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Firebolt September 27th, 2018 8:46 PM

Official Hack Checking Thread
 


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Shiny:
OT:
ID:
Level:
Region of Origin:
Nature:
Ability:
Ribbons:
Location Met & Level Met:
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Individual Values/Characteristic:
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y)

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Firebolt September 27th, 2018 8:46 PM

Reserved for future use.

Crwatkins50 December 15th, 2018 5:08 PM

Dialga
Yes
Lukas
53919
17
Johto
Timid
Pressure
None
Link trade in pomemon Y

Firebolt December 15th, 2018 7:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crwatkins50 (Post 9957291)
Dialga
Yes
Lukas
53919
17
Johto
Timid
Pressure
None
Link trade in pomemon Y

This seems to be a Dialga soft-resetted from the Sinjoh event in HGSS. It having the ideal nature is sketchy (as well as being obtained in a Link Trade), but if it doesn't have 31 in any IVs, then it's probably legal at best.

Crwatkins50 December 16th, 2018 4:02 PM

what are 31 ivs and btw its in a dusk ball, and is it rare

Firebolt December 19th, 2018 6:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crwatkins50 (Post 9957644)
what are 31 ivs and btw its in a dusk ball, and is it rare

IVs (Individual Values) are basically hidden values that determine the final value of a stat. IVs can range from 0 to 31. For example, if your Timid Dialga has a Speed IV of 31, then, at level 100, it's the fastest Dialga you could possibly obtain (as Timid nature increases Speed and decreases Attack). Whereas a Brave Dialga (+Attack -Speed) with 0 Speed IV is the slowest stat-wise. Here is a link to the Bulbapedia page that describes how to find the NPC in-game that can check your IVs.

As for if it's rare... Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, no? A shiny Dialga from the Johto region itself is pretty rare, but in my personal opinion, anyone who's wanted one has probably already caught it in the wild in gen 6 or 7, or obtained one from the SUM2013 shiny event distribution. It is still very valuable to someone who likes collecting regional shinies, as well as newer players who missed the event or haven't caught a shiny one in the wild yet. It's definitely worth at least a shiny legendary in return, if you decide to trade it. This is all assuming it doesn't have perfect IVs and is therefore a blatant hack, of course.

Crwatkins50 December 20th, 2018 4:13 AM

I also have a lv 1 manaphy with 7 in all categories and when I tried to put it into the gts it said this is a special pokemon it cannot be traded it also knows tail glow bubble and water sport. Is it real

Firebolt December 21st, 2018 7:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crwatkins50 (Post 9958926)
I also have a lv 1 manaphy with 7 in all categories and when I tried to put it into the gts it said this is a special pokemon it cannot be traded it also knows tail glow bubble and water sport. Is it real

Um... What do you mean by '7 in all categories'? Those are standard level 1 Manaphy moves, and event Pokemon can't be traded over the GTS so that makes sense (it should have a special Ribbon like other event Pokemon do).

Crwatkins50 December 24th, 2018 10:36 AM

its not an event its from the egg and all of its stats at level 1 are 7, and it wont let me put it into the gts

Firebolt December 25th, 2018 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crwatkins50 (Post 9960133)
its not an event its from the egg and all of its stats at level 1 are 7, and it wont let me put it into the gts

Stats at level 1 are pretty much useless, as a huge number of Pokemon have the same stats whether the IV is 0 or 31, and for those that don't, there's usually only 1 or 2 points difference so the only thing I'd be able to tell you is "the IV is higher than 15 at least" (for example). Manaphy falls under the first example; using an IV calculator and assuming neutral nature, a stat of 7 could be any IV between 0 and 31 inclusive for each stat.

However, the first bit is the more interesting point. There's only one Manaphy event I'm aware of that is obtained as an egg, and that's the one from Pokemon Ranger. So if the Manaphy is from the Sinnoh region and has no unusual stats (even RNGing it to have good stats is hard for that specific egg, so if it has good stats then it's dodgy), then it's possibly legal. Else it's definitely a hack.

Crwatkins50 December 26th, 2018 9:06 AM

Zeraora
No
Not sure (japanese)
180713
52
2018 Pokémon movie
Naughty
Volt absorb
Wishing ribbon
Link trade

Firebolt December 28th, 2018 6:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crwatkins50 (Post 9960588)
Zeraora
No
Not sure (japanese)
180713
52
2018 Pokémon movie
Naughty
Volt absorb
Wishing ribbon
Link trade

If the OT is フウラシティ, then there's nothing fishy as it seems to be a normal event Zeraora (assuming it doesn't have perfect IVs, once again). There is the possibility of the Wonder Card being injected via PowerSaves though (which is not allowed on PC). Wonder Cards injected this way always have the same claim date (for example, 20th Anniversary event Keldeo injected with PowerSaves will always show the claim date as 2016-10-04 no matter who injects it on what cart). I'm not certain of the predetermined date for Zeraora, but I might be able to check if I can find where I put my PowerSaves. If the date of the hack and the date of yours match, then yours was most likely injected with PowerSaves considering it was obtained from a random Link Trade.

Crwatkins50 December 29th, 2018 9:31 PM

Lugia
No
10ANNIV
06227
70
Hoenn
Pressure
None
Link trade in Pokémon Y, traded a deoxys for it

Firebolt December 30th, 2018 4:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crwatkins50 (Post 9961828)
Lugia
No
10ANNIV
06227
70
Hoenn
Pressure
None
Link trade in Pokémon Y, traded a deoxys for it

Once again, without the Pokemon's IVs, I can't accurately tell you if it's a blatant hack or not (remember, you can find out where the IV judge is and what his analysis means in this link here). The details you've given me match the 10th Anniversary distribution, but these specific event Pokemon are quite rare these days; at best, it's definitely a clone.

Crwatkins50 December 31st, 2018 9:20 PM

I also have all three lv 30 shiny legendary dogs from Gamestp

simone1234 February 14th, 2019 2:30 PM

Hi, a little confused about something, if someone used/use pk cfw things on 3ds and traded for example a cloned piplup on a cfw 3ds or non cfw but with a ''save from save managers'' is that allowed? (If not how to know if its not used by these methods? Though i do know people use sometimes Pkhex to check if a pokemon is legit or not, but if save managers are not allowed i wanted to know how to know if someone didn' t use it)

Firebolt February 15th, 2019 7:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simone1234 (Post 9979587)
Hi, a little confused about something, if someone used/use pk cfw things on 3ds and traded for example a cloned piplup on a cfw 3ds or non cfw but with a ''save from save managers'' is that allowed? (If not how to know if its not used by these methods? Though i do know people use sometimes Pkhex to check if a pokemon is legit or not, but if save managers are not allowed i wanted to know how to know if someone didn' t use it)

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to ask, but I'll do my best to help clear up any confusion.

