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Deon June 28th, 2020 11:22 AM

Pokemon: Hoopa
Shiny: No
OT:えいがかん(sorry if I misspelled that)
ID: 07185
Level: 100
Region of Origin:Hoenn
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Magician
Ribbons: Alola Champion Ribbon, Hoenn Champion Ribbon, Effort Ribbon
Location met & Level met: A fateful encounter seems to have led it across space and time to reach you from the Hoenn region
Where & how: Link traded on Ultra Moon
IV/ Characteristic: Dont know. Alert to sounds
Effort Values: Hp, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def

Deon June 28th, 2020 11:31 AM

Pokemon: Diancie
Shiny: No
OT: NOVEMBER14
ID:11064
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Kaos
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Clear Body
Ribbons: Battle Tree Great Weapon Ribbon, Wishing Ribbon
Location and Level met: A fateful encounter seems to have led it across space and time to reach you from the Kalos Region
Where and How: Link Trade on Ultra Moon
IV/ Characteristic: Dont know. Somewhat Vain
Effort Values: Sp. Atk Sp. Def and Def

Charizard fan club 87 July 14th, 2020 12:20 PM

Pokemon: ditto
Shiny: Yes
OT: A.j
ID: 422517
Level: 100
Region of Origin: alola
Nature: adamant
Ability: imposter
Ribbons: alola champion
Location Met & Level Met: no info
Link trade
IV/Characteristic: Perfect across

JaviNavi July 19th, 2020 4:22 AM

Pokémon: zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: Fula City
ID: 100118
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Mild
Ability: Volt Absorb
Ribbons: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: don't know
Where/how you recieved it: giveaway
Individual Values/Characteristic: 3 Max IVs, mischievous
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) not sure About this one?

DragonKing48 July 23rd, 2020 9:13 AM

Is this still going ? Lol.

Spite's Pleasure August 2nd, 2020 5:33 PM

Ok let me just say this

1. ALL .TV, .COM, etc, ARE HACKED

Although I dont really care since most of my shinies are from ITSK33N.TV on GTS and IGN Kristin(Note Im talkin 6th gen)like my HA legendaries and l30 legi dogs

2. If anything is a Shiny and says its from a place where you cant get it shiny, I T S H A C K E D

3. Shiny 6IV Ditto thats other language is in my head HACKED for either personal use to mm a shiny or to give to others so they can do so

4. If its an event pokemon but literally ANYTHING is what its not supposed to be, better safe than sorry to say its cloned or hacked, because events are that specific

5. Its too obvious. SHINY LOCKED POKES ARE HACKED! Please do note that only 3 Pokemon are exceptions to this(that is, 6th gen wise): Zygarde, Celebi, Gen8 Zeraora

These three were events in a game and can be legitimate, so if you see them, note this:

If a Shiny Celebi has the VC icon, its legitimate
If a Shiny Zygarde has a Cherish Ball, i lean thats it the event and is legit
If you see a Shiny Zeraora in SwSh, its legit

So if you see these, dont freak out since they wont trade in XYORAS(ofc except zeraora), they can be as much legit as hacked you guys! OFC if literally any other is shiny locked and shiny, its HACKED

Thank you for your time

Kaderteam August 19th, 2020 9:41 AM

Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: No
OT: Not sure
ID: 28652
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Mild
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: The Tower Summit at LVL. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Relaxed
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) It can take Hits

Kaderteam August 19th, 2020 11:54 AM

Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: no
OT: not sure
ID: 69358
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Mild
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: Tower Summit lvl 70
Where/how you recieved it: not sure
Individual Values/Characteristic: Not sure
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) Capable of taking hits

Firebolt August 19th, 2020 6:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magi721127 (Post 10173000)
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!

If it has the standard 3/4 IVs (and depending on which Discord you're talking about; some of them have very strict legitimacy rules so if it was in the server from a reputable trader and not in DMs) it's probably legit, or cloned at worst.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CelestialWolf92 (Post 10175904)
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.

Seem like standard shiny Raid Pokemon. The Raid itself might have been spoofed, but there's nothing really suspicious here unless someone traded you these for nothing of value (e.g. GTS trade for a common Pokemon).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deon (Post 10175991)
Pokemon: Hoopa
Shiny: No
OT:えいがかん(sorry if I misspelled that)
ID: 07185
Level: 100
Region of Origin:Hoenn
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Magician
Ribbons: Alola Champion Ribbon, Hoenn Champion Ribbon, Effort Ribbon
Location met & Level met: A fateful encounter seems to have led it across space and time to reach you from the Hoenn region
Where & how: Link traded on Ultra Moon
IV/ Characteristic: Dont know. Alert to sounds
Effort Values: Hp, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def

Nothing too crazy, depending on IVs. 6 IVs and it's hacked, but 3/4 IVs otherwise assume that someone just traded it for something (hopefully) of more value to them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deon (Post 10175994)
Pokemon: Diancie
Shiny: No
OT: NOVEMBER14
ID:11064
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Kaos
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Clear Body
Ribbons: Battle Tree Great Weapon Ribbon, Wishing Ribbon
Location and Level met: A fateful encounter seems to have led it across space and time to reach you from the Kalos Region
Where and How: Link Trade on Ultra Moon
IV/ Characteristic: Dont know. Somewhat Vain
Effort Values: Sp. Atk Sp. Def and Def

Can't find any event history for a "NOVEMBER14" Diancie; unless you meant "NOV2014" (or maybe NOVEMBRE14 for Italian region event), then this is a hack.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charizard fan club 87 (Post 10181695)
Pokemon: ditto
Shiny: Yes
OT: A.j
ID: 422517
Level: 100
Region of Origin: alola
Nature: adamant
Ability: imposter
Ribbons: alola champion
Location Met & Level Met: no info
Link trade
IV/Characteristic: Perfect across

Hacked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaviNavi (Post 10183145)
Pokémon: zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: Fula City
ID: 100118
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Mild
Ability: Volt Absorb
Ribbons: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: don't know
Where/how you recieved it: giveaway
Individual Values/Characteristic: 3 Max IVs, mischievous
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) not sure About this one?

The 'giveaway' part of it is suspicious; was this cloned? Doesn't seem to be hacked otherwise.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaderteam (Post 10197329)
Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: No
OT: Not sure
ID: 28652
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Mild
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: The Tower Summit at LVL. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: Relaxed
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) It can take Hits

Assuming it doesn't have 6 IVs or anything, I'm guessing this was just a Zamazenta caught through a normal playthrough.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaderteam (Post 10197368)
Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: no
OT: not sure
ID: 69358
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Mild
Ability: Dauntless Shield
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: Tower Summit lvl 70
Where/how you recieved it: not sure
Individual Values/Characteristic: Not sure
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) Capable of taking hits

Same as above.

yodine53 August 19th, 2020 9:59 PM

Pokémon: Ditto
Shiny: No
OT: OwOCummies
ID: 081059
Level:56
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Limber
Ribbons: Nothing
Location Met & Level Met: Stony Wilderness at level 56
Where/how you recieved it: trade for another 5 IV Ditto (mine was spanish)
Individual Values/Characteristic: All best besides Defense which is "Decent (1-10 IVs)"
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 0 at everything.


Pokémon: Ditto
Shiny: No
OT: Ferg
ID: 624354
Level: 58
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Sassy
Ability: Imposter
Ribbons: Nothing
Location Met & Level Met: Raid den at level 58 (Date: 13/12/2019)
Where/how you recieved it: Trade for another 5 IV Ditto (Mine was spanish)
Individual Values/Characteristic: all best (31 iV) besides Speed which is "fantastic" (30 IV)
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 0 at everything

Firebolt August 20th, 2020 5:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yodine53 (Post 10197454)
Pokémon: Ditto
Shiny: No
OT: OwOCummies
ID: 081059
Level:56
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Limber
Ribbons: Nothing
Location Met & Level Met: Stony Wilderness at level 56
Where/how you recieved it: trade for another 5 IV Ditto (mine was spanish)
Individual Values/Characteristic: All best besides Defense which is "Decent (1-10 IVs)"
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 0 at everything.


