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Yoak August 6th, 2010 3:14 PM

Pre-Ho-oh Training help!
 
I suck. Well, at training at least. I beat Clair, and am now ready to battle the Kimono sisters. Problem is, I can't beat them! I'm a great battler, but lack training skills. I've beaten every trainer, and battle a lot of wild Pokemon, but i always end up around -10 levels around the elite four.
So, I need help. I've decided (As no other pokemon I have will work) to take a dratini under my wing. I've actually gotten it to around my level.

Here's my team:
Dratini Lvl:28
Magmortar: Lvl 32
Ampharos: Lvl 35
Golem Lvl: 33
Maganium Lvl: 36
Pidgeotto: Lvl 34

So what I need is to know:
A) What should I do right now to get stronger? Don't say anything about EV, because I've already trained a bit, and I'm not looking into that right now
B) What can I do to overall become a better at training? I want to know, not only through regular gameplay, but also after the game. In platinum, I constantly get bored when training any Pokemon. Help?

Amore August 6th, 2010 3:32 PM

Lol. Uhhh..I tend to have the t.v. on whilst I do it. Have the volume on so you can hear everything, in an area where it's easy to run around in long grass, and you can train pretty fast.

I trained up to lv.50 from lv.30 outside the Safari Zone....

Still, everybody has their differences. If you could get somebody to give you a Lucky Egg, that'd double experience gain

ltsang August 6th, 2010 5:14 PM

I want to know something. How long does it take you to charge up your nintendo ds, dsi, or lite. I have a nintendo lite and my charge 1/2 a day. Is this normal. O.o

Edit: I also looking for an ice type pokemon. Will Swinub or jynx will be good. I don't like articuno. It has a lot of weakness.

Eliminator Jr. August 6th, 2010 5:25 PM

If you can evolve Swinub, which shouldn't be that hard for you to do, it's a pretty good attacker. I haven't had much experience with Jynx so I can't help you in that aspect, but Swinub is definitely a good choice.

akpak August 6th, 2010 5:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ltsang (Post 6043609)
I also looking for an ice type pokemon. Will Swinub or jynx will be good. I don't like articuno. It has a lot of weakness.

I was looking for the same thing. I didn't like Jynx at all, she was really weak and got pwned by stuff way below her level.

I ended up using a Vaporeon with a couple Ice moves. That worked out really well against the Blackstone gym and all its dragons.

ltsang August 6th, 2010 6:01 PM

I don't like water pokemon that knows ice move. The attacks are not enough. Icebeam is just plan boring. Well I'm facing lt surge now. I'm having trouble with the puzzle. I unlock it, but when I push the other side of it and it locks it back. Darn.

Weavile05 August 6th, 2010 6:24 PM

Jynx is fine if you teach it moves like icebeam and Blizzard. Plus it's pretty fast, in fact it's base speed is higher than Dragonite's.

Dabestile August 6th, 2010 6:55 PM

Hey guys, more trouble on my side

I'm currently facing the elite 4 for the second time, and I can do fairly well with the 4, but Lance's Salamence sweeps through my whole team ¬¬ I can barely get a hit in, it's too fast.
So I've been trying to decide on my pokemon team for a while, now. What I have so far is..

Feraligatr
Ho-oh
Magneton

The last 3 slots can be taken up by any of the following pokemon..

Dragonite, Snorlax, Latias, Kadabra, Lapras, Suicine, Starmie

Which of these 3 should I include in my team? I need at least 1 psychic and one that could kill Lance and his team.

Weavile05 August 6th, 2010 6:59 PM

For the one to kill lance and his team, I would go with Lapras.
As for the psychic, why not Alakazam?
Then I would just have the Snorlax for some Raw Power, but Dragonite would do pretty well in there too.

~Patrick~ August 6th, 2010 7:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ltsang (Post 6043609)
I want to know something. How long does it take you to charge up your nintendo ds, dsi, or lite. I have a nintendo lite and my charge 1/2 a day. Is this normal. O.o

Edit: I also looking for an ice type pokemon. Will Swinub or jynx will be good. I don't like articuno. It has a lot of weakness.

It usually takes my DS Lite around 3-4 hours to fully charge from Red battery indicator.

elroid August 7th, 2010 5:54 AM

Hi, i would like to know what does CMT means? I've seen this word in many forums and all the time i thought it was 'Comment' but it seems that i'm wrong

me2hack August 7th, 2010 6:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elroid (Post 6045400)
Hi, i would like to know what does CMT means? I've seen this word in many forums and all the time i thought it was 'Comment' but it seems that i'm wrong

"Check my Thread" basically used when trading for pokemon, trader will say 'cmt', and that means to check their trade thread for offers you like.


