It is a general way of abstracting out and quantifying the amount of growth and experience a Pokemon has accumulated. Newly hatched Pokemon start at level 5 ... or 1, depending. Goes up to 100. A lot of the more docile, commonplace Pokemon who prefer to live closer to towns and cities tend to be lower level than the ones found in more remote areas that keep to themselves. Pidoves, Patrats, Purrloins near some of the quietest towns might be levels 2, 3, 4. A nest of dragons on Victory Road, which is barred to anyone who does not have eight badges, maybe 40 or more. That sort of thing.
But there is no hard and fast rule. Anyway.
[ Emmet is relatively quiet when Ingo's there to do most of the yapping, but he sure can go on about Pokemon too when prompted, can't he? ]
She miiiiight have been generalizing. Mud-Slap is a common move, yep. The type of move younger or smaller Pokemon might learn to help get out of trouble without having to rely on being stronger. Like Sand Attack, or Growl, or Tail Whip. So a decent amount of ground types can often learn it at relatively low levels. But that does not mean all of them do. That does not mean that it is in the list of moves you'd naturally learn without having to be taught by someone or something else. Saying all ground types will know it instinctually is like saying all ghosts look like me.
As for evolving. You are not the first to be unsure whether you want to evolve. If you want to hold off. Then there are items for that. An Everstone will let you stay as you are even if you reach that threshold of growth where you would normally evolve. Unfortunately. I cannot tell you what it would feel like to be ready to evolve, or to go through it.
[ Since he kind of showed up here already evolved, and all. Also not entirely sure if there are Everstones in any of the shops here, but he's putting it out there as a possibility since he already mentioned them to Firepaw. ]
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But there is no hard and fast rule. Anyway.
[ Emmet is relatively quiet when Ingo's there to do most of the yapping, but he sure can go on about Pokemon too when prompted, can't he? ]
She miiiiight have been generalizing. Mud-Slap is a common move, yep. The type of move younger or smaller Pokemon might learn to help get out of trouble without having to rely on being stronger. Like Sand Attack, or Growl, or Tail Whip. So a decent amount of ground types can often learn it at relatively low levels. But that does not mean all of them do. That does not mean that it is in the list of moves you'd naturally learn without having to be taught by someone or something else. Saying all ground types will know it instinctually is like saying all ghosts look like me.
As for evolving. You are not the first to be unsure whether you want to evolve. If you want to hold off. Then there are items for that. An Everstone will let you stay as you are even if you reach that threshold of growth where you would normally evolve. Unfortunately. I cannot tell you what it would feel like to be ready to evolve, or to go through it.
[ Since he kind of showed up here already evolved, and all. Also not entirely sure if there are Everstones in any of the shops here, but he's putting it out there as a possibility since he already mentioned them to Firepaw. ]