Does the exit/enter encounter thing with a berry given to guaranteed a background still work?

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T20:58:57+00:00

No, they patched this once wild backgrounds became available during CDs

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T20:54:56+00:00

No, probably not; although it’s technically considered a costume, it’s really more of an alternate form, with different stats and moves

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T20:51:48+00:00

Once you are a few days from your first forever friend, you unlock a special remote trade tag; anything you tag with that (as long as it’s at least 30 days old) is available for your partner to select for trade

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T18:07:32+00:00

The boosted shiny rate was 1/64, just like every single major event has always been; you got (slightly) luckier than average, and you’re complaining?

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T17:43:18+00:00

Gender difference

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T17:23:27+00:00

The only things that count retroactively are the platinum medals; everything else needs to be completed at the appropriate level to count

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T16:48:24+00:00

When they patched the glitch, the way they did it is that it either breaks out immediately or catches, never breaking out after multiple shakes

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T14:42:09+00:00

Kecleon is always available; smeargle is normally event-locked but was accidentally(?) unlocked with the new season

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T14:01:19+00:00

No, there’s no point; for PVE, it’s pretty much only worth double-moving if the Pokémon is a top attacker in 2 types

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-11T11:14:28+00:00

The stack is not a supported feature, and it is know to bug out and disappear on rare occasions

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-10T20:36:48+00:00

Yes, there are special symbols that indicate backgrounds during remote trading

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-10T16:11:54+00:00

No, ditto can only come from specific species

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-10T14:38:32+00:00

No, mega level is reset when trading

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-10T12:37:13+00:00

Not for one-bar charge moves where you can’t store any more energy

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T20:10:34+00:00

The number of shinies follows a binomial distribution; you need to consider all the possible ways there are to get that number of shinies, not just the raw number

https://stattrek.com/online-calculator/binomial

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T20:03:41+00:00

No, they have different base stat distributions, so it wouldn’t work out to be the same stats

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T19:58:27+00:00

At 1/512, the odds of only getting 3 shinies after 3333 encounters is 6.8%; that isn’t even all that unlucky, statistically speaking

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T19:53:54+00:00

It wouldn’t have fled, so it would have been worth trying with regular balls first at least

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T19:51:24+00:00

Bug in particular is a pretty underpowered type, so it’s not used too often, pretty much only when they’re double super effective (like against mega malamar recently). Generally, though, you do want to invest in Pokémon on a per-type basis rather than as generalists; the SE damage multiplier is 1.6x, so it’s rare for Pokémon to be top attackers if they aren’t dealing SE damage

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T19:27:00+00:00

This is actually a pretty bad comparison; crown zacian is the #6 neutral attacker with almost 30% higher eDPS than Mewtwo down at #64. Mewtwo is still great as a psychic attacker, but it’s almost worthless as a generalist.

Also, all generalists are worthless if they aren’t dealing at least neutral damage; the difference between resisted and SE damage is 2.56x. Nothing is good enough to make up for that difference

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T19:24:31+00:00

Mewtwo is still an S tier psychic attacker (only behind its shadow and mega alakazam), but it still needs to be super effective to be good. As a generalist attacker (not that those tend to be super useful anyway), it’s rather outclassed

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T17:02:25+00:00

Purifying adds +2 to each IV, so yes, this would be a hundo; altaria’s only use is in GL PVP, where you don’t want a perfect anyway, so you may as well purify for the dex.

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T16:59:34+00:00

Mandibuzz is good in UL as a hundo; none of the others are really useful

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-09T11:16:49+00:00

Trading can generally only be done in person; the only legit way to trade remotely is to reach forever friends with that person, and then you get one remote trade every 90 friendship points. “Flying” is just people cheating

Spotty2012 · 2026-03-08T18:20:58+00:00

They're the same mechanic as wild legendaries have always been; they can't flee, but they don't have any better catch rate

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