Pokemon Farming: Umbreon

July 26, 2007 | 41 Comments

UmbreonWhitdjinn here, reporting live from Dark Week to bring you my favorite Dark pokemon. Umbreon! Straight out of Jhoto, it is one of the seven possible evolutions of Eevee.

Umbreon was a favorite for a long time among the competitive battlers with the super high spec. defense stat. While its still high, the move set Umrbeon gets isn’t quite up to par with the other choices that are out there.

Regardless, it remains a fan favorite all over the world. And now’s your chance to get your very own Umbreon without going through the hassle of making your Eevee happy! I’ve done it for you!

Rules
1. I don’t care what you trade me though I would prefer a non-Sinnoh Pokemon.
2. The Pokemon you trade to me must be holding something.
3. When you leave your information in the comments below your trainer name must be correct. When I do the trading I refer to the comments on the site to see who gets what.
4. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
5. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.
6. Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves.

My information:

Trainer: Whit
Friend Code: 3136 3364 7333

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 7:00PM EDT (6:00 Central) on July 26, 2007
  • Be ready!

See you there!
~Whit



Posted by Whitdjinn | Filed Under Farming 

Pokemon Farming: Eevee

July 16, 2007 | 44 Comments

EeveeVaporeonJolteonFlareonEspeonUmbreon
LeafeonGlaceon

Welcome to Farmers Favorites week! This week the farmers are going to be choosing one of their favorite pokemon and offering it to you under the normal farming guidelines. I’m not sure what the other farmers are going to be choosing, but I want to share my favorite pokemon with you today.

Espeon became my favorite pokemon from the second I received my first Eevee and battled the Eevee Sisters in Gold. I had always been drawn to the psychic pokemon for some reason, so it was a perfect fit! Plus, the challenge in evolving from Eevee to Espeon intrigued me as well. Since the evolution is a challenge, I don’t want you to miss out on that fun, soooo….

Thats right, I’m going to offer everyone’s favorite unstable mutatable oh em gee this thing has seven evolutions Pokemon! Eevee has been around since the beginning, and has always been just a little bit off. For those of you who aren’t aware, there are now seven different typed evolutions for Eevee. I’m going to run down them all for you right quick so you can understand the full complexity of the matter at hand.

  • First you have basic Eevee, Normal Type.
  • Second you have Jolteon evolved by way of the Thunderstone.
  • Next is Flareon, achieved after using the Firestone.
  • Lastly is Vaporeon using yet another stone, a Water stone.

…at least we all thought that was the end of it. Then the Jhoto region was made known to us through Gold/Silver/Crystal games and that introduced two new evolutions, as well as new ways to get there. Happiness and time of Day!

Espeon was gained through making Eevee super happy and level during the day, while making Eevee happy and leveling during the night nets you Umbreon.

And there you have it, the evolutions of Eevee! What? No, thats it, surely a Pokemon can’t have more than five evolutions! Oh wait, I already told you we’ve got seven to go through, didn’t I? So much for a little bit of bait and switch.

After Hoenn completely left us hanging without any new Eevee evolutions, D/P offered another unique way to evolve our bipolar fuzz-ball. Location, location, location.

Leafeon is obtainable after getting Eevee a level near the mossy rock in Sinnoh.

And last, but not least is Glaceon, this time gain a level near the icy rock.

There, NOW you have it, the idiot’s guide to Eevee evolutions. Nintendo has really gone all out with unique ways to evolve pokes, and Eevee takes advantage of just about all of them. No matter what your type preference, chances are there is an Eevee evolution, or ‘Eeveelution’ to fit your tastes, and that’s why i’m offering it up for you today.

I happened to get a hold of one that had some interesting egg moves, so that’s what I’ll be giving out. Here is the beginning move-set on these guys.

  • Yawn
  • Curse
  • Covet
  • Wish

The most useful of these is most likely Covet for stealing those rare items from wild Pokemon without filling up your boxes.

Without further ado, here are my rules:

Rules
1. I don’t care what you trade me though I would prefer a non-Sinnoh Pokemon.
2. The Pokemon you trade to me must be holding something.
3. When you leave your information in the comments below your trainer name must be correct. When I do the trading I refer to the comments on the site to see who gets what.
4. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
5. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.
6. Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves.

