Pokémon Thread XXIV: Anything Goes!

[Mando Knight]

When Rayquaza can Mega-Evolve/and battles with it still involve/the Life Orb woes...
Anything Goes!

The Last Thread: Thread With No Name

These are friend codes (May be out of date/incomplete: If they are, please PM me with your codes and I'll fix them). For your friends. If you're not on here? It means you're not friendly. Or that for whatever reason your codes didn't get put here. If you're not here, just mention it whenever you can (poke me with a PM if I don't get you up in a couple of days, the thread moves fast and I don't like thread-digging much). Additions in the thread will be added to the end of the respective list, and then will (if I remember) be re-alphabetized... later.

Friend codes, for the uninitiated, are how you connect with other players on Nintendo systems. The 3DS uses one Friend Code for the whole system: register a friend, and you'll be able to connect with them whenever you're playing the same (or at least compatible) game, whether that's X/Y, OR/AS, or even Smash or Mario Kart.

Friend Codes and Safaris:

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You can only have 100 Friend Codes registered at a time.

To use the Friend Safari, you need to have defeated the Elite Four, and both you and your friend must have added each other. For more details, see here.

GitPName	Code	CharacterName	3DS(Mii)Name	SafariType	Pokémon1	Pokémon2	Pokémon3
Alaris	1907-9395-1731	Tom	Alaris	Flying	Farfetch'd	Swanna
Aotrs	5172-0494-3728		Bleakbane	Normal	Lillipup	Kecleon	Smeargle
Arcran	2294-3882-2896		Arcran	Water	Octillery	Wartortle	Azumarill
Armaius	3239-3640-9568		Timothy	Ice	Spheal	Beartic	Lapras
AstralFire(Full)	0834-1672-7022	Adorabelle	Cinder	Bug	Ledyba	Volbeat	Venomoth
AtlanteanTroll	4055-3788-4115		Fresca	Normal	Lillipup	Loudred
bluewind95	0473-9066-8078	Raziel	Kallie	Grass	Tangela	Swadloon	Gogoat
boj0	1693-1768-6943	boj0	boj0	Fairy	Swirlix	Togepi	Floette
Burley	1547-6257-5822
Burnerpower	0645-6906-6047	Chase	Burner	Fire	Pansear	Pyroar	Braixen
ChaosArchon	4742-5730-4052
Codswallop	1650-2047-0584		Dan	Ghost	Lampent	Phantump	Spiritomb
CynanMachae	2964-9109-7883		Cynan	Pancham	Hariyama	Mienfoo	Pancham
DMan7733	0104-0178-9108		Dennis	Psychic	Duosion	Espurr	Munna
DarkTira	4012-4193-6629	Flair	DarkTira	Grass	Ivysaur	Sunkern	Quilladin
DarkLightDragon	3110-5232-7003	Gwendolyn	DLD2	Water	Krabby	Floatzel	Azumarill
Derjuin	2063-0607-0374	Gwen	Derjuin	Flying	Tropius	Doduo	Tranquill
DiegoHavoc	5343-7951-5809	Diana	Diego	Ghost	Lampent	Phantump	Spiritomb
Dihan	3909-7507-9532	Cai	Bryn	Fairy	Kirlia	Mawile	Floette
Drakenkin	1220-6369-1867		RC	Steel	Forretress	Magneton	Klefki
Dvil	1891-1492-0775		Lorzo	Ghost	Shuppet	Pumpkaboo	Dusclops
Elhann	4656-7012-2957	Afo	Afo	Normal	Lillipup	Loudred	Ditto
EmperorIng	1134-7922-2243	Rand	EmpI	Ground	Phanpy	Dugtrio	Palpitoad
FallenGeek	2938-7158-7152		UberGeek	Fairy	Dedenne	Mawile	Floette
FoolishTeeth	2965-0036-6655	Jerome	80s	Flying	Farfetch'd	Woobat	Rufflet
Forrestfire	0044-4109-2187	Linae		Normal	Kecleon	Dunsparce	Smeargle
Freudianship	0791-1490-0816		Victoria	Ice	Delibird	Bergmite	Piloswine
Gengy	1762-3248-0955	Genaur	(Redacted)	Dark	Pawniard	Crawdaunt	Liepard
geonova	3625-8744-4346	Geo	Geo	Water	Wartortle	Panpour	Poliwhirl
GiftJeraff	0662-3715-4355		Venkman	Fighting	Mankey	Throh	Hariyama
Goldfly	1203-9717-6298	Gold	Gold	Electric	Pikachu	Electrode	Luxio
Gulaghar	4012-3882-1934	Nadia	Ghar	Fairy	Dedenne	Mawile	Floette
HandsomeGoblin	0920-0919-2787
HappyGravity	2208-5735-4223	Eileen	-_-	Poison	Swalot	Kakuna	Croagunk
Harnel	5472-7302-7698	Halae	Halae	Water	Krabby	Gyarados	Frogadier
Hogwarts9876	3024-5607-5601	Adam	Adam
HunterNoventa	0189-8423-5030	Emi	Emi	Electric
InfernallyClay	1891-1230-7244	Alice	Winny	Psychic	Sigilyph	Grumpig	Duosion
