Request a Moveset / Simple Q&A / Breeding Questions

[kohei]

Yep we play with smogon rules because of the reasons you said lol

Oh ok, thanks for the confirmation.

It's just this waffly feeling I had, how the Smogon rules are vastly different from the wi-fi random battle rules (and default IR battle rules in BW.)

 

[Bibliophibian]

I know this may be a stupid question and apologize if its been answered in here but what exactly are ivs/evs and how do you train/use them? What do you aim for? I have been playing since the beginning but never paid attention to the stats or natures.

IVs (Individual Values) are part of what make individual Pokemon different. Say you catch two Sentret. One has higher stats than the other, even though both are untrained and at the same level. It's most likely because it has better IVs.
IVs can range from 0-31, with 31 being the highest, and are determined when you encounter a wild Pokemon or when you pick up an egg from the Daycare. After they're determined, they can't be changed except through the use of a cheating device.

EVs (Effort Values) help determine the sort of stat growth a Pokemon gets by leveling. Every time you defeat a Pokemon (as long as you gain exp.) your Pokemon gets a certain amount of EVs. 4 EVs in one stat = +1 to that stat at level 100.
The amount of EVs you can get for a Pokemon is capped at 510, and the maximum number you can have in any one stat is 255 (though you can cap it at 252 and get the same result). Maxing out the EVs on a stat means you end up with a +63 to that stat at level 100. EVs can be removed through the use of certain Berries, while Pokerus doubles the amount of EVs you receive when you defeat a Pokemon.

Hopefully that made sense, I'm not 100% awake yet. ^^;

 

[ToWriteLove]

IVs (Individual Values) are part of what make individual Pokemon different. Say you catch two Sentret. One has higher stats than the other, even though both are untrained and at the same level. It's most likely because it has better IVs.
IVs can range from 0-31, with 31 being the highest, and are determined when you encounter a wild Pokemon or when you pick up an egg from the Daycare. After they're determined, they can't be changed except through the use of a cheating device.

EVs (Effort Values) help determine the sort of stat growth a Pokemon gets by leveling. Every time you defeat a Pokemon (as long as you gain exp.) your Pokemon gets a certain amount of EVs. 4 EVs in one stat = +1 to that stat at level 100.
The amount of EVs you can get for a Pokemon is capped at 510, and the maximum number you can have in any one stat is 255 (though you can cap it at 252 and get the same result). Maxing out the EVs on a stat means you end up with a +63 to that stat at level 100. EVs can be removed through the use of certain Berries, while Pokerus doubles the amount of EVs you receive when you defeat a Pokemon.

Hopefully that made sense, I'm not 100% awake yet. ^^;

That made the basic amount of sense, thanks. :D But how do you no where it is at along the 252 on EV's? I have a team that does pretty good but it doesn't really have a focus nor did I train using the info of EV's, I just trained them because I like the pokemon.

How would I want to go about making these pokemon I like, into a viable team:

Dragonite, Kingdra, Umbreon, Kabutops, Espeon, Gardevoir, Arcanine, Zangoose, Victreebel

My current team setup is like this:

Heracross: 324 HP
Attack 280
defense 201
sp attack 118
sp defense 246
speed 205
megahorn, close combat, brick break, aerial ace

kingdra: 290 HP
Attack 222
defense 220
sp attack 216
sp defense 272
speed 203
surf, brine, dragon pulse, ice beam

Houndoom: 295 HP
Attack 215
defense 151
sp attack 246
sp defense 209
speed 245
crunch, faint attack, flamethrower, shadow ball

Venusaur: 310HP
Attack 199
defense 221
sp attack 236
sp defense 237
speed 183
solar beam, sludge bomb, earthquake, sunny day

Raichu: 257HP
Attack 221
defense 153
sp attack 226
sp defense 221
speed 250
thunderbolt, iron tail, dig, quick attack

Dragonite: 331HP
Attack 312
defense 250
sp attack 209
sp defense 232
speed 237
Outrage, Fly, Waterfall, Fire Punch

I never set up a strategy and just chose pokemon that covered a wide element type, using them all as hitters. Sorry if this is not enough info and such, just trying to get a good grasp of an actual competitive team.

 

[Bibliophibian]

That made the basic amount of sense, thanks. :D But how do you no where it is at along the 252 on EV's?

EVs are a hidden value, so you'd have to keep track of them with pen and paper, or you can check using an AR code or something similar. You can get an Effort Ribbon from an NPC (HG/SS is in Blackthorn, D/P/Pt is in Sunyshore) to let you know when you've gotten all 510 EVs.

As far as the team goes, I don't know all that much about competitive battling, so I'll leave that to someone else to answer. x3

 

[jab2033]

About Hidden Power:

I have an Empoleon with the moves Surf, Ice Beam, and Flash Cannon.

I want the last move to be Hidden Power, but I'm not sure what the best HP type would be coverage-wise for this moveset.

 

[Chibaymega12]

IV and Nature Breeding Question

How should one go about breeding for IVs and Specific natures? Of these ways, what is the most efficient and effective? Is there a trick, like saving the game right before the egg hatches and trying over and over again?
-Thanks
CBM12

Yes, I am aware that this is in the wrong place. I apologize.