Are save managers allowed? Short answer: Yes! People spend a lot of time and love on their Pokemon save files, and it'd be almost inhuman to not allow them to back-up their saves in case anything happened to their Pokemon or otherwise. However, there are certain features that are not allowed (here on Trade Corner):
  • Creating or editing Pokemon. These Pokemon are considered as good as 'hacks' by any self-respecting Trainer. Cloned Pokemon do not count if the Pokemon that it's cloned from is legitimate (created naturally through normal gameplay), as it is basically impossible to tell if a Pokemon is cloned or not anyway (and it encourages people to trade their rarer collections). However, once you clone your legitimate Pokemon, then both the original and the clone are no longer considered 'legitimate', and are instead called 'legal' (legal Pokemon are ones that can naturally exist within the game, but they weren't obtained naturally). Clones of clones is fine too, just don't clone Pokemon that don't belong to you without the other Trainer's permission.
  • Using back-up and restore to obtain the same event multiple times. This is completely unfair as it allows a handful of people who have access to such software to basically monopolise event Pokemon (for example, why would you trade with Trainer B's event Pokemon when Trainer A has every combination of the same event that you could possibly want?). I've also heard reports of people getting corrupted saves after backing-up and restoring their saves too much, so it's just safer to discourage the practice altogether.
  • Loading a different save to play with. I don't mean restoring an earlier save that you had because [insert some reason here], I mean grabbing someone else's save and running it on your own copy of the game as if the save was always there instead. This just leads to a whole sort of trouble that we shouldn't have to worry about in the first place.

I think that about covers it. Backing up your saves, loading your saves into PkHeX to hack check your Pokemon and cloning Pokemon/items is perfectly acceptable on Pokecommunity, though do note that some Pokemon websites and servers heavily frown upon cloned Pokemon, so make sure you always use full disclosure if you ever decide to trade Pokemon obtained from here (as there's no way knowing if a save manager was used unless the person you're trading with admitted to it themselves). Let me know if you have any more questions (or if I just ended up confusing you more 😅).

simone1234 February 15th, 2019 7:16 AM

I think i understand a little more now, thank you FireBolt

Rabbna May 14th, 2019 3:15 PM

Milotic
Yes
Trisha
62063
91
Hoenn (gen3)
Bold
Competitive
All non event ones
Link Trade
0 atk ivs the rest are 31
Max hp and def the rest is spa

Firebolt May 14th, 2019 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabbna (Post 10019049)
Milotic
Yes
Trisha
62063
91
Hoenn (gen3)
Bold
Competitive
All non event ones
Link Trade
0 atk ivs the rest are 31
Max hp and def the rest is spa

Most likely hacked. It could have been RNG abused, which I would need to check on PKHeX to be sure, but the fact that it was from gen 3, has perfect IVs (even 0 in Attack!) and it was obtained via Link Trade, my better judgement tells me that it's just a hacked 'mon instead.

Deon June 27th, 2019 6:28 AM

Celebi
Yes
AuSLove.TV
03016
100
A fateful encounter in the Hoenn region
Timid
Natural Cure
Alola Champion Ribbon
Met at the Festival Plaza Lv. 100
Link Trade

kevin24 June 27th, 2019 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deon (Post 10037482)
Celebi
Yes
AuSLove.TV
03016
100
A fateful encounter in the Hoenn region
Timid
Natural Cure
Alola Champion Ribbon
Met at the Festival Plaza Lv. 100
Link Trade

hacked. that user gens mons and distributes them. just one of the garbage genning streamers

Firebolt June 27th, 2019 5:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deon (Post 10037482)
Celebi
Yes
AuSLove.TV
03016
100
A fateful encounter in the Hoenn region
Timid
Natural Cure
Alola Champion Ribbon
Met at the Festival Plaza Lv. 100
Link Trade

Yeah, that Celebi is hacked for sure. The OT is an advertisement for a notorious Twitch channel that gives hacked Pokemon away for free to promote their channel. A shiny Celebi also cannot be obtained from Hoenn; shiny Celebi will always be from Johto with the little Virtual Console symbol to show that it's from gen 2.

Deon June 28th, 2019 2:32 PM

Ok, thanks!

LambSaucinator July 14th, 2019 9:48 AM

Pokemon: Dakrai
Shiny: Yes
OT: ITSK33N.TV E
ID: 24927
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Kalos
Nature: Timid
Ability: Bad Dreams
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Can't Tell :-/
Where/how: Linked trade through pokecommunity.
IV/Characteristic: Perfect across, Michievous
Effort Values: Maxed out Sp. Atk and Speed.

Firebolt July 15th, 2019 1:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LambSaucinator (Post 10043893)
Pokemon: Dakrai
Shiny: Yes
OT: ITSK33N.TV E
ID: 24927
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Kalos
Nature: Timid
Ability: Bad Dreams
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Can't Tell :-/
Where/how: Linked trade through pokecommunity.
IV/Characteristic: Perfect across, Michievous
Effort Values: Maxed out Sp. Atk and Speed.

Unfortunately, that Darkrai is definitely a hack. Not only is the OT a dead give-away (.TV OTs come from Twitch channels run by bots that trade out hacks), but it is impossible to catch a shiny Darkrai outside of the Member Pass event in Pokemon Platinum (and only Pokemon Platinum), which means that the only region of origin that it may have is Sinnoh. Whether you decide to release it or keep it for personal use is up to you.

LambSaucinator July 15th, 2019 5:21 PM

Thanks for the check, ;,-(. Looks like i'mma have to buy Diamond and do the void glitch after all.

Firebolt July 15th, 2019 7:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LambSaucinator (Post 10044371)
Thanks for the check, ;,-(. Looks like i'mma have to buy Diamond and do the void glitch after all.

Just giving you a heads up, Member Pass Darkrai obtained in Pokemon Diamond is still illegal, as is Darkrai obtained via the void glitch or a hacked Member Pass. The event was only made available specifically in Platinum. I wouldn't spend money to obtain another illegal copy of Darkrai.

