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DP Research Thread #1 ("Old")
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Check again. I sent them my test results, so the error has been corrected.
Just the same, confirmation would be cool.
Sometimes, a Wild Ditto holding Quick Powder Transforms itself into my lv.59 Magcargo and, well, outspeed her...
Well i guess this is because after transforming you would have the same speed. So 50/50 chance of going first.
Is there perhaps room for Ditto's IVs to come into it, allowing it to be faster?
If ditto copies the foe's stats EXACTLY, then why would Ditto's IVs matter? It's because they're the same speed, and there's a 50/50 shot of the ditto going first. It would happen with any ditto. Quick Powder or no.
This is all from what I've been told, not anything I've tested- But IIRC Ditto's IVs (end EVs, but these're wild) are applied to the foe's base stats... But I think this all warrants some research, so if I get the time, I'll check out Ditto (and Mew, perhaps) sometime later.
I tested my Ditto with a high Speed IV and max Speed EVs transforming into my Forretress with a low Speed IV and no Speed EVs. In the subsequent rounds, sometimes the Ditto went first and sometimes the Forretress went first (using the same move). The move order appeared to be random between the two of them.
Does this mean that a level 1 ditto could, potentially, survive one round with Focus Sash, and the next turn, strike first with the power of a lv.100? Or does it copy everything but HP, and then adjust for level?
You have to take into consideration that level 1 Pokemon do less damage than level 100 Pokemon with the same Attack stat.
Things slip my mind occasionally, eep.
*Drops off the Ditto subject because I obviously suck at it*
Does anyone have any input on the Light Ball study I did last page?
Couple of ability bits from the Nintendo Player's Guide for D/P:
Abilities affected by Mold Breaker are:
Edit: Christ on a cracker, how did I forget Levitate?
Moves affected by Soundproof:
So the only new moves affected by Soundproof are Bug Buzz and Chatter.
Abilities affected by Mold Breaker are:
Nintendo's DP walkthrough guide said:
Edit: Christ on a cracker, how did I forget Levitate?
Moves affected by Soundproof:
So the only new moves affected by Soundproof are Bug Buzz and Chatter.
Considerably less damage, by the way. A 350-Attack Lucario at L100 deals 1159 damage minimum to Blissey with Reversal at 1 HP.
A L1 Ditto transformed into that same Lucario does... 70 damage maximum.
Actually, before you showed up there was a guy named Puniverse who did a ton of testing for us, and was in the running for the Research Badge.
Then one day he asked me to coach him for a Pokemon tournament he had in France. I did, and he emerged from the tournament as the grand champion - and he won a Wii for his efforts. He has never been heard from again. Presumably he's still playing with his Wii.
Anyway, his tests with Flower Gift indicated it boosted stats other than those two, and sometimes not even that combination. His tests showed that Attack and Special Defense got boosted, IIRC.
EDIT: Here is his research.
Yeah, I remember reading that when I joined. Perhaps I'll pick up where he left off.
On another subject, I've mentioned before that the NP guide says that Gravity boosts the accuracy of all Pokémon. Preliminary testing indicates that the accuracy boost may be much stronger than I suspected.
Out of 50 Fire Blasts (85% accurate), all 50 hit.
Out of 50 Iron Tails (75% accurate), all 50 hit.
Out of 50 Zap Cannons (50% accurate), 44 hit.
I'm going to run more Zap Cannon tests soon, along with some OHKO tests.
On another subject, I've mentioned before that the NP guide says that Gravity boosts the accuracy of all Pokémon. Preliminary testing indicates that the accuracy boost may be much stronger than I suspected.
Out of 50 Fire Blasts (85% accurate), all 50 hit.
Out of 50 Iron Tails (75% accurate), all 50 hit.
Out of 50 Zap Cannons (50% accurate), 44 hit.
I'm going to run more Zap Cannon tests soon, along with some OHKO tests.
That's impressive, I'll try to test gravity as well if I have a chance.
Wow, it looks like gravity can actually be usable!
Holy shit, that's absolutely insane. More testing is definitely needed here.
It is possible, but you've got a 50/50 chance.
I agree completely. As I said, that was just my preliminary testing (meaning that I stopped because I went to sleep). I'm honestly hoping that the accuracy boost isn't actually as high as x1.75. A modifier of x1.5 seems slightly more reasonable to me in terms of game balance.
I believe this is the case, but haven't done empirical testing.
x1.75 fits the numbers you got better (approximately 87% acc on zap cannon if true, when 88% hit), but then again the rng could've just been generous. Even x1.5 would be amazing, though.
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