a) Is there any way to rebattle past trainers? As far as I know you never receive an item that allows you to ask them for the rematch (also no annoying phone). If not that's kinda lame ( Read more... )

Yesterday, when the fire alarm went off at five a.m., I grabbed my DS Lite and leveled my Pokemon while I waited for them to check out our building. Inspired by this, I come to you with a discussion question. What's the noisiest/strangest place you've ever played Pokemon?

(Mods: I didn't know what to tag this, so if the tags are wrong, I apologize

Hello! I'm currently playing Heart Gold, and since I never played the original Gold, I'm not sure what the Elite 4 has in store for me, if they're even the same (?). So, I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice about my team. I have six Pokemon that I mainly use, then I have a few that are helping me in other ways, like my Scyther to ( Read more... )

Other than using items like Protein and Calcium, what are some ways I can raise my Pokemon's stats? For instance, I have a Houndour (brave nature, level 18) with really low defense, rendering it pretty much useless in battle. Help?

I want an EV trained Shedinja... should I level nincada up with daycare/rare candys until I get Shedinja and THEN Ev train it... or should I just start ev training my level 1 nincada?

I don't know if the EVs transfer over to Shedinja because its a whole new pokemon... when you get it...

Thanks!

Hey comm, quick question for y'all. I'm training a Politoed, and I've finished it's EVs. However, when I traded it to evolve (from what I can tell) it's supposed to learn Perish Song when it does. But mine didn't. Does it have to be at a certain level or something?

So, the people behind Platinum decided to give us what is probably the hardest Elite Four and Champion in the entire history of the game, in which beating the five without having to do constant healing is a constant challenge ( Read more... )

Okay, well. I've got three Pokemon I need to level up to get certain moves (one needs 12 levels, one needs 13, and one needs 22.) They're all currently at or around level 30. Elite Four runs with Exp. Share aren't...working that well, or at least, they're slower than I want them to be. So where do I go? Is Mount Stark worth the effort it takes to ( Read more... )

I'm curious what people think is a good place to train Pokemon that are in that awkward phase where they're too high-leveled for EXP share to be a very effective leveling method, but not high-enough leveled to reliably stand on their own against traditional late game EXP dumps like the Elite 4. I'm talking Pokes around like....high-30s-40s in ( Read more... )

Something I've been wondering about lately: Is stocking up on vitamins (Carbos, Protein, Iron, etc.) in any way shape or form a substitute for proper EV training? I know that the vitamins work by adding EV points to the relevant stat, but is there a limit to how much vitamins can do for you that EV training can surpass, or are they relatively