petitewitch
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Re: What is the difference between legit and non legit ookemon?
The answer also depends on where you go... if you go on sites like Smogon where people say "I use legit hacks only" or something like that, it means they used an action replay OR this weird IV glitch (which is abusing a glitch in-game but doesn't give you impossible stats).
To make a "legit" pokémon you have to give it IVs (hidden stat values) of 31 each or lower and a total of EVs (stat thing) of less than... oh god... 508? with no more than 252 in one stat. There is more information that must be added to the action replay code to make it legitimate, including having the right OT (original trainer) ID and that trainer's Secret ID (which you usually use an AR to find). They also cannot know any moves that it is otherwise impossible to learn, and their IVs must match up to their characteristic. You cannot have a starter pokémon in an ultra ball or a Mew found on route 1 (or some other impossible location).
At Nintendo tournaments they verify it more heavily than do regional tournaments by looking at your actual game cart. At smaller regional tournaments people will check what I listed above, but as long as there is nothing impossible about your pokémon (hidden stuff included) they will not bar you from playing.
tl;dr Smogon "legit hacks" mean you hack pokémon with non-impossible stats because you are too lazy to breed them yourself.
The answer also depends on where you go... if you go on sites like Smogon where people say "I use legit hacks only" or something like that, it means they used an action replay OR this weird IV glitch (which is abusing a glitch in-game but doesn't give you impossible stats).
To make a "legit" pokémon you have to give it IVs (hidden stat values) of 31 each or lower and a total of EVs (stat thing) of less than... oh god... 508? with no more than 252 in one stat. There is more information that must be added to the action replay code to make it legitimate, including having the right OT (original trainer) ID and that trainer's Secret ID (which you usually use an AR to find). They also cannot know any moves that it is otherwise impossible to learn, and their IVs must match up to their characteristic. You cannot have a starter pokémon in an ultra ball or a Mew found on route 1 (or some other impossible location).
At Nintendo tournaments they verify it more heavily than do regional tournaments by looking at your actual game cart. At smaller regional tournaments people will check what I listed above, but as long as there is nothing impossible about your pokémon (hidden stuff included) they will not bar you from playing.
tl;dr Smogon "legit hacks" mean you hack pokémon with non-impossible stats because you are too lazy to breed them yourself.