Pokemon Go gamers have found a bug that turns Mega Evolved Pokemon into main powerhouses past what the game supposed. Last month, Pokemon Go launched Mega Evolution as a brand new mechanic to the game as a solution to quickly energy up sure Pokemon. While gamers complained about the fee and time wanted to Mega Evolve a Pokemon, gamers have found an exploit that provides Mega Evolved Pokemon a CP of 12,000 or extra. The exploit impacts solely Pokemon that had been powered up by their coach previous to their Mega Evolution. When that Pokemon is Mega Evolved, they functionally obtain the increase they obtained from its earlier Level Up a second time. The decrease a Pokemon’s stage was initially, the extra of a lift it receives when it Mega Evolves.
To present a extra concrete instance – if a Level 1 Beedrill is powered as much as Level 40 after which Mega Evolved, the Pokemon would have a CP as excessive as 12294 as a substitute of its supposed CP of 3556. PokeBattler confirmed that this bug appears to impression any Pokemon that was powered up previous to Mega Evolution, regardless that not all Pokemon present the identical heightened CP as Mega Beedrill.
It was additionally found that Mega Evolved Pokemon don’t buff themselves whereas in battle, which is opposite to what Niantic has communicated in previous weblog posts about Mega Evolution. Only different get together members obtain this extra increase.
If gamers can get their palms on sufficient Mega Candy, it looks as if now is an efficient time to Mega Evolve their Pokemon. Having a Pokemon with a large unintended buff looks as if a straightforward solution to run by way of battles or raids, and it is unclear how lengthy it should take for Niantic to repair what appears to be an apparent error with the game. We’ll present extra details about the bug because it’s found.