Pokémon: Ditto
Shiny: No
OT: Ferg
ID: 624354
Level: 58
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Sassy
Ability: Imposter
Ribbons: Nothing
Location Met & Level Met: Raid den at level 58 (Date: 13/12/2019)
Where/how you recieved it: Trade for another 5 IV Ditto (Mine was spanish)
Individual Values/Characteristic: all best (31 iV) besides Speed which is "fantastic" (30 IV)
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 0 at everything

If the second one is Stony Wilderness too, then they seem like normal Raid Dittos to me.

yodine53 August 20th, 2020 3:14 PM

Thank you Firebolt!! you are amazing:)

Kaderteam August 21st, 2020 5:43 AM

When and how do I get the requested pokemon?

Firebolt August 21st, 2020 9:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaderteam (Post 10197881)
When and how do I get the requested pokemon?

This thread is for hack checking; that is, requesting a hack check of a Pokemon you already have that you might not be sure are legitimate.

Hocus_Pokemon August 22nd, 2020 9:02 AM

I'm suspicious about this Shiny Sinistea that I got from Surprise Trade. Its IVs suggest it isn't hacked, but the fact that it's Shiny makes me think it is. Why would anyone send a legitimate Shiny Pokemon to other players via Surprise Trade?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ef7c2-fU4AAYDPc?format=jpg&name=900x900
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ef7c2-tU4AE0CQe?format=jpg&name=large

JustinTymme August 22nd, 2020 2:11 PM

Pokémon: Pokemon Stamp Absol
Shiny: No
OT:スタンプ
ID: 30821
Level: 5
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: "Seems to have traveled across both space and time to reach you from the Hoenn region." Met: lvl 5
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: HP: No good, Attack: Decent, Defense: Decent, SpAtk: Decent, SpDef: Very good, Speed: Decent. Char: Somewhat vain.
Effort Values: No added Ev's

Hello! The biggest question I have about this Absol is if its suppose to have the Fateful Encounter tag when trasferred up. The FE tag was registered as a Destination in Gen 3, while in Gen 4 it was a flag.

Firebolt August 22nd, 2020 9:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hocus_Pokemon (Post 10198561)
I'm suspicious about this Shiny Sinistea that I got from Surprise Trade. Its IVs suggest it isn't hacked, but the fact that it's Shiny makes me think it is. Why would anyone send a legitimate Shiny Pokemon to other players via Surprise Trade?

It's definitely a very good idea to ask yourself why someone would trade you this Pokemon as a first step to hack checking. The only other suggestion I have is to see the catch location of the Pokemon and ensure that it matches where it could usually be found (Glimwood Tangle).

A few reasons that might explain why a legitimate shiny was traded:
  • If it's not a hack, then it's probably likely that this Pokemon is a clone at least.
  • The Trainer randomly found this in their adventures and probably didn't want it (not everyone is obsessed with shinies after all), or it was a shiny they already have.
  • It was probably from a younger Trainer who didn't understand the value or rarity of it.

Take it with a pinch of salt, but I don't see the harm in keeping this one!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustinTymme (Post 10198641)
Pokémon: Pokemon Stamp Absol
Shiny: No
OT:スタンプ
ID: 30821
Level: 5
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: "Seems to have traveled across both space and time to reach you from the Hoenn region." Met: lvl 5
Where/how you recieved it: Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: HP: No good, Attack: Decent, Defense: Decent, SpAtk: Decent, SpDef: Very good, Speed: Decent. Char: Somewhat vain.
Effort Values: No added Ev's

Hello! The biggest question I have about this Absol is if its suppose to have the Fateful Encounter tag when trasferred up. The FE tag was registered as a Destination in Gen 3, while in Gen 4 it was a flag.

This one forced me to do a bit of digging, and if I got it right, then it should definitely not have the Fateful Encounter flag if it was from the event. The Met Location would have been 'fateful encounter' in Gen 4 when it was transferred from Gen 3, but that obviously gets overwritten as it goes up through later Generations until it's just simply "Hoenn".

This Absol is very rare though, 1 of only 300 to be distributed if Bulbapedia is to be believed (and not even existing in PKHeX's event database, which is what I would have used to check the Fateful Encounter flag). So sadly, this Pokemon is most likely cloned...if you're very optimistic. Because it's from Gen 3, there is another layer that could be used to see if it's actually (obviously) hacked or not, but that requires grabbing its PID and whatnot and even I can't do that as of this moment in Gen 8.

Hocus_Pokemon August 22nd, 2020 9:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10198819)
It's definitely a very good idea to ask yourself why someone would trade you this Pokemon as a first step to hack checking. The only other suggestion I have is to see the catch location of the Pokemon and ensure that it matches where it could usually be found (Glimwood Tangle).

A few reasons that might explain why a legitimate shiny was traded:
  • If it's not a hack, then it's probably likely that this Pokemon is a clone at least.
  • The Trainer randomly found this in their adventures and probably didn't want it (not everyone is obsessed with shinies after all), or it was a shiny they already have.
  • It was probably from a younger Trainer who didn't understand the value or rarity of it.

Take it with a pinch of salt, but I don't see the harm in keeping this one!

Thanks! The met location is Glimwood Tangle, indeed, so it could just probably be an unwanted Shiny.

Escther September 12th, 2020 8:40 AM

Pokémon: Mew (nickname is ミュウ)
Shiny: Shiny
OT: Umbre
ID:50701
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Modest
Ability: Synchronize
Ribbons: Galar Champion, Alola Champion, Battle Tree Great Ribbon, Hoenn Champion, Kalos Champion, Beauty Master Ribbon, Coolness Master Ribbon, Contest Star Ribbon, Sinnoh Champion, Champion, Cuteness Master Ribbon, Cleverness Master Ribbon, Toughness Master Ribbon, Effort Ribbon, Alert Ribbon, Smile Ribbon, Snooze Ribbon, Relax Ribbon, Careless Ribbon, Downcast Ribbon, Gorgeous Ribbon, Royal Ribbon, Gorgeous Royal Ribbon, Footprint Ribbon, Legend Ribbon, Contest Memory Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Not sure how to find that in Sw/Sh but it says it's from Hoenn, met its trainer in a fateful encounter
Where/how you recieved it: Someone was giving away legit Mew clones from an HG/SS event, and there was a small chance of obtaining a shiny Mew clone. (all other previous giveaways from this person were legit event clones)
Individual Values/Characteristic: All hypertrained - description says "it's thoroughly cunning" if that helps
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y): 252 sp. atk/252 speed
edit: also doesn't have the gen 6 pentagon symbol

Firebolt September 12th, 2020 7:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Escther (Post 10207176)
Pokémon: Mew (nickname is ミュウ)
Shiny: Shiny
OT: Umbre
ID:50701
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Hoenn
Nature: Modest
Ability: Synchronize
Ribbons: Galar Champion, Alola Champion, Battle Tree Great Ribbon, Hoenn Champion, Kalos Champion, Beauty Master Ribbon, Coolness Master Ribbon, Contest Star Ribbon, Sinnoh Champion, Champion, Cuteness Master Ribbon, Cleverness Master Ribbon, Toughness Master Ribbon, Effort Ribbon, Alert Ribbon, Smile Ribbon, Snooze Ribbon, Relax Ribbon, Careless Ribbon, Downcast Ribbon, Gorgeous Ribbon, Royal Ribbon, Gorgeous Royal Ribbon, Footprint Ribbon, Legend Ribbon, Contest Memory Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Not sure how to find that in Sw/Sh but it says it's from Hoenn, met its trainer in a fateful encounter
Where/how you recieved it: Someone was giving away legit Mew clones from an HG/SS event, and there was a small chance of obtaining a shiny Mew clone. (all other previous giveaways from this person were legit event clones)
Individual Values/Characteristic: All hypertrained - description says "it's thoroughly cunning" if that helps
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y): 252 sp. atk/252 speed
edit: also doesn't have the gen 6 pentagon symbol

I wasn't able to find information about the OT or the giveaway, so I can't say if it's a trusted member of the community or not. It's definitely suspicious though that it has so many ribbons, especially the Contest Master ribbons of Hoenn and Sinnoh but none of the ranks before (if going for as many ribbons as possible, getting the lower ranked ones seems very easy in comparison). Modest nature is a bit suspicious too, but I can't tell any more because of the Hyper-Trained IVs; seeing the base values would show if it's a cause for concern. At the end of the day, shiny Mew is so rare it's unlikely to be legit, but if you're happy to keep it for yourself, does it really matter? 😛

iamVengeance058 September 14th, 2020 5:19 AM

Pokémon: Froakie
Shiny: No
OT: Japanese
ID: 474121
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Protean
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Poke Pelago
Where/how you recieved it: GTS
Individual Values/Characteristic: Decent, Decent, Rest Perfect
Effort Values: None

Caught in a moon ball.

