Questions about Advanced Generation

[mr_pikachu]

Well, you could try using an IV calculator. You should be able to find some by using a search engine such as Google. However, since some IV calculators slightly disagree with one another, I am loathe to post a link and thereby risk giving a site whose calculator may not quite be accurate. I suggest you look on your own and find one that seems right to you.

Note that battling may skew the results, as your Pokemon could gain EVs in the process. For best results with trained Pokemon, you should probably use some of the berries which lower IVs. (On the berry's description, it should say that it "lowers base _____.") When you cannot use any more of those berries, it means that the given stat has been drained of all EVs. This means that you'll have to re-earn your EVs, but it can actually be very helpful, as you can carefully plan your EV distribution after you have access to more areas later in the game.

Another option is to talk to one of the old men in the Battle Frontier. I can't remember exactly where he is, but one of the men will be able to tell you how good your Pokemon is and what its best stats are. However, this will only give you a general feel for your Pokemon's strengths and weaknesses; it doesn't give you exact figures for anything. Still, it can be easier than an IV calculator, as you don't have to search online for it, and you don't have to drain your Pokemon's EVs to get an accurate assessment, either.

[SilverMaster]

I'll have to use the calculator cos i'm playing fire red.People keep telling me stuffs banned from battle events/buildings ect.. What is /isn't actually band

[mr_pikachu]

Well, "upper-tier" legendaries aren't allowed - this covers any legendary that isn't part of a trio (like the birds of RBY, the dogs of GSC, and the Regis of RSE). Also, some of the areas don't allow you to have two Pokemon with the same item, I believe, and the Battle Pyramid doesn't allow any items at all. Plus, none of your Pokemon can be of the same species, and they must all meet the level restrictions for the challenge you're making.

Beyond that, pretty much everything should be stated on the rules board for each event (found inside the building for each place, I believe). I hope that helps.

[SilverMaster]

I think this is the last one.For now anyway.I want to get a blissey fully trained but with this moveset:

Toxic
Softboiled
Double Edge
Protect

Or something along those line. But i don't know if this is actually any good or not.

Also, i just did a test on Sheer colds accuracy without mind reader.It's supposed to hit 1/3 times, but i managed to get it to hit 7 times in a row against level 46-60 pokemon, which the apparent odds are 1 in 2178. I tried it on a lv 85 poemon and it kept missing as the 30% accuracy suggests.Why

[rinku]

OHKO moves have a base 30% chance against pokémon of the same level. This chance is adjusted up or down if the opponent has a lower or higher level than the user.

Don't much like Double Edge on Blissey, as it has such a weak Attack stat. Even with STAB, it's a poor choice over a Special type attack. Its Special Attack stat is nominally 7.5 times its Attack stat! (this will naturally vary based on IVs, EVs and personality, but *no* Blissey will ever have an Attack that is considered really worthwhile).

Since Poison types are immune to Toxic (and there is no Dark type immune to poison as yet), Psychic is probably your best bet. Substitute is probably a better move than Protect generally, but Protect does go very well with Toxic.

[SilverMaster]

I was wrong when i said that would be the last question.How do you know what move is a special attack, and what move is just attack.I have a rough idea, but it might not be right

If you breed Shiny pokemon, are there offspring shiney aswell?
(shiney+shiney)(shiney+ordinary ditto)(shiney+ordinary)

[Sceptile_Master]

Well if you breed a shiny with a normal one or breed to shinys it will have the same chance of being a shiny as any old pokemon (in the advanced generation that is).

What decides a physical or special attack is quite simply the type of the move. Here is a list off the top of my head of the types and whether they are special or physical. Let me know if I miss any types.

Physical

normal
steel
poison
ground
rock
flying
fighting
ghost
bug

Special

grass
water
fire
psychic
dark
dragon
ice
electric

I think that's the lot. Hope that helped.

