega Pokemon will revert back to their base form if knocked out. Pokemon may only Mega Evolve once per battle, so if a Mega Pokemon is knocked out and revived, it may not Mega Evolve again. Mega Pokemon will also revert to their base form when a battle ends. In order for a Pokemon to Mega Evolve, it must also be holding a Mega Stone. Each Pokemon capable of Mega Evolution has its own unique Mega Stone that must be obtained and given to the Pokemon to hold before it can Mega Evolve.

Mega Evolution Capable Pokemon

Below is a table listing all known Mega Evolution capable Pokemon, their types in both their base forms and Mega Forms, as well as possible base form abilities and their Mega Form ability.

Pokemon	Pre-Mega Type	Mega Type	Pre-Mega Ability	Mega Ability
Abomasnow (Concept)	Grass/Ice	Grass/Ice	Snow Warning or Soundproof	Snow Warning
Absol (Concept)	Dark	Dark	Pressure, Super Luck or Justified	Magic Bounce
Aerodactyl (Concept)	Rock/Flying	Rock/Flying	Rock Head, Pressure or Unnerve	Tough Claws
Aggron (Concept)	Steel/Rock	Steel	Sturdy, Rock Head or Heavy Metal	Filter
Alakazam (Concept)	Psychic	Psychic	Synchronize, Inner Focus or Magic Guard	Trace
Ampharos (Concept)	Electric	Electric/Dragon	Static or Plus	Mold Breaker
Audino (Concept)	Normal	Normal/Fairy	Healer, Regenerator or Klutz	Healer
Banette (Concept)	Ghost	Ghost	Insomnia, Frisk or Cursed Body	Prankster
Blastoise (Concept)	Water	Water	Torrent or Rain Dish	Mega Launcher
Blaziken (Concept)	Fire/Fighting	Fire/Fighting	Blaze or Speed Boost	Speed Boost
Camerupt (Concept)	Fire/Ground	Fire/Ground	Magma Armor, Solid Rock or Anger Point	Sheer Force
Charizard (Concept)	Fire/Flying	Fire/Dragon(X) Fire/Flying(Y)	Blaze or Solar Power	Tough Claws (X) Drought (Y)
Diancie (Concept)	Rock/Fairy	Rock/Fairy	Clear Body	Magic Bounce
Gallade (Concept)	Psychic/Fighting	Psychic/Fighting	Steadfast or Justified	Inner Focus
Garchomp (Concept)	Dragon/Ground	Dragon/Ground	Sand Veil or Rough Skin	Sand Force
Gardevoir (Concept)	Psychic/Fairy	Psychic/Fairy	Synchronize, Trace or Telepathy	Pixilate
Gengar (Concept)	Ghost/Poison	Ghost/Poison	Levitate	Shadow Tag
Groudon (Concept)	Ground	Ground/Fire	Drought	Desolate Land
Gyarados (Concept)	Water/Flying	Water/Dark	Intimidate or Moxie	Mold Breaker
Heracross (Concept)	Bug/Fighting	Bug/Fighting	Swarm, Guts or Moxie	Skill Link
Houndoom (Concept)	Dark/Fire	Dark/Fire	Early Bird, Flash Fire or Unnerve	Solar Power
Kangaskhan (Concept)	Normal	Normal	Early Bird, Scrappy or Inner Focus	Parental Bond
Kyogre (Concept)	Water	Water	Drizzle	Primordial Sea
Latias (Concept)	Dragon/Psychic	Dragon/Psychic	Levitate	Levitate
Latios (Concept)	Dragon/Psychic	Dragon/Psychic	Levitate	Levitate
Lopunny (Concept)	Normal	Normal/Fighting	Cute Charm, Klutz or Limber	Scrappy
Lucario (Concept)	Fighting/Steel	Fighting/Steel	Steadfast, Inner Focus or Justified	Adaptability
Manectric (Concept)	Electric	Electric	Static, Lightning Rod or Minus	Intimidate
Mawile (Concept)	Steel/Fairy	Steel/Fairy	Hyper Cutter, Intimidate or Sheer Force	Huge Power
Medicham (Concept)	Fighting/Psychic	Fighting/Psychic	Pure Power or Telepathy	Pure Power
Metagross (Concept)	Steel/Psychic	Steel/Psychic	Clear Body or Light Metal	Tough Claws
Mewtwo (Character)	Psychic	Psychic/Fighting (X) Psychic (Y)	Pressure or Unnerve	Steadfast (X) Insomnia (Y)
Pinsir (Concept)	Bug	Bug/Flying	Hyper Cutter, Mold Breaker or Moxie	Aerilate
Rayquaza (Concept)	Dragon/Flying	Dragon/Flying	Air Lock	Delta Stream
Sableye (Concept)	Dark/Ghost	Dark/Ghost	Keen Eye, Stall or Prankster	Magic Bounce
Salamence (Concept)	Dragon/Flying	Dragon/Flying	Intimidate or Moxie	Aerilate
Sceptile (Concept)	Grass	Grass/Dragon	Overgrow or Unburden	Lightning Rod
Scizor (Concept)	Bug/Steel	Bug/Steel	Swarm, Technician or Light Metal	Technician
Sharpedo (Concept)	Water/Dark	Water/Dark	Rough Skin or Speed Boost	Strong Jaw
Slowbro (Concept)	Water/Psychic	Water/Psychic	Oblivious, Own Tempo or Regenerator	Shell Armor
Swampert (Concept)	Water/Ground	Water/Ground	Torrent or Damp	Swift Swim
Tyranitar (Concept)	Rock/Dark	Rock/Dark	Sand Stream or Unnerve	Sand Stream
Venusaur (Concept)	Grass/Poison	Grass/Poison	Overgrow or Chlorophyll	Thick Fat

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