>>30747377Cumulative. For example, Maple, my first character, started out with a Lv26 Larvitar and a Lv 18 Staryu, or something like that (our limit was 45 at the time I think). So you could have like, two Lv15s and a Lv20, or a Lv35 and a Lv15, or even a Lv49 and a newbown Lv1, whichever works for you. Things level decently fast overall, anyway.