Characteristics Research

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I went over what ADH had posted (and Denin of Nsider had researched) and I can conclude thus: Characteristics are PARTLY based on the highest IV.

DENIN's list is this:



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

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However, it cannot be fully explained in that manner. There is more to it, and I believe it could be based on both HIGHEST and LOWEST IVs.

Here is how this will be conducted:

Make one post for all of your IV sets. IV sets should follow this format:

Pokemon Name / Nature / Characteristic
Highest IV(s) (put which IV it is) / Lowest IV(s) (put which IV it is)

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If you need an IV calculator, use the one at metalkid.info

For more accurate calculations:

Use Pokemon lv 20+ that are newly caught or that you know the EVs for. If it is transferred, then make sure that you know the EVs or that you had caught it and have not used it in battle.

BTW, to make it easier to calc with newly hatched Pokemon do this:

Put the Level 1 Pokemon in your party and challenge someone to a Lv 100 battle. Write down the stats and disconnect. Then you can use that info to calc IVs more accurately.

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Heatran / Modest / Capable of taking hits
HP 15 / Atk 14 / Def 31 / Sp.Atk 28 / Sp.Def 22 / Spd 31

Smeargle / Jolly / Alert to sounds
HP 31 / Atk 31 / Def 15 / Sp.Atk 27 / Sp.Def 31 / Spd 31

Celebi / Hasty / Somewhat vain
HP 28 / Atk 29 / Def 23 / Sp.Atk 28 / Sp.Def 30 / Spd 29

Salamence / Modest / Alert to sounds
HP 19 / Atk 31 / Def 21 / Sp.Atk 29 / Sp.Def 31 / Spd 31

Azelf / Timid / Likes to fight
HP 1 / Atk 29 / Def 13 / Sp.Atk 25 / Sp.Def 5 / Spd 23
 
Luxio (the second evolution of the early lightning tiger) / Rash / Loves to eat
HP 30 / Atk 16 / Def 9 / Sp.Atk 19 / Sp.Def 19 / Spd 25

Prinplup (second evolution of penguin starter) / Lax / Capable of taking hits
HP 6 / Atk 26 / Def 31 / Sp.Atk 17 / Sp.Def 7 / Spd 29

Roselia / Hardy / Capable of taking hits
HP 17 / Atk 4 / Def 26 / Sp.Atk 8 / Sp.Def 1 / Spd 8

Geodude / Lonely / Likes to run
HP 25 / Atk 15 / Def 8 / Sp.Atk 17 / Sp.Def 19 / Spd 30

Wish you luck on your research; I'm curious to know what hidden features these characteristics may bring! :-)
 
Alakazam / Timid / Capable of taking hits
HP 31 / Att 15 / Def 31 / SpA 15 / SpD 28 / Speed 31

Gengar / Timid / Mischievous
HP 14 / Att 19 / Def 24 / SpA 31 / SpD 31 / Speed 31

Tentacruel / Hasty / Alert to sounds
HP 30 / Att 8 / Def 8 / SpA 5 / SpD 25 / Speed 31

Gyarados / Adamant / Alert to sounds
HP 31 / Att 31 / Def 17 / SpA 4 / SpD 23 / Speed 31

Vaporeon / Bold / Capable of taking hits
HP 30 / Att 1 / Def 31 / SpA 28 / SpD 31 / Speed 30

Jolteon / Bashful / Mischievous
HP 31 / Att 13 / Def 27 / SpA 31 / SpD 4 / Speed 21

Mewtwo / Serious / Alert to sounds
HP 11 / Att 24 / Def 28 / SpA 28 / SpD 19 / Speed 31

Misdreavus / Calm / Somewhat vain
HP 24 / Att 28 / Def 30 / SpA 26 / SpD 31 / Speed 31

Heracross / Jolly / Alert to sounds
HP 31 / Att 31 / Def 22 / SpA 30 / SpD 23 / Speed 31

Ludicolo / Calm / Somewhat vain
HP 31 / Att 25 / Def 31 / SpA 21 / SpD 31 / Speed 22

Metagross / Adamant / Alert to sounds
HP 24 / Att 21 / Def 26 / SpA 19 / SpD 8 / Speed 31

Regirock / Adamant / Capable of taking hits
HP 18 / Att 20 / Def 31 / SpA 31 / SpD 29 / Speed 25

Regice / Modest / Often dozes off
HP 31 / Att 26 / Def 14 / SpA 30 / SpD 29 / Speed 7

Registeel / Careful / Alert to sounds
HP 6 / Att 9 / Def 18 / SpA 19 / SpD 29 / Speed 31

Latias / Lax / Scatters things often
HP 28 / Att 3 / Def 0 / SpA 0 / SpD 0 / Speed 0

Latios / Bashful / Often dozes off
HP 6 / Att 3 / Def 0 / SpA 0 / SpD 0 / Speed 0

Kyogre / Modest / Mischievous
HP 27 / Att 31 / Def 13 / SpA 31 / SpD 27 / Speed 25

Groudon / Hasty / Mischievous
HP 3 / Att 25 / Def 23 / SpA 31 / SpD 30 / Speed 26

Rayquaza / Quirky / Often dozes off
HP 31 / Att 16 / Def 14 / SpA 18 / SpD 29 / Speed 18

Dusknoir / Impish / Capable of taking hits
HP 31 / Att 16 / Def 31 / SpA 29 / SpD 30 / Speed 27

Palkia / Lonely / Alert to sounds
HP 28 / Att 31 / Def 21 / SpA 13 / SpD 18 / Speed 31
 
Celebi / Hasty / Somewhat vain
HP 28 / Atk 29 / Def 23 / Sp.Atk 28 / Sp.Def 30 / Spd 29
Click to expand...

