Recent content by dragonxx21

Well... it looks like I'm out of luck for the Regi's, Rayquaza, Kyogre, Latias, Cresselia, and Heatran. I guess that's okay. I'll soft reset for the rest. Edit: Is it worth restarting and recatching the pokemon listed above for ideal IVs? Most of them are not in the OU category so is it...

I looked at the dex entry, but it doesn't specify what you should have for IVs, only for the EVs.

Oh wow, so for the legendaries I've already caught, I've SoL unless I restart the game or trade for one? Edit: Also, when looking at the different builds for pokemon, how do you determine what the best IVs would be? For legendaries do you just soft reset for nature and just hope you get decent...

What about legendary pokemon which cannot be bred?

Another question for you guys. When you finally figure out what team you plan on going with, how do you go about getting said team inside the actual game?

Well I mean, if you're theory crafting teams for example, you probably wouldn't want to have to raise each pokemon from scratch for each team would you?

Another question: How do you guys usually test out your teams? I don't imagine you raise every pokemon from scratch just for testing them out, do you?

Thanks for this awesome answer. So what would be the best course of action to learning about the metagame and competitive battle in general? Should I just look around the smogon forums? Are there any resources you personally would recommend to a person completely new to competitive battle?

What would you guys say is the most common format for tournaments? I want to get into competitive battling but I feel like it'd be more beneficial to learn one format and get good at it before branching out. Also, do tournaments usually have some sort of restrictions on the pokemon allowed (such...