Build a Perfect Pokémon

A perfect Pokémon is ready to take on anything. You'll need to plan what type of Pokémon you want, how best to catch it, and how you'll need to train it. You'll even need to consider breeding your perfect Pokémon to get certain moves unavailable otherwise.

Steps

  1. Plan. Plan what type of Pokémon you want. The perfect Pokémon will know the moves to fend off its weakness while normally fighting other Pokémon. Use Pokémon books or online references to research the different types of Pokémon and figure out which ones you want.
  2. Catch or obtain the Pokémon. Search tall grass or water. Look for people in-game that want to trade. This is a great way to find rare Pokémon. Trade with friends that have Pokémon games, especially if they have the version opposite yours. This is an easy way to get Pokémon that you are unable to attain. For example, if you have Leaf Green and you want a Tyranitar, go find someone who has Fire Red! Natures are important too. If you decide to go with your starter, save and reload until you get the nature you think will be the most adequate. (This is a smart thing to do with any other Pokémon you decide upon as well, however, since you are not guaranteed any Pokémon for your effort, it might take even longer than with the starter!)
  3. EV-train it. Get all stats up with Vitamins such as Protein. Don't feed it what it doesn't need. Doing so will give a Pokémon 10 EV points in that stat, until it reaches 100 EVs, which is the highest you can reach with medicine. This is where EV-TRAINING plays a part! EVs, or Effort Values, are stat modifiers that improves different stats depending on which Pokémon you defeat in battle. For instance, a Pidgey gives a +1 EV point to Speed, whilst a Staraptor gives +3 EV points to Attack. Every 4 EVs in a particular stat is equal to 1 point in that stat. Also, every Pokémon is capable of having a maximum of 510 EVs with a maximum of 255 EVs in any one stat. Since neither 510 nor 255 are divisible by four, having 252 EVs in one stat is the most beneficial to you. Use this for your benefit, and train the stats you'd like to increase against Pokémon that gives the correct EVs.
  4. Use logic or the internet to know what kind of points different Pokémon gives - Flying-types are usually fast (Speed), Rock-types are sturdy (Defense) etc. A Pokémon that hasn't evolved, or a Pokémon that doesn't evolve at all, gives 1 EV point. A 1rst stage evolution Pokémon gives 2 EV points, and a 2nd stage evolution Pokémon gives 3 EV points, along with legendary Pokémon. Items like a Macho Brace double the EVs earned in battle, and the elusive Pokerus, should you be so lucky to ever experience it, double EV gain too.
  5. IVs. Individual Values are quite important too. As you probably have noticed by now, each Pokémon has different stats, even if it is the same type and has the same nature! This is because of some numbers called Individual Values. Unlike EVs, there are NO WAY to change them once you have obtained the Pokémon. These numbers range from 0 to 31, telling you the quality of the Pokémon’s stats, 0 being the weakest, 31 being the best of them all. They are essentially the same as up to 31 extra points in each stat, which is why they might be so freaking important. The best way to get good IVs is to breed Pokémon that you already know has some good IVs in a particular stat. However, since this will take quite the time to explain, just Google it until you find the answers you need on this subject. Smogon, Bulbapedia, Serebii, the choice is yours. It is possible to win any Pokémon-game with a team consisting of 6 high-leveled Magikarps, so this will most likely not matter at all for you.
  6. Teach it the moves. Know its weaknesses and teach it moves that can be used to hit Super Effective on the other Pokémon. Try to teach super tough moves like Earthquake. Teach moves that suit the Pokémon. Note that if an attacking move is used by a Pokémon of the same type, it will be significantly more powerful, thanks to Same Type Effect Bonus (STAB), which can be useful.
  7. Level it. Train it to level 100! Simple and straight forward. Depending on which game you are playing, you may not want to use Rare Candies all the way to level 100; if you do, it might lose the possibility to gain EVs. That is 126 stat points lost at lvl 100. If you want to be safe, make sure you have finished EV training it until you finish leveling it to lvl 100 (normally, since a lot of battling is required to reach lvl 100 without Rare Candy-ing it, these will fill completely up by themselves).
  8. Breed! Some special moves can only be learned by breeding. For example, get a Light Ball, a Male Pikachu/Raichu and Female Pikachu/Raichu, give the female the Light Ball, and put them both in the Day Care. The hatched Pichu will have Volt Tackle.

Tips

  • Try catching a Chansey or obtain an item called lucky egg. The Lucky egg is a held item that increase EXP from battles and Chansey has it usually as a held item if you catch it in the wild (Safari Zone - FR&LG)
  • Trading the Pokémon to another trainer to train is much better that you training. They gain more EXP from battles.
  • If the Pokémon is able to learn moves like Thunder, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Frenzy Plant, Hydro Cannon, or any move with attack power 120 or higher, that helps, but they frequently miss and have low PP. It is recommended you teach Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, or Ice Beam for the elementals.
  • If you have maxed out a Pokémon's level and still want to EV train it, in R/B/Y and G/S/C, you can use the Box Trick. This consists of storing your Pokémon in the computer storage system and retrieving it, which will give you the stat boosts. In B/W and B/W2, EVs are applied as you gain them, eliminating the issue entirely.
  • Here is a list of recommended Pokémon that can pull this off (Non-Legendary): Tyranitar, Aggron, Dragonite, Togekiss, Blissey, Snorlax, Kingdra, Salamence, Flygon, Garchomp, Lucario, Rhyperior, Electivire, Magmortar, Starter Pokémon, and others.
  • The chance of getting Pokérus is extremely rare, yet worth it. Don't hunt for it, though. That will waste your time, and you will eventually get bored and quit.
  • Pelipper often holds a Lucky Egg, use thief or other item stealing moves to obtain it (Or just catch it).
  • When you breed Pokemon, natures can be passed down. Give the female an everstone and if the mother has a bold nature, then the newborn will have a bold nature as well. You can also get egg moves. If you breed a female Bunnaby with a male Bidoof that knows a rollout, an egg move. This newborn Bunnaby will also know a rollout.

Warnings

  • Never ever catch glitch Pokémon. It may mess up other games and cause permanent damage to the Pokémon game, some other games if they get infected while playing the game and the game systems and it will crash.
  • Despite the fact that you can catch most Legendary Pokémon (labeled "Ubers") completely legitimately and train them normally, many other people will look down upon you for not using other Pokémon that don't carry the Legendary status.
  • Be sure that the Pokémon can learn the moves.
  • Be sure that you are willing to use a Pokémon.

Things You'll Need

  • A Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, NDSL or DSi (or an emulator, for the cheap people out there)
  • A Pokémon Game
  • A functioning brain and a pair of working hands along with lots of grueling patience
  • A copy of this (Optional)
  • A Game guide you can buy online or at a video game store. (optional)
  • Friends to help you and honest opinions

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