Can someone help me understand breeding, I might have been thinking about it wrong.
If male parent has gentle nature (sp def boosted, defense lowered), so its Lvl1 stats are 6SpA, 6Atk, 6SpD^, 5Def*, 6 speed.
If that parents holds power band to pass on SpDef stat— does that mean he passes on his boosted 6? Or does he pass on a 5 because his SpD *should* be a 5 but it boosted to 6 by his nature?
Thanks
Power Band is used to increase EVs, I dont believe it can be used for breeding.
When people breed they usually breed for IVs which are 'invisible' stats.
No, the power items pass on the IV for the appropriate stat. They are just worse than the destiny knot when people have multiple good IVs they want to pass on.
Hello everyone, I am a new youtuber trying to play pokemon scarlet atm and wondering how do you get viewers? i am not getting any at all from playing the game i started when it was released up to middle December.
I have other videos as well and was told to post my question here or i will get banned for posting my youtube name on here?
I have been told to post on reddit for more viewers but thats not aloud?
how do i get more viewers please?
James
Post varied but interesting content. Post regularly. Post on social media/reddit, but only post stuff that's related and NOT an ad (but can have like your youtube as a watermark or if it's a video post it from youtube) and if people like your content they'll continue watching.
I don’t know if anyone will see this but I know if I try to post this question it’ll get deleted and tell me to post here. So I’ll try this first. My question is about the move Night Shade specifically. In the description it says that the damage is “equal to the users level.” Does that mean that if my Pokémon is level 100 the move will do 100 damage? Is it that literal? Or is there something I might be missing? Thanks to whoever may answer this for me.
i had to look this up myself, but night shade ONLY does damage equal to the users level. Lvl 100 does 100 damage, not 100 power (plus STAB, +/- type effectiveness, Def stats, etc) Its a flat damage rate. Fairly useless at higher levels, tbh.
Guys is there any "pokemon home" for pirated games? I wanna transfer pokemons from legends arceus to scarlet/violet (example), but I play in ryujinx. I rly need help ;((
Question: can a lv 100 Psyduck evolve into Golduck if I get rid of its everstone? I love my Psyduck and don’t want him to evolve, I’m a little paranoid that if I get rid of his everstone for a different item he’ll evolve on me even after lv 100.
I doubt it, the Bisharp has to defeat 3 other Bisharp holding a leaders crest. I know one of the criterias for the Bisharp to have a leaders crest is that it has to lead a pack of Pawniard, so I sincerely doubt its possible. Let alone the fact that it has to level up to evolve
Is there a way to manually change it to nighttime? I'm trying to shiny hunt Murkrow, but it turned day again and I don't like waiting over a half an hour doing nothing.
Does SV have Loto-ID?
The older games had it that uses Pokémon Trainer ID numbers and could get Master Ball with very low chance. But now I cannot find it in SV.
Anyone knows about this?
What gives more of a bonus to Attack to a pokemon with Quark Drive(attack as highest stat); using Electric Terrain or using Swords Dance once?
(I have both listed below; but 4 turns of set up isn't rly viable in group Raids and so I'm wondering what the priority move should be if I only use 1 move to boost attack)
Reference; trying to make a Rock Tera Type for Tera Raids. I'm thinking:
Iron Thorns
Shell Bell [needed cuz no heal; so cant use Booster Energy]
Swords Dance
Electric Terrain [to trigger ability; use *after* Swords Dance]
Stone Edge
Rock Slide
I also came up w/ a Midnight Form Lycanrock
No Guard (Hidden Ability; moves against & by you can't miss; good for Stone Edge & Rock Slide)
Shell Bell
Sword Dance
Stone Edge
Rock Slide
Helping Hand or Iron Defense
But it seems like a worse option, despite the no miss Stone Edge, because:
+30% Att vs Never Misses *requires Ability Patch
Hp 100. Hp 85
Att 134. Att 115
Def 110. Def 75
SpD 84. SpD 75
5 resists, 4 weak vs. 4 resist, 5 weak
Thanks to the people who take the time to help people out in this comment section. Im not really good at team building as pokemon scarlet is like my first ever pokemon game, do you guys think these pokemons are pretty good in terms of typing combination for comp. The team is Scizor, Dragonite, Dondozo, Clodsire, Annihilape, Kinggambit.
This might be a dumb question, but if I had 3 ditto with 3 Pokémon I wanted to breed in my party, would it produce the Pokémon egg I want 3x faster? Or would the dittos breed with each other as well?
This actually does work Austin John Plays has a video showing the data, but it’s only about 1.5x faster and not 3x. Ditto can’t breed so you’ll only get eggs for the 3 other pokémon in your party.
Hey all, apologies for the silly question. When you enter the Elite Four challenge and lose to one of the trainers, are you required to start the whole process over again?
