Quick Question and Answer Thread / Breeding Questions

[Keyaki]

Why does everyone ask if something is "nickname-able"? isnt everything nickname-able, thats what the Nickname NPC is for isnt it?

Haven't you tried to nickname a Pokemon you gotten in trade?

It can't be done!

 

[Catherine]

I am recently new to EV and IV (breeding/training) Pokemon.

A little while back my friend gave me a shiny Eevee she hatched from an egg herself. It had a bold nature/alert to sounds, which would make anyone pleased...
I evolved it into an Umbreon, while EV training it's HP and Defense/Special Defense.
So first I learned about EV's and did this to my Umbreon, and then I learned about IV's (Alert to sounds is supposedly good).

Then I learned there was an IV calculator where you could enter the poke's stats to find out it's projected IV's for when it reaches level 100.

What I'm asking is if I'm using this calculator correctly. My poke's stats are:
Lv. 57, HP. 228, Attack 87, Defense 181, Sp. Atk. 91, Sp. Def. 189, Speed 96.

On the calculator it says nearly all IV's are perfect, and apparently very rare to find a perfect IV poke. So I'm thinking I am using the calculator incorrectly.. or did I just get conveniently lucky?

 

[jigglyppuff8]

You were probably using it incorrectly. For the calculator to work, you have to know know how many EVs you put into each stat. You put those values in the fields where it says "EPs", "EVs", "Effort Values" or something along those lines.

 

[Catherine]

The EP's for this poke are 255 in HP, 105 in Defense and 105 in Sp. Defense.
Regardless, something is still probably wrong =/.

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Hmm... Then in that case, those stats are good... Too good. And it's a shiny with the right nature... Could your friend have hacked the Eevee?

 

[y stri]

Where's the best place to EV train in speed? I want to make my Empoleon faster since Speed means a lot to me...

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Ravaged Path. Lots and lots of Zubat.

 

[Catherine]

She possibly hacked it... I don't know.
Everything on it looks normal, though. And it even says "Hatched from egg in whatever town".

I'll have to ask her about it next time I see her..


And to train your Empleon on speed, I'd go to route 212. Battle Starly: 1 ev and Staravia (sp?): 2 ev's. Thats where I go to EV train speed. =)

 

[FreakyLocz14]

Where's the best place to EV train in speed? I want to make my Empoleon faster since Speed means a lot to me...

I use the route east of Hearthrome for Staravia.

 

[Emo Aikon]

just asking, is Darkrai, Shamin, and Arceus Legit if using AR Recieved Event Items?​

 

[Alternative]

just asking, is Darkrai, Shamin, and Arceus Legit if using AR Recieved Event Items?​

That's hard to say, but I'd say no, since you need the exact moves, dates, Wonder Card etc. to prove that it's legit.

 

[Mimikyu402]

I use the route east of Hearthrome for Staravia.

The fisherman on the route west of Eterna is much better he only have 6 magikarps which will give 1 speed ev each

 

[Saud-Blaziken]

The fisherman on the route west of Eterna is much better he only have 6 magikarps which will give 1 speed ev each

Yeah thats the best one there is.

 

[perfectmonster]

where and how can you catch a damn burmy??? i've never been able to find one!

 

[jigglyppuff8]

They are found on Honey trees. You have to stick Honey on a Honey Tree, come back 6 hours later, and hope it's a Burmy.

 

[Jordan]

Just in case you don't know, Honey trees are the distinctly yellow ones as opposed to the green trees you usually find.

 

[Narasuko]

Massive Gain?

ok heres the thing i was training my shedinja against alot of zubats for speed evs and after gaining more then enough i decided to see what would happen if i used a rare candy and to my surprise i gained +18 in speed i am wondering if you have trained enough evs can you just rare candy to get the stats?

 

[Eliminator Jr.]

As far as I know, whether you level up through experience or by rare candies makes no difference to the bonuses you get from EV training (however if you don't EV train and just use rare candies, obviously you won't get any bonus).

 

[Narasuko]

oh ok thanks =) i thought as much

 

[Panfisha]

I know that you could have gotten the 3 regi's during an event in platinum, but how can I attain the regigigas at snow point temple, despite missing the event?
Can I migrate the 3 from sapphire and get to fight regigigas with them in my party?