Hidden Powers

[StarDuck]

Hell. I've learned a lot from this site, n it got me playing pokemon a whole lot more now. I was wondering how the hidden power works. Pokemon of the week has tips on how to raise your pokemon, but I don't understand how to get a raichu to learn surf, or a pokemon of one type to learn a power of some other type. Could someone explain please. thanks.

 

[TRJessie579]

Here is the site's page on Hidden Power:

http://www.serebii.net/games/hidden-power.shtml

If you want more some information on HP and IVs, there's an EVs/IVs FAQ thread:

http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=105225

Raichu with Surf is a completely different thing. You can get a Pichu Egg that knows Surf from the Gamecube game Pokemon Box (basically a Pokemon storage system) by filling up the game with 1,499 Pokemon.

 

[StarDuck]

I see... so it's like a random thing? To get Hidden Power, I'll have to breed with unknown? I did the IV calculator thing, and it said my snealsel would have steel, and my blastoise would have poison.

 

[TRJessie579]

No, no Unown involved--Unown is just the only Pokemon that learns the move naturally. You need to use the TM to get the attack on your Pokemon.

Yes, it's basically random since IVs are random, but remember:

The main site’s IV calculator also shows you your Pokemon’s HP type and power, but again, since IV calculators are only completely accurate at LV 100, you don’t want to rely on the calculator to tell you your Pokemon’s HP. The best way, if you don’t want to bother with the calculation, is to battle a Kecleon. When you use the move, Kecleon will change to the type of your Pokemon’s HP.

If you can’t find Kecleon, or you aren’t using a game that has it, just use process of elimination. For example, if you battle a Grass-type Pokemon and Hidden Power is super effective, it can only be Fire, Poison, Ice, Flying, or Bug. Battle another type to eliminate more options until you’re left with the only possible HP type your Pokemon can have.

So those HPs may be inaccurate, and are DEFINITELY inaccurate if you're trying to find the IVs of a Blastoise, since unless you've used Rare Candies or the Daycare to level it up, it already has EVs. The best way to do it is the way explained above.