Return/Frustration Power

[Fiangard]

I'm playing in FireRed, but after training these guys I'm transferring them back to Ruby. My Eevee has Return, but is there any way to know whether it has reached full power (eevees friendship at max). I've heard it is a powerful attack, but it doesn't seem to do that much.

 

[Xtra]

When you trade a pokemon, it's happiness goes back to the point when you first caught it.

 

[Organous]

Although I have not checked how powerful they are, I do know that trading makes them useless. Anytime a pokemon is stored in a box or traded, its happiness goes back to neutral.
As for knowing when its friendship/hatred is maxed out, some items can help you out there. Berries #21-26 will increase happiness but decrease effort values in a stat. I also remember there are some herbs that are very effective at very cheap prices because they make your pokemon dislike you. Yeah, they taste just that bad. I know you can find the bad ones in Colosseum, but I don't know where you can find them elsewhere (probably can, just don't wanna look it up). When they won't increase or decrease anymore, the game will say so. Frustration is harder to do, though, because simply walking with the pokemon increases friendship.

 

[eldes]

thier max power is 102 according to NB

 

[Kev Chi]

There is a girl in the Town west of Marville (name escapes me) with a pikachu. She can tell you the happiness of your pokemon. The better it sounds, the better Return is.

 

[obada]

Thir power is 102.
And 153(think so) with stab, but its around 150 with stab.

 

[Volteon]

Animations are diferent depending on Return´s Power, max power´s animation the screen turns darker and the user "jumps" a lot of times on the opponent.
According to the main site Return´s or Frustation´s Max power is 104, it´s stronger than Earthquake but no Pokémon is weak to Normal...

And the girl who checks your pokémon is in verdanturf.

 

[The Organizer]

the max dmg is 102, but it wont work if you trade it.

 

[Fiangard]

So...can friendship be raised at level 100?

 

[Volteon]

Yes, it can.
Hapiness is the only thing that you can raise (or decrease) after the level 100.

 

[chosen_one386]

I traded my Espeon from Colo (which knew Return) to Emerald. Its Return attack used to do a lot of damage, but now it does very little.

 

[Volteon]

I traded my Espeon from Colo (which knew Return) to Emerald. Its Return attack used to do a lot of damage, but now it does very little.

That´s because when you trade the hapiness returns to the normal, don´t matter if it returned to the game, Return´s or Frustation´s power are 51 when you trade (But you can raise it anytime).