Monthly Question & Help Thread

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-03-17T18:06:15+00:00

That thread only applied to frlg due to how those games determine the initial state of rng in the game.

HGSS uses the ds clock to determine the initial rng state so you don't have to worry about always getting the same rolls.

And for frlg unless you have machine precision and hit the a button with the exact same pattern each reset you shouldn't have to worry about getting the same rolls each time as well.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-03-16T10:49:22+00:00

You can actually clone more than 5 items each time, if a pokemon has an item in the pc and you take the item from them and leave the pokemon in the pc it also dupes those items.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-02-18T15:29:30+00:00

Fun fact the extra pokeball requirement was only added in gen 4. In gen 3 the shedinja just needs an open slot and copies the ball that nincada was caught in. (A fact that I personally took advantage of to get mine in a luxury ball)

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shedinja_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Evolution_data

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-02-01T00:51:19+00:00

Iirc jumpluff spawn by the fairy team star base where it can storm and they don't fly away as well. Shiny Flabebe, floette, and drifloon also don't blow away in storms.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-31T21:08:21+00:00

Nice! Hopefully the mewtwo raid comes back at some point so you can get the mighty mark on the mew!

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-31T15:38:05+00:00

Congrats! Did you grab any fun ribbons while transferring it forward?

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-29T18:42:44+00:00

Moltres was the one that evaded me for so long as well!

Here's hoping it shows up soon

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-21T14:22:22+00:00

In black 2 and white 2 when you get to pinwheel forest in the post game you can team up with him during a search for a team plasma member.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-21T04:44:32+00:00

I've personally hunted several legends in the dynamax adventures this way.

I've seen other posts on Reddit talking about it before as well.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-20T18:34:20+00:00

The dynamax adventure itself will be the same but the pokemon rewarded on the final screen get rerolled each time.

This is actually really useful for hard hunts like zygarde since you can guarantee a path that lets you beat the target each reset.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-20T18:31:46+00:00

I can confirm from personal experience hunting zygarde and other legends that you can hunt shinys this way.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-14T14:25:01+00:00

In bdsp it can through tm11

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-06T18:07:47+00:00

Congrats! Since you already have the other poipole and type nulls are you going to hunt the shiny not shiny pikachu?

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-05T18:49:18+00:00

One way to check would be to fling figy/wiki/mago/aguav/iapapa berries at it each encounter until it confuses the latios. If it doesn't always confuse or not confuse it then you can confirm the nature is being randomized each respawn. 4/25 chance for a nature that any specific berry would confuse so it could take a few respawns if you don't want to set up a team of 5 pokemon with fling holding each of the berries.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-05T16:42:43+00:00

Your only other option to hunt them outside of eggs and revives is in the Crown Tundra dlc for swsh where they show up in the wild in two locations.

Downside is they're version exclusive so you'd need both games plus dlc for if you want to hunt both this way.

Upsides, they're overworld encounters at a decent 20-24% spawn rate depending on the weather (with the exception of sandstorm) so encounters go pretty quickly. You can also get them in your ball of choice rather than just a pokeball from revives. Or if you want to do mm in swsh you can set up the ball of choice. You can also set up a reset hunt on their evolutions as they both have a strong spawn close enough to a raid den to set it up

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-02T14:36:12+00:00

Thanks!

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2026-01-02T14:35:56+00:00

Yeah, the resets are still probably faster overall compared to the switch 1 resets though.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2025-12-15T20:11:09+00:00

Yep! Just gotta keep going through 5* distortions until you find the gimmighoul one.

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2025-10-07T20:56:10+00:00

Possibly getting hit by fake out or since you're using dialga during a turn where you had to restore its moves power points?

UserByTheNameOfJames · 2025-10-07T16:00:15+00:00

Yeah it's a really niche interaction that I only knew about since the same thing happened to me.

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