Pokemon Sun Game Guide Unofficial

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Table of Contents

Pokemon Sun Game Guide Unofficial      1

Preface

Introduction

Strategies

Tips

Starter Pokémon

Starter Evolutions Guide

Starter Pokemon Evolution Z-Moves

How to evolve every new Pokemon

Conclusion

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Introduction

Pokémon Sun and Moon are finally here after such a long wait, in the US at least, so it's time for you to gear up and start getting into the nitty gritty of getting the most you can out of your Poke friends and the new awesome game. Whether or not you buy Sun or Moon, I can assure you that there are plenty of tips and tricks you can use to to make your Pokémon much stronger and your journey way more interesting - or just plenty of secrets to know that you can boast about to your mates. We’ve put together a interesting basic guide to help you get you started for Pokémon Sun and Moon, divided into easy sections to keep things accessible.

Strategies

Battling Pokémon repeatedly is helpful

Now we definitely know that battling the same Pokémon over and over again can be a bit of a bore at times, but in Pokémon Sun and Moon you actually gain some great advantage from fighting the same Pokémon over and over again. That's so because you now get the indicators on how effective each of your Pokémon's moves will be against that foe if you’ve ever battled them before. Their effectiveness ranges from "super effective" through to "not very effective" and even "no effect", especially when you're battling a Ghost Type Pokémon.

It's especially useful when you've got to face a more powerful version of something you've seen earlier, so please keep a close eye on those indicators.

Check your Pokémon's stat effects mid-battle

You need to know that there is another tweak Pokémon Sun and Moon have made to battling is being able to check the stats of any of your Pokémon mid-battle. You might even want to check the evasiveness of your Pokémon, whether its attack has been affected or your defense or any of the other stats of your Pokémon.

Well, you can now easily do this mid-battle by just tapping the little replica of your Pokémon in the center of the battle screen. It's here that all your Pokémon's stats will now start showing up along with indicators as to the effected stats. I can guarantee you that It's incredibly useful as it will definitely affect the way your Pokémon battles, so now you may need to eventually switch them out or even use an X Attack or something.

Scan some QR codes

There's a awesome new feature that’s is somewhere hidden in the menu that can let you scan QR codes that you find in the real world to unlock non-Alolan Pokémon in your game and catch Poke friends like Chameleon in Pokémon Sun and Moon. You need to know that each QR code you scan will definitely give you the info you want on any Pokémon that you can't usually find in Alola. Be mindful that every ten you scan, you can easily run an "island scan", and it will definitely spawn any one of those Pokémon into the islands. We've had a really great success by doing this around the first island, catching critters like Chikorita and Bulbasaur.

Don't expect to see non-Alolan variants

Sadly it may have seems that you can't natively catch the original versions of Alolan Pokémon in Pokémon Sun and Moon. You need to know that although some trainers will have them to battle against you, including the normal version of Vulpix, but we haven't ever seen them anywhere in the game. And trust us, we've looked.

Not all Z-Moves are equal

All the Z-Moves that you can unlock with the Z-Crystals you will get as you successfully complete it, Trials aren't all as powerful as each other. So please try them out preferably on some wild critters; don’t forget to take the time and work out which ones are best for your team and then just work accordingly.

Just don't be surprised if some of them aren't one hit KOs.

Alola

Change Oricorio's type using nectar from each island

Oricorio is brand new Pokémon for just Pokémon Sun and Moon and it's kind of like a package deal.

Catch one of these new feathery friends and you actually get four Pokémon in one. You should also bare in mind that each island is home to a certain color of nectar, and giving any of the nectar samples you find to Oricorio actually changes its Type and behavior, this simple means that you just can adapt it to every major battle before you start your rounds of fighting.

Collect the green floating flecks

All around Alola there are many floaty green flecks that are just lingering behind buildings, near bushes and rocks and other different locations. You need to look keenly out of your eye and Watch out for them and please try to collect every single one that you can find because they're not snot bubbles, instead they are actually Zygarde cells that you can easily use to create your very own Pokémon anytime you want. As most of you will probably know from Pokémon X & Y, Zygarde tends to be a quite and very special Pokémon that comes in many various Forms according to the amount of Zygarde Cores and Zygarde Cells you have. Zygarde Cores tends to act as the brains of Zygarde while on the other hand the Zygarde Cells will decide what Zygarde's Forme will be - 10%, 50% or 100%. The more Zygarde Cells you collect around Alola, is the bigger the Form you can easily create and the more moves you can get to teach it. So please start on the move and get on collecting them.

