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[Jack_87]

want this pokemon

 

[Cosmic-Espeon]

Pokémon: Tapu Koko (Name is in Japanese is カプ・コケコ)
Shiny: Yes
OT: メレメレ
ID: 170317
Level: 60
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Timid
Ability: Electric Surge
Ribbons: Classic Ribon
Location Met & Level Met: Location Met is 'a lovely place', and the Level Met is 60.
Date Met: 3/23/2017
Where/how you recieved it:
Where I Received It: Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Trading Board
How: Link Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: 31 IVs in HP, Sp. Attack, and Sp. Defense. The Rest has random IVs. The characteristic is 'Somewhat vain'.
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y): None

 

[geshiro1]

Manaphy
Yes
venom
25092
1
Sinnoh
Serious
Hydration
No ribbons
A fateful encounter in sinnoh in 2008
Hp and spdef decent, spatk atk and speed all fantastic, defense pretty good

 

[Elder Trainer]

Here's a Pokemon I received through a Wonder Box trade. Sorry if the IV/EV info is a bit off- even after reading multiple sources I still have trouble telling which is which on a summary screen.

Pokémon: Primeape
Shiny: Yes
OT: Locke
ID: 737619
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Kanto
Nature: Impish
Ability: Anger Point (came from Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu so I had to check Home for this)
Ribbons: None that I can tell
Location Met & Level Met: Route 3, Level 9
Where/how you recieved it: Pokemon Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: Sp. Attack and Attack are listed as Pretty Good, the others show as Best.
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) Can't tell if LGP has them or not.

 

[Ferrothorn2342]

Pokemon: Latias
Shiny: Yes
OT: Japanese (Can't read)
ID No. 12320
Level: 70
Region of Origin: Johto
Nature: Quiet
Ability: Levitate
Ribbons: None
Location/Level Met: N/A
Where/How received: N/A
IV's: 31 in everything but Attack
Characteristic: Capable of taking hits
EV's: Not maxed out or focused in any specific area

 

[ArvidTheLegend]

Pokemon: Rayquaza
Shiny: Yes
OT: PKSM
ID: 993401

The ID No. 993401 seems to be reoccurring in this thread.
I just received a 100% IV SHINY Regieleki from this ID No. in Pokémon Home.
For me the OT just says Home. Moves and ability seems legit though as all can be found on the Pokémon Database page.

It also has multiple ribbons. Best friends, effort, Galar Champion and Tower Master

 

[ArvidTheLegend]

Pokémon: Reshiram
Shiny: No
OT: ろき
ID: 44166
Level: 50
Region of Origin: Unova
Nature: Modest
Ability: Turboblaze
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Seems to have been first met in the Unova Region on 09/21/2010.
Where/how you recieved it: GTS through Pokémon Home
Individual Values/Characteristic: 31 in all areas (Best in all areas).
Effort Values: Not focused in any area, but all over the place.
Stats: Sp. Atk 187. Atk 126. HP 175. Sp. Def 140. Def 120. Speed 110. Stat total 858

Seemed to good to be true when I got this one through a trade trying to put all legendaries on my Pokédex in Home. Location checks out pretty much though, caught in a Master Ball and seems to be transferred to Home 10.30.2021. Which is suspiciously recent.

The stats is way higher than what I found on the Pokémon Database Pokémon Website where it should be a stat total of 680, but this Pokémon has a total of 858.
Could this possibly include EV?
858-252 EV = 606. Might not be fully EV trained.

There is no origin mark, but Pokémon from gen V didn't have them according to Bulbapedia.

So what do you say? Legit or not?

 

[Chrastopheria]

Pokémon: Ho-Oh (JPN)
Shiny: Yes
OT: "San" (Katakana)
ID: 171117
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons: None
Where/how you recieved it: Wonder Box
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's somewhat vain!

