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Hello Internet! This will be my unofficial beginner guide to basic things regarding Pokemmo and a whole lot more! I will begin each "section" by have a large font clearly displaying the name of the section, then have the section underneath like normal English Speakers are used to. Enjoy! Forum: The forum is a wonderful place, and judging by the fact that you managed to get here, you are on it. Here you will find wonderful staff members, cranky normal members, and a bunch of stuff you might wish you hadn't seen. Creating an Account: If you haven't already, you might want to go up to the top of the screen, right up there where the big black bar is, and click the green, "Create an account" button. This will set you up to create an account! Do as you always do to create accounts on forums, and implying you do it correctly, you will find yourself with a Pokemmo account! It should be noted that when picking an account name, you do not necessarily have to pick your in game name (commonly referred to as, "ign") as your forum name, although some people do. Posting: Now that you have your account, assuming everything went well, there are a few things you might find useful. Firstly, regarding posting. There are a few things you may want to keep in mind when posting. Please remember to be respectful as I'm sure you are, And to avoid cyber-bulling, because even if you have absolutely no morals, and you don't care how you make other people feel, its still not a very, "samaritan" like thing to do (and depending on where you are, its also slightly illegal). So it is not encouraged. Now that we have that out of the way, please remember to also be respectful to staff members like I said before, and to all members likewise. And also remember, this is the internet. You may take that however you wish. Creating new Topics: Creating new topics can be a fun venture, as I can tell you, from making this topic. For starters, when you just joined the Pokemmo community, (excluding the "introduction" section, thats what its for) try to "join" the community before you start making Topics left and right. Also remember to have your topic have a point, although reading a topic that soley says, "Hi" can be entertaining, depending on who's reading it, its largely not appreciated by the Pokemmo community. When creating one be sure to steer clear of making "random" or pointless topics as you wish, as they probably will get locked. And when creating a topic, please be aware of the rules for the section of the forum you are posting in, and please take care to post in the correct section of the forum. And to abide by the rest of the forum rules. CAN I BE CM: Asking for CM: Don't. At least not at first, its like "asking for OP" on any other game, you won't get it. Also, the same rule applies to "GMs" etc. Pokemon: Pokemon are a very instrumental part of pokemmo, and here I will be showing you a lot that you might not know about pokemon. I will only go over the basics, so if you want to learn more, I might include links(?) So here we begin! Stats: This will be something you need for a good understanding of your pokemon, and how to best understand how to use them to the best of your ability. There are 7 stats in the world of Pokemon, HP, Attack, Defense, Special attack, Special Defense, and Speed. You can find these in-game by right clicking on your pokemon (in the pokemon bar on the right) and going to the second tab in your pokemon summary that looks like a graph. It will show a number for each, and a number such as 54/60 in HP. Each of these stats can be increased in various ways and parts are set with your pokemon, such as your pokemon IV and its base stat. Everything will come together to give you a set value for your pokemon's Attack/Defense/HP/etc. And we will go more into that later. Now though, we will delve into what each of these Stats do. HP: HP is the overall health of your pokemon, if your health goes to zero, your pokemon "faints" and you can no longer use it. The "50/60" Is how much out of your maximum health you currently have for that pokemon. If you have a full "60/60" then your good, otherwise, visit a pokemon center. Attack: Your attack is how much damage your pokemon does with physical attacks, thats basicly it. Defense: Your defense is how much your pokemon is defended from physical attacks. Sp. Atk: Sp. Atk is your special attack, it is how much damage your pokemon does with non-physical attacks (waterbeam, etc) Sp. Def: Sp. Def is your special defense. It is how much your pokemon is defended from non-physical attacks. Got it? Good, its about to get much more confusing. Natures: Pokemon natures can be confusing to understand their point in the game at first, but a good understanding of them can lead to a much more efficient team. If you mouse over your nature, it will tell you what stat is raises (normally by 10) and what stat is lowers, or if it has no affect. EV/IV: EVs and IVs are possibly one of the most confusing things to a newcomer of pokemmo if they had not been previously a competitive battler. Lets start with EVs. EVs stand for Effort Values, and is "trained" into your pokemon based on what pokemon