Prof. Oak's Lab: The Q&A Thread - USE THIS

[SpiredMoth]

I've been wondering:

Is there any difference in the happiness and beauty increase provided by the Haircut Brothers in the Goldenrod Tunnel?

I'm planning on finally finishing my HGdex and I'm pretty sure this wasn't answered. Can anyone finally answer this for me?

 

[Fuelbi]

They don't increase beauty, but the younger brother is the worse one in terms of happiness, but cheaper

 

[Wave⁂]

I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in Anime / Manga discussion

But I chose here because i don't know why it just made sense

Well anyways

http://giantbev.info/jb2448/gallery3/

Read the manga online, in case those who were asking about it still haven't read some of it.

 

[Circa]

but the younger brother is the worse one in terms of happiness, but cheaper

WRONG.

There are three degrees at which a Pokemon's happiness can be increased by the brothers; shown by the phrases "a little happy", "happy", and "delighted". "Happy" increases happiness by about double "a little happy", and "delighted" increases happiness by about double "happy" for the older brother and about triple "happy" for the younger brother.

The older brother does do a better job on average, yes, but if you're willing to soft reset and all that, the younger brother has the potential to give a higher happiness. It's just less likely (and thus takes longer) to happen.

 

[SpiredMoth]

I'm mostly asking if it's worth using both brothers or if I should just stick to one of them. Happiness is a pain to raise in HG (for me at least) because it's harder to earn money without the VS. Seeker and you can't grow as many berries at once.

Thanks for the info so far though.

 

[Circa]

I'm mostly asking if it's worth using both brothers or if I should just stick to one of them. Happiness is a pain to raise in HG (for me at least) because it's harder to earn money without the VS. Seeker and you can't grow as many berries at once.

Thanks for the info so far though.

Well if you're planning to soft reset for the highest possible happiness gain each day and money is rather tight, I'd say just use the younger brother.

If money isn't an extreme issue though, then you might as well use both. It'll just speed up the process.

 

[SpiredMoth]

Money isn't too bad at the moment; I've got quite a bit I haven't used yet (thanks to the Amulet Coin I traded from one of my other games early on), I'm assuming a fair amount saved with Mom, and I believe a few people asking for a rematch, so I guess I'll use both. Too bad it'll still take me about a week to evolve my Feebas though.

 

[soif]

I've not checked smogon or anything for a while, so what has changed in the metagames since just before the release of HGSS?

Also, how does one become a Pokemaster?

 

[PowerBomb]

I'm not sure about the first one.

The second question: You need to apply to Spire.

 

[UltiMario]

I've not checked smogon or anything for a while, so what has changed in the metagames since just before the release of HGSS?

Latias and Salamence are banned.

There isn't anything else worth major note, is there? Probly forgetting something >.>

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Also, how does one become a Pokemaster?

Frequent the PokeCenter and become a respected contributor.

 

[PowerBomb]

Latias and Salamence are banned.

There isn't anything else worth major note, is there? Probly forgetting something >.>

Bullet Punch Scizor?

 

[Kofu]

Since just before.

BP Scizor came out in Platinum.

 

[soif]

Whoa I knew Latias was under discussion. But I had no idea about Salamence. How gas their banning affected the rest of the metagame then? Are other Pokemon more popular? And yeah I knew about BPScizor.

 

[UltiMario]

Pretty much OU looks exactly like UU with Fire/Water/Grass cores and lots of Dragonite. Oh, and Heatran is #1 in usage for like the zillionth time in D/P's history.

 

[Rykard]

Is it possible for politoed to learn sweet scent? because smogon claims it can but everywhere else i've checked said it couldn't.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I'm pretty sure Politoed cannot learn Sweet Scent. Sweet Scent Pokemon are basically Grass- and Bug-types.

 

[Kason Birdman]

Heeeyyro im new to the pokemon boards and basically im thinking about snagging a lapras in my party and what stats do you guys think would be the most beneficial to EV?

 

[Tamoo]

Smogon's a pretty good resource

http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/lapras

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

Anime question: Is it true in fourth gen Ash and Brock forgot who each other was?

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I have a question I've been meaning to ask for a while now.

When you're on the standard battle menu for Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver, the top left corner indicates 6 Pokeballs representing your teams, with status inflicted Pokemon appearing more red than usual. In some cases, the Pokeball will shake from side to side, and sometimes more than one will do so.

Is that of any significance?

 

[UltiMario]

I think it's just aesthetic, I've seen no pattern in them shaking.

I may be wrong though.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I think it's just aesthetic, I've seen no pattern in them shaking.

I may be wrong though.

Drat. I always thought they had some sort of significance.

 

[Tamoo]

There is,

if it's shaking, they're close to levelling up

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Oh **** really? I'm going to go test this now.

 

[Tamoo]

yeah def, i remember this puzzling me loads to so i spent waaaay too long seeing loads of different things in the pokemon stats and all pokemon who seem to have filled their exp bar four fifths or so or more of the way started to shake

 

[Terywj [태리]]

yeah def, i remember this puzzling me loads to so i spent waaaay too long seeing loads of different things in the pokemon stats and all pokemon who seem to have filled their exp bar four fifths or so or more of the way started to shake

That's pretty intense. +rep. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Pokemon Trainer1]

I would get it fixed.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I would get it fixed.

What are you talking about?

 

[E123-omega]

Which ability provides better fire protection, heatproof, thick fat, or filter?

 

[UltiMario]

Heatproof and Thick Fat are both halving damage.

Filter cuts in to 3/4

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Which ability provides better fire protection, heatproof, thick fat, or filter?

Heatproof and Thick Fat are both halving damage.

Filter cuts in to 3/4

For best results, use Flash Fire.

 

[Wave⁂]

Filter doesn't reduce Fire damage, unless you Skill Swap it.

 

[E123-omega]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that this being skill swapped onto a Parasect.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

I'll ask here as well since that thread (TCG) is sluggish, is Level X cards / Legend Cards banned? (Like Deoxys/Raquaza legend, levelx regigigas, etc)

 

[UltiMario]

Cards are only banned if they're actually overpowered, aren't they?

I know Level Xs in general aren't banned, and IDK about Legends, but they require so much Energy I doubt they're banned either.

 

[Tamoo]

legends aren't banned afaik, their unreliable and hard to set up in general

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

Ah. Yeah legends are unreliable, but someof the levelx cards are amazing.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Because I clearly don't know: What's a bulkier base stat spread: 70 / 70 / 70 or 105 / 55 / 55?

 

[SpiredMoth]

Using the info from here, I get the latter.