JustPlayItLoud	4785-6164-8724	Toaster	Brett	Fire	Magmar	Charmeleon	Ninetales
Keris(Full)	2423-2600-9179	Tarn	Tarn	Water	Bibarel	Floatzel	Frogadier
Kurgan	1478-3987-4689	Kurhanik	Kurgan	Steel	Magneton	Forretress	Klefki
Kuroten	2809-8617-8608	Raijin/Akemi		Water	Panpour	Floatzel	Frogadier
Kuulvheysoon	5257-9453-0107	Ariik
LawlessIII	5129-1568-6363	Gorgeous	Andrew	Flying	Farfetch'd	Woobat	Fletchinder
LordFullbladder	5343-8973-8240		SheG	Normal	Aipom	Minccino	Ditto
Mattarias,King(requestonly)	5343-8171-8375	Mattarias	Mattarias	Water	Bibarel	Floatzel	Frogadier
MeatShield#236	1950-7553-3565	Thomas	Meatshield	Bug	Combee	Beautifly	Pinsir
MercenaryPen	4227-2044-9144		MercenPen	Flying	Pidgey	Tranquill	Hawlucha
Mtg_player_zach	1590-5500-0148	Zach	Zach	Electric	Pikachu	Dedenne	Luxio
NeoPhoenix0	2852-8259-2899	Victoria	NeoPhoenix	Water	Octillery	Floatzel	Azumarill
noparlpf	0705-3326-2027	Jude	Jude	Flying	Spearow	Woobat	Rufflet
OracleofWuffing	2234-7142-0224		T-Dawg	Dragon	Dragonair	Gabite	Sligoo
Othesmo	0533-5350-5769		Gaius	Electric	Emolga	Electabuzz	Manectric
Partof1	4313-0044-7312	Magnus	Tom	Bug	Ledyba	Beautifly	Vivillon
Peelee	5370-1262-5440	Peelee	Peelee	Flying	Pidgey	Tranquill	Rufflet
Peelee'sWife	4339-2708-2563	Sephrenea	Sephrenea	Ice	Delibird	Sneasel	Lapras
Perkinz	1993-7396-5551		Armads	Fighting	Pancham	Mienfoo	Riolu
PingPongAlong	4914-4022-6171	Pierre	Jake	Psychic	Wobbuffet	Gothorita	Abra
ProphetRipley	3437-3875-9174	Artemis	Carebear	Water	Bibarel	Gyarados
Psychotic	2836-0282-0242	Jimmy	Jimmy	Steel	Forretress	Mawile	Klefki
Quietus	3067-5701-8746
Qwertystop	1805-2284-9978	Qwertystop	Qwerty	Dark	Mightyena	Crawdaunt	Absol
Rezkeshdadesh	0104-0343-1530	Gaston/Sylthia	Rezzy	Psychic	Espurr	Grumpig	Girafarig
RisingPhoenix	2492-5555-9928	Mortimer	Dimi	Psychic	Sigilyph	Abra	Xatu
RyuhoTsugu	3823-9797-6825	Periphas	εχθρός	Fire	Growlithe	Charmeleon	Fletchinder
SaintRidley	1650-2179-8114	AElfgif/DoñaXimena	ColbertJr	Ice	Beartic	Snover
Sajiri	0748-2783-1667	Sadi	Sajiri	Psychic	Abra	Espurr	Xatu
Sasaisen	2380-3648-0994	Trevor	Sasaisen	Grass	Pansage	Petilil	Maractus
ScowlingDragon	2148-8339-5834			Ground	Sandshrew	Marowak	Diggersby
Seerow	4184-2537-0787		Jack	Psychic	Grumpig	Gothorita	Sigilyph
Shinken	4442-0172-6654	Shinken		Flying	Pidgey	Hoothoot	Fletchinder
ShinyRocks	2294-4502-1203		Joelio	Ice	Snover	Beartic	Cloyster
SKarious	2449-5207-9736		Shai	Poison	Kakuna	Ariados	Drapion
spectralphoenix	1864-9713-0312		Alex	Normal	Teddiursa	Minccino	Smeargle
Svata	5215-0731-7054
Talvereaux	2406-5576-5996			Poison	Seviper	Ariados	Toxicroak
TamerBill	4828-4410-2451	Bex	Bill	Poison	Venomoth	Gloom
Terazul	3411-1167-8365	Pen	Pen	Water	Frogadier	Wartortle	Bibarel
TheSuccubus	4613-7683-1174		Doc
TheGeckoKing	4098-2424-2486	Martin	Martin	Psychic	Grumpig	Espurr
ThelazyMage	2938-7262-8516	Eric	Eric	Dark	Nuzleaf	Sandile	Absol
ThePhantom	2680-8881-4704		GR	Ghost	Shuppet	Pumpkaboo	Drifblim
Thormag	0619-3578-2378		Thormag	Grass	Oddish	Petilil	Quilladin
Togath	1650-2364-0504	Merry	Ken	Flying	Pidgey	Tranquill
Tono	1478-3812-1377		Tono	Bug	Butterfree	Heracross	Masquerain
truenekomancer	0619-4369-0275		TSK	Bug	Butterfree	Illumise
Tylorious	3668-7804-7430	Tylor	Tylor	Fire	Charmeleon	Magmar	Braixen
urbanwolf	4425-1730-5201		King	Fighting	Pancham	Mankey	Tyrogue
userpay	2036-6900-9795		userpay	Fairy	Togepi	Spritzee
Winterfate	1246-9091-8502		Winterfate	Ice	Snorunt	Bergmite	Cloyster
WJMill	3625-8308-8437	Whitney	Whitney	Fighting	Machoke	Throh	Breloom
Wookieetank	5386-8601-6140
YukiAkuma	1633-4400-9136	Yuki	Will	Ghost	Shuppet	Phantump
ZamielVanWeber	3067-5161-6274		Zamiel	Electric	Electabuzz	Pachirisu	Galvantula
ZeltArruin(Requestonly)	3840-5756-8123		ZeltArruin	Rock	Corsola	Dwebble	Rhydon
Olinser	1564-3913-5983			Rock	Nosepass	Pupitar	Barbaracle
GreenSerpent	0662-3910-6053	Jaegar
Domino Quartz	3024-8274-5412	Dexter	Ignispirus

