4th Gen Diamond / Pearl Q&A Thread

[MartinNFLFalcon]

What nature would I want a drifloom to be to have a good drifblim?

 

[El Gofre]

What is considered a rare pokemon?

There is a difference between rare and valuable. As Twilight said, EV'd pokes, IV'd pokes, Shinies and Events are all considered valuable for the purposes of trading, as are legendaries with beneficial natures or pokemon bred for hard-to-achieve egg moves.

I saw that you cand find a Reaper Cloth (the item that evolves Dusclops) in the Turnback Cave. Where is it in there?

You have to perform the puzzle to find giratina in no more than 3 rooms. If you've already done it then you'll either need to obtain one over wifi or purchase it on PBR for 12,000 coupons and transfer it over by mystery gift.

What nature would I want a drifloom to be to have a good drifblim?

It depends on what you want to do with it. Timid or calm would be most beneficial for baton-passing, whereas modest and timid are both viable for a sweeping variant. However sub-passing is what drifblim excels at, and as such calm is the best option.

 

[TwilightBlade]

chubb-o-wub
Alternatively, you can find the item on route 229. Head east and you will need Cut.

MartinNFLFalcon
Calm, Timid, or Modest are good natures. For movesets and EV spreads, check here. If you have other questions about competitive pokemon, check out this thread.

 

[Zoaea]

IV's

I've been wondering, and searching... Can you acuratly determine a pokemons IV's when they are low level or just hatched? I've been trying some of the calculators but they can only give a broad estimations.

Also, if there isnt a way, how do u determine it with out giving a pokemon alot of time and effort. (ie, with out lving it to 100)

 

[TwilightBlade]

Zoaea
If you have wifi, put the weak pokemon in your party and do a level 100 battle. You can request one here. It will automatically set the pokemon to level 100 so check its stats with an IV calculator. This is the most accurate way.

If you do not have wifi, use the daycare or rare candy until it's about level 15-20. Then put its stats for better results. After you check, reset the game to keep your rare candy.

 

[Mimikyu402]

There is a difference between rare and valuable. As Twilight said, EV'd pokes, IV'd pokes, Shinies and Events are all considered valuable for the purposes of trading, as are legendaries with beneficial natures or pokemon bred for hard-to-achieve egg moves.



You have to perform the puzzle to find giratina in no more than 3 rooms. If you've already done it then you'll either need to obtain one over wifi or purchase it on PBR for 12,000 coupons and transfer it over by mystery gift.



It depends on what you want to do with it. Timid or calm would be most beneficial for baton-passing, whereas modest and timid are both viable for a sweeping variant. However sub-passing is what drifblim excels at, and as such calm is the best option.

You can find a reaper cloth in the area north of the resort area

 

[MartinNFLFalcon]

Should I keep this pikachu?

Pikachu level 18 (UT)
Jolly Nature
Tail Whip
Thunder Wave
Quick Attack
Double Team
31/30/16/31/23/12

 

[Haza]

Should I keep this pikachu?

Pikachu level 18 (UT)
Jolly Nature
Tail Whip
Thunder Wave
Quick Attack
Double Team
31/30/16/31/23/12

Its decent IMO, I like the fact that it has perfect IVs in HP and SpeAtt. Its of a decent nature too.

 

[Charlespokemonmaster]

Hunting Giratina.

I am currently hunting for Giratina. Ive done about 200 SR or more a day. How good is my luck for a shiny??

 

[MartinNFLFalcon]

Try another 6,012 times =D

 

[Yamikarasu]

It's always going to be a 1/8192 of getting a shiny, no matter how many times you do it. So its still going to take a while.

 

[chuchu]

err...
i have a question...
i just breed a pokemon, and a friend told me to check it's IVs.
My Iv program told me to enter the EP of the pokemon.
What is EP and how can I check it??

 

[El Gofre]

err...
i have a question...
i just breed a pokemon, and a friend told me to check it's IVs.
My Iv program told me to enter the EP of the pokemon.
What is EP and how can I check it??

EPs are effort points, more commonly called EVs. If you're pokemon is newly hatched and has never battled, then the EP numbers will all be 0.

 

[Maple Meganium]

Try another 6,012 times =D

Fun statistic: You have a 50/50 chance of finding a shiny within 5678 resets. It could possibly take much, much longer than this, however.

err...
i have a question...
i just breed a pokemon, and a friend told me to check it's IVs.
My Iv program told me to enter the EP of the pokemon.
What is EP and how can I check it??

Also you should note that IV calculation is extremely inaccurate for low levels. It's best done at L100, though you can get by with lower levels if you have lots of Rare Candies and check the results across multiple different levels.

EVs are very important to know about if you're looking for good stats. They can have twice the impact as IVs on some of your Pokémon's stats. I'd suggest studying up on them.

 

[agurcsik]

You need a Light Ball. The Pickachu is the Trophy garden have them, there's a 5% chance of them having them though. If you have a PKMN that knows Covet, you can use a PKMN with Static to increase your encounter rate. Then switch to the one that knows COvet and use that to try to steal it from them. That's what I did.

What kind of Pokemon can learn covet if you don't have a Nat Dex in Pearl, and where can I find it.

I lost my old file, it had a Bannete with Frisk too. T_T

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

To my knowledge, none, but I might be wrong.

 

[agurcsik]

By breeding with two pokemon from the same egg group that have appropriate moves that will transfer to ur egg pokemon. Its easy to find the egg groups/moves on serebii.

Wait, you can breed 2 different PKMN if they're from the same egg group?

 

[Gulpin]

Wait, you can breed 2 different PKMN if they're from the same egg group?

Yes. The egg will contain a Pokemon in the same evo chain as the mother.

 

[Azonic]

What kind of Pokemon can learn covet if you don't have a Nat Dex in Pearl, and where can I find it.

None of the Pokemon can. Only Snorlax, Zigzagoon, Linoone, Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking, Skitty, Illumise, Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion, Poochyena, and Mightyena can. None of them are obtainable without the National Dex without trading.

The moves Trick and Thief are good alternatives. Trick is learned by a lot of psychic Pokemon while Thief is a commonly learned TM move.

 

[agurcsik]

If I use Thief on in a Trainer battle against an NPC and my PKMN isn't holding anything, do I get to keep the item?