That said, having the appropriate Synchronizer will, more often than not, greatly increase the margin of error while trying to hit a spread even if the difference is small, two frames' breathing space is better than one. Synchronizing also cannot help you if you are too late to hit your spread the RNG can only go forward, not back, so Synchronize can only latch onto the This is due to Synchronize advancing frames to find the right nature the frame you actually hit could be 10, 20, or even 100 frames back. It is also harder to make changes to your timing with a Synchronizer if the Pokémon you catch has a Synchronized nature, it cannot be used to see what frame you hit. First of all, it is not as effective if the spread you want is preceded by another spread of the same nature the closer the preceding spread is, the more precise you will have to be with your timing. Synchronize is not without its limitations, its usefulness notwithstanding. This increases the margin of error while trying to hit a spread if you use a Synchronizer with the same nature as the spread you want to hit, there is a 50% chance you will be able to obtain said spread, despite actually hitting an earlier frame.
What happens when Synchronize activates is that RNG cycles through frames until it finds a spread that has the same nature as the Synchronizer-regardless of what frame you actually landed on. As you may or may not be aware, if the Pokémon in the first slot of your party has the ability Synchronize, there is a 50% chance that you will encounter wild Pokémon with the same nature.
csv file.Ī very useful Pokémon to have while resetting for wild Pokémon is a Synchronizer.
Here is a list of useful method 2 spreads to help get you started: Frameįor a complete list of frames up to and including 100,000 please download this. Regardless, they are all generated by method 2 (for the most part), so they should share the same spreads. The former two are relatively easy to manipulate, whereas the latter is highly impractical. Under the banner of wild Pokémon, there are three main subcategories: "Sweet Scent", Fishing, and Rock Smash. Shiny version of a Pokémon (see the section on shiny spreads in the Wish to catch a wild Pokémon in a certain Ball for aesthetic purposes, or try to capture an elusive Most practical reason to catch wild Pokémon is for breeding fodder particularly, a collection ofĭittos with an IV of 31 in each stat is one of a breeder's oldest and most trusted.
Occur through breeding before one of comparable quality can be found on a wild Pokémon. Additionally, if a Pokémon emerges with an unlisted "split" spread, it is likely a product ofĪll wild Pokémon, aside from Ditto, can be obtained through breeding in most cases, good spreads That the natures and IVs for method 2 Pokémon on any given frame are different from those that are generated by What you need to know for RNG manipulation is However, by generating IVs at this call, a method 4 Pokémon will share theįirst half of its IVs (and the last four hex digits of its PID) with the method 2 spread that preceded it. WhenĪ method 4 spread occurs, the game chooses to generate the first half of the Pokémon's IVs in the same placeĪs it would generate the first half of the IVs from the previous method 2 spread this would be an unused RNGĬall for a regular method 2 spread. Majority of wild Pokémon are generated via method 2 there are a few anomalies which are generated by method 4.Ī method 4 spread resembles a combination of two method 2 spreads, not unlike split spreads in breeding. In part, this is due to the way that wild Pokémon's IVs and PIDs are generated. It is important to define a "wild" Pokémon so that you know RNG manipulation for Magikarp is differentįrom that of Kyogre.