Helpful Links/Hints For Adventuring Ten Year Olds

Bulbapedia
Smogon
Metalkid's IV Calculator
Serebii
Useful NPCs in XY (on Serebii)
Pokémon Online (for battles over the internets when you don't want to bother training things by hand)

Spoiler: Breeding For Dummies

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So, you're tired of navigating a Pokemon thread where everyone uses fancy words and stuff? Well no worries! Here's a guide on... BREEDING FOR DUMMIES!

One of the first things to remember in breeding is that there are Natures that help and ones that hinder. For instance, a Special Attacker such as Mewtwo would be hindered by an Adamant nature, but helped in his stat growth by a Modest nature. To improve your chances for getting a particular Nature in a child Pokémon, use at least one parent with the Nature you want, and give it the Everstone. In Gen IV, the Everstone doesn't guarantee the inherited Nature, though it does in Gen V and VI.

Brilliant Spreadsheet for Growth.

Some IVs (don't know what an IV is? Check the next spoiler box!) are randomly inherited from the parents. You can lock in a maximum of one IV by giving a parent the corresponding Power training item (Power Bracer for Attack, Power Lens for Special Attack, and so forth), or (starting with XY) randomly inherit 5 (instead of the normal 3) by holding the Destiny Knot. Use Flat Battles to determine the IVs of a hatched Pokémon, or if you only care about the highest IV and the sum of all of its IVs, you can take it to a guy who's in the lobby of either the Battle Tower or the Battle Subway in the DS games, depending on the generation, and in the Kiloude City Pokémon Center in XY. You're looking for them to judge it Relatively Superior overall and Can't Be Better in its best stat. The XY judge will also tell you about any really bad IVs the Pokémon has.

The third main thing with breeding is Egg Moves. Egg moves are moves the parent has, and passes down to a child. For instance, in my breeding of Chimchar, the egg moves are Grass Knot and Swords Dance, which are passed down to the child who gets said moves from the start. In order to pass on most Egg Moves, the father must know the move (Genderless Pokémon never learn Egg Moves). These include all of the moves that are listed as the child Pokémon's Egg Moves in a move list chart, as well as any compatible TMs or HMs. You can also pass on moves that the child would learn by level-up that aren't in those two lists--for these, both parents must know the move. In XY, some moves can be inherited from the mother...

The fourth and final thing to keep in mind are Hidden Abilities. Starting in Generation V, most Pokémon were assigned an additional ability that they could only get if you caught them under certain circumstances (the special Darmanitan in Desert Resort, or Pokémon found in hidden grottoes, the Dream World, or some in Friend Safaris). Some Hidden Abilities are highly sought-after, like Dragonite's Multiscale. If the mother has the Hidden Ability, the children will inherit it. The father can occasionally pass down the Hidden Ability if bred with a Ditto.