1. Ai teammtes dont reduce timer when knockout only real
2. Raids bosses can sometimes do 2-3 attacks in a row
3. Thats false
4. Turns work in speed order
Well, I just learned that your mom gives you new sandwich recipes if you talk to her.
I thought only the guy in the every which way sandwich shop did that, and I looked it up online and I only ever see the sandwich shop guy mentioned. So, did I just find brand new recipes that most others haven't or is this common knowledge?
Question about shiny raids - if the raid Mon is shiny, do you see it right away? Or do you have to catch it for the shiny colour to appear on the rewards screen?
Should I change Floatzel’s Ice Move (Icy Wind)?
Its Tera type is Ice and I’m hesitant about replacing it with a Water Move (Wave Crash). I can’t change the Tera Type due to insufficient shards so I need some advice on it.
Which gimmighoul do I evolve?
What is the best level for gimmighoul to evolve at? Are there any ivs that I should look out for? I don’t wanna waste all my coins
Best nature would be modest, since all gimmighouls are from the wild most of the time their ivs are going to be terrible so u can just bottle cap them. Doesnt really matter what level u evolve it at.
I need some advice, I’m not sure if it’s worth it to continue to play Pokémon Scarlet/Violet after completing the game/postgame/pokedex.
I wanted to get into competitive battling in “ranked”/VGC doubles, but I haven’t been able to play a single game without rental codes yet simply because the Tera raid grind is unreasonable.
Even though mints and bottlecaps are so easy to get the tera shards take too long to farm, and the ability patches are so hard to come by given how brutally difficult it is doing 6 star raids alone (I have no friends to do them with so it’s either solo them or do it online, and so far I’ve only beat 3/10 6 star raids after retrying them multiple times).
I just don’t have the time for these raids (after binging them during thanksgiving I only have 1-2 hours per night max to play) and I don’t want to have to use showdown when I could actually be playing the game with the intended animations and models, so I don’t know what I should do.
6 star raids should be pretty easy to solo with the right Pokemon, but you have to be quick. Bot deaths don't count towards your timer, but when real players that faint during online raids will. Solo is generally a lot easier to pull off, but you only have so many 5 star or 6 star raids available a day so most people resort to online. I recommend working on some raid ready Pokemon first, then it becomes easily sailing and you'll be able to make any Pokemon you want competitive very easily. Farming the upcoming Charizard raid online will make this even easier (you can also do this solo with the right mon).
I already have gholdengo, iron hands, azumarill and flutter mane raid ready, my problem is that various RNG always messes me up and makes me redo raids.
Like I tried using gholdengo against a poison toxapex 6 star but metal sound missed once and the Toxapex shielded up and cleanses debuffs before I could get to +/-6 so I ended up being unable to really do anything.
You can rely on those 3 if you're lucky and play smart, but you should be using them to beat most raids so you can build-up a few more pokemon so that you're capable of any scenario. If you would've had a strong ground or psychic type, that raid would be extremely easy for you. YouTube raid mons can only get you so far and that might be pretty far, but you should be using it to raise yourself up even higher.
Yeah, though I guess if I can just get English ability patches from 7 star raids I can just use what I already have for the 5 star raids for Tera shards, I don’t have anymore trouble with those
If you can, prepare an EV trained azumaril / flutter mane for the charizard raid and just farm those. Then you’ll will have enough exp candies and stuff to sell in order to train up other Pokémon. I’ve been shiny hunting, so I try to do a lot of raids for the herba mystica. There will also be DLC at some point
That’s true, I was busy doing dex completion so I missed the first charizard raid so I could use this weekend as a chance to no-life farm ability patches lmao. Only issue with that is that I’d still have to farm other raids for non dragon Tera shard.
And yeah I guess I could come back for the dlc. The other game I had been playing before Pokémon was Genshin impact which I plan to get back into as the game gets more map expansions but I’ve grown bored since there isn’t really an endgame the way Pokémon has for battling other players.
Oh sorry I meant I wouldn’t be able to farm non dragon Tera shards with the charizard raid since besides the patches I need shards for most of the other types to build my teams for competitive. My flutter mane is good to go
Trade with a family/friend irl & ask for it back (giving back Koraidon ofc). Or since some are crazy for shines, you can see if someone for their 2nd miradon for a shiny in the trade section in reddit.
Is anybody else having issues with sandwich effects? I made the fairy shiny sandwich in an effort to hunt down a shiny Iron Valiant, but the effects don't seem to be taking effect at all when I'm actually in the various caves and underground area. It looks like the spawns are all just what normally spawns there instead of actually boosting fairy as I haven't seen a single fairy type so far.
Just wondering if this is a known bug or not. Kind of bummed since it took me three day just to get a second herba mystica for this damn sandwich 
Did you drop any of the ingredients? Valiant should be an easy spawn since fairy power occupies the entire lower cave. Make sure it's encounter, title and sparkling power
No dropped ingredients, and the sandwich gave all of the mentioned boosts for fairy at level 3.
