Try to only catch spears representing to Pokemon that you want. The more spears of each Pokemon you have, the more likely you are to be offered that Pokemon. I had to beat the game 5 times before I received my Magic Bounce Espeon.
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I think they can matter for the battle subway, though EV Training and Natures are typically more important. (EVs always have twice the influence on a stat that IVs do. Nature varies since it's a percentage, but it's generally similar in magnitude to IVs.)
Speed is the really important one, since just two points cover the range of always going first, speed tying, to always going second. For the others, you can normally afford to drop some, since the damage formula is random anyway.
Breeding mechanics are complicated. I think there's an article somewhere on Smogon, but in brief, some IVs from the parents will be chosen at random to be inherited by the baby. Power Items can influence the inheritance. The baby's remaining IVs will be random in the full 0-31 range.
As long as Forretress knows both moves, then the Crustle should obtain both egg moves.
Would Darmanitan be useful for competitive play?
Yes. I would suggest using a Scarf set, non-Zen Mode
Virizion, thanks. I'll try to get one when I learn how to RNG Abuse (maybe not necessary, but oh well.)
cantab, If I'm no mistaken, with Sheer Force also nullify the Flare Blitz recoil? So would Sheer Force + LO + Flare Blitz be a good combo?
cantab, If I'm no mistaken, with Sheer Force also nullify the Flare Blitz recoil? So would Sheer Force + LO + Flare Blitz be a good combo?
Oh. Well, I just based my guess off cantab's answer. Thanks for the clarification. Is there an ability that does this though?
ok so i have one of them shiny rash aura sphere raikous with these ivs
Raikou - #243 (Rash)
HP: 4 - 6
Att: 20 - 23
Def: 0, 2
SpA: 29
SpD: 17, 19, 21, 23
Speed: 28
the speed is a bummer since max speed base 100s now outspeed it by 2 points, so i dunno what to do with it. what would you suggest? i'm thinking life orb, enough speed evs to outrun max base 95s (or modest 192 ev hyrdeigon so i can take it out with aura spehre), 252 special attack, rest in attack with es/tbolt/aurasphere/shadow ball?? i don't really know.
Raikou - #243 (Rash)
HP: 4 - 6
Att: 20 - 23
Def: 0, 2
SpA: 29
SpD: 17, 19, 21, 23
Speed: 28
the speed is a bummer since max speed base 100s now outspeed it by 2 points, so i dunno what to do with it. what would you suggest? i'm thinking life orb, enough speed evs to outrun max base 95s (or modest 192 ev hyrdeigon so i can take it out with aura spehre), 252 special attack, rest in attack with es/tbolt/aurasphere/shadow ball?? i don't really know.
Have you thought maybe putting in Calm mind? and just running it with the two special's aura and thunder and then having the Extreme speed to surprise revenge. I mean it's an unconventional set but it could work. Aside from that you're pretty much spot on with your ev distribution.
i dunno about calm mind though since the nature works against it and with life orb i'm not expecting to live too long anyway. volt change? argh i hate it when trollfreak gives awesome pokemon shallow movepools
Now that's a decent idea, it's certainly a great new move that gives so much joy to electric pokemon. So yes you could run that over a shadowball.
well i'll experiment, but i'll deffo aim to max special attack and outrun jolly/timid 252 base 95s. i think hydreigon doesn't really run max speed any more and the specs/modest types are most used, and other pokes between 100 and 95 i dont really have any business dealing with (sigilyph maybe, and luvdisc is a threat). ok cool, cheers man.
Still waiting....
Should I keep Zoroark with these IVs?
Just caught a timid Zoroark IV spread is 26-26-26-26-26-27 they are quite good and all but im tempted to reset for better speed and sp attack, still havent saved the game, so rsvp asap please :)
Thanks :)
ps it is also female, which is quite uncommon so perhaps it is worth keeping despite only high average ivs?
Just caught a timid Zoroark IV spread is 26-26-26-26-26-27 they are quite good and all but im tempted to reset for better speed and sp attack, still havent saved the game, so rsvp asap please :)
Thanks :)
ps it is also female, which is quite uncommon so perhaps it is worth keeping despite only high average ivs?
If I use Pokesav to save one of my Pokemon as .pkm files and I load it again into the same ROM, or any other, thus cloning it, will the Pokemon count as legit?
If I use Pokesav to get all the items and I use some of the items on my Pokemon, primarily the EV increasing/reducing berries, with my Pokemon count as legit?
Also, how far can we talk about ROMS? I know we cant link them here, but can you get banned for admiting you have them?
If I use Pokesav to get all the items and I use some of the items on my Pokemon, primarily the EV increasing/reducing berries, with my Pokemon count as legit?
Also, how far can we talk about ROMS? I know we cant link them here, but can you get banned for admiting you have them?
haunter
Banned deucer.
1) if the cloned Pkm was obtained legitly then yes, the clone is legit as well;
2) Pokesave'd items don't affect the legitimacy of your Pkm;
3) absolutely no discussion of ROMs.
Natures and IVs are set when you interact with it in-game.
The only thing you lose in those 4-ish speed points pretty much is you no longer tie other +speed 105s (and you now tie +speed 103s... which is Emolga). Given that the amount of relevant threats at 105 is pretty much Zoroark and Mienshao, it doesn't seem too bothersome. If you're miffed about the sp. atk, you could continue to reset, but I wouldn't worry about the 27 speed.
Female is nice, if you were planning on breeding the Zoroark (for example, to get Dark Pulse).
Do the eggs received in-game also have set natures and IV's such as those received in trades?
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