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Zapdos Bold 31/14-15/29-30/31/31/31 HP Ice
Toss or keep? Hp Ice seems pretty pointless to me with a Bold nature so idk.
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Zapdos Bold 31/14-15/29-30/31/31/31 HP Ice
Toss or keep? Hp Ice seems pretty pointless to me with a Bold nature so idk.
flargananddingle
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To quote wikipedia
Yes keep. 1 defense point at level 100 with a whole separate Moveset option? Def keep
Are you basically saying "it's Nintendo, what did you expect"? Lol
There's no need to post the same thing twice on the same page, PM me and I'll give them to you.
So I found this in the ORAS discussion, has anyone paid attention to this after the update?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1IBiJ-CMAECXtC.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1IBiJ-CMAECXtC.jpg:large
:O very nice
Hp Ice is nice keep... or toss and go for a modest synchronizer. A bold zapdos without Defog is pointless.
I think that with the 1.3 patch, this might be fixed.
Maybe with the release of Diancie in Europe this might be fixed.
flargananddingle
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I may be biased but i'd say the atk is too low for a mixed nature :/ but it's definitely good as long as the speed is 31 and not 30
toss , because atk IV is too low, otherwise, if you're an impatient person, just keep. lol
I don't know if this is stupid of me to think but, If I got a diancie like that i'd keep it. This might be a noob question, and I know Iv's are important, but how much of a difference is made? also, what is the neutral Iv's normally found for a random wild pokemon? I didn't really care much about Iv's until I joined this community, so I might have to rebreed all my pokemon to be competitive
Hahaha, no, I'm not impatient :P
Thank You, guys!! :)
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flargananddingle
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this is kind of a subjective question...the IVs basically give you up to 31 extra points in a stat (vs an IV of 0) to be competitively viable a pokemon needs outstanding potential, and fantastic IVs at least (allowing for HP spreads). Normal pokemon have completely random IVs, though I've personally found hordes generally produce more flawless IVs than normal encounters). Friend safari pokemon have a guaranteed 2 flawless IV minimum. Pokémon in the unbreedable egg group (baby pokemon, legends) have a guaranteed 3 flawless IVS (as of this gen).
As far as rebreeding your pokemon, that's up to you. but keep in mind that MOST battles you'll get from Smogon will be against flawlessly bred pokemon so in some cases, yes you could be at a realt disadvantage.
What I meant was if when you catch a pokemon is 20-26 or whatever is a normal number to see because I see some people saying that the 24-25 is too low, then again I think I made that more complicated than it should have been
This might help you. http://pokemonshowdown.com/damagecalc/ Change around the IVs and see what difference it makes. It's often the difference between OHKOs and 2HKOs. The most important thing though is to have 31 Speed, so you can outspeed or speed tie with other threats.
Also, to answer your second question, since IVs range from 0-31, if you took the stats of all wild Pokémon and averaged them, you'd get somewhere around a 16/16/16/16/16/16 spread. Keep in mind though that no one who plays competitively uses things they just blindly caught in the wild.
You both answered my questions perfectly, I understand now, thank you!
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