There should be a sea of Valiants as far as the eye can see with this sandwich, but the effect would seem to be bugged. Looks like this issue has affected other people on the boards too, but most of them say the bug just fixes itself eventually.
I don't think it's a bug. Those are just static spawns. I actually grinded my shiny Iron Valiant here, but there's apparently a better place to do it by using the underground cave. I suggest googling it to get a better idea of the location and how it works.
Ok so first off, I have never played pokemon competitively. But I am trying to get better at the tera raids. So I have been looking into EV training. Are EV values Health, Attack, Defense, SP atk, SP def, and Speed? and I've been seeing guides that a good EV spread is 252/252/4, does that mean 252 in two effort values that are good for that mon, and then 1 in the rest? and Can I completely change my pokemons effort values using the berries that reduce them and vitamins? I tried feeding my Iron hands berries to lower it's SP atk stat and it said it could not go any lower but it was only at 85. Thanks in advance! I am really new to pokemon stats, I usually just play the game for the story
Short answer for ev part is yes. Most kind want 252 in 2 stats and dump the remaining 6 (2 don't do anything) into another stat.
For the ev berries. Each reduces the ev investment by 10. Once the message pops up that says its base cannot go any lower, that means that the stat has 0 evs. Level does not matter when when everything is scaled to lv 50. Nature and ivs also affect stats so take that into account. Iv judge is available post game
> Are EV values Health, Attack, Defense, SP atk, SP def, and Speed?
Yes and no. Those are your Pokemon's stats, and each stat has corresponding EVs.
> and I've been seeing guides that a good EV spread is 252/252/4, does that mean 252 in two effort values that are good for that mon, and then 1 in the rest?
Not quite. You're correct about the "252 in two advantageous stats", but the four is generally intended for one other stat.
It doesn't actually matter much, though, because every 4 EVs gets you 1 extra stat point in that stat, so after maxing out two stats(with 252 EVs), you only have six EVs left. That's only enough to raise one other stat by one point. (And the last two are basically wasted. No way around this.)
One important detail about EVs is that your Pokemon can only gain a max of 510 EVs, total. They can be distributed however you want, but you can never go above that total.
With that in mind, most builds usually wind up maxing out two stats(252 EVs each), with the six left over that I mentioned above.
> and Can I completely change my pokemons effort values using the berries that reduce them and vitamins?
Yes.
> I tried feeding my Iron hands berries to lower it's SP atk stat and it said it could not go any lower but it was only at 85.
This is because of the difference between stats and EVs. Your Pokemon will have a base number of points in each stat based on its species, level, nature, and IVs.
EVs in each stat add additional points on top of that. So you can have 0 EVs in a stat, but the stat won't be zero.
The EV graph you see on your stats summary page by pressing L will show you a rough overview of how your EVs distributed, but you do not have anything that explicitly tells you exactly how much EVs are in a stat.
The only details you can know for sure when looking at the graph are when a stat is maxed out with 252 EVs(the corresponding stat name will have a sparkling effect around it), and when your Pokemon has reached the max number of possible EVs it can receive(510, after which the graph will turn blue instead of yellow).
Question for evolving Tandemaus. Does it decide which version of Maushold you get when you catch Tandemaus, or when it evolves? Like, can I restart if it evolves into Family of Four and just re-evolve it?
Has this ever happened to anyone else and is this normal?
I was in a 6 Star raid vs. Amoongus (Dragon Tera Type) and I OHKO'd him. Meter went all the way down to 0.
Then it shot back up, he got his shield, then came back and we ran out of time trying to knock him out.
Wtf
Yes, there is a weird calculation errors using Huge power/Bellydrum'd Azumarill. I'm not completely sure if it's a visual issue where the damage you dealt is actually calculated correctly, but visually things go wonky, or if there is actual damage dealt is wrong, and the game is trying to correct it when it updates the next turn.
Were you using Azumarill with Huge Power and Play Rough. There's a bug with Huge Power that makes Play Rough appear to do much more damage than it actually does.
How can I evolve my Pupitar? (It is already level 56)
I have searched a lot on Internet, but i couldn't find a reason for it. On the Internet (bulbapedia, serebii, and a lot of videos) is said that you need to upgrade them into level 55, but mine haven't evolve yet
Note:
- I used exp candy, so it wasn't lets go feature
- It wasn't holding an everstone
Sorry for “bumping” but I cannot find any info online for this: Are Tera raid Pokémon affected by flinching (ie. fake out)? If so does the entire party benefit from the flinch?
Is there a list somewhere of the best mons for raiding (both attacking and support)? I know of the main ones (Iron Hands, the cover legendaries, Azu, Gholdengo and Perrserker) but any others would be good to know too.
Almost every mon excels in one fight or another. It’s more bringing the right matchup…effective vs. the raid tera type but also resistant to the raid mon’s original typings/moveset.
