[READ ME] Tips for Simple Hack Checks

Tatertot said:
If you get flawless legends from wonder trade or the GTS, they're almost assuredly hacks. There's no obvious giveaway trait on either of these, but that doesn't mean that they weren't hacked by someone who knows what they're doing.

I'd toss them, but if you're going to keep them then definitely don't trade them here.
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Well, I don't have any intention of trading these Pokemon. I just want them to be hack checked, and if they are confirmed hacked, I'll release them.

Language: ENG
Species: Suicune
OT: Stephen
ID No.: 03305
IVs: 31/31/16/20/31/28
EVs (optional): No EVs
Ability: Pressure
Pokemon's name: Suicune
Gender: Genderless
Level: 50
Pokeball: Great Ball
Shiny?: Yes
Moves: Aurora Beam, Mist, Mirror Coat, Ice Fang
Nature: Bold
Region of origin: Hoenn
Characteristic: Somewhat vain
Ribbons: None
Other comments (optional): I got this from the GTS. Its OT may have the same IGN as me, but the OT is not me.
 
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stevexclax said:
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  • Raikou is a hack.
  • For the Entei, if Hoenn = Gen 3 Hoenn, then it's a hack.
    Otherwise (at the very least) it seems unlikely someone would catch their legend in a PokéBall when it doesn't match, but you'd have to give more details (catch location, level encountered, etc.) for a more thorough analysis.
  • Suicune seems fine (although mediocre at best). [Although again, if you mean Hoenn = Gen 3 Hoenn, then it's a hack.]

Please don't ask us to hack check everything you've ever received. That'll grow old real fast. If you're not planning to trade the things, then be happy with what you have. If you have reason to believe they may be hacked (otherwise why are you asking) then just release the thing, you're probably right.
 
Don't know if this helps, but would it be a good idea to include a question like 'Blue Pentagon: Yes or No' in the info form just to avoid the confusions between 3rd Gen Hoenn and ORAS Hoenn? ?_?
 
Language: English
Species: Arceus
OT: TRU
ID No.: 11079
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
EVs (optional): 252 hp/252 def/4 sp def
Ability: Multitype
Pokemon's name: Arceus
Gender: None
Level: 100
Pokeball: Cherish ball
Shiny?: no
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Thunder, Judgement, Flamethrower
Nature: Bold
Region of origin: Sinnoh
Characteristic: Mischevious
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Other comments (optional): Got it off a facebook trade over a year ago, figured I'd check to see it's legality before offering it as a trade option.
 
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nightwolf said:
Language: English
Species: Arceus
OT: TRU
ID No.: 11079
IVs: 31/31/31/31/31/31
EVs (optional): 252 hp/252 def/4 sp def
Ability: Multitype
Pokemon's name: Arceus
Gender: None
Level: 100
Pokeball: Cherish ball
Shiny?: no
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Thunder, Judgement, Flamethrower
Nature: Bold
Region of origin: Sinnoh
Characteristic: Mischevious
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Other comments (optional): Got it off a facebook trade over a year ago, figured I'd check to see it's legality before offering it as a trade option.
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It's legal, but I personally wouldn't trade it considering it came from a Facebook trade.
 
nightwolf said:
why exactly? think the guy that traded it could've scammed it or ignoring redis guidelines?
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Facebook is a place that is notorious for hacks. Honestly, the only Pokemon you should be trading here on Smogon should be things you obtained yourself, obtained from users here on Smogon, or got from trusted users on trusted websites. Anything else will likely be met with suspicion by the community.
 
Tatertot said:
Facebook is a place that is notorious for hacks. Honestly, the only Pokemon you should be trading here on Smogon should be things you obtained yourself, obtained from users here on Smogon, or got from trusted users on trusted websites. Anything else will likely be met with suspicion by the community.
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fair enough
 
I got this HP Grass Pidgey a while ago in a d trade, and I noticed the trainer ID started with 00. Is that an indication of a hack? So... Is the following pokemon hacked? (It's in a Friend ball)
 

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Fiat500 said:
I got this HP Grass Pidgey a while ago in a d trade, and I noticed the trainer ID started with 00. Is that an indication of a hack? So... Is the following pokemon hacked? (It's in a Friend ball)
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The game has a Trainer ID (the one you see in the summary of a Pokemon, or on your Trainer Card), and a Secret ID, which is normally hidden. Both can be any number between 0 and 65535. So, in summary, it's perfectly possible.
 
