6th Gen X/Y Quick Q&A (Read First Post)

[Banned]

There are ranked battles online. I remember reading somewhere that they reset? I wanted to know if the reset per season, if there is one at all, erases your win/losses entirely, or if there's still a record of them somewhere.

Yeah, they reset at the start of each new season. You can find detailed information on the current season and past ones on Global Link: http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/battle/

 

[Troock]

Best nature and EVs for Honedge?

Hey, I'm currently trying to hatch a good shiny Honedge, and I'd like to know what you guys think is the best nature for it, and for later the best EVs. For the nature, I'm trying to decide which is better: Adamant (+Atk-SpA) or Impish (+Def-SpA). And I'm thinking to EV train it to max in Attack and Defense and then put the remaining EVs in HP or Special Defense. What do you guys think?

 

[Howmander]

Personally I would go with Brave or Relaxed because not everything needs good speed (at highest evolution, Aegislash only has a 60 base speed, so there's no point in doing anything to benefit the speed) and even though it only learns a few special attacks, an added benefit to going with Brave or Relaxed is if you teach it Gyro Ball. IT gets STAB plus the slower the user is, the higher the attack power is. And you probably already know this, but just as a reminder, if you let it learn King's Shield whenever it uses it it will change to Shield form which reduces both attacks to 50 but increases both Defense to 150, whereas when you use an attack from Shield form, it changes to Sword form and then both attacks go to 150 while both defenses drop to 50. Just in case that affects your decision at all.

 

[Azire]

I would go a negative Speed IV with a bonus to whatever you want more. Then add a 0 Speed IV and you're perfect.

 

[Troock]

Thanks! I think I'll go for Brave then. Should I EV train Special Attack a bit then, just for the Gyro Ball?

 

[Chocolate™]

Thanks! I think I'll go for Brave then. Should I EV train Special Attack a bit then, just for the Gyro Ball?

Actually for Gyro Ball you need good attack.

 

[Troock]

Oh seriously? lol I thought it was special :p

 

[Melonfrog]

Where is the logic in the way passerby's are introduced as you go online?
It starts off by showing peoples heads as they pop up one by one, that's understandable. But the next bit confuses me...

The people just introduced get pushed away to the right in replacement of people who aren't even online, why does it do this? A glitch?

 

[Brentane]

When to evolve Doublade?

Simple question. When is the best time to evolve Doublade to Aegislash? Mine just evolved to Doublade at level 35, and I'm wondering if I will miss any important moves if I evolve it right away.

 

[TheMarkCrafter]

At Lv. 51, Doublade will learn Sacred Sword, so that's some cool stuff.

I highly recommend you to evolve it to Aegislash at LV.51

You can evolve it via Dusk Stone
Source: Bulbapedia

 

[MawChomp]

Simple question. When is the best time to evolve Doublade to Aegislash? Mine just evolved to Doublade at level 35, and I'm wondering if I will miss any important moves if I evolve it right away.

You can evolve it right away. Since Aegislash can learn all leveling moves (pass 35) of Doublade with the help of move relearner.

 

[BigSteve]

how do you get shiny legendaries?

<p>just wondered. I know for breedable Pokémon there's masuda, unlimited mons there is chain radar and fishing (don't know how these work yet?), but what about unbreedable Pokémon? </p><p> </p><p>how would I attempt to get say a shiny Mewtwo?</p>

 

[Magikarp From Hell]

Soft resetting, which means re-booting until they're shiny. I haven't done this yet because it looks too boring :D

 

[BigSteve]

bloody hell, you cant be serious?! People actually do that?

Masuda Method can take 1000 attempts and that's an increased chance, can't imagine how long it would take to get a shiny legendary.
I'd be gutted to accidentally kill it too after 8000 resets!

 

[Puddle]

Yeah, from what I know, you have to soft reset it over and over and over. Hey, it seems like a lot of work, but it pays off in the end if that's what you are really going for.

 

[reshilegend]

Is it possible to relearn BW2 tutor moves with heart scales in XY?

 

[Hiatus]

bloody hell, you cant be serious?! People actually do that?

Masuda Method can take 1000 attempts and that's an increased chance, can't imagine how long it would take to get a shiny legendary.
I'd be gutted to accidentally kill it too after 8000 resets!

If this is what you're afraid of, why not have a Pokémon on your team with False Swipe? With this move, it'll guarantee you that your foe never faints--regardless of how many times you hit them, they would survive with at least 1 HP.

 

[Melonfrog]

Legendaries are banned as far as I know on the Ranked Battle Spot.
So how on Earth did I end up fighting some with a team of:
-Suikune
-Robot Insect thing with a cannon, guy
-Ugly flying psychic red dragon creature?!

How the hell do I stand a chance against this? Suikune swept my team with Scold, took no damage from Close Combat AND A THUNDERBOLT!!
Did I encounter hacker? And YES, it was Ranked, I am 100% sure, please don't question that.

 

[Nah]

Legendaries are banned as far as I know on the Ranked Battle Spot.
So how on Earth did I end up fighting some with a team of:
-Suikune
-Robot Insect thing with a cannon, guy
-Ugly flying psychic red dragon creature?!

How the hell do I stand a chance against this? Suikune swept my team with Scold, took no damage from Close Combat AND A THUNDERBOLT!!
Did I encounter hacker? And YES, it was Ranked, I am 100% sure, please don't question that.

Only certain legendaries are banned from Ranked Battles. The ones that are banned, iirc, are:
Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-oh, Celebi, Groudon, Kyorge, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina, Shaymin, Darkrai, Arceus, Manaphy, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Victini, Genesect, Meloetta, Keldeo, Xerneas, Zygarde, and Yveltal.

Which means that these ones are not banned:
The Kanto bird trio, the Johto beast trio, the Lati twins (without Soul Dew), all four Regis, Cresselia, Heatran, the Musketeers, and I think the Kami trio.

Btw, the robo-insect is Genesect, and I think the red flying psychic dragon thing is Latias.

 

[BigSteve]

I noticed that Lapras has a proper surfing sprite, I got excited and taught Blastoise to Surf expecting the same type of deal but its just a shadow Wailmer like previous games.
Just wondered if anyone knew of any other cooler sprites like Lapras for surf? Like one for Fly and so on?