Entertain the newbie! Part 2

[cidgregor]

Some more silly newbie questions as I plow on through Leaf Green

Comments

[cidgregor]

How does that work? Are you saying once I trade an Eevee from a Gen-III game to a Gen-IV game I can't trade it back to a Gen-III, even though none of the pokemon involved are above Gen-II?

[dangerdoom1]

Yup once they hit Diamond or Pearl their stuck there

[glenngunnerzero]

If you've beaten Pearl/Diamond/Platinum you can transfer poke's from Leafgreen to that game through the Pal Park but you can only do 6 pokemon every 24 hours.

[arremmmdee]

It's not so much a trade as a transfer. Nothing from DPPt can be sent to FRLGRSE, but you can send FRLGRSE to DPPt games.

[cidgregor]

Alright....on to my first question-block, then. Blastoise/Raichu move-set opinions?

[baby_red_dragon]

For Raichu I tend to prefer Brick Break over Iron Tail, cause it still covers Rock and Ice-types, as well as Normal and Steel-types. Plus, I find it to be more reliable than Iron Tail.

As for the Rain Dance/Thunder combo, it'll only be helpful if you're switching out Blastoise to Raichu in order to use Thunder. But then again, the boost to Surf from Rain Dance is useful too.

[onlyarie]

100 accuracy =/= 100% accurate. I think it goes up to 120 accuracy (or even 150?), and even those moves are not 100% accurate (or at least, I've missed while using a 120 accuracy move before). I don't fully understand the accuracy scale, or how it relates to percentages, but I thought I should at least point that out. :P However, 100 isn't low, either. It will make Thunder just as reliable as any other move.

I think Iron Tail is a good move for a Raichu, because it will allow it to deal with types it's usual moves (Electric/Normal) don't have much effect on.

As for the trading... you can't trade between gen 3 and gen 4. You can only import from 3 to 4, through the Pal Park, and you need to beat the league and update your pokedex to gain access to it. So... you won't be able to get an Espeon that way.

[onlyarie]

Wait, forget what I said about the accuracy. I'm pretty sure that was incorrect upon closer inspection. >_>

[cidgregor]

I think I understood what you meant, anyway. Having 100 accuracy really doesn't guarantee being 100% accurate, if there's a sand-attack or something equivalent involved, or the enemy pokemon has been boosting Evasion. Thanks for the reminder.

[chainofironrose]

I've never had Thunder miss while Rain Dance was in effect, even on Pokemon that had been using evasion-raising moves like crazy.