I'm sure this is probably hacked but wanted to check anyway. If it helps it is in a Master Ball

 

[Soul_Iglu]

Pokémon: Regieleki, no nickname
Shiny: Yes
OT: 2DOS3 Gamer
ID: 332632
Level:100
Region of Origin: Galar (not stated in summary)
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Transistor
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: The Split-Decision Ruins, 70
Where/how you recieved it: Home GTS 01-20-2022, date caught 10-23-2020
Individual Values/Characteristic: all 31 IVs, It's somewhat Vain
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 0 EVs

Pokémon: Regidrago, no nickname
Shiny: Yes
OT: Shield
ID: 100190
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar (not stated on summary)
Nature: Modest
Ability: Dragon's Maw
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: The Split-Decision Ruin, 70, date caught 10-24-2020
Where/how you recieved it: GTS, 01-21-2022
Individual Values/Characteristic: all 31 IVs, It takes plenty of siestas
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y) 252 attack/Speed, unsure if the remaining 4.


I was being lazy instead of catching these 2 to complete the Pokedex before PLA is released, I decided to use Home.

I offered up my own shiny caught Pokemon that I'd gotten randomly from playthrough.

I've gotten other obviously hacked mons with the .com or .co names, through surprise trade in game.

Was thinking both of these are hacked because they are shiny, but everything else looks fine.

 

[Amore]

I've collected a few I think are most likely hacks through Surprise Trade in Sword:

Pokémon: Regieleki (nickname dsc.gg/bdsp) in Beast Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: dsc.gg/bdsp
ID: 128439
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Transistor
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Split-Decision Ruins 10/24/20 @ lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It likes to thrash about!
Moves: Bounce / Magnet Rise / Rapid Spin / Lock-On
I got 2 of these in separate Surprise Trades. I've also seen people using this and the below one in Max Raids so I'm 99% sure they're hacks, more sharing here for others' curioisity.

Pokémon: Regidrago (nickname dsc.gg/bdsp) in Beast Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: dsc.gg/bdsp
ID: 188439
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Dragon's Maw
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Split-Decision Ruins 10/24/20 @ lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It likes to thrash about!
Moves: Dragon Dance / Dragon Claw / Hammer Arm / Crunch
I got 3 of these in surprise trade.

Pokémon: Galarian Slowking (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Modest
Ability: Regenerator
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Master Rank / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received 10/25/20 OT received from link trade, hatched 10/25/20 on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's alert to sounds!
Moves: Eerie Spell / Sludge Bomb / Flamethrower / Scald

Pokémon: Dracovish (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 621368
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Strong Jaw
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 11/25/19 Route 6 @ lv. 10
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's capable of taking hits!
Moves: Fishious Rend / Psychic Fangs / Crunch / Outrage

Pokémon: Incineroar (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Careful
Ability: Intimidate
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Master Rank / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received 03/17/21 from link trade by OT, apparently hatched same date Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's capable of taking hits!
Moves: Flare Blitz / Fake Out / Taunt / Parting Shot

Pokémon: Tapu Koko (Pokeflash.co) in Luxury Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Timid
Ability: Electric Surge
Ribbons: Galar Champ / Tower Master / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: 11/26/20 Max Lair at lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It takes plenty of siestas!
Moves: Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam / Volt Switch / Nature's Madness

Pokémon: Lapras (Pokeflash.co) w/ Gigantamax Factor in Dive Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 621368
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Modest
Ability: Water Absorb
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 11/24/19 the Pokémon Den @ lv. 59
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's somewhat vain!
Moves: Freeze-Dry / Hydro Pump / Ice Beam / Thunderbolt

Pokémon: Guzzlord (Pokeflash.co) in Beast Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Alola
Nature: Modest
Ability: Beast Boost
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Alola Champion / Battle Royale Master / Battle Tree Great / Battle Tree Master / Best Friends / Effort / Footprint
Location Met & Level Met: It seems to have traveled all the way across space and time itself to join me from the Alola Region
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's alert to sounds!
Moves: Draco Meteor / Dark Pulse / Fire Blast / Sludge Bomb

Pokémon: Regieleki (Pokeflash.co) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: Pokeflash.co
ID: 993401
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Transistor
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: 10/25/20 the Split-Decision Ruins @ lv. 70
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It takes plenty of siestas!
Moves: Thunder Cage / Ancient Power / Volt Switch / Explosion

Pokémon: Eevee (Female in Nest Ball, Male in Friend Ball, Female in Level Ball)
Shiny: Yes
OT: Eevee.vip
ID: 243764
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: (Jolly, Timid, Timid)
Ability: (Adapatability, Anticipation, Adapatability)
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received and hatched 03/14/20 on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's somewhat vain!
Moves: Flail / Curse / Wish / Yawn
I've group these as they share so many similarities.

Pokémon: Charmander (PokeGens.com) in Poké Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: PokeGens.com
ID: 466931
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Solar Power
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: 07/02/21 egg received and hatched on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's mischievous!
Moves: Scratch / Growl

Pokémon: Volcarona (pokegen.club) in Premier Ball
Shiny: Yes
OT: pokegen.club
ID: 123456
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Swarm
Ribbons: Galar Champion / Tower Master / Master Rank / Best Friends / Effort
Location Met & Level Met: 07/11/20 egg received and hatched on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: Surprise Trade
Individual Values/Characteristic: It likes to thrash about!
Moves: Fiery Dance / Fire Blast / Flame Charge / Flamethrower
Pretty confident this is a hack. That ID number, the sheer amateur-hour moveset, and the unheralded Premier Ball give me that vibe.

Pokémon: Wooluu (it's in Japanese, it matches the species name on Bulbapedia) in Beast Ball
Shiny: No
OT: (it's in japanese - 3 characters)
ID: 547136
Level: 1
Region of Origin: Galar
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Fluffy
Ribbons: None
Location Met & Level Met: Egg received 04/29/22, hatched 05/02/22 on Route 5
Where/how you recieved it: HOME Wonder Box
Individual Values/Characteristic: It's alert to sounds!
Moves: Growl / Swagger / Stomp / Counter
It's just the Beast Ball that has me confused here, otherwise looks pretty legit.


Given that last entry is the only one I had since I signed up for HOME and started trading there, needless to say I'm staying away from SwSh Mystery Trade!

 

[Devalue]

I've collected a few I think are most likely hacks through Surprise Trade in Sword:

(Disclaimer: Not an official hack checker.)

Tosses all of those shinies in the Hacked bin. Originates from website trainers. Might have gotten some dsc ones in Alola's Wonder Trade.

Considers Beast Ball Wooloo entirely reasonable. Could have bought one Beast Ball (or used a free one), then chucked it at a Max Raid Wooloo or Dubwool. Should be a 100% catch rate for your own Max Raid (and non-event/Gigantamax). Passes the ball on through breeding from there.

 

[Amore]

(Disclaimer: Not an official hack checker.)

Tosses all of those shinies in the Hacked bin. Originates from website trainers. Might have gotten some dsc ones in Alola's Wonder Trade.

Considers Beast Ball Wooloo entirely reasonable. Could have bought one Beast Ball (or used a free one), then chucked it at a Max Raid Wooloo or Dubwool. Should be a 100% catch rate for your own Max Raid (and non-event/Gigantamax). Passes the ball on through breeding from there.

I didn't know about the 100% capture for raids until after I posted, so that makes sense.

Might just ping them back out on wonder trade - I see plenty of people using them in raids, and Nintendo doesn't even block them from competitions. But I wouldn't use them myself, those nicknames are abominations.

Ethics on breeding from a hacked parent and a legitimate one?

 

[Devalue]

Ethics on breeding from a hacked parent and a legitimate one?

Hears opinions going both ways about being okay or not. Dislikes it, personally. Still feels like cheating adjacent. Would not complain about being given one either, however. Probably used tons over the years without knowing.

Understands those who do not care at all, though. Saves time. Cannot distinguish Pokemon bred with hacked parents apart from Pokemon bred with legitimate parents (barring illegal balls).

Admits possible exceptions for difficult-to-find Pokemon with hidden abilities, however. Cannot access them without trading. Made it hard to trade in older generations. How much time and how many Pokemon are you willing to put into GTS hoping for even a halfway legitimate Pokemon? Is it worth the fuzzy feeling of invisible "legitimacy"?

 

[Amore]

Hears opinions going both ways about being okay or not. Dislikes it, personally. Still feels like cheating adjacent. Would not complain about being given one either, however. Probably used tons over the years without knowing.

Understands those who do not care at all, though. Saves time. Cannot distinguish Pokemon bred with hacked parents apart from Pokemon bred with legitimate parents (barring illegal balls).

