Why would you ever want to use neutral natures? They don't boost anything, and whatever is lowered by the nature you choose, either doesn't really matter to that pokemon, or you'd switch. There's very little reason to use a neutral nature.
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Lax and Gentle: +Defense natures are generally used on tanks, thus it would be moronic to heighten one defense and lower the other. Most tanks run Relaxed or Sassy, because they are usually slow in the first place.
Docile/Bashful/Hardy/Quirky/Serious: The poster above me summed it up. There's not one Pokemon that doesn't benefit from having a stat boosting nature, usually because most Pokemon have a stat so low they don't ever use it (example: Speed on Slowbro), thus lower that stat and heighten another one they can use.
You could try 31 for HP, Def and SpD, 30 for Spe and SpA and 23 for Att, becuse I assume you wont use your attack stat.
Ok thanks. And if I'm using a scarf set for that latias what Evs and moves should it have? (Its for the wifi battle tower)
Well, any of Dragon Pulse/Meteor, Surf, Grass Knot, BoltBeam and Trick will work. I would use Trick, Draco Meteor and BoltBeam on a scarfer, depending what the rest of the team needs. I have also seen people use Earthquake on a Latios (for Magnezone, who otherwise eats you for breakfast), but if you have one physical sweeper, this shouldn't be a problem. For EVs, I would just use Timid/Modest, Max SpA and Spe because you don't need bulk.
I may not get a "simple" answer on this one:
I've got several pokes that I won on giveaways here with perfect IV's , shiny, etc on my Platinum cartridge. I am very paranoid about trading them over to my HeartGold cartridge as I've kept it "pure"(I don't own an AR and have never even so much as done any RNG abuse.....so you know I don't mess with pokesav). Is there any risk of any of these pokes screwing up, erasing, or corrupting your save file?
I've got several pokes that I won on giveaways here with perfect IV's , shiny, etc on my Platinum cartridge. I am very paranoid about trading them over to my HeartGold cartridge as I've kept it "pure"(I don't own an AR and have never even so much as done any RNG abuse.....so you know I don't mess with pokesav). Is there any risk of any of these pokes screwing up, erasing, or corrupting your save file?
@ Foblect: yes, it would, immediately. You may recall the glitch in gen III.
@ JackieChun: No, unless you are looking at tournaments, because they will be picked up by hack checks
EDIT: disregard this, I assumed it was AR, not RNG
@ JackieChun: No, unless you are looking at tournaments, because they will be picked up by hack checks
EDIT: disregard this, I assumed it was AR, not RNG
@ JackieChun: No, you're fine. Trade as much as you want, there haven't been any reporte cases as far as I know of glitching.
@Athenodoros: Hack checks can't pick up on RNGed mons.
@Athenodoros: Hack checks can't pick up on RNGed mons.
If you're using a Scarf set on Latias, you're best off using a Trick lead (you'll just be switching her out all the time if you try to get KOs with her, plus Specs Latios is much better for sweeping than Scarf Latias). For a Trick lead, you'll probably want max speed or close to it (to outspeed slower Pokemon after the Trick) with a Timid nature, but on top of that, you're best off using Charm (to ease switching in for whatever the next Pokemon you bring in is) and Thunder Wave (to make sure your switch-in is faster, and potential buy you free turns to set up). Your last move is your own choice (Flash is common), but the remainder of the EVs should go towards increasing her bulk; Trick leads generally don't attack, as it takes away from their purpose of giving you a weak Pokemon with a predictable attack to set up on. Obviously, if you're using a Trick lead Latias, there's no reason for you to be carrying HP Fire, either. Really, any Battle Frontier Lati@s has pretty much no use for HP Fire; they only carry it in Ubers to KO Scizor (and Forretress), who aren't that threatening in the Frontier. If you want to try sweeping with Lati@s, stick to moves with better base power/coverage: Draco Meteor, Dragon Pulse, Surf, Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, Grass Knot (really, I'd stick with Energy Ball), and Shadow Ball.
The new pokemon you send in is trapped.
Yes, there is a reason Gyarados is OU while Lapras in NU.
The original poke will switch out while Wobb traps whatever that comes in.
Use Electric type moves such as Thunderbolt or Grass type moves such as Seed Flare to hit it for Super Effective Damage. Unfortunately its defenses are very high so unless you have some boosts under your belt you can't OHKO it without a Critical Hit.
Vaporeon is very durable but opens the door for other Pokemon like Suicune to set up Calm Minds unless Vap has Roar. You should also consider Shaymin, Celebi and Zapdos which are all fantastic Pokemon who would help your teams greatly.
I am looking to create a new Dunsparce (I am calling him Run Out Dunsparce).
Ev's:252 Hp / 126 Def / 132 SpD
Moveset:Yawn
Spite
Substitute
Roost
Is it worth my while to move forward with this guy on the theory that move one is Substitute, move two is yawn(assumption that next opponent move will be an attack), move three through wake up will be spite. My goal is to run an opponent out of PP.
There are definite flaws but tell me what you think.
Ev's:252 Hp / 126 Def / 132 SpD
Moveset:Yawn
Spite
Substitute
Roost
Is it worth my while to move forward with this guy on the theory that move one is Substitute, move two is yawn(assumption that next opponent move will be an attack), move three through wake up will be spite. My goal is to run an opponent out of PP.
There are definite flaws but tell me what you think.
Do you think this pokemon would make a good lead?
Forretress
EVs: 252 HP/ 252 Spe. Def./ 6 def.
Moves: Spikes, toxic spikes, stealth rock, explosion
I think its pretty obvious what he does. Set up whatever he can and then explode. Is this a good idea or a waste of a pokemon? Nature: sassy
Forretress
EVs: 252 HP/ 252 Spe. Def./ 6 def.
Moves: Spikes, toxic spikes, stealth rock, explosion
I think its pretty obvious what he does. Set up whatever he can and then explode. Is this a good idea or a waste of a pokemon? Nature: sassy
Dunsparce's speed and defenses aren't stellar so it WILL get hit before subbing up. While you Yawn the substitute will be broken. After Yawn your opponent will naturally switch out so Spite will fail. If your goal is to run them out of PP then it's not going to work.
Really need a good 100% anwser
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Pokemon EV Training without levelling up
For example, I have a UT pokemon at lv50, and I dont want it to get past lv50. Is there anyway I can EV train it, and then use some sort of method to give its most potential EP stats, without levelling up
Say I want a Heatran to compete in the VGC09, I cannot level it past 50, but its lowest level possible is 50
Please help me