Guy August 7th, 2010 7:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elroid (Post 6045400)
Hi, i would like to know what does CMT means? I've seen this word in many forums and all the time i thought it was 'Comment' but it seems that i'm wrong

CMT = "Check my thread" in most cases on a forum. n_n;

Anyway, the HG/SS Help Thread isn't for questions about online abbreviations/acronyms or anything other than help on HeartGold and SoulSilver. So, please only ask or answer questions here if they are related to HG/SS, thank you. If you do have any questions, concerns or suggestions about the forums though, then I'd like to direct you to the Community Questions & Feedback forum we have available.

ltsang August 7th, 2010 7:35 AM

I'm looking for a flying pokemon. What kind you yall use in your party? I would use golbat, but it doesn't have enough poison moves. It only knows poison fang. Let me know. Thanks.

mooglehunter August 7th, 2010 7:56 AM

crobat ends up being worth it imo

Weavile05 August 7th, 2010 7:56 AM

If you evolve golbat to crobat and use a heart scale you can teach it cross poison. Plus after you beat team rocket go to that toll booth thing on the way to the lake of rage and talk to the guy to get sludge bomb, and you can teach that to Crobat.
If you can get to Mt. Silver, you can get Natu, I've never used it but it's pretty good.
If you can get to the Safari Zone, then Murkrow is an option.
If you can get to Blackthorn then you can get Skarmory if you have SS. If you have HG, you can get gligar, but the best flying attack it learns is Aerial ace, and it can't learn Fly at all.
Other than that, there's the main legendaries, Fearow, Pidgey, Charizard (if you've beaten red or got a member of the charmander family off of GTS or something) Dragonite (from extremespeed dratini or Voltorb flip prize) and I think that's enough suggestions.

Dabestile August 7th, 2010 9:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weavile05 (Post 6043945)
For the one to kill lance and his team, I would go with Lapras.
As for the psychic, why not Alakazam?
Then I would just have the Snorlax for some Raw Power, but Dragonite would do pretty well in there too.


I can't evolve Kadabra into Alakazam because I don't have anyone to trade with.

Can anyone suggest a moveset for a Lapras and a Dragonite? Ingame, ofc, so I like to sweep.

Serene Grace August 7th, 2010 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dabestile (Post 6045990)
I can't evolve Kadabra into Alakazam because I don't have anyone to trade with.

Can anyone suggest a moveset for a Lapras and a Dragonite? Ingame, ofc, so I like to sweep.

If you have your DS connected to the internet through WiFi, then you can ask someone on PokeCommunity to do it forum you. The Quick Trade Thread over at the Trade Corner would be perfect (or if you know someone on PC who has WiFi, that would work too).

As for Lapras, in game, most movesets work. I would recommend Ice Beam and Surf as they gain STAB and Thunderbolt also works for other Water types. Honestly, it's up to you.

Amew August 7th, 2010 11:58 AM

Anyone got any ideas where I could find Heart Scales?

Dabestile August 7th, 2010 12:02 PM

Would Lapras outspeed Salamance?

Cheesymitten August 7th, 2010 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amew (Post 6046408)
Anyone got any ideas where I could find Heart Scales?

On Luvdiscs. Or use this


Now for mai question. Does anyone know where the Dark Pulse TM is?

Amore August 7th, 2010 12:25 PM

Lapras won't outspeed Salamence, no. However, you could use Ice Shard to get a priority hit there.

Dark Pulse - Find it in Victory Road, or, surprisingly, buy it in Celadon Department Store!

I'm glad you asked, as I never knew that!

Cheesymitten August 7th, 2010 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 6046480)
Dark Pulse - Find it in Victory Road, or, surprisingly, buy it in Celadon Department Store!

I'm glad you asked, as I never knew that!

Cheers for that!
=D
I did try Serebii but they don't say where the TM's are...

Weavile05 August 7th, 2010 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amew (Post 6046408)
Anyone got any ideas where I could find Heart Scales?

There is the other guys answer and sometimes you can find them while smashing rocks.

Dabestile August 7th, 2010 12:46 PM

But would Ice Shard OHKO Salamance?

Amore August 7th, 2010 1:09 PM

Not if you were sent out into Salamence's Intimidate.....and you'd need a +Attack nature and lots of Attack EVs (stuff it full of Protein).

My advice: Make it bulky, teach it Ice Beam. Good chance it's a 2 hit knock out.

Weavile05 August 7th, 2010 1:23 PM

yeah, even better if it freezes it.

ltsang August 8th, 2010 8:09 AM

I recently trying to catch entei. I've been following it around with my pidgeotto and then when I look at my map again it vanished. My entei's health has a red indicator and it is asleep. So I was wondering how do you get entei to show up on your map again. Then when I turn my game back on it still vanished.

JakeyBoy August 8th, 2010 8:24 AM

If it's vanished then it is probably in the same route as you (or, if applicable, Raikou). I suppose it could also be somewhere that your map wasn't showing, as Johto is now so big you need scroll to see the routes by the Safari Zone. Oh wait, the part I was thinking of is actually Kanto.

Alternatively you killed it and didn't notice.

ltsang August 8th, 2010 8:49 AM

I didn't kill it. The entei is back up. Ok something weird happen. Right now I'm on route 13 and I'm fighting a guy with a pikachu on its back. The suddenly I saw a level 65 magikarp. Is it possible to have a level 65 magikarp. I killed the magikarp with my haunter that is level 44 using shadow ball. A month ago that live guy recently gave away free pokemon. I made a request for free shiny dogs. Few days later I receive 3 legendary dogs that are Japanese and it shiny too. Is it possible to have a Japanese legendary dogs and it is shiny. I read on the forum that one guy got a hacked kingdra from him. Ever since then I haven't heard from him or he hasn't post online. I think I got hacked. Thanks.

