Gentle Rodriguez
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Evolving is always the best choice(there are a few exceptions), he's just saying the evolution is ass. But if you really want to use her go for it.
It really doesn't matter for main game anyway, use the pokemon you like.
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Evolving is always the best choice(there are a few exceptions), he's just saying the evolution is ass. But if you really want to use her go for it.
It really doesn't matter for main game anyway, use the pokemon you like.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Lisia is cute.
The frustrating part is holding down B and waiting for the jumps. Takes way too long.
Quite early on
Starwolf_UK
Member
Reminds me of something I received on Wonder trade one
A Shiny Happiny nicknamed "No thanks", it had a few 0 IVs...but 4 0 IVs that is like Gen III bugged roamer bad...good thing IVs don't matter in contests
1. Each star of potential is a perfect IV.
2. Online calculators (e.g. http://www.legendarypokemon.net/ivcalcxy.html) and the stat judge in the battle resort (the judge declares the best stats which is useful at lower levels e.g. after breeding).
I enjoy the openness of the post game, so getting to the post game is something I rang to do quickly. Exp Share on for me unless I am doing EV training or something.
Each star in the potential stat corresponds to a perfect IV stat, so if it has one star that's one guaranteed perfect IV, and so on.
You can use an IV calculator. A lot of people use psypokes' IV calculator, but idk which one is considered the best though.
Edit: beaten
Spinosaurus
Member
No EXP share here and I haven't even grinded. lol
The old Exp. share was good. Just to level up one poke. But give the whole team xp is just insane to me. I can set up my ideal poke for each trainer rampaging trough this game and meanwhile the rest of the team enjoys the xp too.
Also, how do I reach that Feebas spot exactly? I'm still not aware of where it is exactly. I want a shiny Feebas too
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Do you guys recommend any spot for chain fishing? I already have a shiny Horsea and a Skrelp. I was thinking about trying for a Wailmer / Staryu, but the Staryu chance is like 5% only, with 95% being Wailmers.
Go left of the Tree Village (Fort-something), then down. Use surf and go under the bridge, in the shadow. There you can only get Feebas if you try during daytime.
Also, how do I reach that Feebas spot exactly? I'm still not aware of where it is exactly. I want a shiny Feebas too
Go left of the Tree Village (Fort-something), then down. Use surf and go under the bridge, in the shadow. There you can only get Feebas if you try during daytime.
The games were never grindy before
bar maybe the Johto games but that's more a flaw in them than in the series itself
DeVeAn
Member
So all six on your team get equal use? In my experience there are long stretches of time where only one of your six is super effective. So one or two always lag 10 levels behind.
Well fuck, a Perfect IV but not with the nature I want haha.
I'll be keeping an eye out for that throughout the game I think.
edit: I like EXP Share purely because it means I can use more than 6 pokemon regularly throughout the game. Though if I felt it was getting to be a bit much, I'd happily turn it off for a bit and then later on turn it on again.
Just make sure it's a secluded spot so the chance of keeping your chain going is the highest. And yeah, the rest is sheer luck. Getting a shiny Staryu seems tough with a 5% chance. Just like the chance of getting a Magicarp on route 119 is the highest by far.
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Ah, thanks for the answer. I haven't reached Fortree yet, I'm halfway there. I'll go and beat the gym first to get fly and everything and then I'll go back to grab the amulet coin and hunt down a shiny Magicarp and Feebas.
DeVeAn
Member
I disagree. For the same reason as I stated above there are stretches of time where a couple of your Pokémon are not effective against what you're fighting. Which means, when you get to the next area, You have to hang there for a bit to get caught up. I consider that grinding.
Maintenance
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Yeah, the spot trick I learned in X/Y, that's how I got my Carvanha. I just wish there were more cool pokemons to fish this time, only the usual boring ones. X/Y was better in that aspect, you could even get a Dragonair IIRC (I'm using the super rod).
Spinosaurus
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All my Pokemon get equal use, and this is on Set. I normally give the one that is a bit behind more attention so it could catch up.
I really haven't grinded against wild Pokemon yet (admittedly though, DexNav giving you higher level wild Pokemon than usual played a bit here, since all wild Pokemon I caught were already around the level of the rest of my team)
I was thinking about a shiny dratini, that would be cool. But you can't catch it in ORAS apparently. Time to bust out my Y copy and get fishing there.
DeVeAn
Member
I did the same thing with all the other games before X and Y.
