Useful IV + Hidden Power Combinations for Legendaries

Jibaku and I thought it would be extremely helpful to get legal iv combos for legendaries so people don't have to fiddle with them to get useful combinations. The thing kind of snowballed into finding all the useful ones, which is what Jibaku and I (mostly Jibaku) did.

This is mostly a reference, but maybe this could be a discussion thread, feel free to post helpful IV combinations or discuss which Pokemon might use them, and if they are helpful.

I'll go much more indepth on usefulness of these later, but I have to go very shortly, so expect update tommorow.

Feel free to submit any more or better spreads you find.


In Order of HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe
 
Timid HP Water 70
31/14/30/30/31/31

Common users: Raikou that wants to hit Steelix and Camperupt. This is a really helpful combination if you want to keep your max Speed while still wiping stuff up with Life Orb HP Waters.
 
Timid HP Grass 70
31/2/31/31/30/31

Common Users: Moltres with Life Orb and 3 attacks may want to use HP Grass to hit Milotic, Quagsire, and Gastrodon. Raikou may also want to use it in order to hit Water/Ground-types, who can easily counter him. Entei might want this for his Sub/CM sets.
 
Timid HP Grass 70 (alternate)
31/2/31/30/31/31


Naive HP Fire 70
31/31/22/30/31/30

Deoxys-forms and Giratina/Giratina-o =D. If you have ever needed to hit Forretress or Scizor but didn't want to use Fire Punch (or didn't have arms to use it), this can be a life saver. Will be very useful for when Tina-o will have IV restrictions. This also applies to the one below.
 
Hasty HP Fire 70
31/31/30/30/27/30
 
Timid HP Rock 70
31/3/30/31/30/30

Shaymin-s will definitely appreciate a HP Rock 70 that doesn't hurt its bulk. Moltres can also use this to hurt other Moltres.
 
Modest HP Rock 70
31/3/30/31/30/30

Modest HP Fire 70
31/26/31/30/31/30

Offensive Celebi can really make this work well for you, especially since you won't lose much Special Attack or Speed. Giratina-o could also use this quite effectively, as well as Shaymin-s who needs to hit Forretress or Scizor.

Timid HP Fire 70
31/6/31/30/31/30

Timid HP Electric 70
31/23/31/30/31/31

Suicune can use this offensive minded nature and IV's to hold a 3 attack set, capable of destroying Gyarados.

Timid HP Fighting 70
31/30/30/30/30/30

Nasty Plot Azelf can use this set to try and hurt Tyranitar, and it actually can work pretty effectively.

30/18/31/30/31/30 Bold HP Fire

Here it is! If you are tired of Celebi not being able to run Bold HP Fire 70, then finally put this set to the test.


Calm HP Fire 70
31/7/30/30/31/30

Latias trying to hit Scizor and Lucario, while still being specially defensive would really appreciate this spread. Losing almost no bulk is a very good opportunity. You can hit a Speed of 308 easily with this set.
 
Modest HP Grass 70
31/2/31/30/31/31
 
Bold HP Grass 70
31/14/31/30/31/31

Zapdos, Suicune, or whatever else can use HP Grass fairly effectively. HP Grass will never reduce Speed either with these sets, very nice!
 
In Order of HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe
 
Timid HP Water 70
30/2/30/31/30/31

Timid HP Fire 70
31/7/31/30/31/30

Timid HP Water: 31/14/30/30/31/31 gives you an extra hit point while still maintaining HP Water.

Timid HP Fire: I think you're looking for 31/6/31/30/31/30. The spread as written is HP Water.
 
No HP Ice spreads at all? Zapdos alone uses it with Calm, Bold, Timid, and Modest.
Modest HP Fighting for Moltres/Mesprit would be nice.
Edit: If you're going for a full set, going by the analysis:
Modest HP Electric for Offensive Suicune and Bold for defensive ones.
Calm HP Grass for Zapdos.
Modest HP Ground for Articuno, Timid and Naive/Hasty for Jirachi.
Timid/Naive HP Ground for Entei and Azelf (just Naive for elf).
Deoxys-D has an OO mention for HP Fire on a set that runs Careful.
Bold HP Fighting for Uxie.

Edit 2:
Modest HP Ice: 31/10/30/31/31/31
Timid HP Ice:
31/22/30/31/31/31
Calm HP Ice: 30/10/30/
31/31/31
Bold HP Ice:
31/22/30/31/31/31

hmmm.. Have you guys seen this thread: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39234 ? It has all the Modest/Timid spreads for Hidden Power you could want! I will keep looking for a few of the others.

Edit 3:
Bold HP Electric: normal spread.
Modest HP Electric: 31/23/31/30/31/31
Calm HP Grass: 31/18/31/30/31/31
 
alright thanks. I will find and add them in to get a more completed list.

AA's thread is the reason I wanted to do this, as I couldn't remember who had done the first one and I couldn't find it. He also has a part 2. Our list does have some combinations his do not, such as Hasty, Naive, Bold, and Calm combinations.
 
Because not all IV/Nature combos are legal with the RNG for Random Wild Pokemon. It is possible to overcome this with breeding, but since most of the legendaries can't breed, they have some sets of IV/Natures that are illegal.
 
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