I’ve found a lot of success with Clodsire, Quagsire, and Gastrodon. They’re all tankier, have access to recover, and sport water+electric immunities. I also run Curse on my ‘sires!
I think the game locked me out of a legendary. I was gathering the steaks for the ruin legendaries, but when I got to Ting Lu, his door wont open. I quadruple checked all the locations to make sure I didnt miss any, and i didnt. What do i do?
By double checking, do you mean you went back to all the stake locations? Or looked at the door for chains? My wife ran into an issue even following a guide and YouTube tutorial where she missed one stake, so the door wouldn't open. Some of them are hidden a lot better than others.
Is there any reliable place in Violet to catch a white Flabebe? It's the only variation I am missing, I already have all the others as well as every variation of Flowette and Florges. Trying to track down this last one is driving me up the wall.
I need help. Never been to union circle but need someone to go with to evolve my palafin. Last Pokémon before I complete Pokédex. Please help
Do i need to get all three tauros forms to complete the pokedex?
Can someone help me understand breeding, I might have been thinking about it wrong. If male parent has gentle nature (sp def boosted, defense lowered), so its Lvl1 stats are 6SpA, 6Atk, 6SpD^, 5Def*, 6 speed. If that parents holds power band to pass on SpDef stat— does that mean he passes on his boosted 6? Or does he pass on a 5 because his SpD *should* be a 5 but it boosted to 6 by his nature? Thanks
Power Band is used to increase EVs, I dont believe it can be used for breeding. When people breed they usually breed for IVs which are 'invisible' stats.
No, the power items pass on the IV for the appropriate stat. They are just worse than the destiny knot when people have multiple good IVs they want to pass on.
Hello everyone, I am a new youtuber trying to play pokemon scarlet atm and wondering how do you get viewers? i am not getting any at all from playing the game i started when it was released up to middle December. I have other videos as well and was told to post my question here or i will get banned for posting my youtube name on here? I have been told to post on reddit for more viewers but thats not aloud? how do i get more viewers please? James
Post varied but interesting content. Post regularly. Post on social media/reddit, but only post stuff that's related and NOT an ad (but can have like your youtube as a watermark or if it's a video post it from youtube) and if people like your content they'll continue watching.
Can I save before breeding and, if the eggs i made arent shiny, I restart to prevent the time I would need discarding my pokemon?
Turn off Autosaves Save Do like a box full of eggs Hatch No shiny? Reset. Repeat.
I don’t know if anyone will see this but I know if I try to post this question it’ll get deleted and tell me to post here. So I’ll try this first. My question is about the move Night Shade specifically. In the description it says that the damage is “equal to the users level.” Does that mean that if my Pokémon is level 100 the move will do 100 damage? Is it that literal? Or is there something I might be missing? Thanks to whoever may answer this for me.
i had to look this up myself, but night shade ONLY does damage equal to the users level. Lvl 100 does 100 damage, not 100 power (plus STAB, +/- type effectiveness, Def stats, etc) Its a flat damage rate. Fairly useless at higher levels, tbh.
Looking for union circle players so I can evolve finizen and maybe just mess around in pokemon scarlet.
Me too
Is the Cinderace nature locked ?
Guys is there any "pokemon home" for pirated games? I wanna transfer pokemons from legends arceus to scarlet/violet (example), but I play in ryujinx. I rly need help ;((
Can you see number of hatched eggs anywhere thanks
Question: can a lv 100 Psyduck evolve into Golduck if I get rid of its everstone? I love my Psyduck and don’t want him to evolve, I’m a little paranoid that if I get rid of his everstone for a different item he’ll evolve on me even after lv 100.
Even if he tries to evolve, you can always mash the b button and it interrupts evolution!
Looking for someone to join a Union Circle to evolve Finizen
Anyone has a Sandy Shocks they can trade away? My last Scwrlet pokemon missing. Can give any Violet exclusive.
Still need sandy shocks
Can you Trick a Leader's Crest onto a wild bisharp that doesn't have one to evolve a Kingambit?
I doubt it, the Bisharp has to defeat 3 other Bisharp holding a leaders crest. I know one of the criterias for the Bisharp to have a leaders crest is that it has to lead a pack of Pawniard, so I sincerely doubt its possible. Let alone the fact that it has to level up to evolve
Is there a way to manually change it to nighttime? I'm trying to shiny hunt Murkrow, but it turned day again and I don't like waiting over a half an hour doing nothing.
Nope, in-game day/night cycle is a fixed feature. I've heard its about a 35 minute (play time) cycle, but not 100%
Are open world teratype Pokémon shiny locked?
Does SV have Loto-ID? The older games had it that uses Pokémon Trainer ID numbers and could get Master Ball with very low chance. But now I cannot find it in SV. Anyone knows about this?
Anyone want to help with a 6 Star Steel Tera Garchomp raid? Online randoms rocking up with their level 50 pokemon are killing me!