Cuddles make for stronger Pokémon

There's a spanking brand new feature that is available called Pokémon Refresh that you can easily access after battles within the main menu that will allows you to bond with your Pokémon. I can proudly say it's basically a better version of Pokémon-Amie from Pokémon X&Y. And please bare in mind that the higher your relationship rating (it's mapped out in hearts from zero to five), the more XP they will eventually earn in battle, and the more likely they will be to make their attacks hit or avoid incoming attacks, or even snap out of confusion or hold out with 1HP after what should have been a one hit KO. Feed them Poke beans, make sure they're clean, and give them a little scratch under the chin. You can do whatever you can in order to make your Pokémon loves you. And although you might feel a bit stupid at times brushing the dirt off your Rock ruff on the tube, the bond that you build between you and your team will be more than worth it. In the end

Forget about buying Antidotes, Paralysis Heals etc.

Incase you never know another great thing about Pokémon Refresh is that it lets you quickly heal your Pokémon's status ailments from poisoning to paralysis after every battle. That means you really don't need to waste dosh on anything like Antidote or Paralysis Heals, or even collect gazillions of berries. Instead, you can easily use the Pokémon Refresh for free. Then you can just spend your money on Potions and Poke balls instead.

Beans are the key

Poké Pelago is a special new place that you will gain much more access to after you've successfully moved to the second island and highly progressed through the trials you will find there. It’s a unique space that the Pokémon stuck in your PC storage boxes can go to frolick and fraternize, but please also grow berries, and collect special stones and many more. You can start out with a single island in the Pelago, on which is a Poké Bean tree. Please make sure you come back every few hours to collect all the beans that fall from the tree as you can use these to greatly upgrade your islands, unlock new ones and even to build special bonds with your Pokémon.

Make some Wild Pokémon friends

You should be mindful on that first island, that if you leave Poke beans in the box in the center, you will sooner or later discover that you will start attracting the Wild Pokémon that will often choose to stay in your boxes forever. It's a great way for you to build your Pokédex even without having to wander around in the grass for hours battling Pikipek after Pikipek.

Tips

Catch everything

Although for a very long time the series’ motto has always been “Gotta Catch ‘Em All”, this is a real advantage in Sun and Moon. The Rotom Pokédex is actually a character this time around, and it will offer input on how far you’ve progressed in your collection. You need to know that each of Alola’s four islands has their own unique page in the Pokédex, but they share several of the same species. You need to know that catching as much as possible as you can on your first visit to a new area will lessen the work you will have to do later on when you aim to finish the catalog. Likewise, as you move forward, certain trainers will definitely pay to see a specific Pokémon that you may or may not have already captured.

Know your version

Sun or Moon? The choice means a way lot more than the legendary Pokémon appearing on the cover art. The two games are set on different ends of the day/night cycle, with the Sun starting off in real-time and Moon at whatever time it happens to be 12 hours later. Outside of the environments is looking a different thanks to the time of day, this time disparity affects how certain Pokémon will appear or evolve. Sunand Moon features a few different Totem Pokémon as well, and certain species can’t be obtained in either game without trading.

Backtrack

While this exciting story will keep you jumping all over the place from island to island as you complete the Trial challenges, it is never ever a bad idea to double back to an area you already visited after obtaining some new tricks. You need to ride Pokémon to open up plenty of exploration opens, hidden in dark caves or massive rock obstacles. You can easily crush your way to these secrets or race across the open sea and find optional objectives you may have completely missed otherwise. This will allows you to collect rare Pokémon and much better items to prepare for the real challenges that is ahead.

Use Pokémon Refresh

At the very first glance, you might want to think the cute mini game is allowing you to massage and feed your Pokémon between battles is only a fun distraction for kids. But as time goes on, you will slowly come to recognize the necessity of taking a real break to grow the special bond between trainer and beast. Poke-Beans will keep your team well fed and happy, but you need to start taking the time to clean your Pokémon off and know that developing their friendship can easily lead to bonuses in battle. Members of your team might dodge moves, use extra powerful attacks and level up faster thanks to the time you spend with them in Pokémon Refresh. You need to know that another handy feature will defensively let you heal the status condition of one team member after a battle thanks to a “Care” prompt on screen.

