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Christian Whalley
No, everyone, you cannot assume that a certain Pokemon will
get a certain power and type from Hidden Power unless you check the Deter
Values (DVs). The type of Pokemon makes no difference, and the power/type of
Hidden Power will change from one Pokemon of the same type to another.
Type and base damage are determined by the DVs of your
Pokemon as demonstrated in the following formula:
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Base Power = ((X ? 5 + Y) 2) + 31
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X = Attack/Defense/Speed/Special DV
Y = Special DV (max of 3) |
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| Now to demonstrate how to figure out the
Base Power of a Hidden Power and the type of a Hidden Power, we'll use my
Dragonite that I trained to level 100 as an example. |
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DV |
# Off
Max Stat |
| 15 |
0 |
| 14 |
-2 |
| 13 |
-4 |
| 12 |
-6 |
| 11 |
-8 |
| 10 |
-10 |
| 9 |
-12 |
| 8 |
-14 |
| 7 |
-16 |
| 6 |
-18 |
| 5 |
-20 |
| 4 |
-22 |
| 3 |
-24 |
| 2 |
-26 |
| 1 |
-28 |
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Dragonite
Lv 100 |
Stat |
DV Explanation |
| Attack |
346 |
Dragonite's Max Attack at level 100 is 366, so it would be -20 off
max stat. That would result in a DV of 5 for Attack. |
| Defense |
278 |
Dragonite's Max Defense at level 100 is 288, so it would be -10 off
max stat. That would result in a DV of 10 for Defense. |
| Speed |
256 |
Dragonite's Max Speed at level 100 is 258, so it would be -2 off max
stat. That would result in a DV of 14 for Speed. |
| Special Attack |
292 |
Dragonite's Max Special Attack and Defense is 298 at
level 100, so it would be -6 off max stat. That would result in a DV of
12 for Special. |
| Special Defense |
292 |
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Now that you have the Attack, Defense, Speed, and Special DV values for
the Pokemon, you'll now have to convert each DV value into a 1 or a 0. If
the number is 8 or over, change that number to a 1. Now if it's 7 or less,
change it to 0. This way we can get the value of X in our Base Power
equation. |
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Binary |
X |
| 0000 |
0 |
| 0001 |
1 |
| 0010 |
2 |
| 0011 |
3 |
| 0100 |
4 |
| 0101 |
5 |
| 0110 |
6 |
| 0111 |
7 |
| 1000 |
8 |
| 1001 |
9 |
| 1010 |
10 |
| 1011 |
11 |
| 1100 |
12 |
| 1101 |
13 |
| 1110 |
14 |
| 1111 |
15 |
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To get the 4 digit binary code, combine
your numbers together in this format: Attack/Defense/Speed/Special. For
example, Dragonite's DV values are 5/10/14/12, which will turn into 0111
following the previous rule ( if DV > 7 turn into 1, or if DV < 8
turn into 0)
You can see on the table to the left, that 0111 is 7. So, X = 7.
Working off the formula,
((X ? 5 + Y) 2) + 31
X = Attack/Defense/Speed/Special DV
Y = Special DV (max of 3) For Y, since it has a maximum of 3, and
Dragonite's Special DV is 12, you have to make this 3. If it was DV of 2
or below, then have 2 or below as Y, so if Dragonite had a Special DV of
1, then Y = 1.
On with the formula to working this out. We'll do it one step at a
time.
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Remember:
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Base Power = ((X ? 5 + Y) 2) + 31
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| First we'll do the inside parenthesis: |
(X ? 5 + Y) |
| Now Replace X with 7 and Y with 3: |
(7 ? 5 + 3) = 38 |
| Now we'll do the next parenthesis: |
((38) 2) = 19 |
| Now we'll add the 31: |
19 + 31 = 50 |
Given our Dragonite as an example, its base power for Hidden Power
would be 50.
If you had 8-15 in all DVs, then you'd have 1111, which would make X =
15 (and thus give you 70 power). |
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To find type, take the Attack DV and put it into binary, then do the
same with the Defense DV.
Now take the last two numbers from the Attack binary number and the
Defense binary number and combine them together. |
|
Value |
Type |
| 15 |
Dark |
| 14 |
Dragon |
| 13 |
Ice |
| 12 |
Psychic |
| 11 |
Electric |
| 10 |
Grass |
| 9 |
Water |
| 8 |
Fire |
| 7 |
Steel |
| 6 |
Ghost |
| 5 |
Bug |
| 4 |
Rock |
| 3 |
Ground |
| 2 |
Poison |
| 1 |
Flying |
| 0 |
Fighting |
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For example, the Dragonite Attack DV was 5,
and the binary for 5 is 0101. The Defense DV was 10, and the binary for 10
was 1010. Taking the last two numbers from each of these and combining
them and we get 0110. Now take that binary value and convert it back to a
number. In this case, the binary 0110 is 6.
Upon consulting the list to the left, we see that if we get 6, the type
of Dragonite's Hidden Power is Ghost.
Now if I taught my Dragonite TM10 - Hidden Power, it would result in a
Hidden Power of Ghost type, with a base power of 50. |
-Christian
Whalley
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