Agonist said:
The game has a Trainer ID (the one you see in the summary of a Pokemon, or on your Trainer Card), and a Secret ID, which is normally hidden. Both can be any number between 0 and 65535. So, in summary, it's perfectly possible.
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Aaah ok thanks :) I was bit concerned since I had never seen a trainer ID with 00 at the start
 
Fiat500 said:
Aaah ok thanks :) I was bit concerned since I had never seen a trainer ID with 00 at the start
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My Gen 5 games all had a 0/0 TID/SID combination, which I RNGed for the novelty of it. Obviously, you can't RNG on Generation 6, but 0 is still a possible ID number.
 
Language: english
Species: landorus
OT: Vivian James
ID No.: 64917
IVs: 31/31/31/x/31/31
EVs (optional): none that I am aware of
Ability: intimidate it's in incarnate form as of now
Pokemon's name: landorus
Gender:male
Level:50
Pokeball:masterball
Shiny?:no
Moves:extrasensory,swords dance, earth power, rock slide
Nature: adamant
Region of origin: faraway place came from ORAS maybe?
Characteristic: takes plenty of siestas
Ribbons: none
Other comments (optional): received this in a series of trades and it originated from this website. Seems fine but just want to make sure.
 
chester0334 said:
Region of origin: faraway place came from ORAS maybe?
Other comments (optional): received this in a series of trades and it originated from this website. Seems fine but just want to make sure.
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Did you obtained this from your X/Y game? If so, then yes because iirc all Pokes that were obtained/bred from ORAS would have the location 'Faraway Place' in their summary. Though I don't know the exact purpose of that location, perhaps its a placeholder of some sort...?
 
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chester0334 said:
Language: english
Species: landorus
OT: Vivian James
ID No.: 64917
IVs: 31/31/31/x/31/31
EVs (optional): none that I am aware of
Ability: intimidate it's in incarnate form as of now
Pokemon's name: landorus
Gender:male
Level:50
Pokeball:masterball
Shiny?:no
Moves:extrasensory,swords dance, earth power, rock slide
Nature: adamant
Region of origin: faraway place came from ORAS maybe?
Characteristic: takes plenty of siestas
Ribbons: none
Other comments (optional): received this in a series of trades and it originated from this website. Seems fine but just want to make sure.
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Teflonrium said:
Did you obtained this from your X/Y game? If so, then yes because iirc all Pokes that were obtained/bred from ORAS would have the location 'Faraway Place' in their summary. Though I don't know the exact purpose of location, perhaps its a placeholder of some sort...?
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Faraway Place is what all ORAS pokemon traded to XY have for a location. As for the legitimately of Landorus, it is legal but I do not know if it is hacked or not.
 
chester0334 said:
Language: english
Species: landorus
OT: Vivian James
ID No.: 64917
IVs: 31/31/31/x/31/31
EVs (optional): none that I am aware of
Ability: intimidate it's in incarnate form as of now
Pokemon's name: landorus
Gender:male
Level:50
Pokeball:masterball
Shiny?:no
Moves:extrasensory,swords dance, earth power, rock slide
Nature: adamant
Region of origin: faraway place came from ORAS maybe?
Characteristic: takes plenty of siestas
Ribbons: none
Other comments (optional): received this in a series of trades and it originated from this website. Seems fine but just want to make sure.
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This looks like hobo bob's Landorus, he offers it to another user in this post.
 
Language: ENG
Species: Omanyte
OT: Leon
ID No.: 6538
IVs: 31/31/31/31/29/31
Ability: Weak Armor
Pokemon's name: Pi
Gender: Female
Level: 100
Pokeball: Dive ball
Shiny?: No
Moves: Surf
Nature: Brave
Region of origin: Black 2
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ribbons: None
Notes: I sort of doubt about this one but hey I have Leveled to 100 useless pokemon so it's worth a shot to ask...

Language: ENG
Species: Snorlax
OT: Natsuki
ID No.: 21
IVs: 31/31/31/31/30/25
Ability: Immunity
Pokemon's name: Snorlax
Gender: Female
Level: 10
Pokeball: Dive
Shiny?: No
Moves: Tackle, defense curl, amnesia, recycle
Nature: Impish
Region of origin: White 2
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ribbons: None
 
I have several pokemon I need someone's advice on. I need my mind to be at ease!
Language: ENG
Species: Garchomp
OT: STEF
ID No.: 39103
IVs: not sure (haven't got that far in the game to check with the guy who can tell you) stats are: HP: 357 Atk: 326 Def: 226 Sp.Atk: 259 Sp.Def: 185 and Spd: 303. can anyone tell me what the IVs are?
Ability: Rough Skin
Gender: Male
Level: 100
Pokeball: Poke ball
Shiny: No
Moves: Draco Meteor, Fire Blast, Earthquake and Stone Edge
Nature: Naughty
Region of origin: Faraway Place (my concern)
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ribbons: None
Notes: Received with Pokerus, egg received and hatched on 12/01/2014 (I didn't hatch it, I received it at level 100.) Has memories: Given a fateful name. The Pokémon remembers it got nervous and Garchomp became my friend when it arrived via Link Trade at pokemon centre, The Pokémon remembers that its feelings were indescribable.