Meet your neighbors

You should talk to every single one you see in Pokémon Sun and Moon, and not only just for the humorous Easter eggs and references. Bare in mind that some characters will offer great advice on where to go next, how to find a rare Pokémon, or compliment you on your journey.

But even better, the friendliest people in Alola will always present you with new moves, special Poke Balls, and even want to trade with you. So you should make it a priority to enter every single building in each town, and get to know most if not all the people of Alola. Not only does it make the world feel vibrant and lived in, but it might just yield some handy benefits. When ever time you find that you’re running along the beaches of these tropical islands and see a trainer standing far off in the distance, it will more than likely be worth your time to run over and just stop quickly and introduce yourself.

Make special visits

Although they’re announced with a little fanfare, you still have the opportunity to go and visit a few unique locations over the course of your journey. The menu on the bottom screen will let you travel to the Poké-Pelgao, a great place where you can grow Poke-Beans, and the Festival Plaza, where you can even host shops and other visitors. You can also court wild Pokémon to join your team by growing enough beans on the Pelago’s islands and complete mini games that will grant rare items. Likewise, in the Festival Plaza, you can easily purchase power-ups for your team, depending on how many visitors you have. It is very important to consistently check back on both of these locations, as some of their offerings depend on the day you visit.

Claim free gifts

To commemorate the game’s launch, there is a number of special events that are taking place to distribute certain Pokémon. So anyone who launches Pokémon Sun or Moon before Jan. 11 will be eligible to download a Munch lax that comes with a one-of-a-kind Z Crystal to be used once it evolves into Snorlax. Additionally, Magearna, a mythical Pokémon, will be made available for the very first time for players at some point later this year. Physical QR codes for the legendary creature will be released, and can be easily scanned into your Pokédex in Sun and Moon. The final special Pokémon to claim is Ash-Greninja, which can easily be transferred over from the free E-Shop demo of Sun and Moon, available right now.

How To Raise Affection And Boost XP

Pokémon X and Y’s are the cutest mechanic returns in Pokémon Sun and Moon with just a few modifications. Affection still involves a petting mini-game that can greatly boost your Pokémon’s responsiveness in battle as well as their XP gain, and it’s still just about the most adorable thing you’ll invest time in. Here’s how affection works in Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Pokémon Sun and Moon has now added grooming to the game, where after certain Pokémon battles, you can easily brush the dirt off your Alolan buddies, wipe dirt off with a towel, comb matted fur or even blow-dry a sopping-wet Pokémon. Please note that you can even remove status effects by simply rubbing a medicine ball on the status effect in question.

While doing this is not often required, grooming your Pokémon after battles will greatly increases affection. You will know that you have the opportunity to groom because after battle, a button will appear on the lower screen prompting you to hit “Y,” after which you will be taken to the grooming screen. You can easily proceed with normal affection and petting after the grooming sesh as well.

To get access to the petting mini game, hit “x” and select “Pokémon Refresh.” Of course, petting in “Pokémon Refresh” increases affection as well. You will have to find just the exact right spot on your Pokémon by watching its face. Sometimes a Pokémon will like having its head patted, but love having its ears rubbed. Conversely, please are begging you not to poke it or pet it on tricky spots like Pichu’s electric cheeks or Torracat’s literal fire bell.

As a Pokémon gains great affection by getting petted, it will emit many little hearts. Once the little hearts turn into music notes, you have achieved all of the affection gain you will get from that session. You can easily get a few more bits of affection in by feeding them Poke Beans until they are full. You will have to track the affection, enjoyment and fullness gauges to know when further petting will be effective and when it won’t.

You start off with a ton of Poké Beans. Cafe owners in Alola are especially impressed if you keep feeding your Pokémon with these beans and will give you them for free, along with rare candies, only if you keep it up. You even replenish your Poké Beans on Poké Pelago, which you will gain huge access to on the second island after completing your second trial. One of the folks in the Poke Center just before Lush Jungle will explain how to use it.

