Natures

[Corranhorn]

I've had a few questions about pokemon natures that have been bothering me lately. I am new to natures and the advanced generation games but I know what each one of them do (I found a chart).

My question is, does the nature of a pokemon greatly effect its abilities and stats during a battle? Because I have found myself with a few pokemon I caught earlier on in my game that I've raised up and now that I look at their natures, they are not the best natures for them to stategically have.

And then that brings me to this. Do all pokemon within a species basically have about the same nature? Or are natures assigned totally randomly?

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, I am just really confused as to what I should do.

 

[tehgolem]

They are assigned randomely. Usually, a nature affects whuch stats are boosted when a poke levels up. Some however, dont do anything.

 

[Bishopk]

to add,
Yes, completely random. They remove 10 percent from one stat, and add 10 percent to another (Atk, Sp.Atk, Def, Sp.Def, and Speed). The ones that do nothing are caused by adding and subtracting from the same stat :)
Generally, these stat changes don't mean too much. For those who train for specific stats, they can mean a lot. Maxing out a stat can mean a rather large difference if the nature helps the stat, as opposed to if the nature hurts that stat.
In conclusion, natures don't matter so much if you are a casual trainer, but can be a huge help/hurt in tournament play, online gyms, grudge matches, etc.

 

[Corranhorn]

Oh okay, thank you both very much for answering the question.

So if I want to become a more involved online battler than I should pay more attention to nature? And if you breed a pokemon does that also cause the nature to be random or does the nature of the parent /s have anything to do with it? I'm thinking not?

 

[tehgolem]

Natures are inherited from the mother. So if the mom has an adamant nature there is a good chance that the child will be adamant too. Im pretty sure if the mother is holding an everstone it makes the chance of inheriting the nature larger. A good idea is too find a ditto with the nature you want and breed it with whatever you want untill you get teh nature you want.

atleast. thats what i do. Lol :-D

 

[sommeramaryllis]

Natures are inherited from the mother. So if the mom has an adamant nature there is a good chance that the child will be adamant too. Im pretty sure if the mother is holding an everstone it makes the chance of inheriting the nature larger. A good idea is too find a ditto with the nature you want and breed it with whatever you want untill you get teh nature you want.

atleast. thats what i do. Lol :-D

Haha...I've never thought of that. xD I'm going to have to start doing that~

 

[Alter Ego]

Natures are inherited from the mother. So if the mom has an adamant nature there is a good chance that the child will be adamant too. Im pretty sure if the mother is holding an everstone it makes the chance of inheriting the nature larger. A good idea is too find a ditto with the nature you want and breed it with whatever you want untill you get teh nature you want.

atleast. thats what i do. Lol :-D

Actually, the mother has no effect on the nature of the baby. Species is inherited from the mother and moves from the father. There are only two ways of affecting a baby's nature;

1. Making one of the breeding pokémon hold an everstone, this gives a 50% chance that the newborn will have the same nature as the one holding the everstone.

2. Using Ditto as one of the parents. Like with an Everstone, the chance of the newborn being of the desired nature becomes 50%.

So the best way to go is using a Ditto with Everstone, that way you have a 75% chance of getting the right nature. :O

Also, in the wild; if your lead pokémon has the 'Synchronize' trait then there's a 50% chance that any wild pokémon you encounter will have the same nature as the synchronizer.

And yes, natures have a significant impact on how a pokémon's stats develop (± 10% to a stat, unless it's a neutral nature), each nature that increases one stat will decrease another, and the effects of the individual natures are:

Adamant (+Atk, -SAtk)
Brave (+Atk, -Spd)
Lonely (+Atk, -Def)
Naughty (+Atk, -SDef)

Modest (+SAtk, -Atk)
Quiet (+SAtk, -Spd)
Mild (+SAtk, -Def)
Rash (+SAtk, -SDef)

Jolly (+Spd, -SAtk)
Timid (+Spd, -Atk)
Hasty (+Spd, -Def)
Naive (+Spd, -SDef)

Impish (+Def, -SAtk)
Bold (+Def, -Atk)
Relaxed (+Def, -Spd)
Lax (+Def, -SDef)

Careful (+SDef, -SAtk)
Calm (+SDef, -Atk)
Sassy (+SDef, -Spd)
Gentle (+SDef, -Def)

Bashful/Hardy/Quirky/Serious (No change)

Also, the stats that natures affect determine a pokémon's pokéblock preferences. Each stat is associated with an attribute. A pokéblock associated with the stat that the pokémon's nature increases will be liked (Meaning the pokéblock will increase that attribute more than usual and the pokémon's liking for you will increase) and a pokéblock associated with the stat that the pokémon nature decreases will be disliked (Meaning a smaller attribute increase and lowering the pokémon's affection) pokéblocks associated with stats that the pokémon's nature doesn't affect will recieve neutral reaction (meaning a medium sized attribute increase and only a small amount of increased affection). Stats and attributes associate like so;

Attack - Coolness
Special Attack - Beauty
Defense - Toughness
Special Defense - Smartness
Speed - Cuteness

And that is all.

 

[pokefiend07]

Well, the nature does what tehgolem and also when you first catch the pokemon you should be able to notice its a pretty big difference. I usually berred untill I get the right nature for the pokemon I want.