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I still don't get IV's...

the more I try to understand it the less I understand.

are their 6 ivs for each stat or 6 for one pokemon?

none of the guides I'm reading are helping at any rate...
 

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I still don't get IV's...

the more I try to understand it the less I understand.

are their 6 ivs for each stat or 6 for one pokemon?

none of the guides I'm reading are helping at any rate...

Individual Values, or IVs are a kind of code that makes each Pokemon different. It is automatedly and mostly randomly generated by the form of Personality Value, but that's a different story. There are 6 different Individual Values, each for every stat. HP, Attack, Defence, Special Attack, Special Defence and Speed. They can vary from 0 to 31, so they have 32 different possible values. Although this is not a rule, from expierience, you can say that for a high level Pokemon, close to 100, the meaning of every value is +1 to each stat. So, the highest they are on the stat you need (for example Attack for a Garchomp) the most powerful your Pokemon is. Those are the basics. :p
 

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thanks ash that clears things up a bit...

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how do you determine a pokemon's IVs? do you guess away?

also,

when I was reading on serebii about how characteristics affect IVs

the first value was always zero, if not in ascending order

whats up with that?
 

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Another question... does Light Orb increase Special Attack for Raichu as well as Pikachu?
 

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Another question... does Light Orb increase Special Attack for Raichu as well as Pikachu?
Only Pikachu and as of Generation 4 it also doubles the Attack as well as Special Attack.
 

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thanks ash that clears things up a bit...

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how do you determine a pokemon's IVs? do you guess away?

You use an IV calculator.

also,

when I was reading on serebii about how characteristics affect IVs

the first value was always zero, if not in ascending order

whats up with that?

Bulbapedia said:
Characteristics are a new feature in Generation IV that indicates which stat contains a Pokémon's highest IV. It is displayed on the Pokémon's profile screen where its nature, date met, place met, and berry flavor preference are shown.

Characteristics.

0 is displayed first in the list because it's the lowest number possible (though it seems fairly unlikely that you'd have 0 IVs as your highest IVs in any stat).
 

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Just a quicky. Can anyone give me some tips on how to find Latios once it starts to run around on Emerald? I have looked and looked but can't find it anywhere! :(
 

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After encountering it once you will know its exact location by the info given in your pokédex. However as soon as you move from one route to another its location will change, so the best solution is to place yourself on the border of two routes and move between the two while checking your Dex to see where it currently is. Once it appears on the exact route you are currently on you should put on repel and wander through the grass or whatever squares that will cause random encounters.

Bulbapedia said:
Roaming Pokémon are a type of legendary Pokémon that, instead of remaining in one place as a special event, run around the region they appear in, seemingly randomly.

In addition to their changing of routes, something that happens every time the player enters or leaves a separate location, they also, on the first turn of battle, will attempt to flee. The only way to prevent this is to use a move such as Mean Look or have the Pokémon sent out have an ability such as Shadow Tag.

Most often, a trainer can use his or her Pokédex to check the ever-changing location of their target.
 

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thanks ash that clears things up a bit...

going deeper

how do you determine a pokemon's IVs? do you guess away?

also,

when I was reading on serebii about how characteristics affect IVs

the first value was always zero, if not in ascending order

whats up with that?

The Individual Values calculator provided will help you. Just to point out, however, your Pokemon has to be on a fairly high level if you want to have accurate results. Let's say 30 or 40. You get the picture on low levels too though. :p 15 should be fine to determine whether your Pokemon might turn out to have good IVs or not. Bare in mind that you have to insert the Effort Values it has obtained so far. That means that it's high unlikely that you could find the IVs of a Pokemon you randomly trained. :p I would suggest that you would use either Rare Candies to level them up to 15, or the Day Care Center. :mallet:

Also, I must add that the characteristics of your Pokemon, like "Mischievous.", or "Likes to thrash about", or "Hates to Loose." shows the highest Individual Value of your Pokemon. Check this, to see a full board of them. :p Let's say that if your Pokemon has 27/31 on Defence, this will be its higher IV, which translates into the fact that there is no way it will have more than 27 on any other stat. It will be 27 or more likely lower. So, when your Pokemon is categorised as "Mischievous." and the results of the IV Calculator show 27-31, let's say, it surely has 31 IVs on Special Attack. If the distance is longer though, like 20-31, you can't say, since it is either 20, 25 or 31. :p That's why you got to level up your Pokemon first. ;)

Also, the Individual Values are not generated completely randomly, in breeding at least. ;) When breeding, the Pokemon that comes from the Egg, has 3 Individual Values obtained from each parents. It can have 2 from father and 1 from mother or vive versa, or even all three from one parent, you can't say. That's however the reason you should better be using a high IV Ditto when breeding. For a Special Sweeper for example, a Timir or Modest Ditto with High Special Attack and Speed can even cut breeding time in half (actually MUUUUCH more :p).

Let us know if you have any more questions. :p
Good Luck! :)
 

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After encountering it once you will know its exact location by the info given in your pokédex. However as soon as you move from one route to another its location will change, so the best solution is to place yourself on the border of two routes and move between the two while checking your Dex to see where it currently is. Once it appears on the exact route you are currently on you should put on repel and wander through the grass or whatever squares that will cause random encounters.

Cheers for that. It helps a lot. The only problem now is that I haven't seen it once yet. Any tips on how to get the first spot.
 
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Well Latios is at level 40, so if you're using the repel trick, you need to make sure your lead pokemon is at level 39 or lower. To see Latios the first time, just do pretty much what Woingeanau suggested. Use repel and keep exiting and entering a route with pokemon at lower levels than your lead pokemon (so 38 or less), and run around in the grass a few times. Latios will show up quickly if he's there. If not, exit the route and try it again.

I have another question about Pokemon Ranch. Since the game likes to automatically save after everything that happens, is there any way to reset for a Mew with a good nature, once you get to that point in the game?
 

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do you have to fully train a pokemon before you calculate it's IV's?
 

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Back then, I dont remember which version that I played, I got to battle a trainer named Red, that looked like Ash with strong Pokemons, in some cave. My question is, do character like that exist in newer versions (Emerald/Fire Red/Diamond)? If they do, where can I find them?
 

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Red was in Silver/Gold/Crystal at Mt. Silver, I think. I don't recall him being in later versions.
 

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Well Latios is at level 40, so if you're using the repel trick, you need to make sure your lead pokemon is at level 39 or lower. To see Latios the first time, just do pretty much what Woingeanau suggested. Use repel and keep exiting and entering a route with pokemon at lower levels than your lead pokemon (so 38 or less), and run around in the grass a few times. Latios will show up quickly if he's there. If not, exit the route and try it again.

Thanks very much my problem was that my Pokes are high levels! I shall try this tonight! Thanks again to both yourself and Woingeanau
 
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Why don't Quick Balls and Timer Balls seem to work on legendaries? Would that make it too easy or something? Because Heatran's being a little asshole right now and not being caught, and the Timer Balls I'm using don't seem to have any effect
 

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Why don't Quick Balls and Timer Balls seem to work on legendaries? Would that make it too easy or something? Because Heatran's being a little asshole right now and not being caught, and the Timer Balls I'm using don't seem to have any effect

They do work it's just that legendaries have terrible catch rates try using dusk balls heatrans in a cave and they have 4X the chance of working in caves.
 
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