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Chain fishing is amazing. I was trying to find a Dratini but forgot where they were so I started fishing at Victory Road. After only getting poliwhirls and basculin I decide to do one more cast and then try elsewhere and now I have a shiny Poliwhirl! 
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Internet Kraken posted:The animation for gunk shot is just a trash can being chucked across the screen. It's so stupid but I can't stop laughing at it. You know, I used to wonder why Gunk Shot was physical, but Sludge Bomb was special. This actually clears things up!
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Oct 29, 2013 00:48
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Zore posted:Er, what? Scizor was an almost never used BL pokemon in gens 2 and 3, and fell to UU in Gen IV before Platinum when it got Bullet Punch, Superpower and Bug Bite. Hell, before Gen 4 Scizor's strongest STABs were Steel Wing and Hidden Power Bug. You're not making it anywhere loving NEAR OU when Flareon's coverage is a wet dream compared to yours.
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Oct 29, 2013 00:50
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Kangaskhan's kid is so adorable, the way it gets gingerly picked up and swung around by its mother when it mega evolves 
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Oct 29, 2013 00:53
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Ok so here's another question that's probably been addressed already, but what is everybody here using to calculate IVs? Is there a particular calculator that seems to be the best? Is there a formula I can use without having to be online? Is there a minimum level at which it becomes more certain what a 'mon's IVs are, or can you figure it out at Lv.1?
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Oct 29, 2013 00:53
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Ha, having to hatch a bunch of Wurmples so I can get one that goes the Silcoon route. Third one was shiny. Cute little purple thing.  Wonder if it'll be a butterfly or a moth.
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stinkles1112 posted:Ok so here's another question that's probably been addressed already, but what is everybody here using to calculate IVs? Is there a particular calculator that seems to be the best? Is there a formula I can use without having to be online? Is there a minimum level at which it becomes more certain what a 'mon's IVs are, or can you figure it out at Lv.1? You can't be totally sure for a long while, mid fifties still gives a range depending on the stat in some cases and level 1 is an absolute crapshoot that only rarely gives any information because most mon's stats vary by two points, at absolute most, at level 1. There is a guy in Kiloude's pokemon center though than will tell you how good your IVs are overall, which ones are the best, if any of them are perfect and if any of them are less than 5.
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I've been playing around with Mega Kangaskhan, and boy howdy does she ever make people mad on Showdown!. Unboosted, Sucker Punch can OHKO Mega Gengar and Mega Alakazam. Fire Punch can take out Mega Lucario if he tries boosting first, and rips through Scizor and Ferrothorn. Fake Out hits twice and can take out a good chunk of health from most sweepers. And Power-Up Punch becomes Swords Dance with the added bonus of crippling Tyranitar and Heatran. Having a Gengar use Substitute while transforming doesn't work anymore either, as Sucker Punch hits twice. Boosted by Power-Up Punch this KOs him on the second hit, unboosted he loses 2/3rds of his health. Backed up by Aromatherapy Blissey I've swept entire teams with that set. I just found a Kangaskhanite and a Kangaskhan in-game, and I'm doing this. I sort of feel bad that I spent an entire day breeding Absols now that I'm probably not going to run Mega Absol anymore. But on the other hand, I'm about to make a whole bunch of people's day on Wonder Trade when I trade an Adamant Nature Super Luck Absol with 31 IVs in Atk, Sp.Def, and Spd for their Bunnelby or whatever.
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Oct 29, 2013 00:55
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Heh, the first Wurmple turned out to be a Silcoon anyway.
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Oct 29, 2013 00:58
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Zore posted:You can't be totally sure for a long while, mid fifties still gives a range depending on the stat in some cases and level 1 is an absolute crapshoot that only rarely gives any information because most mon's stats vary by two points, at absolute most, at level 1. Well that's disheartening. So if I'm trying to breed competitive versions of the mons I used to run through story mode and I haven't kept track of what EVs they have I can't really be certain what their IVs are huh?
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Oct 29, 2013 00:59
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stinkles1112 posted:Well that's disheartening. So if I'm trying to breed competitive versions of the mons I used to run through story mode and I haven't kept track of what EVs they have I can't really be certain what their IVs are huh? Nope. Punch some empty bags on the super training screen for a while and eventually you'll get a reset bag which removes all EVs if you don't mind training them up again.
