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Favorite nature
What is your favorite nature in pokemon?
Which is the nature you want your pokemon to have in games and why? It is determined by your own nature, by the nature you like the most or by the advantages and disadvantages it provides to your pokemon? Do the likes and dislikes on flavor matter to you? Mine is sassy , because it gives a boost in special defense in which I want my pokemon to be strong, while I don't care much about speed where it gives a weakness. Although, I 'm not looking for the right nature in pokemon. I 'm going with whatever it is. Also I am kinda sassy myself. I don't care about the flavors. |
It depends with the pokemon for me. Since I'm a competitive battler, I want the corresponding nature that's going to squeeze the most power out of a pokemon. However, I find that I'm using the same four natures a lot of the time.
Adamant (+Atk, -SAtk) Jolly (+Spe, -SAtk) Modest (+SAtk, -Atk) Timid (+Spe, -Atk) I got lucky once and got an adamant Gyarados from the guy on the bridge in Pokemon Black. |
I'm a competitive battler so it really depends.
It's how I make my team. Adamant Modest Timid Jolly Naive Those five are the natures I use the most. |
Honestly, I've always liked the bulkier natures for my pokemon, so Bold and Calm really appeal to me. So long as they're on pokemon that can make good use of them, of course, like Jellicent and Vaporeon.
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My favorite would have to be Adamant, which takes away a bit of your Special Attack stat to give boost to your Attack. Along with that, I also like Modest. To be honest, though, I don't dislike any natures. They're all pretty equal to me. xD
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For mixed attackers, I like Hasty/Naive so that I can attack from both sides of the offensive spectrum safely.
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I tend to gravitate towards Modest, which is a good competitive nature. To be honest, I've really only ever bred for Adamant and Modest, so I kinda have a preference for those, even if it's not the most ideal nature competitively for a Pokemon.
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Modest and Adamant are great competitively when focusing on one moveset based on Attack or Sp. Attack.
But, I really like Sassy, just for the name. XD |
For Pokémon in game I prefer Timid. I'm excessively fond of Special Attackers. I also value Speed highly. I always want to outspeed my opponents. So Timid makes the most sense. I have some Jolly in rare cases and more rare Adamant. So far the only Adamant Pokémon I've ever bred are Ralts (Gallade) and Meowth (Persian). Gallade and Persian both use Physical attacks and have much higher Speed than their Attack. Usually this isn't an issue but both of their primary attacks have really low BP.
Gallade I use to catch other Pokémon so it's only attack is False Swipe. Persian I use to farm money and it's main attack is Pay Day although it is boosted by Technician and STAB. Outside of gameplay I like Naughty the best. I figure those Pokémon would be my real friends. Imagine going around doing mischief with your Pokémon. Who's going to stop you? You have your Pokémon to defend and fly away if necessary. Naughty > Others. |
Like Howmander, I love special attackers. Most of the time, my teams will consist of Pokemon of types that used to make up the special category (Fire, Water, Electric, Psychic, etc). So Timid and Modest are my favorites, though I'm biased towards Timid because -points to nature in post bit- OOOOH THAT'S ME!
I also like Adamant for when I do have physical attackers, and I like Calm because that makes me feel...calm. Docile and Quirky are cool too. Even though they're neutral, I just like the word "docile" and I love quirky things in general, so I love me some Quirky Pokemon. |
Sassy
Because who doesn't like a little bit of attitude in their team? |
From a competitive battling perspective, I really like Adamant and Modest natures, as they allow me to get the most power out of the Pokemon I'm using, which I sometimes prefer to speed.
Non competitively, the nature I like is Timid, as that's kind of how I am. I also like Calm and Relaxed natures, as they have a laid-back feeling. |
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I used to really like Jolly for some reason. I'd always try to get Jolly Pokemon. I knew vaguely that they had something to do with stats, but even now I couldn't tell you which stat Jolly favors and which it hinders.
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I go for the stats they give and hinder but generally the nature I seem to wind up most often with is jolly, modest, adamant, or timid. So those are my most-used!
I used to love the quiet and brave natures as a kid because they sounded cool. Nowadays I think timid is best because it fits me most. ;P |
I like natures which raise speed, in general. I'm okay with pretty much any nature for story mode purposes, except I feel a bit crestfallen when I see a Lax (+Def, -SpDef) or Gentle (+SpDef, -Def) pokemon. I even prefer neutral natures than these.
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All of them , I don't care about nature and IV's ....
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Snowfall has always been my favourite one.
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The best nature for a particular Pokemon depends on the kind of Pokemon and it's moveset. Adamant/Jolly is best for physical attackers, Modest/Timid for special attackers and so on. I do not bother about natures in the game. I caught an Adamant Starmie (as a Staryu) in Ruby and I used it in my team to beat the Elite 4. I hated fishing in Ruby so I never bothered to catch another one.
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My favourite nature is the one I'm looking for. :P
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Timid, when on the right pokémon :3 Increases SpAtk from what I recall, which is well needed for some more physical pokémon you really want to use for special attacks. Some fire types, and Pikachu, for example.