Blladerunner November 4th, 2019 9:45 AM

Pokémon: Celebi
Shiny: Yes
OT: I don't know (Japanese)
ID: 05617
Level: 29
Region of Origin: Kalos
Nature: Docile
Ability: Natural Cure
Ribbons: Classic
Location Met & Level Met: N/A
Where/how: Bought a used game that had it on there (luck?)
IV: 31 in HP, Sp. Def, Speed
EV: Very low almost even spread

Firebolt November 5th, 2019 5:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blladerunner (Post 10084435)
Pokémon: Celebi
Shiny: Yes
OT: I don't know (Japanese)
ID: 05617
Level: 29
Region of Origin: Kalos
Nature: Docile
Ability: Natural Cure
Ribbons: Classic
Location Met & Level Met: N/A
Where/how: Bought a used game that had it on there (luck?)
IV: 31 in HP, Sp. Def, Speed
EV: Very low almost even spread

Sorry, that Celebi is 100% hacked. The only way to get a legit shiny Celebi is by soft-resetting it in Pokemon Crystal (Virtual Console release), and that specific Celebi would be from the Johto region, would have the VC mark (similar to Kalos Pentagon or Alola Cross), and would be at least level 30 with five perfect IVs (which are guaranteed due to being a Mythical from a 3DS VC title).

Your Celebi was most likely from a cart which was filled with hacked shinies and sold as a 'complete' save file.

Blladerunner November 5th, 2019 6:53 AM

Thank you for checking!

Pure Essence November 10th, 2019 11:02 AM

Pokémon: Numel
Shiny: Yep.
OT: [spade][sun]Cad[dot]Mac[sun][spade]
ID:20649
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Kalos, based on the route
Nature: Brave
Ability: Simple
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Egg Hatched on Route 7
Where/how you recieved it: I don't remember if it was GTS or Wonder Trade, but it was one of those.
Individual Values/Characteristic: IDK the IVs, but it's capable of taking hits.

Firebolt November 10th, 2019 6:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anime Psyclone (Post 10086459)
Pokémon: Numel
Shiny: Yep.
OT: [spade][sun]Cad[dot]Mac[sun][spade]
ID:20649
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Kalos, based on the route
Nature: Brave
Ability: Simple
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Egg Hatched on Route 7
Where/how you recieved it: I don't remember if it was GTS or Wonder Trade, but it was one of those.
Individual Values/Characteristic: IDK the IVs, but it's capable of taking hits.

I'd be a little wary if it was traded for 'free' with 6 IVs, but otherwise there's nothing that really makes me doubt to legality of the Pokemon.

Reggie0 November 12th, 2019 4:20 PM

Pokémon:Mew
Shiny:Yes
OT:アイコ
ID:57342
Level:35
Region of Origin:Hoenn
Nature:Modest
Ability:Synchronize
Ribbons:N/A
Location Met & Level Met:Faraway Island. Met at Lv. 30
Where/how you recieved it: Received from trade shop on other platform
Individual Values/Characteristic:Thoroughly cunning
EVs: idk how to check the numbers

Pls help! :D

Firebolt November 13th, 2019 4:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reggie0 (Post 10087026)
Pokémon:Mew
Shiny:Yes
OT:アイコ
ID:57342
Level:35
Region of Origin:Hoenn
Nature:Modest
Ability:Synchronize
Ribbons:N/A
Location Met & Level Met:Faraway Island. Met at Lv. 30
Where/how you recieved it: Received from trade shop on other platform
Individual Values/Characteristic:Thoroughly cunning
EVs: idk how to check the numbers

Pls help! :D

I think I've managed to find the source of the Mew based on the OT! The user offered it with no proof, and considering it's shiny Mew...

I'd say it's legal at best. There's nothing that makes me wary (besides it being super duper rare of course), but unfortunately shiny Mews are still not allowed to be traded on PokeCommunity.

Reggie0 November 15th, 2019 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10087191)
I think I've managed to find the source of the Mew based on the OT! The user offered it with no proof, and considering it's shiny Mew...

I'd say it's legal at best. There's nothing that makes me wary (besides it being super duper rare of course), but unfortunately shiny Mews are still not allowed to be traded on PokeCommunity.

Thank you so much! Just wanted to check, since I was looking for one for a while and wanted to check. Have a nice day/night!

Lucid Bonsai November 23rd, 2019 4:10 PM

I just battled someone online rank and 4/6 of his pokemon were shiny with pokerus. I won in the end but doesn't seem natural to have 4 Shiny's already especially on Dragapult and Appletun being such a low chance of spawning in general. That along with a Gardevoir and Barraskewda all with pokerus. The only natural members was his Ferrothorn and Arcanine that were met in the wild.

Pokemon: Dragapult
Shiny: Yes
OT: Signor
ID: 953420
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Nursery worker
Nature: naive
Ability: Infiltrator
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 11.20.19
Where/how: hatched
IV/Characteristic: unknown
Effort Values: Maxed Attack and Speed

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Shiny: Yes
OT: Signor
ID: 953420
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Nursery worker
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Synchronize
Ribbons: N/A
Location Met & Level Met: 11.21.19
Where/how: hatched
IV/Characteristic: Unknown
Effort Values: maxed sp. Attack, half in hp and Sp.def

Pokemon: Barraskewda
Shiny: Yes
OT: Signor
ID: 953420
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Nursery Worker
Nature: Serious
Ability: Swift swimmer
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 11.22.19
Where/how: hatched
IV/Characteristic: unknown
Effort Values: Maxed Attack and Speed

Pokemon: Appletun
Shiny: Yes
OT: Signor
ID: 953420
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Nursery worker
Nature: Brave
Ability: Ripen
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 11.23.19 Bridge Field
Where/how: Hatched
IV/Characteristic: unknown
Effort Values: Maxed HP and Defense

Firebolt November 25th, 2019 4:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucid Bonsai (Post 10092224)
Snip

I'm not 100% familiar with the new mechanics of the new Pokemon games, so take this with a grain of salt.

It is indeed very fishy that all four shiny Pokemon were bred one day within each other; RNG was flipped on its head for gen 8 and no one has figured out how it works yet (it's certainly not fixed like it was in gen 7). It is possible that the person just had a lot of time on their hands and used the Masuda method to breed a lot of eggs, but it's hard to tell without the IVs either. I'd just take this as a loss and hope the trainer doesn't appear in a future battle ☺️

Deon November 26th, 2019 11:14 AM

Genesee
Yes
ShinyGTS.com
11016
100
Hoenn
Download
Alola Champion Ribbon, Battle Tree Great Ribbon
Link Trade
Capable of taking hits
Sp. Atk and Speed

Deon November 26th, 2019 11:22 AM

Diancie
No
NOVEMBER14
11064
100
Kalos
Hasty
Clear Body
Battle Tree Great Ribbon, Wishing Ribbon
Link Trade
Somewhat vain
Maxed out Sp. Atk

Deon November 26th, 2019 11:25 AM

Genesee
Yes
ShinyGTS.Com
11016
100
Hoenn
Hasty
Download
Alola Champion Ribbon and Battle Tree Great Ribbon
Link Trade
Capable of taking hits
Maxed out Sp. Atk and Speed

kevin24 November 27th, 2019 5:15 AM

that is a bad hack. clear by the ot. from some garbage streamer/youtuber that distributes worthless gen hacks. shiny genesect was only available to japan and korea in gen 5 for japan and korea and can only be in their respective language. this is an edit of the GF genesect

