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SUMMARY I. Introduction II. What is Hidden Power and why should I use it? III. What Pokemon can learn Hidden Power and where can I find it? IV. How works Hidden Power Type? V. Percentage distribution of different variations of Hidden Power VI. The Odd/Even Method VII. Calculator Hidden Power on Excel VIII. References I. Introduction We often see in chat a lot of people ask « what is HP ? » or want to sell, for example, a PKM HP Fire when it’s not. So, this guide has been created for all people: Newbie who want to know what is Hidden Power and regular player who want to chase a PKM with a specific Type for Hidden Power. It’s the player diabo123 with his guide who gave me the idea to create this guide. I will try to explain what is Hidden Power, why we should use it, and how to recognize the HP Type of a PKM. In this guide, I will use some abbreviation: HP = Hidden Power hp = health points PKM = Pokemon II. What is Hidden Power and why should I use it? The ingame description of Hidden Power is : Hidden Power appears as a Type move but the actual Type of Hidden power varies with the IVs of the PKM. So, Hidden Power Type can be: You notice that Hidden Power can’t be Type or Type. Hidden Power hits in category Special with a Base Power of 60. So, why should I use Hidden Power? Hidden Power is a very good move to surprise your opponent, indeed, you will have the choice between 16 Type for HP, so your opponent will never know what did you choose. It’s an excellent move for PKM with a poor movepool (Lilligant, Manectric). It can be used for PKM with the Ability Technician, Hidden Power will hit at 60*1,5 = 90 for any Type (Roserade, M. Mime, Persian). Or, to allow a better cover of types: Electric PKM with HP Ice/Grass/Water to hits Ground PKM. Hidden Power is often used in PVP, the perfect example is Magnezone with the Ability Magnet Pull: you will trap Steel PKM with Magnet Pull and use HP Fire to hit Steel PKM. III. What Pokemon can learn Hidden Power and where can I find it? You can find on Bulbapedia what PKM can learn Hidden Power by Leveling up: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hidden_Power_(move) By TM, all Pokemon can learn Hidden Power. (except: Wobbuffet, Wynaut, Kricketot, Tynamo, Spewpa and Pyuhumuku according to Bulbapedia) The TM 60 can be find in Slateport Outdoor Market for $4 000: IV. How works Hidden Power Type? I will start the mathematics part, it’s really easy, so don’t stop read now :Sleeping: To determinate the HP Type, we use the formula: Formula from https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hidden_Power_(move)/Calculation With: It’s a binary system, if the IV hp is equal to 29, it’s an odd number so a = 1, if the IV hp is equal to 28, it’s an even number a = 0. And we do the same with the rest. In the end, we truncate the result of this formula and we find a number from 0 to 15. And this value give the HP Type: I will take an example to understand in practice: I just catch this Magnemite, and I want to know what his HP Type is. In first, find the value of a, b, c, d, e and f: or Now, I have the value of a, b, c, d, e and f, I just have to fill the formula : HP Type = floor [ ( a + 2 b + 4 c + 8 d + 16 e + 32 f ) * 15/63 ] HP Type = floor [ ( 1 + 2 * 0 + 4 * 0 + 8 * 0 + 16 * 1 + 32 * 1 ) * 15/63 ] HP Type = floor [11,67] HP Type = 11 So, I look what is number 11, and it’s Electric. This Magnemite is HP Electric. In practice, to know what is your HP Type, you can use a calculator find on google : https://www.psypokes.com/dex/hp.php You will see a Base Power for Hidden Power given by the calculator, in previous generation, the Type was determinate by the IVs with a Mod 4 in the formula. In PRO, it fixes to 60, so you don’t need it. Or use the Calculator i made : http://fsogame.free.fr/tools/calchptype.php V. Percentage distribution of different variations of Hidden Power Now, you know what Hidden Power is and how recognize the HP Type, you want to chase a PKM with a Specific Type. But stop! You have