Firebolt September 14th, 2020 6:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamVengeance058 (Post 10207788)
Pokémon: Froakie
Shiny: No
OT: Japanese
ID: 474121
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Protean
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Poke Pelago
Where/how you recieved it: GTS
Individual Values/Characteristic: Decent, Decent, Rest Perfect
Effort Values: None

Caught in a moon ball.

Seems like a normal breedject to me: a breedject is a Pokemon obtained as a result of breeding, but it's not what the breeder is after due to it not having perfect IVs/desirable Nature/being shiny, so they give away on the GTS for others to use as a start at least for breeding themselves or even outright keeping it as their own Pokemon. Congrats, Moon Ball Froakie is pretty sweet too!

Dan87 October 4th, 2020 11:50 PM

Venasuar
Yes
Eevee.vip
045909
100
An egg from a Nursery worker, hatched on route 5
Modest
Chlorophyll
None
Link trade & level 100
Best in all

PokeLia October 5th, 2020 2:04 PM

Pokémon: Barbaracle
Shiny: Yes
OT: Adam
ID: 212908
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Brave
Ability: Sniper
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Seems to have travelled all the way across space and time
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder Trade on Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: 3x Best, 2x Very good and 1x Decent
Effort Values: None

Firebolt October 11th, 2020 8:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan87 (Post 10214978)
Venasuar
Yes
Eevee.vip
045909
100
An egg from a Nursery worker, hatched on route 5
Modest
Chlorophyll
None
Link trade & level 100
Best in all

Just googling the Eevee.vip OT brought up a whole bunch of hacker concerns, so it's safe to say this Pokemon is hacked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokeLia (Post 10215304)
Pokémon: Barbaracle
Shiny: Yes
OT: Adam
ID: 212908
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Brave
Ability: Sniper
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Seems to have travelled all the way across space and time
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder Trade on Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: 3x Best, 2x Very good and 1x Decent
Effort Values: None

It's a bit strange that someone Wonder Traded a shiny Pokemon, but it is a Pokemon that was available in Ultra Wormholes, so not super rare and out of the realm of possibility (the 3 max IVs seem to support that theory as well as all UW Pokemon would have at least 3 IVs). This Pokemon seems to be fine!

ThayneDxk November 10th, 2020 8:23 AM

Pokemon:Volcanion
Shiny:No
OT:Thayne
ID:65656
Level:100
Region of Origin:kalos
Nature:Timid
Ability:incubation
Ribbons:none
Location Met & Level Met:level met 50
Where/how you recieved it:catching

kevin24 November 13th, 2020 5:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThayneDxk (Post 10229285)
Pokemon:Volcanion
Shiny:No
OT:Thayne
ID:65656
Level:100
Region of Origin:kalos
Nature:Timid
Ability:incubation
Ribbons:none
Location Met & Level Met:level met 50
Where/how you recieved it:catching

a bad hack, volcanions can never have trainer ot and it has always been level 70

VisionofMilotic December 1st, 2020 9:53 AM

Pokemon: Rayquaza
Shiny: Yes
OT: PKSM
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Date Met: 7/25/2020
Region of Origin: Ultra Space Wilds
Nature: Hardy
Ability: Air Lock
Ribbons: Alola Champion Ribbon, Battle Tree Great Ribbon, Best Friends Ribbon, Effort Ribbon, Footprint Ribbon
Location and Level met: Apparently Lv. 60
Where and How: Wonder trade on Ultra Moon
IV/ Characteristic: Likes to trash about. I haven't unlocked the calculator in this save file so I don't know exactly.

I wasn't sure what to make of the trainer ID. As I understand it PKSM is a homebrew app, which did give me pause, but it doesn't mean the Pokemon is hacked I suppose. People also use the software to do things like transfer or duplicate Pokemon, so maybe it's a legitimate Pokemon that was cloned. Seeing the hardy nature also made me think it might actually be real this time. If you are going to hack in a Rayquaza, why not give it a competitively-viable nature like jolly, adamant or naive?

I wasn't sure though, so I wanted to ask more experienced gamers what they thought.

Firebolt December 7th, 2020 6:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisionofMilotic (Post 10237102)
Pokemon: Rayquaza
Shiny: Yes
OT: PKSM
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Date Met: 7/25/2020
Region of Origin: Ultra Space Wilds
Nature: Hardy
Ability: Air Lock
Ribbons: Alola Champion Ribbon, Battle Tree Great Ribbon, Best Friends Ribbon, Effort Ribbon, Footprint Ribbon
Location and Level met: Apparently Lv. 60
Where and How: Wonder trade on Ultra Moon
IV/ Characteristic: Likes to trash about. I haven't unlocked the calculator in this save file so I don't know exactly.

I wasn't sure what to make of the trainer ID. As I understand it PKSM is a homebrew app, which did give me pause, but it doesn't mean the Pokemon is hacked I suppose. People also use the software to do things like transfer or duplicate Pokemon, so maybe it's a legitimate Pokemon that was cloned. Seeing the hardy nature also made me think it might actually be real this time. If you are going to hack in a Rayquaza, why not give it a competitively-viable nature like jolly, adamant or naive?

I wasn't sure though, so I wanted to ask more experienced gamers what they thought.

PKSM is the default OT given to Pokemon generated by the app, and I believe that Hardy is the default nature that it's given (as it's the 'first' coded nature in the game). It's unlikely someone would name themselves with that OT, so sadly this Rayquaza is most likely hacked.

Kiwimelon December 11th, 2020 10:41 AM

May I?

Commander Saturn December 12th, 2020 3:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwimelon (Post 10243196)
May I?

Go for it; I'll try my best.

Deariusibt January 18th, 2021 6:58 AM

Pokémon: Marshadow
Shiny: No
OT: Mt. Tensei
ID: 100917
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Technician
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Fateful Encounter
Where/how you recieved it: Gift copy of Ultra Sun which contained multiple mythical Pokémon
Individual Values/Characteristic:
Hp - pretty good
Attack - decent
Special attack - best
Defense - best
Special defense - decent
Speed - best
Effort Values: none. Appears to have never been used.
Pokeball: Cherish


Pokémon: Zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: フウラシティ
ID: 180713
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Volt Absorb
Ribbons: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Fateful Encounter in Alola.
Where/how you recieved it: Gift Copy of Ultra Sun which contained multiple mythical Pokémon
Individual Values/Characteristic:
Hp - best
Attack - pretty good
Special attack - decent
Defense - best
Special defense - decent
Speed - best
Effort Values: none. Appears to have never been used.
Pokeball: Cherish



So I was given a used copy of Ultra Sun and it had a number of event Pokémon on it. I’ve put most of them in my living dex, but I already had a Marshadow and a Zerora and I was wondering if I could use these two as trade fodder. The ot on the Zerora got me wondering about the legitimacy of all of the Pokémon on the game card though. I’m not sure how they were obtained as I’m pretty sure the game card was purchased second hand from a GameStop.

ShriKaya January 28th, 2021 4:06 PM

Pokémon: Axew
Shiny: no
OT: JACK
ID: 267765
Level: 1
Region of Origin:-
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Rivalry
Ribbons: none
Location Met & Level Met: at Galar Region.
Where/how you recieved it: GTS trade from Pokemon home
Individual Values/Characteristic: All best but decent speed
Effort Values: ?
It is in a Beast Ball

Sorry, but I get this pokemon from pokemon home and I'm just gonna make sure so I checked immediately.

