First of all, hello everyone!
Im playing Pokemon Platinum and I have a couple of questions about how to get my pokemon as best as possible. I have read all of your articles and the only one i completely understood was about how to Ev train.
Here comes the questions:
1. At what lvl should i start thinking about breeding, catching and Ev-training my pokemon? And by lvl i mean at wich point in the game..
2. If i want to get a pokemon with a specific nature, IV and moves, how should i do it. Can u explain it in an easy way. I did NOT understand about the RNG mechanics.
3. And how should i catch my desired pokemon (with desired nature, IV etc)
4. How do you know what IV your pokemon have, i.e. what number?
5. Do the pokemon have different IVs for different stats? i.e. for speed, att etc.
6. What lvls do you often battle with in tournaments, i.e. what lvl should i train my pokemon to?
7. Wich one should i use in my pokemon team, turtwig or chimchar? And plz tell me why?
Thank you in advance!! I would REALLLLLY apreciate if someone could answer some or all of my questions. And when you answer could you plz answer in the most simplest way possible :D
Thank you again!
Hello and welcome to smogon! You have quite a few questions, so I'll try to answer them best as possible. But first things first, it's kind of late to be playing Platinum- we're already three games and one generation ahead. Try getting some newer game, such as BW or BW2 when it comes out.
1.EV train as soon as possible, but it's easiest once you've beaten the game and have access to all wild pokemon available.
Questions 2,3,4, and 5 are all similar, and deal with the mechanics of IV's and EV's. I'll summarize what they are here. All pokemon have base stats- they are the set in concrete, you can not change number- the game developers decide each species base stat. What YOU can manipulate, however, are the added points towards stats- the EV's and IV's.
EV's are effort values. Think of these as bonuses towards certain stats that your pokemon earns depending on the pokemon they battle. These are more manipulateable- if you mess up, you can erase them, and you can get them quickly through vitamins (calcium, etc.)
IV's are individual values. As the name suggests, IV's are stat bonuses that each individual pokemon earn. These vary for every pokemon. These are also set in stone once a pokemon hatches from it's egg. These you have no power over once your egg is taken from the daycare man.
I really can't explain how to manipulate IV's here without taking too much space, but the general idea is to breed two pokemon with high IV's in order to get another with equally high IV's. I understand your confusion because it is quite confusing.
in order to view your IV's, you have to use an IV calculator- the one I use is on serebii, but you can just google search it. There is no other way to view your IV's.
as for EV's, there is also no other way besides cold cut tallying the pokemon you defeat and keeping track as your poke gains levels. If you talk so certain NPCs in the game, they will notify you if your pokemon maxes out in EV's.
6. Common lvls are 50 and 100. Good luck XD
7. It depends on what tier you play but because this is the OU subforum the obvious answer is chimchar because of it's high speed and offensive stats, and great movepool.
I hope I helped! Once again, welcome to the site!
