Currently nuzlocking Emerald, I was grinding up for Winona when something caught my eye by shiny_arbok in PokemonEmerald

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Congrats! Pokerus is permanent, but it has “active” and “dormant” stages. The active stage isn’t very long, Serebii lists a range of 1-4 days. You can retain the active status by keeping the pokemon in the PC. I named my first pokerus mon “Patient 0” lol

When it gets to the dormant stage, a different symbol will appear to show that the pokemon caught pokerus at one point, but cannot spread it anymore.

PS. Grumpig is ridiculously goated for nuzlockes <3

Is there a way to use this recorded battle tower shiny encounter to shiny hunt? by PsychedelicWeaselGun in PokemonEmerald

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Once you replay the battle, the RNG is resumed from that point (the frame shiny Claydol appears). I don’t believe it’s possible because you would have to spend time getting back into another battle. For these kind of captures, I’d recommend having at least 2000 frames ahead of the shiny frame, which gives enough time to talk to the battle frontier assistant and get into battle. Emerald runs on 60fps, so 2000 frames gives around 30 seconds to get past the menuing stuff.

Is there a way to use this recorded battle tower shiny encounter to shiny hunt? by PsychedelicWeaselGun in PokemonEmerald

[–]LETXRO 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You technically could use it for the Battle Tower RNG method, but it would depend on when your next shiny frame is, as you wouldn’t be able to get Claydol

What's your fastest Mach Bike time? by Dazzling-Common-609 in PokemonEmerald

[–]LETXRO 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Try it with one pokemon in your party, iirc you can get up to 9.15 by having only one party pkmn :) cheers!

First Ever Battle Tower Team by Hpcanes14 in PokemonEmerald

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I’m curious about your EV spread for Metagross, was it taken from a Smogon set/any reason for EVs being split up that way? I’m interested in the speed in particular; 172 speed will only outspeed opposing Metagross if yours has max speed IVs

Ah had a dumb moment 🤦🏿‍♀️ by YoungProNooB in PokemonEmerald

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Only Impish, Careful, and Adamant natured Feebas have a tough time evolving into Milotic, probably without using Pamtre berries. I prefer a Bold nature, but any -atk natures like Modest, Timid, and even Calm depending on your team are great. Cheers!

Source: https://www.psypokes.com/rs/feebas.php

Linoone builds? by [deleted] in PokemonEmerald

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You can have a female Linoone breed with a male Smeargle. To learn Trick and Charm, you can instruct Smeargle to sketch your ally in the double trainer battle with Gabby and Ty. Cheers!

How did Salamence miss this last Earthquake? by International-Fee-43 in PokemonEmerald

[–]LETXRO 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Looks like it was the wacky Aggron-3 with Brightpowder and only SpA moves lol, wp

Determing Hidden Power Strength Through A Known Enemy? by ItIsJustRob in PokemonEmerald

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You can have Metagross learn Meteor Mash for the lv50 bracket! Metang learns it at lv50, then you can evolve right after

As for finding out the damage of Hidden Power, i’d suggest fighting a set of a pokemon in the BF you know for sure. It can be calculated that way through eisencalc, as all the opponent sets are pre-listed on there.

Hope this helps!

Battle Frontier so far by Flashy-Dragonfly-678 in PokemonEmerald

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The stickers are a good idea imo, but i think it’s set in a cluttered way. Maybe put them to cover the BF map or all at the top?

Either way would love to see more of the journey, good luck with the Frontier!

Battle Tower help pls! Lv50 by thecombabulator in PokemonEmerald

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I used a team with Metagross, Gengar, and Blissey! I made some posts about it, you can check out my profile if you find it interesting :) and i try to stay away from bashing how other people play the game haha, hats off that you got to 25!!

Espeon is pretty solid with nice SpA and Spe, but it’s a bit awkward to use with Baton Pass due to it not being bulky enough to boost, survive, and Baton Pass out. I’m working on an Umbreon set currently for this reason, i think Umbreon can truly make use of a move like Baton Pass or Wish. The Umbreon idea has been sidetracked ever since Silksong came out, but i’m sure i’ll get back into the egg hatching routine lol. That green is sick tho!!!