Dr. Strangemon or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Min-Max

Spoiler: Or, a Primer On How Stats Work

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Don't feel the need to bother with this stuff unless you're playing against humans or at one of those "Battle Whatever" places. You shouldn't need it for most of the game, and it can be kind of a pain.

First, the equations. These are how the game calculates the Pokémon's final stats.
HP = (IV + 2*Base + EV/4) * Level/100 + 10
Others = ((IV + 2*Base + EV/4) * Level/100 + 5) * Nature
So, at level 100, 1 IV or 4 EV raises a Pokémon's stat by 1 while a 1 point difference in Base stat is worth 2.

Nature
Most natures raise one stat and lower another, while some don't change any stats. A raised stat has a multiplier of 1.1 (or +10%), a lowered stat has a multiplier of 0.9 (or -10%), and a neutral stat has a multiplier of 1.0.

Base Stats (Base)
With a new generation just out, there's a lot of talk about finding out about a Pokémon's base stats. What are these, some of you ask? Well, they're modifiers to stats that a Pokémon gains just by being that kind of Pokémon. A (normal) Tyranitar has a base Attack of 135, a Mewtwo has 154 base Special Attack, and so on. When a Pokémon's stats change as it Mega Evolves or changes Form, it does so by changing the set of base stats it looks at. Otherwise, these base stats can't be changed (hence the "base"). At level 100, a Pokémon gets twice its Base stat to its final stats.

Individual Values (IV)
In addition to base stats, every Pokémon gets a bonus of 0-31 points applied to each stat. So a level 100 Tyranitar could have an attack stat of 273, or it could have a attack of 304. That bonus is the IV.
A Pokémon has its IVs generated the moment you meet it, or accept its egg, and there's no way to change them. You're stuck with what you've got. However, you can influence them a little, if you're willing to breed. Bred Pokémon don't randomly generate all their IVs, they inherit up to 3 from their parents. In XY, giving a parent the Destiny Knot causes them to inherit five random IVs instead. There's a few other ways of influencing IVs in bred Pokémon, which are explained in the breeding section.
In addition, in XY, some Pokémon are guaranteed to have some "perfect" (31) IVs. Pokémon found in the Friend Safari will have two random perfect IVs, while Pokémon that can't breed will have 3.

Effort Values (EV)
Every time you win a fight, your Pokémon get experience, but that's not all they get. Every Pokémon also gives out effort points. For every 4 effort points in a particular stat, your Pokémon gains 1 point in it. So if that Tyranitar from earlier with 304 attack had 4 attack EVs, his actual attack would be 305. If he had 252 attack EVs, it'd be 367. Sounds handy, but there are limits. You can't have more than 255 points in a single stat, and you can't have more than 510 EVs in total.

You'll see a lot of Pokémon with 252 attack/special attack EVs, 252 speed, and 4 HP, but there are a lot of ways to configure them. Defensive Pokémon will obviously focus on different things, Pokémon which use both physical and special attacks will need to split EVs between them or possibly sacrifice speed, and so on.

It's a tremendous pain to work out what EVs your Pokémon has (if you weren't keeping track, anyway), so you'll likely want to start with a Pokémon that you freshly hatched and work from there, though you don't have to. There are 6 berries that reduce EVs in a single stat each, so you can use those to reset your Pokémon and start from scratch. After that, just keep a careful record of what you fight, and only take down Pokémon that you know give you the EVs you want.

EV training takes a while, but there are a few ways you can speed it up. The first is an astonishingly rare status condition called Pokérus. Any Pokémon with Pokérus gets double EVs from fights, and will spread the Pokérus to any Pokémon in your party for the first 72 hours after it catches it. After those 72 hours it stops being contagious, but still gets double EVs. Pokérus has something like 1/20000 chance to appear on wild Pokemon, but with the magic of the internet I'm sure you can obtain it.

The second way to speed up EV training is through Power Items. If a Pokémon is holding the right item, they get bonus EVs from every fight. For example, a Pokémon holding a Power Lens will get 4 special attack EVs. A Pokémon holding a Power Anklet will get 4 speed EVs. A Pokémon holding a Macho Brace will just get double the EVs of whatever they're fighting. These bonuses are doubled if you have Pokérus.

The third way to speed up EVs is through vitamins. Each vitamin given to a Pokémon gives them +10 EVs in a certain stat, up to a limit of 100. 1 protein gives 10 attack EVs, 10 give 100. These unfortunately aren't doubled by Pokérus or items, so you'll have to pay for the full amount. Luckily money is easy to come by in these games.