Trjp November 27th, 2019 6:41 AM

Pokémon: Ditto
Shiny: Yes
OT: Raal
ID: 678110
Level: 60
Region Of Origin: English
Nature: Lax
Ability: Limber
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: the Stony Wilderness Lv 60
How You Received It: Via Trade
IVs: HP-PG, ATK-Best, Defense-Best, Sp. ATK-Best, Sp. Def-PG, Speed-Best

Firebolt November 27th, 2019 7:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deon (Post 10093598)
Snip

From the OT alone, I can tell that Genesect is 100% hacked; ShinyGTS.com makes it obvious. But for the Diancie, the actual OT should be "NOV14", not "NOVEMBER14". If it's not, then that's definitely hacked too. I'd also take a safe guess that it is hacked if it was obtained from the same Trainer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trjp (Post 10093984)
Pokémon: Ditto
Shiny: Yes
OT: Raal
ID: 678110
Level: 60
Region Of Origin: English
Nature: Lax
Ability: Limber
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: the Stony Wilderness Lv 60
How You Received It: Via Trade
IVs: HP-PG, ATK-Best, Defense-Best, Sp. ATK-Best, Sp. Def-PG, Speed-Best

The Ditto seems like a normal Max Raid Ditto to me (always has a minimum of 4 IVs). I would be a bit skeptical of someone trading you a shiny Ditto depending on what you traded for it, but I'm aware of a bug (or feature?) that allows people to catch a Raid Pokemon as many times as they want before it resets at midnight, so if this person had friends to help them exploit it then I can see that they're more willing to give them away. Either way, nothing really strange to me.

PokefanJulie January 10th, 2020 1:20 PM

Pokémon: Palkia (Nicknamed Epoch)
Shiny: Yes
OT: Christopher
ID: 58917
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Timid
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: Alola champion, Battle Tree Great, Best Friends, Effort
Location Met & Level Met: Not stated
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Hyper trained w/ Gold Bottle Cap, Somewhat vain
Effort Values: 252 Sp. Attack, 252 Speed, 4 Defense

I got this Palkia long ago and I did the Ev training, Iv training, and Ribbon gaining by myself. (It had none of these when I first got it, not sure if that matters.) It's in a Pokeball which makes me think it was hacked but I'm really not sure. Thoughts?

Firebolt January 11th, 2020 5:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokefanJulie (Post 10112260)
Pokémon: Palkia (Nicknamed Epoch)
Shiny: Yes
OT: Christopher
ID: 58917
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Timid
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: Alola champion, Battle Tree Great, Best Friends, Effort
Location Met & Level Met: Not stated
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Hyper trained w/ Gold Bottle Cap, Somewhat vain
Effort Values: 252 Sp. Attack, 252 Speed, 4 Defense

I got this Palkia long ago and I did the Ev training, Iv training, and Ribbon gaining by myself. (It had none of these when I first got it, not sure if that matters.) It's in a Pokeball which makes me think it was hacked but I'm really not sure. Thoughts?

You're right to feel a little worried about it being caught in a Pokeball, and it does seem weird that it's both shiny and optimal nature (even if you ignore the fact that someone traded this over Wonder Trade). However, RNG abuse is a thing and I know from myself that cloning shinies and sending them over Wonder Trade is a great way to make other people happy... Have you unlocked the IV Checker in your save file yet? Having a look at it's original IV values will provide more insight for sure. By getting the IV Checker, you can see on the summary screen roughly what the Pokemon's IVs are.


Palkia should have at least 3 'Best' IVs of course (being a Legendary), but more than 4 or so would be very sketchy indeed.

R4F4300 February 13th, 2020 5:32 PM

Pokémon: Zekrom
Shiny:Yes
OT:サトシ
ID: 34875
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Unova
Nature: Brave
Ability: Teravolt
Ribbons: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: -
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: HP: Pretty good Atk: Very good Def: Very good Sp.Atk: Pretty good Sp.Def: Pretty good Spd: Decent
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) not trained

Midorime February 14th, 2020 7:56 AM

Litten
Shiny: Yes
Ot: Paige
Id: 026360
Lvl: 19
Alola region
Nature: sassy
Ability: Blaze
Ribbons: none
Ivs: low base... just perfect atk and sp def
Traded in wonder box

Els8 February 21st, 2020 5:02 AM

Midorime

I would be carefull with that one, traded in wonder box, not knowing what you get in return, thats fishy in my opinion.
And they are trading hacked mons that make your game crash, better to not trade for a while, untill that problem is fixed, also not surprise trade or link trade in sword and shield, just dont trade in general.
I would release it, its very fishy in my oppion.

Els8 February 21st, 2020 5:23 AM

Pokémon: Milotic
Shiny: yes.
OT: Dont know, Japanese.
ID: 51671
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Johto.
Nature: modest.
Ability: marvel scale.
Ribbons: none.
Location Met & Level Met:
Where/how you recieved it: GTS trade in home.
Individual Values/Characteristic: HP best Att pretty good Def decent Sp Atk best Sp def fantastic Spe decent.
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) Max HP and Sp Atk.

And it has cured pokerus.

Firebolt February 22nd, 2020 1:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R4F4300 (Post 10125594)
Pokémon: Zekrom
Shiny:Yes
OT:サトシ
ID: 34875
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Unova
Nature: Brave
Ability: Teravolt
Ribbons: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: -
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: HP: Pretty good Atk: Very good Def: Very good Sp.Atk: Pretty good Sp.Def: Pretty good Spd: Decent
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) not trained

Definitely a hack, Zekrom wasn't available as a shiny in Unova.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midorime (Post 10125782)
Litten
Shiny: Yes
Ot: Paige
Id: 026360
Lvl: 19
Alola region
Nature: sassy
Ability: Blaze
Ribbons: none
Ivs: low base... just perfect atk and sp def
Traded in wonder box

Nothing about this Pokemon stands out as an obvious hack, so it seems to be safe.

The biggest thing for WonderTrade shinies is to consider if someone would ever really give away a valuable Pokemon for a random Pidgey. It definitely happens, but it's safer to consider that the Pokemon you received is a clone, at bare minimum.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Els8 (Post 10128032)
Pokémon: Milotic
Shiny: yes.
OT: Dont know, Japanese.
ID: 51671
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Johto.
Nature: modest.
Ability: marvel scale.
Ribbons: none.
Location Met & Level Met:
Where/how you recieved it: GTS trade in home.
Individual Values/Characteristic: HP best Att pretty good Def decent Sp Atk best Sp def fantastic Spe decent.
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) Max HP and Sp Atk.

