Pokérogue Special Evolution Methods

Not all the evolutions in this game are one-to-one with the mainline games, detailed below are special evolution methods used in PokéRogue.

If an evolution mentions it must be a certain time of day, that is in relation to the current area of the game you are in, weather and actual time of day do not effect it.

*Evolutions that are the same as mainline games will not be included on this page

Stone Evolutions

All below evolutions require a certain Evolution Stone for certain Pokémon.

Biome Evolutions

All below evolutions must be in certain biomes for cetain Pokémon.

Item Evolutions

Linking Cord Evolutions

All below evolutions have been changed to require Linking Cord.

Friendship Evolutions

Friendship evolutions were lowered significantly for PokéRogue, due to the higher difficulty to raise it. The values are as such:

Level-up Evolutions

Certain Pokémon were changed to either be ordinary level-based evolutions, or leveling up during a specific time.

Alcremie Form Evolutions

When evolving Milcery with the Strawberry Sweet, the resulting Alcremie form is based on your current biome.

Some Recommended Pokérogue Pokémon Tips

• When creating a starter team, have a mix of good early-game Pokemon and good medium-game Pokemon to carry you.

• Of your beginning starters, I recommend Mudkip, Turtwig, and Fuecoco. They are all tanky with good level-up move pools and late-game typing. Fuecoco gets Torch Song when it reaches its final stage and that move is INSANE.

• Meowth is by far the best of the common early-game Pokemon, solely for its ability Technician and access to Fake Out. Technician boosts all moves under 60 base power (basically every early game move) by 50%. With STAB, Fake Out and Scratch are equivalent to 90 power. However, Meowth becomes outclassed very quickly.

• Pokemon with no evolutions tend to have better stats than unevolved ones, which makes most of them very good early carries.

• Sneasel is an interesting option to pick. It seems to evolve any time it levels up at night, which should happen fairly often. Weavile has great stats, but a shallow level-up move pool for later stages of the game.

• Pay attention to the egg moves you unlock. A particularly good egg move (Torch Song) can turn a mediocre Pokemon into a powerhouse.

• If you get a legendary/paradox Pokemon from an egg, use it. The best are tanky ones with good typings like Kyogre, and Giratina. Basically any one that is on the cover of a game, except Suicune.

• The best types are Steel, Dragon, and Ghost. Rock and Ground also have many resistances, but also have many weaknesses.

• Other very good (and accessible) late-game options are Excadrill, Magnezone, Gengar, every dragon, and Aegislash. Basically anything that can kill things quickly and (ideally) tanks hits.

• Without spoiling anything, you have to be extra-prepared to deal with some Dragons late-game. You should have at least one Fairy-type Pokemon by then.

• Once you start getting Shiny Pokemon, start putting them in your teams. Your odds of getting better items in the shop goes up with the number of Shiny Pokemon on your team. Ideally, you will get some low-cost Shinies that you can easily farm candies for to reduce their cost.

• Spreading Pokerus to your team will ensure all your team members will reach the level cap (or come close to it) every run.

• The ideal starting Classic Pokemon will be 1-2 main battlers, a Pokerus-infected 'mon (which you can switch out during the run), and as many shiny Pokemon possible. This will not always be possible until you get a good stable of shiny Pokemon.