Trades4days March 18th, 2021 1:39 PM

Marshadow
No
MT. Tensei
100917
50
Alola
Naughty
Technician
Classic Ribbon
/
Received through link trade in SW/SH
HP: Best
Attack: Best
Defense: Decent
Sp. Atk: Decent
Sp. Def: Best
Speed: Pretty good

Trades4days March 18th, 2021 1:46 PM

Melmetal
No
HOME
808809
100
Pokemon HOME
Brave
Iron Fist
Premier Ribbon
/
Received through link trade in SW/SH
HP: Best
Attack: Best
Defense: Best
Sp. Atk: Best
Sp. Def: Best
Speed: Hyper trained!

LordWayback April 12th, 2021 8:03 PM

List of Known hackers (if the OT name is any of the following it’s probably hacked as of Pokémon X)
FunkyGamer26(Several questionable Pokémon and obv duped dragonites)
deadcns
Mitsuki.TV(the keldeo’s OT shouldn’t be their name)
Steely Dan (the deoxy’s I have says they met in 2018 it’s in X)
Goodbye Riot (no name shiny genesect met 2018)
These are all known hackers atleast to me a bunch more are clear on the GTS like Adventure snivy

LordWayback April 12th, 2021 8:04 PM

The trainers I commented may not scam but you don’t want to trade a Hard earned Pokémon for their Action replayed Pokémon

HumbleGhost96 May 24th, 2021 11:10 AM

Pokémon: Gengar
Shiny: Yes
OT: PokeNursery
ID: 221508
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Timid
Ability: Cursed Body
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: (Not displayed)
Where/how you recieved it: GTS in Pokemon Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: (Don't have premium) Capable of taking hits
Effort Values: (Don't have premium)

HumbleGhost96 May 24th, 2021 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HumbleGhost96 (Post 10362497)
Pokémon: Gengar
Shiny: Yes
OT: PokeNursery
ID: 221508
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Timid
Ability: Cursed Body
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: (Not displayed)
Where/how you recieved it: GTS in Pokemon Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: (Don't have premium) Capable of taking hits
Effort Values: (Don't have premium)

Oh. Just googled it, PokeNursery is a Twitch streamer who trades hacked Pokemon, like someone else said about a different person's case on this thread. That's kinda upsetting.

HumbleGhost96 May 24th, 2021 11:33 AM

Pokémon: Weedle
Shiny: Yes
OT: Babou
ID: 966084
Level: 10
Region of Origin: Pokemon Go? Not sure what region that would be.
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Shield Dust
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Not displayed
Where/how you recieved it: Random room trade in Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: Don't have premium, Like to relax
Effort Values: Don't have premium

Jack_87 August 3rd, 2021 9:11 AM

want this pokemon

Cosmic-Espeon August 31st, 2021 10:55 AM

Pokémon: Tapu Koko (Name is in Japanese is カプ・コケコ)
Shiny: Yes
OT: メレメレ
ID: 170317
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Timid
Ability: Electric Surge
Ribbons: Classic Ribon
Location Met & Level Met: Location Met is 'a lovely place', and the Level Met is 60.
Date Met: 3/23/2017
Where/how you recieved it:
Where I Received It: Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Trading Board
How: Link Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: 31 IVs in HP, Sp. Attack, and Sp. Defense. The Rest has random IVs. The characteristic is 'Somewhat vain'.
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y): None

geshiro1 October 6th, 2021 3:01 AM

Manaphy
Yes
venom
25092
1
Sinnoh
Serious
Hydration
No ribbons
A fateful encounter in sinnoh in 2008
Hp and spdef decent, spatk atk and speed all fantastic, defense pretty good

Elder Trainer October 13th, 2021 10:37 AM

Here's a Pokemon I received through a Wonder Box trade. Sorry if the IV/EV info is a bit off- even after reading multiple sources I still have trouble telling which is which on a summary screen.

Pokémon: Primeape
Shiny: Yes
OT: Locke
ID: 737619
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Kanto
Nature: Impish
Ability: Anger Point (came from Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu so I had to check Home for this)
Ribbons: None that I can tell
Location Met & Level Met: Route 3, Level 9
Where/how you recieved it: Pokemon Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: Sp. Attack and Attack are listed as Pretty Good, the others show as Best.
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) Can't tell if LGP has them or not.

Ferrothorn2342 October 18th, 2021 6:53 AM

Pokemon: Latias
Shiny: Yes
OT: Japanese (Can’t read)
ID No. 12320
Level: 70
Region of Origin: Johto
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Levitate
Ribbons: None
Location/Level Met: N/A
Where/How received: N/A
IV’s: 31 in everything but Attack
Characteristic: Capable of taking hits
EV’s: Not maxed out or focused in any specific area

ArvidTheLegend November 1st, 2021 3:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictimsofMilotic (Post 10237102)
Pokemon: Rayquaza
Shiny: Yes
OT: PKSM
ID: 993401

The ID No. 993401 seems to be reoccurring in this thread.
I just received a 100% IV SHINY Regieleki from this ID No. in Pokémon Home.
For me the OT just says Home. Moves and ability seems legit though as all can be found on the Pokémon Database page.

It also has multiple ribbons. Best friends, effort, Galar Champion and Tower Master

ArvidTheLegend November 1st, 2021 4:08 AM

Pokémon: Reshiram
Shiny: No
OT: ろき
ID: 44166
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Unova
Nature: Modest
Ability: Turboblaze
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Seems to have been first met in the Unova Region on 09/21/2010.
Where/how you recieved it: GTS through Pokémon Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: 31 in all areas (Best in all areas).
Effort Values: Not focused in any area, but all over the place.
Stats: Sp. Atk 187. Atk 126. HP 175. Sp. Def 140. Def 120. Speed 110. Stat total 858

Seemed to good to be true when I got this one through a trade trying to put all legendaries on my Pokédex in Home. Location checks out pretty much though, caught in a Master Ball and seems to be transferred to Home 10.30.2021. Which is suspiciously recent.

The stats is way higher than what I found on the Pokémon Database Pokémon Website where it should be a stat total of 680, but this Pokémon has a total of 858.
Could this possibly include EV?
858-252 EV = 606. Might not be fully EV trained.

There is no origin mark, but Pokémon from gen V didn't have them according to Bulbapedia.

So what do you say? Legit or not?

Chrastopheria November 27th, 2021 11:19 AM

Pokémon: Ho-Oh (JPN)
Shiny: Yes
OT: "San" (Katakana)
ID: 171117
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: None
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder Box
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's somewhat vain!

I'm sure this is probably hacked but wanted to check anyway. If it helps it is in a Master Ball

Soul_Iglu January 21st, 2022 3:57 PM

Pokémon: Regieleki, no nickname
Shiny: Yes
OT: 2DOS3 Gamer
ID: 332632
Level:100
Region of Origin: Galar (not stated in summary)
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Transistor
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: The Split-Decision Ruins, 70
Where/how you recieved it: Home GTS 01-20-2022, date caught 10-23-2020
Individual Values/Characteristic: all 31 IVs, It's somewhat Vain
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 0 EVs

Pokémon: Regidrago, no nickname
Shiny: Yes
OT: Shield
ID: 100190
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar (not stated on summary)
Nature: Modest
Ability: Dragon's Maw
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: The Split-Decision Ruin, 70, date caught 10-24-2020
Where/how you recieved it: GTS, 01-21-2022
Individual Values/Characteristic: all 31 IVs, It takes plenty of siestas
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 252 attack/Speed, unsure if the remaining 4.


I was being lazy instead of catching these 2 to complete the Pokedex before PLA is released, I decided to use Home.

I offered up my own shiny caught Pokemon that I'd gotten randomly from playthrough.

I've gotten other obviously hacked mons with the .com or .co names, through surprise trade in game.

Was thinking both of these are hacked because they are shiny, but everything else looks fine.

Amore May 5th, 2022 10:54 AM

I've collected a few I think are most likely hacks through Surprise Trade in Sword:

Pokémon: Regieleki (nickname dsc.gg/bdsp) in Beast Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: dsc.gg/bdsp
ID: 128439
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Transistor
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Split-Decision Ruins 10/24/20 @ lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It likes to thrash about!
Moves: Bounce / Magnet Rise / Rapid Spin / Lock-On
I got 2 of these in separate Surprise Trades. I've also seen people using this and the below one in Max Raids so I'm 99% sure they're hacks, more sharing here for others' curioisity.