And it has cured pokerus.

It's not obvious that this Pokemon is a hack either, but depending on what you traded for it see the above text.

Els8 February 22nd, 2020 7:31 AM

I traded it with Zamazenta.
So it depends on how you look at that.
Yes its a legendary, but you can get as many as you like with a bit of patience.
Dont know if everybody already knows this.
On the other hand if they only have sword, they can not get it, without trading.

Charizard fan club 87 March 1st, 2020 9:56 AM

Pokémon: Gyarados
Shiny: Yes
OT: Nido
ID: 388045
Level: 61
Region of Origin: galar stony wilderness
Nature: bold
Ability: intimindate
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: N/A
Where/how: traded on link trade on sword
IV: perfect iv's
EV: Very low almost even spread

In Premium ball

ShinyNido March 1st, 2020 9:43 PM

It was from the magikarp raid event when you could get 5/6 IV and high chance of shiny...

Charizard fan club 87 March 1st, 2020 10:44 PM

Ah thanks dude good luck on the DeX missed that event as new to the game

BlancSlate March 1st, 2020 10:45 PM

Pokémon: Cobalion
Shiny: Yes
OT: tiny.cc/ptg
ID: 373448
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola Region
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Justified
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: ???
Where/how you recieved it: Suprise trade on Sword
Individual Values/Characteristic: All best
Effort Values: All on attack and speed
In a Dive Ball
I'm guessing this is definitely hacked

Firebolt March 1st, 2020 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlancSlate (Post 10131337)
Pokémon: Cobalion
Shiny: Yes
OT: tiny.cc/ptg
ID: 373448
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola Region
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Justified
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: ???
Where/how you recieved it: Suprise trade on Sword
Individual Values/Characteristic: All best
Effort Values: All on attack and speed
In a Dive Ball
I'm guessing this is definitely hacked

I have absolutely no doubt with that OT; it's a hacked shiny used as advertisement.

#Not Important March 2nd, 2020 6:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlancSlate (Post 10131337)
Pokémon: Cobalion
Shiny: Yes
OT: tiny.cc/ptg
ID: 373448
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola Region
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Justified
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: ???
Where/how you recieved it: Suprise trade on Sword
Individual Values/Characteristic: All best
Effort Values: All on attack and speed
In a Dive Ball
I'm guessing this is definitely hacked

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10131348)
I have absolutely no doubt with that OT; it's a hacked shiny used as advertisement.

If you go to the link the OT is, it leads you to a Facebook pokemon trade center

Firebolt March 3rd, 2020 3:40 AM

https://i.imgur.com/dXpK14U.png
😂

#Not Important March 4th, 2020 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10131787)

Should have looked a bit more...

Pixicult Ganen March 10th, 2020 4:39 AM

Melmetal
No
JohnnyC
993401
Lvl 46
Pokemon Go
Jolly nature
Iron fist
No ribbon
N/A
Private link trade via pokemon community
IV : 6 PERFECT

Pixicult Ganen March 10th, 2020 4:50 AM

Hello,
Im not of any offical capacity for hack checks but i can tell 100% anything with the OT: SK33N.TV is completely hacked.if im correct there has not been as of yet a legal shiny darkrai event

Firebolt March 11th, 2020 4:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pixicult Ganen (Post 10134533)
Melmetal
No
JohnnyC
993401
Lvl 46
Pokemon Go
Jolly nature
Iron fist
No ribbon
N/A
Private link trade via pokemon community
IV : 6 PERFECT

6 IVs and perfect Nature, I'd be super sketchy of it. I'm not exactly sure how the IV stuff is calculated when transferred from Go to Home, but when something seems too good to be true...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pixicult Ganen (Post 10134540)
Hello,
Im not of any offical capacity for hack checks but i can tell 100% anything with the OT: SK33N.TV is completely hacked.if im correct there has not been as of yet a legal shiny darkrai event

You're half-right! SK33N.TV is 100% hacked, but shiny Darkrai can definitely exist thanks to the Oak Letter event; the only legit shiny Darkrai that exist are ones from Platinum (and ONLY Platinum, as the event was never released for Diamond and Pearl).

Arcallian March 11th, 2020 7:41 PM

I have a couple I'd like to check, thanks!

Pokémon: Galarian Zigzagoon
Shiny: yes
OT: Kon
ID: 767818
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Gluttony
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Hatched from an egg in bridge field
Where/how you received it: traded for apriballs on another forum
Individual Values/Characteristic: perfect IVs, alert to sounds
Effort Values: none


Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: no
OT: shura05
ID: 344487
Level: 70
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Docile
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: lv. 70 at the tower summit
Where/how you received it: swapped for my zacian through a link code
Individual Values/Characteristic: perfect IVs, capable of taking hits
Effort Values: none

Firebolt March 11th, 2020 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcallian (Post 10135237)
I have a couple I'd like to check, thanks!

Pokémon: Galarian Zigzagoon
Shiny: yes
OT: Kon
ID: 767818
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Gluttony
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Hatched from an egg in bridge field
Where/how you received it: traded for apriballs on another forum
Individual Values/Characteristic: perfect IVs, alert to sounds
Effort Values: none


Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: no
OT: shura05
ID: 344487
Level: 70
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Docile
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: lv. 70 at the tower summit
Where/how you received it: swapped for my zacian through a link code
Individual Values/Characteristic: perfect IVs, capable of taking hits
Effort Values: none

Zigzagoon may have been bred and it just happened to be shiny, but depending on the rarity of the Apriballs and/or how much the OT wanted it (or rather, didn't want it) should be used as an indicator of whether it's legit.

As for Zamazenta, it's very suss that it has 6 IVs but a Docile nature... Not sure about the insight behind that one, but leaning towards hacked (IVs at least) unless there's an RNG method or something I'm unaware of.

Godfist March 25th, 2020 6:42 PM

Pokémon: Jirachi
Shiny: Yes
OT: Nintendo HK
ID: 12015
Level: (obtained-25) (me raised-100)
Region of origin: Hoenn
Nature: Careful
Ability: Serene Grace
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: ((move master claims Jirachi has memories from another trainer but doesn’t remember?))
Where/How: Linked trade through Y-Comm
IV’s: 6 perfect, likes to thrash about
EV’s: wasn’t maxed, but was in mainly Health and Sp. A with some speed

Godfist March 25th, 2020 6:59 PM

Pokémon: Zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: Fula City
ID: 100118
Level: 100
Region of origin: the Alola region
Nature: Naive
Ability: Volt Absorb
Ribbon: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Doesn’t remember?
Where/How: Y-comm Link Trade
IV’s: 6 Perfect, likes to thrash about
EV’s: Attack and speed maxed

Firebolt March 27th, 2020 4:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godfist (Post 10139812)
Snip

Basically, any event Pokemon with 6 IVs that wasn't obtained from a reputable RNG abuser at minimum can safely be considered a hack. I even found an eBay page selling a 6IV Careful Jirachi while I was trying to retrieve information on the event itself.

