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JohnJSal December 30th, 2013 11:38 PM

How do you use the markings?
 
I'm curious to read how others mark their Pokemon. I've never really used this feature before, but now I want to have some kind of organization to my boxes. A couple of categories I thought of are:

1. To trade
2. Do not trade
3. Shiny
4. For breeding
5. Received in trade

Any other ideas?

famillan December 31st, 2013 1:40 AM

I mark my mons with whatever IVs they have. It's easier than renaming them. It's also most useful when you get mons from trade and couldn't rename it.

jollyninetails December 31st, 2013 2:39 AM

Yeah, Iv breeding or a do not trade this one mark.

JohnJSal December 31st, 2013 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by famillan (Post 8013989)
I mark my mons with whatever IVs they have. It's easier than renaming them. It's also most useful when you get mons from trade and couldn't rename it.

What system do you have to mark IVs?

Count January 1st, 2014 8:17 AM

There are six stats and six possible marks. Let's say I have a Pokémon with 31 IV's in HP (the first stat), then I'll mark them with a circle (which is, iirc, the first possible mark).

I'm making it sound more complicated than it is but it's really simple and I'm pretty sure this is what the marks are most used for.

Corvus of the Black Night January 1st, 2014 8:47 AM

I usually don't mark my pokemon unless it's my ultimate favourite.

Sopheria January 1st, 2014 9:07 AM

I just highlight the marks that correspond to a max IV. I think GameFreak figured out people were doing this because in X and Y all the marks are unhighlighted by default rather than highlighted. So yea, that's the most common use, but house can use them for whatever you want.

Patrick January 1st, 2014 9:47 AM

Once I breed a lot of a specific Pokémon, I tend to mark which ones to keep for chain breeding, which ones are really good, and which ones to release. This is all based on natures, characteristics and so on.

TwilightBlade January 1st, 2014 10:35 AM

In RSE, I used to mark Pokemon with a Triangle&Heart if they were a part of my in-game team or just a Heart if I bred them.

Now I use the 6 markings to denote perfect IVs in Hp/Atk/Def/SpAtk/SpDef/Spe.

JohnJSal January 1st, 2014 9:47 PM

What method are you guys using to calculate IVs?

And forgive my ignorance, but how does it help to know what a single IV is? Wouldn't it be better to keep track of all six in some other way? How is this marking used?

DowntownDumpling January 12th, 2014 9:03 PM

I forgot those still existed. As I recall, in my old copy of Sapphire all those years ago, I used the triangle for shiny Pokemon and the heart for ones I particularly liked.

Altair January 12th, 2014 9:23 PM

The only use I've found for them is to distinguish IV's among Dittos.

ilyketurdles January 12th, 2014 9:42 PM

They come in handy when digging through a box of pokemon I bred to pick out the good ones with perfect IVs in the correct stats.

JohnJSal January 12th, 2014 9:44 PM

Now that I've tried my hand at breeding, they definitely are helpful for marking IVs.

ZetaZaku January 12th, 2014 10:34 PM

I thought all breeders used them to mark IVs. At least that's what I assume every time I get a Pokemon via trade.

Also shiny Pokemon have their own mark, so it's kinda pointless additionally marking them.

Flushed January 12th, 2014 10:58 PM

I don't think I've ever used the markings before this generation, and now I realize breeding and organizing would be a nightmare without them.

Ammako January 12th, 2014 11:16 PM

Star for shiny Pokémon, Diamond for event Pokémon, Circle for non-event legendary Pokémon, Heart for Pokémon I particularly like, Triangle for Pokémon which are EV'd and Square for Pokémon who were RNG'd.

curiousnathan January 13th, 2014 12:08 AM

I do not mark my Pokemon; I'm not much of a breeder/trader so I don't really have much use for them other than for aesthetics.

purplekirby54 January 13th, 2014 1:35 AM

My marking system is rather simple.

Stars for shiny, hearts for collected in current game, circle for pokemon I've traded from previous geens.

Golden Warrior January 13th, 2014 2:43 AM

Hm... I don't tend to use markings, but now that I think about it, that could be useful, I'll get back to that probably. XD

Peter Quill January 13th, 2014 4:07 AM

I use them for marking perfect IVs. I have set boxes for breeding, some for wild captures, some for those I want to keep. Using it to mark IVs help a lot if you breed and trade Perfect IV Mons

Kikaito plush January 13th, 2014 5:15 AM

I use the marking for my party members.

Sheep January 16th, 2014 11:22 AM

Like a lot of others, I use them for IVs. :) There are just enough symbols for each stat so that makes remembering things so much easier, especially if you breed competitive Pokemon a lot!

Shrew January 29th, 2014 4:00 AM

In Diamond, my system was:
-Circle for pokemon that I need the pre-evolutions for the dex, representing an egg shape.
-Triangle for pokemon that I need evolutions for the dex, representing an upward arrow
-Square to easily locate pokemon with Pokerus
-Heart shape for traded pokemon
-Star for EV trained pokemon
-Diamond shape for shinies

As of XY, I just use them for IVs though.

Mithel_Celestia January 31st, 2014 7:38 PM

Alot have mostly started using them to signify a Perfect IV stat it has in, and if you haven't, you really should. It could help you and other people who you trade some Pokemon to.


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