Evolutions
"Are you ready, Riolu?"
"Rio"
Lukas and his Pokemon are currently about 15 minutes away from Moon City.
He decided it was best to give his Pokemon a bit of privacy for their evolution.
Since he spent almost two weeks researching about combining evolution and advancement, both Charmander and Abra actually managed to catch up to Riolu in terms of stats, meaning that they will also evolve today.
Because he knows the optimal training methods for every Pokemon he catches coupled with the optimal training potion he can make for them, all his Pokemon grow at an unusually fast pace.
Larvitar is currently at the (mid)Bronze-Rank, close to rising by one sub-rank. Pidgey reached the (high)Bronze-Rank just recently and is now trying to increase all stats to high before starting her second round of limit training.
After giving his trainer the signal that he was ready, Riolu opened the lid of the container he was holding before drinking its contents in one go.
Since Riolu will advance and evolve at the same time, Lukas didn't give him a normal Silver-Ranked item, instead using multiple Fighting and Steel-type items and other ingredients to craft a special supplement.
He also did the same for Charmander and Abra, of course Pidgey and Larvitar will get the same treatment once it's their turn.
"Ok start now, remember you have to evolve and advance at the same time."
"Riolu!"
Giving a nod, Riolu answers one last time using his Riolu Poke speech before lighting up.
At first the blue color of the advancement and the aurora of colors indicating evolution seem to clash, but it didn't take long before both started to mix.
'Whew!'
Looking at the blinding golden light Riolu started to give off, Lukas released a breath he didn't know he was holding and unclenched his hand.
The silhouette of Riolu meanwhile continued to give off a brighter and brighter golden shine, until the silhouette slowly began to increase in size.
In the end it took 5 whole minutes before the light show ended and in Riolu's place at 5'7"(yes I know that's not their canon height.) tall stood a strong looking Lucario.
"Grr...Lucario!"
"Congratulations Lucario."
Followed by all his remaining Pokemon Lukas went up and hugged Lucario who was now only a bit shorter that himself.
While his other Pokemon followed up on congratulating Lucario Lukas used this moment to look at Lucarios updated summary.
'After seeing that golden light, there is no way nothing special happened.'
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Species: Lucario
Gender: Male
Age: 2+
Type: Fighting, Steel
Rank: Silver(low)
Abilities: Inner Focus, Adaptability
Traits: Royal Blood(fighting), Budding Aura, Full Buff II(+45%), Steel Muscles, Polished Genes
Affinities: Fighting, Steel, Aura(Strong)
Bond: Lukas Emerald(strong)
Stats: (Silver)
Vitality: Low
Strength: Low
Constitution: Low
Agility: Low
Energy Strength: Low
Energy Constitution: Low
Moves:
Learning:
Initial:
Cross Chop, Bone Rush
Novice:
Quick Attack, Bite, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Bullet Punch,
Beginner:
Sword Dance, Thunder Punch, Protect, Screech,
Intermediate:
Agility, Brick Break, Aura Sphere, Iron Tail
Rank-up req.: ???
Evolution req.: ???
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'Impressive'
Is all Lukas could say about Lucarios new summary.
First, he obviously gained the Steel typing, thereby turning his (new) Steel affinity into a regular one.
Second, he acquired Mega-Lucario's adaptability in advance.
Third, his Pure Blood(fighting) turned into its one higher grade namely Royal Blood(fighting) increasing the effect of all fighting-type moves by +30% instead of 20%.
Fourth, Full Buff turned into Full Buff II, giving 5% more to all of his stats now.
Fifth, his ability Iron Fist seemingly turned into the trait Steel Muscles, since the aforementioned trait increases the damage of all contact moves by +30%.
Last but not least, he also got a new trait called Polished Genes.
This trait did not strike Lukas as familiar, so he read its description.
After reading the full description, Lukas was astounded.
It says this trait can only be born under special circumstances and has the following effects on a Pokemon.
First, Polished Genes increase a Pokemons bloodline trait or creates one if the Pokemon in question doesn't have it.
Second, it increases the speed of raising a Pokemons stats and rate of learning new/training existing moves by +25%.
Third, it becomes easier for a Pokemon with this trait to acquire new genetic traits. Knowing this at least answered Lukas question about how Lucario's Pure Blood trait suddenly rose in tier.
Lukas was satisfied by Lucarios improvement and so turned his attention to his second Pokemon.
"Charmander, it's your turn next, get ready."
"Char"
Charmander, seeing his fellow Pokemon grow by such a big amount of course, didn't want to be left behind and immediately got ready for his own evolution/advancement.
Since Charmander already has a small Dragon-type affinity, thereby having sealed his fate on which Mega-evolution he will have in the future, Lukas made his supplement only using fire-type items as the main ingredients.
"Alright, just like Lucario initiate both advancement and evolution at the same time."
"Char!"
Chugging down the supplement, Charmander also began lighting up in two different colored lights until they eventually mixed to produce the same golden light Lucario made.
