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I have a stupid question. Where can you get an additional Everstone? Do wild Graveler still carry them so I can Thief them? I have 1 Everstone and I'm just looking to get one more. edit: mmm I guess super secret training has them but meehhh.

(Lucky Egg too but that's probably not a possibility. No Wi-Fi.)

edit: horde of Geodude had a Everstone. <3 But if there's any chance of an extra Lucky Egg in-game, that would be nice!
 
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Or you can find someone with a spheal on their Friend Safari.

Question: How does one delete their save file?
Hold B, X, and Up while the game starts up (I had to learn this to start stockpiling Torchics and starters from my Pokémon Y).

Could someone list to me every move usable in the field? I know they cut TMs to five, but with other moves like Flash, Rock Smash, and Sweet Scent, I find myself really wanting to know the whole list. Every one I've found so far has definitely had uses, so I'm wondering how many are out there.
 
Quick question for the breeders - what is the easiest line of pokemon in game to get Ice Punch onto a Sneasel?

Breed it with a male smeargle that sketches it. Not sure if ice punch can be found on wild jynx, medicham, or abomasnow, but you can get ice punch from the move relearner from medicham, breed it on a meditite, and then use ice punch on a wild smeargle so you don't kill it and then breed the smeargle with your sneasel
 
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Quick question for the breeders - what is the easiest line of pokemon in game to get Ice Punch onto a Sneasel?
Smeargle; it is only available via Friend Safari, so your options are a bit limited. Your other option is Jynx/Medicham + Buneary and Buneary + Sneasel, but we cannot find Buneary in-game. So, Smeargle.

We recommend you to catch a Beartic and give your Sneasel the much better Icicle Crash. And it is easier, too.
 
What would be an ideal part of the forum to ask for some team-building advice for XY OU, if I already have 3 of the 6 pokemon sorted and need help deciding on the remaining 3 (in particular a choice scarf user)?

I can't seem to find an ideal subforum here, and I don't have quite enough experience to guage what threats I should be looking out for.

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this question isn't in the most ideal place.
If you want advice for the XY competitive play, the Uncharted Territory will the the place to look for. As the name implies, XY is fairly new, so you will probably not get a good threat list, but by the end of the month they should have the necessary stats up.
 
Smeargle; it is only available via Friend Safari, so your options are a bit limited. Your other option is Jynx/Medicham + Buneary and Buneary + Sneasel, but we cannot find Buneary in-game. So, Smeargle.

We recommend you to catch a Beartic and give your Sneasel the much better Icicle Crash. And it is easier, too.

smeargle is rare on route 7 so you don't need the friend safari to get it, but if sneasel can get icicle crash now with egg moves, then its probably the better option. Just power/accuracy debate again.
 
What's a spitback?

It's a horrible term that people have started using to describe "failed" breeding offspring which are still excellent (4+ perfect IV's) and they "spread the wealth" by trading them for lesser mons.

Prefer backfires or just "good eggs" or something.
 
So this is in mind of the XY Meta but this question just pertains to Team building in general. So is it necessary to have a Rapid Spinner on your team? I haven't attempted to play competitively since DP and I was bad.

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot
 
I'm looking for Friend Safaris with Ditto, Fletchinder, Frogadier, Bergmite, Pumpkaboo or Phantump. Mainly Ditto though, the others I could just trade for and breed from there. Any help would be appreciated, please PM me for FC exchange. I'll friend anyone else too if you want to, my safari has Frogadier, Gyarados and Octillery.
Thanks!
 
I'm looking for Friend Safaris with Ditto, Fletchinder, Frogadier, Bergmite, Pumpkaboo or Phantump. Mainly Ditto though, the others I could just trade for and breed from there. Any help would be appreciated, please PM me for FC exchange. I'll friend anyone else too if you want to, my safari has Frogadier, Gyarados and Octillery.
Thanks!
http://www.smogon.com/forums/thread...des-item-requests-etc-go-here.3489810/page-67

https://docs.google.com/a/vanderbil...LlUo2vodC11ZTQ3emF1LXR0MUlKaHZzT3RSbVE#gid=11

try those, plus I PM'd you
 
So this is in mind of the XY Meta but this question just pertains to Team building in general. So is it necessary to have a Rapid Spinner on your team? I haven't attempted to play competitively since DP and I was bad.

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot
I would say yes, with spider web now a new form of entry hazard that lowers your Pokemons speed on entry.
It's wise to have a utility Poke.
 
Can somebody tell me the probabilities of catching...

