Do mega Pokémon do more damage?

While a Mega-Evolved Pokémon is on the battlefield, all Trainers' Pokémon receive an attack boost to all their attacks and gain an additional attack boost if their attack types match the Mega-Evolved Pokémon's type(s).
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Are Mega Pokémon stronger?

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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What's the point of mega Pokémon?

Unlike evolving your Pokémon, which is permanent, Mega Evolution temporarily transforms your Pokémon, changing their appearance, improving their performance in battle through a significant boost in stats, and offering other unique benefits.
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Is it worth it to mega evolve Pokemon GO?

Each time you Mega Evolve a Pokémon, it will increase in Mega Level. This will introduce additional bonuses across several tiers - including increased Candy XL drop rate, an XP catch bonus and a reduced rest rate. (These are all detailed in the next section.) Mega Raids "will be easier", according to Niantic.
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Does mega evolving hurt the Pokémon?

The Pokédex explicitly says this is painful to Houndoom, and yet we didn't know this detail when the Mega form debuted in Pokémon X and Y. This is just flavor text, as most Pokédex entries are, but it does add a new wrinkle to using the form, knowing you're hurting your demon doggy by doing so.
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Can a Pokémon stay mega evolved forever?

If you Mega Evolve a Pokémon while another Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, the first Pokémon you Mega-Evolved will turn back into its regular form. 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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Should I power up Pokémon 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. Was this article helpful?
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Should I mega evolve my Charizard?

The winner between the two forms of mega evolution (Mega Charizard X vs Y) is, no doubt, Mega Charizard Y. Any Pokemon trainer who looks at the stats will definitely choose Mega Charizard Y.
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Which Pokémon is best to mega evolve?

  1. 1 Mega Gengar. Undoubtedly, Mega Gengar is the top gun of all Mega evolutions in Pokemon GO and must be in any player's Raid team.
  2. 2 Mega Charizard Y. ...
  3. 3 Mega Aerodactyl. ...
  4. 4 Mega Ampharos. ...
  5. 5 Mega Houndoom. ...
  6. 6 Mega Venusaur. ...
  7. 7 Mega Pidgeot. ...
  8. 8 Mega Blastoise. ...
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Can Shadow Pokémon mega evolve?

You cannot mega evolve shadow or clone Pokémon. You can mega evolve purified Pokémon, but they won't have a swirly white aura when mega evolved. You cannot use a mega evolved Pokémon to defend a gym.
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Why was Mega Evolution removed?

Because the games were severely rushed and they couldn't get it in on time. They also wanted to more heavily focus on Dynamax and felt megas and z-moves would distract too much.
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Do Mega Pokémon stay mega forever?

Mega evolving is not permanent your Pokémon will revert back to their normal appearance as soon as the battle ends.
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What happens when you beat a mega Pokémon in Pokemon GO?

After you defeat the Mega Raid Boss, you will receive Mega Energy as a reward as well as an opportunity to catch the Raid Boss.
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Who is the weakest mega Pokémon?

Here is a list featuring some of the Weakest and Strongest Pokémon Mega Evolutions!
  • Weakest: Mega Diancie. ...
  • Strongest: Mega Venasaur. ...
  • Weakest: Mega Audino. ...
  • Strongest: Mega Charizard X and Y. ...
  • Weakest: Mega Houndoom. ...
  • Strongest: Mega Altaria. ...
  • Weakest: Mega Scizor. ...
  • Strongest: Mega Gengar.
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Why did Charizard get two mega evolutions?

Why does Charizard have two mega evolutions, while other Pokemon only have one (excluding Mewtwo)? because apparently the “X” mega evolutions are somewhat genetically modified. If you observe, Mega charizard X gets a completely new typing and looks very different from the original one.
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Who is the strongest non legendary mega Pokémon?

If we're counting megas, then it's ORAS Mega Salamence - there was a time where it was the second strongest Pokemon in ORAS Ubers, which includes Primal Groudon and Xerneas. If we're not counting megas, then it's Flutter Mane.
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Which Mega Evolution is better for Charizard?

Both forms also share the same stamina stat in Pokemon GO of 186. To answer the age-old question of which Charizard Mega Evolution is better, Mega Charizard Y wins by a long shot.
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Who is the most powerful Legendary Pokémon?

Arceus. By far the most naturally powerful Legendary Pokémon, with 720 points, Arceus is the closest thing the Poké-world has to a God – and as such, has powers you won't find with any other. These include Multitype, allowing it to change forms at will, telepathy, and the ability to control other Legendary Pokémon.
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Is Mega Gengar good?

Pokemon GO Mega monsters show excellent battle capabilities, and Mega Gengar is one of the top performers. Mega Pokemon are mega evolutions that have boosted prowess and increased damage output for every move.
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Which Mega Charizard is flying?

Mega Charizard Y | Pokédex | The official Pokémon Website in Singapore. Charizard flies around the sky in search of powerful opponents.
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Is Charizard a Dragon?

Even though Charizard gains the Flying secondary type instead of the Dragon type upon evolving, it belongs to the Dragon Egg Group, learns Dragon moves like Dragon Claw, and has its Flying type replaced by Dragon in its "Mega Charizard X" form.
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Can you mega evolve without mega energy?

Mega Evolving a Pokémon for the first time requires Mega Energy, a resource that you can collect in multiple ways. Once you have Mega-Evolved a Pokémon, you can evolve it without Mega Energy following a resting period that may last up to several days.
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Is it better to power up then evolve or evolve?

That question depends entirely on the Pokémon and what you want to use it for. If it's for Master League or you want to use it for Raids and Gym battles, then you should power it up once you've evolved it to the final stage, as this generally offers a bigger stat buff, making it more useful quicker.
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Is it better to evolve Pokémon early or later?

Evolved Pokémon often learn particular moves at later levels than unevolved Pokémon, or they might learn different moves altogether. Although evolved Pokémon's moves are generally more powerful, some Trainers may want to wait to evolve their Pokémon until it learns a certain favorite move.
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Should you purify Shadow Pokemon?

Shadow Pokemon works as angry Pokemon and will deal damage more faster then Normal or Purified Pokemon. The attack power of a Shadow Pokemon is boosted by 1.2x or 20%, making its fast attack hit significantly harder. So it's better to keep them unpurified.
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