Just as an example, I'll show how I EV'd my Gengar.
First, I gave him 10 calcium, and 10 carbos, so 100 special attack and 100 speed already.
After that, I gave him Pokérus and a lucky egg, got him to meet a Floatzel (2 speed EVs, doubled to 4 because of Pokérus), and then sent out my Weezing to explode on it so Gengar could get all the experience, for a higher level and 100 special attack, 104 speed.
After that, I gave him a Power Lens, flew over to the Old Chateau, and killed 15 Gastly (1 special attack from Gastly, 4 from the lens, doubled to 10 from Pokérus) for 150 special attack EVs, bringing my total to 250 special attack, 104 speed.
After that I equipped a power anklet and killed one more Gastly (1 special attack from Gastly, 4 speed from the anklet, doubled to 2 and 8 from Pokérus), meaning Gengar had 252 attack, and 112 speed.
Leaving the anklet equipped, I flew to Route 201, and killed 14 Starly (1 speed from Starly, 4 from the anklet, meaning 10 speed per starly thanks to Pokérus), for a total of 252 attack, 252 speed.
All that was left after that was to kill a Bidoof with a Power Weight (1 HP from Bidoof, 4 from the Weight, 10 thanks to Pokerus, although I only gained 6 points because I hit the EV cap), leaving my Gengar with 252 special attack EVs, 252 Speed, and 4 HP, just how I wanted him.
Roughly an hour's work, and one Pokemon down.

In XY, there's an additional method of EV training, which doesn't involve beating up wild Pokémon, but you instead play minigames (called Super Training) with the Pokémon. This lets you choose which stat you'll train, and awards you 4 EVs per difficulty level (so +4 for level 1, +12 for level 3). In addition, you may gain special training bags that can make further Super Training easier, reset your EVs entirely, or other effects. The training system also displays your earned EVs graphically (but not numerically), making it somewhat easier to keep track of a Pokémon's EVs.

tl;dr: The simplified version of EVs/IVs - EVs are gained by fighting other Pokémon. They vary by the Pokémon defeated. They increase your stats for every 4 gained. IVs are inherent to a Pokémon. They increase stats for every point possessed, and range from 0 to 31. EVs have to be manually tracked or else removed entirely with certain berries. IVs can be checked by knowing the EVs of a Pokémon and then plugging its stats into an IV calculator. The higher the Pokémon's level, the more accurate; level 100 wifi battles provide maximum accuracy.

Now, you might ask, "Mando Knight, how do you get those accented e's?" On a PC, change your keyboard layout to US-International, and press 'e. For some versions of Windows, if you don't want the US-International keyboard on all the time, you can also have it switch between different registered keyboards with a press of Ctrl+Shift. You can also copy-paste them from someone else's posts. Or the thread title.

Title explanation: Mega Rayquaza is so powerful that Smogon (more-or-less still the leading community for competitive Pokémon) deemed that it should be banned from the Uber tier (occasionally considered a banlist, before), and made a new tier for it, Anything Goes, where they also drop their other rules (such as no Double Team), except the one against infinite loops (such as the "FunBro" which prevents the opponent from ending the match in any way, win or lose, except by disconnecting). The little ditty at the top is based on Cole Porter's song, "Anything Goes".

[JustPlayItLoud]

Anyone played much in the Battle Resort? I got beat around the 35 battle mark in Super Singles thanks to some haxey OHKO nonsense. Is it just me or does it seem a little less vicious than previously? I seem to encounter fewer things that are complete trash for anything other than countering my team. No longer encountering Superpower lead Armaldo every 5-10 fights. I'm also seeing a lot more mono-attacker builds that are really easy to counter.

Mostly it seems like the computer likes cheap tactics rather than solid counters. I'm seeing more parafusion, Taunt spamming, and Sucker Punching than previously. Lineup of M-Kangaskhan, Gliscor, and Chansey is still rocking pretty solid though. Kanga is even more capable than before, it seems. I think I did almost 25 without really needing to switch. The other two are pretty capable of stalling out almost anything that isn't immune to Toxic.

Also, hooray new thread!

[Qwertystop]

Bleh, Kyogre. Signature might as well be an OHKO, and the only thing on my team with status (other than Fire Fang on a Mightyena) is a Masquerain with Stun Spore.

[JustPlayItLoud]

Bleh, Kyogre. Signature might as well be an OHKO, and the only thing on my team with status (other than Fire Fang on a Mightyena) is a Masquerain with Stun Spore.

I pulled a Magnemite off the GTS pretty early and it carried me through the whole game. Between Flash Cannon, Tri Attack, and Thunderbolt it hit most things pretty hard. Left room for Thunder Wave in case I couldn't score a clutch freeze with Tri Attack. Paired him up with Mega Altaria of all things, and she did a good job of stalling out the PP on Origin Pulse.

[Mando Knight]

Options for holding off Kyogre: anything with Water Absorb and is at least neutral to Ice. Lapras, Vaporeon, and Jellicent are good choices, if you can get your hands on them.

At least, defensively. Offensively, they're all Special attackers, and Kyogre's an even bigger wall than they are.

