No. Focus Sash doesn't apply to self inflicted OHKO, according to Smogon's movedex.
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So, besides Roark, is there any NPC that has Pokemon that use Stealth Rock?
It's toaster. ;)
Rotom can change into the other formes in Platinum. Its stats change (for the better) and depending on which appliance you picked (Lawn mower/Fan/Toaster/Fridge/Washing Machine) it gets a special move (respectively Leaf Storm/Air Slash/Overheat/Blizzard/Hydro Pump).
You can sketch Stealth Rock in a double battle. Have your 2nd pokemon open up with Stealth Rock, then use Sketch on it. That's the best and easiest way to sketch exact moves that you want.
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Sketch can be used to copy Selfdestruct and Explosion when used in a battle with a Pokémon with the Damp ability.
Seriously? Doesn't Sketch automatically fail when one tries to use it on a failed attack?
No it doesn't fail because it was commanded to use Explosion or Selfdestruct.
Why is that the case? That seems flip-flopped. If you kill your opponent with Explosion or Self-Destruct on your last Pokemon then you lose, as you kill yourself, but you win if you kill yourself from recoil damage from Life Orb or Double-Edge & such? What's the logic behind this? This clause lacks consistency.
I believe this was mainly done for keeping people from making a team with only exploders and destiny bonders, who would tie by just using those moves 6 times.
The problem he has with the rule is recoil, not Explosion.
As far as I know (read: I'm not 100% sure; this is my interpretation.), when it comes to Selfdestruct and Explosion, you kill yourself before you damage the opponent, which is why you would lose. On the other hand, recoil damage happens after the attack and after the KO.
In other words:
As far as I know (read: I'm not 100% sure; this is my interpretation.), when it comes to Selfdestruct and Explosion, you kill yourself before you damage the opponent, which is why you would lose. On the other hand, recoil damage happens after the attack and after the KO.
In other words:
- Blowing yourself up kills you before you kill the opponent.
- Recoil kills the opponent before it kills you.
That may very well be the case ingame, but the reverse is true on Shoddy, IIRC. See this recent warstory (if you can call it that) where an Arcanine knocks out a Marowak with Flare Blitz before Arcanine takes recoil damage.
tested on a porygon with conversion, psybeam, rain dance, sunny day
got water type. got psychic type from rest, normal type from conversion, and poison type from toxic. It always changes your type if it can, so you wouldn't get normal on your first go. Nasty plot doesn't exist in emerald, but I believe it should work on any move. So: ice or dark. I am interested in what you are planning...
if anyone knows...
I have a breeding question (egg hatching question). The breeding guide says that the step counter is reset every 256 steps. When this occurs, the game checks if there are eggs on your team. If the egg counter is not 0, it gets decreased by 2. If the egg counter is 0 or less, the egg hatches. If you are carrying more than one egg, all egg counters are checked starting from the topmost one.
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If that egg's egg counter is not zero, it is decreased accordingly (by 2 if you have a Magma Armor/Flame Body Pokémon, or by 1 otherwise), and the next egg is checked. If it is zero, then that egg hatches, and the other eggs’ counters are not checked or decreased. This means that you cannot hatch two or more eggs simultaneously, but you need to wait at least 256 steps (255 in DP) between a hatching egg and another.
Here is the question: if I place the newest eggs with the highest egg counters at the top of the party (30,30,30,2,0), will they be reduced before the low counters hatch (preventing some of the extra steps usually required when hatching multiple eggs). The breeding guide doesn't mention this, but I am hoping that the above egg counters would become (28,28,28,0, hatch). Placing the low counters at the top would result in (hatch, 2, 30, 30, 30). If the first case holds true, it would save some time. I am hoping to avoid testing this myself because I don't know much about egg counters and I find it difficult to pay close attention while breeding. Thanks.
On Wi-Fi, EV normally, and use the LV. 50 option.
