How do link stones work?

[DeadInside 0]

How do link stones work? Do they work like normal evolution stones, basically gets rid of the possibility of mons to learn moves by level up, or do they still let the mons learn moves by level up?

[kithas 118]

Do evolution stones take away move learning for pokémon? Link Stones work exactly like trade: You have a Haunter, you use a Link Stone, and you have a Gengar. 

The thing with evolution stones is, usually the evolved pokémon doesn't have a very large movepool to be learned by level, I think, but the ston has nothing to do with it.

[wcv 159]

6 hours ago, DeadInside said:

How do link stones work? Do they work like normal evolution stones, basically gets rid of the possibility of mons to learn moves by level up, or do they still let the mons learn moves by level up?

Link stones just evolve a Pokemon that needs to be traded without actually trading. Anything else you have to do to evolve the Pokemon must still be done. Ex, to evolve Scyther you make it hold a metal coat, then use a link stone to get Scizor.

 

And you have the moves thing backwards. Stones don't remove the ability of Pokemon to learn moves by level up. Pokemon that evolve by stones just don't learn moves as they gain levels. The move pools are a programmed thing. The stones have nothing to do with it.

[Lucifer Morningstar 39]

A Link Stone is an evolutionary stone just like the Thunderstone, Water Stone, Fire Stone etc. that replaces the need for trade evolution. 

I.e A Link Stone will evolve a Haunter into a Gengar and a Kadabra into an Alakazam. (This really needs to be a canon item). 

 

Move sets are unchanged. Most Pokemon evolved by trade or stones don't have a large level-up move set if they have one at all but the stones/trading have nothing to do with that.