Do you ever keep your Pokemon from evolving till the end?

[Azureth]

Anyone here NEVER evolve certain Pokemon even though it would be stronger? For me I do with Haunter. I just think Haunter looks cooler than Gengar.

I also prefer Magmar over Magmorter.

 

[Aquacorde]

I would if I used Pokemon like Magneton, Magmar, Rhydon, and Chansey... but I don't so no.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I always evolve Pokemon as soon as I can, or to make them learn a certain move, so I don't prevent my Pokemon from evolving. I just might do that to Meraruba when I get B/W seeing as it's physically-oriented and Ulgamoth is specially-oriented.

 

[Sydian]

Stone evolutions I wait til the Pokemon has learned all I want it to learn from its learnset. And umm...I never evolve Aipom. Aipom is cute and Ambipom is scary. I have a problem with it.

 

[Alternative]

I don't think I've ever kept a Pokemon from evolving all the way, but back in the good ol' days of R/S/E I'd always keep a Marill from evolving until level 30 for some reason. :/

 

[Bluerang1]

I've always fully evoled my Pokemon but I won't be doing so with my future Snivy and Pururiru. Because 1) Snalorda doesn't phase me, also same typing >!< 2) There're too darn cute to evolve 3) Pururiru's evo is ugly.

 

[Kirbychu]

I never evolve my Pikachu. Never. Other than the fact that Raichu is a hideous piece of garbage, I always will give my Pikachu a Light Ball. In other words, I'm sacrificing an item slot, but I end up getting a cute Pokemon in return with a stronger Attack and Special Attack stat than its evolution.

I also played to the end of HGSS with a Growlithe, and I mean the end. I was planning on evolving it, but I never found a Fire Stone during my playthrough. I had a level 70 something Growlithe when I went up against Red. After all that we went through, I decided to just never evolve him.

 

[Morgnarok]

I once didn't let my turtwig evolve because i liked the way he looked better then grotle but i did like torterra best.

 

[Amore]

I will admit I've often left my Pikachu unevolved. Only in LeafGreen though, as that's the only game that I ever use it in, but that probably seems odd to you lot as Light Ball wasn't introduced in those games. But I did evolve it once I was bored - I just like to see how far I can go with a pokémon with average attacking stats and pathetic defenses. The answer is: Defeat by rival's 2nd round team xD

I don't evolve Stone Evolution pokémon until I desperately need to to progress. To be honest, any pokémon that gets its' evolution cancelled stays unevolved until I need it.

 

[Eon-Rider]

I only keep the Pokemon that are competitively viable unevolved. With that said, I also always train a separate one for the full evolution as well. The only exception is Wynaut. Training it to Lv. 100 was insanely annoying but I love have it for some reason.

 

[GlitchCity]

I perfer Dragonair over Dragonite. Not because of strength or anything, just because I just adore Dragonair.

 

[vaporeon7]

I never evolve Seedot unless I need Nuzleaf and Shiftry for my Pokedex. I love Seedot and I loathe Shiftry.

 

[Kirbychu]

Oh, how could I forget! During my first play-through of Pokemon XD, I was very reluctant to evolve my Eevee. By the time I was at the Snagem Hideout, it was nigh impossible to use in battle, and I wanted to beat Gonzap (Is that his name?) quickly. I had no choice but to evolve it into Jolteon.

 

[Lord_Storm]

I've always kept certain starters from evolving until a certain time, like keeping Charmeleon from evolving until after the electric gyms of the generation I'm on, and keeping my Pikachu from evolving if it has a Light Ball.

 

[mikey]

Whenever a Pokemon requires a stone to evolve, and once they learn all the moves I wanted them to learn, that's when I usually wait until the end to evolve them.

 

[mac098]

i always stop vigoroth from evolving cuz i hate slakoth's ability

 

[Guy]

i always stop vigoroth from evolving cuz i hate slakoth's ability

I do that too actually. I much rather have Vigoroth who can make a move every turn, than Slaking who lazes around every other turn. XD

When it comes to certain Pokémon like Elekid, Squirtle, or even Combusken, I prefer not to evolve them until after defeating the Elite Four and sometimes not at all. I still have my Monferno in Diamond at over Level 60, and I've decided not to evolve it all the way.

I guess it just depends on which Pokémon I'm training and whether I prefer it NFE, because I like it's pre-stages better.

 

[MysticFlygon]

I've traded in a Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle into Pearl a few years ago and beat the game with them and a few other unevolved pokemon. I think the other three might have been Riolu, Gible and Pikachu but I can't remember.

 

[Folkedahl]

I don't typically evolve cyndaquill. He's just too cute as a lil' wee tyke. That's not to say I don't like Typhlosion, which I do, but I just like Cyndaquill better. And seeing as I don't really mind much about wifi battles, he functions very well in game for battling in his devolved state.

 

[Pokemon Master Derrville]

I always try to not evolve Pikachu and I usually always get to the Elite 4 before finally giving in and evolving him just because his Defense stats are so terrible. In Yellow i tried, unsucessfully, to not evolve the 2 Kanto starters (Squirtle and Bulbasaur) just like the Anime but I eventually let Squirtle evolve into Wartortle.