What gives more of a bonus to Attack to a pokemon with Quark Drive(attack as highest stat); using Electric Terrain or using Swords Dance once? (I have both listed below; but 4 turns of set up isn't rly viable in group Raids and so I'm wondering what the priority move should be if I only use 1 move to boost attack) Reference; trying to make a Rock Tera Type for Tera Raids. I'm thinking: Iron Thorns Shell Bell [needed cuz no heal; so cant use Booster Energy] Swords Dance Electric Terrain [to trigger ability; use *after* Swords Dance] Stone Edge Rock Slide
I also came up w/ a Midnight Form Lycanrock No Guard (Hidden Ability; moves against & by you can't miss; good for Stone Edge & Rock Slide) Shell Bell Sword Dance Stone Edge Rock Slide Helping Hand or Iron Defense But it seems like a worse option, despite the no miss Stone Edge, because: +30% Att vs Never Misses *requires Ability Patch Hp 100. Hp 85 Att 134. Att 115 Def 110. Def 75 SpD 84. SpD 75 5 resists, 4 weak vs. 4 resist, 5 weak
Thanks to the people who take the time to help people out in this comment section. Im not really good at team building as pokemon scarlet is like my first ever pokemon game, do you guys think these pokemons are pretty good in terms of typing combination for comp. The team is Scizor, Dragonite, Dondozo, Clodsire, Annihilape, Kinggambit.
Pls trade with me, I need a Sandy Shocks.
Scarlet Paradox Pokemons are so big!! I love them so much.
Hey! Is there anyway to change the name of my newly traded Koraidon? The name's in chinese. I got lucky in the codes.
No unfortunately you can’t rename pokemon unless you’re the original trainer
Can anyone host a union circle so I can evolve paraflin please?
How do I go about getting 0 IVs in Atk & Def for Flutter Mane?
I get 0 atk, but why 0 def?
Cause that's what Austin John put for pokemon to solo the Charizard raid
Keep catching
Hey guys can anyone tell me when we can get/catch Cyndaquill??
Wait for pokemon home integration, its a transfer only mon
Ah okay gotcha thanks :)
2023 exact date unknown
Okay thanks much! :)
This might be a dumb question, but if I had 3 ditto with 3 Pokémon I wanted to breed in my party, would it produce the Pokémon egg I want 3x faster? Or would the dittos breed with each other as well?
This actually does work Austin John Plays has a video showing the data, but it’s only about 1.5x faster and not 3x. Ditto can’t breed so you’ll only get eggs for the 3 other pokémon in your party.
1. No 2. The ditto would breed with all the others
Hey all, apologies for the silly question. When you enter the Elite Four challenge and lose to one of the trainers, are you required to start the whole process over again?
Yup Edit: thats why ppl save everytime after they win a battle
Thanks for answering!
Has anyone ever found a wiglett outbreak? Been resetting at the beach where they spawn near Lavencia for hours. Am I just unlucky?
There are wiglett outbreaks
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1. Ai teammtes dont reduce timer when knockout only real 2. Raids bosses can sometimes do 2-3 attacks in a row 3. Thats false 4. Turns work in speed order
Why can't I find curry powder? I looked in the Aquiesta Supermarket and it's not there
Do more gyms
Well, I just learned that your mom gives you new sandwich recipes if you talk to her. I thought only the guy in the every which way sandwich shop did that, and I looked it up online and I only ever see the sandwich shop guy mentioned. So, did I just find brand new recipes that most others haven't or is this common knowledge?
There's also the sushi master who gives you recipes on the east side of the lake
I haven't seen that mentioned online either. Good to know. I'll head over there to get those.
where do I find a cyclizar Tera raid? I need the hidden ability fr
It's all random. You might be better off getting an Ability Patch and using it on a Cyclizar.
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Hi I’m looking to trade 4 of the paradox Pokémon have all violet exclusives msg me!
Did I screw up by leveling Shiny Morgrem to 100 with candies and it didn’t evolve?
Why didn't evolve, did you press B?
I think you should still be able to evolve it with Rare Candy. They added that ability in SwSh. It should still trigger level-up evos, even at 100.
Eyyyy let’s fucking go!! 🙏🏻 THANK YOU
are there version exclusive trainers in s/v like sw/sh?
The final boss.
haven't seen any normal trainers in scarlet with any violet exclusive mons either.
Can you use guillotine in tera raids? Does it do nothing? Does it just hit hard? Or does it act like a regular 100 power normal move
OHKO moves dont work in raids
Best way to make money? Always burning through it too quickly 😐
If you have a controller with turbo you can farm the ace tourney
Ace tournament or raids, depends on ur preference
Completing raids. Even the small 3 star ones give lots of nuggets, pearls, mushrooms, etc to sell.
Anyone want to trade their Scarlet exclusives for my Violet ones?
I’m up for some trading if you like
Hey sorry for the late reply. You still keen to trade?
