Do you know if the berry can still be activated by Alakazam after Ninjask has obtained it's effect? (sorry if I wasn't supposed to post that here) In other words, can the berry be activated by the tricker, since they do have the berry.
No.Does Pursuit against a faster U-Turner still have a chance to hurt itself in its confusion (assuming the Pursuiter is Confused, of course)?
Gravity: The issue of how Gravity raises your effective accuracy is still unknown. How I would test it is by using Double Team once under Gravity. If it's actually -2 evasion for all, moves would have 4/3 their normal accuracy, but if it's * 5/3 accuracy, moves would have 3/4 * 5/3 = 5/4 their normal accuracy, meaning a 75% accurate move (Sleep Powder without CompoundEyes) would have 100% accuracy for -2 evasion, but 93.75% accuracy (possibly rounded to 93%) for * 5/3, as I suspect it is. If you ever miss Sleep Powder, it's not a -2 evasion stage change. What is known that it is not a +2 accuracy alteration, meaning it affects evasion or it is * 5/3 accuracy. The only difference between the two (* 5/3 accuracy or * 3/5 evasion) is possible rounding issues, but I don't think there is enough information on how accuracy works to determine that.
I don't know if this has been confirmed or not. I used a Blissey with Gravity / Egg Bomb / Iron Tail (all 75% accuracy), and out of 120 uses of the moves in Gravity against an opponent having used Double Team once, not one missed. I think this shows that Gravity indeed increases a move's accuracy by a factor of 5/3, i.e. all pokemon's evasion falls by 2 stages in Gravity.
Wait, so Sleep Powder missed after seven tries? Are you sure that Gravity hadn't run out when you used the Sleep Powder that missed? Because I just did a test and my 75% accuracy moves didn't miss out of 120 tries....
I don't know if this has been confirmed or not. I used a Blissey with Gravity / Egg Bomb / Iron Tail (all 75% accuracy), and out of 120 uses of the moves in Gravity against an opponent having used Double Team once, not one missed.
I think this shows that Gravity indeed increases a move's accuracy by a factor of 5/3, i.e. all pokemon's evasion falls by 2 stages in Gravity.
(I just remembered: my last test I would have Oddish use Sleep Powder the same turn - does Gravity not affect evasion/accuracy the turn it's used?).
Yes, if you have a fainted Pokemon with an ability like Synchronize or Magnet Pull in the lead, its ability will still affect the appearance of wild Pokemon. However, the ability of the Pokemon in the second slot, even if the Pokemon in the first slot is fainted, won't affect wild Pokemon.I'm wondering whether using the ability Synchronize in the overworld to attract Pokemon with the same nature requires the Pokemon having the ability (say Abra) healthy and in the lead.
An example scenario would be like this:
I have a Bold Abra with the Synchronize ability in the lead but it is fainted and cannot battle. As a result, Pachirisu, which is in the second slot, battles the Pokemon that I encounter.
Will I be able to battle Pokemon with the Bold Nature 50% of the time?
Or would the ability be rendered useless?
Hmm.. it's not only Synchronize that I am concerned.
What about those other abilities affecting the overworld?
(Flame Body, Compound Eyes, Keen Eye, etc.)
I would really appreciate the help of the research team regarding this matter.
Thank you and please keep up the good work :D
and sorry if this was researched before.
Also in a 1vs1 battle, if a pokemon with Moldbreaker uses heal bell, will it cure the status of soundproof pokemon not in the field?