Pokémon: Regidrago (nickname dsc.gg/bdsp) in Beast Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: dsc.gg/bdsp
ID: 188439
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Dragon's Maw
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Split-Decision Ruins 10/24/20 @ lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It likes to thrash about!
Moves: Dragon Dance / Dragon Claw / Hammer Arm / Crunch
I got 3 of these in surprise trade.

Pokémon: Galarian Slowking (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Modest
Ability: Regenerator
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Master Rank / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received 10/25/20 OT received from link trade, hatched 10/25/20 on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's alert to sounds!
Moves: Eerie Spell / Sludge Bomb / Flamethrower / Scald

Pokémon: Dracovish (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 621368
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Strong Jaw
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 11/25/19 Route 6 @ lv. 10
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's capable of taking hits!
Moves: Fishious Rend / Psychic Fangs / Crunch / Outrage

Pokémon: Incineroar (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Careful
Ability: Intimidate
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Master Rank / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received 03/17/21 from link trade by OT, apparently hatched same date Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's capable of taking hits!
Moves: Flare Blitz / Fake Out / Taunt / Parting Shot

Pokémon: Tapu Koko (Pokeflash.co) in Luxury Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Timid
Ability: Electric Surge
Ribbons: Galar Champ / Tower Master / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: 11/26/20 Max Lair at lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It takes plenty of siestas!
Moves: Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam / Volt Switch / Nature's Madness

Pokémon: Lapras (Pokeflash.co) w/ Gigantamax Factor in Dive Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 621368
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Modest
Ability: Water Absorb
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 11/24/19 the Pokémon Den @ lv. 59
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's somewhat vain!
Moves: Freeze-Dry / Hydro Pump / Ice Beam / Thunderbolt

Pokémon: Guzzlord (Pokeflash.co) in Beast Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Modest
Ability: Beast Boost
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Alola Champion / Battle Royale Master / Battle Tree Great / Battle Tree Master / Best Friends / Effort / Footprint
Location Met & Level Met: It seems to have traveled all the way across space and time itself to join me from the Alola Region
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's alert to sounds!
Moves: Draco Meteor / Dark Pulse / Fire Blast / Sludge Bomb

Pokémon: Regieleki (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Transistor
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: 10/25/20 the Split-Decision Ruins @ lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It takes plenty of siestas!
Moves: Thunder Cage / Ancient Power / Volt Switch / Explosion

Pokémon: Eevee (Female in Nest Ball, Male in Friend Ball, Female in Level Ball)
Shiny: Yes
OT: Eevee.vip
ID: 243764
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: (Jolly, Timid, Timid)
Ability: (Adapatability, Anticipation, Adapatability)
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received and hatched 03/14/20 on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's somewhat vain!
Moves: Flail / Curse / Wish / Yawn
I've group these as they share so many similarities.

Pokémon: Charmander (PokeGens.com) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: PokeGens.com
ID: 466931
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Solar Power
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 07/02/21 egg received and hatched on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's mischievous!
Moves: Scratch / Growl

Pokémon: Volcarona (pokegen.club) in Premier Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: pokegen.club
ID: 123456
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Swarm
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Master Rank / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: 07/11/20 egg received and hatched on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It likes to thrash about!
Moves: Fiery Dance / Fire Blast / Flame Charge / Flamethrower
Pretty confident this is a hack. That ID number, the sheer amateur-hour moveset, and the unheralded Premier Ball give me that vibe.

Pokémon: Wooluu (it's in Japanese, it matches the species name on Bulbapedia) in Beast Ball
Shiny: No
OT: (it's in japanese - 3 characters)
ID: 547136
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Fluffy
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received 04/29/22, hatched 05/02/22 on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: HOME Wonder Box
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's alert to sounds!
Moves: Growl / Swagger / Stomp / Counter
It's just the Beast Ball that has me confused here, otherwise looks pretty legit.


Given that last entry is the only one I had since I signed up for HOME and started trading there, needless to say I'm staying away from SwSh Mystery Trade!

Devalue May 5th, 2022 3:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10499920)
I've collected a few I think are most likely hacks through Surprise Trade in Sword:

(Disclaimer: Not an official hack checker.)

Tosses all of those shinies in the Hacked bin. Originates from website trainers. Might have gotten some dsc ones in Alola's Wonder Trade.

Considers Beast Ball Wooloo entirely reasonable. Could have bought one Beast Ball (or used a free one), then chucked it at a Max Raid Wooloo or Dubwool. Should be a 100% catch rate for your own Max Raid (and non-event/Gigantamax). Passes the ball on through breeding from there.

Amore May 7th, 2022 3:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devalue (Post 10499994)
(Disclaimer: Not an official hack checker.)

Tosses all of those shinies in the Hacked bin. Originates from website trainers. Might have gotten some dsc ones in Alola's Wonder Trade.

Considers Beast Ball Wooloo entirely reasonable. Could have bought one Beast Ball (or used a free one), then chucked it at a Max Raid Wooloo or Dubwool. Should be a 100% catch rate for your own Max Raid (and non-event/Gigantamax). Passes the ball on through breeding from there.

I didn’t know about the 100% capture for raids until after I posted, so that makes sense.

Might just ping them back out on wonder trade - I see plenty of people using them in raids, and Nintendo doesn’t even block them from competitions. But I wouldn’t use them myself, those nicknames are abominations.

Ethics on breeding from a hacked parent and a legitimate one?

Devalue May 7th, 2022 2:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10500407)
Ethics on breeding from a hacked parent and a legitimate one?

Hears opinions going both ways about being okay or not. Dislikes it, personally. Still feels like cheating adjacent. Would not complain about being given one either, however. Probably used tons over the years without knowing.

Understands those who do not care at all, though. Saves time. Cannot distinguish Pokemon bred with hacked parents apart from Pokemon bred with legitimate parents (barring illegal balls).

Admits possible exceptions for difficult-to-find Pokemon with hidden abilities, however. Cannot access them without trading. Made it hard to trade in older generations. How much time and how many Pokemon are you willing to put into GTS hoping for even a halfway legitimate Pokemon? Is it worth the fuzzy feeling of invisible "legitimacy"?

Amore May 7th, 2022 3:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devalue (Post 10500578)
Hears opinions going both ways about being okay or not. Dislikes it, personally. Still feels like cheating adjacent. Would not complain about being given one either, however. Probably used tons over the years without knowing.

Understands those who do not care at all, though. Saves time. Cannot distinguish Pokemon bred with hacked parents apart from Pokemon bred with legitimate parents (barring illegal balls).

Admits possible exceptions for difficult-to-find Pokemon with hidden abilities, however. Cannot access them without trading. Made it hard to trade in older generations. How much time and how many Pokemon are you willing to put into GTS hoping for even a halfway legitimate Pokemon? Is it worth the fuzzy feeling of invisible "legitimacy"?

I’ll make sure I only breed hacked fathers then claim immaculate conception 😆

If I have a hacked Pokémon with 6 IVs and I breed it with a wild caught one, most likely the parent will be weaker anyway. I’ll probably just disclose it if I ever trade one (offspring that is, once I capture my own Regieleki, Regidrago, and whatever Pyroar’s base form is I’ll release them most likely). Probably helps my decisions that I only want shinies where I actually prefer the colouration rather than just because they’re shiny (so releasing Lapras and Pyroar will be painful)

Amore June 3rd, 2022 2:53 AM

Pokémon: Giratina
Shiny: Yes
OT: Takeo
ID: 09999
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Spain
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons:
Location Met & Level Met: Hoenn, 8/8/2020, Dusk Ball
Where/how you recieved it: HOME GTS (not for a legendary, but a reasonably rare pokémon - it was late night so I already can't remember)
Individual Values/Characteristic: Pretty Good / 31 / Pretty Good / 31 / Pretty Good / 31
Effort Values: Max Speed, equal split between Atk and SpA for the rest.

I'm only posting this because it seemed such an unlikely trade, especially by GTS standards (although I also actually got a Vivillon the same night so maybe it was just luck?), to get not only a legendary but a shiny legendary for a regular pokémon (I think it was a Gen V / VI starter - this is why you shouldn't GTS at 2am!). Everything else about it seems utterly plausible, down to the 3x 31 IVs and 3x sucky ones.

