Quick Question and Answer Thread / Breeding Questions

[cometstorm]

I'm curious, I want to teach moves to some of my pokemon, but it states "HM moves can't be forgotten now." May I ask why?

 

[Swift!]

Well, you can't delete a HM move by overwriting it with another move. If you already know that, and you're using the move deleter, check to make sure the Pokemon isn't the only one with that HM move. You can't delete a HM move if you are somewhere in the game where you have to use it, or else you'd be stuck.

 

[KinaWolf24]

How do i chain with pokeradar to get a shiny pokemon because i want one so bad.

From what I understand, you use the radar, go to the bush that is moving and defeat/catch the pokemon there. Do that over and over to build up a "chain". The chain will be broken if you run into a random wild pokemon on your way to the moving bush. Try to make your way without running into any of those. The longer the chain, the higher chance the bush that is moving will contain a shiny pokemon. The bush with the shiny will sparkle.

 

[Chapulín]

no will someone tell me if the thing i recorded for chatter will play on ym friends ds if we wi fi

What you record for Chatter will play on both your DS and your friend's on Wi-Fi. It will play when you send it out in battle and when your friend selects Chatot's Summary on an online trade.

 

[ArmageddonAsh]

i so i got given a lvl62 Weaville and a lvl 100 Japanese Shaymin
how would i check if they are hacks?

heres the stats :

Shaymin :
Health : 334
Attck 219
def 222
sp attack 220
sp def 227
speed 185
it is lvl100 and has had Pokerous (smily face)

Nature : Sassy
Found : Flower Paradise
Lvl Met : fateful Encounter at lvl 30
Moves : Energy Ball, Sweet Kiss, Healing Wish, Seed Flare

Weavile (lvl62)
163 169 104 60 120 152

Nature : Brave
Found : Snowpoint Temple
Lvl Met : 54
Moves : Slash, Beat Up, Strength, Ice Shard

So do i have Hacked Pokemon?

 

[TwilightBlade]

Both appear to be fine and legit.

Shaymin is from Platinum and appears to have been fed Rare Candy (it has no EVs).

 

[ArmageddonAsh]

Okay thanks
i did a check about the moves and stats and just wanted to make sure
how do you tell about EVS?
as im new i havent got a clue about all this EV stuff - is there a place on here that explains it?

 

[TwilightBlade]

You use an IV calculator to check EVs.

Type in stats, species, level, and nature. If the right column is read, then your Pokemon may have EVs.

EVs stand for Effort Values (also called Effort Points), or unseen values your Pokemon earn upon defeating any wild/trainer Pokemon (not Battle Frontier Pokemon, though). For example, if your Pokemon defeats one Starly, it gains 1 EV point in Speed (as Starly's highest stat is speed). In another instance, if your Pokemon defeats one Graveler, it gains 2 EV points in Defense (as Graveler's highest stat is defense and it is a second stage in evolution).

You can use this to check EV values of each Pokemon.

4 EV points = 1 stat point increase
255 EV points = max in one stat (Atk, Def, etc)
510 EV points = max for one Pokemon

The second post has an EV guide.

 

[Jordan]

Okay thanks
i did a check about the moves and stats and just wanted to make sure
how do you tell about EVS?
as im new i havent got a clue about all this EV stuff - is there a place on here that explains it?

An EV guide is here. Unfortunately, it's a very well hidden value so unless you've been keeping track of which Pokemon your Pokemon have battled and how many, it's impossible to tell your Pokemon's EV count.

Edit: What TB said. o3o;

 

[ArmageddonAsh]

okay thanks that helps.

now a second question what CANT Ditto breed with?
i know there are some that cant be breeded but what cant
i know Ditto cant, im guessing the Legends cant but are there any other

 

[TwilightBlade]

Ditto cannot breed with baby Pokemon (Pichu, Cleffa, Riolu, Bonsly, etc), Nidorina/Nidoqueen, and Unown.

 

[ArmageddonAsh]

can it breed with things like Gastly, Kadabra ect

 

[Lorenzo_Von_Matterhorn]

Endeavor Learned By Staravia: Good Idea or Bad Idea?

Dear People,

I've recently begun a game of Pokemon Platinum and have just passed Oreburgh City victorious in acquiring a Coal Badge. However, in my Pokemon training regime, I have come to an impasse of indecision! I cannot decide whether or not it would be beneficial for me to replace any of my level 18 Staravia's moves with "Endeavor". While I can figure in a devastating last-ditch strategy with that move (with the exception of missing a certain item) I cannot help wondering if there would more appealing strategies with his current-future move sets!

