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Pokemon General Discussion Thread: A Kid's Game?

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    If I want to breed ice punch on to my elekid how can I do that? Level a abimisnow male until until he gets it and then breed it with an electrobuzz?

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  • Romantic UndeadRomantic Undead Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Has anyone found a good spot to EV train HP yet? No, I don't have the scarf, that's why I'm EV training.

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  • TrenogTrenog Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    This is in FireRed just to clarify.

    I have a question about Eevee. For some reason, every Eevee I've breeded happens to have shitty IVs in just about every stat, even when I breeded one with a studly Arcanine I've got (has 31s in HP, SpAtk, SpDef). I'm looking to get me a Jolteon for my party and this is really disheartening.

    Anyone know how to help out or is the randomness factor of IVs too much that nothing much can be done about it?

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  • JellyMeetsJamJellyMeetsJam Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I've been set on getting an electrobuzz but it seems I'm far from alone in this desire lol

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  • Wombat!!Wombat!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Hee hee hee i am leveling a Elekid as we speak. 13 and rising.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Nuts the electrobuzz i love its evo!

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  • DondumsDondums Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Trenog wrote: »
    This is in FireRed just to clarify.

    I have a question about Eevee. For some reason, every Eevee I've breeded happens to have shitty IVs in just about every stat, even when I breeded one with a studly Arcanine I've got (has 31s in HP, SpAtk, SpDef). I'm looking to get me a Jolteon for my party and this is really disheartening.

    Anyone know how to help out or is the randomness factor of IVs too much that nothing much can be done about it?

    Some IVs are transferred from the female - it's unavoidable. So, chances are, if ALL your mother Eevee's IVs are shit, at least 2 (I think it's 2) IVs on the offspring will be shitty. I think.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    How the hell can you see somethings IVS?

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So..um..i talked to some guy and he gave me a globe, then it gave me a message saying it moved it somewhere but i missed where..i want to say the underground pc..but i've never heard of that before o.O can anyone tell me what this globe does and where it would have been moved too?

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  • BacklashBacklash Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    How the hell can you see somethings IVS?

    There's some complicated math behind it, but rather than give you the formula, I'll just link this, which makes it a ton easier.

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  • OtakuD00DOtakuD00D Can I hit the exploding rocks? San DiegoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What's with the fat guy blocking the way to a door at Victory Road?

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So..um..i talked to some guy and he gave me a globe, then it gave me a message saying it moved it somewhere but i missed where..i want to say the underground pc..but i've never heard of that before o.O can anyone tell me what this globe does and where it would have been moved too?

    It's a secret base decoration, I think it works just like the globe in the GTS (it shows you the locations, if they registered them, of people you've traded with). You can only access it from the PC inside your base once you make it in the underground, which you can access later in the game.

    Edit: And I would like to point out that feebas is a filthy whore. That's three of them now that I botched the evolution on.

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  • JellyMeetsJamJellyMeetsJam Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Fuck kricketune why wont it catch. it has the lowest possible HP and I'm using great balls what the hell.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Fuck kricketune why wont it catch. it has the lowest possible HP and I'm using great balls what the hell.

    It's night. Use duskballs.

    I and many others have said: Duskballs are hax.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Fuck kricketune why wont it catch. it has the lowest possible HP and I'm using great balls what the hell.

    I can just give you one.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Backlash wrote: »
    How the hell can you see somethings IVS?

    There's some complicated math behind it, but rather than give you the formula, I'll just link this, which makes it a ton easier.

    I put in all the information but it just spits out a bunch of numbers. I think this stuff is beyond me. Why do they add this crap. I don't want to have to do math for a game. Just show me upfront so I can know if I have to catch another one or not!

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  • Romantic UndeadRomantic Undead Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Backlash wrote: »
    How the hell can you see somethings IVS?

    There's some complicated math behind it, but rather than give you the formula, I'll just link this, which makes it a ton easier.

    I put in all the information but it just spits out a bunch of numbers. I think this stuff is beyond me. Why do they add this crap. I don't want to have to do math for a game. Just show me upfront so I can know if I have to catch another one or not!

    And this is why you will never be a Pokemaster.

    Stay in School Kids!

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Backlash wrote: »
    How the hell can you see somethings IVS?

    There's some complicated math behind it, but rather than give you the formula, I'll just link this, which makes it a ton easier.

    I put in all the information but it just spits out a bunch of numbers. I think this stuff is beyond me. Why do they add this crap. I don't want to have to do math for a game. Just show me upfront so I can know if I have to catch another one or not!

    And this is why you will never be a Pokemaster.

    Stay in School Kids!

    Math is to pokemon what build orders are to RTS games: They make the difference between a player and a great player.

    Granted, I don't claim to be a great player. I usually give up with a half-assed EV spread with 3 points somewhere that I don't want them.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What the fuck is the point of the "add upper" tech given to you in the superstore? It's just a "How Much Time Can You Waste Tapping" button, right?

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Backlash wrote: »
    How the hell can you see somethings IVS?

    There's some complicated math behind it, but rather than give you the formula, I'll just link this, which makes it a ton easier.