WristCutter June 9th, 2022 6:04 PM

pokemon: zacian
shiny: no
OT: Palkia
ID no.: 998390
Level: 70
Ribbons: galar champ,tower master,master rank,best friends and effort ribbon
nature: adamant
IVs: Best (not hypertrained)
Evs: max attack and speed
he was caught with a fast ball on the tower summit
is he hacked?:(

Tolein July 22nd, 2022 5:51 AM

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

A Zamazenta with 6 perfect IVs that isn't hypertrained. Extremely extremely unlikely that it is legit.

Alicatsngel9315 August 11th, 2022 3:31 PM

Pokémon: celebi
Shiny: yes
OT: jungle
ID: 211006
Level: 60
Region of Origin: it seems to it cake from a pokemon movie
Nature: quirky
Ability: natural cure
Ribbons: wishing ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: was from a mystery box Met lvl 60
Where/how you recieved it: pokemon the movie: secrets of the jungle newsletter promotion
Individual Values/Characteristic:
Effort Values: hp 195/195 sp. Atk 143 sp. Def 143 speed 143 defense 143 attack 138

Firebolt August 11th, 2022 5:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alicatsngel9315 (Post 10537273)
Pokémon: celebi
Shiny: yes
OT: jungle
ID: 211006
Level: 60
Region of Origin: it seems to it cake from a pokemon movie
Nature: quirky
Ability: natural cure
Ribbons: wishing ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: was from a mystery box Met lvl 60
Where/how you recieved it: pokemon the movie: secrets of the jungle newsletter promotion
Individual Values/Characteristic:
Effort Values: hp 195/195 sp. Atk 143 sp. Def 143 speed 143 defense 143 attack 138

"Where/how you recieved it" refers to how you received the Pokemon. If you redeemed the code yourself, then it's certainly not hacked! That's a legitimate event; I still have the newsletter promotion myself.

Alicatsngel9315 August 11th, 2022 8:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10537285)
"Where/how you recieved it" refers to how you received the Pokemon. If you redeemed the code yourself, then it's certainly not hacked! That's a legitimate event; I still have the newsletter promotion myself.

Ah well it does say celebis were always checked so I was being cautious

Firebolt August 11th, 2022 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alicatsngel9315 (Post 10537324)
Ah well it does say celebis were always checked so I was being cautious

Honestly, big props to you for actually reading the rules! But that one in particular was written when the only way a legitimate shiny Celebi could be obtained was by soft-resetting at full odds in Pokemon Crystal VC. Now that is has been released as a Serial Code in Sword and Shield and a special event Research Quest in Pokemon Go, I think it's safe to say that you can expect them to be legitimate if they come from either source (Serial Code is an event that will always have the same details as yours, PoGo Pokemon will have a mark to show it is from Pokemon Go).

Alicatsngel9315 August 12th, 2022 6:12 AM

I can read a 1000 page book in a day. Reading the rules just takes a few extra minutes of time. And it helps me know what's going on. How am I supposed to know how it works without reading lol.

Alicatsngel9315 August 13th, 2022 9:00 AM

Are pokemon from pokemon.co hacked. Because I got one in a suprise trade

Firebolt August 13th, 2022 7:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alicatsngel9315 (Post 10537767)
Are pokemon from pokemon.co hacked. Because I got one in a suprise trade

It's very hard trying to find info on "pokemon.co" because searching it online takes you to the Pokemon Company's website, but in a different language. Trying to add a few more search terms didn't help in narrowing down a source. To me, it is most likely hacked, with the Pokemon having that OT to trick people who don't know better that it's a legitimate event Pokemon from the Pokemon Company (or "Pokemon Co."). There has been no event with that OT, but also without knowing more specifically about the Pokemon received, it's hard to say if they're hacked for certain.

Amore October 15th, 2022 11:02 AM

Pokémon: Solgaleo
Shiny: Y
OT: Eclipse
ID: 100419
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Alola (FRE)
Nature: Brave
Ability: Full Metal Body
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Alola, Fateful Encounter
Where/how you recieved it: GTS in HOME
Individual Values/Characteristic: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31

I initially considered that this was someone cloning their Gen 7 events then bringing them forward, as I keep seeing a few shiny Solgaleo. However the lack of a ribbon (the event should have the Classic Ribbon according to Bulbapedia), leads me to believe this is a hack.

Firebolt October 16th, 2022 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10560636)
Pokémon: Solgaleo
Shiny: Y
OT: Eclipse
ID: 100419
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Alola (FRE)
Nature: Brave
Ability: Full Metal Body
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Alola, Fateful Encounter
Where/how you recieved it: GTS in HOME
Individual Values/Characteristic: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31

I initially considered that this was someone cloning their Gen 7 events then bringing them forward, as I keep seeing a few shiny Solgaleo. However the lack of a ribbon (the event should have the Classic Ribbon according to Bulbapedia), leads me to believe this is a hack.

Your hunch is correct! Event Pokemon cannot be put on GTS or Wonder Trade, unless, as happened in your case, the event ribbon was forcibly removed.

Amore October 16th, 2022 2:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10560828)
Your hunch is correct! Event Pokemon cannot be put on GTS or Wonder Trade, unless, as happened in your case, the event ribbon was forcibly removed.

Oh well. I didn't give away anything too valuable for it (which was actually the main red flag hence my assumption about cloning), and it got me one step closer to the OC Magearna! Gorgeous too, one of my favourite shinies.

Quarter October 23rd, 2022 4:48 PM

Pokémon: Zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: フウラシティ
ID: 180713
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Volt Absorb
Ribbons: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Fateful encounter in the Alola region on 02/16/2020
Where/how you recieved it: I think it was from a giveaway
Individual Values/Characteristic: 4 Best, 2 Decent
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y): HP 163, Attack 132, Defense 85, Speed 163, Sp. Def 93, Sp. Att 108

On Serebii, it's stated that the start date and end date is 13 July 2018 - 30 September 2018. If the encounter was in 2020, could this be fake?

Amore October 23rd, 2022 5:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quarter (Post 10564202)

On Serebii, it's stated that the start date and end date is 13 July 2018 - 30 September 2018. If the encounter was in 2020, could this be fake?

I'm not an expert so there could be other indicators, but I wouldn't discount it just based on that. They could have been manipulating the clock on their console for grinding - do it long enough and you'll end up years ahead!

Amore October 24th, 2022 10:51 AM

Got a couple of my own here that's questionable. I'm hoping just cloned!

Magikarp
Shiny
OT: (Chinese, kinda looks like N and then T)
ID: 672121
Level 1
Galar
Jolly
Swift Swim
Jolly
Egg hatched Route 5, Egg received in link trade
GTS Wonder Trade
Perfect IVs
Lure Ball

Skeptical that anyone bred so many shiny Magikarp they give a perfect Jolly one away on Wonder Trade...

Politoed
Shiny
OT: ASH
ID: 35372
Lv. 50
...travelled across space and time...Kanto
Timid
Water Absorb
Champion Ribbon (Hoenn), Effort Ribbon, Artist Ribbon, Contest Memory Ribbon x20, Battle Memory Ribbon x2
GTS Trade
31 / Ft / 31 / Ft / 31 / Ft
Max SpA, Spe

I think this is legit due to the ribbons. 3 IVs would be very difficult to do in Gen III, but not impossible. I think its their pride and joy so they've had it cloned a lot, then put it up for trade. But still, GTS shinies are dodgy (got an obviously hacked Chandelure, as well as that Solgaleo that was most likely legit before its ribbon was removed).

Swablu
Shiny
OT: Japanese, kinda like a reverse C or an M thats slanting to the left, then two squares
ID: 62148
Lv. 1
Unova
Impish
Natural Cure
Fateful Encounter
GTS Trade
PG / PG / PG / D / D / D

I think this is possibly a cloned Year of the Dragon Egg Pokémon - they were JPN-exclusive, Fateful Encounter but no ribbons, in an ordinary Poké Ball.

Obstagoon
Shiny
OT: Shiny24.com
ID: 784810
Lv. 100
Galar
Adamant
Defiant
Pokémon Den
GTS Trade
31 / Ft / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31

The website claims their Pokémon are legit, normally I'd dismiss it out of hand but normally GTS is pretty good on hacks, particularly made in the current generation...and it says it was at a Pokémon Den so maybe it was just resets?

