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No, this is unrelated to my other question. I'm trying to put Hurricane on Tornadus-T and don't want to have to grind it up to Level 67 to get it.
Just a note that some high level moves are also level 1 moves on certain *fully evolved* Pokemon, and thus suitable for heart scale learning. While I have not personally checked Volcarona, Bulbapedia lists Firey Dance as one of these level 1 moves. Same deal with Hurricane on Tornadus.
Huh that's weird, I checked bulbapedia and pokemondb and neither of those had it as a level 1 move.
http://pokemondb.net/pokedex/volcarona/moves/5
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Volcarona_(Pokémon)/Generation_V_learnset
Ah, there's our problem. I answered for Gen VI, the generation for which SnazzySwampert is seeking heart scales for his Tornadus. You answered for Gen V, because SnazzySwampert's earlier question addressed an in-game Black 2 team. So yes, for the Gen V Volcarona, you are quite correct.
How long will it take to get the new Pokemon from SM onto showdown?
The games need to be released first, for legal reasons. After that? A few days at most, I guess, since the code is cracked already, and implementation (but not release) can be done while we wait for the games to hit the shelves.
On the Showdown calculator there's a function One vs All which shows you all calcs on one page. Still a bit of work with but not nearly as much as going through one by one
Thank you. Having looked at it I regret tossing a Hasty 31/31/28/31/9/31 I had earlier. :-/
I must ask all of you, what's the fastest way you guys were able to finish your Pokédex collection? I've been wanting to finish mine before starting Sun and Moon but have been too busy to breed and catch, although I still try said methods whenever I do find the time.
Online guides for where to catch stuff, blissey bases, and the gts are your best friends
I was able to do this all on one cartridge,only checking the gts once a day.
Kotaku has a useful guide to gts bartering (for legendaries).just search "gts bartering " and you will find it
I was able to do this all on one cartridge,only checking the gts once a day.
Kotaku has a useful guide to gts bartering (for legendaries).just search "gts bartering " and you will find it
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I think the easiest way involves at least two game cartridges (and preferably two DSes), and the Global Trade System. Collect what you can on one cartridge, while using the other for trading away rare legendaries, and to evolve your 'mons from the first cartridge (since trade-evolving online is always slightly risky). Doesn't really matter which two games you use, as long as they're directly compatible, but OR/AS would be the most efficient, since they have a large number of legendaries, several of which you'll get two of so you can trade them for rarer ones.
^ If you don't have access to two DS cartridges, you can use the GTS for trade evolutions. For example, you could put up a Haunter asking for a Gengar, or you could put up a Porygon2 holding a Dubious Disc for a Porygon-Z.
Or you could ask in the simple requests thread in the wi-fi section
^ This is probably the safest method. If you have Pokemon Bank, you can use that to store a "living dex" and make completing the national dex in future Pokemon games much easier. (a shame about no backwards compatibility for Pokemon going up to the 7th gen come January IIRC, but whatever)
Well, it's been about a day since my last post, so I don't think this counts as double-posting, but...
I'm currently doing a play-through in my Diamond version. I've cleared Valley Windworks of Team Galactic a couple days ago. (I've made it to Solaceon Town) If I change the DS clock to Friday, (and a slight change in time due to switching to my DS to change the clock) will I be locked out of being able to catch the Drifloon that appears on that day? I want to use the little ghostly balloon in my play-through, but don't necessarily want to wait until Friday actually rolls around.
I'm currently doing a play-through in my Diamond version. I've cleared Valley Windworks of Team Galactic a couple days ago. (I've made it to Solaceon Town) If I change the DS clock to Friday, (and a slight change in time due to switching to my DS to change the clock) will I be locked out of being able to catch the Drifloon that appears on that day? I want to use the little ghostly balloon in my play-through, but don't necessarily want to wait until Friday actually rolls around.
I believe I tried this a few years ago and it does not work. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm fairly certain.
Hm. Well, I guess there's nothing for it then but to breed/SR some more in my Omega Ruby game until Friday rolls around.
When's the ladder going up?
Whenever it updates. Ask in the Showdown section of the website. Orange Islands is about ingame content, we don't know what Showdown's timeline is.
Can anyone link me the thread where people discuss all the new gen 7 pokemon?
Go to "Orange Islands", then "Sun and Moon" and there is a discussion for each new pokemon.
EDIT: Whoops, I actually just checked and they all appear to be gone:(
They're fairly well buried, but still out there: Thread Cryonics. Note that all threads in that section are locked by default.
Since the games are now released, and those discussions were all about theorymonning, first impressions and other pre-release discussion, new discussion takes place in Uncharted Territory. New threads will probably be made for every Pokémon, eventually.
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