It sucks on the story but it's amazing for postgame grinding. You can basically get an entire team EV trained and up to 50 in one day if you want.
OK cool thanks. I don't know why but I tried Black and didn't think anything of it. This has really sucked me in.
PreyingShark
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For me they only fall one level behind, if that. It has never really been an issue for me.
Use this http://www.psypokes.com/dex/iv.php
Edit: It's hard to tell. You're not going to get good IVs on the get go. DexNav makes it easier to get Pokemon with better potential, but you can still get a lot better. I wouldn't worry so much about it. If you just want a Jolly Taillow, that's easy to do. If you want good to perfect IVs in the right stats, that's more time consuming. Unless you're planning to use a Swellow competitively, then it's not worth it because you'll be adding EV training, egg moves, etc. to the mix.
As for reading it, 0 = no IV and 31 = perfect IV
All of the numbers listed with some bolded indicate what values those IVs could be. You also have it listed as having HP as the best stat, but you can't know that unless you talk to the IV judge who will tell you what the best stats are. You should leave that blank.
Hopefully you didn't battle anything with it cause that will cause it to gain EVs which will make it not accurate unless you know how many EVs it has gained.
Personally I use this: http://www.metalkid.info/Pokemon/Calculators/IV.aspx
Though the Psypokes one is simpler and is probably better for you.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
The "spread" is all the possible IV's it could have. Because it's a low level Pokemon, the IV's still aren't clear. The higher level the Pokemon the easier the IV's are to figure out.
That's just an over detailed calculator. Since it's low level, the spread means his IV might by any of those numbers with the bold ones having a higher chance of occurring as you level him up. Of course, at that point in time you're going to have to take EVs into account unless you use rare candies, which you probably won't.
And this is the one from Psypoke. Still not sure if it's good, guess it will become more apparent when it's a higher level? (though I won't know what the EVs are by then, though Super Training still works like in XY right? So I can reset EVs there I think)
edit: Thanks for the answers btw. Not concentrated on IVs before. Last gen, I learned a lot about EVs and EV training but never bothered with IVs so I'm trying to learn a bit about this now.
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Yes you can reset the EVs later.
I'm guessing it's for story, but either way, his attack is too low to be considered good.
Ya it's mainly for story but we're making an effort to learn about this stuff early on. Helps if we want to build a competitive team during post-game.
I wouldn't worry so much about it. I skipped the competitive aspect of Pokemon until I finished XY's story. It's easy to get once you start learning how to breed. Worrying about it early in the game is going to, in my opinion, negatively affect your enjoyment of the game. You'll be too busy hunting Pokemon with beneficial natures, good moves, etc.
Aaronrules380
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Not actually true, since the little personality thing in the profile also gives info on the best stat
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
If it's for story then it really doesn't matter, you can use a Pokemon with 0's across the board if you like. It's okay if you're just doing this to figure stuff out though, remember that resetting EV's makes your Pokemon somewhat weaker as it loses a bunch of stats.
Oh yea, you're right. I completely forget about that since I'm so used to having to catch Pokemon with some guaranteed perfect IVs lol.
For Taillow, you want high IVs on Attack and Speed. Most of the time, you can tell what a Pokemon needs by looking at its base stats.
Getting into competitive Pokemon is a lot of fun. It looks really difficult, but it's actually quite easy once everything clicks for you. It certainly helps a lot to slowly read on the mechanics as you play the game but it's not necessary for the story.
Spinosaurus
Member
Look like the ghost girl of this game was found
http://kotaku.com/you-probably-missed-pokemons-new-ghost-girl-1666207662
http://kotaku.com/you-probably-missed-pokemons-new-ghost-girl-1666207662
Probably. If it is on Route 125 (or my old one in Route 119 I think), then it probably is me. I've read people saying it adds secret bases for people who are in your friends list.
Maintenance
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Oh snap, nice.
Oh, I didn't know that. It's the one near Fortree. Pretty cool that it's not just strangers!
Jeff Vader
Member
Who did I offend to not only be sick since Monday but to also not manage to get a green Registeel.
Spinosaurus
Member
Carvanha evolved and my Pink Sharpedo (more like purple which is even better) is doing WORK
Ice Fanging Winona's Gym like it's nothing.
Ice Fanging Winona's Gym like it's nothing.
NormalFish
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I too am sick, and have not found a green Registeel. COINCIDENCE!?
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Holy shit me too, uncanny stuff.
Btw
That Wally fight OMG
THAT MUSIC
Jeff Vader
Member
Is that you Hoopa? D: