Do 'Olive-Up!' or 'Upgrape' have any special uses?

[some (momi)]

Have been saving them for forever; figured I'd ask before I just started using them - can they be used for anything special?

[Mickey 33]

not that I've seen. Though not using them until you catch a new monster to power level them to evolving is a good idea. Olive Ups upgrade the humans' level specifically so it's always worth using those. Remember to spread them out evenly between you and your partner.

[Shazza]

Originally posted by Bayou Boi:

not that I've seen. Though not using them until you catch a new monster to power level them to evolving is a good idea. Olive Ups upgrade the humans' level specifically so it's always worth using those. Remember to spread them out evenly between you and your partner.

I would advise against evenly spreading them. Pumping all your Olive-Ups into your MC causes the partners to earn EXP relative to the gap between your levels, and they'll catch up lightning fast.

[Renoehe]

If you level bootlegs you are likely to get rare/uncommon moves in their movepool so you can save your upgrapes for when you have a bootleg you really like and wanna spam levels into them past 5* to get better moves for them. I haven't tried this myself tho.