6th Gen X/Y Quick Q&A (Read First Post) Page 74

Started by Hiatus January 6th, 2014 4:08 AM
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PlatinumDude

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So hi guys it's me again,so now so far iv got 4 perfect IVs on my scyther so almost there.so anyway I'm trying to build a competitive team from scratch and would like to ask what kind of pokemon would be great? And is a baton passer for swords dance usefull for my scizor for safer set up?(suggest good baton passer if possible)
Nah, Scolipede is the better Baton Passer because it has Speed Boost to passively boost its Speed in battle:
-Swords Dance/Iron Defense
-Protect
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
Nature: Timid
EVs: 248 HP/208 SDef/52 Spe
Item: Black Sludge/Mental Herb
Ability: Speed Boost

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I just joined today on this forum please dont get angry if this happens to be a badly placed thread...But i still need help th e poke bank stated clearly that illegal pokemon get you BANNED which i find acceptable but i was just running some legality checks on some pokemon i trained or traded for to be sure before i transfered(i just got Y today) so i happened across my zangoose with swords dance who had 3 pps on it for 30 pp thats normal right? (for Pkmn transferred from DP?) And it said it was hacked! what do i do? o clearly dont wanna risk me losing my pokebank privlege from this and also i dont know how to fix the fact its 'hacked' because i used three pp ups on it? what to do :(
First off we need a LOT more information than what you're providing. WHERE did you run your legality checks? And a Zangoose with Sword's Dance should have PP of 20, 24, 28 or 32. 30 is not possible (legally) What other moves does it have? Just telling us Sword's Dance doesn't help at all.

Second, Trying to send hacked or illegal pokemon to the Pokebank from a previous gen game simply results in getting the message "There is a problem with one of your pokemon. They will not be sent through to Pokebank" and then your transport box opens up and you simply don't have the pokemon that were a problem. That's it. No need to worry. IF your Zangoose is hacked, it simply won't be sent to Pokebank. That's it.
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I just joined today on this forum please dont get angry if this happens to be a badly placed thread...But i still need help th e poke bank stated clearly that illegal pokemon get you BANNED which i find acceptable but i was just running some legality checks on some pokemon i trained or traded for to be sure before i transfered(i just got Y today) so i happened across my zangoose with swords dance who had 3 pps on it for 30 pp thats normal right? (for Pkmn transferred from DP?) And it said it was hacked! what do i do? o clearly dont wanna risk me losing my pokebank privlege from this and also i dont know how to fix the fact its 'hacked' because i used three pp ups on it? what to do :(
30PP is the normal amount for Swords Dance in Gens I-V. The PP changed to 20 in Gen VI, so that's probably why the legality check failed, but there's nothing to worry about (unless it's hacked in some other way!).

Anyway, as far as I know no-one has been banned so far, and there have been plenty of people trying to transfer illegal Pokemon, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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Nah, Scolipede is the better Baton Passer because it has Speed Boost to passively boost its Speed in battle:
-Swords Dance/Iron Defense
-Protect
-Substitute
-Baton Pass
Nature: Timid
EVs: 248 HP/208 SDef/52 Spe
Item: Black Sludge/Mental Herb
Ability: Speed Boost
Thnx,so any suggestions on good pokemon for a competitive team? So far i have a 5 iv scizor and ima try to breed that for my baton passer

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When breeding in X/Y, what's the best way to check IVs? I know with battling another person, you can jack the level up to 50, but is there any way to get to Level 100 (like back in Gen IV(?)) to be 100% sure about IVs?
There is a faster way, but it required a bit of groundwork.

We pair a female flawless Magikarp with the HA (for HA, duh) and a male Magikarp with straight 0 IVs across the board with a different nationality (Masuda) and ID (faster egg generation).
By using a flawless 31 IVs and a flawless 0 IVs scout you can determine the inheritance right away at Kiloude City. Obtaining them in the first place might be tedious but it is definitely worth it.

