The "Is My Pokémon Hacked?" Thread

[Charizards Burn]

Pokemon Species: Eevee (Shiny)
Nickname: in Japanese
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Ball: Cherish Ball
Area encountered: Fateful Encounter (Johto)
Level encountered: 50
OT: WCS
ID: 01110
Moves: Iron Tail, Trump Card, Flail, Quick Attack
Stats:
HP-128
Att-82
Def-59
Sp. Atk-65
Sp. Def- 75
Speed- 68
Ability: Adaptability.

 

[smalllady]

Pokemon Species: Eevee (Shiny)
Nickname: in Japanese
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Ball: Cherish Ball
Area encountered: Fateful Encounter (Johto)
Level encountered: 50
OT: WCS
ID: 01110
Moves: Iron Tail, Trump Card, Flail, Quick Attack
Stats:
HP-128
Att-82
Def-59
Sp. Atk-65
Sp. Def- 75
Speed- 68
Ability: Adaptability.

This looks like a World Championships 2010 Eevee, so it seems legit.

 

[the_robot]

Pokemon Species: Eevee (Shiny)
Nickname: in Japanese
Ribbons: Classic Ribbon
Ball: Cherish Ball
Area encountered: Fateful Encounter (Johto)
Level encountered: 50
OT: WCS
ID: 01110
Moves: Iron Tail, Trump Card, Flail, Quick Attack
Stats:
HP-128
Att-82
Def-59
Sp. Atk-65
Sp. Def- 75
Speed- 68
Ability: Adaptability.

All of the encounter/OT information checks out. Do you know the nature/evs on the Pokémon? With a neutral nature the Attack stat is invalid

 

[Bleak Sky]

Maybe

 

[Alagar]

I think it's legit but I'm not sure about any Lv. 100 Pokemon in Master Ball so can somen check it for me please?

Pokemon Species: Palkia
Nickname:
Ribbons: Sinnoh Champ Ribbon
Ball: Master Ball
Area encountered: Sinnoh
Level encountered: Apperently arrived at Lv. 100
OT: CHRIS
ID: 25555
Moves: Spacial Rend, Earth Power, Dragon Claw, Aure Sphere
Stats:
HP-331
Att-279
Def-253
Sp. Atk-336
Sp. Def- 250
Speed- 241
Ability: Pressure

 

[deathbringer025]

ok so i was chaining a lotad the other day and after 270 chains of nothing, i get my sparky patch of grass, i go ahead and capture that lotad, and to my surprise, the next chain also has a shiny! so i go ahead and also capture that one too. after that i checked both in the pokesav and i kept the first lotad, and decided to give the second to a friend, after i give the second to my friend i decide to check then with sabresite`s legality check, and it turns out the second lotad has "Chain Sync: INVALID", dunno whats the problem i did all the catching legally and the only odd thing was that the second lotad came right after i captured the first. heres a cap of the 2 pokemons in legality check:


please is this pokemon really illegal? or is just some random thing of legality check, because it isnt my first chain shiny and they all had everything right, can someone answer please?, and will i be able to use this on wifi and battle revolution?

 

[Silverwynde]

Got a definite hackjob from GTS late Saturday night/early Sunday morning.

Pokemon Species: Golurk
OT: PCApp
ID No: 32760
Nickname: None
Level: 100
Shiny: Yes
Ball: Poke Ball
Encounter: Day-Care Couple; Hatched at Route 2 on March 7, 2011
Nature: Adamant
Personality: Likes to thrash about
EVs: 31 in all except Speed
Ability: No Guard

The Ability was the dead giveaway. Unless GF changed the rules without us hearing about it, genderless and male DW Pokemon can't pass their Hidden Abilities, yet here it is. So if you see a level 100 shiny offering from an OT named PCApp, you may want to tread with care.

Before you ask; yes, I'm keeping him. He'll get some use in game, maybe a stint or two at breeding and that's about it. I don't do competitive battling and I won't put him back on GTS. (Hack or not, the shiny Automatons I get will stay with me.)

