How to: Pokemon Breeding Part 1

Before we can get into breeding Pokemon, we need to know the basics a Pokemon.

Natures

Pokemon Natures are basic, they usually just increase one stat's growth rate by 10%, and decrease another by 10%. There are Natures that don't do anything to a Pokemon's stats, but usually you would be wanting to breed Pokemon with Natures that benefit them, rather than hinder their performance.

Here is a chart of the Pokemon Natures and their effect on a Pokemon's stat growth:

Egg Groups

Any Male Pokemon can breed with any Female Pokemon as long as both of them share a common Egg Group.

These are all the Egg Groups:

Bug 

Dragon 

Fairy 

Flying 

Ground 

Humanshape 

Indeterminate 

Mineral 

Monster 

Plant 

Water 1 

Water 2 

Water 3 

Ditto

No Eggs

Some Pokemon belong to two Egg Groups, this makes it possible to Breed Egg Moves across from a Pokemon that learns the move naturally or by TM, to a Pokemon that can't learn the move or the TM, but can have the Egg Move.

This takes us to the next bit.

Parent Pokemon

-Females

The Egg will always hatch into the same species of Pokemon as the Female Parent Pokemon. (Female Charizard Parent = Charmander Egg)

-Males

The Egg can hatch with the same attacks as the Male Parent Pokemon, as long as the Egg Pokemon Species can learn it via Egg Moves.

Egg Moves

Every Generation of Pokemon, the game changes what Egg Moves each Pokemon can have to keep the game fairly balanced I'd imagine. Anyway, the best way to find out if the Pokemon you want to breed can learn a certain move you have in mind, then use this link to look up that pokemon.

http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-bw/

That link will take you to a Unova Pokedex, it has been structured by Generation, to help you find the Pokemon faster.

When you've found the right page, at the top right should be a shortcut that says "Egg Moves".

If you want to find out what Pokemon can learn a certain move you're thinking of, use this link.

http://www.serebii.net/attackdex-bw/

That link will take you to a Unova Attackdex, it will show you what Pokemon can learn each attack, and how.

Right, this brings us to the last part of this post.

Breeding Natures

If you let one of the Parent Pokemon hold an Ever Stone when you put it in the daycare, the Eggs they produce will have a 50% chance of having the same Nature as the Parent that held the Ever Stone.

This allows you to breed across the ideal nature across to the Pokemon you're making.

That concludes this Post on Pokemon Breeding, Next time, I'll make a start on Pokemon IV's, what they do, and how to breed them. Stay tuned! :D

How to: Double/Triple Battles Part 1

For some reason, Double/Triple Battles aren't all that popular with the average Pokemon gamer. I personally prefer Doubles and Triples to the Single Battle style, as I find they add an extra element of complexity to battles.

I think it is important for anyone who wishes to get good at Pokemon to get familiar with these battles types, as they can open your eyes to another way of looking at your cute little creatures.

Firstly, don't be intimidated by the leap from single battles. Yes, some moves become more powerful than they previously were in single battles because they can now be used to their full potential in wider fields. But this here is going to teach you about these attacks, and what makes them stronger, along with other kinds of strategies that can pop up in these wide field battles.

Wide Range Attacks

There are many different types of wide ranging attacks in Pokemon Black and White.

-Opposing Field Targeted Attacks (OFTA's):

These attacks can hit up to three opposing Pokemon at once (Given the user is in the middle position of a triple battle), without hitting your own ally Pokemon. Commonly used ones include:

Standard

Rockslide - Can cause flinch

Blizzard - Can cause freeze

Heat Wave - Can cause burn

Muddy Water - Can lower accuracy

All of these are your basic OFTA's, and they all have potential added effects.

Power lowers with HP

Eruption

Water Spout

Both of these attacks are only at full power when the users HP is full, best to have fast Pokemon use these attacks to get their full potential.

Unusual

Flameburst

The ally Pokemon either side of the target take a little damage, useful if the target's ally Pokemon has extremely low HP.

