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I know that if I postpone my Pokemon's evolution, I can learn certain moves earlier. For example, Mareep learns Thunder at level 55 while its fully evolved form, Ampharos, only gets it at level 79). Obviously, Pokemon who change types by evolving get the benefits of their new type, but for everything else, why should I evolve early as opposed to waiting for good attacks? |
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The advantage gained is improved stats. An evolved form of a Pokemon stats are much better then it's earlier forms. However, when you evolve your Pokemon their stats are calculated from level 1, meaning whether you evolve your pokemon at level 1, or level 100, it will have the same stats at level 100. For your average Pokemon, this is the only reason you want to evolve them. So holding off on evolving pokemon definitely has its benefits, but due to their decreased stats you are likely to experience increased difficulty if you do. |
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The evolved form of a Pokémon always has better (or equally distributed *) base stats than its pre-evolved form (with the exception of Shedninja, because of its 1HP stat). Essentially, your attacks will be dealing more damage, and you will be able to take more damage. The only reason you would want to stop your Pokémon from evolving is if it learns a move that its evolution doesn't learn (for example, Growlithe learns Flare Blitz but Arcanine doesn't, so you may not want to use a Fire Stone on it right when you acquire one). * Scizor is interesting in that it has the same total base stats as Scyther – when evolving, Scyther's speed gets reduced, but the points removed go to Scizor's attack and defense stats. |
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There are two principle reasons to evolve your pokemon. The first is base stats. Almost without exception, an evolved pokemon's base statistics, that is to say, ATTACK, SP. ATTACK, DEFENSE, SP. DEFENSE, SPEED, and HP are higher than its previous form. This translates to an immediate boost in battling abilities. The second is that pokemon movepools often expand with evolution - the pokemon is able to learn abilities it would otherwise not be able to (often related to its new type, if applicable). While generally speaking, non-evolved pokemon learn attacks earlier than their evolved counterparts, it is not always true, and depending on the individual scenario, their may be no reason to delay evolution. Additionally, if the move in question is learn-able via TM or Move Tutor, it can be unnecessary to wait until a certain level in the first place - you're just missing out on the higher stats at that point. |
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