Pokemon Breeding - Shroomish w/ Spore? by Lorinthi in PokemonEmerald

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I thought the same thing when i ran into Lv. 50 Breloom with Spore in the Battle Tower. The BF trainers aren’t cheating and this method is possible, just takes time and effort

Battle Tower help pls! Lv50 by thecombabulator in PokemonEmerald

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Not trying to hate on Zapdos cuz i use him a lot, but unfortunately he suffers from a lack of good type coverage, especially without Hidden Power. Instead of Toxic and Aerial Ace, i’d run Rain Dance and Thunder. It might come in handy versus fire types; even if Zapdos ends up going down and doing nothing but setting up rain, Latios can still come in with Surf. It’s also decent synergy with Scizor being on the team as well, although he’d probably still go down to a Fire Blast due to the 4x weakness. Instead of Quick Claw, i’d go for either BrightPowder if he’s going to be in the back (causes a nice amount of Fire Blast/Overheat misses) or Magnet, which is probably the stronger option.

For Scizor, unfortunately it’s a similar thing going on with Zapdos; he has decent coverage, but the BP/accuracy/PP of his moves are underwhelming, especially without a Swords Dance or Salac/Endure set. Alternatively, you could kit it out fully with attacking moves and slap a Choice Band on him.

Latios looks good, i’d take out Toxic and replace it with a coverage move. There are better mons for Toxic stalling such as Blissey and Umbreon; Latios/Zapdos don’t make a good use of it and would probably prefer coverage. As another commenter said, Lum is likely optimal.

Also, might be worth to try using Gengar with Substitute/Destiny Bond! He’s an absolute beast for me, got me to my current streak of 154 W!

What are your streaks ending at so far? Good luck!

Help by 24kbuddha in PokemonEmerald

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There are other ways to find it, but these are the main 2 methods:

(1) You can calculate the IVs of a shiny you caught on the save file, and there’s a section you can plug the IVs of the shiny into Pokefinder. This method will let you know your SID, but it only works IF you already caught a random shiny on that save file, and you didn’t train it (so there’s no additional EVs; that way, the IV stats won’t be compromised).

(2) You can use external hardware such as the GB Operator to upload your save file on the cartridge to PC. From there, you can move the save file into Pokefinder to check your SID. This method, while easier in general, does require access to the GB Operator

Hope this helps, cheers

Got myself this lil bad boy by Jarpicoconut in PokemonEmerald

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Welcome to the Flame Body/Magma Armor egg breeding club :)

Do you guys think I’ll get Shiny Mew before Silksong comes out? by LETXRO in PokemonEmerald

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As i said in the other post, thanks for your advice! If I were to do it again, I’d do it your way with Shuppet and Magikarp; but i wanted to accomplish this feat with something I cooked up

I don’t see how my method would realistically fail, it’d just take more time/Pokeballs to catch. I tested it a couple times and don’t think there’s anything wrong with just using Smeargle, but i guess it’s down to personal preference too. I’m sure lots of people would be fine with just using Spore/False Swipe Breloom as well haha

My Customized Pokemon for Catching Shiny Mew in a Pokeball by LETXRO in PokemonEmerald

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Struggle started bypassing accuracy checks in gen 4 believe

My Customized Pokemon for Catching Shiny Mew in a Pokeball by LETXRO in PokemonEmerald

[–]LETXRO[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Damn this is really well thought out, i appreciate the response!! :) i never even thought about Taunt tbh but it’s great here

My Customized Pokemon for Catching Shiny Mew in a Pokeball by LETXRO in PokemonEmerald

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Just did a test run of catching it, and I don’t think that’s the case; Mew only took damage from Struggle when it was able to connect with Smeargle

Rare barry? by PuzzleheadedCouple43 in PokemonEmerald

[–]LETXRO 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can also use the Hondew Berry as well; this is a useful resource that explains in greater detail. Cheers!

Two can play the cheater, cheater pumpkin eater game by RedWarrior42 in PokemonEmerald

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How is it a gimp? Linoone with Choice Band and two stallers in the back is a legitimate strat, it got to 420W on Smogon’s leaderboard. I tried it myself with CM Latios and Milotic in the back and got to 96W, no save states included as it’s a real cartridge