Breeding 101: Individual Values (The Final Conflict)

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Today is the day when things start coming together.  We have been on a magical journey, you and I.  From backpacking through the Alps to swimming the Nile while dragging a tugboat behind us via a rope in our teeth.  But nothing is more important than today's adventure.  This is the glue that will hold together everything we have been working toward.  Individual Value inheritance will give you a bit of control over your Pokémon's strongest stats.  Get on your trailblazing gear Pokémon breeders; today we enter the wilderness as children, and come back as children with more information on Pokémon breeding!

Inheriting IVs

When breeding, you are able to pass a maximum of three IVs down to your baby Pokémon.  That means that no matter how amazing your parent Pokémon are, in the best case scenario your baby has three IVs generated at random.  Here is a run-down on how IVs are inherited when breeding:

  1. The baby's IVs are randomly generated for all 6 statistics (HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed).  From here the baby will inherit IVs from its parents, which will overwrite some of these random values.
  2. One random IV value is inherited from either parent.
  3. A second random IV value is inherited from either parent.  This value will not be the HP IV.
  4. A third random IV is inherited from either parent.  This value will not be the HP or Defense IV.
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011 The Shiny Ponyta

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The wait for Pokémon Black and White is finally over... if you live in Japan. This week we talk about some of those new Pokémon. We also go over another Featured team as well as talk about the Shiny Ponyta video. We also have the PKMN of the Week!

Links for the Show

[iTunes Link]

[Zune Link]

[RSS Link]

Show notes: For a complete list of the New Black/White Pokémon. Also, this is the last week you can win the PokéDex, so click here to see the rules. Video Link.

Sunday Recap (Sept 13-17)

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Lots of stuff happens in a week. Lets go over some of the stuff you may have missed!

010 Peta to Tortilla Chips - Podcast Episode 
PKMN of the WEEK: Bellsprout - PKMN of the Week
Featured Team of the Week - Featured Team
Amazing Shirt! - Found Item
iOS Device! - Found Item

 

Shiny Ponyta - a Critical Hit!

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This kid may be my hero. If you thought the Double Rainbow video was amazing, we here at the Pokémon Podcast all agree that this tops that video ten fold. Not only does this video include music by Sum 41, but it also contains a Graphing Calculator. 10 mins may seem long, but if you love Pokémon as much as we do, this video is worth every second. 

The Frozen Side of Things

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This article is as cold as ice. Your willing to read to sacrifice... 

I’m not entirely sure what your going to sacrifice during this read, but hopefully that corny intro got your attention to this week’s Rare Article. Today we are going to keep it simple and talk about Ice Moves. We are going to do the whole top 5 of our favorites and this article will kick off the NEW move of the week feature that will begin next Wednesday and continue on every Wednesday. Woot!

There are 15 Ice moves in the games currently...

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iOS Device!

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We have an iPhone/iPad/iPod icon now! Add us to your iOS device. Go to Safari on your device, click the + in the bottom center when your on our homepage, then click on "Add to Home Screen".

There you go! Access us on the go with our new icon we are quite proud of!
(If your curious, it's very JuneCloud inspired, but we are okay with that!) 

Amazing Shirt!

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We found this shirt on ALBOTAS.com. It's a pretty sweet Pokémon shirt that you can vote on right here to turn it into a real shirt. Trust us, you want this to be a real shirt. You can find other cool shirts on Threadless, but this is Pokémon... so it's extra cool! There is less then 48 hours to vote on this shirt, so do it SOON!!!

 

Vote here: Link
Source here: Link

Double Links!

PKMN of the WEEK: Bellsprout

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Pokémon of the Week: Bellsprout!

Bellsprout is dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves into Weepinbell starting at level 21, who evolves into Victreebel via Leaf Stone.

Special abilities

Despite their small size, Bellsprout are versatile. Their stem is long, thin and very flexible, making then capable of swerving rapidly to avoid many attacks it is weak to or move with blinding speed to capture prey. They can use their roots to replenish moisture and health from the ground if they get hit. They can also channel their roots through the ground to trip foes. They can also use their feet as insulator.

Source: Bulbapeida: Bellsprout

Breeding 101: Individual Values (Part I)

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I have a lab coat on.  You might be asking yourself, "has this man gone insane?"  Perhaps, but I prefer to define myself as "sanity impaired" or "lusty for science."  The reason for the coat is because today we discuss Individual Values, or IVs; the Pokémon equivalent of genetic inheritance.  Individual Values, or IVs, will help you get the competitive edge in battle.  Plus, lab coats are sexy.  Just look at Bill Nye.

This week I am only going to cover what Individual Values are, and how to determine your Pokémon's IVs.  We will get into IV inheritance and how to actually breed for better IVs next week.
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