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Are natures that important in-game?

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Cerberus87

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I ask because I'm quite worried about my Leavanny... It's got a -Speed +Sp.Def nature, which obviously hinders it because Leavanny has good speed. On the other hand, I've got an Adamant Carracosta, which is great.

But I can't help but wonder if they're really that important for in-game. I've used Pokémon with bad natures before and it didn't affect me too much, although others might have a different opinion.

So, what are your thoughts?
 
Hey, thanks for the quick answers! You made me happy, I didn't want to replace my Leavanny since IMO the RPG aspect of Pokémon is important and I kind of use the same Pokémon I caught at the beginning right until the end.
 
They're important, yeah, but only really so far as you don't want a nature that's incredibly awful. Like, I wouldn't ever bother using a modest conkeldurr even in-game. But a -speed nature is very rarely going to actually be an issue. Your leavanny's definitely fine.
 
Your Pokémon being awful does not mean the AI cheats. The AI definitely did cheat in Crystal, though.

I personally would not use a -Speed or -Attack Leavanny ingame.
 
So what does the AI do? do all the pokemon have max IV's or something? I don't know if it matters to me, though: My Cottonee has Prankster and Leech Seed.
 
In the Battle Frontier, Tower, Subway, or whatever post-game pseudo-competitive battling place there is, the AI gets really lucky, while you get not lucky. It's never been confirmed to my knowledge whether or not the AI actually cheats, but it's possible.
 
ElectricTogetic said:
It destroys everything that isn't Grass type. Therefore, it bypasses cheating AI.
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Polymetric Sesquialtera said:
I don't think you quite understand what we mean by 'cheating AI'... or how Leech Seed isn't enough to win in places like the Subway...
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Yeah, Whimsicott is exceedingly frail and not particularly hurtful — you're going to need a lot more than Leech Seed to win the Battle Subway.
 
I've been trying to beat Platinum's Battle Tower since November 2009 with no success, if it's any indication of how tough the Subway is. (Haven't ever tried the subway but I assume it's B/W's Tower.) And I've been using 31-IV-Speed, 26-IV-Sp. Attack Starmie as well as Garchomp and Lucario. No dice.
 
I don't know how the AI would cheat, but natures ARE mostly about EVs and/or IVs (I don't really pay too much attention to those...)
 
DarkNut255 said:
I don't know how the AI would cheat, but natures ARE mostly about EVs and/or IVs (I don't really pay too much attention to those...)
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What? Natures are completely independent of effort and genes. I don't think anyone bothers with EVs for ingame (IVs, possibly).
 
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