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Help Thread: Official Hack Checking Thread

Deon

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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

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Event collector
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Deon said:
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
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hacked. that user gens mons and distributes them. just one of the garbage genning streamers
 
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Firebolt

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Deon said:
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
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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.
 
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LambSaucinator

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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

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LambSaucinator said:
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.
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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.
 
Firebolt

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

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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

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Blladerunner said:
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
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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.
 
Pure Essence

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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

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Anime Psyclone said:
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.
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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

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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

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Reggie0 said:
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
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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

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Firebolt said:
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.
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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

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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

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Lucid Bonsai said:
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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

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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

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