Otherwise, try to get as little XP as possible from what you're training with, and use the box trick! xP
The box trick still works?
Ok, I'm working on this Yanmega and this is my first time ever breeding for a specific Hidden Power. I read articles as to how to breed my Yanmas to get good Hidden Powers on my own and bred several before coming here. I am down to 2 choices after breeding about 90 Yanmas with the nature and ability I wanted over the past 2 days.
Choice A:
HP: 23
Atk: 6 (irrelevant)
Def: 30
SpAtk: 23
SpDef: 31
Spd: 31
Hidden Power: 70 Ice
Take this and train it immediately. Would be great for Flying Types as well as Rhyperior and various Dragons. It would also be unexpected by many, especially people who would switch Skarmory in on Yanmega due to Type and not expect a Hidden Power that gets normal damage on it.
Choice B:
HP: 2
Atk: 30 (irrelevant)
Def: 22
SpAtk: 31
SpDef: 22
Spd: 6
Hidden Power: 70 Ground
Take this and breed it for better Speed and HP IVs, hopefully getting another 70 Ground. I'm not overly willing to go with this choice after an antagonizing 2 days of working to get the Hidden Power I want with at least decent IVs and reading articles all the way through, memorizing numbers, and testing IVs. But I will do whatever is seen as fit since I want this one to do well on my team. Sure, it would be great for Steel Types other than Skarmory, but it's a bit expected as the Hidden Power to put on Yanmega these days.
Anyway, this isn't exactly an overly "simple" question, but I'd like a second opinion here.
Choice A:
HP: 23
Atk: 6 (irrelevant)
Def: 30
SpAtk: 23
SpDef: 31
Spd: 31
Hidden Power: 70 Ice
Take this and train it immediately. Would be great for Flying Types as well as Rhyperior and various Dragons. It would also be unexpected by many, especially people who would switch Skarmory in on Yanmega due to Type and not expect a Hidden Power that gets normal damage on it.
Choice B:
HP: 2
Atk: 30 (irrelevant)
Def: 22
SpAtk: 31
SpDef: 22
Spd: 6
Hidden Power: 70 Ground
Take this and breed it for better Speed and HP IVs, hopefully getting another 70 Ground. I'm not overly willing to go with this choice after an antagonizing 2 days of working to get the Hidden Power I want with at least decent IVs and reading articles all the way through, memorizing numbers, and testing IVs. But I will do whatever is seen as fit since I want this one to do well on my team. Sure, it would be great for Steel Types other than Skarmory, but it's a bit expected as the Hidden Power to put on Yanmega these days.
Anyway, this isn't exactly an overly "simple" question, but I'd like a second opinion here.
What does the cro in crocune mean? Somebody told me that it means calm mind + roar, but crocune uses calm mind + resttalk.
Definition from wikipedia:
So in pokemon that basically means using your knowledge of what pokemon are most used in standard play and what movesets those pokemon will be using to make your own movesets and battling decisions. An example is that there is no rule in pokemon that says that your opponent has to use scizor on their team or that scizor has to have bullet punch in its move set, but your knowledge of the metagame tells you that you will be facing a scizor in at least 3 out of 4 standard battles you play and it will have bullet punch, so you can plan accordingly.
Definition from wikipedia:
So in pokemon that basically means using your knowledge of what pokemon are most used in standard play and what movesets those pokemon will be using to make your own movesets and battling decisions. An example is that there is no rule in pokemon that says that your opponent has to use scizor on their team or that scizor has to have bullet punch in its move set, but your knowledge of the metagame tells you that you will be facing a scizor in at least 3 out of 4 standard battles you play and it will have bullet punch, so you can plan accordingly.
Googling "crocune" led me to this old thread.
Apparently the reason for "Crocune" is the same as for the names "McGar" and "MoPcross."
Cool find! I know McGar is named for McGraw I guess I'll have to assume moveset names are named after the user that made them popular.
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