 

[Freeturtle132]

Pokemon Species: Spiritomb
Nickname: *Looks like Japanese*
Ribbons: *Don't know how to check for Ribbons in Black 2*
Ball: Pokeball
Area encountered: Sinnoh
Level encountered: Arrived at Lv. 1
Date: 5/3/2014
OT: -----
ID: 26238
Moves: Spite, Shadow Sneak, Faint Attack, Hypnosis
Stats:
HP-40
Att-34
Def-40
Sp. Atk-36
Sp. Def- 46
Speed- 14
Ability: Pressure.

The date and OT looked strange to me. I'm not sure if it's legitimate or not.

 

[Berrenta]

Pokemon Species: Spiritomb
Nickname: *Looks like Japanese*
Ribbons: *Don't know how to check for Ribbons in Black 2*
Ball: Pokeball
Area encountered: Sinnoh
Level encountered: Arrived at Lv. 1
Date: 5/3/2014
OT: -----
ID: 26238
Moves: Spite, Shadow Sneak, Faint Attack, Hypnosis
Stats:
HP-40
Att-34
Def-40
Sp. Atk-36
Sp. Def- 46
Speed- 14
Ability: Pressure.

The date and OT looked strange to me. I'm not sure if it's legitimate or not.

The OT may have set the date on the system that he/she used to play his/her game, so the date is not enough to verify if it's hacked.

 

[Silverwynde]

Pokemon Species: Spiritomb
Nickname: *Looks like Japanese*
Ribbons: *Don't know how to check for Ribbons in Black 2*
Ball: Pokeball
Area encountered: Sinnoh
Level encountered: Arrived at Lv. 1
Date: 5/3/2014
OT: -----
ID: 26238
Moves: Spite, Shadow Sneak, Faint Attack, Hypnosis
Stats:
HP-40
Att-34
Def-40
Sp. Atk-36
Sp. Def- 46
Speed- 14
Ability: Pressure.

The date and OT looked strange to me. I'm not sure if it's legitimate or not.

The date could be a simple mistake by the player; my Infernape is technically from the future because I had set my DS ahead a year by accident. As for the OT, I have seen a couple of OTs that are a string of question marks, one that was a couple of hearts and another that was a smilie but the Pokemon I got from them were fine. I'd have been much more worried if the ID number had been 00000; I have a couple of blatantly hacked shinies with that ID. I'm thinking that what you have is legit; it doesn't scream "I've been AR'd!" like some of the others I've seen.

 

[nerfworthy]

Pokemon Species: Froslass
Nickname: Froslass
Ribbons:Special Ribbon,Souvenir Ribbon
Ball:Cherish Ball
Area encountered:Wi-fi gift, fateful encounter 11/27/2012
Level encountered:70
nature: adamant
OT:5thXmas 02512
Moves:blizzard, destiny bond, pain split, toxic
Stats:
hp 194
atk 160
def 130
sp atk 134
sp def 135
spd 191

I got this poke in a trade and I'm suspicious that it is fake or hacked somehow. also it is shiny.

 

[Berrenta]

Pokemon Species: Froslass
Nickname: Froslass
Ribbons:Special Ribbon,Souvenir Ribbon
Ball:Cherish Ball
Area encountered:Wi-fi gift, fateful encounter 11/27/2012
Level encountered:70
nature: adamant
OT:5thXmas 02512
Moves:blizzard, destiny bond, pain split, toxic
Stats:
hp 194
atk 160
def 130
sp atk 134
sp def 135
spd 191

I got this poke in a trade and I'm suspicious that it is fake or hacked somehow. also it is shiny.

Checked the appropriate pages, and there are no Wi-Fi events listed for Froslass or Snorunt. Definitely hacked.

 

[Dovahgatr]

How can I tell if this Pokemon I got in a GTS trade is hacked or not!

Pokemon Species: Burmy
Nickname: Sulfan
Ribbons: None
Ball: PokeBall
Area encountered: Egg hatched on Route 3
Level encountered: 1
OT: Jim
Moves: Protect, Bug Bite
Stats: it has 4 Atk, 6 Def, 5 Sp. Def, 6 Sp. Def, 6 Speed, and 12 HP
Oh it's also a shiny Burmy.