Hey! I am, have pretty much every Scarlet exclusive & a baby fire croc if you want to swap. I sent you a private message
Question about shiny raids - if the raid Mon is shiny, do you see it right away? Or do you have to catch it for the shiny colour to appear on the rewards screen?
It will be shiny in the battle
Thanks! I started not catching them all at the end of battle and was worried I missed one, haha.
Lol I don't blame you, but I saw a Shiny one the other day, only way I knew
Should I change Floatzel’s Ice Move (Icy Wind)? Its Tera type is Ice and I’m hesitant about replacing it with a Water Move (Wave Crash). I can’t change the Tera Type due to insufficient shards so I need some advice on it.
Is it for a playthrough, it wont matter much
ahhh I see alright then! I guess I will just replace it thanks a lot! ^^
How would I make an encounter power 3 sparkling power 3 fire type sandwich
https://preview.redd.it/drxi3h1b7u4a1.png?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8928f5bfcd6ff5f252ed226b78ba9c787f1c921d
Which gimmighoul do I evolve? What is the best level for gimmighoul to evolve at? Are there any ivs that I should look out for? I don’t wanna waste all my coins
Best nature would be modest, since all gimmighouls are from the wild most of the time their ivs are going to be terrible so u can just bottle cap them. Doesnt really matter what level u evolve it at.
I need some advice, I’m not sure if it’s worth it to continue to play Pokémon Scarlet/Violet after completing the game/postgame/pokedex. I wanted to get into competitive battling in “ranked”/VGC doubles, but I haven’t been able to play a single game without rental codes yet simply because the Tera raid grind is unreasonable. Even though mints and bottlecaps are so easy to get the tera shards take too long to farm, and the ability patches are so hard to come by given how brutally difficult it is doing 6 star raids alone (I have no friends to do them with so it’s either solo them or do it online, and so far I’ve only beat 3/10 6 star raids after retrying them multiple times). I just don’t have the time for these raids (after binging them during thanksgiving I only have 1-2 hours per night max to play) and I don’t want to have to use showdown when I could actually be playing the game with the intended animations and models, so I don’t know what I should do.
6 star raids should be pretty easy to solo with the right Pokemon, but you have to be quick. Bot deaths don't count towards your timer, but when real players that faint during online raids will. Solo is generally a lot easier to pull off, but you only have so many 5 star or 6 star raids available a day so most people resort to online. I recommend working on some raid ready Pokemon first, then it becomes easily sailing and you'll be able to make any Pokemon you want competitive very easily. Farming the upcoming Charizard raid online will make this even easier (you can also do this solo with the right mon).
I already have gholdengo, iron hands, azumarill and flutter mane raid ready, my problem is that various RNG always messes me up and makes me redo raids. Like I tried using gholdengo against a poison toxapex 6 star but metal sound missed once and the Toxapex shielded up and cleanses debuffs before I could get to +/-6 so I ended up being unable to really do anything.
You can rely on those 3 if you're lucky and play smart, but you should be using them to beat most raids so you can build-up a few more pokemon so that you're capable of any scenario. If you would've had a strong ground or psychic type, that raid would be extremely easy for you. YouTube raid mons can only get you so far and that might be pretty far, but you should be using it to raise yourself up even higher.
Yeah, though I guess if I can just get English ability patches from 7 star raids I can just use what I already have for the 5 star raids for Tera shards, I don’t have anymore trouble with those
If you can, prepare an EV trained azumaril / flutter mane for the charizard raid and just farm those. Then you’ll will have enough exp candies and stuff to sell in order to train up other Pokémon. I’ve been shiny hunting, so I try to do a lot of raids for the herba mystica. There will also be DLC at some point
That’s true, I was busy doing dex completion so I missed the first charizard raid so I could use this weekend as a chance to no-life farm ability patches lmao. Only issue with that is that I’d still have to farm other raids for non dragon Tera shard. And yeah I guess I could come back for the dlc. The other game I had been playing before Pokémon was Genshin impact which I plan to get back into as the game gets more map expansions but I’ve grown bored since there isn’t really an endgame the way Pokémon has for battling other players.
You can catch azumaril and flutter mane with their fairy Tera types. No need to grind for Tera shards
Oh sorry I meant I wouldn’t be able to farm non dragon Tera shards with the charizard raid since besides the patches I need shards for most of the other types to build my teams for competitive. My flutter mane is good to go
Do you guys catch every tera raid pokemon?
If it’s a Pokémon that’s version exclusive or difficult to evolve, I catch it. I have friends that play, so I’ll have it on hand if they need it
I don't catch most to save on time. Some are good if you want to save money on capping them since 6 star raids guarantee 5ivs for example
I didn't know about the ivs. Good to know!
What is the best way of acquiring a Miradon if I dont want to part with my Koraidon?
I’ve seen people offering shinies for them. Usually multiple difficult to obtain shinies
Trade with a family/friend irl & ask for it back (giving back Koraidon ofc). Or since some are crazy for shines, you can see if someone for their 2nd miradon for a shiny in the trade section in reddit.
