If the two systems have different Friends Lists? Will each one maintain a separate FSZ when I switch the game to that system? Also, would I keep any "third Pokémon" found when I switched back to the original system? Or would I have to be logged in at the same time as my Friends again to re-unlock them?
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Well if you use a different save then you wouldn't, but if you use the same save then you would probably keep them depending upon whether the friend's icon appears in the PSS(its more likely you wouldnt since the FS will have to be refreshed). Dont quote me on this though since I havent tried it myself.
When the pokemon's level is adjusted its stats(including evs) are adjusted accordingly to match the level.
Reset Bag will completely reset the evs. The redistributed evs will count.
Yes.
Sorry, but no.
It means the Pokémon has 31 in HP, 0 in Attack, 30 in Defense, 31 in Special Defense, and 31 in Speed.
What can I say? I can be pedantic sometimes. :) 31/0/31/31/31/31 would be what you should have written.
EVs are calculated based on a formula, so the game can scale the stats derived up or down perfectly. It's also immaterial what level the EVs are applied at; gaining 255 ATK EVs will work the same if you add them at level 1 or level 100, just the amount of stats derived from them are dependent on level.
How important are entry hazards in 3v3? Is it reasonable to have a team with no spinners or hazard setters?
I haven't played 3v3 XY yet, but assuming you're talking about Battle Spot singles then hazards aren't really that important. Games are incredibly quick compared to standard OU and there's no time to set up hazards more often than not. You can easily get away with not using any.
How can you tell for sure what size Gourgiest you've got?
Has the paralysis rate for "lick" been lowered? I know it was buffed in power to 30, but I've barely paralyzed anything with it so far to be just a coincidence.
You need a bit luck as it pseodo-randomly chooses the IVs passed down.
Swift Swim + Drizzle
Which is the exception that proves the rule, considering that the alternatives were "ban Drizzle entirely" (when rain was not broken in absence of SS) or "ban Swift Swim entirely" (when it was the superior skill on virtually every Pokemon with access to it, and it wasn't broken in absence of perma-rain).
The Aldaron ban was contentious but in the end it was just the least crummy of a set of crummy options. Something had to give, because Swift Swim teams with Drizzle in effect were virtually unbeatable without entire teams designed to counter that threat specifically.
Whenabouts are we predicting tiering to start? I love bulky lower tiers and am basically dicking around until I can give UU a shot again.
This question isn't really that related to Pokémon X&Y but I didn't find any other place to put it.
I have a weavile and an ambipom EV trained and ready for competitive play, but they only have 31 IVs on Atk and Speed. I didn't really pay attetion on defenses and HP because I consider them really fragile and people tend to 1HKO them with the frustratingly popular fighting type. Should I continue to breed them until the have 31 IVs in everything except Sp.Atk?
I have a weavile and an ambipom EV trained and ready for competitive play, but they only have 31 IVs on Atk and Speed. I didn't really pay attetion on defenses and HP because I consider them really fragile and people tend to 1HKO them with the frustratingly popular fighting type. Should I continue to breed them until the have 31 IVs in everything except Sp.Atk?
If you want to you can. Ambipom doesn't really need defenses for its job (Fake Out/U-Turn lead scout), and Weavile is so frail it can barely take NVE hits (LO Mamoswine does 45-54% with Icicle Crash, for example), so it doesn't need bulk either.
I would rebreed because it doesn't take that long in X/Y and if you do it before you can RNG (and getting a Shiny 31/31/31/31/31/31 Jolly Sneasel is fun!) for it. And EV training doesn't take that long in X/Y either.
Last gen I would have said not to bother, because the underlying systems all around were more obtuse than I was prepared to deal with. However, Gen VI has made it frighteningly easy to select for good IVs thanks to the mechanics of the Friend Safari, especially for Ambipom. You should be able to find a decent breeding partner for Weavile too in someone's Safari; it's Field Group and you'll be lucky if you check more than one or two Safaris before finding something that'll hook up with a Weavile.
Hop on the #safari channel and dig around for someone with an Aipom safari, or check the google list. Catch a few, and with Destiny Knot breeding you should be able to produce a penta flawless Aipom with a desired nature within a couple hours.
I am a lazy sumbitch and if I can do it anyone can do it. Also... to be bluntly honest, there's a big thrill from running a freshly-hatched Pokemon through the IV Judge and finding a penta flawless. Got it with a Hawlucha just the other night and I'm just a tiny bit hooked now.
I liked breeding last gen better, RNG just made life so easy.
Gen VI is cool and all but generally it takes like 30+ eggs to get a penta-perfect mon, and a lot more to get 31/31/31/31/31/31. In Gen V you needed like 20 minutes of setup and only a couple eggs.
I believe you can now heartscale any move the Pokemon actually learned previously; this includes egg moves and moves from pre-evolutions.
Edit: Guess not.
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Egg moves, yes. Pre-evos, no.
haunter
Banned deucer.
Probably late February.
So google has failed me on this - does anyone know how much a single Friend Safari takes up on a 3DS SD card? (I'm very curious, so if you're "pretty sure that it's very small" but just making a wild guess, please refrain from from answering. Educated guesses are welcome, so long as you explain yourself!)
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