 

[YaelleG]

Pokemon Species: Celebi
Nickname: Celebi (way creative)
Ball: I cant ID that ball
Nature: Lonely
Area encountered: route 1
Level encountered: 2
OT: Fans4Us
Moves: Leech Seed, Confusion, Recover, Heal Bell
Stats: Att: 16 Def: 13 Sp. Att: 15 Sp. Def: 15 Speed: 15
Ability: Natural Cure

 

[Dovahgatr]

Sorry man but that's hacked. If it's encountered on route 1 at lvl. 2 then its not possible.

 

[The Froakster]

Pokemon Species: Charmeleon
Nickname: Charmeleons
Level: 30
Ball: Ultra Ball
Nature: Quirky
Area encountered: Friend Safari
Level encountered: 30
OT: James
Moves: SmokeScreen, Dragon Rage, Scary Face, Fire Fang
Stats: HP: 84 Attack: 49 Defense: 42 Sp. Attack: 61 Sp. Defense: 52 Speed: 62
Ability: Blaze

First of all, it's in an Ultra Ball, and I haven't gotten to this "Friend Safari" yet but you can't catch starters unless you can in the Friend Safari. So is this Charmeleon hacked? I got it on the GTS for an Espurr.

 

[yourlilemogirl]

Pokemon Species: Charmeleon
Nickname: Charmeleons
Level: 30
Ball: Ultra Ball
Nature: Quirky
Area encountered: Friend Safari
Level encountered: 30
OT: James
Moves: SmokeScreen, Dragon Rage, Scary Face, Fire Fang
Stats: HP: 84 Attack: 49 Defense: 42 Sp. Attack: 61 Sp. Defense: 52 Speed: 62
Ability: Blaze

First of all, it's in an Ultra Ball, and I haven't gotten to this "Friend Safari" yet but you can't catch starters unless you can in the Friend Safari. So is this Charmeleon hacked? I got it on the GTS for an Espurr.

you can catch starters in the Friend Safari, don't worry c:

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I've gone ahead and added a new addition to the format to help specify things further. With Gen 6 allowing pokemon to be caught in pokeballs previously automatically marking a pokemon as hacked, this should help further identify hacks without the added confusion on what game you're playing.

 

[Ceiwen]

Serebii has a really nice list of Pokes that can be caught in Friend Safari. It includes the Starters in this Generation and First Generation.

 

[The Froakster]

Pokemon Species: Charmeleon
Nickname: Charmeleons
Level: 30
Ball: Ultra Ball
Nature: Quirky
Area encountered: Friend Safari
Level encountered: 30
OT: James
Moves: SmokeScreen, Dragon Rage, Scary Face, Fire Fang
Stats: HP: 84 Attack: 49 Defense: 42 Sp. Attack: 61 Sp. Defense: 52 Speed: 62
Ability: Blaze

First of all, it's in an Ultra Ball, and I haven't gotten to this "Friend Safari" yet but you can't catch starters unless you can in the Friend Safari. So is this Charmeleon hacked? I got it on the GTS for an Espurr.

you can catch starters in the Friend Safari, don't worry c:

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I've gone ahead and added a new addition to the format to help specify things further. With Gen 6 allowing pokemon to be caught in pokeballs previously automatically marking a pokemon as hacked, this should help further identify hacks without the added confusion on what game you're playing.

OK thanks, I am going to train him up now that I know he's not hacked.

 

[jokool]

Okay, I've been looking through my Pokemon lately, and I noticed that a Politoed I got in (I think) a GTS trade a while back had Drizzle. Looking closer, it seems a bit too good, so just out of curiosity, what do you guys think:

Gen this is concerning: V
Pokemon Species: Politoed
Ribbons: Premier Ribbon
Ball: Pokeball
Area encountered: Day-Care Couple (Egg received on 10/12/2011) Relic Castle (egg apparently hatched on the same day).
OT: FLeaf (ID: 12867)
Moves: Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Focus Blast, Hidden Power (Grass).
Stats: Timid Nature, somewhat vain, has Pokerus.
HP: 322
Attack: 166
Defense: 186
Special Attack: 278
Special Defense: 236
Speed: 262

My guess is it's just been RNGd because of the ribbon, then expertly EV trained, but I figured I'd ask anyway just to be safe.