Ludicolo / Calm / Somewhat vain
HP 31 / Att 25 / Def 31 / SpA 21 / SpD 31 / Speed 22
Click to expand...

This is more difficult than we thought. :]

EDIT: Or else maybe one of those IVs is wrong.
 
I'm betting Celebi's SpD IV is wrong. Raikou77, what's the actual Hidden Power of that Celebi?

Anyway, it looks like the characteristics are based off the highest IV'd stat, with priority given to the stats in reverse order (Speed first, SpD second, etc.).
 
OmegaDonut said:
I'm betting Celebi's SpD IV is wrong. Raikou77, what's the actual Hidden Power of that Celebi?

Anyway, it looks like the characteristics are based off the highest IV'd stat, with priority given to the stats in reverse order (Speed first, SpD second, etc.).
Click to expand...

Alakazam / Timid / Capable of taking hits
HP 31 / Att 15 / Def 31 / SpA 15 / SpD 28 / Speed 31

Gengar / Timid / Mischievous
HP 14 / Att 19 / Def 24 / SpA 31 / SpD 31 / Speed 31
Click to expand...

No, that's not how it works.
 
Snover / Docile / Sturdy body
12-14 HP / 5-7 Atk / 29-31 Def / 17-19 SpA / 15-17 SpD / 27-29 Spd

Eevee/ Bold / Somewhat vain
5 HP / 15 Atk / 12 Def / 16 SpA / 31 SpD / 30 Spd
 
Heracross
Male
Adamant Nature
31/31/3/x/25/31 (Speed last)
Likes to thrash about.
(abarerukotoga suki)

The special attack IV is very low, but probably higher than Defense IV
 
HP was nve on Ponyta, neutral on Gligar, nve on Staravia, se on Geodude so I'm pretty sure it's Grass. The SpD is supposed to be 31 and the Def is 23-25 (I ran out of Rare Candies) Sorry I messed up a bit.
 
Darkrai / Modest / Likes to run
HP 22 / Atk 18 / Def 10 / SpA 28 / SpD 14 / Spd 30

Azelf / Hasy / Alert to sounds
HP 28 / Att 15 / Def 30 / SpA 15 / SpD 25 / Spd 31
 
The 'mod 5' theory seems to be working fine for all the above so far.

Regarding which stat is chosen if there are two or more equal highest EVs, I've been puzzling over it. I'm 100% sure the game doesn't give preference to any stats, though. My personal opinion is that it is chosen at random, but we might need a few more test cases to confirm it.
 
Mischievous
Azelf; Rash- 17/8/6/31/15/28

Likes to run
Cresselia; Hardy- 28/25/10/19/30/30

I can confirm that "Likes to thrash about" about is max attack IV; several of the Swinub in my Emerald had that and the IV guy said "flawless attack"
 
Likes to thrash about.
Gible; Docile- 18-19/31/10-15/20-25/23-26/5-9

Sorry for the inaccurate IVs but i only caught this gible today, and i only got 2 rare candies >.> sorry for the inconvenience.
 
ill sort through this really soon so we can start getting an idea of determining factors. if anyone wants to help, please do.

ill also be adding more IVs really soon so itll help a lot.
 
Parukia/mild/Often dozes off
31 HP/10 Atk/5 Def/29 SpA/25 SpD/25 Spd

Uxie/Calm/Loves to eat
30 HP/22 Atk/29 Def/29 SpA/25 SpD/0 Spd

Looks like it matches.
 
Lets see, me and my friend have been doing some Action Replay(Not with my lovely Bold Crescelia) and using a max IV code here are the results.


31/31/31/31/31/31 Impish Gilgar "Impetous and Silly"
31/31/31/31/31/31 Timid Celebi "A little quick Tempered"
31/31/31/31/31/31 Timid Manaphy "Thoroughly Cunning"
31/31/31/31/31/31 Modest Zapdos "Often Scatters things"
31/31/31/31/31/31 Hasty Chimchar "Often Scatters things"
31/31/31/31/31/31 Bold Suicune "Impetous and Silly"

Weird, the Timid Celebi and Manaphy with the same base stats have different traits, while the Hasty Chimchar and Modest Zapdos do. But my Suicune and Gilgar both have similiar traits, boosting Defense, and have the same characteristic. So it might be random in same IV pokes.
 
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