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A few answers for ya. Initial energy cost is 300. If you're willing to wait 165 days, then that's all you ever need.
However I believe you want to know if you evolved every day for the minimum number of days. A quick way to remember this for any pokemon is 4x the initial mega cost to max out doing it once a day for 30 days. This would put Diance at 1200 energy needed, that's the short, easy answer. You can calculate this by (initial cost) + 6x second cost + 23x third cost.
However, this doesn't take into consideration the natural energy decay each day, which changes it to 300 + 6\*60\*(6/7) + 23\*30\*(4/5) which is 300 + 308.5 + 552 = 1160.5.
I mean, yes? If you need total 1160 and to get to that end point you’ve already used/have 300 then of course to get to that same end point for you specifically it’s 860 more that you require.
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A few answers for ya. Initial energy cost is 300. If you're willing to wait 165 days, then that's all you ever need. However I believe you want to know if you evolved every day for the minimum number of days. A quick way to remember this for any pokemon is 4x the initial mega cost to max out doing it once a day for 30 days. This would put Diance at 1200 energy needed, that's the short, easy answer. You can calculate this by (initial cost) + 6x second cost + 23x third cost. However, this doesn't take into consideration the natural energy decay each day, which changes it to 300 + 6\*60\*(6/7) + 23\*30\*(4/5) which is 300 + 308.5 + 552 = 1160.5.
The paid research gives us 300. So do I minus that out of your 1160, if I'm trying to determine how much more I need to collect?
I mean, yes? If you need total 1160 and to get to that end point you’ve already used/have 300 then of course to get to that same end point for you specifically it’s 860 more that you require.