So, here I stand, torn with indecision wondering if there is anybody out there who could assist me with this dilemma! So, with utmost conviction, I pose this question to you people, appealing to your honesty and expertise, is there any worth in adding "Endeavor" to my level 18 Staravia's repertoire of battle techniques?

Thank you for your consideration and may you have an AWESOME day. Cheers!

-Lorenzo

 

[Alxprit]

Why wouldn't it be able to? Especially Kadabra.

 

[Moltres111]

Yup, it can breed with anything besides what TwilightBlade posted. ^^

 

[BlackRay]

Apparently, another question came in mind.
So if someone has a flawless Ditto (which I do) will an offspring have good chance of getting most of those ivs. And if both parents have good ivs will the chances increase? Although I heard the chances of getting a flawless Pokemon is
1.073.741.924.

 

[No you fail]

Apparently, another question came in mind.
So if someone has a flawless Ditto (which I do) will an offspring have good chance of getting most of those ivs. And if both parents have good ivs will the chances increase? Although I heard the chances of getting a flawless Pokemon is
1.073.741.924.

The chances are best if you have two flawless parents because when you are IV breeding 3 randomly chosen IVs from the parents go down (they can overlap so you could have both's att IV, males defense IV, and females defense IV) and then you get random IV's for the other IV's that weren't passed down.

So if you breed two pokemon with 31/31/31/31/31/31 you may get 31/x/31/x/31/x or something like that at best or they could overlap and you may get x/31/x/x/x/x (X's represent randomly chosen IV's)

Hope I helped.

 

[ArmageddonAsh]

Why wouldn't it be able to? Especially Kadabra.

i was just wondering with Gastly being a ghost!

Anyway thanks for clearing everything up

 

[Xebelleon]

I have recently purchased for myself a secondary copy of Platinum. I own two DS units.

Questions of my own:

#1: Will I essentially be able to obtain (via wireless communication) as many Darkrai/Shaymin as my "reset" speed provides considering my main first Platinum contains the Wi-Fi gift things for Darkrai/Shaymin (the key and letter, respectively) ?

Also...

I have in the past played Pokemon Diamond (two different copies, one per DS unit, friend code obtained at a point for each pairing).

Will having played and registered Diamond on a/both DS unit/(s) create an issue of some kind should I ever want to replace my Diamond interest?

Dear People,

I've recently begun a game of Pokemon Platinum and have just passed Oreburgh City victorious in acquiring a Coal Badge. However, in my Pokemon training regime, I have come to an impasse of indecision! I cannot decide whether or not it would be beneficial for me to replace any of my level 18 Staravia's moves with "Endeavor". While I can figure in a devastating last-ditch strategy with that move (with the exception of missing a certain item) I cannot help wondering if there would more appealing strategies with his current-future move sets!

So, here I stand, torn with indecision wondering if there is anybody out there who could assist me with this dilemma! So, with utmost conviction, I pose this question to you people, appealing to your honesty and expertise, is there any worth in adding "Endeavor" to my level 18 Staravia's repertoire of battle techniques?

Thank you for your consideration and may you have an AWESOME day. Cheers!

-Lorenzo

You can use ENDEAVOR for some of your Legend catching needs. Assuming you have low health from the start, an option is to ENDEAVOR then follow up with a switch to Pokemon X for the Sleep or Paralyze status. Or you could start with the Synchronize, switch for status, switch again for the Endeavor and end with the Ball.

Double battles work for this as you can False Swipe and stuff to the limits of your own patience.

 

[WolfieKoala]

Can someone tell me if this Deoxys is legit or not? I THOUGHT it was, but now I'm not so sure... (Which really sucks, 'cause Deoxys is one of the few events I missed and am trying to get)

DEOXYS
Lvl 55 (I believe it's been trained some)
OT: Gamestp
ID No. 06218
Hasty Nature
Jun. 30 2008
Pokemon Event
Apparently had a fateful encounter at Lv. 50
Very finicky
Likes sweet food
HP 129
Attack 119
Defense 93
Sp. Atk 160
Sp. Def 116
Speed 276
Ability: Pressure
Moves:
Psychic
Shadow Ball
Ice Beam
Superpower

I'm not good at hack-checking, but what really gets me is the date received -- after I already traded, I read somewhere that the Gamestop Deoxys dates ended on the 29, but this one is the 30. It's hacked, isn't it? Argh...