to know some probabilities before spend some hours of farm. I can link you Bulbapedia with his Percentage distribution, but this one is wrong for PRO. Indeed, for official game, the IVs are from 0 to 31, in PRO, the IVs are from 1 to 31. It means the distribution odd-even is not equitable. So, the percentage distribution will not be the same. How can I calculate that? It’s easy, there are 2^6 = 64 different combination of HP Type, for each, I just have to calculate the probability and affect it to the Type: To resume the percentage distribution of different variations of Hidden Power : This distribution means that if you want to chase Magnemite HP Fire, you will catch only 6,04% of HP Fire when you will look in PC. Or, before you chase Bulbasaur H.A. HP Fire, you had to know that H.A. is only 5% and HP Fire is 6,04%, so only 0,3% of Bulbasaur will be H.A. HP Fire :devil: VI. The Odd/Even Method This part of the guide has one goal : make you gain time when you check your PKM. For each Type, I will explain a method to recognize it. No need to learn all in practice, you will learn only the method for the HP Type you want. But, this methods are not perfect, so i make a note for each: Method note: Good => This method can be used easy. Method note: Moderate => This method can be used but it's harder. Method note: Bad => This method need to use a calculator after. By the way, if you find a better method than the one i post, you can tell me. I am only human after all, i can need so help :) Before anything, I will take an example to explain how it works. Imagine I just catch 450 Magnemite (I did it in practice so it happens :p), I want to see what Magnemite are HP Fire. But I don’t want to enter all IVs in the calculator, what should I do? I will learn only this: How to use it? I will look 2 Magnemite : ATK + DEF= 8 + 29 = 37 = odd => Ok SPD = 24 = even => Ok SPATK = 18 = even => Ok SPDEF = 3 = odd => Ok hp = 27 => Ok So this Magnemite is HP Fire, it takes 3 seconds with only head. And my other Magnemite : ATK + DEF = 8 + 20 = 28 = not odd => Not HP Fire. It takes less than 1 second. So with the Odd/Even method, in 3 seconds, you will see for a PKM if he is HP Fire or not :y: It's nice but it's for a good method, why should i use a bad method? Even if a bad method is not perfect because you will have to use a Calculator, this method will reduce the number of PKM you will check. Imagine i want a PKM HP Dragon and i just catch 200 of this PKM, i don't want to check all. So, with the bad method, i will saw 8 combinations on the 64 combinations that can be HP Dragon. I will know that the 56 others combinations can't be HP Dragon so i can release this others combinations. 56/64 means 87,5% of PKM, so i only need to check 12,5% ! So, for 200, i need to check only 25 PKM in average, not 200. Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : Hidden Power : VII. Calculator Hidden Power on Excel I share the Excel i use for Hidden Power. When i chase a PKM with different HP Type possible, i prefer use Excel than an Internet Calculator. You can download it with this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f9bbnaqobwa89kc/CALCULATOR HIDDEN POWER.xlsx?dl=0 In the right top, you can click on download. If something is wrong with the Excel or the uploader, tell me. To use it, just fill cells with the IVs, my excel gives you the TOTAL 6 IVs and the Hidden Power Type: VIII. References Diabo123’s guide: https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/52838-url/ Bulbapedia Hidden Power (Move) : https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hidden_Power_(move) Bulbapedia Hidden Power (Calculation) : https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hidden_Power_(move)/Calculation HP Type Calculator : https://www.psypokes.com/dex/hp.php HP Type Calculator by Kaminokage : http://fsogame.free.fr/tools/calchptype.php Thanks you for reading, if you see some errors or want to add something to this post, don't hesitate to contact me :) And sorry for my english, it's not my native language :(

