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Perriechu

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PradaSon said:
I was wondering how one would accurately calculate a lvl.1 pokemon's IVs without using an AR.
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You can't, really. \; You could try asking someone who has an AR.

TheFuturePokemon said:
What's the difference between Vital Spirit and Insomnia? :/
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Nothing. They are both the same abilities. So before you say, yes, Delibird got trolled badly. :P
 
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TheFuturePokemon said:
What's the difference between Vital Spirit and Insomnia? :/
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Vital Spirit prevents a pokemon from sleeping in battle and outside of battle it increases your chances of meeting higher lvled pokemon.

Insomnia prevents sleep for both pokemon in battle (I think), but has no effects outside of battle.
 
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TheFuturePokemon said:
What's the difference between Vital Spirit and Insomnia? :/
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The effect is pretty much the same, but Vital Spirit is mostly for Fighting types (and a few others, but mostly pretty tough Pokémon, exterior wise), and Insomnia is more seen with nocturnal Pokémon (mostly dark, psychic, and so on).

PradaSon said:
Vital Spirit prevents a pokemon from sleeping in battle and outside of battle it increases your chances of meeting higher lvled pokemon.

Insomnia prevents sleep for both pokemon in battle (I think), but has no effects outside of battle.
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Also, it decreases the chance of encountering high lvl Pokémon by 50%, instead of increasing.
 
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dragonomega said:


You can't, really. \; You could try asking someone who has an AR.
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What I've just tried doing is going to that battle challenge place near the stadium town which would bring the lvl.1 pokemon to lvl.50 and then recording their stats and inputting it into the Serebii Calculator, would this provide accurate enough calculation?
 
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PradaSon said:
What I've just tried doing is going to that battle challenge place near the stadium town which would bring the lvl.1 pokemon to lvl.50 and then recording their stats and inputting it into the Serebii Calculator, would this provide accurate enough calculation?
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I don't think they would be 100% accurate, but surely more accurate then when you calculate it on a lvl. 1 Pokémon.
 
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PradaSon said:
What I've just tried doing is going to that battle challenge place near the stadium town which would bring the lvl.1 pokemon to lvl.50 and then recording their stats and inputting it into the Serebii Calculator, would this provide accurate enough calculation?
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Pokécheck is a useful service that can be used to check a Pokémon's IVs.
 
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PradaSon said:
That looks extremely useful, but it appears its only for DSi and such, I am using my 3DS now because for some reason my DSi will no longer connect to the internet.
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It is for any DS system. I have an original Ds and I can connect fine. Try editing the wifi settings from the c gear menu.
 

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What I do to check IVs is to save the game and use my 10 Rare Candies, then check the IVs, then reset the game without saving. That way I don't lose my candies and still have a more accurate IV check.

Granted, it's not even close to perfect but it's better than checking a level 1 Pokemon.
 

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Can anyone here help me find my Secret ID for the RNG (5th Generation)?

Thanks.
 

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Musharna said:
You probably can't transfer a Pokemon from Black to HG, can you?
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No, you can't. You can move up generation, but not down.

Could someone please help me find my SID?

I really need to find my secret ID, can someone help?
 
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Flawless means that it has perfect ivs, 31 in each stat. And if you're unsure about IVs, check here :3
 

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I have a question. In my HeartGold game I was planning on changing the time on the clock so I can challenge the gym leaders as fast and as much as possible. Right before I was going to start my brother warned me that if I change the times like that in my White game the White Forest won't have anything there. Is this true? One note though, I haven't gotten to the White Forest yet, so I was wondering if it'll be blank when I get there.
 

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funrush said:
I have a question. In my HeartGold game I was planning on changing the time on the clock so I can challenge the gym leaders as fast and as much as possible. Right before I was going to start my brother warned me that if I change the times like that in my White game the White Forest won't have anything there. Is this true? One note though, I haven't gotten to the White Forest yet, so I was wondering if it'll be blank when I get there.
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If you keep changing the clock, yes, you have the potential to lose everyone originally in your White Forest. You'll have to connect with a black then.
 

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funrush said:
I have a question. In my HeartGold game I was planning on changing the time on the clock so I can challenge the gym leaders as fast and as much as possible. Right before I was going to start my brother warned me that if I change the times like that in my White game the White Forest won't have anything there. Is this true? One note though, I haven't gotten to the White Forest yet, so I was wondering if it'll be blank when I get there.
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If you change it a lot there's a chance it will, ESPECIALLY if you change it forwards instead of backwards. White Forest is based on play time mostly, as far as I know, but changing the clock will risk it so I would get to the forest, catch all the Pokemon you can, and then bother with changing the clock.
 
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