Should I use Rare Candy reddit?

But it really depends on why one is playing the game. If one is a collector, then put rare candies into rare Pokémon you need to evolve for your Dex. If you're battling in gyms, then Mewtwo or similar legendary that can help you in raids. If one is playing for PVP, rare candies are mostly useless.
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Is there any downside to using Rare Candy?

Rare Candies prevent you from gaining EV's as you level up, making your pokemon weaker overall. However, they're pretty useful in-game because you gain EV's throughout the game. Besides, three levels would make nearly no difference. So go ahead and use them, you have nothing to lose.
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Should I use Rare Candy on my Pokemon?

While the recommendations varied, many fans agreed that Rare Candy XL should primarily be used for Mythicals that cannot be obtained from raids and are thus difficult to farm.
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When should I start using Rare Candy?

In general, the above basically means to train your Pokémon very well, and generally only use Rare Candies when you've gotten to such a high level that reaching the last levels is a taxing process. By that time, you should have maxed your bonus stats (unless you caught them at a particularly high level).
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Is using Rare Candy bad scarlet?

The rare candies themselves don't harm stats, but pokemon raised solely on candy will not gain any EVs, which will result in lower total stats than pokemon that have been EV trained. So, candies are safe, but remember to get your EVs set up later if you raise one with only candy.
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Is it bad to use Rare Candy gen 1?

If you used rare candies, you didn't get stat exp (the equivalent of EVs for Gens 1 and 2). The bad thing about rare candies is you horde them but never decide to use them.
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How do you get perfect EV in Pokemon Violet?

Give each of the EV training Pokémon their respective stat-boosting item. (See the power item section below.) Eat a sandwich that boosts the encounter rate of the target Pokémon. Exclusively battle the target Pokémon that gives the desired EVs until the EVs are maxed.
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Are Pokémon weaker with EXP candy?

No. The only difference between experience gained in battle and experience gained through other means (rare candy, daycare, etc) is that battle experience grants EVs. So if your EVs are maxed out, there is no difference anymore. Originally Answered: Are Pokémon raised with rare candy weaker?
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Should I use Rare Candy to evolve magikarp?

Evolving can take as few as 12 candy (things like pidgey, weedle, and caterpie for example), or as many as 400. Magikarp takes 400 candies to evolve. So, to the point of the question, *one* rare candy won't do anything. Unless you already have the other 399 sitting there waiting.
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What is the best Pokémon to put Rare Candies on?

Some good ones to consider are:
  • Mewtwo (pve/pvp)
  • Gengar (pve)
  • Machamp (pve/pvp)
  • Dialga (pvp)
  • Lugia (pvp)
  • Zekrom (pve/pvp)
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What happens if you use a Rare Candy on a level 100 Pokémon?

If a Rare Candy is used on a level 100 Pokémon that evolves by leveling up and currently meets its evolution requirements, it will evolve (without gaining a level). This applies to all Pokémon that evolve by leveling up, not just Pokémon that evolve at or above a certain level.
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What Pokémon need 400 candy to evolve?

Being a part of two stage Pokémon family, Magikarp, Wailmer, Swablu, Larvesta, Noibat, Stufful, Wimpod and Meltan need 400 Candies each to evolve into Gyarados, Wailord, Altaria, Volcarona, Noivern, Bewear, Golisopod and Melmetal respectively.
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Why do some Pokémon take 400 candies to evolve?

The 400s – Four Pokémon families actually require 400 candies to evolve. They are Magikarp, Swablu, Wailmer and Meltan. For the first two, the reason for this is probably just because their evolved forms, Gyarados and Alteria, are quite sought after Pokémon.
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What candies should I avoid?

And try to stay away from these seven candies—they're all hiding something… and it's a trick, not a treat.
  • Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkin. ...
  • Skittles, Nerds and other candies that have no relation to real food. ...
  • “Health halo” treats like Raisinets. ...
  • “Handful” treats like Candy Corn. ...
  • 3 Musketeers. ...
  • Take5.
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Does Rare Candy raise EVs?

Rare Candies don't affect EVs at all. You can level up to 99 with Rare Candies and then start EV training if you want to see some wild stat gains on that last level up. I'd level up to 97 at most though just to make sure you don't accidentally max out at 100 before completing the EVs.
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Does Rare Candy make Pokemon happy?

The Rare Candy is part of the Vitamin group of items, which can increase happiness in Platinum. If your Budew's happiness is between 0-99, a Rare Candy will increase it by 5.
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Should I max out Magikarp before evolving?

There is zero benefit to powering up a Pokemon before the evolution, as their CP is simply taken off their BASE stats. Thus, the best option is to just collect Magikarp until you have 400 candy and select the best option at that time.
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Should I give my Pokemon candy before evolving?

Because we cannot predict a Pokémon's move set before evolving it, you should evolve a Pokémon and confirm it has the moves you want before investing your hard-earned Stardust into it. If you evolve first and get a bad/unwanted move set, you'll at least have only used Candies and no Stardust.
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Which Pokemon need 200 candies to evolve?

Another Bug Pokemon and just like Shelmet, Karrablast requires 200 Candy to evolve into its second form Escavalier, but this can be completely skipped with a trade. Karrablast and Shelmet, in the mainline games only evolve in a trade with each other.
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Do pre evolved Pokemon level faster?

Not necessarily, but it really depends on the specific Pokemon and the level they are at. Some evolved Pokemon may require more experience points to level up than their less evolved counterparts, but this isn't always the case.
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Does stopping a Pokemon from evolving make it weaker?

But the stats are exactly the same no matter when you evolve. Just delaying evolution on its own, no. But all the extra training and such will naturally make a Pokemon's stats different.
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Is it bad to use EXP share in Pokemon?

no, if you level up through exp share your stats will not get worse, but if you want the best stats for your pokemon you need to ev train it before it gets to level 90. Unless they changed the mechanics this gen, it doesn't matter when you EV train.
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Can I EV train a level 100 Pokémon?

EV training at level 100 is no different than at any other level. Just use vitamins. Or fight wild Pokemon. Or use Poke Jobs.
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What is the max EV in Pokémon?

Every Pokémon can attain up to 510 EVs, with a max of 252 in any one stat. You'll want to decide what the two most important stats are for your Pokémon and train in those.
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How do you know if EV is maxed out Scarlet?

Check the Yellow Sparkles Near the Stat Names

Stats that have sparkles (✦) around it mean that the EVs for that stat are maxed out, and you can not earn any more EVs for that stat. A single Pokemon can have a total of 510 EVs, spread across all stats, with each stat having a max limit of 252 EVs.
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