5th Gen Quick Questions

Thanks for the help. Kind of sounds like cheating to me though.

So are all these things disputed as cheating; Soft Resetting, RNG, IV's, and EV's?

How can it not be considered cheating if EV's and IV's are hidden, and with RNG you're doing the same thing an outside source could do, like action replay, just in a more time consuming and less expensive way?

Toujours said:

EVs and IVs are considered a game mechanic, and you can calculate them without modifying any code whatsoever. I personally use a calculator online to find out what my IVs are, and EVs I do by hand. RNGing is also just abusing ingame mechanics. An AR actually changes the code within the game, which is why it's considered cheating. However, there are a few AR codes which people generally accept that don't change the code at all, like the IV/EV checker codes.

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Well since we're on the subject. What are IV's and EV's and how how do I find out what my pokemon has?

so Is there no ways to find out Ivs from pokemon I just hatched? Sorry Metalkid's calculator is kind of confusing XD

brushfire2 said:

so Is there no ways to find out Ivs from pokemon I just hatched? Sorry Metalkid's calculator is kind of confusing XD

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You need to level it up substantially before the calculator is even nearly accurate. Make sure it doesn't get any EVs though (that is, use Rare Candies). You could also hack the game's coding to find out, but that's generally frowned upon for some reason.

Toujours said:

I feel like that's something you randomly see on a TV, but I can't be positive.

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Confirmed. However, the chances of getting that specific statistic is very inconsistent. I think the show is called "Your Pokemon," and all they do is tell you useless facts like how many trainers you've battled, how many times you've fled, etc.

Though, I do wonder how they know that information anyway.

brushfire2 said:

so Is there no ways to find out Ivs from pokemon I just hatched? Sorry Metalkid's calculator is kind of confusing XD

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If you don't mind having to save and perhaps losing Battle Subway progress, chuck them into a Subway line. (Use this on the regular lines after you unlock Super Trains for progress safety.)

It'll autolevel your Pokémon. After that, chuck in the numbers and let your IV calculator do its thing.

These days, IV calculators are relatively straightforward - in fact, a lot of stuff are entirely optional. With autolevelling to Level 50, you should be able to safely input stat values directly. You don't have to bother with anything else other than species.

I'm quite new to B/W and since my instruction booklet is in Dutch (I don't understand Dutch so well), could anyone be so kind and explain to me what the Dream World is and how you use it?

So I got this Eevee from GTS and I didn't even know it's moves. Then today I noticed on one of the trading threads that one of the guys had Noted Specifically that he had eevee's with the move Wish, as if it was special or something, so curiously I went only and found out that several people are breeding eevees with the moves, Wish, Curse, and Yawn. and Mine has all 3 moves! How valuable is a Wish/Curse/Yawn Eevee tradewise?

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So I got this Eevee from GTS and I didn't even know it's moves. Then today I noticed on one of the trading threads that one of the guys had Noted Specifically that he had eevee's with the move Wish, as if it was special or something, so curiously I went only and found out that several people are breeding eevees with the moves, Wish, Curse, and Yawn. and Mine has all 3 moves! How valuable is a Wish/Curse/Yawn Eevee tradewise?

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Eevee is part of the Ground Egg Group, which Smeargle is in. Therefore, it's beyond easy to get any combination of Egg Moves on Eevee, so long as you breed a female Eevee (or evolution) with a male Smeargle with those moves.

These Egg Moves, in Generation V, include Charm, Covet, Curse, Detect, Endure, Fake Tears, Flail, Natural Gift, Stored Power, Synchronoise, Tickle, Wish, and Yawn.

My current team is Krokorok, Boldore, Zebstrika, Axew, Samurott, and Simisear. My question regards Simisear. Should I keep him or box him? I evolved him really early. He is level 34 now and the only fire move he knows is incinerate. Does he learn any more fire moves?

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My current team is Krokorok, Boldore, Zebstrika, Axew, Samurott, and Simisear. My question regards Simisear. Should I keep him or box him? I evolved him really early. He is level 34 now and the only fire move he knows is incinerate. Does he learn any more fire moves?

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Like most stone evolution Pokemon, Simisear ceases to learn moves after he evolves. He is allowed to learn Flame Burst (70 bP 100 ACC, recently updated Bulbapedia in regards to how the splash works in double / triple battles, if you're interested) in Mistralton City in exchange for a Heart Scale at the Move Family's House. He can also learn Flamethrower, Overheat, and Flame Charge through TM; the two former cannot be obtained before the Elite Four, while the latter is obtained pretty late in the game at the Tubeline Bridge.

This is okay because the only other worthwhile moves Pansear learned that Simisear are Yawn and Crunch.

Consider Grass Knot (TM in Pinwheel Forest), Focus Blast (TM in Wellspring Cave, after you get Surf), and Hidden Power (TM from Professor Juniper after seeing a lot of Pokemon).

Since Simisear's bATK and bSpATK are both equal, you can consider the physical moves as well. He learns Brick Break (TM in Icirrus City), Dig (TM before Nimbasa City, in the desert), Rock Tomb (TM in Resort Desert), Rock Slide (TM in Mistralton Cave), Acrobatics (TM from Skyla), and Shadow Claw (TM in Celestial Tower).

Does anyone know N's height/weight? Or can anyone ball park it for me?