JakeyBoy August 8th, 2010 8:54 AM

That's normal. There is in fact a Pokefan with a level 65 Magikarp on Route 13. I have no idea what you say after that, though there is an event that gives you three shiny dogs.

Spoiler:
Got some serious "How is babby formed" vibes from this :S

ltsang August 8th, 2010 9:10 AM

Is there proof. But my shiny dogs doesn't have an English name for it. The names are in Japanese. The level is around 30. There it makes more sense now.

JakeyBoy August 8th, 2010 9:16 AM

That should be them, just scroll down to Japan and then a bit more.

...Unless you were wanting proof about the Magikarp, the I found that here.

Weavile05 August 8th, 2010 3:07 PM

What HMs do you need in order to get into Cerulean Cave?

Also, which legendary should I use my masterball on, if any? (If not I'll save it for the first shiny pokemon I find in the wild)
Latios
Mewtwo
Raikou
Entei
Zapdos
Articuno
Moltres

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ August 8th, 2010 3:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weavile05 (Post 6050527)
What HMs do you need in order to get into Cerulean Cave?

Cerulean Cave requires Surf, Rock Smash, Rock Climb and TM70 Flash.

Weavile05 August 8th, 2010 3:14 PM

K thanks, anyone for the masterball dilemma?

alisaie August 8th, 2010 3:43 PM

I didn't have any trouble catching any of the legendaries in the game (except Latios, who is still uncaught). If anything, use it on a roaming Pokemon. No point using it on a Pokemon that doesn't move around (I caught Rayquaza, Mewtwo, and Ho-Oh in Pokeballs). That, or just keep it for a shiny, or use it on the last legendary you're going to catch.

Starling008 August 9th, 2010 9:24 AM

In a double battle, if you have two Pokemon who know Stealth rock, can you set up two stealth rocks at once from the two Pokemon?

Dreadnought August 9th, 2010 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weavile05 (Post 6050527)
What HMs do you need in order to get into Cerulean Cave?

Also, which legendary should I use my masterball on, if any? (If not I'll save it for the first shiny pokemon I find in the wild)
Latios
Mewtwo
Raikou
Entei
Zapdos
Articuno
Moltres

Well pretty much I would save the masterball for the legends that flee. It isn't hard to catch the birds, and Mewtwo. I use Dusk balls (Which are so damn good) when catching legends in caves and also at night. I have caught all legends on HG with only Ultra's and Dusk Balls so I still have my original masterball.

Just use it on the legends who flee since most people have trouble with those more than the stationary legends.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elite Overlord LeSabre™ (Post 6050541)


Cerulean Cave requires Surf, Rock Smash, Rock Climb and TM70 Flash.

Actually all I needed was Rock Smash, and Surf.

Weavile05 August 9th, 2010 4:42 PM

Yeah, I'll probably use it on Raikou if my Dusk Balls fail, cuz it won't be caught in an Ultra Ball. I cought Entei in an Ultra Ball already. I haven't even tried catching Latios yet. I'll try though to save my MasterBall for the first wild shiny I find. If it happens to be one of the legendaries, so be it.
Is there anywhere I can buy Seals in the game?
Quote:

In a double battle, if you have two Pokemon who know Stealth rock, can you set up two stealth rocks at once from the two Pokemon?
I believe not, just one stealth rock should effect ALL Pokes that go onto the field.

ltsang August 9th, 2010 6:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weavile05 (Post 6054561)
Yeah, I'll probably use it on Raikou if my Dusk Balls fail, cuz it won't be caught in an Ultra Ball. I cought Entei in an Ultra Ball already. I haven't even tried catching Latios yet. I'll try though to save my MasterBall for the first wild shiny I find. If it happens to be one of the legendaries, so be it.
Is there anywhere I can buy Seals in the game?

I believe not, just one stealth rock should effect ALL Pokes that go onto the field.

why would you use a masterball on a shiny pokemon? You can catch with a pokeball or an ultra ball. lol Its a waste of it.
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Hi. I arrived at petwer city. I went to the museum there and it took my enimea stone for a check up. Then few seconds later he gave me a soul something. Then latias pops up out side of the museum. I was trying to catch latais (female) all night. I couldn't. I weaken it until it has the red indicator on the health bar. Then I tried using sleep powder and thunder wave on it and it didn't for. Some I almost had it but it didn't stay in there. So how long does it takes yall to catch it? Let me know what kind of balls to use. I brought 33 ultra balls and 11 great ball and some aparicorn balls. Well I'm clueless now. I also tried poison it with gengar's poison jab, but it didn't work. I need some help. Thanks

Weavile05 August 9th, 2010 6:09 PM

Just keep trying, maybe you'll get lucky, it didn't take me very long to catch it at all.
If you have High level pokemon, the level ball will work good. Or if you wait till night you can use dusk balls. Love balls will work if you are using a male pokemon. If all of these fail, use the timer ball, after using all of these, of course

thatsfetchxo August 9th, 2010 6:38 PM

@ Weaville05
don't use the masterball on anything pokemon. Use wobbetfet on the fleeing legendies. Trust me wobba works. I used a lv 22 one on latios and the dogs and don't use the masterball on shinies because my bro caught a couple shinies without using a masterball.

