(Of Pokémon)
Combat moves
Return: Power = ⌊Happiness ÷ 2.5⌋
Frustration: Power = ⌊(255 - Happiness) ÷ 2.5⌋
The moves Return and Frustration are Happiness based - depending on the Happiness of a Pokémon, the power of the move changes. While Return gets stronger the happier your Pokémon is, Frustration gets stronger the unhappier your Pokémon is.
Using above formulars concludes:
- The max Power for both is 102
- If the result is a integer number (2.9, 1.02) the result is rounded down to an non integer (2, 1)
- If the user's Happiness is 128 or more, Return is stronger than Frustration.
- If the user's Happiness is 127 or less, Frustration is stronger than Return.
Exception: The minimum Base Power is 1
Methods affected by Soothe Bell:
♥ Walking. When you walk your Pokémon at the first spot—and only the first spot of your team order—your Pokémon will gain 1(2) happiness points each 216 steps. (This doesn't apply to land mounts, but does to water mounts).
♥ Winning fights. When you win a fight against a Pokémon, regardless of battle type, all participated Pokémon in your team will gain 1(2) happiness. (Only works for Pokémon still alive at the end of battle).
♥ Level ups. When your Pokémon get´s a level up, no matter how, it will gain 5(10) happiness.
Methods not affected bySoothe Bell:
♥ Vitamins. Protein, Iron, Calcium, Zinc, Carbos, and HP ups will boost the happiness by 2 points.
PP ups, PP Max and Rare Candy will boost the happiness stat by 0, but you will get the level up happiness boost from using a Rare Candy.
♥ EV Reducing berries. EV Berries will boost your happiness stat by 2 as long as you have 1 or more EVs in the according EV Stat.
♥ Trading. When you trade a Pokémon it´s happiness will be reset to 70, therefore, it is only possible to gain happiness with this method when the traded Pokémon happiness is under 70.
Services:
Chris in Goldenrod City Underground or in Slateport City open air marked:
Friendly Drink (5) 1.500$
Friendly Meal (10) 2.500$
Friendly Combo (20) 5.000$
Colorful Shake (Depends on combination*) 2 times different 15 berries
*Depending on the combination, the Colorful Shake can be much more effective but also a bit less effective than the Friendly Combo.
Brad in Goldenrod City Underground or in Slateport City open air marked:
Brushing (10) (Once a day*) 2.000$
Shampoo (20) (Once a day*) 3.000$
Smile Cut (30) (Once a day*) 4.000$
Beauty Cut (30) (Once a day*) 5.000$
Royal Cut (50) (Once a day*) 6.000$
*the cooldown resets every day at 0:00 GMT+0
♥ Pokémon gets defeated. You will lose 5 happiness in this case.
♥ Trading. When you trade a Pokémon it´s happiness will be reset to 70, according to that it is only possible to lose happiness when the traded Pokémon happiness stat is above 70.