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Interesting question! Do I prefer power, speed or bulk in pokemon? Do I prefer physical or special moves? Depends on the Pokemon, but generally I prefer special power over anything else so I'd say my favorite nature is Rash. It lowers Special Defense (which is the side unaffected by most priority moves) rather than Defense.
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for me, i like every other nature; except for hasty, rash, sassy & naughty for some reason *those one's just don't stick for me *and lonely... that one because i wouldn't want my pokemon to be on her own... alright, i have a lonely taillow in emerald, but that's about it :P * .... i think it's because i go by if i think the natures would be nice if my trainer self was in the anime :) *
firered: tatta the rattata (F) - quirky poppo the pidgey (F) - mild puffy the jigglypuff (F) - relaxed kara the cubone (F) - careful tatu the horsea (F) - bashful shula the growlithe (F) - careful leafgreen: mizuko the squirtle (F) - brave breeze the pidgeotto (F) - mild roko the vulpix (F) - quirky electra the jolteon (F) - timid blizzard the seel (F) - mild misa the sandshrew (F) - bold Emerald (so far): kima the treecko (F) - jolly tsuba the taillow (F) - lonely tuti the Nincada (F) - bold mi the illumise (F) - relaxed diamond (so far): chimi the chimchar (F) - mild neona the finneon (F) - calm pearl: *so far* ceru the piplup (F) - adament stara the starly (F) - calm koli the shinx (F) - bold platinum (so far): caomi the turtwig (F) - sassy (i plan to change that nature) koro the kricketot (F) - brave heartgold: flora the chikorita (F) - bold brownie the furret (F) - naive twilight the noctowl (F) - brave moko the flaffy (F) - mild kalina the phanpy (F) - bold ryu the dratini (F) - timid soulsilver (so far) : foka the cyndaquil (F) - hardy ariel the togetic (F) - relaxed wata the jumpluff (F) - naive anpia the ledian (F) - quirky coral the corsola (F) - calm black (so far): juri the snivy (F) - bashful tabu the audino (F) - serious pixel the cottonee (F) - lax white : tepi the tepig (F) - jolly lilli the lillipup (F) - impish skittles the purrloin (F) - serious dove the pidove (F) - careful blitz the blitzle (F) - quiet tender the alolomola (F) - quirky black 2: kuru the sewaddle (F) - calm snow white the swanna (F) - modest snowdrop the azumarill (F) - quiet jolti the joltik (F) - serious cubby the cubchoo (F) - bashful puru the frillish (F) - relaxed pokemon x : maho the fennekin (F) - timid vivi the vivillion (F) - gentle fia the charmander (F) - gentle sapphire the dratini (F) - docile lumina the chinchou (F) - lax polly the chatot (F) - Jolly omega ruby: kippy the mudkip (F) - bold poochi the poochyena (F) - modest nya the skitty (F) - rash *want to change that* mini the minun (F) - bold *mana* the manaphy (F) - brave melody the flygon (F) - naughty *want to change that* alpha sapphire: adara the torchic (F) - docile zaggy the zigzagoon (F) - quiet pinella the beautifly (F) - relaxed dazzler the lanturn (F) - docile flower the raichu (F) - relaxed aero the latias - modest pokemon sun: *want to change the naughty, rash & hasty natures* poppy the popplio (F) - naive sunshine the pikachu (F) - naughty flitter the ribombee (f) - rash destiny the espeon (F) - bold lura the lurantis (F) - docile maiko the steenee (F) - hasty pokemon moon: kitty the litten (F) - jolly peki the pikipek (F) - modest sparkles the alolan raichu (F) - brave yuki the alolan vulpix (f) - gentle pebbles the rockruff (F) - quirky sylvi the sylveon (F) - lax |
to keep it simple modest for special attacks and adamant for physical attackers. i tend to prefer overall power output
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It ultimately depends on the Pokemon and how you want to use it in battle - there isn't one concrete nature for everything. But it's pretty straightforward for pure sweepers, for example, you want Adamant/Jolly on physical sweepers like Garchomp, and Modest/Timid on special sweepers like Tapu Koko.
On mixed attackers and walls, it gets a bit more complicated. For mixed attackers, I prefer to drop the lower defense stat because there's literally no point using it anyway. For example, my Greninja that has Gunk Shot has a Naive nature because its SpD is lower than its Def, but all I care about is the speed. As for walls, it depends on how the Pokemon wants to retaliate with attacks. If I had a Celesteela for example which I wanted to use as a special wall, but it has Heavy Slam, Leech Seed, Protect and Substitute, I would run a Careful nature because I don't want to decrease the power of Heavy Slam. However, if it's a Tangrowth for example that has both Knock Off and Giga Drain, then I would run a Sassy nature on it, because it's pretty slow anyway and it doesn't need any of its other stats removed. TL;DR: Pick the nature based on what you want the Pokemon to do best in in battle. |
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