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6th Gen In-Game Quick Questions & Answers

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Cyclone said:
Why have I not been able to acquire the Diancite yet?

Yes, I know you have to have Diancie in your party. Yes, I know entering a Pokémon Center as such triggers an event. I have done that. I have not received my Diancite. Do you have to be in the Hall of Fame to get it?
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The Diancite can be received at any point in the game. I think the Diancie must be legally obtained from the real-life event so the in-game event can occur.
 
PlatinumDude said:
The Diancite can be received at any point in the game. I think the Diancie must be legally obtained from the real-life event so the in-game event can occur.
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I might have to check. The Diancie I think I have imported might be the pre-release July 6 Adamant one. People have reported doing it with the Japanese one; it doesn't require the North American one. Since the ones released in North America didn't get the three guaranteed perfect IVs, I imported the Japanese one instead.

EDIT: Never mind, Diancie was already holding the Diancite. I didn't think I had done the event in that game, so yeah...I'm a doof. It's the other game that still needs it.
 
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Okay, I need suggestions:

I hatched the Wynaut egg I got from the old woman at the hot springs. It took FOREVER. So I've got a Wynaut, and I looked it up to see if it can learn Surf or False Swipe. And it can only learn 4 (or 5?) moves, and no direct attacks. I'm kind of mad, because I spent all that time hatching it and it can't really *do* anything. But it must have some purpose, like Shedinja (catching psychic legendaries). I don't want to just stuff my Wobbuffet in the PC.

tl:dr version: What can you do with a Wobbuffet?
 
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towelgirl21 said:
tl:dr version: What can you do with a Wobbuffet?
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Wobbuffet can't attack by itself. All it does is countering moves your opponent throws at it. For a playthrough it's not really usefull, especially since there are no wild Pokemon that can run from battles anymore, rendering Wobs ability Shadow Tag useless. I mean it has a ton of HP, so if you need a punching bag for some Pokemon that you want to catch, it could work out, every Pokemon can sponge hits if it's on a high enough level, which shouldn't be too hard to achieve in the games.

You could use it in battles against your friends, though.
 
towelgirl21 said:
Okay, I need suggestions:

I hatched the Wynaut egg I got from the old woman at the hot springs. It took FOREVER. So I've got a Wynaut, and I looked it up to see if it can learn Surf or False Swipe. And it can only learn 4 (or 5?) moves, and no direct attacks. I'm kind of mad, because I spent all that time hatching it and it can't really *do* anything. But it must have some purpose, like Shedinja (catching psychic legendaries). I don't want to just stuff my Wobbuffet in the PC.

tl:dr version: What can you do with a Wobbuffet?
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To add to what R.F. said, Wobbuffet can also trap an opponent with Shadow Tag, then Encore them into an unfavorable move. If it's an offensive move, it can simply Counter or Mirror Coat the attack back. If it's a setup move, it can switch to an appropriate teammate. Here's the set it normally uses:
-Counter
-Mirror Coat
-Safeguard
-Encore
Nature: Bold/Calm
EVs: 28 HP/252 Def/228 SDef
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Shadow Tag

Take note that Shadow Tag won't work on Ghost Pokemon or Pokemon holding a Shed Shell. U-turn and Volt Switch users can also escape from Shadow Tag.
 
What Time Does Uxie Appear?
 
Thanks for the help with the Wobbuffet question. Abras can run away, so I guess I could use it to catch them, especially if I take him to the Friend Safari in X (and Kirilias there too). Oh, some of the higher level Ralts you can find with DexNav can teleport as well.

And I could make him my "sacrifice" Pokemon, and make him really unfriendly to get the Frustration TM.

Right now I just think it's funny to have a Wynaut named "Just Because"
 
Ok back again, I am trying to get the event Samurott and on all of my games (4 in total) it tells me the the event is not there, it is the 5th for me and I am using code POKEMON503, what's the problem?
 
~RNC~ said:
Ok back again, I am trying to get the event Samurott and on all of my games (4 in total) it tells me the the event is not there, it is the 5th for me and I am using code POKEMON503, what's the problem?
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It may not be the 5th for other countries, so you'll have to wait for that.
 