I also have a Charizard and Talonflame that need checking.
 
KA-POW! said:
I have several pokemon I need someone's advice on. I need my mind to be at ease!
Language: ENG
Species: Garchomp
OT: STEF
ID No.: 39103
IVs: not sure (haven't got that far in the game to check with the guy who can tell you) stats are: HP: 357 Atk: 326 Def: 226 Sp.Atk: 259 Sp.Def: 185 and Spd: 303. can anyone tell me what the IVs are?
Ability: Rough Skin
Gender: Male
Level: 100
Pokeball: Poke ball
Shiny: No
Moves: Draco Meteor, Fire Blast, Earthquake and Stone Edge
Nature: Naughty
Region of origin: Faraway Place (my concern)
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ribbons: None
Notes: Received with Pokerus, egg received and hatched on 12/01/2014 (I didn't hatch it, I received it at level 100.) Has memories: Given a fateful name. The Pokémon remembers it got nervous and Garchomp became my friend when it arrived via Link Trade at pokemon centre, The Pokémon remembers that its feelings were indescribable.

I also have a Charizard and Talonflame that need checking.
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If you are playing ORAS then pokes from XY will say Faraway place and vice versa
 
KA-POW! said:
I have several pokemon I need someone's advice on. I need my mind to be at ease!
Language: ENG
Species: Garchomp
OT: STEF
ID No.: 39103
IVs: not sure (haven't got that far in the game to check with the guy who can tell you) stats are: HP: 357 Atk: 326 Def: 226 Sp.Atk: 259 Sp.Def: 185 and Spd: 303. can anyone tell me what the IVs are?
Ability: Rough Skin
Gender: Male
Level: 100
Pokeball: Poke ball
Shiny: No
Moves: Draco Meteor, Fire Blast, Earthquake and Stone Edge
Nature: Naughty
Region of origin: Faraway Place (my concern)
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ribbons: None
Notes: Received with Pokerus, egg received and hatched on 12/01/2014 (I didn't hatch it, I received it at level 100.) Has memories: Given a fateful name. The Pokémon remembers it got nervous and Garchomp became my friend when it arrived via Link Trade at pokemon centre, The Pokémon remembers that its feelings were indescribable.

I also have a Charizard and Talonflame that need checking.
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Can you tell us the EVs?
 
KeldeoJustified said:
If you are playing ORAS then pokes from XY will say Faraway place and vice versa
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Ok, thanks. He did say that his Pokémon were native to ORAS and I was playing Y at the time.

Togie said:
Can you tell us the EVs?
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I don't have my DS with me at the moment as I'm at work. When I'm home I will check, I think they were 252 Speed, 252 Sp.Atk and 6 Atk.
Like I said, I will double check when I get home.

Moderator edit: Don't double post.
 
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KeldeoJustified said:
If you are playing ORAS then pokes from XY will say Faraway place and vice versa
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not true..pokemon obtained in x/y will have the place they were caught/hatched displayed in ORAS.

KA-POW! said:
I have several pokemon I need someone's advice on. I need my mind to be at ease!
Language: ENG
Species: Garchomp
OT: STEF
ID No.: 39103
IVs: not sure (haven't got that far in the game to check with the guy who can tell you) stats are: HP: 357 Atk: 326 Def: 226 Sp.Atk: 259 Sp.Def: 185 and Spd: 303. can anyone tell me what the IVs are?
Ability: Rough Skin
Gender: Male
Level: 100
Pokeball: Poke ball
Shiny: No
Moves: Draco Meteor, Fire Blast, Earthquake and Stone Edge
Nature: Naughty
Region of origin: Faraway Place (my concern)
Characteristic: Likes to thrash about
Ribbons: None
Notes: Received with Pokerus, egg received and hatched on 12/01/2014 (I didn't hatch it, I received it at level 100.) Has memories: Given a fateful name. The Pokémon remembers it got nervous and Garchomp became my friend when it arrived via Link Trade at pokemon centre, The Pokémon remembers that its feelings were indescribable.

I also have a Charizard and Talonflame that need checking.
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Without the evs it's impossible to tell anything but to your concern...if you're playing on xY and it came from ORAS faraway place is normal
 
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