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stinkles1112 posted:Well that's disheartening. So if I'm trying to breed competitive versions of the mons I used to run through story mode and I haven't kept track of what EVs they have I can't really be certain what their IVs are huh? You can find Reset Bags randomly in Super Training that'll reset all the Pokemon's EVs. e: f, b
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Oct 29, 2013 01:01
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Oddly, I find my attitude about hacking mons for perfect IVs changing rather rapidly.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:01
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Where the hell is psyshock on victory road? Trecking all over this place but can't find it anywhere.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:02
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Internet Kraken posted:Where the hell is psyshock on victory road? Trecking all over this place but can't find it anywhere. Its either up the waterfall or behind one of the rock smash walls.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:03
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Internet Kraken posted:Where the hell is psyshock on victory road? Trecking all over this place but can't find it anywhere. You need to Rock Smash the rock blocking the steps down in the 'jumpy stones' area with the strength boulders. Head down and right, take the path down past the tower and waterfall and it's in a little cave.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:05
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I'm starting to wish there was a post we could send all new people to, to answer all their IV/EV/breeding/new mechanics questions. Seeing the same 5 questions posted over and over is kinda aggravating, no offense to new people.
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Chespin is being a brat. Froakie gave me tons of Proteans. Chespin, I'm lucky to get one Bulletproof out of a batch of four. Plus I'm trying to get a female one. Aiming to get Spikes onto it. Best I can figure I have to grab a Klefki, run around outside the daycare until I find Smeargle, get him to Sketch it, then capture it and breed it from there. Of course I could've completely missed a part of that or it's just not doable period. I've always tended to just Ditto-breed things. Actually trying to get outside moves onto the offspring is kinda new to me.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:08
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Yeah that should probably be included in the OP now that the thread is so long that you can't reasonably expect people to browse it all, even though upon reflection I probably could have clicked any page at random and my questions would have been answered on it... Edit; aaaand it basically is already in the OP. In summation: read the thread sit on my Facebook fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Oct 29, 2013 |
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LeafyOrb posted:I'm starting to wish there was a post we could send all new people to, to answer all their IV/EV/breeding/new mechanics questions. Seeing the same 5 questions posted over and over is kinda aggravating, no offense to new people. If there was a post do you think those questions would go away?
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Oct 29, 2013 01:09
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It's a pretty major problem on smogon, and admins have started putting their feet down and deleting/infracting IV/breeding posts.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:13
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Saw this elsewhere but after I saw you can pet pokemon in battle after they KO an opponent (if they have enough hearts) this has been accurate to me with all my pokemon.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:18
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Can someone help me evolve my Kadabra? 4484-8308-8363
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Oct 29, 2013 01:22
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So after some single battles I think I'm going to rebuild my team for doubles. There's some terrifying people playing singles on wi-fi, whereas doubles seems to be faster-paced, more inclusive in terms of what Pokemon are useful, and have a less brutal metagame. I took my team into a couple doubles matches and had a lot more fun even though my team wasn't built for it.
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Star Guarded posted:So after some single battles I think I'm going to rebuild my team for doubles. There's some terrifying people playing singles on wi-fi, whereas doubles seems to be faster-paced, more inclusive in terms of what Pokemon are useful, and have a less brutal metagame. I took my team into a couple doubles matches and had a lot more fun even though my team wasn't built for it. Good good. Doubles is where its at! It's why it's the go to format for official nintendo poo poo.
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TescoBag posted:Can someone help me evolve my Kadabra? I'd be glad to. 5472-7007-5982
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Forer posted:Saw this elsewhere but after I saw you can pet pokemon in battle after they KO an opponent (if they have enough hearts) this has been accurate to me with all my pokemon. God, I can't wait for PokéBank so I can send over my Genesect and start petting my giant, prehistoric, death machine bug.  Star Guarded posted:So after some single battles I think I'm going to rebuild my team for doubles. There's some terrifying people playing singles on wi-fi, whereas doubles seems to be faster-paced, more inclusive in terms of what Pokemon are useful, and have a less brutal metagame. I took my team into a couple doubles matches and had a lot more fun even though my team wasn't built for it. Yeah, building a team for doubles just seems more fun, you get to have a lot more fun thinking of the synergies. While the weather abilities might have been nerfed this Gen, making them less viable for singles, my sun team of Ninetales and Vileplume are having no trouble taking down the Super Double Battles at the Battle Maison (unless the opponent sends out a Swalot. That blob is sturdy).