Firebolt October 26th, 2022 3:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quarter (Post 10564202)
Pokémon: Zeraora
Shiny: No
OT: フウラシティ
ID: 180713
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Volt Absorb
Ribbons: Wishing Ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Fateful encounter in the Alola region on 02/16/2020
Where/how you recieved it: I think it was from a giveaway
Individual Values/Characteristic: 4 Best, 2 Decent
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y): HP 163, Attack 132, Defense 85, Speed 163, Sp. Def 93, Sp. Att 108

On Serebii, it's stated that the start date and end date is 13 July 2018 - 30 September 2018. If the encounter was in 2020, could this be fake?

There's a few reasons it could have that date:
  1. It could have been picked up at a much later date. The date received in gen 7 is tied to the day you pick it up from the mail man, but theoretically it can sit there for years and years.
  2. As Amore mentioned, it just happened that the date on the 3DS was set to a different time for whatever reason.
  3. It's hacked. The OT probably figured out how to inject Wonder Cards some years after the event and did so to get the event.

Based on the OT given, this was the Zeraora event that was distributed in-person at the movie theaters in Japan for a few months. If the Pokemon has an English name, then it's very likely that it was injected through hacks (the event may be Japanese but the Pokemon's name will always change to the region of the 3DS; hard to believe that an English player was in Japan to pick up the event and then gave away the Pokemon).

Firebolt October 26th, 2022 3:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10564482)
Got a couple of my own here that's questionable. I'm hoping just cloned!

Magikarp
Shiny
OT: (Chinese, kinda looks like N and then T)
ID: 672121
Level 1
Galar
Jolly
Swift Swim
Jolly
Egg hatched Route 5, Egg received in link trade
GTS Wonder Trade
Perfect IVs
Lure Ball

Skeptical that anyone bred so many shiny Magikarp they give a perfect Jolly one away on Wonder Trade...

It's suspicious, there's nothing that definitely gives it away. Cloning however is a pain in the Arceus if you don't have a Missingno, and if you went through the effort to clone it otherwise just to give away on the GTS...it was probably just hacked it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10564482)
Politoed
Shiny
OT: ASH
ID: 35372
Lv. 50
...travelled across space and time...Kanto
Timid
Water Absorb
Champion Ribbon (Hoenn), Effort Ribbon, Artist Ribbon, Contest Memory Ribbon x20, Battle Memory Ribbon x2
GTS Trade
31 / Ft / 31 / Ft / 31 / Ft
Max SpA, Spe

I think this is legit due to the ribbons. 3 IVs would be very difficult to do in Gen III, but not impossible. I think its their pride and joy so they've had it cloned a lot, then put it up for trade. But still, GTS shinies are dodgy (got an obviously hacked Chandelure, as well as that Solgaleo that was most likely legit before its ribbon was removed).

Honestly, the remaining IVs are somewhat important. If it's all 31s and 30s, then you know it's hacked. They just kept the 30s in to get the Hidden Power of their choice (back when it still existed, Hidden Power is a move that changed types based on IVs). If the IVs are 30, then it's probably not good eugenics that got it its IVs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10564482)
Swablu
Shiny
OT: Japanese, kinda like a reverse C or an M thats slanting to the left, then two squares
ID: 62148
Lv. 1
Unova
Impish
Natural Cure
Fateful Encounter
GTS Trade
PG / PG / PG / D / D / D

I think this is possibly a cloned Year of the Dragon Egg Pokémon - they were JPN-exclusive, Fateful Encounter but no ribbons, in an ordinary Poké Ball.

Biggest indicator here is the name and met date. If the Swablu's name is in English and/or the met date doesn't exactly line-up (i.e. it's past 2017), then it's most likely obtained from the DNS exploit. Not technically hacked, but not considered legitimate in the circles that care about that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10564482)
Obstagoon
Shiny
OT: Shiny24.com
ID: 784810
Lv. 100
Galar
Adamant
Defiant
Pokémon Den
GTS Trade
31 / Ft / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31

The website claims their Pokémon are legit, normally I'd dismiss it out of hand but normally GTS is pretty good on hacks, particularly made in the current generation...and it says it was at a Pokémon Den so maybe it was just resets?

I had a look at the site and I find it hilarious that in the FAQ section, they specifically avoided the word legitimate;
Spoiler:
No, all Pokémon are 100% legal and caught in-game. We do not sell any Pokémon that do not exist legally in the game. All our Pokémon are transferrable to Pokémon Home.

Italics mine. Basically, it's still very possible to hack a Raid and change IVs/shininess however you like and host that raid, so long as that species is usually available as a raid mon (that's basically all GF did in their crackdown, was to remove illegal species). But they did opt to not go for 31 in Atk, it's main offensive stat. Who knows, there's a small chance it could be real.

Amore October 26th, 2022 8:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10565114)
Spoiler:
It's suspicious, there's nothing that definitely gives it away. Cloning however is a pain in the Arceus if you don't have a Missingno, and if you went through the effort to clone it otherwise just to give away on the GTS...it was probably just hacked it.


Honestly, the remaining IVs are somewhat important. If it's all 31s and 30s, then you know it's hacked. They just kept the 30s in to get the Hidden Power of their choice (back when it still existed, Hidden Power is a move that changed types based on IVs). If the IVs are 30, then it's probably not good eugenics that got it its IVs.


Biggest indicator here is the name and met date. If the Swablu's name is in English and/or the met date doesn't exactly line-up (i.e. it's past 2017), then it's most likely obtained from the DNS exploit. Not technically hacked, but not considered legitimate in the circles that care about that.


I had a look at the site and I find it hilarious that in the FAQ section, they specifically avoided the word legitimate;
Spoiler:
No, all Pokémon are 100% legal and caught in-game. We do not sell any Pokémon that do not exist legally in the game. All our Pokémon are transferrable to Pokémon Home.

Italics mine. Basically, it's still very possible to hack a Raid and change IVs/shininess however you like and host that raid, so long as that species is usually available as a raid mon (that's basically all GF did in their crackdown, was to remove illegal species). But they did opt to not go for 31 in Atk, it's main offensive stat. Who knows, there's a small chance it could be real.

Ah well, I already have a legit-seeming one anyway!

Ft = Fantastic = 30 so yeah I'm going hack :(

Swablu's name is also in Japanese, but AFAIK you can't get a met date from sonething that came from Bank in-game? So it says "Fateful Encounter on 9/25/22" but my shiny Gyarados I brought forward from HeartGold says met 10/4/22 - that's when it was transferred forward 8 generations. Although looking at all my other events, they have kept their dates...but none are from Gen V or earlier I don't believe, except some that are DNS Exploit. So do Fateful Encounter ones keep the met dates when brought forward?

God, that one actually requires thinking about. Still, it makes me certain my shiny Gardevoir is legit as Bulbapedia says anything transferred from XD will have 'Fateful Encounter' as their met!

Regarding Obstagoon, I don't see anyone making money off this going fully legit, I released it. Sadly that means my shiny Flygon is questionable - pretty sure I got in a raid hosted by DadShinies or something like that.

EDIT: Ooh, I got one more that might warrant thinking over. I am learning from your checks though, I dismissed a few things found through my GTS obsession out of hand.

Ditto
Shiny
OT: Solal (FRE)
ID: 199949
Lv. 100
Sinnoh
Hardy (Relaxed Mint)
Imposter
GTS Trade
31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
252 HP / 252 Def
Infectious PKRUS

I traded an Enamorus for it (the Enamorus was definitely cloned)

Firebolt October 26th, 2022 4:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10565254)
Ah well, I already have a legit-seeming one anyway!

Ft = Fantastic = 30 so yeah I'm going hack :(

Swablu's name is also in Japanese, but AFAIK you can't get a met date from sonething that came from Bank in-game? So it says "Fateful Encounter on 9/25/22" but my shiny Gyarados I brought forward from HeartGold says met 10/4/22 - that's when it was transferred forward 8 generations. Although looking at all my other events, they have kept their dates...but none are from Gen V or earlier I don't believe, except some that are DNS Exploit. So do Fateful Encounter ones keep the met dates when brought forward?

