How can an evolved (by lv up) Pokemon be lv 1?

Question

just curious.

Comments

That is a very nice gif you got there, fren :)

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Gyarados in the Nature Preserve can be iirc

Answer 1

I think hacks can do that. I'm not sure if anything else can make that happen.

Comments

I seen lvl 1 Lucarios and Pikachus and whatnot

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Neither Lucario nor Pikachu are lv up evolutions, so they do not apply to this question. They evolve by happiness, so though it may be difficult to not level up at all and still evolve it is possible

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Don't Pokemon that evolve by happiness fall into the category of Pokemon that have to level up to evolve, as, to evolve a Pokemon by happiness, you need to level it up once after its happiness is high enough?

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Palkia says that someone told her the only way to get a lvl 1 pokemon evolving by Friendship is hacks.

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to evolve a happiness pokemon, you must evolve it by levelling up while it has full happiness.

Answer 2

event Pokemon often come at random and/or impossible levels, such as a lv1 shiny golbat. (random idea for an event since my fried asked me if my shiny golbat was an event lv1 for some reason)
loving the gif by the way

Answer 3

Other than hacking, there are a few ways that you can get an evolution of a Pokemon that normally evolves by level up. One of these ways is breeding. If, for example, you breed an Azumarill or Marill that isn't holding a Sea Incense, then the Pokemon that comes out of the egg will be a Marill on level one. As Azurill evolves through levelling up with enough happiness, Marill is one of the few Pokemon that can be evolved on level one. The second and final (As far as I know.) method of getting the evolved form of a Pokemon that evolves by level up on level one is events. I'm not sure if it has ever happened, but I'm almost certain that it is possible, as Pokemon have been distributed at level one before.