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PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:26 pm


Ditto (#132)
NU Tier

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I random'ed Ditto today, and I guess it's going to be a special run down, since... I think I'd give it a around a 1/10.

SO... Ditto, the pokemon with transform as it's only move. It's _THE_ breeding pokemon. Which is interesting since it was in the first 151 in RGBY, which didn't have breeding yet. (I'm actually not clear which came our first, the games or the manga)

Ditto made breeding that much easier, but it's not without it's frustrations. Ditto as a Pokemon is typically rare, (Route 47 is littered with them, but that's beside the point), it has a low catch rate, and you can't breed ditto with another ditto. Which means, if you IV check your ditto and it has low IVs. Those low IVs are going to be breed down to the children.

THEREFORE. You have to catch A LOT of dittos before you get a respectable IV'd one.

Just personally, I have a full box of Ditto with all the natures, and each has 31 IVs in the +10% nature of each. Which is impressive... but considering I had to catch close to 60 adamant dittos before I got a good one. Blargh

Ok, aside from that, it's battling is poor. I mean check the Smogon.

And to rate the art, it's like rating every pokemon ;x

So...
8.0/10
Ditto, you _MADE_ the breeding game. And I commend ya :]

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Doing the 20th as soon as I wake up. ;]
PostPosted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:46 pm


Damn straight, way to go, Ditto! Without you, half the metagame wouldn't exist. :p

I'd like to mention my secret to catching Dittos- head out with a Pidgey, Starly, Rattata, or Bidoof the front of your party, and let the Ditto transform. In my experience, this changes the catch rate of our elusive morphing jelly.

If this method DOESN'T work, then damn, I only seem to have had good luck catching Dittos when I coincidentally changed my front party member. From personal experience, Dittos that normally take an Ultra Ball to catch go easily into Great Balls without being weakened. If you want to boost your odds further, get a Magikarp and throw Net Balls at it.

Can someone test it to make sure it's not just dumb luck? My Diamond version's run off, and that's where I always abused that trick.


Edit: I'm 99% sure it still works. Go head out with Magikarps and do your thing. :3

I'm sure that gets Ditto bonus points, no, for being one of the easiest to catch, if you just take two seconds out of your busy lives to catch a Magikarp beforehand?

KuraiKitty


Kunx the Mighty

PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:01 am


Best Pokémon ever as it makes all of our teams.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:26 pm


Indeed, it is the breeding machine, and gives us the simplest way to breed pokemon for our teams. Also, the transform capture rate is TRUE!!! The first Ditto I found in SS transformed into my Jirachi and it was diff as hell! I ran out of balls, so I just ko'ed the thing. Later I smarted up and put a pokemon with an easier catch rate out first next time I encountered it, switched back to Slasher, and catching it was a snap. Consider what it transforms into wisely...

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:13 pm


If you don't rate this pokemon high, I'm wondering what you are doing for your metagame battling. Ditto in battle isn't all that great. It is great for breeding for natures and ivs. Any one who wants very good pokemon will have Ditto for breeding. Dittos can also help fill out you pokedex. If you happen to have a pokemon that is fully evolved ditto can help you get the other pokemon of it's evolution branch.
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