~RNC~ said:
Ok back again, I am trying to get the event Samurott and on all of my games (4 in total) it tells me the the event is not there, it is the 5th for me and I am using code POKEMON503, what's the problem?
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Are you in North America? Because we are *supposed* to be getting it now: https://www.serebii.net/events/2015.shtml (Emboar and Serperior were both given on the dates that Serebii says) no idea what the problem with this one is as I too have been trying all day and get the same error message. Perhaps Nintendo is taking an Amiibo approach to ALL giveaways now and only limited numbers of people are allowed to download data now too! Pretty soon games will be made in not only limited quantities but only certain parts of countries will get them now (instead of just certain countries) and soon after that they'll even limit purchasable digital games and only allow the first 127 people who buys them to download them. Nintendo is taking the "Eric-Cartman-with-a-theme-park" approach to product sales now.
 
Howmander said:
Are you in North America? Because we are *supposed* to be getting it now: https://www.serebii.net/events/2015.shtml (Emboar and Serperior were both given on the dates that Serebii says) no idea what the problem with this one is as I too have been trying all day and get the same error message. Perhaps Nintendo is taking an Amiibo approach to ALL giveaways now and only limited numbers of people are allowed to download data now too! Pretty soon games will be made in not only limited quantities but only certain parts of countries will get them now (instead of just certain countries) and soon after that they'll even limit purchasable digital games and only allow the first 127 people who buys them to download them. Nintendo is taking the "Eric-Cartman-with-a-theme-park" approach to product sales now.
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Serperior and Emboar became available in NA at the same hour though. Which is...4 hours from now. So we'll have to wait 'til then to see if we can then download it through the code, but if not, then the post somewhere about Samurott in a newsletter will be true then. :/
 
I am in the US and when I went back to try to get it again it told me I had already received the gift?
 
destinedjagold said:
Serperior and Emboar became available in NA at the same hour though. Which is...4 hours from now. So we'll have to wait 'til then to see if we can then download it through the code, but if not, then the post somewhere about Samurott in a newsletter will be true then. :/
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that doesn't' make any sense though, in 4 hours it will be Feb 6. Serperior and Emboar both came available on their respective dates, not the day after. Both were on thursday North American time
 
Regarding Samurott, it's still not online under "POKEMON503" (POKE-MON5-0300-0000). It simply says, "The gift is not there". Perhaps they are waiting to send out a Trainer Club newsletter to announce it?

PlatinumDude said:
To add to what R.F. said, Wobbuffet can also trap an opponent with Shadow Tag, then Encore them into an unfavorable move. If it's an offensive move, it can simply Counter or Mirror Coat the attack back. If it's a setup move, it can switch to an appropriate teammate.
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As soon as Wobbuffet leaves battle, the trapped opponent can leave on the next turn. While it gives you a free hit, it can be rendered moot by putting in something that is not often hurt easily by your chosen Pokémon. The only way to make your switch useful is with a move like Giga Impact (I put Gallade in against Mega Metagross and used Destiny Bond to win the battle), but even that is countered by a Ghost type. If you don't KO the opponent, the encore can end, I think, while the Pokémon is away. Pursuit, however, will catch a non-Psychic on the way out.
 
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Cyclone said:
Regarding Samurott, it's still not online under "POKEMON503" (POKE-MON5-0300-0000). It simply says, "The gift is not there". Perhaps they are waiting to send out a Trainer Club newsletter to announce it?


As soon as Wobbuffet leaves battle, the trapped opponent can leave on the next turn. While it gives you a free hit, it can be rendered moot by putting in something that is not often hurt easily by your chosen Pokémon. The only way to make your switch useful is with a move like Giga Impact (I put Gallade in against Mega Metagross and used Destiny Bond to win the battle), but even that is countered by a Ghost type. If you don't KO the opponent, the encore can end, I think, while the Pokémon is away. Pursuit, however, will catch a non-Psychic on the way out.
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That's the point of Encore: it forces a switch after the Pokemon is locked into a move. Here's how it works:
-Wobbuffet uses Encore on a predicted unfavorable status move
-Wobbuffet switches to a new teammate with a setup move (like Swords Dance or Calm Mind)
-no matter what happens, (whether or not the Encored target stays in), the setter-upper gets a free set up.
 
