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So I just found my first shiny, a Shinx! But he's a modest nature. Special Attack up, Attack down.

Do I suck it up and work with it? Or just trophy box him

Title. Need help with evolutions and would like to get them back. Have 6 currently to finish the national dex!

Hi everyone!

I’ve recently gotten into breeding for perfect IV Pokémon and I’m a bit confused about a mechanic in BDSP.

I have a perfect IV Chimchar that I’d like to teach Thunder Punch to.

I’m getting conflicting information from Google so I wanted to double check with people who know the game well.

If I breed a second Chimchar and give it the Egg Move Thunder Punch, can I then leave both Chimchar in the Nursery and have the move transfer to my perfect IV Chimchar (assuming it has an empty move slot)?

Or does this only work at the time of breeding rather than through the Nursery?

Thanks in advance!

I wasn't counting the number of resets of it took before I finally encountered the shiny, but it was probably less than 400. I was trying to gradually chip away at its HP with water moves. Lumineon had Water Pulse and Gastrodon had Muddy Water. Muddy Water did less so I was using that to get it fairly low. Palkia also had Aqua Ring up, so that seem to make things less risky. Unfortunately, Muddy Water turned into a critical hit and down went Palkia.

I thought I could do this without using False Swipe (I didn't have any Pokémon that knew at the time), but I learned my lesson. I have my level 60 Weavile all ready to go. I probably don't want to leave it out all the time since it has Pressure, which will shorten the time before Palkia can eventually start using Struggle.

Here's what my team looks like right now. All are currently level 46, except Gengar, who is level 47.

Gengar: Timid, Cursed Body, Amulet Coin

1. Shadow Ball

2. Thunderbolt

3. Hypnosis

4. Nasty Plot

Mew: Modest, Synchronize, Shell Bell

1. Psychic

2. Ice Beam

3. Giga Drain

4. Nasty Plot

Torterra: Relaxed, Overgrow, Leftovers

1. Wood Hammer

2. Earthquake

3. Leech Seed

4. Curse

Machamp: Adamant, Guts, Metronome

1. Revenge

2. Bullet Punch

3. Dual Chop

4. Bulk Up

Gyarados: Adamant, Intimidate, Leftovers

1. Waterfall

2. Rain Dance

3. Dragon Dance

4. Ice Fang

Typhlosion: Timid, Blaze, Silk Scarf

1. Flamethrower

2. Sunny Day

3. Solar Beam

4. Swift

Or

Clefable: Bold, Magic Guard, Leftovers(?)

1. Moonblast

2. Ice Beam

3. Charm

4. Cosmic Power

The issues I'm debating are:

1. Gengar: Are Hypnosis and Nasty Plot worth it? I'm happy with Shadow Ball and Thunderbolt, but with Nasty Plot, Gengar is not especially durable so I question whether it is worth risking him eating an attack to get a Nasty Plot off. And for Hypnosis, my plan was originally to swap it for Sludge Bomb, once I got it, since I needed Hypnosis to make the most of Hex. But Poison attacks have not been tremendously important for me. So should I replace either?

2. Mew: Anything seem out of place? I want it to be a special attacker and I don't really have any issues with its moveset, but since Mew can learn literally anything, is three attacks and Nasty Plot the best use of its versatility?

3. Machamp and Gyarados: I'm pretty content with Revenge as Machamp's fighting STAB. He's slow anyways so that makse sense. I like him having a priority move in Bullet Punch as well, and that's the purpose of the Metronome and he has Dual Chop for one, single reason: as a possible answer to Garchomp. Bulk Up is my one question mark. Cause I have the Earthquake TM sitting in my inventory and I feel like that's gotta go to someone. Gyarados is gonna swap Thrash for Ice Fang, but Rain Dance isn't really doing anything. So should I swap Machamp's Bulk Up or Gyarados's Rain Dance for Earthquake. And if I give Earthquake to Machamp, what should I swap Rain Dance for with Gyarados? Since Rain Dance is still not tremendously useful. His attack is already insane and one or two Dragon Dances are all the boost he really needs.

4. The big question for me: With what the Elite 4 in Sinnoh looks like, is Clefable or Typhlosion gonna be more useful in the long run? Clefable could come in handy for Cynthia, but my plan was mostly for Torterra to Curse up a storm against Spirtomb who can't really hurt it, then just let Earthquake rip. Meanwhile Typhlosion was my plan to just burn down most of the bug guy's team. Without Typhlosion, I'm not quite sure what my plan is for the bugs, unless I give Clefable Flamethrower maybe? Or Rock Slide for Machamp?

5. Also minor question: obviously Gengar's not gonna hold the Amulet Coin forever. Any suggestions for what he should actually use?

So my current team is 6 badges deep in BD and I only have 5 pokemon.

Hercacross (yes I grinded out for it)

Empoleon

Rampardos

Roserade (just evolved it.)

Staraptor

I need a sixth. I’ve been using Bibarel since I can’t decide. Luxray and houndoom are a NO. And Garchomp is too good. Any recommendations?