Egg Moves
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Egg moves are moves that a pokemon can learn through breeding. When the pokemon
is hatched, it will be hatched knowing these moves. The male parent has to know
the move in order for the spawn pokemon to learn it. Egg moves allow you to
choose from more moves than the ones you get from leveling up. You should look
into egg moves when deciding on the pokemon for your team to see if there is
one you want before you start breeding. 

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E.0.4 - Natures
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Natures are very helpful in raising your pokemon. They raise one statistic by
1.1x and lower another one by .9x. The nature determines which stats get raised
and which get lowered. You want to be sure that the pokemon you are raising
has the correct nature for what you want it to be. The following natures do not
affect stats: Hardy, Docile, Bashful, Serious and Quirky. You may want a
pokemon like this but this is usually not the case. You should once again pick
a nature that is beneficial to what you are raising. Adamant is a great nature
for a physical pokemon because it does not affect defense or speed and raises
physical attack. Below is a chart for natures that does not include the ones I
mentioned above:

NATURE.............UP......................DOWN
Lonely.............Attack..................Defense
Brave..............Attack..................Speed
Adamant............Attack..................Special Attack
Naughty............Attack..................Special Defense
Bold...............Defense.................Attack
Relaxed............Defense.................Speed
Impish.............Defense.................Special Attack
Lax................Defense.................Special Defense
Timid..............Speed...................Attack
Hasty..............Speed...................Defense
Jolly..............Speed...................Special Attack
Naive..............Speed...................Special Defense
Modest.............Special Attack..........Attack
Mild...............Special Attack..........Defense
Quiet..............Special Attack..........Speed
Rash...............Special Attack..........Special Defense
Calm...............Special Defense.........Attack
Gentle.............Special Defense.........Defense
Sassy..............Special Defense.........Speed
Careful............Special Defense.........Special Attack

If you are breeding and the mother pokemon has a nature you want then attach an
everstone to it. You then have a 50% chance of getting the same nature as the
parent.

Examples of good natured pokemon:
Alakazam    =  Modest
Dragonite   =  Adamant
Crobat      =  Jolly

Pick a nature that works for your moveset. Sometimes it is hard to get the
nature you want so do not pass up on a high IV pokemon unless the nature is
really bad. For example, I have an all-around 31 IV Alakazam that is Rash. That
works fine because it raises what I want and does not affect it's speed. Modest
would have been better but you take what you can get. Do not sacrifice nature
for IVs though. A perfect IV pokemon with a bad nature is usually worse than a
mediocre IV pokemon with a helpful nature. 

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E.0.5 - Team Member types
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These are terms you might see online and also you should use them to see how
well your team is balanced. If your team is filled with all pokemon of one type
then you should consider changing it up some.

Special Sweeper  - A pokemon that uses Special Attack and Speed to hit hard and
                   fast. The goal of this pokemon is to wipe out the opposing
                  pokemon in one hit. Sometimes a stat raising move is required
                  like Nasty Plot or Calm Mind. 

Examples of special sweepers: Alakazam, Porygon-z

Physical Sweeper - Same as a special sweeper but uses the Attack stat. Moves
                   like Dragon Dance and Swords Dance are VERY helpful on
                   physical sweepers.

Examples of physical sweepers: Dragonite, Garchomp, Gyarados, Metagross

Annoyer          - A pokemon that inflicts status changes and weather condition
                   to slowly drain the opponents HP. Moves like Toxic, Confuse
                   Ray and Will-o-Wisp are found on these pokemon. 

Examples of annoyer pokemon: Crobat

Tank/Wall        - A very sturdy pokemon that is hard to take out. Pokemon that
                   have high defense or special defense fall into this category
                   Amnesia, Cosmic Power and Iron Defense can usually be found
                   on these pokemon. They also usually have a move like Rest so
                   when you lower them enough, they will get HP back.

Examples of tank pokemon: Torkoal, Snorlax, Claydol

Mixed annoyer and tank - I think you know what this is.

Examples of mixed annoyers: Dusknoir, Umbreon

Mixed Sweeper    - A pokemon that uses both physical and special attacks to do
                   a lot of damage. It is meant to get the most chances at SE
                   attacks. Mixed sweepers need to be trained carefully.