[Sajiri]

Yay new thread

So Im standing in front of Flannery where of my 3 higher lvl mons, 2 are weak to fire and the other is a fire type with drought who would only power her's up...I have an underleveled swablu with no decent attacks and a mightyena who probably isnt quite at her lvl...this will be interesting

[TamerBill]

Options for holding off Kyogre: anything with Water Absorb and is at least neutral to Ice. Lapras, Vaporeon, and Jellicent are good choices, if you can get your hands on them.

At least, defensively. Offensively, they're all Special attackers, and Kyogre's an even bigger wall than they are.

Alternatively, and hilariously, Shedinja. Immune to Normal, Water and Ice. Kyogre cant even touch it until it eventually starts Struggling. Only problem is dealing enough damage to counter Aqua Ring.

[Sajiri]

Also anyone know where I can get a firestone? I want to evolve my vulpix

[TamerBill]

Also anyone know where I can get a firestone? I want to evolve my vulpix

There's one in the Fiery Path, behind a Strength boulder. If you need it before Flannery, though, I can toss you a spare.

[Sajiri]

There's one in the Fiery Path, behind a Strength boulder. If you need it before Flannery, though, I can toss you a spare.

Nah I beat her now, then Brendan took me to petalburg. I'll just go back to Fiery Path later

[Sasaisen]

Reposting and updating my breeding leftovers. All have at least 4 good IVs, are completely free for you to take, and are first-come/first-serve (though I can probably breed more upon request).

Spoiler: The List

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Can breed if asked: Dwebble, Heracross, Joltik, Kangaskhan

