hi about chaining

The best way to utilize the Wild Pokemon Hotspots is through a little new DP
thing called Chaining.

After you beat the Elite Four and get the National Dex, you'll receive a Key
Item from Professor Rowan called the Pokeradar. This little tool allows you to
guarantee that you'll encounter a Pokemon in the route you use it in, as well
as some Pokemon that aren't normally available without it.

There is one limitation to chaining, though - you can only do so in patches of
grass. That means chaining is impossible inside caves and on water. That means
you can't chain Gyarados, Tentacruel, Azumarill or the like. And by grass, I
mean short grass - not the long grass you see on the south part of Route 210.

And one more thing - should you want to use the Pokeradar again, you'll have to
make fifty steps from when you last used it. A very important thing to remember
when chaining.

With Chaining, you can guarantee that you'll see the same Pokemon over
and over again. This is really useful for EV training as you'll be
continually getting the same EVs since you'll be battling the same Pokemon
over and over again. There are several rules you have to follow when it comes
to chaining, but since this is an EV training guide this wouldn't be the right
FAQ to look at for these rules. I am a chainer myself, but I don't really know
all the rules. -_-

What I do know is that there are several Pokemon that are only available
through chaining, and should you wish to kill these types of Pokemon for your
EV training instead of the normal ones, I've included the EVs that they give.

This is, of course, a listing for Platinum. There are quite a few changes from
Diamond and Pearl, what with the additions in the Sinnoh Dex.


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| Pokemon || Location || EVs given |
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| Nidoran F || Route 201 || 1 HP |
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| Nidoran M || Route 201 || 1 Attack |
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| Sentret || Route 202 || 1 Attack |
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| Sunkern || Route 204 North || 1 Special Attack |
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| Hoppip || Route 205 South || 1 Special Defense |
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| Slowpoke || Route 205 North || 1 HP |
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| Baltoy || Route 206 || 1 Special Defense |
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| Stantler || Route 207 || 1 Attack |
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| Smeargle || Route 208 || 1 Speed |
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| Kirlia || Route 209 || 2 Special Attack |
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| Tauros || Route 210 South || 1 Attack + 1 Speed |
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| Miltank || Route 210 South || 2 Defense |
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| Bagon || Route 210 North || 1 Attack |
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| Tyrogue || Route 211 West || 1 Attack |
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| Smeargle || Route 212 North || 1 Speed |
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| Swellow || Route 213 || 2 Speed |
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| Poochyena || Route 214 || 1 Attack |
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| Piloswine || Route 217 || 1 Attack + 1 HP |
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| Nidorina || Route 221 || 2 HP |
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| Nidorino || Route 221 || 2 Attack |
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| Flaaffy || Route 222 || 2 Special Attack |
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| Mankey || Route 225 + 226 || 1 Attack |
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| Primeape || Route 225 + 226 || 2 Attack |
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| Torkoal || Route 227 || 2 Defense |
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| Venonat || Route 229 || 1 Special Defense |
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| Venomoth || Route 229 || 1 Sp.Atk + 1 Speed |
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| Togepi || Route 230 || 1 Special Defense |
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| Nincada || Eterna Forest || 1 Defense |
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| Wobbuffet || Lake Valor || 2 HP |
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| Wobbuffet || Lake Verity || 2 HP |
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| Loudred || Mt. Coronet Top || 2 HP |
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| Torkoal || Stark Mountain || 2 Defense |
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| Mareep || Valley Windworks || 1 Special Attack |
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To put it in another perspective, here's a list of the chain you'll need to
get the desired number of EVs - 252 (or really close to that) with one or two
of the EV training helpers.

For Pokemon that give 1 EV:
-> With Pokerus, a chain of 126 to get 252 EVs
-> With Macho Brace, a chain of 126 to get 252 EVs
-> With the right Power Item, a chain of 50 to get 250 EVs
-> With Pokerus + Macho Brace, a chain of 83 to get 252 EVs
-> With Pokerus + Power Item, a chain of 25 to get 250 EVs

For Pokemon that give 2 EVs:
-> With Pokerus, a chain of 83 to get 252 EVs
-> With Macho Brace, a chain of 83 to get 252 EVs
-> With the right Power Item, a chain of 42 to get 252 EVs
-> With Pokerus + Macho Brace, a chain of 41 to get 248 EVs
-> With Pokerus + Power Item, a chain of 21 to get 252 EVs

So with Pokerus and the right Power Item, you'll only need to kill either
25 or 21 of the same Pokemon to max the stat out! So that's another reason
for you to get both! =P

Seeing that Pokemon that give 2 EVs are much more convenient to chain, I've
come up with a list of all the Pokemon that give 2 EVs and are frequent enough
for you to easily chain. Pokemon exclusive to the Pokeradar only have a 12%
encounter rate (which is divided if there are two radar-exclusive Pokemon in a
route), so this is my attempt to list you the Pokemon that give 2 EVs
and are way more common than the standard 12% encounter rate for Pokeradar
Pokemon. In fact, the cut-off I did was 25% and below, so yeah.