Basically, Poké Pelago can be easily accessed in your menu by hitting "x" and selecting "Poke Pelago." There, you will have a giant beanstalk that you can shake several times a day for Poké Beans, including many special rainbow and even patterned ones. By developing the Isles, you can easily shake more beans out of the beanstalk. You can even put beans into a crate to attract wild Pokémon, and Pokémon you've already bonded with will bring you extra additional beans while hanging out on the Isles as well.

Back to Pokémon Refresh: You will know that your Pokémon has ranked up in affection because they will wriggle up on the screen, blowing hearts around, while sparkling. This will goes on a bit longer than the usual affection wriggle.

Affection has five ranks to greatly achieve, and please note that the higher your Pokémon’s affection is the better the bonuses you will get. Being in tune with your Pokémon means there’s a chance that they will listen when you shout to warn them of a move in battle, avoiding it, inflict a critical hit in hopes of winning your praise and fight off a killing blow with 1 HP left so you won’t be sad. How sweet is that? Best of all, raising your Pokémon’s affection will boost the amount of XP they receive from being in battle (though not the amount of XP they receive from XP Share - that remains dependent upon the Pokémon’s level).

You can also use different items such as the Soothe Bell or the Tomato Berry to make your Pokémon a bit more friendly, though it's so very easy to raise your Pokémon's affection that it seems a better bet to use that important held item slot for something else.

Starter Pokémon

Popplio, Rowlet or Litten – which is the best Pokémon Sun & Moon Starter?

To answer this question the best thing we can possible do is break to just down each of the three starters and their evolutions in detail – that’s going to take a little bit of time for sure, but the more detail you have is better for you when you making your decision.

What about the top-level verdict on each? Let’s break things down nice and simply about the three starters:

Water-type starter Popplio mainly focuses on the special attacks and once evolved into Primarina.

Primarina can easily use the all-new Sparkling Aria move. This move will definitely heal burns but also does huge damage when it finally hits a user with a burn; this simple means there’s some interesting utility for doubles matches when paired with a Pokémon that can burn opponents. I can tell you that it’s also generally pretty strong.

The new Liquid Voice ability is a very smart one, turning sound-based moves like Disarming Voice into water-type moves. A number of the Popplio line’s that moves are sound-based, and this ability might be what simply makes this line sing (both literally and figuratively in this case).

Primarina tends to boasts the highest Special Attack and Defence out of the starters by a long way, but has a great mediocre speed stat. Grass and flying-type starter Rowlet eventually evolves into Decidueye, who is the definition of an all-rounder stats-wise. Generally Decidueye is focused on physical attacks, and this is backed up by its Long Reach ability. This ability means that no matter what anti-physical attack protections the enemy has, you will never ever be hit by nasty consequences such as static or poison. All attacks are counted as non-contact attacks.

Decidueye has some really nice new moves for its two types – on the grass side there’s Leafage, a move that always hits with a physical grass attack, while Spirit Shackle is a physical ghost attack that prevents targets from fleeing battle. Fire-type Litten eventually gains a Dark-type classification when it evolves into the buff-looking Incineroar.

Incineroar is all about hitting hard with painful physical attacks thanks to the strong base attack value of 115 (the most of any starter in Pokémon Sun & Moon), but it also boasts a decent special attack stat. Like Primarina it suffers from a mediocre speed.

On evolving to Incineroar, this awesome Pokémon gains great access to some fighting and dark-type moves, as its wrestler-like image suggests. While Litten’s earlier forms might tempt you to go for a fire-driven approach to its move-set, you’re better off on focusing on Dark-type moves. Some of the best of these are new: Darkest Lariat hits hard and ignores enemy Pokémon stat changes, while Throat Chop is very perfect for shutting down the likes of Popplio, hitting hard but also preventing the use of sound-based move. Incineroar can also learn new TM Brutal Swing, which hits everything around it friend or foe.

Starter Evolutions Guide

If you ever start struggling to pick a Starter Pokemon in Pokemon Sun & Moon, then we don’t blame you because these are always the hard choices. We’ve actually covered the starter Pokemon in general over on another page, but I know some of you are more concerned with not what the Pokemon that you pick is like but more with what they will finally look like and how they’ll finally perform. Pokemon Sun & Moon’s starter Pokemon does change a fair amount. Row let begins as a Grass-type and flying-type hybrid, but after it’s evolved twice it drops its flying-type in favor of being a ghost-type Pokemon (rest in peace, Row let).