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God can we talk about how awesome Spooky Tree is? Dude's got so many possibilities with his Level-up/TM move pool alone. It's crazy. Here's my current set up Trevenant @ Leftovers Ability: Natural Cure Nature: Sassy Nature EVs: 252 HP / 252 SDef Horn Leech Will-O-Wisp Shadow Claw Rest Basically using him as a special Wall that can get some sick revenge kills. Dude's Base attack is pretty crazy for a viable wall like he is so basically I can go back on the assault. natural cure lets me swap out of Sleep with no penalty, Horn Leech over Leech Seed to abuse that attack power, WoW to deal with Physical attackers.
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Oct 29, 2013 01:58
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Bummey posted:I'd be glad to. Thanks so much!
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Oct 29, 2013 01:59
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I posted this in the trading thread but I might have better luck here, would anyone be willing to trade their Pinsirite for my Heracrossite? This X/Y Mega Stone exclusive thing is dumb, and I just want to play with Mega Pinsir. 4940-5681-2018
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Oct 29, 2013 02:00
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What is "chain fishing"?
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Well loving brilliant. So I never switched my 3DS' clock for Daylight Savings, meaning I got started on this mega stone hunt about 35 minutes into the hour. And with ten minutes to go it still wasn't enough to figure out where the loving hell this mysterious second god drat entrance to floor 3 of the Reflecting Cave is. The only thing I've read anywhere is 'use the mirrors to find the secret entrance.' What mirrors. Where. These are things the dumb poo poo who wrote the guide didn't feel were necessary to answer. And so, after walking into all walls and checking all mirrors, I came up precisely with one missing mega stone. gently caress this cave. Where is it.
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Go down to the bottom. There's a section where you can take a narrow vertical passage back toward another narrow passage that runs parallel to a mirror. Opposite that mirror is the entrance to a chamber. That entrance is visible only in the reflection, because it faces north. The mega stone is inside, during the hour of day when mega stones are available.
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Walk in from Shalour City, head down the stairs, look for a set of stairs heading to the left. Go that-a-way and there'll be a door reflected in the mirror above you.
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ChibiSoma posted:Well loving brilliant. So I never switched my 3DS' clock for Daylight Savings, meaning I got started on this mega stone hunt about 35 minutes into the hour. And with ten minutes to go it still wasn't enough to figure out where the loving hell this mysterious second god drat entrance to floor 3 of the Reflecting Cave is. The only thing I've read anywhere is 'use the mirrors to find the secret entrance.' It's in the deepest floor. From the fighting gym town go right down the stairs down the stairs south west of where you start and then to the far south west corner and it's sitting in a big pile of glowing dust.
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15 minutes too late, but at least I'll know where to go tomorrow. This one-hour thing is loving idiotic. At least it wasn't a total bust. Gyro Ball was hiding down there, too. Still. gently caress's sakes. Only missing that one stone. Managed to scramble all over the place to get the others but this is the one I somehow missed.
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ChibiSoma posted:Well loving brilliant. So I never switched my 3DS' clock for Daylight Savings, meaning I got started on this mega stone hunt about 35 minutes into the hour. And with ten minutes to go it still wasn't enough to figure out where the loving hell this mysterious second god drat entrance to floor 3 of the Reflecting Cave is. The only thing I've read anywhere is 'use the mirrors to find the secret entrance.' I swear to god do you ever enjoy a video game or do you just endlessly bitch about them as loud as possible in public like some kind of psychotic ex-pow veteran?
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How and where do you evolve Magnemite into a Magnezone in X/Y? I'm getting close to filling out my pokedex but I can't figure out where to evolve him.
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ChibiSoma posted:15 minutes too late, but at least I'll know where to go tomorrow. This one-hour thing is loving idiotic. At least it wasn't a total bust. Gyro Ball was hiding down there, too. Still. gently caress's sakes. Only missing that one stone. Managed to scramble all over the place to get the others but this is the one I somehow missed. Unlike previous generations, changing the system clock doesn't prevent you from getting time-based events until the next day. So you can just go to your 3DS's settings, change the time to 8, and keep going.
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It lets you change for DST, but it will punish you if you change it by more than a day.
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