My information:

Trainer: Whit
Friend Code: 3136 3364 7333

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 7:00PM EDT (6:00 Central) on Monday July 16, 2007
  • Be ready!

See you there!
~Whit



Posted by Whitdjinn | Filed Under Farming 

Breeding with Jolly: The above average Espeons

November 17, 2006 | Comments Off

In this article I look at the effects of using Pokemon that are “above average” right out of the egg.

After the short exercise with the Zigzagoons I decided to look through my Eevees and try to find some with the same nature and similar starting scores. With the aid of the old man at the Battle Frontier I found two excellent candidates!

The first Pokemon I named “Hippy”

Gentle nature, boy

Abilities: 22/12/9/10/15/10 = 78

The second I named “Speedy”

Gentle Nature, girl

Abilities: 21/10/9/11/14/12 = 77

note: Gentle nature is Sp Def+/Def-

Right from the start we see these two Pokemon are near identical in total ability points but, this is what the old man said about each one:

Hippy – “This one, overall, I would describe as having better-than-average ability. Incidentally, the best aspect of it, I would say, is its ATTACK… That stat is outstanding!”

Speedy – “This one, overall, I would describe as having better-than-average ability. Incidentally, the best aspect of it, I would say, is its HP… That stat is quite impressive”

I started by feeding Hippy 10 vitamins to increase his base HP effort points and I gave Speedy 10 vitamins to increase her base SPEED effort points. I then gave them both 10 of each vitamin to fill up their Special Attack and Special Defense effort points. Next, I went to training them!

This is where I encountered a problem.

Speedy evolved into an Espeon at level 9 while Hippy did not evolve until level 10. This caused Hippy to gain less points for gaining one level.

By the time they reached level 30, this is where they stood:

Hippy: 93/55/40/96/90/72 = 446

Speedy: 87/48/42/100/86/81 = 444

At last check they were on level 41:

Hippy: 123/73/54/129/122/97 = 598

Speedy: 116/64/56/135/116/109 = 596

It looks like the one level evolution slip has cost Speedy a one point drop in total ability score points when compared to Hippy. However, it is also clear that Hippy’s ATTACK score has always been higher than Speedy’s, which is in line with what the old man said.

Speedy has maintained a good 10 point lead over Hippy in the SPEED department and HP has been very close ( +/- 7 point spread) which may be due to Speedy’s “impresive” starting HP ability.

Well, these two have just made it to level 50

Hippy: 149/89/64/157/147/118 = 724

Speedy: 139/77/68/164/140/132 = 720

Interesting. Hippy has widened his two point lead to four points. Speedy now has a 14 point advantage over Hippy in SPEED while Hippy has Speedy by 10 points in HP. I still belive the reason why th HP scores are closer than the SPEED scores is because of what the old man said about Speedy.

The remaining 50 levels that they need to gain *will* take me some time to accomplish. As eveyone knows, the first 50 levels are only 10% of the total experience points your Pokemon must gain before reaching level 100.

PS: I have a problem. One of my newly hatched Eevees was said to be “impresive” in ability by the old man. This puts this Pokemon in a better class than even these two. Any suggestions on how I should evolve it?

These two Pokemon have now reached level 82:

Hippy: 237/142/103/254/238/190 = 1164

Speedy: 222/123/108/266/227/214 = 1160

The “4 point spread” has remained between these two but what you might find most striking is the disparity between their respective ATTACK scores.

Hippy now has a whopping 19 point advantage over Speedy in the ATTACK score! It is important to note that neither Pokemon was given any extra training in regards to ATTACK.

Hippy’s lead on HIT POINTS has still been closely followed by Speedy giving Hippy only a 15 point advantage. In regards to SPEED though, Speedy has a large 24 point advantage. Aside from those three scores the remainder of their scores are more-or-less on par with each other, there are no large imbalances to report on.

The remaining 18 levels to level 100 will take some time to cover, please stay tuned for further updates!