PlatinumDude

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Thnx,so any suggestions on good pokemon for a competitive team? So far i have a 5 iv scizor and ima try to breed that for my baton passer
Espeon is a staple on Baton Pass teams because of Magic Bounce reflecting other status moves back at the opponent. Sylveon is also worth considering. Of course, you'll have to find other Pokemon that benefit from offensive/defensive buffs, but that's up to you:

Espeon:
-Stored Power
-Dazzling Gleam
-Baton Pass
-Morning Sun/Substitute
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Magic Bounce

Sylveon:
-Echoed Voice/Hyper Voice
-Substitute/Wish
-Calm Mind
-Baton Pass
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate

XpokeX

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Espeon is a staple on Baton Pass teams because of Magic Bounce reflecting other status moves back at the opponent. Sylveon is also worth considering. Of course, you'll have to find other Pokemon that benefit from offensive/defensive buffs, but that's up to you:

Espeon:
-Stored Power
-Dazzling Gleam
-Baton Pass
-Morning Sun/Substitute
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Magic Bounce

Sylveon:
-Echoed Voice/Hyper Voice
-Substitute/Wish
-Calm Mind
-Baton Pass
Nature: Bold
EVs: 252 HP/252 Def/4 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pixilate
I might try the sylveon for great baton pass set up for my sp attackers :)

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When breeding in X/Y, what's the best way to check IVs? I know with battling another person, you can jack the level up to 50, but is there any way to get to Level 100 (like back in Gen IV(?)) to be 100% sure about IVs?
The easiest way of finding precise IVs is by using KeySAV. Once you have it set up, it'll take about 30 seconds to find out the IVs of a whole box of Pokemon. This thread has a good guide to setting it up: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=320591. The thread is geared towards using it to find shiny values, but as well as telling you shiny values it also tells you a Pokemon's IVs. The only drawback is that you either need an Action Replay Powersaves or a digital copy of X/Y to use KeySAV.
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Hi guys breeding question again :3
So um right now iv got an adaman 4 iv scyther so i breed that with my Italian 5 iv scyther

15 eggs later all i get are 4 iv ones,is there a chance of getting a 5-6 iv one with the ones im using?

4iv scyther has perfect hp,attack,def and speed iv
5iv scyther has perfect hp,attack,def,sp def,speed
What am i doing wrong here guys

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destinedjagold

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Hi guys breeding question again :3
So um right now iv got an adaman 4 iv scyther so i breed that with my Italian 5 iv scyther

15 eggs later all i get are 4 iv ones,is there a chance of getting a 5-6 iv one with the ones im using?

4iv scyther has perfect hp,attack,def and speed iv
5iv scyther has perfect hp,attack,def,sp def,speed
What am i doing wrong here guys
As long as one of them is holding the Destiny Knot, then you are good to go.
The Destiny Knot randomly takes 5 IVs from the 12 available stats (6 from each parents), and the 6th IV is generated by random, so yeah, just keep at it. ;)

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As long as one of them is holding the Destiny Knot, then you are good to go.
The Destiny Knot randomly takes 5 IVs from the 12 available stats (6 from each parents), and the 6th stat is generated by random, so yeah, just keep at it. ;)
I was just wondering since after all these eggs none of them had a perfect sp def to Cary over,it's all i neeed for a competitve 5 iv scyther >.<

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destinedjagold

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I was just wondering since after all these eggs none of them had a perfect sp def to Cary over,it's all i neeed for a competitve 5 iv scyther >.<
Welcome to the world of breeding~

Anyway, 15 eggs is still a small number.
Just keep at it and you'll get one eventually. ;)

edit...
I got a question of my own as well...
I am running out of space in my friend list on my 3DS. Already on 98/100 now. =/
I am wondering if there is a way for us to tell if those we added have already removed us from their 3DS friend list?
Thanks~

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How is Psywave's damage calculated? I know there's this: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Psywave_(move) but the glaring ommission is that even with all the mathmatics and such, it still doesn't tell you what the actual damage is. Is the number that's generated the BP like normal attacking moves have, or is the number that's generated the actual damage that's being inflcited, like Night Shade or Seismic toss?

Also, is anyone else having a harder and harder time using Bulbapedia lately? I have it open while I'm typing this post and a new window popped up with some add for an Asian dating site, I closed it and a few minutes later another window popped up for some role playing game. After I closed Bulbapedia, no more windows opened up. Yes, I know the most obvious answer is malware, HOWEVER, these windows ONLY pop up when I leave Bulapdia open. And when I leave Bulbapedia open on pages that have the little banner across the bottom, audio adds are playing in the background so I have to mute my computer if I am on the page because I cannot find WHERE the audio is coming from. Again, this only happens when I am on Bulbapedia. Further to that, when I go onto the site on my phone or iPad, every few minutes (just like on my computer) the browser opens the app store and goes to the pages of various App store games even though I never tapped any of the bulbapedia banner ads, so is it just me or is anyone else having these issues when going to that site? Again, it's ONLY that site, and it's on my computer, my iphone and my iPad, it's getting to the point I'm just going to stop going to that website altogether.
Need a specific Berry? I have literally every kind. Need a Friend Safari HA pokemon? I have them all. Need a gen 1 - 3 (and a few from gen 4) Move Tutor Egg Move that can no longer be obtained? I might be able to help. Drop me a DM if you need anything and maybe I can help!
My first battle in a competition, January 2016: I call this "never give up!" :D YNUW-WWWW-WW3F-FMAQ

XpokeX

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How is Psywave's damage calculated? I know there's this: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Psywave_(move) but the glaring ommission is that even with all the mathmatics and such, it still doesn't tell you what the actual damage is. Is the number that's generated the BP like normal attacking moves have, or is the number that's generated the actual damage that's being inflcited, like Night Shade or Seismic toss?

Also, is anyone else having a harder and harder time using Bulbapedia lately? I have it open while I'm typing this post and a new window popped up with some add for an Asian dating site, I closed it and a few minutes later another window popped up for some role playing game. After I closed Bulbapedia, no more windows opened up. Yes, I know the most obvious answer is malware, HOWEVER, these windows ONLY pop up when I leave Bulapdia open. And when I leave Bulbapedia open on pages that have the little banner across the bottom, audio adds are playing in the background so I have to mute my computer if I am on the page because I cannot find WHERE the audio is coming from. Again, this only happens when I am on Bulbapedia. Further to that, when I go onto the site on my phone or iPad, every few minutes (just like on my computer) the browser opens the app store and goes to the pages of various App store games even though I never tapped any of the bulbapedia banner ads, so is it just me or is anyone else having these issues when going to that site? Again, it's ONLY that site, and it's on my computer, my iphone and my iPad, it's getting to the point I'm just going to stop going to that website altogether.
I'm not completley sure but i think psywave damage is like magnitude which is random,i mean i could be wrong though

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How is Psywave's damage calculated? I know there's this: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Psywave_(move) but the glaring ommission is that even with all the mathmatics and such, it still doesn't tell you what the actual damage is. Is the number that's generated the BP like normal attacking moves have, or is the number that's generated the actual damage that's being inflcited, like Night Shade or Seismic toss?
We thought it was pretty obvious. It does fixed damage depending on the level of the user, varying between 50% and 150% in 10% steps. At level 50, you will deal an amount of damage of 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 ,70 or 75; at level 100 you will deal 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140 or 150 damage. That's according to the formular.