Kyrila April 1st, 2020 3:19 PM

Pokémon: Toxtricity
Shiny: No
OT: Shiro
ID: 500534
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Technician
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: First met on 02/17/2020 from the Pokemon Den; it was level 60 at the time.
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Best IVs in everything except Attack (Pretty Good).
Effort Values: None
Other: She's a GMAX & is in an Ultra Ball.

Firebolt April 3rd, 2020 5:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyrila (Post 10142261)
Pokémon: Toxtricity
Shiny: No
OT: Shiro
ID: 500534
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Technician
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: First met on 02/17/2020 from the Pokemon Den; it was level 60 at the time.
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Best IVs in everything except Attack (Pretty Good).
Effort Values: None
Other: She's a GMAX & is in an Ultra Ball.

Nothing fishy here! GMax Pokemon are pretty great in that you can get them with at least 4 max IVs, so a 5 IV one isn't so strange at all, and the capture date matches the actual Raid event too. Unless the hacker was modest and didn't bother making it shiny or 6 IVs, this seems like a perfectly fine Toxtricity.

Wooloop April 24th, 2020 12:43 PM

Pokémon: Mewtwo
Shiny: Yes
OT: Something in another language(Japanese?)
ID: 04286
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Calm
Ability: Unnerve
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Doesn't say
Where/how you recieved it: Link Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Perfect across
Effort Values: Max HP and Sp. Atk

Firebolt April 24th, 2020 7:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wooloop (Post 10150654)
Pokémon: Mewtwo
Shiny: Yes
OT: Something in another language(Japanese?)
ID: 04286
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Calm
Ability: Unnerve
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Doesn't say
Where/how you recieved it: Link Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Perfect across
Effort Values: Max HP and Sp. Atk

Is the OT Pスクラップ ? If so, it looks like the Play! 2016 Mewtwo, but the IVs is definitely very, very suspicious. I'd lean towards hacked, or cloned at least.

Wooloop April 24th, 2020 9:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10150780)
Is the OT Pスクラップ ? If so, it looks like the Play! 2016 Mewtwo, but the IVs is definitely very, very suspicious. I'd lean towards hacked, or cloned at least.

Thank you!

addingley April 25th, 2020 3:15 PM

Pokémon:Claydol
Shiny:yes
OT:Machamps.com
ID:993401
Level:100
Region of Origin:
Nature:docile
Ability:levitate
Ribbons:
Location Met & Level Met:a nursery worker
Where/how you recieved it:wonder trade 6iv holding masterball pokerus virus.

Pokémon:charizard
Shiny:yes
OT:Machamp.com
ID:133757
Level:100
Region of Origin:
Nature:timid
Ability:solar power
Ribbons:
Location Met & Level Met:lake outrage lv58
Where/how you recieved it:wonder trade 6iv pokerus virus

Pokémon:flapple
Shiny:yes
OT:bit.ly/NKH20
ID:982770
Level:100
Region of Origin:
Nature:adamant
Ability:hustle
Ribbons:
Location Met & Level Met:pokemon den lv56
Where/how you recieved it:wonder trade 6iv

addingley April 25th, 2020 3:35 PM

Pokémon:dracovish
Shiny:yes
OT:tiny.cc/pkce
ID:337430
Level:100
Region of Origin:
Nature:adamant
Ability:strong jaw
Ribbons:galat champ,tower master,master rank,best friends and effort ribbon
Location Met & Level Met:route 6 lv10
Where/how you recieved it:wonder trade with masterball

Firebolt April 25th, 2020 4:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by addingley (Post 10151041)
Snip

All of the Pokemon you've listed are hacks. Any Pokemon that have the OT ".tv", ".com", or really any sort of URL or advertisement are hacked Pokemon.

Fliver58 April 25th, 2020 10:40 PM

Is it possible to have an english zeraora with id: 180713? Or must be Japanese one?

addingley April 26th, 2020 12:27 AM

Thanks

Jayvan Lee April 26th, 2020 4:57 AM

Pokémon: Noibat
Shiny: Yes
OT: Shinyhunter
ID: 02388
Level: 5
Region of Origin: Hoenn g3
Nature: Timid
Ability: Infiltrator
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Wonder trade sun g7
Where/how you recieved it: see above
Individual Values/Characteristic: somewhat vain
HP - 19 (decent)
Atk. - 8 (best)
Def. - 10 (best)
Speed - 16 (best)
Sp. Def. - 11 (best)
Sp. Atk. - 14 (best)
Effort Values: Sp. Atk and Speed

Thanks!

Firebolt May 1st, 2020 7:09 PM

Sorry for the delay!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fliver58 (Post 10151169)
Is it possible to have an english zeraora with id: 180713? Or must be Japanese one?

I'm inclined to be skeptical of this one. I know for certain that a Wonder Card injected with PowerSaves gives a result that's pretty similar to this. That is, if you insert a Japanese (or any foreign event for that matter) into your normal English cart, then the Pokemon will have an English name. There is always the possibility of course that the Japanese player was playing their game in English, which would result in a Japanese Pokemon but with an English name, but...the simplest explanation is usually the most likely, no?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayvan Lee (Post 10151276)
Pokémon: Noibat
Shiny: Yes
OT: Shinyhunter
ID: 02388
Level: 5
Region of Origin: Hoenn g3
Nature: Timid
Ability: Infiltrator
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Wonder trade sun g7
Where/how you recieved it: see above
Individual Values/Characteristic: somewhat vain
HP - 19 (decent)
Atk. - 8 (best)
Def. - 10 (best)
Speed - 16 (best)
Sp. Def. - 11 (best)
Sp. Atk. - 14 (best)
Effort Values: Sp. Atk and Speed

Thanks!

Shinyhunter is a pretty infamous hacker. It's also a common OT, but it's easy to assume that this was obtained from one of Shinyhunter.TV's giveaways.

redragon94 May 2nd, 2020 10:41 AM

AuSLove.tv does Shiny max raids and and shiny give aways. He did one today with shiny mimikyu with perfect IV and jolly nature. I’m assuming the raid was hacked as opposed to time skipped?