Non-Attacking

Follow Me - All opposing single target attacks will be directed towards the user

Stealth Rock - Causes damage to switching opposing Pokemon

Spikes - Causes damage to non-levitating/non-flying switching opposing Pokemon

Poison Spikes - Poisons non-levitating/non-flying/non-steel switching opposing Pokemon

Follow me is only used in Double/Triple battles. It's best use to keep attention away from an ally Pokemon, and works even better in combination with Wide Guard attack, to block any OFTA's and EFTA's from sneaking through.

Random Target Attack

Outrage

The user has no control over who the target will be, unless the opponent only has one target within range.

-Entire Field Targeted Attack (EFTA's):

These attacks can hit up to five Pokemon at once (excluding user). Commonly used ones include:

Standard

Earthquake

Surf

Discharge - Can cause Paralysis

Bulldoze - Lowers targets Speed stat

Selfdestruct - Causes user to feint

Explosion - Causes user to feint

Lavaplume - Can cause burn

Sludge Wave - Can cause poison

These are all standard EFTA's, they will hit all Pokemon on the field if the user is in the middle position of a triple battle. Immune Pokemon, ally Pokemon with Telepathy ability, and opposing teams that have used Wide Guard will be unaffected by these attacks.

Non-Attacking

Teeter Dance - Confuses all in battle

Gravity - Levitating and Flying Pokemon are Earthbound, Flying attacks are disabled for 5 turns

Trick Room - Attacking order based on Speed stats is reversed for 5 turns

Magic Room - Items are unusable for 5 turns

Wonder Room - All Pokemon have their Defense and Special Defense swapped for 5 turns

Perish Song - All Pokemon who hear this song feint after 3 turns

Weather Attacks

Hail - All non ice type Pokemon take damage each turn (except Pokemon with Ice Body/Snow Cloak ability), Blizzard attack never fails to hit.

Sunny Day - Pokemon with Dry Skin take damage each turn. Pokemon with Chlorophyll ability double in speed. Solar Beam no longer needs to charge up. Fire attacks get 1.5x boost.

Rainy Day - Pokemon with Dry skin/Rain dish ability gain hp each turn. Pokemon with Swift Swim ability double in speed. Thunder attack never fails to hit. Water attacks get 1.5x boost.

Sandstorm - All non Steel/Rock/Ground type Pokemon take damage each turn (except Pokemon with Sand Veil ability). Pokemon with SandRush Ability double in speed. Pokemon with Sand Force ability gain 1.33x boost in Ground, Steel and Rock attacks.

All of these non-attacking EFTA's are significantly useful in doubles and triples. So get familiar with them.

-Ally Field Targeted Attacks (AFTA's):

These attacks are used for strategic purposes, as they are directed towards your own team, they're meant to give you a boost in some way.

Tailwind - Boosts the whole team's speed by 1.5x

Quick Guard - Protects the whole team from any priority attacks (Fake out, Bullet Punch, Ice Shard...)

Wide Guard - Protects the whole team from any Physical or Special EFTA's or OFTA's

Safe Guard - Protects the whole team from critical hits

Light Screen - Slightly boosts the whole team's Special Defense for 5 turns

Reflect - Slightly boosts the whole team's Defense for 5 turns.

-Cross Field Attacks (CFA's):

These attacks are useful in triple battles, as they allow the user to attack an opponent that would normally be out of range. For example, the user is on the far left, and the target is on the far right, normally out of range, but these attacks can still hit their target.

Acrobatics

Aerial Ace

Aeroblast

Air Slash

Aura Sphere

Bounce

Brave Bird

Chatter

Dark Pulse

Dragon Pulse

Drill Peck

Fly

Sky Drop

Hurricane

Gust

Heal Pulse

Peck

Perish Song

Pluck

Sky Attack

Water Pulse

Wing attack

As you may have noticed, most of these attacks are flying type, and can be rendered useless with the use of Gravity attack. An easy way of remembering the general rule to CFA's, if it's a pulse, it should reach.

This concludes my first entry about Double and Triple battles. 

Next entry I shall expand on the field dynamics of Doubles and Triples, and start on important abilities for Doubles and Triples.

Stay tuned! :D

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