Official Help Thread

[charizardchick]

ok thanks - so - judging by what i read for emerald on the main page to get the three starters (at least one way to) is to finish the hoenn dex...ugh - ok - i wish i would have beat this game a long time ago - thanks everyone for you help!

 

[Tyranny of Tyranitar]

I have a question on the berry fertilizers. If I want to plant a crop of say 4 Tamato Berries, will I need to buy 4 fertilizers depending on what effect of fertilizer I want; or is one enough?

You have to use one fertilizer per berry planted. You can use different effects if you want to or have them all the same.

If a Pokemon has stats such as 125 Attack and 60 Sp. Attack, would a Physical Move with 80 Power or a Special Move with 95 Power be better? How does it get calculated with the stats?

Thanks for your help everyone.

It depends on the pokemon you are facing. For example, if it was the Sp. Defensive wall Blissey, the Physical move would be best or if it was the Defensive wall Steelix, Speical would be best. Here's a link to the calculator:
Damage Calculator Page

 

[true+false]

Can a Pokémon bred with Ditto pass on Egg Moves?

 

[The Prodigy]

Is the Elite Four the most efficient way to level up? Are there any better places?

 

[Tyranny of Tyranitar]

Can a Pokémon bred with Ditto pass on Egg Moves?

It should be able to as long as it is a male. You can test to see by saving before loading both in the daycare and hatching the resulting egg if or not an egg move will pass.

Is the Elite Four the most efficient way to level up? Are there any better places?

You could go to the Turnback Cave, the Battle Area grasses, or climb Stark Mountain.

 

[true+false]

Would I have to reset before I ever met Cresselia (when it flies off and you take the Lunar Wing), or when I first meet it in the wild for it's nature to change each time I soft resetted?

 

[Jonah]

If it's like Latias and Latios, its nature is set in stone when you first start the game.

However, it may not be like Lati@s, so I can't really say.

 

[Mon_Goose]

I think you need to reset before you meet it first.

 

[www500]

hey, how come i cannot run into a wild shuckle...i really want one because of power trick...but i can't seem to find one...i keep running into gastrodon, roselia, gloom, and floatzel.

 

[true+false]

hey, how come i cannot run into a wild shuckle...i really want one because of power trick...but i can't seem to find one...i keep running into gastrodon, roselia, gloom, and floatzel.

Was Emerald in your GBA slot before you started up your game? And they are uncommon, that could also explain it.

 

[www500]

yeah its in, and i restarted the game...but now its going on 30 minutes....ugh. would it be wise for shuckle to use power trick? that's the only reason i want it. then it would be almost unstoppable...j/k....but still it would give it the highest attack base by 70 or more.

 

[true+false]

yeah its in, and i restarted the game...but now its going on 30 minutes....ugh.

And make sure that you're on Route 224.

 

[www500]

i did...its really getting on my nerves

 

[Mon_Goose]

Took me forever to find Shuckle when I was chaining for a shiny one. Just keep going, and You are bound to find one sooner or later.

 

[EmberStar the Blaziken]

Are there still combos in Contests?

 

[PaperMoon07]

Which make better subpunchers, fast or slow Pokemon? I was thinking about making a Breloom that can both sub and spore punch, but I don't know if it's worth it.

Also, I'm making a Naive Mixape, and I was wondering how many EV's I should invest into speed. My concern is that, as a mixed sweeper, my Infernape's either physical or special attack will be relatively weak. I'm probably going to be running a 31 Speed IV, and a speed increasing nature, so I can cut my Speed EV's to the bare minimum to outspeed certain things. The rest can go into my attacking stats.

So here's my question: should I call it quits after I reach enough to outspeed pokemon with base 110 speed and a neutral speed nature, or should I keep going? I can theoretically also outspeed other pokemon in that speed group with a speed raising nature, if they don't have a particularly high speed IV and I max out my speed EV's. Is it worth it?

Should I keep going and try to outspeed things with up to base 120 and neutral speed natures? > < Where do I call the line? Are there any things just slightly slower than Infernape that commonly use speed natures--that I should worry about?

If someone could look at the Pokemon in those speed ranges, that'd be helpful.

 

[Deathatron]

Are there still combos in Contests?

Don't think so. Moves have different effects in contests now as well.

Which make better subpunchers, fast or slow Pokemon? I was thinking about making a Breloom that can both sub and spore punch, but I don't know if it's worth it.

With Breloom, it depends what you're going to use. For example, my Breloom only has SubPunch (I forgot to give it Spore. XP), so it helps if it's slower. However, SporePunch doesn't rely on speed as much, but it does rely on a bit of luck.

 

[Soldier Blue]

Just a quick question my brother is trying to evolve his gligar, now i know that it's the razor fang at night but he's tried leveling it up, trading it even checked if there is a "use" option but nothing.

 

[Emerald master]

Just a quick question my brother is trying to evolve his gligar, now i know that it's the razor fang at night but he's tried leveling it up, trading it even checked if there is a "use" option but nothing.

You need to give it to gligar and level up to evolve it at night, but not trade. Night starts at 8 PM

 

[jolteonjak]

You have to use one fertilizer per berry planted. You can use different effects if you want to or have them all the same.

Thank you for your help.