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A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

Pokemon Natures have intrigued us since Gold and Silver. I have come to give you a detailed look into the mystery.

First off the 6 basic pokemon stats are

HP- Health
Attack- Power of Physical Attacks
Defense- Defense against physical attacks
Special Attack - Non-Physical Attacks, such as Bubble/Fire Spin/Psychic
Special Defense- Defense against Special Attacks
Speed- Speed in Battle, determines turn order amongst other things.

There Natures and Characteristics. Both of which determine growth rate. The Main difference is Characteristics don't have a negative side effect. I'm going to Begin with Natures.

Adamant- +Atk & -SP ATK
Bashful- No stat changes
Bold- -ATK & +Def
Brave- +ATK & - Speed
Calm- -Atk & + SP. Def
Careful- -SP. ATK and + SP.Def
Docile- No changes
Gentle- -DEF and + SP.Def
Hardy- No Changes
Hasty- -Def and +Speed
Impish- +Def and -SP Atk
Jolly- -SP ATK & +Speed
Lax- +DEF and -SP.def
Lonely- +Atk and -Def
Mild- -Def & +Sp. ATK
Modest- -ATK & + SP Atk
Naive- -SP.Def & +Speed
Naughty- +ATK & -SP.Def
Quiet- +SP.Atk & -Speed
Quirky- No Changes
Rash - +SP.Atk & -SP.Def
Relaxed- +Def & -Speed
Sassy- +SP Def & -Speed
Serious- No Changes
Timid- -Atk & +Speed

Now characteristics are a bit simpler. The idea is to either cancel out a weakness or make a strength stronger. All of these allow for quick growth

HP- Loves to eat/ Often Dozes off/ Often Naps/ Scatters things often/likes to relax
Atk- Proud of its power/ Likes to thrash about/ A little Quick tempered/Likes to fight/hot tempered
Def- Sturdy Body/ Capable of taking hits/ highly persistent/ good endurance/ good perseverance
SP. Atk- Highly Curious/ Mischievous/ Thoroughly Cunning/ Often Lost in thought/ Very Finicky
SP. Def- Strong Willed/Somewhat Vain/ Strongly Defiant/ Hates to lose/ somewhat stubborn
Speed- Likes to Run/Alert to Sounds/ Impetuous and Silly/ Somewhat of a clown/ Quick to flee


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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

I like the second part of your guide... Those phrases make sense to me now...
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

Great guide. I normally don't pay much attention to the natures. I just give them attacks that will maximize my pokemons effect in battle. Such as a guy who has a high attack knows a bunch of physcical moves.
But I enjoyed the second part with the phrases.
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

I'm very anal. I like to make sure I know which attacks my pokemon are gonna use then I breed to get Natures, Characteristics, and Abilities to help.
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

I now know what type of houndoom I want.

A bold natured and Loves to eat/ Often Dozes off/ Often Naps/ Scatters things often/likes to relax personality.
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

LoL. Awesome. What kinda attack is your houndoom goonna be using?

Also I'm writing a second breeding guid for all who care. This one revolving around egg groups.
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

thanks for the guide its gonna help me out alot in making a good team and hopefully many other people
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

Great guide! Thank you Hope they sticky this.
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

Thanks guys. =) I'd love to see it stickied. If there are any more questions PM me, I'll be glad to help you out. It's difficult to figure out which ones work with which pokemon some times.
 
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Re: A Guide To Pokemon Natures & Characteristics - 05-18-2007

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I now know what type of houndoom I want.

A bold natured and Loves to eat/ Often Dozes off/ Often Naps/ Scatters things often/likes to relax personality.
My houndoom will still pwn it =D.

Sure, I'll stick this. Nice job.
 
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