Examples of possible mixed sweepers: Dragonite, Salamance

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E.0.6 - EV Training
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Ok so, after 26416418419 eggs, you have finally bred the perfect pokemon. Or,
you are satisfied with whatever pokemon you got but now you want to really
maximize it's abilities. You have decided that this pokemon has to be on your
team and you know what it's role is. Now it is number crunching time. The first
thing you have to do is to decide what EVs you are going to give this pokemon.
To decide correctly, you need to understand how EVs turn into stat gains. Put
the game down now because it is time to put your thinking cap on.

You already know that the most EVs you can have is 510 and each stat can only
take a maximum of 255 EVs. At level 100, every 4 EVs = 1 stat point. This means
that if you put 255 EVs into a stat, you are going to gain 63 points in that
area. The extra 3 get thrown out. So, you shouldn't put 255 you should only put
252 because if two stats have 255 then you gain 126 stat points. However, if
two stats have 252 EVs and one stat has 6, that is 127 stat points you have
added to your pokemon. One stat point I know but this game is truly a game of
numbers and every little bit counts. If you are going to put the time in anyway
you might as well maximize your effort.

This means when you are trying to figure out what EVs to give your pokemon, you
should always make them multiples of 4 when possible to have the least amount
thrown out. You also need to consider your pokemon's role in your team. Here
are some EV spreads that are not completely thought out but will definetely get
your pokemon where they need to be to at least win. 

Alakazam - 252 Speed, 252 Special Att., 6 HP
Dusknoir - 252 HP, 129 DEF, 129 Sp. DEF
Gyarados - 252 Att, 252 Speed, 6 HP

You can pretty much follow this formula. Any sweeper is going to get 252 speed
and 252 attack (either physical or special). Tanks/Walls should get the
Dusknoir spread listed above. Mixed sweepers should get EVs that even out the
attack / special attack. Remember, you have ~127 points you can mix and match
on your pokemon so the more thought you put into it, the better. More advanced
spreads will be talked about in the next section of the guide. 

Now, that you have written down all kinds of numbers while plugging them into
your Windows calculator and have figured out exactly what EVs you want to put
where, you can start playing the game again. Take your freshly hatched pokemon
and start pumping it full of vitamins. Vitamins help to raise your EV points to
100. This is a huge time saver so be sure to start with vitamins. Your new
pokemon is a physical sweeper and you have decided to go with the Gyarados
spread listed above so buy 10 proteins and 10 carbos. Each vitamin = 10 EVs.
Once your EVs in a stat go over 100, you cannot use vitamins anymore. If you
fought some battles by accident and have given your new pokemon 4 attack EVs,
you can still give 10 proteins and your pokemon will have 104 EVs in attack.

Lets assume you have listened explicitly and have a physical sweeper with 100
EVs in both attack and speed. 510-200 = 300 EVs left. You need to battle
pokemon to get the rest. Certain pokemon give off specific EVs so you want to
fight machops for attack and zubats for speed. Each one of those pokemon are
going to give 1 EV. The macho brace is a very helpful item to shorten EV
training. Attach the macho brace to a pokemon to decrease it's speed but double
the EVs it gets. The speed decrease is removed once you remove the macho brace.
You should use the counter app on your poketch to keep track of how many
battles you have had with a pokemon.

Pokerus is a very rare pokemon virus you can get. If a pokemon in your party
gets it, it will infect everyone else in the party as well. Pokerus fades away
after midnight so if you want to keep it around, take an infected pokemon and
put it in your PC. Take it out only to infect your party pokemon and then put
it back. Pokerus doubles the EVs like the macho brace. They stack together also
so if you fight a machop with the macho brace and pokerus then you will gain 4
EVs in attack. Pokerus is rare and you get it from defeating wild pokemon.

The last scenario is if you switch out pokemon while battling, where do the EVs
go? In general, any pokemon that gets XP from the battle, gets EVs too. For
example, if your lead pokemon has Macho Brace and a party pokemon has EXP SHARE
and your lead pokemon knocks out a Machop, both pokemon get EVs. The EVs are
not split up either so Machop gives off 1 Att. EV and both pokemon get 1 Att.
EV. The only difference is the lead pokemon wearing Macho Brace doubles the 1
EV to 2 so it really gets 2 Att. EVs. If you have a team of six pokemon and you
put them all into battle against Machop and none of them are wearing EXP SHARE
or the Macho Brace, then every pokemon will get 1 Att. EV.

That concludes basic EV training. You will see major stat increases when you
level up in the areas you've EV trained. You can get the macho brace from a bug
guy in Pastoria City. You need to show him the three forms of burmy to get it.
See the next section of the FAQ for more info on EV training and where to you
can do it.