[mr_pikachu]

You should also know that sometimes whether an attack type is Physical or Special doesn't matter. For instance, moves that do nothing but change status work regardless of that (although some Pokemon are immune to certain status conditions, and others may be invulnerable to specific types of attacks like Ghost's invulnerability to Normal moves). Weather-changing moves are another example, as effects on the opposing Pokemon don't usually matter when it comes to simply altering the weather conditions. Basically, any move that has a Power rating (like 40 for Tackle, for instance) is affected by whether the move is a Physical or Special attack. If it doesn't have a Power rating, then that doesn't matter.

And on another note, I'm ashamed to find out now that Dark moves are Special attacks, while Ghost attacks are Physical. This explains so very, very much...

[Ceipe]

You can get all 380 (excluding Mew, Celebi, Deoxys, Jirachi, Ho-oh and Lugia, which are not required to complete the national 'dex and should be considered promotionals) with several combinations.

It can be done with Ruby, Sapphire, Leaf Green, Fire Red and Colosseum, for example.

It's also possible to get all 380 (plus Lugia and Ho-oh) with Emerald, either Fire Red or Leaf Green, Colosseum and XD.

Information like this should be pinned somewhere, there could be an FAQ on advanced generation where u should be able to se this (or at least that's what i think)

[rinku]

Another small note on attack types - those attacks that do fixed damage (Seismic Toss, Shockwave etc) effectively ignore type differences, except for immunity to their type. This can be useful to give a pokémon with weak attack stats some ability to deal HP damage, or to cover type weaknesses.

Counter is another attack that deals damage regardless of its user's stats, and is useful on Blissey (you need a Move Tutor to teach it).

[Poryhedron]

Another small note on attack types - those attacks that do fixed damage (Seismic Toss, Shockwave etc) effectively ignore type differences

Whoops! Shockwave isn't a set-damage move. Perhaps you were thinking of Psywave? That move's damage isn't really set either, but it does ignore the opponent's type. Other set-damage moves are Sonicboom, Dragon Rage and Night Shade.

[rinku]

Oops! I meant to say Sonic Boom (which "Launches shock waves that always inflict 20HP damage").

I'm always getting the two mixed up due to that colour text

[Gnight]

I don't think that total base stats is a very accurate gauge on how powerful a pokemon is. Deoxys may not be in the same tier as Lugia or ho-oh, but Deoxys in super-attack mode is freakin scary! He may be able to take Mewtwo's title as the most powerful pokemon in the world. However, in the VG realm, not being able to change forms at will is what's keeping him in check. Let's look at shedinja. It's total base stats are oly 236! Looking at that alone, it sounds pretty pathedic, right? Untill a big ****in Kyorge gets owned by one just because he doesn't know ancientpower(that's what I hate about the pokemon games. Damn pokemon are limited to 4 moves). Slaking, his base stats sum up to a staggering 670! And yet, he isnt that much of a threat. Traunt. 'Nuff said.

I think I've made my point. Look at more than just total base stats to determine just how formidable one pokemon can be.

[mr_pikachu]

Well, yes, there certainly are exceptions to the general rules. For instance, people who look at nothing but type strengths and weaknesses would fall in love with Sableye... at least until they got owned in every match. Slaking can blow you away... if it's not too busy lying around. Shedinja is awful... if your opponent can take advantage of a type weakness. In general, however, the traditional rules are pretty solid to at least build from in evaluating any given Pokemon. Other factors can certainly play a major part, but except for a few exceptions, the usual methods of evaluating Pokemon (types, movepools, stats, etc.) are pretty darn good.

[SilverMaster]

its funny they don't really battle the powerful legendaries on the films, to proove which one really is the most powerful.The only film i think they've mentioned it is mewtwo strikes back.

[Zallarion]

Does anyone know if Raikou counts as a legendrie, (or any of the cats/dogs or birds).

I thought there were only 8 legendarie though: Deoxy,Mew,Celebi,Lugia,Ho-oh Mewtwo,groundon,Kyrouge.

eerrhh.. rayquaza?

[Gnight]

eerrhh.. rayquaza?

If you're talking uber-ledendaries, SilverMaster has forgotten Jirachi.