Admits possible exceptions for difficult-to-find Pokemon with hidden abilities, however. Cannot access them without trading. Made it hard to trade in older generations. How much time and how many Pokemon are you willing to put into GTS hoping for even a halfway legitimate Pokemon? Is it worth the fuzzy feeling of invisible "legitimacy"?

I'll make sure I only breed hacked fathers then claim immaculate conception 😆

If I have a hacked Pokémon with 6 IVs and I breed it with a wild caught one, most likely the parent will be weaker anyway. I'll probably just disclose it if I ever trade one (offspring that is, once I capture my own Regieleki, Regidrago, and whatever Pyroar's base form is I'll release them most likely). Probably helps my decisions that I only want shinies where I actually prefer the colouration rather than just because they're shiny (so releasing Lapras and Pyroar will be painful)

 

[Amore]

Pokémon: Giratina
Shiny: Yes
OT: Takeo
ID: 09999
Level: 100
Region of Origin: Spain
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Pressure
Ribbons:
Location Met & Level Met: Hoenn, 8/8/2020, Dusk Ball
Where/how you recieved it: HOME GTS (not for a legendary, but a reasonably rare pokémon - it was late night so I already can't remember)
Individual Values/Characteristic: Pretty Good / 31 / Pretty Good / 31 / Pretty Good / 31
Effort Values: Max Speed, equal split between Atk and SpA for the rest.

I'm only posting this because it seemed such an unlikely trade, especially by GTS standards (although I also actually got a Vivillon the same night so maybe it was just luck?), to get not only a legendary but a shiny legendary for a regular pokémon (I think it was a Gen V / VI starter - this is why you shouldn't GTS at 2am!). Everything else about it seems utterly plausible, down to the 3x 31 IVs and 3x sucky ones.

 

[WristCutter]

pokemon: zacian
shiny: no
OT: Palkia
ID no.: 998390
Level: 70
Ribbons: galar champ,tower master,master rank,best friends and effort ribbon
nature: adamant
IVs: Best (not hypertrained)
Evs: max attack and speed
he was caught with a fast ball on the tower summit
is he hacked?:(

 

[Tolein]

Pokémon: Zamazenta
Shiny: no
OT: Central
ID: 337430
Level: 70
Region of Origin: galar
Nature: jolly
Ability: dauntless shield
Ribbons: galar champion ribbon, tower master ribbon, master rank ribbon, best friends ribbon, effort ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: Tower Summit Lv.70
Where/how you recieved it: GTS pokemon home
Individual Values/Characteristic: 6 perfect IVs, it's alert to sounds!
Effort Values: (In gen 7, go on the Summary page and press Y ) Maxed out Speed

A Zamazenta with 6 perfect IVs that isn't hypertrained. Extremely extremely unlikely that it is legit.

 

[Alicatsngel9315]

Pokémon: celebi
Shiny: yes
OT: jungle
ID: 211006
Level: 60
Region of Origin: it seems to it cake from a pokemon movie
Nature: quirky
Ability: natural cure
Ribbons: wishing ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: was from a mystery box Met lvl 60
Where/how you recieved it: pokemon the movie: secrets of the jungle newsletter promotion
Individual Values/Characteristic:
Effort Values: hp 195/195 sp. Atk 143 sp. Def 143 speed 143 defense 143 attack 138

 

[Firebolt]

Pokémon: celebi
Shiny: yes
OT: jungle
ID: 211006
Level: 60
Region of Origin: it seems to it cake from a pokemon movie
Nature: quirky
Ability: natural cure
Ribbons: wishing ribbon
Location Met & Level Met: was from a mystery box Met lvl 60
Where/how you recieved it: pokemon the movie: secrets of the jungle newsletter promotion
Individual Values/Characteristic:
Effort Values: hp 195/195 sp. Atk 143 sp. Def 143 speed 143 defense 143 attack 138

"Where/how you recieved it" refers to how you received the Pokemon. If you redeemed the code yourself, then it's certainly not hacked! That's a legitimate event; I still have the newsletter promotion myself.

 

[Alicatsngel9315]

"Where/how you recieved it" refers to how you received the Pokemon. If you redeemed the code yourself, then it's certainly not hacked! That's a legitimate event; I still have the newsletter promotion myself.

Ah well it does say celebis were always checked so I was being cautious