Shiny Hunting
In sword and shield DLC Crown Tundra's Dynamax Adventures minigame all legendaries up to Gen 7 were huntable. Which ones are exclusive to this method?
Zygarde, Tapus, Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma
Which type combination has the most innate resistances/immunities? (no abilities or additional setup)
Steel/Ghost.
Immune to Normal, Fighting, Poison
Resists: Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug (x1/4), Rock, Dragon, Steel, Fairy
In Pokemon Home, which starters are currently unable to be transferred into any mainline Switch game?
Snivy and Tepig
Name a Pokemon that is functionally different competitively depending on its gender. (Gender specific evos not included)
Nidoran, Meowstic, Indeedee, Basculegion
Name all Eeveelutions in Pokedex order
Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Sylveon
Name the 6 ways to fail a static legendary encounter shiny in Gen 6-7.
Shiny Faints, White Out, Fleeing Battle, No Balls, Boxes/Party Full, Soft Reset over it
Which type combination is x4 weak to its own STAB?
Psychic/Ghost
In the recent Hatsune Miku music collab, which Pokemon did they use for the Normal type?
Chatot
There are 2 other moves besides Toxic that can inflict the "Badly Poisoned" status. What are they?
Poison Fang and Toxic Spikes
There are 2 Pokemon who have exactly 3 split evolutions. Who?
Tyrogue and Applin
Explain why shiny breeding in Gen 2 was so effective.
Bonus: Which specific mons were shiny locked due to this reason?
Shininess was determined by IVs. So if a parent was shiny (often Ditto) then IVs would breed down resulting in a higher shiny chance.
Bonus: Unown forms were also determined by IVs. Therefore, Unown I and V are the only forms that CAN be shiny.
Name the first 3 types that gained a combination with every other type.
Flying, Water, Psychic
In the mainline games, which Champion has the highest level Pokemon in your first fight with them?
Iris (B2W2) Lv78
Which Pokemon learns the moves Attack Order and Defend Order?
Vespiquen
Legends Arceus introduced an alternate method for trade evolutions. What is it?
Linking Cord item
Which generation was the Masuda Method introduced?
Gen 4
Which 4 Normal type combinations still remain unused in Gen 9
Ice, Rock, Bug, Steel
In Smogon tiering, what does the "BL" in OUBL, UUBL, etc. stand for?
Borderline or Banlist. This tier is for mons too strong for their current tier but not used enough to be in the next one higher
Fling is a funny move. Which items give it max power?
Iron Ball and Big Nugget. 130BP
There is one Pokemon in BDSP that cannot be transferred into Home due to how its forms work. Who is this pokemon?
Spinda
What is the only legal way to shiny hunt Manaphy?
Pokemon Ranger gift egg.
If a Pokemon were to be all 18 types simultaneously, what is its weakness?
Rock x2
After Foresight: Ghost x2
After Smack Down: Ground x8
In the XY anime, Ash encounters a Pokemon alone during a festival and considers catching it but fails as he did not have pokeballs with him. What was this Pokemon?
Dunsparce
Komala is the only Pokemon that can consistently use Last Resort with a Choice Band. Why?
Comatose + Sleep Talk.
Explanation: Komala's ability renders it always asleep so it can use Sleep Talk freely. Having Last Resort as the only other move, you can spam Sleep Talk with a Choice Band which grabs Last Resort to attack.
There are two 3 stage evolution lines (including Megas) where each stage gains/changes a type upon evolving? Which ones are they?
Magikarp and Swablu