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Are there stat disadvantages for evolving Pokemon at later levels?

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Axxis Valhalla

I was wondering if, in the long run, there's a stat disadvantage for evolving my Dratini into a Dragonair at a later level?

For example, if I evolve a Dratini at level 30, and then I evolve another Dratini at level 50, will the two resulting Dragonair have the same stats at level 100, given that they have the same EVs and the same IVs?
 
Psycho Monkey

Psycho Monkey

Member of the Literary Elite Four
Yes. Evolution recalibrates your Pokemon's stats based on the new form's base stats, its Nature, its IVs, and its EVs. Both Dragonair would be equal at LV100 if they had exactly the same Nature, IVs, and EVs.
 
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