I've divided them per stat, FYI. And do remember, they all give 2 EVs in that
stat. Most of these Pokemon appear in more than one route, but I've only
listed the ones they're most frequent in, as well as their level ranges.

Watch out for the symbols at the side - this corresponds to a note at the end
of the section.


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| Attack |
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| Pokemon || Location || Encounter Rate | Level Range |
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| Bibarel || Lake Valor || 35% | 39 - 41 |
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| Machoke || Route 225 / 226 || 25% | 48 - 50 | +
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| Defense |
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| Pokemon || Location || Encounter Rate | Level Range |
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| Graveler || Route 214 || 35% | 22 - 24 | @
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| Sudowoodo || Route 221 || 25% | 29 - 31 |
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| Pelipper || Route 230 || 30% | 48 - 50 |
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| Special Attack |
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| Pokemon || Location || Encounter Rate | Level Range |
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| Roselia || Route 229 || 45% | 48 - 50 |
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| Girafarig || Route 221 || 25% | 28 - 30 | *
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| Girafarig || Valor Lakefront || 25% | 26 - 28 | *
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| Magmar || Fuego Ironworks || 30% | 28 - 29 | @
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| Special Defense |
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| Pokemon || Location || Encounter Rate | Level Range |
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| Mr. Mime || Route 218 || 25% | 29 - 31 |
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| Speed |
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| Pokemon || Location || Encounter Rate | Level Range |
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| Staravia || Route 215 || 40% @ day | 19 - 22 |
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| Floatzel || Route 218 / 222 || 40% @ night | 29-31 / 38-41 | ^
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| Electabuzz || Route 222 || 30% | 39 - 41 | @
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| Fearow || Route 225 || 30% | 48 - 50 | @
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| Dugtrio || Route 228 || 30% | 50 - 52 |
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| HP |
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| Pokemon || Location || Encounter Rate | Level Range |
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| Marill || Route 212 North || 45% @ night | 21 - 23 | *
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| Marill || Route 215 || 45% @ night | 20 - 22 | *
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| Quagsire || Route 212 South || 30% | 24 - 26 |
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| Gastrodon || Route 218 || 35% @ night | 28 - 30 |
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+ Machoke is available in both routes, and have the same encounter rate and
level range in both routes.

* Girafarig and Marill are listed twice only because their locations are too
long to list in one box. And, in a way, to list different level ranges.

^ Floatzel is available in both routes, and the levels are arranged in what
route it is found. Level 29-31 in Route 218, and Level 38-41 in Route 222.

@ Because of the limited space in the Encounter Rate box, I can't fit in the
fact that these encounter rates are only true during Morning and Day. At
nighttime, they become less frequent.

wow nice guide luke smogon would be angry

thx

yes but chaining is not all tht easy

yes it is but u have to have alot alot alot of patience for it

lucario91 wrote:

yes it is but u have to have alot alot alot of patience for it

True. All you ever need is patience. If you don't have it then , why the hell your playing pokemon?

nice guide lu it should help a lot of people to chain awesome shinys

lol luc sormgen and seribii should use ur guide and awsome guide

Nice. You should also mention about Masuda's method.

very nice guide lucario! very useful for EV training

too bad theres no pokeradar in hg/ss but pokewalker more than makes up for it

i chained a magnemite, beldum and rosalia
it was soooo hard
i tried ponyta too but it was keep breaking

chaining is so hard-.- i have literlly never chained a shiny before. i'm working on chaining a shiny larvitar but you can tell that i am unseucessful with the fact that ive been chaining it for 3 fricken months!

u should really check youtube videos.
they will help u to understnad it better.
i had a friend explaining stuff so thats how i got better at it

Thanks that gives a lot of information on a good way to EV train my Pokemon.

SMOGON IS GAY!!!!!!!!!!
IT CAN KISS MY F****** ASS!!!!!!

no offence but idk how sayin g i hate smogon has anything to do with this topic are u trying to spam the forums or something

No lol. its just that i saw a lot of people mentioning smogon and i HATE smogon as much as i hate religion....and trust me, I Fu**** HATE religion!!!

dude thats really screwed up u messed up athiast whn u go to hell atleast u know why though

...Yeah.......lol I am
Can't wait!