R4F4300 May 6th, 2020 10:41 AM

Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: no
OT: Central
ID: 337430
Level: 70
Region of Origin: galar
Nature: jolly
Ability: dauntless shield
Ribbons: galar champion ribbon, tower master ribbon, master rank ribbon, best friends ribbon, effort ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Tower Summit Lv.70
Where/how you recieved it: GTS pokemon home
Individual Values/Characteristic: 6 perfect IVs, it's alert to sounds!
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y ) Maxed out Speed

Jayvan Lee May 7th, 2020 9:37 AM

Pokémon: 479 Rotom
Shiny: Yes
OT:HOME
ID:625866
Level: 1
Region of Origin: ENG
Nature: Timid
Ability: Levitate
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Galar
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Alert to Sounds, best in all
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y)

Nickcova May 8th, 2020 12:00 AM

Hey ive got a ditto check for you if you could

Ditto
Yes
n/a japanese name
62605
100
Johto
Bold
Ability: limber
Ribbons: None
Location met: cant tell
Seems to have traveled through space and time from johto region
Ivs: all best

Nickcova May 8th, 2020 9:19 AM

Pokémon: Lombre
Shiny: yes
OT: Shirley
ID: 636803
Level: 36
Region of Origin:
Nature: Lax
Ability: Rain Dish
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: 2/13/2020 pokemon den
Where/how you recieved it: lv 36 at the time
Individual Values/Characteristic: decent decent decent best pretty good best

LadyBellaphram May 10th, 2020 12:29 PM

Pokémon: Turtonator
Shiny: Yes
OT: Priarina.TV
ID: 775400
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Calm
Ability: Shell Armor
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Traded him up from pokemon home, so can't tell
Where/how you recieved it: GTS trade in SuMo, can't recall what I traded for him
Individual Values/Characteristic: 30, 31, 20, 31, 31, 31 ; Mischievous
Effort Values: 252 in HP and Sp. Def

SabanThaGod May 11th, 2020 12:53 PM

Pokémon:Jirachi
Shiny: Yes
OT: ポケセン
ID: 12014
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Japan
Nature: jolly
Ability: serene grace
Ribbons: classic
Location Met & Level Met: Traveled from Kalos
Where/how you recieved it: Trade for Celebi
Individual Values/Characteristic: 6ivs, can take a hit
Effort Values: Speed and HP

Wooloop May 13th, 2020 2:21 PM

Pokémon: Necrozma
Shiny:No
OT: Ultimos
ID:339736
Level:100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Timid
Ability:Prism Armor
Ribbons:None
Location Met & Level Met:?
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic:Perfect
Effort Values:?

Wooloop May 13th, 2020 2:23 PM

Pokémon:Kyurem
Shiny: Yes
OT: Gridelin
ID: 24232
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: Galar Champion
Location Met & Level Met: ?
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Perfect
Effort Values: ?

Firebolt May 16th, 2020 2:56 AM

Alrighty, time for me to stop being lazy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by redragon94 (Post 10153911)
AuSLove.tv does Shiny max raids and and shiny give aways. He did one today with shiny mimikyu with perfect IV and jolly nature. I’m assuming the raid was hacked as opposed to time skipped?

Hacked. AuSLove.tv, ANY .tv OT for that matter, is always hacked. If in doubt, just ask yourself this; why would they bother to do timeskip when they can just hack it in and spare any effort?

Quote:

Originally Posted by R4F4300 (Post 10155354)
Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: no
OT: Central
ID: 337430
Level: 70
Region of Origin: galar
Nature: jolly
Ability: dauntless shield
Ribbons: galar champion ribbon, tower master ribbon, master rank ribbon, best friends ribbon, effort ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Tower Summit Lv.70
Where/how you recieved it: GTS pokemon home
Individual Values/Characteristic: 6 perfect IVs, it's alert to sounds!
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y ) Maxed out Speed

Assuming you mean 6 normal IVs and no hyper-trained, I'd certainly be wary of this one! Sounds suspicious.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jayvan Lee (Post 10155749)
Pokémon: 479 Rotom
Shiny: Yes
OT:HOME
ID:625866
Level: 1
Region of Origin: ENG
Nature: Timid
Ability: Levitate
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Galar
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Alert to Sounds, best in all
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y)

I don't think Rotom from HOME can be shiny, but since it has 6 IVs it's hacked anyway. The OT HOME just seems to be a terrible try at a meme.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickcova (Post 10155964)
Hey ive got a ditto check for you if you could

Ditto
Yes
n/a japanese name
62605
100
Johto
Bold
Ability: limber
Ribbons: None
Location met: cant tell
Seems to have traveled through space and time from johto region
Ivs: all best

99% sure it's hacked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickcova (Post 10156088)
Pokémon: Lombre
Shiny: yes
OT: Shirley
ID: 636803
Level: 36
Region of Origin:
Nature: Lax
Ability: Rain Dish
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: 2/13/2020 pokemon den
Where/how you recieved it: lv 36 at the time
Individual Values/Characteristic: decent decent decent best pretty good best

Seems pretty normal, but if it was received from Wonder Trade (which is what the 'Where/how you received it' question is for!), it's probably a clone, but Lombre isn't a popular shiny Pokemon so someone might just be trying to get rid of it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LadyBellaphram (Post 10156769)
Pokémon: Turtonator
Shiny: Yes
OT: Priarina.TV
ID: 775400
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Calm
Ability: Shell Armor
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Traded him up from pokemon home, so can't tell
Where/how you recieved it: GTS trade in SuMo, can't recall what I traded for him
Individual Values/Characteristic: 30, 31, 20, 31, 31, 31 ; Mischievous
Effort Values: 252 in HP and Sp. Def

Hacked. OTs with .tv are always hacked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SabanThaGod (Post 10157113)
Pokémon:Jirachi
Shiny: Yes
OT: ポケセン
ID: 12014
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Japan
Nature: jolly
Ability: serene grace
Ribbons: classic
Location Met & Level Met: Traveled from Kalos
Where/how you recieved it: Trade for Celebi
Individual Values/Characteristic: 6ivs, can take a hit
Effort Values: Speed and HP

This is a valid event, but 6 IVs is very suss. Is probably hacked in some form or another.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wooloop (Post 10157812)
Pokémon: Necrozma
Shiny:No
OT: Ultimos
ID:339736
Level:100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Timid
Ability:Prism Armor
Ribbons:None
Location Met & Level Met:?
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic:Perfect
Effort Values:?

Perfect nature and perfect IVs, this is probably edited at least (which means it counts as a hack). Quick Google shows me there's an eBay website offering 6 IV Necrozma with this OT, so that only makes it more certain it's a hack.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wooloop (Post 10157814)
Pokémon:Kyurem
Shiny: Yes
OT: Gridelin
ID: 24232
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: Galar Champion
Location Met & Level Met: ?
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Perfect
Effort Values: ?