Astinus August 9th, 2010 6:41 PM

I wouldn't suggest poisoning it. Otherwise, that might kill it from poison damage. Paralyzing is my choice of status to inflict, because I find that it strikes more Pokemon than sleep does.

I second the suggestion of False Swipe (take a look here to see which Pokemon can learn it) and Pokemon that can handle Latias's hits. Otherwise, your Pokemon will just get knocked down from it attacking.

Also, buy a lot of Ultra/Great/Poke balls and have a wide variety of the apricorn balls. You'll never know exactly which one will work.

Quote:

Is there anywhere I can buy Seals in the game?
You mean the stickers that can be placed on Pokeballs? Not that I know of. Only way mentioned to get them is from the girl in Olivine.

thatsfetchxo August 9th, 2010 6:49 PM

Yes I argee astunis. :) Paralzyis is great status mood then use wobbetfet to put the hp down and then the ablity shadow tag (wobbetfet again) and catch the fleeing pokemon with ultra balls, great balls, poke balls whatever you wanna use

Weavile05 August 9th, 2010 7:25 PM

yeah but if it uses roar it can still run.

thatsfetchxo August 10th, 2010 8:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weavile05 (Post 6055171)
yeah but if it uses roar it can still run.

But that's not all the time. That only happened to me twice with wobbetfet and most likely want to use dusk balls to prevent being roared out. XD

Skaterzpenguin August 10th, 2010 2:18 PM

Just a quicky question. whats the earliest place for a ryhorn to appear in SS?

Nequisan August 10th, 2010 3:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skaterzpenguin (Post 6057164)
Just a quicky question. whats the earliest place for a ryhorn to appear in SS?


Safari Zone, in the Savannah areas, I believe.


I would like to ask how you obtain the third starter set in your Pokedex, in SS. Obviously you have one set (for instance Chikorita) and your rival has the other (eg. Cyndaquil), but can you only acquire the third set in the pokedex from trading or is there some other way?

JakeyBoy August 10th, 2010 3:11 PM

Trades only. Don't think any trainers have them, unless I'm mistaking them for the Kanto starters.

Nequisan August 10th, 2010 3:19 PM

Oh dear, that sucks. Well, thankyou for the answer anyway :D now I see the benefit of just buying both of the games!

ltsang August 10th, 2010 5:57 PM

I'm trying to face blaine for a vocano badge and I'm training my poliwril right now and I need help. My poliworl level is 44. I couldn't beat him. THanks

Ruin Maniac August 11th, 2010 2:54 AM

How can I migrate pokemon from my pokemon Emerald onto SoulSilver, is there like a pal park I can go to or something?

JakeyBoy August 11th, 2010 4:55 AM

Go to the old Kanto Safari Zone. It's been converted into a Pal Park.

BluntCube August 11th, 2010 5:55 AM

I want to teach Ninetales Hypnosis and Energy Ball but they're both Egg Moves I've read, and I don't really get the concept but if I get a male Smeargle to Sketch Energy Ball and Hypnosis off some Pokémon then breed with a Ninetales/Vulpix to get a Vulpix w/ those moves?

Also, I'd appreciate if someone could tell me which Pokémon Smeargle could sketch Hypnosis and Energy Ball off if that's the case.

Thanks :)

I want to teach Ninetales Hypnosis and Energy Ball but they're both Egg Moves I've read, and I don't really get the concept but do I get a male Smeargle to Sketch Energy Ball and Hypnosis off some Pokémon then breed with a Ninetales/Vulpix to get a Vulpix w/ those moves?

Also, I'd appreciate if someone could tell me which Pokémon Smeargle could sketch Hypnosis and Energy Ball off if that's the case.

Thanks :)

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ August 11th, 2010 10:50 AM

Your Ninetales/Vulpix must be female, but the baby, regardless of gender, should inherit both moves. And I don't use Smeargle heavily for breeding, but using Sketch should work to get the moves to your baby Pokemon.

Drowzee, Stantler, Ralts, Gastly, Hoothoot , and their respective evolutions (if any) are among those who learn Hypnosis.

Treecko, Lotad, Shaymin, Lileep, and their respective evolutions (if any) learn Energy Ball naturally. You can also use TM53.

Here's the trick: You need to enter into an ingame Double Battle to Sketch the moves from your other Pokemon. It won't work in a link or wi-fi battle. There are only two Double Battle trainers that can be rematched via PokeGear in HG/SS: Tim & Sue on Route 13 and Kay & Tia on Route 15. Challenge either of them to a rematch, then have Smeargle sketch the desired moves on the first turn of the battle. Since you have two moves you want Sketched, I'd advise rematching twice, doing one move per battle.

I hope this isn't too confusing, but these games really have a roundabout way of taking advantage of Sketch:/

Dabestile August 11th, 2010 12:12 PM

Hey guys, another question here

I want to start EV training my pokemon, but I've got a few questions..

1. How would I know if I've hit the max 255 limit on a stat? Will it tell me when I level up?

2. When I level a pokemon, will the EV changes take place there or will they grow continuously as I battle?

3. Where can I find the berries that reduce unwanted EVs in a pokemon?

Thanks in advance

polkop August 11th, 2010 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dabestile (Post 6059398)
Hey guys, another question here

I want to start EV training my pokemon, but I've got a few questions..