 

[The Noob Hacker]

To my knowledge, an eggs IVs, nature, gender, shiny/not shiny, are all determined as soon as you get the egg. So I don' think resetting will do anything... at all.

 

[Bibliophibian]

How should one go about breeding for IVs and Specific natures? Of these ways, what is the most efficient and effective? Is there a trick, like saving the game right before the egg hatches and trying over and over again?

The nature/gender/shinyness/ability of an egg is determined when the Daycare Man receives it. The actual IVs of an egg are determined when you talk to the Daycare Man to pick the egg up.

If you want to soft reset for IVs, that's possible. Just save in front of him before you pick the egg up, then hatch to check if it has the nature/ability/whatever you want. If not, reset and reject the egg, then repeat the process. If it's what you want, you can keep resetting until you get IVs you like.

For natures, you can give an Everstone to a parent with the nature you want and it will have a 50% chance of passing the nature on to the offspring. It will not work with international parents, and in some games you have to give it to the female parent in order for it to work.

For IVs, there are Power items (Power Anklet, Power Bracer, etc.) that you can use to make sure an IV will get passed down. For example, if one parent had a 31 IV for speed, and you gave it the Power Anklet, the offspring would inherit the same speed IV. If you use 2 Power items, you're not guaranteed to pass down both IVs.

/end long post :P

 

[Alternative]

To elaborate on Bibliophian's post, these are just small things you can use to get the desired results you want. IVs can be changed by repetitively soft resetting your game until you get the desired outcome but Nature, Gender etc are all set as soon as the egg is produced.

However, aside from all these small tricks, there is in fact, a big trick which can be used to mainpulate everything to what you want, including Nature and IVs, called RNG Abuse. Some guides on this site are located here and here, both for their respected games.

 

[vaporeon7]

Hi I hope this is the right place to put this but I would like someone to tell me if this is a good moveset for my Bronzong.

Name: Bronzong
Ability: Levitate
Lv: 100
Item: Light Clay
HP: 338
Atk: 192
Def: 268
Sp Atk: 194
Sp Def: 364
Spd: 102
Moves:
Light Screen
Explosion
Gyro Ball
Reflect
Nature: Calm

I would like to know what or if I should replace Gyro Ball with and your opinions in general.

 

[Griffinbane]

I can't make heads or tails of your stats without EVs and IVs but a quick look suggests that you're gonna need a new Bronzong. Calm lowers attack and raises special defense, meaning it hurts Explosion and Gyro Ball, both of which are physical moves which rely on attack. Dual Screen Bronzong wants Relaxed nature, which lowers Speed (which it doesn't need) and ups Defense. I guess you could go for Sassy as well, which lowers Speed and ups Special Defense. Finally, if you want, you could drop Gyro Ball for Earthquake, which'll hurt any incoming Fire-types.

 

[Corroded Arceus]

Hey, can someone give me some good EV spreads for the event shiny legendary beasts with their original moveset? I don't need moves or a strategy since this isn't for competative battle, I just want to EV them because I have the Japanese set collecting dust in my box.

 

[Griffinbane]

I oughta say go anything since it's in-game and it'll work but I won't (oops, I already did!) :P. Original movesets? Yeesh...
Entei should go 252 Att|252 Speed|4 HP. Mmm, love Flare Blitz.
Raikou wants 252 SpA|252 Speed|4 HP.
Suicune...you really should ditch Sheer Cold. This one really varies, depending on what you prefer. With Relaxed nature, I personally prefer 252 HP|252 Def but if you want an attacker, you can go 252 Att|252 (something else). Donno if you'd want to bother with Speed since Relaxed is -Speed.

 

[LuVrDiSC]

how is Rotom as a PvP battle pokemon? i like the Washing Machine one best i think. i dont know much about him what Stats does he naturally progress in apon level? im not sure all his moves yet as far as breeding,tm,move tutor i have to look more. but for now im thinking

Hydro Pump becus i dont have any water attacks on my team
Thunderbolt no electric attacks on my team yet
ShadowBall jus cus i like it
not sure for the other, maybe some type of
Heal or
Leaf Storm even tho my Roserade has that.

any suggestions pweeeeeeeeeeZ?

 

[Griffinbane]

Uhm, so's you know, Rotom Formes don't work over Wifi. You keep the movesets...but it defaults to normal Forme in Wifi. I don't know if it retains its stats or not. Someone else'll have to answer that. >_>

Rotom Washer

 

[blaQk]

Uhm, so's you know, Rotom Formes don't work over Wifi.

This is easily gotten around with the use of an AR.

 

[LuVrDiSC]

This is easily gotten around with the use of an AR.

PM me on how to do this :pink_love:

so is Rotom a good pokemon for WiFi battling people?

 

[blaQk]

PM me on how to do this :pink_love:

so is Rotom a good pokemon for WiFi battling people?

Just google the codes.

And yes, the Rotom forms are good in g4.

 

[Dark Azelf]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYSGPpjcUnM

^ tells you how.

 

[SukoSuNa]

EV questions.

Hey S&M.
I'm kind of newbie at this whole EV training system. I have a pretty basic understanding of it but I have a few questions.

Is it better to EV train at a low level like under 20? Or train them later at around 40-50?

And if you level up a Pokemon in the Pokewalker does it work like using a rarecandy?

Thanks.