Perfect IV shiny? I'd lean towards hacked.

Firebolt May 16th, 2020 2:59 AM

I've been noticing a lot of common themes with the Pokemon that have been posted and so I'd just like to remind everyone; if it's too good to be true and it wasn't obtained from a reputable trader, it's hacked! If it has OT ending in .tv, it's hacked. 6 IV event Pokemon? Hacked.

I'm always happy to do these hack checks, but you can easily weed out the obvious hacks by applying a bit of common sense!

DragonKing48 May 22nd, 2020 6:10 PM

Pokemon: Diancie
Shiny: No
Ot: Something Japanese
ID: 07194
LV: 55
Region Of Origin: Kalos
Nature: Impish
Ability: Clear Body
Ribbons: Kalos Champion and Wishing Ribbon
Location and Level-Unavailable
Received from Link Trade
Characteristic: Alert To Sounds.
IVS: Only 3 Best, which is characteritic with Mythicals and Legendaries.


I wanna say she's legitimate, and was only btained from the movie event, and then just used for the E4 fight. Not shiny, no ridiculous uncommon ball, no hidden ability.

DragonKing48 May 22nd, 2020 6:14 PM

I also wanna say she had the official movie event ribbon that she debuted in as part of the giveaway would be, but I suppose it's possible that expired?

De-Sero May 31st, 2020 6:45 AM

Hi, I've got several g-max pokemons all with the same OT Ash, they all have 6 perfect IV's, lvl 100 and pokerus

Pokémon: Lapras
Shiny: Yes
OT: Ash
ID: 593016
Level: 100
Region of Origin: galar
Nature: quiet
Ability: Hydration
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: Pokemon Den lvl 60
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: capable of taking hits
Effort Values: 6 perfect ones

Pokémon: Pikachu
Shiny: Yes
OT: Ash
ID: 692152
Level: 100
Region of Origin: galar
Nature: Modest
Ability: Static
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: wild area station lvl 10
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: capable of taking hits
Effort Values: 6 perfect ones

Pokémon: Meowth
Shiny: Yes
OT: Ash
ID: 593016
Level: 100
Region of Origin: galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Technician
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: It seems to have metits original trainer in a fateful encounter when it was lv. 5 The date was 12/04/2019 and it sees it came from an online present
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's somewhat vain!
Effort Values: 6 perfect ones

Pokémon: Sandaconda
Shiny: Yes
OT: Ash
ID: 593016
Level: 100
Region of Origin: galar
Nature: jolly
Ability: Sand veil
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: Pokemon Den lvl 60
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: capable of taking hits
Effort Values: 6 perfect ones

Rikuo1996 June 2nd, 2020 7:20 AM

Pokémon: Zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: フウラシティ
ID: 180713
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Volt Absob
Ribbons: Galar Champion Ribbon and Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Can't tell
Where/how you received it: Got it from someone here via Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: 6*31 IVs
Effort Values: Maxed out Attack and Speed.

Fliver58 June 4th, 2020 2:39 AM

Hi, I’ve some Évent pokemons to check with PKHeX (similar in serebii).
It’s possible to send to @firebolt for a hard checking? And if yes how many pkmns can I send?
Thanks for the answer

Firebolt June 6th, 2020 7:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by De-Sero (Post 10164744)
Hi, I've got several g-max pokemons all with the same OT Ash, they all have 6 perfect IV's, lvl 100 and pokerus

From my experience, these are like the laziest types of hacked Pokemon; OT Ash because they can't come up with something unique, and they just tick all of the boxes for modifications (like 6 IVs and Pokerus). Extremely doubt any of them are even moderately legit. Meowth especially so, considering that it came as an event and would therefore only have 3 guaranteed IVs of an event Pokemon (meaning that someone would have to have done a lot of resets to get 6 IVs, but Occam's Razor would say that it's hacked).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rikuo1996 (Post 10165643)
Pokémon: Zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: フウラシティ
ID: 180713
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Volt Absob
Ribbons: Galar Champion Ribbon and Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Can't tell
Where/how you received it: Got it from someone here via Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: 6*31 IVs
Effort Values: Maxed out Attack and Speed.

6 IVs is definitely a big red flag for an event Pokemon, plus the nature and EVs seem too convenient for someone to then want to trade away later (especially after using it to defeat the Galar Champion). Sad to say that this is very possibly hacked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fliver58 (Post 10166324)
Hi, I’ve some Évent pokemons to check with PKHeX (similar in serebii).
It’s possible to send to @firebolt for a hard checking? And if yes how many pkmns can I send?
Thanks for the answer

I can do that! It depends on how many you'd like to have hack checked in total, but if you have a big batch that was all obtained from the same person, then I think it's a pretty safe bet that hack checking a few of them and seeing what they're like will give a very good insight on the whole lot.

Fliver58 June 8th, 2020 8:52 AM

Just tell me when you can do it :-)! I’ve PM you
[QUOTE=I can do that! It depends on how many you'd like to have hack checked in total, but if you have a big batch that was all obtained from the same person, then I think it's a pretty safe bet that hack checking a few of them and seeing what they're like will give a very good insight on the whole lot.[/QUOTE]

Magi721127 June 20th, 2020 1:00 PM

Necrozma ( in game: ネクロズマ)
Yes
ひみつ
000132
75
Serious
Prism Armor
Classic Ribbon
Traveled all the way across space and time itself to join me from the Alola region, me original trainer in a fateful encounter
Trade on a discord server for Pokémon Sword and Shield.
It likes to thrash about.
Has a black ➕ on summary and moves are: light screen, substitute, moonlight.
Comes in red event ball.


Just trying to figure out if it’s legit, thank you!

CelestialWolf92 June 28th, 2020 5:59 AM

I have a couple shinies I would like checked please.


Pokemon: Salazzle (in game name is something japanese)
Shiny: Yes
OT: Japanese trainer
ID: 254495
Level: 62
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Corrosion
Ribbons: None
Location met and Level met: Raid Den at level 59
Where/How you recieved it: Traded for it through Home
IVs/Characteristics: 4 perfect IVs, decent spec attack and pretty good hp. It's capable of taking hits.
EV's: Not sure how to check those




Pokemon: Roserade (chinese nickname)
Shiny: Yes
OT: Chinese trainer
ID: 095613
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Bold
Ability: Poison Point
Ribbons: None
Location/level met: Raid Den at level 35
Where/How it was recieved: Through Pokemon Home
IVs/Characteristics: 3 perfect IVs, 2 very good, 1 pretty good. It's somewhat vain.
EVs: No idea.


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