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Hello! Yes the helpful trainer above me is correct. best, DP -Locked as solved-

Well I played some PvP myself and I have came across players doing the same thing. Although, the chances to find a players that breaks the rules are very low. At least in Yellow server!

If you have evidence of your opponent cheating in ranked battles you should report it in the right sub forum.Make sure to printscreen the movesets of the mons alseep also.It could be you using the move rest.

Wow! this is a great strategy now that Talonflame is basically useless. I will test this once my bosses are up again to confirm, but in theory this should work great. Thanks so much! I'll credit you once I add it :)

Hunting for Togepi as many of us are, while watching my favourite show. to my dismay, I looked over on to my screen and noticed I nearly ran from a shiny Pichu! (the sprite is very similar and I didn't notice immediately) I play the game muted since I usually am watching shows/netflix/twitch, and especially while hunting listening to the same Kadabra cry everytime is totally tedious and drives me nuts. EV training is similar. That being said, there's no way to have the shiny noise on without hearing that same cry all the time. Is there anyway to enable just the shiny noise to be on without the other cries? Think it would be a huge quality of life change.

Welcome to PRO!

With the merge between the Red Server and the Blue Server coming sometime next week, with a tentative possibility of it happening this upcoming weekend. We made this post to inform you of everything you need to know about the merge. This post will be updated with more information over time as well. You can choose to merge both accounts, or keep them, as shown below on this screenshot. Do note, if you decide to merge, then the story progress on one account will be deleted, but you get to keep all Pokemon, items, etc. [spoiler=How things will look] Now if you select option 1 you can do this in the screenshot below: That being said, here is a FAQ to help answer your questions and concerns about the merge. (Do note that more information will be added over time.): Q: What is the ETA? A: Looks like this upcoming weekend. Progress is 100% done and just needs to be tested. It takes less than a second to merge an account. Q: What happens if my Pokemon and Items are over the limit allowed and I don't want to make a new account and merge everything into one? A: Items will cap at 999, the rest will be cut. And as for Pokemon, you will be forced to keep both accounts if the combined total is over the 1000 Pokemon limit. Q: I want to be able to choose which progress I use! How do I do it? A: Just as shown in the screenshot above, you will be able to select your progress from the server that you want. Q: I have legendaries on both servers. What will happen to them? A: If you have the same species of legendaries on both accounts, you'll have the option to keep both accounts, or to choose one of the two to keep. Q: What about my playtime? A: Playtime will be merged. Q: There is a guild on with the same name as mine on the other server! What will happen to my guild? A: All Guilds will be deleted and leaders will get reimbursed 400k. This is to prevent any collisions that may occur. Important: Guilds have one week to recreate their guilds if they have a guild post that's older than a week. Q: What about the pvp season?!?!? A: The new pvp season will not start until the merge is complete. Q: What will the new server name be? A: Gold and Silver! Q: What about the current event?! A: Will be extended based off of how long things take and when the merge drops. Q: Does it take long to merge? A: Absolutely not. It's easy and quickly done. Q: I play PRO on my phone, can I do the merge with it? A: Yes, the website is phone compatible. Q: My account is banned, can I still merge it? A: You can't. If you are only banned on one server then you can keep both accounts, but you have to rename the account that's not banned. Important: If you are currently appealing then it might be better to wait for the final outcome and decide afterwards. Q: What happens to my mails? A: They will be merged. The sender will be changed to Eaty, but the original sender will be added to the title. Q: I need a list of all my guildies, is this possible? A: Yes, you will automatically get mails with a list of all your old guildies. Q: Do I lose something with the merge? A: Pretty much everything will be merged except the clothes you wear. The clothes you wear on the server you didn't choose as main server will be deleted. To prevent this you should take them off before you merge your account! Q: Not related to the merge, but when does Eaty recover my legendary? A: Good question and related to the merge! Legendaries won't be recovered anymore. If you want your legendary back you can do this: Choose the server you didn't catch it yet as main server. Merge your accounts. Fulfill the requirements for the legendary. Catch it again! If you deleted your legendary recently then they can still be recovered. How to merge: Step 1: Login in your dashboard and click on Merge is required! Step 2: Done!

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