God, that one actually requires thinking about. Still, it makes me certain my shiny Gardevoir is legit as Bulbapedia says anything transferred from XD will have 'Fateful Encounter' as their met!

Regarding Obstagoon, I don't see anyone making money off this going fully legit, I released it. Sadly that means my shiny Flygon is questionable - pretty sure I got in a raid hosted by DadShinies or something like that.

EDIT: Ooh, I got one more that might warrant thinking over. I am learning from your checks though, I dismissed a few things found through my GTS obsession out of hand.

Ditto
Shiny
OT: Solal (FRE)
ID: 199949
Lv. 100
Sinnoh
Hardy (Relaxed Mint)
Imposter
GTS Trade
31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
252 HP / 252 Def
Infectious PKRUS

I traded an Enamorus for it (the Enamorus was definitely cloned)

Sorry if my brain is a little slow today, but I'm not understanding the first sentence about Swablu. One thing I know that may clear up confusion though is that met dates before Gen 5 are useless. Why so? Because Game Freak decided to rework how Pokemon data works a little, and basically the met date for anything before Gen 5 will match the date of the transfer to Gen 5, not the actual date it was originally met. This is why it's also hard to tell if a Gen 4 event was obtained through the DNS exploit, but it's pretty easy to tell with Gen 5 as they'll have their actual met date, and it'll usually be after the exploit became mainstream (2017-ish). Only people who have the tools (hackers) or foresight (switch DS time) to also fix this date will be able to fool you otherwise. So Unova Swablu met in 2022 is sketchy, but HeartGold-Johto Gyarados met in the same year is fine. Fateful Encounter, to my knowledge, has no impact on the date.

Raid legitimacy is a complex issue sadly. While there are definitely hacked Raids out there, there's also the fact that even I could hunt for a shiny Raid, and then endlessly host it for other people by rewinding my clock every day before it ticks over midnight. I can also endlessly hunt for Raids by moving my clock days and days and days forward until I get the Raid I want (if you see a future date on a Raid mon you get, this is very likely what has happened). There are Discord servers full of people who will host the latter, but unfortunately, just like a DNS exploited event with its date changed, it's impossible to tell if it's hacked unless you receive the event or host the Raid yourself.

Finally, the Ditto! The 6-digit ID makes me think it's BDSP Ditto and not DPPt. From what I can tell, RNGing in the area that Ditto spawns in is super unreliable. It also has PKRUS, so it's 99.99% likely hacked. But no one cares about hacked Dittos so feel free to use it as you like 😜

Amore October 27th, 2022 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebolt (Post 10565418)
Sorry if my brain is a little slow today, but I'm not understanding the first sentence about Swablu. One thing I know that may clear up confusion though is that met dates before Gen 5 are useless. Why so? Because Game Freak decided to rework how Pokemon data works a little, and basically the met date for anything before Gen 5 will match the date of the transfer to Gen 5, not the actual date it was originally met. This is why it's also hard to tell if a Gen 4 event was obtained through the DNS exploit, but it's pretty easy to tell with Gen 5 as they'll have their actual met date, and it'll usually be after the exploit became mainstream (2017-ish). Only people who have the tools (hackers) or foresight (switch DS time) to also fix this date will be able to fool you otherwise. So Unova Swablu met in 2022 is sketchy, but HeartGold-Johto Gyarados met in the same year is fine. Fateful Encounter, to my knowledge, has no impact on the date.

Raid legitimacy is a complex issue sadly. While there are definitely hacked Raids out there, there's also the fact that even I could hunt for a shiny Raid, and then endlessly host it for other people by rewinding my clock every day before it ticks over midnight. I can also endlessly hunt for Raids by moving my clock days and days and days forward until I get the Raid I want (if you see a future date on a Raid mon you get, this is very likely what has happened). There are Discord servers full of people who will host the latter, but unfortunately, just like a DNS exploited event with its date changed, it's impossible to tell if it's hacked unless you receive the event or host the Raid yourself.

Finally, the Ditto! The 6-digit ID makes me think it's BDSP Ditto and not DPPt. From what I can tell, RNGing in the area that Ditto spawns in is super unreliable. It also has PKRUS, so it's 99.99% likely hacked. But no one cares about hacked Dittos so feel free to use it as you like 😜

Ah ok, I was confused as a lot of the Pokémon I was looking at for reference went Gen IV-Gen VIII in about 1 hour haha. So Swablu is definitely hacked :(

Yeah raids are weird. Pretty sure my shiny Milcery x2 and Alcremie caught in-game myself are like that as they have identical IVs and nature, caught over the span of a few days. Ah well.

Yeah definitely BDSP origin mark. Might be quitting my GTS habit the way this is going!

EDIT: It has every Sinnoh ribbon I believe, plus the Master Rank ribbon (24 in total) so somebody was clearly very proud of their hack

Firebolt October 29th, 2022 5:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amore (Post 10565587)
Yeah raids are weird. Pretty sure my shiny Milcery x2 and Alcremie caught in-game myself are like that as they have identical IVs and nature, caught over the span of a few days. Ah well.

Just thought I'd clarify that unless this Raid is hacked, the worst that these Milcery would be considered is cloned (though I wouldn't count them as that, as they're all separate instances that can co-exist on Home if they're ever moved there). It's how I'm getting all those shiny Alcremie forms for my shiny living dex!

Amore April 12th, 2023 2:59 PM

Pokémon: Wattrel
Ball: Level
Shiny: Yes
OT: DoushéCanoe
ID: 856605
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Paldea
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Wind Power
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Egg hatched 03/13/23 in Los Platos, Egg received via Link Trade on 03/13/23 [ugh, can’t Pokémon localise into real English dates aka what the rest of the world uses in their languages?]
Where/how you recieved it: Reddit giveaway (giving away 40 hatched / caught shinies, appears to do this monthly)
Individual Values/Characteristic: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
Effort Values: None

My only concern is the egg trade - I’ve seen at a glance some things where you use a hacked Switch to generate the Eggs, then trade them to an untouched save on another console to make them considered legit. Not really sure what I can do here. Might use it anyway, at least for the 2nd half of my playthrough (although I have 2 legit shiny Electric-types I can sub instead, a self-caught Voltorb and traded Pawmi hehe)

Avecha April 27th, 2023 9:32 AM

Spiritomb
Master ball
Shiny
OT May
63771
67
Hoenn
Serious
Pressure
No ribbons
Seems to be first met in the hoenn region on 01/19/2041
First met Sky Pillar
IV/EV

Nasty plot
Memento
Dark pulse
Pain split

TwilightBlade April 27th, 2023 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avecha (Post 10625166)
Spiritomb
Master ball
Shiny
OT May
63771
67
Hoenn
Serious
Pressure
No ribbons
Seems to be first met in the hoenn region on 01/19/2041
First met Sky Pillar
IV/EV

Nasty plot
Memento
Dark pulse
Pain split

Just my two cents - a Pokémon hatched in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will have its original hatch location as the "First Met" location in Pokemon Home. I have migrated said hatchlings.

The issue is your Spiritomb is in a Master Ball, which cannot be inherited via breeding. As I don't see Spiritomb as one of the potential encounters in Sky Pillar, this appears to be an illegal Pokémon.
https://www.serebii.net/pokearth/hoenn/skypillar.shtml

Avecha April 27th, 2023 11:36 AM

Yeah, that was the conclusion I came to. Just wanted confirmation. I appreciate the help.

Not allowed to quote your post yet.

htinoco April 29th, 2023 11:50 AM

Pokémon: Kingambit
Ball: pokeball
Shiny: yes
OT: JokersWrath
ID: 636545
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Paldea
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Supreme Overlord
Ribbons: no
Location Met & Level Met: hatched from a egg
Where/how you recieved it: surprise trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: all stats 31 but sp.atk was hyper trained
Effort Values: max attack and speed

htinoco April 29th, 2023 11:56 AM

Pokémon: Chansey
Ball: ultraball
Shiny: yes
OT: Parker
ID: 889910
Level: 44
Region of Origin: kanto
Nature: relaxed
Ability: serene grace
Ribbons: no
Location Met & Level Met: it seems it was first met on 04/01/2023. Location North Province (Area Three) at lv.44
Where/how you recieved it: traded with parker
Individual Values/Characteristic: none 31


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