Thread: Simple Questions / Simple Answers (Gen 5)

Originally Posted by H-con

When using the Masuda method, does it have to be the same species or can it be, say, Ditto, if I want to breed a shiny Rufflet?

I'm pretty sure a foreign Ditto does suffice but most people try and get a foreign female version of the Pokemon, say Rufflet, and a male Rufflet or other compatibles with Egg moves. If you're breeding for a shiny, you'd want Egg moves on for obvious versatility and value reasons.

What Pokemon can best utilize Snarl? Snarl (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

Originally Posted by ShinyRiolu

What Pokemon can best utilize Snarl? Snarl (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

I don't know if it's really worth a move slot most of the time. But something with high Defense and moderate SpDefense would use it best.

Umbreon and Scrafty would work well. Arcanine might too.

To breed Volt Tackle onto a Pichu does the Pikachu have to be the one holding the Light Ball? I need to breed one with a Smeargle, but the Pikachu needs to hold the Everstone so the Smeargle would need the Light Ball... The Bulbapedia article does say the Pikachu/Raichu need to, but I'd rather ask just incase it was changed in Gen V and nobody edited it. :p

Originally Posted by Blitzle

To breed Volt Tackle onto a Pichu does the Pikachu have to be the one holding the Light Ball? I need to breed one with a Smeargle, but the Pikachu needs to hold the Everstone so the Smeargle would need the Light Ball... The Bulbapedia article does say the Pikachu/Raichu need to, but I'd rather ask just incase it was changed in Gen V and nobody edited it. :p

Pikachu still needs the Light ball to pass on Volt Tackle.

Originally Posted by Synthesis

I don't know if it's really worth a move slot most of the time. But something with high Defense and moderate SpDefense would use it best.

Umbreon and Scrafty would work well. Arcanine might too.

Ah, thank you very much.

Which caves are the most useful for finding Gems? And when they're consumed in the middle of a Subway battle, are they restored during each fight you have afterwards?

Originally Posted by Kenshi

Which caves are the most useful for finding Gems? And when they're consumed in the middle of a Subway battle, are they restored during each fight you have afterwards?

I've heard that there might be different rates for items in different caves but I haven't seen any conclusive evidence since so I just assume all caves give you a good shot for gems, and gems appear more frequently than any other item so just go out there and try your luck.

And you could just test out the gem thing by attaching a gem to a poke, save, go to battle and see if it works, then turn the game off and back on.

Yeah, I'd do that, but one of the Subway bosses almost destroyed my partner and myself in a battle where Hilda ended up winning the battle for me. I don't want to end up facing them again only to lose (thereby being forced to restart from the freakin' beginning). Of course, I could try the other areas, but I don't have any Pokemon with good IVs that I've got full EVs on at the moment, so that'll have to wait.

I believe it's the same rate for finding each type of gem though, correct?

Originally Posted by Kenshi

Yeah, I'd do that, but one of the Subway bosses almost destroyed my partner and myself in a battle where Hilda ended up winning the battle for me. I don't want to end up facing them again only to lose (thereby being forced to restart from the freakin' beginning). Of course, I could try the other areas, but I don't have any Pokemon with good IVs that I've got full EVs on at the moment, so that'll have to wait.

I believe it's the same rate for finding each type of gem though, correct?

I would expect it to be sane rate and yeah, your item doesn't get used up - just like Power Herb, White Herb, berries, etc. unless it was changed in B/W.

Can anyone provide solid information on the latter? I wouldn't want to get swamped after using my only Flying Gem with Acrobatics, and then end up fighting hordes of beasts with no item. :/

Originally Posted by Kenshi

Can anyone provide solid information on the latter? I wouldn't want to get swamped after using my only Flying Gem with Acrobatics, and then end up fighting hordes of beasts with no item. :/

Consumable items are restored at the end of each battle in the Battle Subway.

(Fwiw, it happened many times when I had a Berry for a Pokemon in the facility.)

Okay, thanks. Now I can hunt some Gems in peace.

I keep getting 52010 when trying to do 'Game Sync'. I googled (ALOT) and couldn't find anything that worked. I'll have full bars for about ten seconds before this quits on me. Help?

Hey ya'll!!! So my boyfriend and I had a question about Eeveelution. So we know how the seven typically evolve: Vaporeon with a Water Stone, Jolteon with a Thunder Stone, Flareon with a Fire Stone, Espeon with High Happiness in the day, Umbreon with High Happiness in the night, Glaceon by Ice Rock and Leafeon by Moss Rock.

OUR question is about Pokemon Red Version. Not FireRed, but the original Red Version for the GameBoy. He was in Rocket Headquarters the other day, when his Eevee started randomly evolving at the end of a battle (like Pokemon who don't evolve by Stone or Trade would do).

Unfortunately, we were a bit stupid, and we stopped the evolution... So we don't know what it was going to evolve into. I feel like I've read somewhere (LONG LONG ago) that an Eevee will at some point randomly evolve into one of the three Eeveelutions (selected at random) upon leveling up. I scoured Bulbapedia, but there was no info on it. Can anyone here offer any insight?

Thank You!!!

~Raeni