Official Black & White Help thread (Ask your questions here)

[Zhanton]

For help on your Battle Subway team, you'll want to post a thread in the 5th Gen IGRMT section.

And I'm not sure I understand the second part of your question regarding obtaining a Politoed (if that's a question), but you can try this thread and others in the Trade Section.

[Seredin]

Could anyone help me make a team for both versions due to the fact that I am not very familliar with the 5th generation of Pokemon? I do not use legendarys and would not like one pokemon to be the same type as another?
Thanks in advance

[Thimerit]

How is it possible that when using InfraRed to connect my BW2 to BW (and trying to trade) it doesn't work in some way.

What happens is, I use IR to connect, the devices locate eachother and then it says to wait until they have connected. Yes, the DS (and 3DS) are facing eachother. It just doesn't launch the actual trading, fighting, whatsoever. It sort of freezes when it asks you to wait a few moments.

My bad - posted in wrong topic.

[Thimerit]

Is this thread dead or anything? I really need to figure this out since I want to complete my BW2 pokedex.

Nobody knows why Infrared doesn't get to the actual trading part?

[Agonist]

That's the first time I've heard of the games freezing or anything while using IR. Do you access to another DS? If you do, try using that, and seeing if you can connect between the two games.

Edit: Does the local Wifi from the Union Room work?

[cantavanda]

Hey I need help.
I already EV train for years, in D/P I EV trained pokémon and it always worked, I did it this way:
-Give pokérus
-Give power item
-Kill 60-100 pokemon
-Give rare candy
Done.
But in B/W I do it the same way, but it doesn't work.
I tried it many times with a baby deino with pokérus and a good nature and an item but it doesn't work, if I level up it just does +3.
So is there a diffirent way of EV training in black and white?

[Azulart]

I bred an Numel with these stats, and some questions occur.
(My plan is using it in an trick room team)

Numel - Quiet - Simpel
31/31/31/31/25/4

Questions:
1. Should I keep this numel and train it? or should I continue IV breeding for one with 31 IV's in S.pdef? (Do mind that I don't do RNG so flawless isn't an option)
2. Is a mixed Camerupt worth the effort? or should I just stick with Special attack?
3. Whats a good EV spread for an mixed attacker or only just special attacker.

Appreciate your time and thanks,

[Yugiohbro]

Hey anyone know the best place to get yellow shards

[Liz21]

Hi, I have a question about Dream World abilities. (If this isn't the right thread, let me know and I'll ask elsewhere.)

If you have a DW male Pokemon, how do you breed it so that it passes on its ability? Example: I have a DW male Beedrill with Sniper, and I would like to breed it so another Pokemon could get Sniper.

[Rakurai]

It's simply not possible to pass on dream world abilities using male Pokemon.

Hence why the demand for females is so much higher.

[Puffankel]

Current team headed to Nimbasa City:
Scraggy Level 25
Rogenrolla Level 25
Dewott Level 25
Simisear Level 25

What should my next 2 pokemon be?

[AJ34]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but is it possible to get a Landorus-T in pokemon black/white 1. I know the sprite isn't there, but could you make it's stats as if it was a Landorus-T and would the game still take it?

[Hydrohs]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but is it possible to get a Landorus-T in pokemon black/white 1. I know the sprite isn't there, but could you make it's stats as if it was a Landorus-T and would the game still take it?

No, it is not possible.

[Shine]

IIRC the game doesn't even let you trade Therian Formes away.

[Agonist]

IIRC the game doesn't even let you trade Therian Formes away.

It doesn't. It either reverts them back to their normal forme, or just won't let them be traded (can't remember which).

[Earendil]

I just had two questions about some things that recently came up while I was doing GTS Negotiations. Thank you in advance for any assistance that can be provided.

First, is it possible for any Pokemon in a Dream Ball to be shiny? I have been seeing a lot of them lately, but seem to recall there being a lock on Pokemon coming from Entree Forest (I am not sure about Dream Radar, though).

Second, last night I was offered a shiny Sandile with an HM02 attached. How is that even possible? I thought Hidden Machines have never been hold items?

[Rakurai]

Pretty sure you can attach any item to a Pokemon via hacking. Which is probably why it was shiny, too.

[Earendil]

Pretty sure you can attach any item to a Pokemon via hacking. Which is probably why it was shiny, too.

Okay, thanks for the clarification. I figured I didn't want something subjected to that much hacking in my game, so I disconnected immediately.

[emilyshortcake]

Current team headed to Nimbasa City:
Scraggy Level 25
Rogenrolla Level 25
Dewott Level 25
Simisear Level 25

What should my next 2 pokemon be?

i see gothitelle and maybe cryogonal.

[Sebjay]

I turned on Pokemon black and white on and the game said it was winter but it looked like autunm please help.

[Zoruagible]

I turned on Pokemon black and white on and the game said it was winter but it looked like autunm please help.

Try entering and leaving a building

[Shego]

Hello. I have a question I like to ask of you. If I got the pokemon such as Vulpix who soon to become a Ninetales with Drought ability,and it has the nature Timid. And I was planning to EV train for its 252 HP/124 DEF/ 132 Speed. But what if the judge stat says that it has the decent overall, and its ATK is "very good" which describes it characteristics such as "Likes to thrash about", what should I do? Its hard to get a pokemon who have the right nature,and has the outstanding overall.

[Dangertrout]

Hello. I have a question I like to ask of you. If I got the pokemon such as Vulpix who soon to become a Ninetales with Drought ability,and it has the nature Timid. And I was planning to EV train for its 252 HP/124 DEF/ 132 Speed. But what if the judge stat says that it has the decent overall, and its ATK is "very good" which describes it characteristics such as "Likes to thrash about", what should I do? Its hard to get a pokemon who have the right nature,and has the outstanding overall.

If it's for competitive battling I'd breed for better IVs. You can attach an everstone to your timid vulpix, and its babies will have a better chance at having the right nature
If it's for in-game use IVs don't matter as much and you could just go with what you have

[Shego]

If it's for competitive battling I'd breed for better IVs. You can attach an everstone to your timid vulpix, and its babies will have a better chance at having the right nature
If it's for in-game use IVs don't matter as much and you could just go with what you have

Actually, I was getting ready for Pokemon World Tournament in BW2. So do I have to breed a Timid Vulpix/Ninetales? If so, then what kind of pokemon should I get to breed Vulpix/Ninetales with? Even if I breed a Timid Vulpix/Ninetales with another pokemon, what if I got the wrong nature?

Why should I attach Vulpix with an everstone? Unless I'm mistaken, then Vulpix won't evolve without the Fire Stone.

[Dangertrout]

Actually, I was getting ready for Pokemon World Tournament in BW2. So do I have to breed a Timid Vulpix/Ninetales? If so, then what kind of pokemon should I get to breed Vulpix/Ninetales with? Even if I breed a Timid Vulpix/Ninetales with another pokemon, what if I got the wrong nature?

Why should I attach Vulpix with an everstone? Unless I'm mistaken, then Vulpix won't evolve without the Fire Stone.

I'm not sure how important IVs are in PWT. It might not matter, but if you choose to breed a better one, tips below:

In regards to the everstone trick:
in BW2 when breeding, if you attach an everstone to one of the parents it will pass the nature to the babies.
in BW the chance is 50% to pass the nature to the babies.
So if you use the timid vulpix you have to breed a new vulpix, you should make it hold an everstone while it's in the daycare. (I'm assuming it's a female vulpix)

You can breed it with anything in its egg group, but you can always look it up in the pokedex on serebii's main site to see what moves it can learn through breeding.