Species	Quantity	Nature	Ability	Egg (or High-Level) Moves	Ball
Amaura	1	Modest	Refrigerate	Haze, Barrier, Mirror Coat, Discharge
Anorith	1	Adamant	Battle Armor	Cross Poison, Knock Off, Aqua Jet, Rapid Spin
Bagon	35	Lonely	Rock Head	Dragon Pulse, Dragon Dance, Dragon Rush, Hydro Pump	Great
Beldum	15	Adamant	Clear Body
Buneary	3	Jolly	Limber	Teeter Dance, Switcheroo, Fake Out, Encore	Dream
Chimchar	6	Jolly	Iron Fist	Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Fake Out
Clamperl	46	Modest	Shell Armor	(Shell Smash)	Dive
Croagunk	5	Jolly	Dry Skin	Fake Out, Drain Punch, Quick Guard, Counter	Great
Cubchoo	9	Jolly	Snow Cloak	Focus Punch, Night Slash, Yawn, Play Rough	Dive
Cubone	3	Brave*	Lightningrod	Detect, Belly Drum, Iron Head, Perish Song	Heal
	12	Brave*	Rock Head	Detect, Belly Drum, Iron Head, Perish Song	Heal
Darumaka	5	Jolly	Hustle	Encore, Focus Punch, Yawn
Deino	60	Hasty	Hustle	Earth Power	Net
Drifloon	9	Modest	Unburden	Weather Ball, Tailwind, Defog, Destiny Bond	Quick
Drilbur	4	Adamant	Sand Rush	Rapid Spin	Repeat
	5	Adamant	Mold Breaker	Rapid Spin	Repeat
Duskull	14	Impish	Levitate	Destiny Bond, Pain Split, Skill Swap	Luxury
Eevee	4	Bold	Adaptability or Run Away	Curse, Wish, Yawn, Stored Power	Dive
Ferroseed	30	Careful	Iron Barbs	Leech Seed, Gravity, Stealth Rock, Spikes	Nest
Fletchling	18	Adamant	Gale Wings	Quick Guard, Tailwind	Repeat
	5	Jolly	Gale Wings	Quick Guard, Tailwind	Repeat
	10	Careful	Gale Wings		Repeat
Frillish	2	Modest	Water Absorb	Pain Split, Confuse Ray	Dive
	14	Calm	Water Absorb	Pain Split, Confuse Ray	Dive
	14	Calm	Cursed Body	Pain Split, Confuse Ray	Dive
Froakie	54	Naive	Protean	Bestow, Toxic Spikes, Mud Sport, Water Sport	Net
Gastly	17	Timid	Levitate	Clear Smog, Haze, Perish Song, Disable	Love
Glisgar	3	Careful	Immunity	Baton Pass, Counter, Agility, Night Slash
Golett	10	Adamant	Iron Fist
Hawlucha	3	Adamant	Limber	Quick Guard, Me First	Premier
	12	Adamant	Unburden	Quick Guard, Me First	Premier
Honedge	10	Quiet	No Guard		Luxury
Larvitar	5	Jolly	Guts	Stealth Rock, Pursuit, Dragon Dance, Iron Head	Dusk
Litwick	2	Timid	Flash Fire	Haze, Clear Smog	Net
	5	Timid	Infiltrator	Haze, Clear Smog	Net
Marill	6	Adamant	Huge Power	Aqua Jet, Perish Song, Belly Drum, Body Slam	Dive
Mawile	8	Adamant	Prankster	Sucker Punch, Metal Burst, Fire Fang, Misty Terrain	Ultra
Mienfoo	7	Jolly	Regenerator	Knock Off, Baton Pass, Me First	Heal
Misdreavus	12	Timid	Levitate	Curse, Skill Swap, Destiny Bond, Nasty Plot	Moon
Pawniard	9	Jolly	Defiant	Pursuit, Sucker Punch, Stealth Rock, Psycho Cut	Timer
Phantump	12	Sassy*	Natural Cure	(Leech Seed), (Forest's Curse), (Destiny Bond), (Horn Leech)	Dusk
	4	Careful	Frisk		Dusk
	4	Careful	Natural Cure		Dusk
	7	Careful	Harvest		Dusk
Pinsir	6	Adamant	Mold Breaker	Quick Attack, Close Combat, Feint	Sport
	22	Adamant	Hyper Cutter	Quick Attack, Close Combat, Feint	Sport
Porygon	2	Relaxed*	Trace
Pumpkaboo (Small)	12	Jolly	Frisk	Disable, Destiny Bond	Heal
Rotom	24	Bold	Levitate
Sableye	4	Calm	Prankster	Sucker Punch, Metal Burst, Recover, Trick	Net
Scraggy	11	Jolly	Moxie	Ice Punch, Drain Punch, Dragon Dance, Zen Headbutt	Repeat
Scyther	7	Adamant	Technician	Baton Pass, Counter, Quick Guard, Night Slash	Timer
Shroomish	12	Adamant	Poison Heal	Bullet Seed, Focus Punch	Nest
	5	Adamant	Quick Feet	Bullet Seed, Focus Punch	Nest
Shuppet	8	Careful	Frisk	Pursuit, Disable, Phantom Force, Destiny Bond	Luxury
Skiddo	30	Careful	Sap Sipper		Nest
	11	Adamant	Sap Sipper		Nest
Skorupi	3	Adamant	Battle Armor		Dusk
	6	Careful	Battle Armor	Agility, Whirlwind, Confuse Ray	Dusk
	18	Jolly	Sniper	Agility, Whirlwind, Confuse Ray	Dusk
Spiritomb	25	Bold	Pressure	Shadow Sneak, Pain Split, Destiny Bond, Foul Play	Dusk
Spritzee	8	Relaxed*	Aroma Veil	(Aromatherapy), (Moonblast), Disable, Wish	Heal
	5	Relaxed*	Healer	(Aromatherapy), (Moonblast), Disable, Wish	Heal
Squirtle	3	Modest	Rain Dish	Water Spout, Dragon Pulse, Aura Sphere, Mirror Coat	Net
Starly	19	Jolly	Reckless	Detect, Roost, Double-Edge, Pursuit
Timburr	3	Adamant	Guts	Drain Punch, Mach Punch	Quick
Torchic	5	Adamant	Speed Boost	Night Slash, Crush Claw, Baton Pass, Counter
	7	Jolly	Speed Boost	Night Slash, Crush Claw, Baton Pass, Counter
Tynamo	9	Modest	Levitate		Quick
Tyrunt	3	Adamant	Strong Jaw	Dragon Dance, Fire Fang, Ice Fang, Thunder Fang
Venipede	23	Adamant	Speed Boost	Spikes, Toxic Spikes	Luxury
Vullaby	6	Impish	Overcoat	Foul Play, Mean Look, Knock Off	Luxury
Yamask	6	Sassy*	Mummy	Nasty Plot, Toxic Spikes, Disable	Quick
* Indicates this was bred for a Trick Room team. If the Speed IV is marked as "good", it's a 0.

[Qwertystop]

Caught it! Electrode got Discharge on the walk back after I left to get more Timer Balls. Lost Masquerain to Ice Beam first turn before it could Stun Spore, but Electrode led with Light Screen and then got a lucky paralyze off the first Discharge. After that, just alternate whittling and using Revival Herbs. Took nine mons, but eventually got it.

[Sylthia]

The OP bringing up Cole Porter reminds me of this sketch by Monty Python.

[Shekinah]

The OP bringing up Cole Porter reminds me of this sketch by Monty Python.

So that's what I'm hearing.

[John Cribati]

Leaf Stone. Where? Do I have to dive fir a green shard or something?

[Olinser]

So how exactly do Friend Safaris and in-game friends actually WORK? I added about 45 people from the list days ago and none of them show up in game.

[JustPlayItLoud]

So how exactly do Friend Safaris and in-game friends actually WORK? I added about 45 people from the list days ago and none of them show up in game.