His process was a bit faster, ending after about 4 minutes and revealing a 5 ft tall Charmeleon.
"CHAR!"
Funnily enough, aside from getting deeper, Charmeleon's cry did not change much.
"Good job Charmeleon."
Once again, a round of congratulations began, just this time with Charmeleon at the center. After congratulating him, Lukas checked his updated summary as well.
'Let's see'
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Species: Charmeleon
Gender: Male
Age: 2+
Type: Fire
Rank: Silver(low)
Abilities: Blaze, White Smoke
Traits: Pure Blood(fire), Hardened II, Full Buff II, Heated, Flame Eater, Polished Genes
Affinities: Fire, Dragon(new)
Bond: Lukas Emerald(weak)
Stats: (Silver)
Vitality: Low
Strength: Low
Constitution: Low
Agility: Low
Energy Strength: Low
Energy Constitution: Low
Moves:
Learning: -
Initial:
Inferno
Novice:
Scratch, Growl, Slash, Metal Claws, Bite
Beginner:
Smokescreen, Ember, Dragon Breath
Intermediate:
Dragon Tail, Flamethrower
Rank-up req.: ???
Evolution req.: (High)Gold-Rank, 1 advanced fire-type move, beat 5 Dragon-type Pokemon of equal or higher rank
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Aside from Polished Genes and the following increase of Strong Blood(fire) to Pure Blood(fire) as well as Full Buff turning to Full Buff II, Charmeleon received two new traits and one trait upgrade.
First, Hardened turned to Hardened II, increasing special and physical defense by +20% instead of 10%.
Second, he got the trait Heated that increases the effects of fire-type moves by +10%.
Finally, he also got the new trait Flame Eater that increases his sp. attack every time he is hit by a fire-type move.
While a bit less grand changes compared to Lucario one mustn't forget that Charmeleon still has one more regular evolution.
Lukas didn't want to think about it too deeply, considering there is still one more evolution remaining for today.
"Abra, you're next so get ready, please."
"Abra"
With Lucario and Charmander as a prior example Lukas and his Pokemon already knew what to expect so after another 4 minutes long light show Abra successfully evolved into Kadabra.
Her summary was of course updated as well, so Lukas quickly checked it out.
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Species: Kadabra
Gender: Female
Age: 3+
Type: Psychic
Rank: Silver(low)
Abilities: Magic Guard, Psychic Surge
Traits: Wonderkid, Hightened Mind II, Advanced Spell Slot, Full Buff II, Polished Genes, Strong Blood(Psychic), Calming Psyche
Affinities: Psychic
Bond: Lukas Emerald(weak)
Stats: Silver
Vitality: Low
Strength: Low
Constitution: Low
Agility: Low
Energy Strength: Low
Energy Constitution: Low
Moves:
Learning:
Thunderbolt
Initial:
Miracle Eye, Dream Eater
Novice:
Future Sight, Shadow ball, Energy Ball, Double Team, Sunny day, Rain Dance, Disable, Encore
Beginner:
Shock Wave, Hypnosis, Psych Up, Flash, Calm Mind, Psyichic,
Intermediate:
Teleport, Confusion
Rank-up req.: ???
Evolution req.: (high)Gold-Rank, Bond(Solid), 3 Advanced psychic-type moves, 1 item with the energy of an Alakazam
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There are a few changes and new additions in her updated summary.
First, just like Charmeleon's Hardened, Kadabra's heightened Mind gained the 'II' suffix increasing its former +10% effect to all psychic-type moves to +20%.
Second, Spell Slot turned into Advanced Spell Slot allowing Kadabra to save her spells faster making it viable to use during combat, also she can now save non-damaging moves of other types.
Third, aside from the upgrade of Full Buff and the Polished Genes trait she also got the Strong Blood trait, most likely because of the latter.
Lastly, she received the trait Calming Psyche that has a 15% chance to lower a Pokemons evasion when hit by a psychic-type move from Kadabra.
Now, Kadabra also has one more regular evolution, but her case is a bit more complicated.
Instead of only being able to evolve some Pokemon through trade like in the games, it works a bit different here.
Some Pokemon like Kadabra are known to have very difficult requirements for evolution, of course since Lukas can see what they are he has it easier.
In order to combat this problem, many scientists tried their hand at finding a solution.
This resulted in the invention of the trade-machine.
This machine uses the bond between Pokemon and trainer to forego the requirements and induce evolution.
In exchange however, whatever bond the Pokemon had prior to using the trade-machine will be sacrificed, and the Pokemon in question will never be able to form a bond with the same trainer again.
Another point is that this method only works for some and not all Pokemon.
Knowing this, every trainer that isn't confident in fulfilling the high requirements will usually use the trade-machine to trade Pokemon with another trainer that is in a similar situation to themselves.
Fortunately this has nothing to do with Lukas, since he knows the requirements precisely he can easily fulfill them as well.