Posted by Jolly | Filed Under Tips 

Breeding with Jolly: The Sassy Vaporeons

October 23, 2006 | Comments Off

My first article is going to cover the raising of two Vaporeons.

These two Vaporeons were hatched from eggs and evolved with Water Stones before gaining a single experience point. Both of their natures are Sassy and they were hatched with nearly identical scores.

Vaporean #2 was fed 8 Zinc and 8 Calcium to boost his Special Attack and Special Defense EVs.

This is a work in progress but, in the table below, you can see the Effort Points each Vaporeon has earned and what abilities go up when it levels.

I have it worked out so that after each battle they each gain 57exp and 6 effort points for the two given abilities I am focusing on (Special Attack and Special Defense.)

Once the Vaporeons have maxed out their EV levels and earned their Effort Ribbons I will focus on increasing their EXP gains so as to get them to level 50. Once you get beyond level 50 it can take a long time of gameplay to make it to level 100, that is why I am focusing on level 50 as an ending level.

I will also be providing graphs to show how each one progressed in each ability vs. the number of effort points it had earned at that time.

Please understand that this is only the first article in the series and proper breeding strategies will be further expanded on in future articles.

Numbers in red are effort points.

Vaporeon #1 Vaporeon #2
Level HP Att Def Sp Att Sp Def Spd HP Att Def Sp Att Sp Def Spd
Hatched 21 12 11 10 13 9 21 10 11 10 13 9
Water Stone 29 13 12 17 16 9 29 11 12 16 16 10
vitamins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80/17 80/17 10
6 +4 +1 +2 12/+2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +1 92/+3 80/+2 +1
7 +4 +2 +1 24/+3 +2 +1 +4 +1 +2 104/+3 80/+3 +1
8 +3 +1 +2 36/+3 6/+3 +1 +4 +2 +1 116/+3 86/+3 +2
9 +4 +2 +1 36/+2 30/+2 +2 +4 +1 +1 116/+2 110/+2 +1
10 +4 +2 +2 60/+4 36/+3 +1 +4 +1 +2 140/+3 116/+3 +2
11 +4 +1 +1 72/+3 60/+3 +2 +4 +2 +1 152/+3 140/+4 +1
12 +4 +2 +2 102/+3 72/+3 +0 +4 +1 +2 182/+4 152/+3 +0
13 +4 +1 +1 114/+3 108/+4 +1 +4 +2 +1 194/+3 188/+3 +2
14 +4 +2 +2 144/+4 132/+3 +2 +4 +1 +2 224/+4 212/+5 +1
15 +3 +2 +1 168/+4 180/+5 +1 +4 +1 +1 248/+4 max/+4 +2
16 +4 +1 +2 216/+5 204/+3 +1 +3 +2 +2 max/+3 max/+3 +1
17 +4 +2 +1 252/+4 252/+5 +2 +4 +1 +1 max/+3 max/+3 +1
18 +4 +1 +2 max/+3 max/+3 +1 +4 +2 +1 max/+3 max/+3 +2
19 +4 +2 +1 +3 +2 +1 +4 +1 +2 +3 +3 +0
20 +4 +2 +2 +3 +3 +1 +4 +1 +1 +3 +2 +2
21 +4 +1 +1 +3 +4 +1 +4 +2 +2 +3 +4 +1
22 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +3 +1 +1 +3 +3 +2
23 +4 +1 +1 +4 +3 +1 +4 +1 +2 +3 +2 +1
24 +4 +2 +2 +3 +3 +1 +4 +2 +1 +3 +3 +1
25 +4 +2 +1 +3 +3 +2 +4 +1 +2 +3 +4 +2
26 +4 +1 +2 +3 +3 +1 +4 +2 +1 +3 +2 +0
27 +4 +2 +1 +3 +3 +0 +3 +1 +1 +3 +3 +2
28 +4 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +4 +1 +2 +3 +4 +1
29 +3 +2 +1 +3 +4 +1 +4 +2 +1 +3 +3 +1
30 +4 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +4 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2
31 +4 +1 +1 +3 +2 +1 +4 +2 +1 +3 +3 +1
Current 129 54 51 100 95 42 128 48 49 97 96 43

Posted by Jolly | Filed Under Tips