You pretty much nailed it with those two. The only thing to decide now is which entrance animation you like more. Personally, I'd probably go with Dive, as I like to keep Net for bugs, water-types and slow-mons.
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I like Great Ball a lot for Bisharp since the red is a nice callback to the non-shiny form.
By the way, you may want to post questions like these in the Wifi SQSR thread, where people tend to be more interested in this sort of thing.
Note taken, I will check that out.
I like Great Ball a lot for Bisharp since the red is a nice callback to the non-shiny form.
By the way, you may want to post questions like these in the Wifi SQSR thread, where people tend to be more interested in this sort of thing.
It's trade, so IDK lol..
I'll look when I get time xD
Like rufus said, you should try in the Wi-Fi forum. To answer your question; I personally like the Quick Ball since it matches the colour scheme and has a cool animation when the Pokemon is sent out
If it's been traded to you and it's not passing through PokeBank / Transporter then it has been hacked. In the future, you should direct these sorts of questions to the Hack Check thread.
Does anyone know the crit ratio for R/B Scyther's Slash after a focus energy boost drop? I'm currently playing through Red and want to use Scyther on my team for kicks, but due to the critical hit mechanics as well as Slash's mechanics in Gen I, Swords Dance/Slash is rather counter-productive. I know FE actually drops the crit ratio in R/B instead of boosting it, but is it worth running it as my 4th move?
The end moveset will probably be SD/Slash/Hyper Beam/ and either FE or Quick Attack (gotta love Gen I movepools). Does the change in the crit ratio justify using Focus energy over Quick Attack, or whatever else Scyther can learn?
The end moveset will probably be SD/Slash/Hyper Beam/ and either FE or Quick Attack (gotta love Gen I movepools). Does the change in the crit ratio justify using Focus energy over Quick Attack, or whatever else Scyther can learn?
(Just in case it's Base Speed / 512 without the "boost".)
There is no reason to run Focus Energy as a move, as all it does is lower the Critical Hit Ratio (AFAIK).
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Ohhh, Slash. Sorry I missed that part before (or at least read it, and ignored the higher critical hit percentage of Slash).
Then it would indeed be 8 times as likely as Vaporeonice kindly pointed out, so it'd be 105/256=.41015625 or 1 in 2.44. It is of course 105/64 ~= 1 without the Focus Energy though.
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I think the idea is that you Swords Dance to +6 and attack with Slash. You need Focus Energy to lower the crit rate, since a +6 crit Slash would do less damage than a +6 non-crit Slash in Gen 1.
According to Bulbapedia, moves with a boosted crit rate are eight times as likely to crit, meaning Scyther would have a 41% chance to crit with Slash.
Thanks :)
I got the Pokemon like before the Wi-Fi got shut down.. Lol
If I killed a legend twice in white two, would it respawn under any circumstances?
Yes, just beat the E4 again.
In Pokemon HeartGold, if I killed the snorlax, would it respawn after defeating the Elite 4 again?
Well sort of, a Sub has 25% of your total HP, so the more HP you have the higher HP the sub will have. It doesn't necessarily mean it's better to do that though. Set Up sweepers that rely on Substitute to avoid status shouldn't overly invest in HP to have a bulkier Sub, as going for max (special) attack and speed is usually preferred. Not many attacks in general do less than 25% to anything these days due to PowerCreep™ so it's not like any Subs are going to be living more than two hits anyway. I assume you're asking for the Maison? (why not just post there?) Since OI isn't the best place to ask for battling stuff like this. You should cross reference the Maison Pokemon setlist (in the OP of the Maison thread) and see if there is anything that you can force to do less than 25% max so your Sub would live an extra hit, otherwise just go max offenses...
edit: wait aren't you using Blaziken as a dedicated BPer? It should have max HP anyway...
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Where would the best place to grind in pokemon Y be, pre E4. I'm doing a nuzlocke so I absolutely can't risk my pokemon die.
Battle Chateau would be your best bet, I think. Level up to Duke (I think) and you'll start seeing Audino. Never worry about anything ever again.
Pre-E4 grinding is normally pretty easy in XY as there are plenty of trainers and you've got the Battle Chateau (like Codraroll ninja'd me with) but if you're afraid of letting your stuff die, go visit Restaurant Le Yeah on Autumnal Avenue. The 'mons are in the 30s so they should offer OK exp. and are easy enough to kill also. If stuff faints there they are revived after the battle, so in my mind that should be a loophole to the whole nuzlocke thing. But if fainting there counts as a death to you then you may as well just do the Chateau..
edit: The Chateau can be risky though as you don't know what rank your opponent is (and therefor what level their Pokemon are) so you could end up running into someone with high levelled stuff and losing a Pokemon to them. This is assuming you are a high rank yourself, if you're low then everyone else will be
Levelling up to duke from baron would take forever though :/
I think ill try the restaurant, I doubt anything will die from level 31's (though I disagree with the loophole thing, all deaths are final)
Thanks to both of you ^^
Don't know where to post..
Does Roar, & Whirlwind go through Safeguard?
Does Roar, & Whirlwind go through Safeguard?
Yes. Safeguard only prevents the status conditions - Poison, Sleep, Paralysis and Freeze - along with Confusion, nothing else.
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