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Cute Charm (Ability): Difference between revisions
→Effects on personality value: the way it read before implied that the 21% applies after cute charm activates to force the gender, whereas it's the overall chance of it appearing shiny (2/3)*(8/25)+(1/3)*(1/8182)
(→Outside of battle: This has consequences more significant than just "Shinies are more likely with some TID/SID combos". It also prevents Shinies ever appearing this way for other TID/SID combos, and impacts other PID-based mechanics.) |
(→Effects on personality value: the way it read before implied that the 21% applies after cute charm activates to force the gender, whereas it's the overall chance of it appearing shiny (2/3)*(8/25)+(1/3)*(1/8182)) |
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In [[Generation IV]], when Cute Charm forces a Pokémon to be a specific gender, it does so by modifying its [[personality value]] to one of 5 sets of 25 possible values (one for each [[nature]]). The set used depends on the gender of the Pokémon with Cute Charm, and if the Pokémon with Cute Charm is female, the wild Pokémon's [[gender ratio]]. This has significant consequences for properties determined by personality value. | In [[Generation IV]], when Cute Charm forces a Pokémon to be a specific gender, it does so by modifying its [[personality value]] to one of 5 sets of 25 possible values (one for each [[nature]]). The set used depends on the gender of the Pokémon with Cute Charm, and if the Pokémon with Cute Charm is female, the wild Pokémon's [[gender ratio]]. This has significant consequences for properties determined by personality value. | ||
As a result, in Generation IV only certain [[Trainer ID number]] and [[Secret ID]] combinations allow Pokémon whose genders are forced by Cute Charm to be {{Shiny}}, and each of these combinations only corresponds to either 1 or 8 of the possible personality values from one particular set. However, for Trainer ID and Secret ID combinations for which gender-manipulated Pokémon can be Shiny, there is | As a result, in Generation IV only certain [[Trainer ID number]] and [[Secret ID]] combinations allow Pokémon whose genders are forced by Cute Charm to be {{Shiny}}, and each of these combinations only corresponds to either 1 or 8 of the possible personality values from one particular set. However, for Trainer ID and Secret ID combinations for which gender-manipulated Pokémon can be Shiny, there is an overall 21.34% chance for these Pokémon to be Shiny if the combination corresponds to 8 personality values in the set, or a 2.67% chance if the combination corresponds to 1 personality value in the set. | ||
Additionally, {{p|Spinda}} whose gender has been forced by Cute Charm in Generation IV only have one of 50 patterns (25 for male, 25 for female). | Additionally, {{p|Spinda}} whose gender has been forced by Cute Charm in Generation IV only have one of 50 patterns (25 for male, 25 for female). | ||