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[Metalgross]

Whats RNG?

Random Number Generator. It's how the game determines anything that should be random. There have been studies that have proven that a program has difficulties obtaining actual random data, resulting in strange things such as pokemon with identicle IVs and such.

See this thread for better explanations.

 

[Justice_X]

Can someone please answer my question?

 

[ace15]

I got a todoile in a trade recently and I noticed the name of the OT is red,but the pokedex number isn't unike a shiny t tar I also recieved in a trade.Usualy the number is black and OT blue when it's not shiny right?The todo isn't shiny so does this meen it's hacked or something?

 

[The_Star]

I'm pretty sure thats trainer gender.

 

[RaikouLover]

can someone please direct me to shoddy battle technical stuff and troubleshooting. I know they have a thread for it somewhere

 

[Backfall Genius]

Random Number Generator. It's how the game determines anything that should be random. There have been studies that have proven that a program has difficulties obtaining actual random data, resulting in strange things such as pokemon with identicle IVs and such.

See this thread for better explanations.

Ah, that explains a lot. Thanx. :P

 

[Metalgross]

Can someone please answer my question?

Synchronize works on all standing legends, but not on the runners, such as Cresselia. Your best bet would be to find a good one on the Wi-Fi subforum.

 

[Adjunct]

suicune's sucky IV's

can any1 confirm that this suicune has the most horrible IVs I can imagine?:

Suicune
nature: Impish (didnt care about natures at the time of catching, at least it increases defense...)
stats: 160/81/132/85/120/90
IVs from Arty2's calculator on serebii: 0/2/0/0/0/0

if these are the actual IVs, should I still try to make a fighter out of it? (I have a hard time getting TMs like ice beam and earthquake so is it worth putting TMs on?)

 

[aznboi521]

can any1 confirm that this suicune has the most horrible IVs I can imagine?:

Suicune
nature: Impish (didnt care about natures at the time of catching, at least it increases defense...)
stats: 160/81/132/85/120/90
IVs from Arty2's calculator on serebii: 0/2/0/0/0/0

if these are the actual IVs, should I still try to make a fighter out of it? (I have a hard time getting TMs like ice beam and earthquake so is it worth putting TMs on?)

o_o no..dont use it

you probably got it from FRLG so they messed up or something and all the dogs got screwed up

they all have atleast 4 stats 0 iv's

 

[Adjunct]

something else: I recently got pokérus, I have 3 or 4 infected pokemon sitting in my pc, but Im not sure how to get more pokemon infected.

do I put the poke with pkrs in party and put a bunch of others in and wait, or do I have to walk? also, does it appear spontaneously on the stat screen as soon as the poke is infected (by the poke w/ pkrs already in the team), or do I need to heal up at pokecenter be4 I can see it?

 

[metroidmania]

(I hope this is simple enough...)

To get the maximum benefit from leftovers, Slowbro needs 212 HP EVs, or 384 HP. But that's assuming it has perfect HP IVs...

My Slowbro has a 26 HP IV, meaning that I'll need to add 20 more EVs to HP to make up for the 5 lost points, right?

(Also, would it be most efficient to give 232 HP / 252 Def / 20 SpAtk, or max HP & Def, since the SpAtk boost won't be as high anymore?)

 

[Dogfingers]

Ok, Ive got an Abipom and its about to evolve. It has the ability Pickup, when it evolves is there a chance for the ability to change to Technician.

 

[Adjunct]

o_o no..dont use it

you probably got it from FRLG so they messed up or something and all the dogs got screwed up

they all have atleast 4 stats 0 iv's

thanks for the answer, oh man I was so excited about using it since my only other option for getting the dogs was from collosseum and since it's my brother's game, he's been mindlessly training them, making them worthless...

 

[metroidmania]

something else: I recently got pokérus, I have 3 or 4 infected pokemon sitting in my pc, but Im not sure how to get more pokemon infected.

do I put the poke with pkrs in party and put a bunch of others in and wait, or do I have to walk? also, does it appear spontaneously on the stat screen as soon as the poke is infected (by the poke w/ pkrs already in the team), or do I need to heal up at pokecenter be4 I can see it?

This is just what works for me, there might be faster ways, but this works very well.

Put the Pokemon who you want to get the Pokerus in your party, and put the infected Pokemon in the front. Enter a few wild battles and run away. The Pokerus spread through a chain reaction, so the second Pokemon in the party gets infected first, then the third... The chain stops if a Pokemon in the party is immune to Pokerus (already had it.)

It will appear spontaneously. No PokeCenter needed.

 

[Adjunct]

1 more! :nerd:

how do stat reduction berries work? I read somewhere that the first berry you use for one stat actually reduces that stat to 100 EV instead of subtracting 10 EVs, then every berry for the same stat after that subtracts normally (-10 EVs). if this is true, it's pretty handy, but also pretty weird since íf certain stats are filled with over 100 EVs, they'd be left with... 10 EVs when you're done? (assuming you can use max 10 of one kind)

 

[Adjunct]

This is just what works for me, there might be faster ways, but this works very well.

Put the Pokemon who you want to get the Pokerus in your party, and put the infected Pokemon in the front. Enter a few wild battles and run away. The Pokerus spread through a chain reaction, so the second Pokemon in the party gets infected first, then the third... The chain stops if a Pokemon in the party is immune to Pokerus (already had it.)

It will appear spontaneously. No PokeCenter needed.

thank you!:happybrain:

 

[metroidmania]

You're welcome, and...

If you have more than 100 EVs in any stat, EV reducing berries take those EV points down to 100. If it is 100 or less, it takes it down by 10 each time.

(Serebii said it takes them down by 10 each time, and it seriously screwed up my EVs.) >__<

 

[Dogfingers]

Ok, Ive got an Abipom and its about to evolve. It has the ability Pickup, when it evolves is there a chance for the ability to change to Technician? Can someone please help with this, ive re-started my game six times and the ability has remained the same, its doing my head in.

 

[Adjunct]

Ok, Ive got an Abipom and its about to evolve. It has the ability Pickup, when it evolves is there a chance for the ability to change to Technician? Can someone please help with this, ive re-started my game six times and the ability has remained the same, its doing my head in.

I'm quite certain it only changes to technician if Aipom has Runaway, since Ambipom can't have Runaway but can have pickup it would be logical to assume that an aipom with pickup will always evolve in an ambipom with pickup

 

[Username]

How does smoothness affect Poffins?

 

[femo1170]

'God' Ranked Contests?

EDIT: Stupidly, I forgot the actual question.
Do 'God' ranked contests at the resort area actually exist (Only obtainable after all five Master ranks have been beaten)?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/45270

Hit Ctrl+F, type "God".

My question: Is this just a rumor, or has it been confirmed? This is the only place that I could find this, so I was wondering if anyone has actually been to them.

 

[Adjunct]

How does smoothness affect Poffins?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/48341 refer to this, it's a comprehensive guide on poffins by myst erik ery

 

[Maxwell]

how does me first work? is it boosted by swords dance and stuff like that?

 

[aura_lucario]

When people say move/ev sets are gimmicky what do they mean?

 

[notorious]

When people say move/ev sets are gimmicky what do they mean?

this is the defination of gimmick
a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries. However, the special feature is typically thought to be of little relevance or use.


so basically a gimmick set is something that looks cool but usually doesnt work