I am pretty sure that if you psych up a stat, it will use the modifier that the opponent has. for example, if you had -2 in speed for whatever reason, and you psych up on a pokemon with no negative modifiers, you would end up with 0 modifiers in speed. someone correct me if i'm wrong.
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I am pretty sure that if you psych up a stat, it will use the modifier that the opponent has. for example, if you had -2 in speed for whatever reason, and you psych up on a pokemon with no negative modifiers, you would end up with 0 modifiers in speed. someone correct me if i'm wrong.
What do you want to do with Floatzel?
I'd go with Pursuit for revenge kill options.
Maybe it's a "Jump Point", where that extra point in defense will reduce 2 damage against some attack Lucario needs defense against.
I am currently training my crew still for the Elite Four and making some changes after my Wifi battles and I have discovered something that I need to ask about.
Does training(EV or Non-EV training) improve IVs or not?
Reason that I ask is this. I started out with a Charmander from an egg given to me in a trade by a good friend of mine for my Diamond crew. I had sucky IVs in most of its stats. Now though, it is a Level 40 Charizard with the following IVs(Hit Points First)> 2, 3/25, 26/29-31/17-19/18-22/28,29
Just want to know.
Does training(EV or Non-EV training) improve IVs or not?
Reason that I ask is this. I started out with a Charmander from an egg given to me in a trade by a good friend of mine for my Diamond crew. I had sucky IVs in most of its stats. Now though, it is a Level 40 Charizard with the following IVs(Hit Points First)> 2, 3/25, 26/29-31/17-19/18-22/28,29
Just want to know.
No, IV's are set at birth...or....when you get the egg.
Erm...EV training will not change IV's no matter what.
Well that doesn't explain the change in the IVs of the HP cause that was 1-3 and the others were in the 10-20 range mostly. I noticed this cause I was comparing the IVs randomly throughout the training and thought I noticed something going on since it evolved from Charmeleon into Charizard.
Just thought to post what I was observing and asking if this was possible.
Just thought to post what I was observing and asking if this was possible.
Substitute. HP divisible by four.
perhaps you are not training correctly. Ivs DO NOT change no matter what, and no matter how hard you train(unless you're hacking or something)
A question on Shoddy Battle, does it support Pokemon XD moves? Like, for instance, Morning Sun on Tangrowth?
Also, Hi Jump Kick is 85 Power currently on Shoddy Battle. Could this be fixed?
Also, Hi Jump Kick is 85 Power currently on Shoddy Battle. Could this be fixed?
Actually, not currently EV training. I am still trying to get my wings here on Smogon so I am saving that for after I pulverize the Elite Four and Cynthia as I need to IV breed the pokes I have to get better ones.
You most likely did not calculate the HP EVs you got from training into your IV calculation, which screwed up the IV calculation. IVs don't change.
Floatzel, currently, is my opener for my team. He can hit hard with his high attack and the high speed should get him first hit. The D/P analysis has Bulk Up for this set, but I don't know if getting hit the first time (even though he can sweep the next turn) will help Floatzel in the long run.
I'm considering Aqua Jet because it could be a "for sure kill" when the opponent has a little bit of HP and it gets STAB. Pursuit like you said can get revenge-kill, but I don't know how many people would switch against a Floatzel, because he's not used often so not many people see him as a threat.
I think by just saying all of that, I think I'm going with Aqua Jet but I still think Bulk Up is a good move too. Any suggestions?
Well, since you're using 'em as a starter... I think you should put in Taunt instead.
Pursuit vs Aqua Jet...
When a sweeper is almost finished, it will either try to escape for another chance at a safe switch-in after one of its team members goes down (Pursuit will beat this) or stay and hope it's faster (like a Scarfed Hera or Ape, Aqua Jet here).
Well, your Azelf still outspeeds Weavile. Is it good enough for you, or do you wanna try some 50/50 chance of outspeeding other Azelfs?
1: no... legit assumes you didn't hack to obtain anything. that's completely not fair to use hacked IVs to breed.
2: yes
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Hyper Cutter
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents the enemy from lowering this Pokemon's attack.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is immune to the enemy lowering its Attack stat with Intimidate, Charm, or Growl. Does not block the -Attack from Superpower.
Does it block the Atk drop from burn?
Hyper Cutter
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents the enemy from lowering this Pokemon's attack.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is immune to the enemy lowering its Attack stat with Intimidate, Charm, or Growl. Does not block the -Attack from Superpower.
Does it block the Atk drop from burn?
No, just stuff like Charn and Intimidate.
Didn't think so...oh well.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
I've got a question regarding Power Swap. Say Medicham has a 200 Attack stat and a 200 defense stat. Pure Power boosts Attack to 400. Medicham uses Power Trick. Does the attack stat keep the boost from Pure Power when it become Defense? And does the defense stat gain a boost from Pure Power once it becomes the attack stat? And if so, say Medicham used Power trick again,and its now 400 attack gets ANOTHER boost, bringing it to 800. Is any of this possible? I'm leaning towards no, but I gotta be sure.
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