Edit: Hello? We are still here!
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I'm not completley sure but i think psywave damage is like magnitude which is random,i mean i could be wrong though
no, you're correct, it is random, but I can't find a site that actually tells how the damage is calculated, at least not fully. The damage ranges between 1x and 1.5x the users level, but that still doesn't explain what number is being used to calculate the damage, is the random number the BP of the move (like how Thundershock has a BP of 40, or Flamethrower has a BP of 90) or is the random number the actual number of damage that is being inflicted (like how Night Shade always inflicts 100 HP of Damage at level 100)

We thought it was pretty obvious. It does fixed damage depending on the level of the user, varying between 50% and 150% in 10% steps. At level 50, you will deal an amount of damage of 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 ,70 or 75; at level 100 you will deal 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140 or 150 damage. That's according to the formular.

Edit: Hello? We are still here!
Thank you for the reply I really appreciate it, but with all due respect if it was obvious, if people are asking questions, it obviously isn't. And who exactly is "we" on top of that?
Need a specific Berry? I have literally every kind. Need a Friend Safari HA pokemon? I have them all. Need a gen 1 - 3 (and a few from gen 4) Move Tutor Egg Move that can no longer be obtained? I might be able to help. Drop me a DM if you need anything and maybe I can help!
My first battle in a competition, January 2016: I call this "never give up!" :D YNUW-WWWW-WW3F-FMAQ

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How is Psywave's damage calculated? I know there's this: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Psywave_(move) but the glaring ommission is that even with all the mathmatics and such, it still doesn't tell you what the actual damage is. Is the number that's generated the BP like normal attacking moves have, or is the number that's generated the actual damage that's being inflcited, like Night Shade or Seismic toss?
It's HP damage, like Night Shade or Seismic Toss.

EDIT: If you want a source to back this up, then here you go: http://pokemondb.net/move/psywave

Also, is anyone else having a harder and harder time using Bulbapedia lately? I have it open while I'm typing this post and a new window popped up with some add for an Asian dating site, I closed it and a few minutes later another window popped up for some role playing game. After I closed Bulbapedia, no more windows opened up. Yes, I know the most obvious answer is malware, HOWEVER, these windows ONLY pop up when I leave Bulapdia open. And when I leave Bulbapedia open on pages that have the little banner across the bottom, audio adds are playing in the background so I have to mute my computer if I am on the page because I cannot find WHERE the audio is coming from. Again, this only happens when I am on Bulbapedia. Further to that, when I go onto the site on my phone or iPad, every few minutes (just like on my computer) the browser opens the app store and goes to the pages of various App store games even though I never tapped any of the bulbapedia banner ads, so is it just me or is anyone else having these issues when going to that site? Again, it's ONLY that site, and it's on my computer, my iphone and my iPad, it's getting to the point I'm just going to stop going to that website altogether.
Install AdBlock Plus on whichever browser you're using. It completely solves the problem :)
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I'm trying to breed my Blissey with Shaymin but i'm not sure if it will work. The thing is, I want my Happiny to have the move Aromatherapy & the ability Natural Cure. Can this breeding process be done?
Shaymin, as are most legendaries (besides Manaphy) are part of the No Eggs Group, which means you can't breed with them. Aromatherapy you can breed from Clefable, Aromatisse or Slurpuff (although there may be more).

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How do I gain friends quickly so I can have a good amount of friends for my friend safari? I completed my games elite four and wish to start collecting pokemon and i have a fascination with HA pokemon so a lot of friend safaris would be great! If anyone knows some tips please help!

Thanks!
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Perriechu

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How do I gain friends quickly so I can have a good amount of friends for my friend safari? I completed my games elite four and wish to start collecting pokemon and i have a fascination with HA pokemon so a lot of friend safaris would be great! If anyone knows some tips please help!

Thanks!
There's a sharing thread right here on Pokecommunity which will help you add new FC's to get more friend safari's. You can also message people and ask to add them! :))









RiverStyxx

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I, too, would like some info on easier IV breeding! Had to invest in a 6IV Ditto to get 5IV pokemon and it still takesa. Hell of a lot of time to get one that has those 5IVs in the ones you want + the correct nature. Any tips would be great!

Thanks!
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