1. How would I know if I've hit the max 255 limit on a stat? Will it tell me when I level up?

2. When I level a pokemon, will the EV changes take place there or will they grow continuously as I battle?

3. Where can I find the berries that reduce unwanted EVs in a pokemon?

Thanks in advance

1) The game won't tell you. You have to count them.
2) The EV changes appear when your pokemon level up. That is why you can't EV train Lv 100 pokemon.
3) Find Shard and trade them for berry in Fushia City(Koga's daughter gym city).

ltsang August 11th, 2010 12:23 PM

I'm going to evolve my poliwirl to a politoad after I get it to learn hydro pump. Also I haven't fight ericka yet.

edit: Also I'm trying to catch the hoenn and sinnohn pokemon. What do I need to get them? I already got the expansion radio from the old man in lavendaer town. Today is wed and I want to catch some.

alisaie August 11th, 2010 1:17 PM

You simply go onto a Route, and turn on the Radio to the right Station. Then, just walk around in the grass/cave/whatever, and eventually you'll find a Sinnoh or Hoenn Pokemon, depending on the day you're searching. The Hoenn/Sinnoh Pokemon you find depends on the terrain you're in. For example, Plusle and Minun can be found in the grassy area, while Absol can be found like cave (like Mt. Moon).

thatsfetchxo August 11th, 2010 1:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ltsang (Post 6059453)
I'm going to evolve my poliwirl to a politoad after I get it to learn hydro pump. Also I haven't fight ericka yet.

edit: Also I'm trying to catch the hoenn and sinnohn pokemon. What do I need to get them? I already got the expansion radio from the old man in lavendaer town. Today is wed and I want to catch some.

On wedesdays Dj Ben will be plating hoenn music which will make hoenn pokemon apear and on Thursdays Dj Ben will play sinnoh music which will make sinnoh pokemon appear and you can use the safari zone when you can use items.

Red1530 August 11th, 2010 6:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BluntCube (Post 6058928)
I want to teach Ninetales Hypnosis and Energy Ball but they're both Egg Moves I've read, and I don't really get the concept but if I get a male Smeargle to Sketch Energy Ball and Hypnosis off some Pokémon then breed with a Ninetales/Vulpix to get a Vulpix w/ those moves?

Also, I'd appreciate if someone could tell me which Pokémon Smeargle could sketch Hypnosis and Energy Ball off if that's the case.

Thanks :)

I want to teach Ninetales Hypnosis and Energy Ball but they're both Egg Moves I've read, and I don't really get the concept but do I get a male Smeargle to Sketch Energy Ball and Hypnosis off some Pokémon then breed with a Ninetales/Vulpix to get a Vulpix w/ those moves?

Also, I'd appreciate if someone could tell me which Pokémon Smeargle could sketch Hypnosis and Energy Ball off if that's the case.

Thanks :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elite Overlord LeSabre™ (Post 6059029)
Your Ninetales/Vulpix must be female, but the baby, regardless of gender, should inherit both moves. And I don't use Smeargle heavily for breeding, but using Sketch should work to get the moves to your baby Pokemon.

Drowzee, Stantler, Ralts, Gastly, Hoothoot , and their respective evolutions (if any) are among those who learn Hypnosis.

Treecko, Lotad, Shaymin, Lileep, and their respective evolutions (if any) learn Energy Ball naturally. You can also use TM53.

Here's the trick: You need to enter into an ingame Double Battle to Sketch the moves from your other Pokemon. It won't work in a link or wi-fi battle. There are only two Double Battle trainers that can be rematched via PokeGear in HG/SS: Tim & Sue on Route 13 and Kay & Tia on Route 15. Challenge either of them to a rematch, then have Smeargle sketch the desired moves on the first turn of the battle. Since you have two moves you want Sketched, I'd advise rematching twice, doing one move per battle.

I hope this isn't too confusing, but these games really have a roundabout way of taking advantage of Sketch:/

Smogon has a full guide on how to use sketch effectively.

Dabestile August 12th, 2010 3:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polkop (Post 6059449)
1) The game won't tell you. You have to count them.
2) The EV changes appear when your pokemon level up. That is why you can't EV train Lv 100 pokemon.
3) Find Shard and trade them for berry in Fushia City(Koga's daughter gym city).


Where can I find the Shards needed for the berries?


Also, another quick question, could I EV train my pokemon at a low level, and then use a load of rare candies to get them up to level 100? Or is it better for me to EV train while I level them?

Amore August 12th, 2010 3:56 AM

Yeah, you can EV train at any level, except 100 (obviously high 90s is inadvisable, as they may level up).

Shards are found by smashing Rocks, uhh...everywhere. I like the Ruins of Alph.

PokemonLeagueChamp August 12th, 2010 5:11 AM

Tell me if this question is nooby, but I've been trying to send a Yellow Forest Wondercard from my SoulSilver to my HeartGold, and I haven't been able to do so. Anyone know if I'm doing something wrong, or...?

Mimikyu402 August 12th, 2010 5:54 AM

No event wondercards can be shared besides the japanese secret key event in platinum even though there is a option for sharing its not useable for any event

ltsang August 12th, 2010 10:09 AM

There is a small cave in the ruins of alpha in soul silver. Does anyone know how to get in there? If so please let me know. Thanks.

