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This article is about the game mechanic in Pokémon Conquest. For the game known as Pokémon Link! in non-English European releases, see Pokémon Trozei!.
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A link (Japanese: リンク link) is the emotional bond between a Warrior and their Pokémon.

Links can be increased by fighting wild Pokémon or other Warriors, feeding the Pokémon ponigiri from a pongiri shop, or using any facility in a kingdom. Pokémon do gain link if they are defeated. When a link increases by 1%, it causes a link up, which is equivalent to leveling up in the main series games. Once the Pokémon's link reaches 100%, it becomes a Perfect Link.

The more link the player has with a Pokémon, the better stats and bonuses the Pokémon gets. Stats increase for each 1% the link goes up.

Perfect Link

A Perfect Link (Japanese: ベストリンク Best Link) occurs when a Warrior has 100% link with their Perfect Link Pokémon. Each Warrior has specific Pokémon they can achieve a Perfect Link with.

Perfect Link gives the player and NPCs a boost whenever they are in battle unless they are defeated. Perfect Links are only established after a battle has finished, where the player comments about their Perfect Link partner, then that Pokémon receives a medal.

Evolution and Rank Up

Because levels and experience do not exist in Pokémon Conquest, evolution of Pokémon is determined, directly in some cases and indirectly in others, by the link they share with their Warrior. Pokémon that normally evolve via high friendship in the main series games, such as Golbat, instead evolve after reaching a certain link percentage, usually between 60 and 70 percent. Pokémon that normally evolve at a set level instead evolve when a certain stat reaches a specific value (for example, Spheal evolves when its HP has reached a value of 138), which in itself is determined by link percentage (though generally not a set number).

A Warlord ranking up is also a determined by the link they share with their Perfect Link Pokémon, with the only exceptions being Hero and Heroine transforming to Rank II, which happens automatically in The Legend of Ransei. In some cases, the rank up can only happen in a specific post-game episode, such as Masamune only being able to transform in his own episode, The Dragon's Dream, with a 60% link with either Rufflet or Braviary.

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