2010-04-04, 05:15 PM
Thanks for the replies guys! Chances are it's as you said: I just haven't killed as many Pokemon as I thought. Ohwell, since it's not like I'm using this Ampharos in any final teams.
Hijacking my own thread to discuss another subject: IVs. I've never been a metagame player; just your typical type weakness/strength master, though since I'd like to start developing metagame teams, this is all (obviously) good to know. Can someone give a rough explanation of them? I understand they constitute bonus stats, as said above, and the equations are all over the place on Serebii, etc., but how can you positively influence them to your advantage? As far as I've gathered from Serebii's guide, you really can't, as IVs are "set in stone" when you receive a Pokemon, and are completely random. The only positive light the guide shed on the matter was saying that wild Pokemon tend to have a greater distribution of weaker IVs than bred Pokemon, so that's what I've been doing, but regardless it feels like an area that's not as easily influenced as EVs.
Thanks again!
Hijacking my own thread to discuss another subject: IVs. I've never been a metagame player; just your typical type weakness/strength master, though since I'd like to start developing metagame teams, this is all (obviously) good to know. Can someone give a rough explanation of them? I understand they constitute bonus stats, as said above, and the equations are all over the place on Serebii, etc., but how can you positively influence them to your advantage? As far as I've gathered from Serebii's guide, you really can't, as IVs are "set in stone" when you receive a Pokemon, and are completely random. The only positive light the guide shed on the matter was saying that wild Pokemon tend to have a greater distribution of weaker IVs than bred Pokemon, so that's what I've been doing, but regardless it feels like an area that's not as easily influenced as EVs.
Thanks again!