Weavile05 August 12th, 2010 11:05 AM

Are you talking about the one with the four items and unown text on the floor? If so, solve all the unown puzzles, and you must take a specific action in each of the caves with puzzles. They are hinted by the writing on the panels in the back of these four caves.
One says Light: use Flash
One says Escape: use an Escape Rope
One says Ho-oh: have Ho-oh in the front of your party
One says Water (I think, I've never been in this one, it just makes sense): Have a water stone in your inventory.
This will open up a cave somewhere in the ruins (not sure where) that contains four items and Unown markings on the floor.

Amore August 12th, 2010 11:12 AM

If you're on about the ones that can't even be reached by Surfing....go to Union Cave. Go down the stairs to the north, and head north. You'll pass two hikers, and you have two options. Go one way to one cave, a psychic, and an area to find wild Natu, go to the other, and you can reach the final room.

celebi72 August 13th, 2010 1:46 AM

Where is the best spot to train before red? i'm not even in the Kanto yet in SS(i started again) but in my other save i didnt train properly.pLz help, Celebi72

Also does Soft Reseting ALWAYS wORK? b-cuz i'm Trying to Soft reset the XTREME SPEED Dratini.No luck so far

Gulpin August 13th, 2010 3:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by celebi72 (Post 6064753)
Where is the best spot to train before red? i'm not even in the Kanto yet in SS(i started again) but in my other save i didnt train properly.pLz help, Celebi72

Also does Soft Reseting ALWAYS wORK? b-cuz i'm Trying to Soft reset the XTREME SPEED Dratini.No luck so far


I don't know about your second question but for the first I found that rebottling gym leaders was the easiest way. All you have to do is constantly reset your ds time and date to get all of their phone numbers the reset the time and date to call them and rematch. Then what I did was used only one of my pokemon to battle the whole team of the gym leader.

ltsang August 13th, 2010 9:13 AM

I need help. I'm currently training my ivysaur into a venasaur and I don't know what moves it should learn so far it learns Take down, leaf storm, energy ball, and solar beam. The ability is powers up grass type moves in a pinch. I'll tell you the set it want. Here is set one: Razor leaf, sludge bomb, solar beam and double edge. Sigh. I just don't know what to teach it. Venasaur has too many good moves. Its better than meganium.

Amore August 13th, 2010 10:02 AM

So, you know it, but you don't?

My favourite set is this:

- Leaf Storm
- Leech Seed
- Poisonpowder
- Protect

Give it Leftovers.

First turn, Leaf Storm to take out their 1st pokemon
2nd pokemon, use Leech Seed + Poisonpowder + Protect/Leaf Storm. Just stall them out, not actually doing much damage after 3 Leaf Storms.

ltsang August 13th, 2010 10:30 AM

I don't like to stall. Its plain boring with no battles. I want it to attack and kill it right away. Also what level is red when you battle him? I haven't beat him yet. I'm planning to after I get my pokemon in the 70 or 80's.

Astinus August 13th, 2010 1:41 PM

Venusaur really isn't built for physical attacking, since its Attack stat is base 80 and Special Attack is base 100.

The main question I have for you is if this Venusaur is going to be used in competitive play. If it is, then it requires a lot more planning. If you're just going to use Venusaur in the game, then really, the attack set you have is fine. Anything really is. Personally, I'd choose Razor Leaf over Solar Beam so I can attack quicker, and use Sleep Powder (in case I need help catching a Pokemon).

As for Red, his strongest Pokemon is at level 88 (Pikachu) and the weakest is at level 80 (Lapras).

Quote:

Also does Soft Reseting ALWAYS wORK? b-cuz i'm Trying to Soft reset the XTREME SPEED Dratini.No luck so far
Soft resetting isn't a guarantee to getting what you want. You could be soft resetting for weeks or months.

JakeyBoy August 13th, 2010 2:19 PM

Quote:

Also does Soft Reseting ALWAYS wORK? b-cuz i'm Trying to Soft reset the XTREME SPEED Dratini.No luck so far
No idea what post this came from, but the Extremespeed Dratini isn't luck, it's knowledge. You ALWAYS get a Dratini, but only the Extremespeed version in a special situation. You have to answer all the questions from the Dragon Master man with the best possible answers. There will be a list of the correct answers on the internet somewhere. Anyway, after answering these questions, you still won't get it until you come back to Dragon Master man with 5 Pokemon or less, to take the Dratini.

You have no idea how long I was soft resetting to get the correct answers because I didn't realise you needed to have less than six Pokemon with you :S

Crazyhand August 13th, 2010 8:54 PM

Help! Freezing Problems!
 
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes.
This is not a ROM! This is a legit Soul Silver bought at Gamestop!
This only happens in the Pal Pad, whenever I try to go to page 3 the game freezes, I've gotten to page 4 by tapping the button a the top, but no matter what I do I can't access page three. The game will freeze before it scrolls over, but the arrow on the right (or left for page 4) will turn white. I get the feeling that if I delete a page full of entries page 2 will become frozen and not three.
Does anyone know any fixes?

Joenub707 August 13th, 2010 9:08 PM

Just a patented glitch.

