Pokérus: Difference between revisions

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Whenever Pokérus spreads from an infected Pokémon to a new Pokémon, the new Pokémon inherits the infected Pokémon's strain of Pokérus ('''X''') and '''Y''' is set to the default value for that strain. As an example, if a Pokémon has Pokérus with an '''X''' value of 7 and a '''Y''' value of 2 (2 days remaining before it will be cured) and it infects another Pokémon, the new Pokémon will get Pokérus with an '''X''' value of 7 and a '''Y''' value of 4 (4 days before it will be cured).
Whenever Pokérus spreads from an infected Pokémon to a new Pokémon, the new Pokémon inherits the infected Pokémon's strain of Pokérus ('''X''') and '''Y''' is set to the default value for that strain. As an example, if a Pokémon has Pokérus with an '''X''' value of 7 and a '''Y''' value of 2 (2 days remaining before it will be cured) and it infects another Pokémon, the new Pokémon will get Pokérus with an '''X''' value of 7 and a '''Y''' value of 4 (4 days before it will be cured).


'''X''' values of 0 are not legitimate; if a Pokémon were to have Pokérus with an '''X''' value of 0, when the Pokémon would be cured of Pokérus, it is instead treated as never having it at all. Also, strains only correspond to '''Y''' values of up to 4 (and this value can only decrease). '''Y''' values of up to 15 are theoretically possible, due to how bits work, though they are not legitimate.
'''X''' values of 0 are not legitimate, since upon being "cured" the Pokémon would appear to have never had Pokérus at all.


===Differences between generations===
===Differences between generations===