Litten the cute little fiery kitten has a high special attack rating early on and looks like it’ll specialize in fire-based special moves, but after evolving it seems looks like a buff anthropomorphic wrestler and gains Dark as a second type. At this point it focuses on physical moves, as you’d expect for a wrestler. These are just some of the few changes — so, what can you expect for the trio once you’ve evolved them twice? I can say that Aal three starters Pokemon will definitely reach their final form at Level 36 as long as you don’t interrupt their evolution. Here’s what they will eventually become.

Decidueye (Row let starter evolution stage 3)

While its first two evolutionary stages are grass-type and flying-type, Row let’s final form Decidueye drops the flying-type classification in favors of ghost-type. This of course has a significant impact on how Row let trainers will play with their starter in the late game. Decidueye is a fairly interesting choice for ghost-type purely because its stats are fairly evenly distributed in all areas, and in particular because its highest single stat is for physical attack – ghost Pokemon are usually mainly focused on special attacks instead.

Decidueye even has access to some fighting-type moves, making it a strange mix indeed. Decidueye comes with an ability to match this focus on physical attacks in the form of Long Reach. This move means that when you use physical attacks they won’t actually count as having touched the enemy, avoiding any negative status effects that might come with touching them. The move that will probably see the most use for Decidueye is actually a support move, Spirit Shackle. This is an all-new move for Sun & Moon for Row let’s line and not only deals damage but also ‘shackles’ the target to battle with ghostly power – meaning they can’t escape. In team battles this could prove a very powerful move indeed.

Decidueye Base Stats & Move Set

Grass-type / Ghost-type

Ability: Overgrow (Powers up grass-type moves when HP is low), Long Reach (Moves used by this Pokemon never make physical contact with the target)

HP: 78

Attack: 107

Defense: 75

Special Attack: 100

Special Defense: 100

Speed: 70

Base Stats Ranking: 530

Decidueye Move List

From Level Up:

Level 1: Spirit Shackle, U-Turn, Tackle, and Leafage

Level 4: Growl

Level 8: Peck

Level 11: Astonish

Level 15: Razor Leaf

Level 19: Foresight

Level 24: Pluck

Level 28: Synthesis

Level 33: Fury Attack

Level 38: Sucker Punch

Level 44: Leaf Blade

Level 49: Feather Dance

Level 55: Brave Bird

Level 60: Nasty Plot

Additional moves:

Via TMs: Smack Down, Giga Impact, Low Sweep, Roost, Steel Wing, False Swipe, Shadow Claw, Grass Knot, Solar Beam, Work Up, Toxic, Hidden Power, Sunny Day, Light Screen, Protect, Safeguard, Frustration, Return, Double Team, Facade, Rest, Attract, Round, Echoes Voice, Energy Ball, Swords Dance, Sleep Talk, Nature Power, Substitute, Confide

Via Egg: Baton Pass, Curse, Confuse Ray, Defog, Haze, And Ominous Wind

Move Tutor: Frenzy Plant, Grass Pledge

Primarina (Popplio starter evolution stage 3)

Primarina’s second type gained once it evolves from Popplio and Brionne is Fairy. Primarina really seems to design around the Popplio line’s all-new and unique ability, Liquid Voice. Liquid Voice tends makes all sound-based moves become water-type moves, significantly changing their utility in the process. Several of the Popplio line’s moves are impacted by this ability, and even more moves that are affected can be learned via TM or via breeding and eggs. The star of the show is the Sparkling Aria move, however, an all-new move for Primarina and Sun & Moon. Sparkling Aria sees Primarina burst into song and emit bubbles. This move will definitely heal burns but also can do great significant water-based damage .In proper competitive play it’s sounding like Primarina won’t be an overpowered option but could still have a role as a hard-hitter thanks to its excellent Special Attack ability.