    I put in all the information but it just spits out a bunch of numbers. I think this stuff is beyond me. Why do they add this crap. I don't want to have to do math for a game. Just show me upfront so I can know if I have to catch another one or not!

    Welll, they never really "added" it, it's been there forever. It's just in recent times, players have gotten into manipulating it.

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  • SNESSNES Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    EDIT: Oops, wrong thread.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Ok so the thing says

    Stat Possible IVs Next Helpful Level EVs For Exact IV
    HP 23
    Att 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
    Def 15
    SpA Invalid
    SpD 30, 31
    Speed 25

    Does that mean that my def IV is 15 and my speed is 25 etc? What are the maxes? What is acceptable? Sorry to be a noob.

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  • SNESSNES Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Do I need to play Colosseum and XD again to get Ho-Oh and Lugia?

    Because I really, really hate their attempts at actual plot.

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  • oldtypeoldtype Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So err... I've been EV training my Gengar, and he's currently full up on speed EVs and has 72 special attack AVs.

    I've been looking to feed him ten vitamins to boost up some more special attack EVs, but the game says "it will have no effect."

    Any idea why this is happening

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  • MiserableMirthMiserableMirth Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Ok so the thing says

    Stat Possible IVs Next Helpful Level EVs For Exact IV
    HP 23
    Att 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
    Def 15
    SpA Invalid
    SpD 30, 31
    Speed 25

    Does that mean that my def IV is 15 and my speed is 25 etc? What are the maxes? What is acceptable? Sorry to be a noob.

    IVs range from 0-31. The formula is complicated, so the calculator needs a lot or certain information to give you your exact IV. You speed is 25. Your Special Defense is 30 or 31. The calculator needs more information for your Attack.

    This stuff isn't really neccessary though. I'm not talking about just in the main quest either, you could still battle competively without worrying if all your IVs are perfect.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Why is my spa invalid?

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  • MiserableMirthMiserableMirth Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    oldtype wrote: »
    So err... I've been EV training my Gengar, and he's currently full up on speed EVs and has 72 special attack AVs.

    I've been looking to feed him ten vitamins to boost up some more special attack EVs, but the game says "it will have no effect."

    Any idea why this is happening

    Give the vitamins first. You can only give 100 EVs with vitamins (10 EVs for 1 Vitamin). If you have over 100 EVs, they will "have no effect."
    Why is my spa invalid?

    You either entered information incorrectly or you did not enter the EVs that the pokemon has. If you haven't entered the EVs, then all those stats the calculator listed are wrong. You cannot get accurate IVs without entering EVs. A trick around this is saving, level up with a lot rare candies to check IVs, then restart.

    Pokemon is a kid's game?

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Why is my spa invalid?

    It's possible you entered it wrong, or maybe have EV's (Was the pokemon you're testing ever used in battle? EV's will throw off the calculation) in that stat. That could also explain why it can't make heads or tails of your attack. It's got fairly secure numbers for everything else, though, so a good sign.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    What's a good moveset for Vileplume? I've been thinking Aromatherapy/Sludge Bomb/Stun Spore/Giga Drain, but I feel like it could be better and I'm missing something.

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Utter noob question: is there any way, besides hax or shenanigans, to remove an HM move?

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Morskittar wrote: »
    Utter noob question: is there any way, besides hax or shenanigans, to remove an HM move?

    In the sixth gym city, Canalave, there's a move deleter.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Hevach wrote: »
    Why is my spa invalid?

    It's possible you entered it wrong, or maybe have EV's (Was the pokemon you're testing ever used in battle? EV's will throw off the calculation) in that stat. That could also explain why it can't make heads or tails of your attack. It's got fairly secure numbers for everything else, though, so a good sign.

    I hatched it from an egg and I've been leveling it with an xp share. It occurs to me now that its been getting evs from that but I have no idea how many...

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  • MorskittarMorskittar Lord Warlock Engineer SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    bruin wrote: »
    Morskittar wrote: »
    Utter noob question: is there any way, besides hax or shenanigans, to remove an HM move?

    In the sixth gym city, Canalave, there's a move deleter.

    Awesome. My poorly specced Cut-and-Rock Smash bearing Krickitune will not languish in obscurity forever. Thanks.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Just as importantly, how do I re-learn a move that I couldn't learn because of a shitty HM taking up the slot?

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Just as importantly, how do I re-learn a move that I couldn't learn because of a shitty HM taking up the slot?

    Move relearner in Pastoria (I think it's Pastoria?). He asks for a heart scale, which you can dig up in the underground.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
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    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Just as importantly, how do I re-learn a move that I couldn't learn because of a shitty HM taking up the slot?

    There's a guy in Pastoria City that will do it in exchange for a Heart Scale per move.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    You can do that for a shard or something. Check the first post I think it says.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    You can do that for a shard or something. Check the first post I think it says.

    Shards are for TM's. Forget who you trade them in to. Greedy ass wants ten of them per trade, though - they're common, but I haven't gotten more than 4 of any single color yet.

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  • waywardryanwaywardryan Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I wonder if anybody finds full 31s. Also, how could you level your mon without getting additional evs so that you can see accuratly the iv level?

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  • MiserableMirthMiserableMirth Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So... are happiness evolutions suppose to take forever because this is ridiculous.

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