Thread: Simple Questions / Simple Answers (Gen 5)

Originally Posted by GatoRage

When evolving a Pokemon with an evolutionary stone (ex: Growlithe --> Arcanine), does the level at which you choose to evolve it have any bearing on it's stats?

Can you please elaborate the question?

Originally Posted by GatoRage

When evolving a Pokemon with an evolutionary stone (ex: Growlithe --> Arcanine), does the level at which you choose to evolve it have any bearing on it's stats?

No it doesn't :)

Originally Posted by Clowncrete

Can you please elaborate the question?

Like, if I choose to use the Fire Stone on a fully Ev'd Growlithe at Level 20, in the end would the Arcanine's stats be any different than if I chose to evolve it at level 30 or 40?

And I'm realizing now that this is a pretty dumb question.

Originally Posted by GatoRage

Like, if I choose to use the Fire Stone on a fully Ev'd Growlithe at Level 20, in the end would the Arcanine's stats be any different than if I chose to evolve it at level 30 or 40?

And I'm realizing now that this is a pretty dumb question.

nope, it doesn't.
lol, I was accelgore'd anyway.

Alright, thanks guys.

OK, let me get this straight.

Say I have a Bidoof. I make it hold a Power Weight, and defeat a Patrat.

Assuming that it doesn't have Pokerus, it would gain 5 Attack EVs (1 from the Patrat, 4 from the Weight).
If I gave it 10 Proteins beforehand, and fought nothing but Patrat all day, then I would have to fight 30 of 'em to get 150 extra Attack EVs, leaving me with 250. Add in two Muscle Wings, and our Bidoof now has a full 252 Attack EVs.

Replace the Power Weight with the Power Anklet, give it 10 Carbos vitamins, fight 30 Blitzle, and feed it two Swift wings, and we end up with 252 Speed EVs.

One Audino and two Health wings later, Bidoof is fully EV-Trained.

Am I right, or is something missing?

Originally Posted by Flareth

OK, let me get this straight.

Say I have a Bidoof. I make it hold a Power Weight, and defeat a Patrat.

Assuming that it doesn't have Pokerus, it would gain 5 Attack EVs (1 from the Patrat, 4 from the Weight).
If I gave it 10 Proteins beforehand, and fought nothing but Patrat all day, then I would have to fight 30 of 'em to get 150 extra Attack EVs, leaving me with 250. Add in two Muscle Wings, and our Bidoof now has a full 252 Attack EVs.

Replace the Power Weight with the Power Anklet, give it 10 Carbos vitamins, fight 30 Blitzle, and feed it two Swift wings, and we end up with 252 Speed EVs.

One Audino and two Health wings later, Bidoof is fully EV-Trained.

Am I right, or is something missing?

perfect.

OK, I guess it's settled then.

New question: Is there a place in Unova where I can buy PP Ups?

@djmc82 then mabey you had a bad internet connection to you game. hope it helps!

Originally Posted by RiverAura

I thought "But it failed!" was the indication that a status move missed. Are they different?

"But it failed!" happens when a move passes the accuracy check, but fails for any other reason (ie: trying to burn a Pokémon which already has a status affliction). If the move misses, it will instead display "<Pokémon>'s attack missed!". If it's a double/triple battle, it will instead display "<Pokémon> avoided the attack!" for each of the opponent's Pokémon that the attack fails to hit, because it wouldn't make sense for the game to say the attack missed, and then have it hit some (but not all) of the targets anyway.

It used to say "It didn't affect Flapdoodle" when a status move missed, but they probably changed that because it's confusingly close to the "It doesn't affect Flapdoodle" that moves a pokémon is immune to get.

Originally Posted by Flareth

OK, I guess it's settled then.

New question: Is there a place in Unova where I can buy PP Ups?

You can get them on your 14 win on the battle subway from the janitor at the station, and sometimes in the battle stadiums :)

Ah, OK. I'm-a have to save the few I have for a rainy day, then. Thanks!

hey everyone
Im not sure im posting this in the right area but i might as well try. My cousin has pokemon black and he plays it on a DS. we have a problem getting his game to accept our internet. we go to the WFC settings and click on the wifi settings, then we select a open connection (connection 1) and search for an access point. when it starts searching for an access point it says "the access point's security settings are not supported by the Nintendo DS. For help, visit support.nintendo.com" does anyone know why this is happening? i wrote nintendo an email on Monday (10/3/11) and havent heard back from them. has anyone else run into this problem?
thanks in advance

Originally Posted by fc3s_gabe

hey everyone
Im not sure im posting this in the right area but i might as well try. My cousin has pokemon black and he plays it on a DS. we have a problem getting his game to accept our internet. we go to the WFC settings and click on the wifi settings, then we select a open connection (connection 1) and search for an access point. when it starts searching for an access point it says "the access point's security settings are not supported by the Nintendo DS. For help, visit support.nintendo.com" does anyone know why this is happening? i wrote nintendo an email on Monday (10/3/11) and havent heard back from them. has anyone else run into this problem?
thanks in advance

Yes, this means your wireless internet uses more advanced security than the DS can use. The DS only supports WEP security and no security, so you'd have to reconfigure your wireless internet.