#pokemon maths

[ginhaku125-offical]

hey is there anyone on this site whos like really good at calculating pokemon stats there's something i really need to know

[soft-puppy-boyfriend]

So, you  want a Garyados on Pokemon Go?

But 400 candies is a hUGE amount, right? There’s no way you want to catch 400 magikarp. Well, have no fear because I’ve done the math! (against my better judgement, cause I'm not good at math.)

So I figured out that the following equation (3*x) + (1*y) = z would allow me to figure out how many Magikarp I’d need to catch in order to get the 400 candies where x is the amount of Pokemon caught, y is the amount of candies got from transferring to Willow and z is the total amount of candies. 

For example. I’ve caught 3 Magikarp and transferred two because my personal preference is to have at least one of every Pokemon with me.

Therefore (3*3) + (1*2) = 11 candies.

We just then have to plug in the correct numbers to get 400 which after some trial and error (because I’ve previously stated, I’m not good at math) I came to the following conclusion.

(3*101) + (1*100) = 403

So bad news everybody, you have to catch 101 Magikarp to get that Garyados. However, I’ve heard stories of camping?  which is where specific Pokemon turn up in the same place every time so if you find a spot that spawns Magikarp every 5 minutes, it’ll only take you 8 and a bit hours to get that Garyados.

Also the equation works for every Pokemon but doesn’t take into account the use of candies to power up so if you’re a trainer who powers up as they go you’re gonna have to adjust your numbers to compensate for that.

TLDR: Y’all need to catch 101 Magikarp, good luck fam.

[pokem0nfacts]

A wild Bézierchu appeared!

[ghostprince]

So me and my dad are doing.. MATH! Why? Because I told him about how to calculate the type/power of a Pokemon's Hidden Power, you had to use a formula and do all this math stuff.

And because of that, we are now trying to make a program on my dad's laptop that will do all this stuff! ..Or something like that. I decided to use my lvl 100, untrained Arceus in Black as a guinea pig for this, since figuring out his IVs with Serebii's IV calculator would be easy, given his level. And thanks to that, we were able to figure out that he has an Ice type Hidden Power! ..Granted I already knew that, since the IV calculator TOLD me.. But still! We managed to do all this math-y stuff and figure that out!

Now we have to figure out how to get the formula to get the Hidden Power's POWER figured out! XD But it's pretty fun, and hey, it helps me with my Pokemon training, since it'll allow me to figure out the Hidden Powers for my Pokemon, which is VERY USEFUL, since Hidden Power is truly the bane of my existence in my games. x__x

So yeah. What better way to spend a vacation than doing math formulas with your dad for Pokemon stuff! XD