Evolving versus skill level up?

So I had two Hail Tarasques with Increase Party Defense skills, both of rarity B. I wanted to evolve one with the other so that I could participate in the B/B+ tournament with B+'s and have a better chance at winning battles - but when I sacrificed one to the other, I got a skill level up instead. So, leveling up skill trumps evolution which trumps skill change?
Will this also happen when sacrificing A's? I have a lost woods leshy of rarity A and the skill venomous breath. I would like to get another leshy to evolve my current one to rarity A+, but would that work?

Evolution only works with A's and AA's, not B's or C's.

I see, thanks.
So for sacrificing A's, evolution would happen whenever possible before skill leveling up?

Mistrice wrote:I see, thanks.
So for sacrificing A's, evolution would happen whenever possible before skill leveling up?

Yep. In order of priority:

1. Evolution
2. Skill Changes (With Anima Spirit)
3. Skill Level Up
4. Level Up

Awesome, ok, so then, what happens if I have a monster with skill level 3 and I evolve it? I know monster level resets, but will skill level reset too?

No, you keep the skill level

skill lv actually will reset too ..

ryesteve wrote:No, you keep the skill level

no, skill resets too

steve, you based that comment on what happens when you evolve at skill 1, didn't you? like everyone else has said, skill resets as well as level when evolving, it just isn't readily apparent when you have never tried evolving a monster with a skill higher than 1, lol.

No, i based it on what was believed to be true 6 months ago