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I have a level 16 Nidorino and a Moon Stone. Should I use it right away, or should I wait until Nidorino gets to a certain level? Would it make any difference?

Chris
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yasar
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  • +1, Good question. This could relate to any generation or stone as well. – Robotnik Jul 20 '13 at 14:51
  • Related: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/29432/what-advantage-do-i-get-by-evolving-my-pokemon – scenia Mar 04 '14 at 09:49
  • Also related (actually even possible duplicate): http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/157930/when-to-use-evolutionary-stones?lq=1 – scenia Mar 04 '14 at 09:50

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There's no easy answer to this. Evolving to Nidoking will increase its stats by a fair amount, but it will not be able to learn as many moves from level up. Compare these two lists:

Nidorino

vs.

Nidoking

If you're not interested in the moves Nidorino would learn via level up, there's no reason not to evolve it immediately.

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