Pokerus

[titus]

umm, this might sound like a stupid question but, if you keep a pokemon in your pc that has pokerus it will keep the disease right?

 

[outofdashdwz]

Yes. (10 chars min)

 

[titus]

so the disease spreads to other pokemon that are in the pc as well? and it will stay there permanently if the pokemon isnt taken out?

 

[commonyoshi]

It can only affect the pokemon in your party if it is with you. I dont know how long before the disease dissapears.

 

[leafgreen386]

In R/S it's supposed to be approximately three days. I would just always keep a second infected pokemon in my box at all times so that even if the pokemon that I normally use to infect a poke I'm planning on EV training somehow loses it, I still have a backup.

 

[ToP CaT]

boo pokerus users

 

[outofdashdwz]

Or you could break your game's internal clock or trade it to a game without a clock, such as FRLG.

 

[ss118]

Or you could break your game's internal clock or trade it to a game without a clock, such as FRLG.

To first part:
O_o

 

[outofdashdwz]

That was more of a joke than something I would suggest you to do XD. Technically, it should work, since FR and LG don't have internal clocks and I know for sure Pokerus lasts forever in those games.

 

[Mic_128]

Wouldn't it just expire after X hours played?

 

[outofdashdwz]

Nah, it used the same clock as berry growth. After around 3 actual days, it would go away if the Pokemon was in your party. But in old Ruby/Sapphire games, the clock expired after around a year, so whatever Pokemon you have infected will be infected forever and your berries will never grow (unless you use the fix thing that Nintendo included in FRLG).