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So vitamins and berries will still have their effect at level 100, and the only thing that I can no longer do is get EVs from battles (as you can no longer get exp)... thanks!

Okay, EV question here: I have a Entei at level 100 that I was traded. Looking at its stats, it's clear they original trainer didn't focus on EVs. So my question is, are there any options I can take to modify this at least a little? Like can I give it berries to reduce the Special Attack to 0...

I liked it, good read, good match. However, I could have done without this comment, as it kind of spoiled the outcome very early on: "TTar probably lost this battle for me. You’ll see why in the end."

Quick inquiry: Say I switch in a unstatused Heracross with Flame Orb attached against a Breloom using Spore. Heracross then goes to sleep... but does the Flame Orb activate at the end of turn and change the status to Burn, or would it have to wait until he wakes up? I assume he has to wait...

Damn... I could have sworn I got it to 2 at one time in Ruby, when I didn't EV train one and was just playing through the normal game. Oh well, thanks for the info.

If I give Shedinja 4 EVs in HP, would that mean its HP would be at 2 at level 100? Or does he work differently from everyone else in regards to EVs and HP?

Agree. If he tosses in Gliscor for Torterra, though, he should be fairly well off.

I fully agree, although I feel that Life Orb tends to work much better in Doubles, as with 8 potential attacks at your disposal it's much easier to just continue sweeping with super effective hits. It's also much more dangerous to switch out in Doubles, as it's much harder to play the prediction...

Bronzong is great in Doubles... but the Garchomp example above, not so much. It's x4 weakness to Ice is lethal in doubles, as you have two movepools to worry about. Due to speed, power and coverage, you can more than expect to see a Starmie or a Weavile as a lead, which will slaughter the...

Doubles is fun... just the number of options that you can do successfully is cut down a lot. It's highly focused on just quick and hard hitting guys, and with two movepools at your disposal it's pretty easy to always have a super effective attack that will OHKO the other, meaning it often comes...

Breloom says hi

Again, to what avail? You aren't running a set that takes advantage of running through lots of turns. And using Dig to "force a switch"...? Why? Lets run through a likely scenario: *Shedinja uses Dig* *other attack misses* *Opponent switches to Gengar* *Shedinja uses Dig.... misses* Now who...

To what avail? You aren't running Toxic, so wasting a turn isn't going to help you unless you plan to burn through their PPs. A early warning on an attack that has immunities is always a bad thing, but I doubt I have to explain much how worthless Dig is.

Just tested this out, and yep, correct... wow, so I guess I really did play 397 hours then.....

397 hours here. However, I leave my game in standby a lot, and it seems to still count the time from that... so it's not a fair representation, although fairly close.