It only does anything if they've also added you. Once you've both added each other, you'll have access to their basic Friend Safari. Once you've seen them online in game and they've cleared the Elite Four, then you'll see their third Pokemon, which is usually the most valuable.

So basically it's better to add people in small batches and try to get them to add you as well so you actually get some benefit. They won't get any sort of notification that you've added them.

So for starters, if you haven't already added me then go ahead and do so. I'll add you as well. Then I'll pop in Y and fire it up and you should be able to see my Safari and I yours.

[Grif]

I accidentally KO-ed Kyogre.

I suppose I shouldn't have hit him with two Acid Splash first, but Origin Pulse literally OHKOs most anything else.

[TamerBill]

Leaf Stone. Where? Do I have to dive fir a green shard or something?

You can loot a Leaf Stone on Route 119. Alternatively, yes, green shards or Super Training can get you as many as you like.

[Sylthia]

You can also trade over Evo Stones from XY, but that requires a 2nd person to help. The basic ones are just pretty easy to get since you can buy them.

[Shekinah]

I accidentally KO-ed Kyogre.

I suppose I shouldn't have hit him with two Acid Splash first, but Origin Pulse literally OHKOs most anything else.

I KO'd him lots of times. I ended up resetting a lot, upgrading Capture Power to level 2, hit him with a powerful move that would knock him into the red, then use minor moves to chip off some HP (Ice Fang, FYI). Froze him and caught him, lucky me!

[Qwertystop]

You can also trade over Evo Stones from XY, but that requires a 2nd person to help. The basic ones are just pretty easy to get since you can buy them.

If you have Bank, you can use it to send stuff to XY, evolve it, and send it back. Not sure what'd happen if it has an ORAS move as an egg move (since it stores those now) (are there any of those?), but otherwise it should work.

[TamerBill]

Know what this thread needs? More Secret Bases and the posting of Secret Bases.

Here's my base, located on sunny Route 113.

[Sylthia]

Know what this thread needs? More Secret Bases and the posting of Secret Bases.

Here's my base, located on sunny Route 113.

Cool, now I just have to figure out how to post mine.

[TamerBill]

Cool, now I just have to figure out how to post mine.

On your Secret PC choose 'Manage QR Code Patterns', then 'Share a Secret Base' and 'Save to SD Card'. That puts the image file in your 3DS picture gallery. Then you can just plug the SD card into your PC and get the image file from there, or upload it directly from the 3DS by accessing http://i.nintendo.net on your browser.

If anyone doesn't know how to read the QR codes to add bases, that's also done from the Secret PC: 'Manage QR Code Patterns' -> 'Find a Secret Base'.

[Olinser]

It only does anything if they've also added you. Once you've both added each other, you'll have access to their basic Friend Safari. Once you've seen them online in game and they've cleared the Elite Four, then you'll see their third Pokemon, which is usually the most valuable.

So basically it's better to add people in small batches and try to get them to add you as well so you actually get some benefit. They won't get any sort of notification that you've added them.

So for starters, if you haven't already added me then go ahead and do so. I'll add you as well. Then I'll pop in Y and fire it up and you should be able to see my Safari and I yours.

OK that did work. It doesn't give you a notification when somebody adds you? That's uber stupid, especially for a system that can't send messages to non-friends.

Mind doing me a favor and telling me what is in my own Friend Safari?

[Olinser]

OK then as previously mentioned my OCD forces me to 100% anything that I start - in this case collecting 100% of Pokemon.

Looking for anybody willing to trade any of the 'Evolve when traded with X item held' pokemon to me, either in fully evolved form or with the stone so it evolves. I can hatch/catch a huge amount of pokemon in return if you want specific ones.

Specifically looking for:

Electivizer
Gorebyss
Huntail
Dusclops
Magmortar
Milotic
Conkeldurr
Porygon2
Porygon-Z
Gourgeist
Kingdra
Politoed
Rhyperior
Slowking
Aromatisse
Slurpuff

[JustPlayItLoud]

OK that did work. It doesn't give you a notification when somebody adds you? That's uber stupid, especially for a system that can't send messages to non-friends.

Mind doing me a favor and telling me what is in my own Friend Safari?

It is kind of annoying. The only notification it gives is when you go into your friends list and someone has added you that you ave previously added.

You're rock type with Nosepass and Pupitar. When I eventually see you online in game I'll tell you what your third is.

[Elhann]

Subscribing the thread

Bill, thanks for the Secret Base info.

[Olinser]

It is kind of annoying. The only notification it gives is when you go into your friends list and someone has added you that you ave previously added.

You're rock type with Nosepass and Pupitar. When I eventually see you online in game I'll tell you what your third is.

I'll be on and off throughout the day. Is that how it works, the 3rd one only shows up when the person is in-game? I was under the impression that the 3rd one only showed up after you had beaten the game the first time (which I have).