Does anyone have any idea why I can't trade to myself anymore? A few days ago I needed to get an item from one game to the other, so I posted a Wurmple on the GTS in Sapphire and then traded over a legendary holding the item I needed to move from Ruby and it went fine. however today I did the very same thing, posted a Zigzagoon from Sapphire holding a Soul Dew and asked for a Groudon, went into Ruby and could not find my other trainer at all. I looked through the entire first section (normally I appear in the first 2 or 3 characters in line when I switch games right away) I couldn't find myself, so I then filtered using only pokemon I have and only from the same region as me and I still couldn't find myself. Does anyone have any clue why?

Edit: Okay so I just tried it again with a wurmple holding nothing and I found myself right away, so is the Soul Dew not tradeable? And if so, why does it let you post the pokemon holding the item? Also, I can't trade Groudon AT ALL on the GTS because it says it's a Special Pokemon, why is that? I'm trading from Ruby to Sapphire so Precipice Blades shouldn't be an issue, why am I being blocked?
 
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Howmander said:
Does anyone have any idea why I can't trade to myself anymore? A few days ago I needed to get an item from one game to the other, so I posted a Wurmple on the GTS in Sapphire and then traded over a legendary holding the item I needed to move from Ruby and it went fine. however today I did the very same thing, posted a Zigzagoon from Sapphire holding a Soul Dew and asked for a Groudon, went into Ruby and could not find my other trainer at all. I looked through the entire first section (normally I appear in the first 2 or 3 characters in line when I switch games right away) I couldn't find myself, so I then filtered using only pokemon I have and only from the same region as me and I still couldn't find myself. Does anyone have any clue why?

Edit: Okay so I just tried it again with a wurmple holding nothing and I found myself right away, so is the Soul Dew not tradeable? And if so, why does it let you post the pokemon holding the item? Also, I can't trade Groudon AT ALL on the GTS because it says it's a Special Pokemon, why is that? I'm trading from Ruby to Sapphire so Precipice Blades shouldn't be an issue, why am I being blocked?
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Someone else probably took your Zigzagoon, considering the Soul Dew is a pretty valuable item. And remember, that Groudon will be visible to X and Y trainers, so if it has Precipice Blades, or is holding the Red Orb, you can't put it up because like I said, X and Y trainers can see it too.
 
Howmander said:
Does anyone have any idea why I can't trade to myself anymore? A few days ago I needed to get an item from one game to the other, so I posted a Wurmple on the GTS in Sapphire and then traded over a legendary holding the item I needed to move from Ruby and it went fine. however today I did the very same thing, posted a Zigzagoon from Sapphire holding a Soul Dew and asked for a Groudon, went into Ruby and could not find my other trainer at all. I looked through the entire first section (normally I appear in the first 2 or 3 characters in line when I switch games right away) I couldn't find myself, so I then filtered using only pokemon I have and only from the same region as me and I still couldn't find myself. Does anyone have any clue why?

Edit: Okay so I just tried it again with a wurmple holding nothing and I found myself right away, so is the Soul Dew not tradeable? And if so, why does it let you post the pokemon holding the item? Also, I can't trade Groudon AT ALL on the GTS because it says it's a Special Pokemon, why is that? I'm trading from Ruby to Sapphire so Precipice Blades shouldn't be an issue, why am I being blocked?
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User 101 said:
Someone else probably took your Zigzagoon, considering the Soul Dew is a pretty valuable item. And remember, that Groudon will be visible to X and Y trainers, so if it has Precipice Blades, or is holding the Red Orb, you can't put it up because like I said, X and Y trainers can see it too.
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To sum it up, here's a list on which ORAS-exclusive items/moves can't be put up on the GTS due to not being in XY's coding. In the case of moves, you just can't put that Pokemon up for trade if it's knowing said move.

Moves:
Precipice Blades
Origin Pulse
Dragon Ascent

Items:
Red Orb
Blue Orb
Sceptilite
Swampertite
Altarianite
Lopunnite
Salamencite
Galladite
Audinite
Beedrillite
Pidgeotite
Slowbronite
Glalitite
Metagrossite
Steelixite
Diancite
Cameruptite
Sharpedonite
Sablenite

I think that's all that I know of, but feel free to mention anything else that I missed from the list.
 
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