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Unikatze said:
What's the legit way of EV wiping Pokemon?
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Lots and lots of berries, one berry (of the respective type) sets the EVs to 100 (if above 100) and then down by 10 for each berry used. They're kind of rare but I'm sure you have at a few if you have D/P/PT, you should plant some and keep a good stock. Google 'EV berries' and you'll find it.


poccil said:
The abilities mentioned cause the attack to be ineffective, meaning that the attack never deals damage.

No effect can restore life points (as I call HP) to a substitute. A substitute's life points can be only reduced by damage from opponents' attacks. Thus, if a substitute that begins with 50 life points loses 30 points from damage, it will fade if it loses 20 more life points.
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And thanks....but oh how I wish you could heal substitutes.
 
Tony_M_W said:
Which Pokémon have only 1 eye (Making cyclops theme team)?
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Magnemite
Unown
Duskull
Dusclops
Beldum
Dusknoir
Magnezone (Only if the eyes on the side aren't real.)
Spiritomb (I'm counting the on swirly thing as its eye. If it has more than one, disregard this.)

So there's only 6 without Magnezone and Spiritomb and I doubt you'll be able to make a team with these. You could stretch it and count Starmie's crystal as an eye.
 
iRyu said:
Quick Question.
So I got a shiny Roselia awhile back and I decided to EV train it for Special Attack and Speed.
Now, when I look up my IV's so I can figure out my SID, the Sp.Att and Speed IV's are labeled as impossible.
Is there anyway besides using an AR to figure out my SID using this Roselia?
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If its level 100 then you can use the berries each once and then put 100 into the EV part of the calculator, or its possible (no offense) that you forgot to put the EVs into the calculator to begin with.
 
Is it best to ev train the final evolution of a pokemon or does it really matter? Should I ev train my Nincada or wait til it evolves to Ninjask to ev train it?
 
eastamazonantidote said:
I use Super Fang against a Substitute while my opponent's pokemon is at full health. Does the attack take off half the Sub's health or break it?
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It breaks it. It'll keep on breaking it until the opponent has less than half health.
ztang said:
Is it best to ev train the final evolution of a pokemon or does it really matter? Should I ev train my Nincada or wait til it evolves to Ninjask to ev train it?
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Doesn't matter. Do whichever.
 
Modest Milotic@ Life Orb with
394 HP/x/236 Defense/282 Special Attack/286 Special Defense/198 Speed
Surf/HP Electric/ Hypnosis or Ice Beam/ Recover

Bold Milotic@ Leftovers with
368 HP/x/282 Defense/263 Special Attack/286 Special Defense/198 Speed
Surf/Ice Beam/Hypnosis/Recover

A. Which one is more viable in OU?
B. Would the first moveset like Ice Beam or Hypnosis?
 
McLovinn said:
Macho Brace>Power items.
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Macho Brace is never better under any circumstances excepting ones where you don't have access to the power items.
iRyu said:
Shiny Roselia's IVs.
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EV reducing berries should serve nicely if you're not one hundred per cent certain that you EV trained your pokemon properly. If you are certain, perchance try a new calculator. I've found this one to work remarkably well, similar to Metalkid's but much more user-friendly: http://waitingforseedot.appspot.com/ivs
Unikatze said:
Traded pokemon?
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There are several issues with them if you're overly fussy, though most are moot unless you're planning on battling professionally with said pokemon. First, you can't change a traded pokemon's name, which can be a bother if you're trading with people from Serebii's IRC who have a penchance for naming their pokemon 'pooface'. Second, if you haven't completed the game your pokemon might not listen to you, though this is, of course, easily remedied by just beating the bloody game. Third, your pokemon may be hacked. Things to watch for: Impossible abilities, perfect IVs (pokemon obtained by abusing the RNG are still legitimate, though) 252 EVs in all stats, or certain shiny wondercard pokemon. Last point, and this is a major one, the pokemon you're getting might just plain suck.
Jigglez said:
Is it a viable lead if my flawless areodactyl has rock head ability instead of pressure?
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Pressure is mainly used over Rock Head because most Aerodactyls don't use any recoil-inducing moves. Though, running an Aerodactyl without pressure might go a little ways towards misleading your opponent into assuming you're running... Double edge, maybe? Either way, Aerodactyl is by no means going to stall even an 8PP move out of PP, so you may as well keep the one you have.
Pyphoria said:
Substitute query.
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Your substitute has an HP bar separate from your pokemon's, equal to 25% of your HP, regardless of what you do with your HP in the following turns. Basically, it's as if you're in a double battle and your opponent is down to his last pokemon and your incredibly frail partner insists on using Follow Me until it's dead. And, you can revive him. And he leeches your HP when you do. I hate metaphors.
 
Currently tackling the Battle Factory. I am having difficulty obtaining the color print as the AI in the factory after round 4 or even round 3 becomes really tricky to survive. Constant QC (insert 1-KO move here) by many assailants in that place has given me a really headache, just as much as getting CHed.

Current streak 29 on lvl 50.

Does anybody know exactly which pokes give them major problems in the factory and tips on how to survive them?
 
eastamazonantidote:

Super Fang's damage is calculated based on the Substitute user's HP. That damage is passed on to the substitute, and it may even be greater than the substitute's life points.

Again, a substitute has "life points", not HP, and therefore, effects that affect the Substitute user's HP do not involve the substitute in any way, including effects that need to know the Pokemon's HP.

orius747:

You are correct about Macho Brace and items like Power Bracer. To elaborate, a Macho Brace can raise a Pokemon's EV gain by at most 3 (no Pokemon species can provide more than 3 EVs), whereas Power Bracer and the like can raise that gain by 4.
 
If a pokemon with the Synchronize ability, say Espeon, has Naive nature, would that nature get passed to something like Heatran when I catch it.

Yes, provided that Espy is on the lead spot.
 
A policy question--am I allowed to link to my Youtube channel (of recorded PBR battles) in my signature, or does that count as advertising?
 
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