... a Pokémon with at least 3 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with at least 4 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with at least 5 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with 6 perfect IVs?

Remember. It sais "at least" not "exactly". All of them caught in the Friend Safari (2 perfect IVs guaranteed).
 
Can somebody tell me the probabilities of catching...

... a Pokémon with at least 3 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with at least 4 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with at least 5 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with 6 perfect IVs?

Remember. It sais "at least" not "exactly". All of them caught in the Friend Safari (2 perfect IVs guaranteed).

Assuming its a standard Pokemon and not one affected by the Friend Safari, its something like 1/32^X:

3 perfect IVs: 1/32,768
4 perfect IVs: 1/1,048,576
5 perfect IVs: 1/33,554,432
6 perfect IVs: 1/1,073,741,824

Friend Safari, where two IVs are guaranteed perfect:

3 Perfect IVs: 1/32
4 Perfect IVs: 1/1024
5 Perfect IVs: 1/32,768
6 Perfect IVs: 1/1,048,576

No Egg Groups (ie Legendaries), where 3 IVs are guaranteed perfect

3 Perfect IVs: Guaranteed
4 Perfect IVs: 1/32
5 Perfect IVs: 1/1024
6 Perfect IVs: 1/32,768

In reality its slightly better than these numbers, but not significantly so. These are "close enough"
 
Can somebody tell me the probabilities of catching...

... a Pokémon with at least 3 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with at least 4 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with at least 5 perfect IVs?
... a Pokémon with 6 perfect IVs?

Remember. It sais "at least" not "exactly". All of them caught in the Friend Safari (2 perfect IVs guaranteed).
3 perfect IVs from Friend Safari: 1 in 32
4 perfect IVs: 1 in 1024
5 perfect IVs: 1 in 32,768
6 perfect IVs: 1 in 1,048,576

As each is considered an independent event for probability statistics (or close enough to it), the multiplication rule still holds.

1/32 chance for a single max IV
1/32 x 1/32 for two max IVs
1/32 x 1/32 x 1/32 for three max IVs

Etcetera. Even with Friend Safari, catching is not exactly ideal for getting all perfects. Breeding is still better (especially with Destiny Knot).
Plus, the baby Pokémon glitch is even better for IVs than the Friend Safari, as it gets you 3 Perfect, which is better than the guaranteed 2. Azurill is a great source for IVs for breeding.


No one has the Field Move list yet? :(
 
I believe your numbers are wrong.

Lets say HP and Attack are 31 IV, this leaves 4 other stats. If you want Defense at 32 you have a 1/32 chance. But I say I don't care which IV is perfect. There are 4 stats left to be rolled (Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed), as each of them has a chance to roll the perfect IV it has to be a lot higher than 1/32 to get at least 3 perfect IVs.

If you want at least ONE head out of 4 coin flips. The odds are much higher than 1/2 as well.

I guess your calculations are wrong, still haven't figured it out yet and my knowledge of probability in school has vanished :(

I guess this is correct to have at least 3 IVs in Friend Safari: 1 - (1 - 1/32)^4 = 12%, which matches my own experiences of catching about 100 Dittos so far. Still not sure what the propability of 4, 5 and 6 perfect IVs are.

On a note: I am catching Dittos, can't breed them, sorry. :(
 
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I believe your numbers are wrong.

Lets say HP and Attack are 31 IV, this leaves 4 other stats. If you want Defense at 32 you have a 1/32 chance. But I say I don't care which IV is perfect. There are 4 stats left to be rolled (Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed), as each of them has a chance to roll the perfect IV it has to be a lot higher than 1/32 to get at least 3 perfect IVs.

If you want at least ONE head out of 4 coin flips. The odds are much higher than 1/2 as well.

I guess your calculations are wrong, still haven't figured it out yet and my knowledge of probability in school has vanished :(

I guess this is correct to have at least 3 IVs in Friend Safari: 1 - (1 - 1/32)^4 = 12%, which matches my own experiences of catching about 100 Dittos so far. Still not sure what the propability of 4, 5 and 6 perfect IVs are.

On a note: I am catching Dittos, can't breed them, sorry. :(
Let's calculate it this way. The odds of getting anything except a 31 is 31/32.
Thus, the odds of getting 4 stats that don't have a 31 for them is (31/32)^4, or 923,521/1,048,576. Therefore, your odds of getting at least one 31 are 125,055/1,048,576. This reduces to about 0.12 (I'm not reducing that fraction down, too lazy), or 3 in 25.

You can work similarly to figure the next one, but perfect IVs have the same chance anyway.
 
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