Moco Moco Friends: The Price of Power, Episode 4

let me save you some trouble here. any plushkin that evolves will be no stronger than just befriending the later stage plushkin in the wild. the real stat increases come from awakening. what evolving really does for you is reset the increased max level to make it easier to raise again. only stats gained from awakening are carried over through evolution, not from actual training. so it's best to awaken as much as you care to, then evolve them as soon as possible. i've done a lot of personal experimenting when the game came out since there was little to no info on it. just send me a convo if you have any other questions.