Primarina Base Stats & Move Set

Water-type / Fairy-type

Ability: Torrent (Powers up water-type moves when HP is low), Liquid Voice (Turns all sound-based moves into water-type moves)

HP: 80

Attack: 74

Defense: 74

Special Attack: 126

Special Defense: 116

Speed: 60

Base Stats Ranking: 530

Primarina – Move List

From Level Up:

Level 1: Pound, Water Gun, and Sparkling Aria

Level 4: Growl

Level 9: Disarming Voice

Level 11: Baby-Doll Eyes

Level 15: Aqua Jet

Level 19: Encore

Level 24: Bubble Beam

Level 28: Sing

Level 33: Double Slap

Level 38: Hyper Voice

Level 44: Moon blast

Level 49: Captivate

Level 55: Hydro Pump

Level 60: Misty Terrain

Via TMs: Blizzard, Ice Beam, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Giga Impact, Psych Up, Dazzling Gleam, Rain Dance, Work Up, Toxic, Hail, Hidden Power, Protect, Light Screen, Frustration, Return, Double Team, Facade, Rest, Attract, Round, Echoed Voice, Scald, Acrobatics, Swagger, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Surf, Waterfall, Confide

Via Egg: Charm, Amnesia, Aqua Ring, Aromatic Mist, and Perish Song, Wonder Room

Move Tutor: Hydro Cannon, Water Pledge

Incineroar (Litten starter evolution stage 3)

Litten’s evolutionary line changes quite a lot over the course of the game. It gets faster and has a big jump in special attack from Litten to Torracat, but when it evolves to Incineroar it becomes even slower than in its first form and instead gains a dark-type as its second type and a huge boost to physical attack to match its wrestler physique.

Incineroar is the only of the three starter lines to not get an all-new ability to it; instead carrying two tried and tested older ones. In exchange it gains a plethora of powerful dark-type moves when fully evolved including Darkest Lariat, which ignores enemy stat changes and Throat Chop, which puts a stop to sound-based moves for two turns – handy for battling Popplio’s line. Incineroar looks like a professional wrestler, and while some might be disappointed with the shift in focus from what Litten at first looks like it’ll be, this Pokemon is a bulky tank of a battler, thus the slow speed. It has the sheer power to annihilate anything if you’re careful, though it will need to be properly supported.

Incineroar Base Stats & Move Set

•      Fire-type / Dark-type

•      Ability: Blaze (Powers up fire-type moves when HP is low), Intimidate (Intimidates opposing Pokemon in battle, lowering their attack)

•      HP: 95

•      Attack: 115

•      Defense: 90

•      Special Attack: 80

•      Special Defense: 90

•      Speed: 60

•      Base Stats Ranking: 530

Incineroar Move List

From Level Up:

•      Level 1: Darkest Lariat, Bulk Up, Throat Chop, Scratch, Ember

•      Level 4: Growl

•      Level 8: Lick

•      Level 11: Leer

•      Level 15: Fire Fang

•      Level 19: Roar

•      Level 24: Bite

•      Level 28: Swagger

•      Level 33: Fury Swipes

•      Level 38: Thrash

•      Level 44: Flamethrower

•      Level 49: Scary Face

•      Level 55: Flare Blitz

•      Level 60: Outrage

•      Level 66: Cross Chop

Additional moves:

Via TMs: Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Flame Charge, Brutal Swing, Quash, Focus Blast, Fling, Hyper Beam, Embargo, Bulldoze, Dark Pulse, Snarl, Overheat, Shadow Claw, Sunny Day, Leech Life, Work Up, Roar, Toxic, Bulk Up, Hidden Power, Taunt, Protect, Frustration, Return, Double Team, Torment, Facade, Confide, Substitute, U-Turn, Rest, Attract, Round, Will-O-Wisp, Acrobatics, Swords Dance, Swagger, Sleep TalkVia Egg: Body Slam, Crunch, Fake Out, Heat Wave, and Nasty Plot, Revenge

Move Tutor: Blast Burn, Fire Pledge

Starter Pokemon Evolution Z-Moves

As briefly touched upon in the stats below, each of the starters Pokemon in Sun and Moon also have their own unique Z-Moves once they reach their final form. Z-Moves are powerful new moves where your trainer does a little dance and your Pokemon follows suit with an incredibly powerful move – the catch being that in order to use them your Pokemon needs to be holding a specific item. On top of that you can only use these mega-moves once per battle. They’re last-resort stuff, but they can make or break a battle.

For the starters, they’re as follows:

Decidueye’s Z-Move is called Sinister Arrow Road and involves the giant owl flying high before letting loose an absolute barrage of arrows that appear to be imbued with ghostly energy on the enemy.

Incineroar’s Z-Move is the Malicious Moons Ault. A wrestling ring of fire is created around Incineroar’s opponent and then with a flourish the wrester-looking Pokemon drops a hell of a fiery power-bomb.

