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No, only if you defeat them or run.
Yes, every time.
I'm not sure.
Journey Across America.
The trick that I normally use is to use two different colours, and black. You want to use a secondary colour to try to influence which stat gets reduced; all too often, making Aprijuice naively leads to a stat you care about dropping. The trick is to save first and try making Aprijuice with one colour; if that drops a stat you care about, add in the Apricorn for that stat too.
Also, check to see if any of the three stock Aprijuices available that day work. This can save a lot of trouble (and Apricorns!) Note that they each boost two stats and drop one, yet only advertise one of the stats they boost; you should try experimentally (save first, feed the juice to a Pokémon and check its summary to see which stats are marked as increased and which as decreased) first to see what the Aprijuice actually does (as opposed to what it's advertised as doing).
You can totally trade an egg for a poke. I do it all the time.
There is a beginner guide here. This will answer most of your questions like what the tiers are.
As for getting different types of Pokemon, you can trade between Gen III and Gen IV using Pal Park. You can also trade for what you need on the Wi-fi forum here. For battles, most people use the new Heart Gold/Soul Silver games. Although you should note that most of the really competitive battles happen on Shoddy Battle, given the numerous obstacles to optimal play present with the cartridges.
I don't think so, I think it did in the original G/S/C but they didn't change the script for the remakes.
Is there anything special about Togekiss's typing that I missed? I remember once ages ago a Superpower hit it for super effective damage. I couldn't understand why but I forgot about it until today when a Charge Beam hit my Togekiss and got neutral damage. I don't get it?
Also is there any reason why a Whirlwind or Roar would fail, I've never had them fail whilst using it myself but against different Pokémon in the wild sometimes it fails and a Honchkrow uses Whirlwind in the Elite Four and it failed a few times there. (I wasn't Ingrained or anything because it worked the second time). Is that just in game mechanics or something?
Well no, since the natural cure poke isn't asleep.
Roost could cause both of these symptoms.
Wow I never knew about that that's so cool O_O
If the Pokemon actually has Natural Cure, then you would not violate cartridge sleep clause. However, if it does not have Natural Cure (Blissey could have Serene Grace, Starmie might have Illuminate), then you lose.
Note that only applies to cartridge sleep clause. On Shoddy, second sleep simply fails. Whether it would fail in the case you describe I don't know - it shouldn't, but Shoddy has its share of bugs.
I imagine the natures and IVs don't change with each incarnation though, right? Then again, I guess you wouldn't know what that is unless you actually captured said Pokemon to see their stats.
Also had a question earlier in the thread: will the dogs' natures and IVs be set the moment you trigger them in the HG/SS Burned Tower, or only at your first in-the-wild encounter with one? I guess that question applies to the Latis post-game too.
Also, Swords Dance + Baton Pass is illegal on Shedinja because you need to evolve Nincada at certain levels to have the Ninjask learn them immeadiately and pass them to Shedinja.
Is it possible for me to get Shaymin (land form) with Air Slash?
It's worth bearing in mind that Choiced Pokemon make dreaful last Pokemon. If your last Poke's non-choiced, you may be able to come back and win depending on what the opponent has left, but if your last Poke's choiced it's liable to be gg.
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