How to evolve Primeape into Annihilape in Pokemon GO

Evolving Primeape into Annihilape in Pokemon GO is a multi-step process that involves quite a bit of battling as well as the buddy system. You will first need 50 Mankey candies to evolve Mankey into Primeape. After this, you need to defeat 30 Ghost-type or Psychic-type Pocket Monsters in battle with Primeape as your buddy. Once this requirement is fulfilled, feeding your Primeape 100 Candy will lead to it evolving into Annihilape.

The process is a bit time-consuming but isn't too difficult compared to other evolutions in Pokemon GO. Moreover, Niantic has made the Annihilape battle requirements quite amenable to fans' playstyles so that they won't be shoehorned into participating in certain battles and can instead meet the evolution requirement on their own terms.

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Evolving Primeape into Annihilape in Pokemon GO

Mankey's evolutionary family in Pokemon GO (Image via Niantic)

Evolution Requirements:

• Mankey to Primeape: 50 Mankey Candy
• Primeape to Annihilape: 100 Mankey Candy + Buddy Requirement (Defeat 30 Ghost-type or Psychic-type Pokemon)

To get things started with evolving Primeape into Annihilape in Pokemon GO, you're obviously going to need a Mankey. At the moment, the best bet is to find it in the wild, so you'll want to roam the overworld map and keep a lookout for spawns. Popping an Incense or attaching a Lure Module to a Pokestop can be helpful in this pursuit.

Once you've got your Mankey, set it as your buddy in Pokemon GO and keep moving, as it will accrue candies while you roam the game map. Catch additional Mankey if at all possible, using Pinap Berries to increase catch candy yields until you've got 50 candies. From there, simply open Mankey's information page and tap the evolve button to get your Primeape.

Annihilape is a Fighting/Ghost-type creature (Image via The Pokemon Company)

From here, it's all about battling with Primeape set as your buddy. According to Niantic, you won't need to defeat Psychic- and Ghost-type Pokemon in battle with Primeape to earn progress toward its evolution requirements. As long as it's your buddy, you can beat 30 Psychic- or Ghost-type enemies in any PvE or PvP arena, including gym attacks, raids, GO Battle League, or Team GO Rocket battles.

Be sure to keep collecting candies for Primeape as you conduct your battles, as you'll need 100 candies to evolve it into Annihilape in addition to its battle-based requirements. Once you've got 100 candies and have defeated 30 Psychic- or Ghost-type Pokemon with Primeape as your buddy, all that's left to do is open Primeape's info page and hit the evolve button to obtain your Annihilape.

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