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Quick Question and Answer Thread / Breeding Questions

hunterzhorizon said:
This is a purdy noob like question, but I'm tring to find a good IV guide.
I do not quite understand IV's.
I get EV's that is prudy simple, but IV's, just errr.
I need as much information you can give me on IV's, a site would be nice too.
Preferablely PM me about it.
Because i need it to understand witch Hidden Power move i get...
Thanks.
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If you are playing platinum the easiest way to find out your pokemons hidden power move is in Veilstone City. In the building next to the game corner where you buy the prizes there is a guy that tells you what your pokemons hidden power would be.

Also I don't understand IV'S too well yet myself but here is a list of the IV's I found on a youtube video hope it helps. I would post the video but I don't have enough posts yet.


HP IV Value

31-Often dozes off
30-Loves to Eat
29-Likes to Relax
28-Likes to scatter things
27-Often Naps

Attack IV Value

31-Likes to thrash about
30-Proud of its' Power
29-Hot Tempered
28-Quick tempered
27-A little Quick-Tempered

Defense IV Value

31-Capable of taking hits
30-Sturdy Body
29-Good perseverance
28-Good endurance
27-Highly persistent

Speed IV Value

31-Alert to sounds
30-Likes to run
29-Quick to flee
28-Somewhat of a clown
27-Impetuous and silly

Special Attack IV Value

31-Mischievous
30-Highly Curious
29-Very Finicky
28-Often lost in thought
27-Thoroughly cunning

Special Defense IV Value

31-Somewhat Vain
30-Strong Willed
29-Somewhat Stubborn
28-Hates to lose
27-Strongly Defian
 
Since no-one payed attention last time...

When I try to get in a wifi plaza game, when the countdown gets to 0, it just kicks me out! Why?!
 
Shiny Rotom said:
Ok i have pokemon platium ok and in the past couple days that i have gone on wifi i noticed that there i four different sections a purple, yellow,greenish, and blueish one. What is up with that is it for the different pokemon games that are out or no?
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Well, if you have more than 8 people on your pal pad, you get another color square. It's for Platinum only,
 
Ditto-Jelly said:
Since no-one payed attention last time...

When I try to get in a wifi plaza game, when the countdown gets to 0, it just kicks me out! Why?!
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Are your network connection lagging?
I don't really know, but i think the game throws you out if your Internet connection is too slow...
 
Quick Question

Alright, I've been wondering how to get a shiny egg. I need to know if I have to breed it and hope for luck, or if there is a sure-fire way to get one.

Also, could I get a shiny by waiting for the last step in the hatching process, saving and hatching and switching off untill I finally get a shiny (has anyone tried this with success?)?
 
That's impossible, since the egg is actually a "disabled" Pokémon.
Eggs are Pokémons, complete with stats, ivs, nature, shinieness and moves, but has a special code that prevents you from using it until it hatches.
The only way of having an increased chance of getting a shiny egg, is by in Platinum only(due to a bug) breeding a Shiny with a Non-shiny, in which case the egg would have a small, yet a lot larger than the usual chance of being shiny.
 
Ok, i have a question. Is there any way to use Giratina in it's origin forme in Platinum??i caught it, but it changed to the version out of D/P when i caught it.
 
xxChazxx said:
Alright, I've been wondering how to get a shiny egg. I need to know if I have to breed it and hope for luck, or if there is a sure-fire way to get one.

Also, could I get a shiny by waiting for the last step in the hatching process, saving and hatching and switching off until I finally get a shiny (has anyone tried this with success?)?
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Yeah, there is. It's complicated, but possible (the first part). The RNG Research Thread at Smogon is what you want. The second part, however, is not possible. Every factor other than the IVs (gender, shinyness, nature, etc.) is determined when the egg is created, so it's impossible to reset for shinyness.

groudonlover said:
That's impossible, since the egg is actually a "disabled" Pokémon.
Eggs are Pokémons, complete with stats, ivs, nature, shinieness and moves, but has a special code that prevents you from using it until it hatches.
The only way of having an increased chance of getting a shiny egg, is by in Platinum only(due to a bug) breeding a Shiny with a Non-shiny, in which case the egg would have a small, yet a lot larger than the usual chance of being shiny.
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I don't exactly know what you're saying, but as I said before, IVs are not determined when the egg is created. They are determined when you receive the egg.

Also, that second part is just not true. Breeding a shiny with a non-shiny does nothing to help. Breeding international parents increases the chances of getting a shiny to 1/2048.

Divine~Deoxys said:
Ok, i have a question. Is there any way to use Giratina in it's origin forme in Platinum??i caught it, but it changed to the version out of D/P when i caught it.
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Yeah, the Griseous Orb. You can get it after you beat the Elite 4 by going through the portal in Turnback Cave. The path from there is fairly straightforward.

EDIT: Beaten, but whatever. I just need to add, you can still battle with Origin Forme Giratina against D/P. The stat changes will be there, the sprite just won't.
 
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is wobbuffet uber?
i know it matters ona lot.
but the showdown dont say you cant use it(double battles)
but like smogon says it is.
overall is it?
(for single battles btw.)
 
hunterzhorizon said:
is wobbuffet uber?
i know it matters ona lot.
but the showdown dont say you cant use it(double battles)
but like smogon says it is.
overall is it?
(for single battles btw.)
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It's ability is what gives it most of its Uberness, but yes. Wobbuffet is Uber. ​
 
hunterzhorizon said:
is wobbuffet uber?
i know it matters ona lot.
but the showdown dont say you cant use it(double battles)
but like smogon says it is.
overall is it?
(for single battles btw.)
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UBER rankings on Smogon are separate from those rankings you find in the game (i.e. in the Battle Frontier). In the games, any true legendary Pokemon, such as Rayquaza or Jirachi cannot be used in selected battles. Smogon, however, dictates that Jirachi is in the OU (or, overused rank) while Rayquaza is an Uber, only eligible for fights with other Ubers.

Smogon rankings ONLY apply to certain (most, really) competitive battling spheres.
 
groudonlover said:
Giratina will also change back into the Altered Forme when entering the Union Room or trading with D/P(since Griseous Orb is only programmed into Pt)
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Like I said before: It will transform, but the stats and the ability will not. It won't look the same as the normal Origin Forme, but it will still be there.

EDIT: Dude, you below me, xxChazxx: Did you not read what I said? He was wrong.
 
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groudonlover said:
That's impossible, since the egg is actually a "disabled" Pokémon.
Eggs are Pokémons, complete with stats, ivs, nature, shinieness and moves, but has a special code that prevents you from using it until it hatches.
The only way of having an increased chance of getting a shiny egg, is by in Platinum only(due to a bug) breeding a Shiny with a Non-shiny, in which case the egg would have a small, yet a lot larger than the usual chance of being shiny.
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Damn... Thank you for the help.
 
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