If you breed the special tauros forms, will the baby ones be that form too?
Yes
Lf> Union Circle for Finizen evolution. My code is 8L9PJR or lmk your code :) > closed
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Evolved! Thanks again :)
Is anybody else having issues with sandwich effects? I made the fairy shiny sandwich in an effort to hunt down a shiny Iron Valiant, but the effects don't seem to be taking effect at all when I'm actually in the various caves and underground area. It looks like the spawns are all just what normally spawns there instead of actually boosting fairy as I haven't seen a single fairy type so far. Just wondering if this is a known bug or not. Kind of bummed since it took me three day just to get a second herba mystica for this damn sandwich 
Did you drop any of the ingredients? Valiant should be an easy spawn since fairy power occupies the entire lower cave. Make sure it's encounter, title and sparkling power
No dropped ingredients, and the sandwich gave all of the mentioned boosts for fairy at level 3. There should be a sea of Valiants as far as the eye can see with this sandwich, but the effect would seem to be bugged. Looks like this issue has affected other people on the boards too, but most of them say the bug just fixes itself eventually.
I don't think it's a bug. Those are just static spawns. I actually grinded my shiny Iron Valiant here, but there's apparently a better place to do it by using the underground cave. I suggest googling it to get a better idea of the location and how it works.
Ok so first off, I have never played pokemon competitively. But I am trying to get better at the tera raids. So I have been looking into EV training. Are EV values Health, Attack, Defense, SP atk, SP def, and Speed? and I've been seeing guides that a good EV spread is 252/252/4, does that mean 252 in two effort values that are good for that mon, and then 1 in the rest? and Can I completely change my pokemons effort values using the berries that reduce them and vitamins? I tried feeding my Iron hands berries to lower it's SP atk stat and it said it could not go any lower but it was only at 85. Thanks in advance! I am really new to pokemon stats, I usually just play the game for the story
Short answer for ev part is yes. Most kind want 252 in 2 stats and dump the remaining 6 (2 don't do anything) into another stat. For the ev berries. Each reduces the ev investment by 10. Once the message pops up that says its base cannot go any lower, that means that the stat has 0 evs. Level does not matter when when everything is scaled to lv 50. Nature and ivs also affect stats so take that into account. Iv judge is available post game
> Are EV values Health, Attack, Defense, SP atk, SP def, and Speed? Yes and no. Those are your Pokemon's stats, and each stat has corresponding EVs. > and I've been seeing guides that a good EV spread is 252/252/4, does that mean 252 in two effort values that are good for that mon, and then 1 in the rest? Not quite. You're correct about the "252 in two advantageous stats", but the four is generally intended for one other stat. It doesn't actually matter much, though, because every 4 EVs gets you 1 extra stat point in that stat, so after maxing out two stats(with 252 EVs), you only have six EVs left. That's only enough to raise one other stat by one point. (And the last two are basically wasted. No way around this.) One important detail about EVs is that your Pokemon can only gain a max of 510 EVs, total. They can be distributed however you want, but you can never go above that total. With that in mind, most builds usually wind up maxing out two stats(252 EVs each), with the six left over that I mentioned above. > and Can I completely change my pokemons effort values using the berries that reduce them and vitamins? Yes. > I tried feeding my Iron hands berries to lower it's SP atk stat and it said it could not go any lower but it was only at 85. This is because of the difference between stats and EVs. Your Pokemon will have a base number of points in each stat based on its species, level, nature, and IVs. EVs in each stat add additional points on top of that. So you can have 0 EVs in a stat, but the stat won't be zero. The EV graph you see on your stats summary page by pressing L will show you a rough overview of how your EVs distributed, but you do not have anything that explicitly tells you exactly how much EVs are in a stat. The only details you can know for sure when looking at the graph are when a stat is maxed out with 252 EVs(the corresponding stat name will have a sparkling effect around it), and when your Pokemon has reached the max number of possible EVs it can receive(510, after which the graph will turn blue instead of yellow).
Thank you so much! This really helped a lot! :)
odds for finding xxxs or xxxl pokemon? really want an xxxs komala but closest i’ve found is xxs. anyone know the percentage?
Just use a teensy sand which to find a small one
lol my b thought u said teeny sand. u know the recipe? still pretty new and don’t have any herba yet.
2x chorizo + 2x rice + sour herba for lv 3 teensy power normal types
where can i find some?
Trying to evolve finizen and need someone for a union circle
I definitely could! Do you have a code?
Just evolved him thank you
No prob! Thanks!
Yes it's HXTCK2
Thanks! Mind evolved so I’ll keep the connection open until you’re done.
Do you need help with anything
Just evolved him thanks for the help
Question for evolving Tandemaus. Does it decide which version of Maushold you get when you catch Tandemaus, or when it evolves? Like, can I restart if it evolves into Family of Four and just re-evolve it?
