IV Calculator now takes Characteristics into consideration

MetalKid

I have added a Characteristic dropdown to the IV Calculator. If you talk to some guy, he will give you a phrase. This phrase will help determine what the maximum IV is for a specific stat. It will also tell you which stat has the highest IV. Since we know which stat the highest IV is in, we also know that no onther stat's maximum can go above that number, either. Though, this may not help much if you have a lot of IVs with 31 as the max, anyway.

http://www.metalkid.info/Pokemon/OnlineProgram/Calculators/IV.aspx
 
naw, the best part about characteristics is, you don't have to talk to anyone! they're smack dab in the detailed party info screen!


Much appreciation for adding in the option, although I've just been doing it by cross referencing other sites with my Metalkid IV calc results. having 34 rare candies via pickup is another big help.:D
 
Cullen said:
Can someone elaborate on how the characteristics relate to your stats/IVs?
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the kind of characteristic shown is your highest IV.

HP...
:Loves to eat
:Often dozes off
:Often naps
:Scatters things often
:Likes to relax

Attack...
: Proud of its power
:Likes to thrash about
:A little quick-tempered
:Likes to fight
:Hot tempered

Defense...
:Sturdy body
:Capable of taking hits
:Highly persistent
:Good endurance
:Good perseverence

Special Attack...
:Highly curious
:Mischeavious
:Thoroughly cunning
:Often lost in thought
:Very finicky

Special Defense...
:Strong willed
:Somewhat vain
:Strongly defiant
:Hates to lose
:Somewhat stubborn

Speed...
:Likes to run
:Alert to sounds
:Impetuous and silly
:Somewhat of a clown
:Quick to flee

they can tell you the last digit of the IV. on that list, they come in this order:

0 or 5
1 or 6
2 or 7
3 or 8
4 or 9

example: the second one on each means that the last digit is 1 or 6 so the IV could be 31/26/21/16/11/6/1
 
Excellent! Thanks for the info. I didn't realise there was something like the Legendary Breeder guy in the Battle Frontier in Emerald. I'm breeding for max HP Rhyhorns at the minute and was getting a little annoyed that I have to rare candy every one as the level one stat is always 12. I can now elminate any Rhyhorn that doesn't have 'Often dozes off'.

What happens if I have 2 or more max IVs?
 
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=431503#post431503

metalkid you should fix your calculator, there are no characteristics like often naps and and hot tempered...judgement posted the same wrong list as well, such mistakes should not happen if everyone has US D/P now

HP IV:
31/26/21/16/11/6/1 Often doozes off.
30/25/20/15/10/5/0 Loves to eat.
29/24/19/14/9/4 Likes to relax.
28/23/18/13/8/3 Scatters things often.
27/22/17/12/7/2 Often scatters things. NOT "Often naps."

attack IV
31/26/21/16/11/6/1 Likes to thrash about.
30/25/20/15/10/5/0 Proud of its power.
29/24/19/14/9/4 Quick tempered. NOT "Hot tempered."
28/23/18/13/8/3 Likes to fight.
27/22/17/12/7/2 A little quick tempered.
 
28/23/18/13/8/3 Scatters things often.
27/22/17/12/7/2 Often scatters things. NOT "Often naps."


That is saying the same thing...

Scatters things often
Often scatters things
 
Metalkid, you rock. Earlier this week I was thinking "Damn, I wish it took characteristics into consideration..." and tried finding any calculators that did it to no avail. This is a big help, thanks a lot!
 
On a somewhat non-related note, the D/P damage calculator looks like it still only has Advance items.
 
Yeah, I know. I haven't gotten the time to get the new items in yet. I also have to program in the new special abilities, too.
 
I was thinking about the D/P items too. If you get them done your site would be close to prefect :] But nonetheless this is a great addition. Keep up the good work!
 
MetalKid said:
28/23/18/13/8/3 Scatters things often.
27/22/17/12/7/2 Often scatters things. NOT "Often naps."


That is saying the same thing...

Scatters things often
Often scatters things
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It is saying the same thing, but the translators were stupid and put it in anyway x(

A Pokemon can have "Often scatters things" OR "Scatters things often" as a characteristic, and both are slightly different when it comes to IVs.
 
This should clarify much confusion for any newcomers who are just getting into breeding or interested in their IV values. Especially those new to Pokemon altogether or haven't played any GBA games and just got D/P (like myself.)

Hats off to you, Metalkid.
 
Hey Metalkid - great IV calculator. It is, of course, by far the best calculator for finding IVs in the entire universe. Kudos!

A request: when the user hits "Reset", could it also reset the "Characteristic" to Unknown?

When I hit "Reset" it's usually because I'm plugging a new poke into the calculator, so it's unlikely the characteristic will be the same - so I figure it should reset by default.
 
I changed Reset to just redirect you back to the same page, so it should reset everything now, including the number of rows.
 
I've done some testing on characteristics and I'm pretty certain now that when there is a tie for the max IV, the one that gets chosen isn't random. Looks to me that they are chosen in order of Speed through to HP.

I'm breeding for max IVs HP, Att and Def on Rhyhorns. If I get max Def I always get 'Capable of taking hits' even if HP or Att are also max. If I get 'Likes to Thrash About' (Max Att) I never have max Def. If I have 'Often Dozes Off' (Max HP) I never have max Att or Def.

I also got one 'Alert to Sounds' (maybe max Speed) Rhyhorn. Decided to rare candy it up anyway in case it had another max IV - sure enough it had max Def (and therefore proving it had max Speed too).

Going from this if you get a characteristic that would indicate you have a max IV, then you can say for certain that the subsequent stats do not have max IVs, but the preceeding ones might have.

However, my result set is small (about 10 pokes) at the moment so coincidence could be at work here. Does anyone have any evidence that would confirm or refute my theory?
 
This should actually be tested more because it would help breeding even further. I just calculated the IVs of some Yanma and I have a 'Capable of taking hits' that looks like it has 31 speed. The IV calculator actually says 30-31 but I'm assuming its 31 because a parent has that stat in speed. This may not be the case at all however so I'm going to test some more.

Of course if this has already be confirmed as false then please, reply because it would save me some time.
 
Sklez said:
This should actually be tested more because it would help breeding even further. I just calculated the IVs of some Yanma and I have a 'Capable of taking hits' that looks like it has 31 speed. The IV calculator actually says 30-31 but I'm assuming its 31 because a parent has that stat in speed. This may not be the case at all however so I'm going to test some more.

Of course if this has already be confirmed as false then please, reply because it would save me some time.
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Was that using my IV Calculator that got 30-31 with the characteristic set?
 
My understanding is that at Lv100 IVs can be calculated with 100% accuracy, but at Lv50 IVs are ±1. However if you add the characteristic this means that perfect IV calculation is available at Lv50? In fact due to the way they are separated it would be even lower.

However if your max IV is equal to another it doesn't really work as well so Lv100 is probably still necessary, thank god for IV battles.

Anyways Metalkid great job as usual and cya round.
 
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