Inkay, the charming squid-like Pokémon from the Kalos region, is a part of the Pokémon Go universe. However, players aiming to evolve Inkay into Malamar must follow a specific procedure.
Evolving your favorite Pokémon in Pokémon Go is typically a straightforward process. Most Pokémon require you to gather sufficient Candy by catching and transferring that specific species, enabling you to evolve it.
However, some Pokémon have unique evolution methods. For instance, Galarian Farfetch’d necessitates the player to achieve 10 Excellent Throws before it can evolve, and each Eeveelution has its own clever naming trick.
Inkay follows a similar interesting method. If you’re looking to evolve it into Malamar for dominance in the Great Battle League, here’s how to proceed with evolving this Dark/Psychic-type Pokémon.
How to Evolve Inkay into Malamar
To evolve Inkay into Malamar in Pokémon Go, you must provide 50 Inkay Candy while holding your phone upside down.
If your phone has a gyroscope, you may notice an upside-down question mark and a prompt indicating that Inkay has a unique evolution. To activate it, simply turn your phone upside down.
This method might seem unusual, but following it is essential to evolving Inkay. As many Trainers anticipated, this evolution trick is inspired by the mainline Pokémon games, each of which required players to flip their console upside down to evolve Inkay into Malamar.
Given Inkay’s nickname as the Revolving Pokémon and Malamar’s title as the Overturning Pokémon, this clever (and enjoyable!) evolution trick adds a fun spin to the game.
How to Catch Inkay in Pokémon Go
You can find Inkay in Pokémon Go through several methods:
- As a wild spawn
- By hatching from a 12 km Egg (if available)
- As a Tier 1 Raid Boss (if available)
- As a reward for completing event-specific Field Research.
Recently, Inkay participated in the Psychic Spectacular, part of the Max Out season event that welcomed Hattena and Dynamax Beldum into the game.
During this event, Inkay spawned more frequently in the wild, allowing players to collect the necessary Candy to evolve it for use in the Great League, where it currently ranks as the 9th best Pokémon of the season, according to Pvpoke.
That sums up everything you need to know to evolve Inkay into Malamar in Pokémon Go. Remember to stay updated with the game by checking what’s in the shop this week, our promo codes, the Spotlight Hour schedule, and the Community Day hub.
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