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Does Sturdy prevent any labeled OHKO moves along with moves that will KO in one hit from full HP? And will Sturdy 'activate' for an OHKO move when the target already has lost some HP?
 
Does Sturdy prevent any labeled OHKO moves along with moves that will KO in one hit from full HP? And will Sturdy 'activate' for an OHKO move when the target already has lost some HP?
Check out this Bulbapedia page.

To answer your question real fast, the Sturdy ability will only 'activate' when the targeted Pokémon is about to be OHKO'd from full health. Sturdy will prevent the Pokémon from fainting in one hit and will then leave the Pokémon at 1 HP. The OHKO moves Sheer Cold, Fissure, Guillotine, and Horn Drill will NEVER work against Pokémon with Sturdy, regardless of HP.
 
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Check out this Bulbapedia page.
To answer your question real fast, the Sturdy ability will only 'activate' when the targeted Pokémon is about to be OHKO'd from full health. Sturdy will prevent the Pokémon from fainting in one hit and will then leave the Pokémon at 1 HP. The OHKO moves Sheer Cold, Fissure, Guillotine, and Horn Drill will NEVER work against Pokémon with Sturdy, regardless of HP.
ty a lot, and ty for linking
 
Hello, I am Kyra and I am 23 years old. I have been playing Pokémon for as long as I can remember. Started with Red and Yellow and it has never never left me since then. I love Pokémon so much, it's unbelievable. Pokémon is my life. Sometimes it depresses me a bit because this is the most important thing in my life. I don't want to do anything in my life besides Pokémon. When I'm at my school (I study graphic design at an art academy) I can only think about Pokémon. It controls my life. Mostly in a good way though, as I'm having fun dedicating my life to Pokémon. Not only am I into the games, I also love the TCG (not so much the game, more the collecting noatalgia parts) and the anime.

I've come to Smogon because I want to gather with other Pokemon lovers. I want to share, I want to come together. I also battle a lot, but not too competitively.

Well that was my introduction. Bye bye ^.^
Hey! You're posting this in the wrong section, though. You should introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself! thread.

You're now in the Have a Question? Ask it here? thread. If you have any question for now, you can ask them here. Anyhow, have fun out here on the forums! :)
 
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I want to make a team based around Giratina-Origin in Ubers, but I do not know which Gira-O set is the best. Should I run the bulky physical set with Defog/Will-O-Wisp/Shadow Sneak/ Dragon Tail or the Mixed set with Draco Meteor/ Defog/ Shadow Ball/ Shadow Sneak? I want Gira-O to function as a bulky yet powerful member on the team. Which set is better?
 
What is the analysis format for RB? I want to write an analysis for venusaur but i don't know the differences between the gen 6 format and the gen 1 format. Or is there no difference and I'm asking this question for no reason.
 
I want to make a team based around Giratina-Origin in Ubers, but I do not know which Gira-O set is the best. Should I run the bulky physical set with Defog/Will-O-Wisp/Shadow Sneak/ Dragon Tail or the Mixed set with Draco Meteor/ Defog/ Shadow Ball/ Shadow Sneak? I want Gira-O to function as a bulky yet powerful member on the team. Which set is better?
Look here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/giratina-o.3499890/ (completed analysis for XY meta)
and here: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/giratina-o-qc-0-3.3523999/ (in-progress analysis for ORAS)
Has anyone made a WIP post about Flareon yet because my head is cluttering with compettitive sets for it O_o
Look here, it's already done and uploaded to the Pokedex: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/flareon.3514857/
 
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Does anyone know how I change my avatar into a different 'standard' avatar? I just want another Pokémon displayed there, not my own ava.
 
Does anyone know how I change my avatar into a different 'standard' avatar? I just want another Pokémon displayed there, not my own ava.
You can find a BW sprite through Google Images or something similar, or you can go to Smogon's sprite generator here.
 
Does anyone know how I change my avatar into a different 'standard' avatar? I just want another Pokémon displayed there, not my own ava.
You can find a BW sprite through Google Images or something similar, or you can go to Smogon's sprite generator here.

Hello! Sorry the one hosted on site doesn't have gen 6 and is currently broken since I never updated it after the site change :x I'm in process of making a new one here:
http://sandshrewz.github.io/spritegenerator2

It still has a couple of kinks though and looks messy x.x hopefully it'll be suffice for now! :)
 
New to breeding, and I have a few questions about the mechanics of breeding competitive-level pokemon.

1. When are IVs, nature, and ability assigned to a pokemon inside an egg? Is it at the time of hatching or when you first receive the egg?

2. What is the best way to pass down a particular, non-hidden ability on a species with two non-hidden abilities? Does it matter if either/both of the parents have that particular ability?

3. Does using a hacked pokemon to breed in desirable IVs/abilities/natures have negative consequences in online and/or offline competitive play? I ask this because I recently received a shiny, 6 IV pokemon via Wonder Trade. I strongly suspect it was hacked, but I'd still love to have access to those IVs if it won't get me into trouble.​

Thank you for the help! :D
 
New to breeding, and I have a few questions about the mechanics of breeding competitive-level pokemon.

1. When are IVs, nature, and ability assigned to a pokemon inside an egg? Is it at the time of hatching or when you first receive the egg?

2. What is the best way to pass down a particular, non-hidden ability on a species with two non-hidden abilities? Does it matter if either/both of the parents have that particular ability?

3. Does using a hacked pokemon to breed in desirable IVs/abilities/natures have negative consequences in online and/or offline competitive play? I ask this because I recently received a shiny, 6 IV pokemon via Wonder Trade. I strongly suspect it was hacked, but I'd still love to have access to those IVs if it won't get me into trouble.​

Thank you for the help! :D

1. They're assigned the minute you receive the egg, i.e. you cannot soft reset to hatch a Pokemon of a different nature, IV, etc.

2. Get/breed a female of that species with the wanted non-hidden ability, as the female is the one that passes on the ability (80% rate for non-hidden abilities I think?) when two Pokemon of the same egg group is bred, then breed this female as desired. Whether or not the male has the ability does not matter. The only time a male can pass on its ability is when it is bred with a Ditto.

3. Typically it's frowned upon in this community. Whether or not you choose to use it is up to you, but most people greatly dislike the usage of hacked Pokemon or even the offspring of hacked Pokemon, especially in competitive play.

Hope this helped, let me know if you need anything clarified.
 
Hi, probably a silly question, but how can I start getting into teambuilding/ laddering? Is there a brief guide with definitions or like a noobie FAQ thread somewhere?? If it helps i'm looking at the OU tier.
 
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