Primarina’s Z-Move is known as the Oceanic Operetta, and combines this Pokémon’s penchant for singing with a deadly water-based attack. A gigantic bubble of water is raised up over the opponent and then exploded above their head, drenching and doing serious damage to them. It also looks really cool.

How to evolve every new Pokemon

Pokemon Sun & Moon has a awesome bunch of new awesome-looking Pokemon available to you, but as always with Pokemon there’s something of an element of mystery around how some of them work.

Playing the game for review I spent way too many hours wondering how the hell I could evolve my Charjabug into a Vikavolt – and that stuff can be frustrating. Have no fear, though! We have suffered so that you don’t have to. ‘Cos we’re nice like that.

We’ve compiled a list of how all the new Pokemon that evolve in Pokemon Sun & Moon do so. So… without further ado, let’s explain:

Evolving Row let into Dartrix and then Decidueye

Grass-type starter Pokemon Row let evolves into its second form at level 17. It then evolves once more into its final form Decidueye at level 34.

Evolving Litten into Torracat and then Incineroar

Much like the other starters, fire-type Litten evolves into second form Torracat at level 17. It definitely will grow into the massive-looking Incineroar at level 34.

Evolving Popplio into Brionne and finally Primarina

Water-type starter Popplio evolves into its second version in Brionne at level 17, and like the many other starters reaches its final form, Primarina, at level 34.

Evolving Rock ruff into Lycanroc – Midday or Midnight Form

New rock puppy Rock ruff can evolve one of two ways depending on which version of the game you have. In Sun it’ll evolve at level 25 and in the daytime into the Midday form of Lycanroc. In Moon it’ll also evolve at level 25, but at night and into the Midnight form of Lycanroc. The two are version-exclusive.

Evolving Yungoos into Gumshoos

The angry-looking newcomer that is Yungoos will just levels up quite simply and quite early on –so just need to get to level 20 and it’ll evolve into Gumshoos. Mr. President, is that you?

Evolving Pikipek into Trumbeeak and finally Toucannon

Pikipek looks like a pretty standard-issue early game flying-type Pokemon, but it actually gets pretty badass by the end. At level 14 it evolves into Trumbreak, and at level 28 it evolves into the awesome Toucan-like Toucannon.

Evolving Grubbin into Charjabug and then Vikavolt

Grubbin also looks like another fairly standard-issue Pokemon – the familiar early-game, 3-stage bug-type. It evolves into Charjabug at Level 20, but won’t evolve into its final form, Vikavolt, unless you level up in the Vast Poni Canyon area of Alola. Level up there and Vikavolt is yours. Evolving Cutiefly into RibombeeTiny little new bug and fairy-type Pokemon Cutiefly evolves into Ribombee at Level 25. Simple! Evolving Salandit into SalazzleNew fire and poison-type lizard Salandit is an interesting case for Pokemon –it is only the female version of Salandit evolves. The female Salandit will evolve into Salazzle at Level 33, but you need to know the male version will remain as Salandit forever.

Evolving Stufful into Be wear

Cutesy baby-bear Stufful will evolve into the equally cute but much more dangerous so please be wear at level 27… and just don’t get trapped in one of its hugs. Because it could be deadly.

Evolving Wimpod into Golisopod

Wimpod does just look sort of lame. It’s a water and bug-type hybrid and is known well for their cowardly nature. You might want to hang onto one, though – at level 30 it evolves into the utterly badass go isopod.

Evolving Bounsweet into Steenee and finally Tsareena

Bounsweet will evolve into Steenee at any point after level 18. To evolve into Tsareena you need to justify those dangerous-looking, sharp legs that Pokemon has – it’ll only evolve if your Steenee knows the move stomp. Steenee will naturally learn Stomp at level 29.

Evolving Mud bray into Muds dale

New fiery donkey-looking Pokemon Mudbray will evolve into the much more regal-looking Muds dale at level 30.

Evolving Fomantis into Lurantis

New grass-type Fomantis will evolve into the typically unsettlingly humanoid-looking Laurent’s by leveling up in the daytime to level 34 or higher.

Evolving Sandygast into Palos sand

Sandcastle-looking ghost-type Pokemon Sandygast is a late bloomer, but this will definitely level up into the even creepier and more impressive-looking Palossand at level 42.