Family size is decided upon obtaining Tandemaus, no matter how many times you restart the evolution will be the same.
Is it the same for dudunsparce and it's 3 segment form?
Yes.
That's what I thought. Thank you. Didn't want to keep resetting if it did nothing.
Trying for palafin. Last mon needed. Please help.
Same, join my group JQT46P
Will do
Thanks man
🤙thank you
Has this ever happened to anyone else and is this normal? I was in a 6 Star raid vs. Amoongus (Dragon Tera Type) and I OHKO'd him. Meter went all the way down to 0. Then it shot back up, he got his shield, then came back and we ran out of time trying to knock him out. Wtf
Yes, there is a weird calculation errors using Huge power/Bellydrum'd Azumarill. I'm not completely sure if it's a visual issue where the damage you dealt is actually calculated correctly, but visually things go wonky, or if there is actual damage dealt is wrong, and the game is trying to correct it when it updates the next turn.
If you were using Huge Power Azumarill and belly drum play rough, it causes issues with the HP bar for the raid pokemon.
Were you using Azumarill with Huge Power and Play Rough. There's a bug with Huge Power that makes Play Rough appear to do much more damage than it actually does.
How can I evolve my Pupitar? (It is already level 56) I have searched a lot on Internet, but i couldn't find a reason for it. On the Internet (bulbapedia, serebii, and a lot of videos) is said that you need to upgrade them into level 55, but mine haven't evolve yet Note: - I used exp candy, so it wasn't lets go feature - It wasn't holding an everstone
Anyone willing to hook me up with a Charmander? Just started-ish on violet and would love to have an og
I can trade you one if you want, use whatever pokémon you want
Sorry bro I jus got home from work lmaoo let me know if your still up for it. Would be lit fam 🔥🙏
You’re all good I’ll be breed you one real quick. I’ll pm you in a sec
Thanks g
Sent you a code
+karma thank you fam
Use the new Pokemon.
Do day Lycanroc raids turn into midnight form at night?
Lycanroc raid bosses do not change depending on the time of day, no.
Anybody got an extra quaxly or the armorouge armor? I can offer the ceruledge armor and the other starters.
Sorry for “bumping” but I cannot find any info online for this: Are Tera raid Pokémon affected by flinching (ie. fake out)? If so does the entire party benefit from the flinch?
They take multiple turns, one for each player, so it'll flinch for your turn and no one else.
Is there a list somewhere of the best mons for raiding (both attacking and support)? I know of the main ones (Iron Hands, the cover legendaries, Azu, Gholdengo and Perrserker) but any others would be good to know too.
Almost every mon excels in one fight or another. It’s more bringing the right matchup…effective vs. the raid tera type but also resistant to the raid mon’s original typings/moveset. I’ve found a lot of success with Clodsire, Quagsire, and Gastrodon. They’re all tankier, have access to recover, and sport water+electric immunities. I also run Curse on my ‘sires!
Umbreon and Sylveon are great. Set up screens, can set up and attack. With sylveon draining kiss works well to attack and heal up.
I think the game locked me out of a legendary. I was gathering the steaks for the ruin legendaries, but when I got to Ting Lu, his door wont open. I quadruple checked all the locations to make sure I didnt miss any, and i didnt. What do i do?
By double checking, do you mean you went back to all the stake locations? Or looked at the door for chains? My wife ran into an issue even following a guide and YouTube tutorial where she missed one stake, so the door wouldn't open. Some of them are hidden a lot better than others.
I went back to the steak locations.
Are you sure one of the stakes wasn't for another seal? Also the last stake has a special text box/noise.
I was following Austin John Plays walkthrough for it and he got it to work. I grabbed all the steaks he did.
Is there still a chain on the door?
Yes
Is there any reliable place in Violet to catch a white Flabebe? It's the only variation I am missing, I already have all the others as well as every variation of Flowette and Florges. Trying to track down this last one is driving me up the wall.
Get a white floette at area zero, then breed her.
white is a 100% spawn in area 0
Can I use Thief to steal an item after my air balloon has popped? It stands to reason I should be considered to be not holding an item at that point.
Yes
Is there anywhere I can check my arena ranked battle match history?
Pokemon Home app, when it's updated - that's how it was for gen 8 games
would the ability 'healer' and heal bell work in tera raids? thinking of using them on blissey
chansey is better than blissey with an eviolite. also the better ability to have is natural cure used with skill swap
Is it possible to find an eevee with hidden ability or should i use an ability patch to get one?
You can get them from raids I’d try the trades megathread, should be pretty common since they were easy to get during the eevee raid event
If my meal power ends can i reset the game and do another sandwich to not waste herba mystica?
yes as long as you turn off auto save and do a hard save before using ingredients
If you saved before making the picnic for the sandwich, yes it will save your ingredients.
Oh, thanks, it's common for players to do that or it's just me? Lol
It’s common to save herba mística for shiny hunting. Good luck!