Have you hacked the game? That might be the reason. (If you did)

Astinus August 13th, 2010 9:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JakeyBoy (Post 6067273)
Anyway, after answering these questions, you still won't get it until you come back to Dragon Master man with 5 Pokemon or less, to take the Dratini.

Don't you also need to defeat/capture Ho-Oh or Lugia before the elder gives the Dratini to you? I haven't done that yet, and also don't have the Dratini, though I only had five Pokemon with me.

Anyhow, the answers to get the Dratini are:

Quote:

Question #1: What are Pokemon to you?
-Ally

Question #2: What helps win battles?
-Strategy

Question #3: What kind of Trainer do you wish to battle?
-Anyone

Question #4: What is most important in raising Pokemon?
-Love

Question #5 Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon. Which is more important?
-Both

Crazyhand August 13th, 2010 9:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joenub707 (Post 6068764)
Just a patented glitch.

Have you hacked the game? That might be the reason. (If you did)

No Hax whatsoever, only some traded pokemon from a ROM is all. But I've had those pokemon for months now.

EDIT: I was right. Now If I try to erase a player on page two it freezes.
EDIT EDIT: I erased one on page one, and now I can't access page 2.

Totaldile August 14th, 2010 1:13 AM

What's teh best ball to use for catching latias? It eludes me more...
I'm catching it for a friend who recently lost theirs :).

Crazyhand August 14th, 2010 1:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Totaldile (Post 6069217)
What's teh best ball to use for catching latias? It eludes me more...
I'm catching it for a friend who recently lost theirs :).

Premier by far. I laugh at all who use anything above pokeball.
Try a scizor with false swipe and you can also paralyze it with some other pokemon.

Amore August 14th, 2010 1:59 AM

Or, a more serious answer:

- If it's on HeartGold, and it's roaming: Fast Ball, Quick Ball, or if you trap it, do it at night with Dusk Balls, and if it lasts for a very long time, Timer Balls.

- If it's on SoulSilver and it's stationary, just Fast Balls (it has base 110 speed), Dusk Balls (do it at night), Timer Balls.

But the idea about False Swipe (Scizor is brilliant due to it's massive attack stat and resistance to Latias' moves), and paralysis, is very sound advice. If it's roaming, you'll need something that can either outspeed to use Mean Look, or has a trapping ability (Dugtrio can learn False Swipe, so get one with Arena Trap). However, you need to keep your trapper alive at all times.

jolty94 August 14th, 2010 2:56 AM

Hey, ummm, ever since i bought HeartGold i never got bored of it until about a month ago, and i just don't know what to do now :/ i've done everything... Like, i could train my pokémon and battle online but i just don't see the point... Like, i need motivation... :/

shinyespeon1798 August 14th, 2010 8:17 AM

simple question: what is an uber? thanx

Crazyhand August 14th, 2010 8:28 AM

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Originally Posted by shinyespeon1798 (Post 6070006)
simple question: what is an uber? thanx

This isn't really the right place for that question but here goes. (NOT trying to mini-mod!) http://www.smogon.com/dp/tiers/ should provide you with everything you need to know about tiers, you can look at the rest of the smogon site for more details on competitive battling. Namely http://www.smogon.com/dp/

ltsang August 14th, 2010 8:37 AM

am I ready to battle red for the first time. My team are:

Ampharos level 60
pidgeotto level 19
politoaed level 50
onix level 34
houndoom level 32
ivysaur level 25.

Please help me. My starter was meganium I messed him up. I delete magical leaf by accident and replace it with something that heal status problems. What level are reds pokemon.

Amore August 14th, 2010 8:51 AM

No way will you manage, sorry.

Red's team:

Pikachu lv.88
Lapras lv.80
Venusaur,Blastoise,Charizard lv.83
Snorlax lv.85

I may be slightly wrong, but they're all between Pikachu and Lapras' levels, which I definitely got right.

Fire Wolf August 14th, 2010 8:52 AM

No lol, you obviously need more training, Red's pokemon are level 80-88. Snorlax can easily thrash you, train more.

Crazyhand August 14th, 2010 9:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazyhand (Post 6068728)
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes.
This is not a ROM! This is a legit Soul Silver bought at Gamestop!
This only happens in the Pal Pad, whenever I try to go to page 3 the game freezes, I've gotten to page 4 by tapping the button a the top, but no matter what I do I can't access page three. The game will freeze before it scrolls over, but the arrow on the right (or left for page 4) will turn white. I get the feeling that if I delete a page full of entries page 2 will become frozen and not three.
Does anyone know any fixes?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazyhand (Post 6068865)
No Hax whatsoever, only some traded pokemon from a ROM is all. But I've had those pokemon for months now.

EDIT: I was right. Now If I try to erase a player on page two it freezes.
EDIT EDIT: I erased one on page one, and now I can't access page 2.

I hate to re-iterate things, but this is still a problem for me. Obviously I'm having a problem with a glitchy FC on the second page, but I have no idea what to do about it.
Also, I don't know who's FC it is, if I did I would go on Wi-Fi with them and that would probably fix it. (Or crash my game, either of the two.)

EDIT: I forgot to mention the music stays on.