Evolving more lull into Shiinotic

Grass and fairy-type more lull resembles mushrooms, which mean the evolution for it is pretty obvious… it grows. It evolves into Shiinotic at level 24 and up.

Evolving Crabrwaler into Crab minable

Fighting-type Crabrawler is pretty much always found guarding berries. It’s greedy like that. If really you want to evolve it into the particularly deadly looking and excellently named Crab minable you’ll want to level it up while in Alola’s Mount Lanakila area. Evolving Type: Null into Silvally

Type: Null is very pretty unique, and this Pokemon you’ll only have the chance to access much later in the game. Once you do, you’ll want to make it happy by battling with it, hanging out with it, feeding it and spoiling it by petting it and so on.

Once it has sufficient happiness, it’ll evolve upon level up.

Evolving Jangmo-o into Hakamo-o and finally Kommo-o

Despite seeming like exactly the type of Pokemon that’d have some sort of complex and convoluted evolution method, Jangmo-o evolves into Hakamo-o at level 34. It’s that simple. It stays simple, too: Hakamo-o will finally evolve into Komo-o at level 45.Evolving Alolan Ratatta into Alolan Raticate

Alolan Ratatta evolves into Alolan Raticate at Level 20. All you have to do is keep fighting and battling with this Ratatta and it’ll eventually level up as normal.

Evolving Pichu into Pikachu then into Alolan Raichu

The iconic Pikachu lines of Pokemon get an all-new Alolan form in Sun & Moon but only for its final evolution phase. Pichu is the most easily to catch. Pichu is evolved into Pikachu by having its Happiness at maximum. Max this out by feeding Pichu and caring for it. Once you have a Pikachu, present it with a Thunder Stone to get your very own levitating, half-Psychic type Alolan Raichu.

Evolving Alolan Sandshrew into Alolan Sands lash

Alolan Sandshrew and Sands lash come with an all-new Ice-type classification and are exclusive to Pokemon Moon. To evolve into Sand slash, simply present Alolan Sandshrew with an Ice Stone.

Evolving Alolan Vulpix into Alolan Ninetales

Alolan Vulpix and Ninetales come with an all-new Ice-type classification and are exclusive to Pokemon Sun. To evolve into the majestic Ninetales simply present Alolan Vulpix with an Ice Stone.

Evolving Alolan Meowth into Alolan Persian

Alolan Meowth can be evolved into Alolan Persian simply by keeping it happy. Max out its happiness by feeding it, winning in battles and spoiling it by petting and grooming it, and when happiness is at a max level Meowth up – it’ll then evolve.

Evolving Alolan Geodude into Alolan Graveler and finally Alolan Golem

This one is thankfully very pretty simple – Alolan Geodude will evolve into a Graveler that also has some incredible hair at Level 25. If you want to get the truly impressive mustachioed Alolan Golem you will then have to trade a Graveler, at which point it will evolve.

Evolving Alolan Grimer into Alolan Muk

The bright green ‘I look like I’ve been gorging on Custard’ Alolan Grimer will evolve into the rainbow-coloured Alolan Muk at Level 38.

Evolving Exeggcute into Alolan Exeggutor

The massive-necked Alolan Exeggutor has become something of a meme even before Pokemon Sun & Moon released, and, well… for good reason. Look at it! Use a Leaf Stone on a regular old Exeggcute to evolve it into this Alolan version.

Evolving Alolan Diglett into Alolan Dugtrio

The Alolan Diglett and Alolan Dugtrio do rather look like they’re having a bit of a crisis and have picked up some wigs, but they have a surprisingly serious backstory. An Alolan Diglett is easily found in a number of locations and will evolve into Dugtrio at Level 26.

Evolving Cubone into Alolan Marowak

A regular old Cubone can be evolved into the Alolan variant of Marowak at level 28 onwards – you just need to make sure you level up at night in game. That’ll be at night in real world time for Sun owners and any time in the daytime for Moon owners – the two games have their in-game clocks offset by 12 hours, so Moon will always be 12 hours ahead.

Conclusion

Once you start to implement the strategies outlined there will be a much greater chance of success for you. In addition, you will find yourself beating parts of the game and opponents that you were once stuck on. This will not only make the game much more interesting and enjoyable but you will also realize a greater level of accomplishment. Good luck!

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