GamePress

Does it worth risking being shadow banned to check the exact IV combination?

This is extremely annoying when very different IV conbinations result in the same CP, there is nearly no way to check the exact breakpoints legally.

Asked by 333-blue6 years 1 month ago
Report

Answers

No.

Up
0
Down

Not even remotely worth it. You can usually just use a power up or two to narrow it down if it's a mon you really care about. Regarding the attack stat, sometimes it's possible to use a 1 or 2 star raid to calculate which one it is due to breakpoints, but it's a bit of a hassle.

Really neither of those pokemon have any relevant breakpoints, so just ignore their IVs considering they're not high either way.

Up
0
Down

by Peach 6 years 1 month ago

You can put it in a gym and use gym scanners on internet to see your stats. No way of getting banned.
It doesnt harm anyone either.

Up
0
Down

If that is an issue you should really consider your IV thresholds.

If it's at 96%+ on relevant pokemon this is never a problem as through half level power ups you will be able to gain the information needed even if there is ambiguity.

I don't know why you are checking crap IV non relevant pokemon.

Up
0
Down

They are my attackers lol, I plan to use the Croatia to be a tank in those Meacham raids.

Up
0
Down

I checked on pokebattler and the difference in performance between those possible IVs is not relevant. Another Espeon would be better than the Crobat though, higher TDO.

Up
0
Down

Well why would you use Croatia as a tank? Even Xatu might fair better, you can use that as part of a solo squad while I don't think Crobat will cut it

Powering Espeon at that sort of IV is a really desperate thing... Is a machamp solo today worth the dust wasted? You really could wait it out for a high level eevee or abra and accomplish the same

Up
0
Down

Why you have to know the exact stats of those crap? I only keep over 91 IV ones. Attacker use 15 attack ones.

Up
0
Down

I have a 0 attack IV Venusaur, would you like to have it?

Up
0
Down

by Bop 6 years 1 month ago

As long as you have clear the consequences of a shadow ban (a state which can last up to 4 weeks), during which you will only encounter specific non-evolved common wild pokemons.
Aside from that, the game is pretty much the same (although I have heard rumors that during this time, there is no chance of receiving ex-raid invitations).

If you can endure this possible consequence, go for it.

Up
0
Down

Shadowban isn't the only consequence you get for using TOS-breaking IV scanners. You need to give them your account credentials which risks your entire account and is thus a terrible idea.

Up
0
Down

There are many known spoofers in my area who have never faced consequence for their actions.

Why would they come down on people just checking IVs? I know some people who use such programs and have been for many months without a problem.

I dont believe they care enough to ban anyone.

Up
0
Down

Sadly they do care to shadow ban for iv checkers for some reason.
Idk why are they so ignorant in that niantic company. Just rework Pokémon show screen and give us a/d/h stats. Make a hide button for "casuals" aka braindead people who cant handle few numbers so they wont get "confused".
Problem solved. A lot of time saved. Nonsense stopped...

Up
0
Down

Nope. Nope nope nope.

Particularly not for such low IV Pokémon, and such common Pokémon (well, Esperon is a bit more difficult to get, but still - get an Eevee, walk it 10km in the day, evolve it while it's your buddy, get Esperon, and Eevee's are pretty common - particularly when weather boosted).

Assume they have the Worst IV's for you (which may or may not mean the lowest IV's by the numbers; a 75% that's Def 15 Sta 15 Attk 5 is worse for me than an IV 65% that's Def 7, Sta 7, Attk 15) and be pleasantly surprised if you're wrong. Don't risk being banned for those particular Pokémon.

(or really ANY Pokémon.)

Up
0
Down

forgive me for beign dumb, but did something change in regard to how you can check IVs without getting banned? I've just been using poke genie

Up
0
Down