~Patrick~ August 14th, 2010 9:43 AM

Ok so I'm actually going to need some help catching Ho-Oh. First attempt it actually killed itself while Struggling, 2nd attempt I ran out of every type of Pokeball I had. In both instances I had it critical hp (almost no health) and Paralyzed. This is the Pre-elite 4 Ho-Oh in Heart Gold that is level 45, and yes I know you can defeat it at this point and come back after the Elite 4, but I want to capture it now. Also I do not want to use my Master Ball on it.

First off does it matter what my own Pokemon levels are in relation to the Ho-oh? Like if I'm higher level than it will it be more likely to be caught?

Even still I left the Bell tower and raised up my team a bit more this is what it looks like:
Magnezone lv.40
Poliwrath lv.40
Arcanine lv. 38
Heracross lv. 39
Alakazam lv. 39
Mamoswine lv. 38

my strategy I use Thunder Wave right off the bat to get it Paralyzed, as it usually tries to get Sunny Day up first. Magnezone doesn't last too long after that, but I weaken it that best I can... I then switch to Arcanine who resists all Ho-Oh's fire attacks with it's Flash Fire ability... i generally can PP waste it pretty good while weakening it... when it runs out of Fire moves that leaves it with Extrasensory and Sunny Day as all that is left so I ussually switch to Alakazam and start Calm Minding up to maybe +5 sp. def... it can't kill me as I just recover off any damage... while chucking all the Ultras I have.... and it still won't be caught ussually breaking out right away.

I mean I have a lv 70 Zapdos I got in a trade from a friend... I can bring it along if it will help having a higher lv Pokemon to increase the catch rate... but I was hoping I wouldn't have to use that Pokemon....

Crazyhand August 14th, 2010 9:52 AM

http://www.smogon.com/dp/moves/false_swipe : a list of pokemon that learn false swipe. Paralysis is good. Sounds like you need timer balls, but I wouldn't recommend it based on the fact that it'll hurt your pride if you don't use premier balls. (I had 160 when I faced Ho-oh from SS, I had to soft-reset thrice because of struggle.)

Astinus August 14th, 2010 6:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Patrick~ (Post 6070213)
First off does it matter what my own Pokemon levels are in relation to the Ho-oh? Like if I'm higher level than it will it be more likely to be caught?

[...]

I mean I have a lv 70 Zapdos I got in a trade from a friend... I can bring it along if it will help having a higher lv Pokemon to increase the catch rate... but I was hoping I wouldn't have to use that Pokemon....

Only if you plan to try Level Balls, received from Kurt when you give him Red Apricorns. If my math is correct, then your level 70 Zapdos will add a 2x catch rate to the Level Ball.

But really, you can try to use whatever Poke ball you'd like. Some people have more luck with Poke/Premier, while others go for Ultra, and others go for the specialty ones. Sp try a variety of ones.

ltsang August 15th, 2010 1:33 PM

When you first find mewtwo at the cerulan cave it is level 70 right. If I'm not mistaken.

Weavile05 August 15th, 2010 3:42 PM

yes it is. Also, bring a dark type pokemon along. Mewtwo can't lay a scratch on those.

grey-beard August 16th, 2010 12:28 AM

Is there a bug in Safari Zone Link?
 
Hi everyone, this is my first post, so I hope it's in the right place.

Months ago, in Heart Gold, I set up the necessary blocks (10 Forest + 18 Rock) in Meadow to get Riolu. Like most people (and all the advice I've found on the 'net), I gave up waiting and GTS'd a Lucario after I'd seen one in the Elite 4 post Red. I just left the blocks sitting there.

I'm now playing Soul Silver, and decided to use the Safari Zone Link to get into the Heart Gold Safari Zone. It work fine at first; I got Spheal, Solrock, Torkoal, and in Meadow there were plenty of Nosepass and Nuzleaf showing that there were the right blocks there for Riolu. (And the blocks had been set up for well over 70 days – since 24 April).

But I've spent literally hours traipsing around the Meadow Zone and not seen a single Riolu!

So the question is: has anyone actually seen a Riolu in the Safari Zone? Or has everyone just traded theirs? Everyone knows that there can be bugs in games (even Pokemon!) so is this one of them? Is it a problem with the Safari Zone Link rather than the Zone itself? Or is it just that the encounter rate for Riolu is insanely low?

Any help gratefully received.

Silver25 August 16th, 2010 12:37 AM

Check this out:
http://serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/safarizone.shtml

This says 10 Forest Objects and 14 Peak Objects in the Meadow

grey-beard August 16th, 2010 8:40 AM

Is there a bug in Safari Zone Link?
 
Yeah, I know I've put in more peak/rock than necessary, but that's never been a problem before.

elroid August 16th, 2010 10:14 AM

The peak and rocks have to be put for more than 70 days in the meadow to allow you to encounter one riolu. The number in serebii is the minimum requirement that you have to get. If you have done them right then you should have no problem unless you are not lucky enough to meet one. I tried to spend 5 hours to meet the first beldum in safari zone. So maybe luck matters or your day counts in safari has been messed up during the period.

ltsang August 16th, 2010 2:01 PM

I want to know something. I went across mt silver and I haven't find a single heart scale. Does anyone know where is a good place for heart scale hunting? I need it for my meganium. So I can replace a move.


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