you battle. Your total amount of EVs can be found in the tab to the right of the "graph" or stat tab. It should be noted that for every 4 EVs you acquire in one stat, you gain 1 in that stat, not 4. Like I mentioned earlier, EV is dependent on what pokemon you battle, if you battle a lot of "zubat" then you get more speed, while other pokemon may give you more of different stats. Now lets start with IVs. IVs, unlike EVs cannot be trained into your pokemon, and are essentially your pokemon's "genetics" so you get what you get. The highest value of IVs being 31. Sadly, there is no integrated way to find your pokemon's IVs. So to find your pokemon's IVs, you'll have to level your pokemon to around level 10 (although I normally do 20), and check with something called an IV calculator Breeding: Breeding is a bit more complicated, and although the premise of it is fairly easy to understand, if you want to start breeding for competitive pokemon, then it gets much more complicated. The basics of breeding are: There are 13 basic egg groups in which the basic premise of every pokemon in the same egg group as another pokemon can breed. This allows some oddities, such as Skitty and Wailord being capable of breeding. And there are a few additional egg groups which the same rules do not apply. Such as the "gender unknown" egg group in which the members have no assigned gender and therefore cannot breed with each other but can breed with ditto, the undiscovered egg group (which mostly consists of baby pokemon and legendary) which cannot breed with each other nor ditto, and the ditto egg group, which consists solely of ditto, and can breed with any pokemon in any other egg group excluding its own and the undiscovered egg group. Trading: Ok, so you've breed your pokemon, you found a shiny, you have something other people will want, now you want to trade it! This will show you the bare bones of trading. Lucky Eggs: Lucky eggs are a fairly rare item found rarely on the rare appearing chanseys in the Safari. They provide an XP bonus, but in the eyes of traders, the XP bonus is not what many people are looking for. Lucky eggs are a sort of Currency in pokemmo, and are used to trade shinies, and other valuable pokemon. If you happen to catch a chansey in the safari, consider yourself lucky. If you happen to find a lucky egg on said chansey, consider yourself a lottery winner. That said, this can be used to trade your shiny rattata and your shiny gyarados for something you really might like. How to Trade: Trading can be a fun experience, but only if you know how to do it. Firstly, check everything there is to check when trading, if you are "scammed" then most of the online community won't really pity you, they might say that you had to check it twice in order to trade, and they, for the most part, are correct. Even though we look down at scamming, not many people empathise with the scammed. Be sure to know what your getting in return. What to look out for: As a basic rule, when trading, unless you have complete and utter faith in the person your trading with, always trade everything then and there (No, oh, I forgot my gyarados in the PC, lets just trade now, and i'll trade it to you after), and always check for what your looking for, everything your looking for, every time you trade. I find this extremely helpful for whenever I trade. FIN I intend to be adding more soon, I just had to stop here because it was getting late, and i'm getting tired, so good night to all, and to all, i'm tired, good bye. Also, I intend to add more information to each section and to add more relevant links. If you have any relevant links/informations you think I might need to add, please feel free to tell me.

Introduction The first game I ever remember getting was Pokemon Yellow for the original Gameboy™. If memory serves, it even came with the legendary yellow version of that awesome handheld console. Clearly, times have moved on, and over time, I became rusty and lost my passion for this amazing series. Upon starting PokeMMO, I had no idea what to do in Pallet Town, even though I must have done the same thing a hundred times before on my little old Gameboy™. So, this guide is dedicated to those of us who havn't played in a while, or might even be completely new to the series, and want to begin playing as quickly and painlessly as possible. Guide We begin in our hero's bedroom in Pallet Town. I assume you've chosen the name Ziggy Stardust for your character. If you havn't, go back and start again. How could your first thought be anything other than Ziggy Stardust? Now that your hero is correctly named, proceed directly out of Pallet Town. Ignore the fact that you're told Oak is waiting next door. He will only present himself to you when you attempt to leave the Town. He will drag you back to his lab, where he will proceed to perform hideous experiments upon you. Just kidding, he gives you your very own Pokemon, from a selection of three. Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charizard. I suggest selecting Charizard, because who wants to have SOUPERDOOPER VINE POWERS or WATERY POWERS. All the effectiveness of taking a whizz on your opponent, when you could be rocking a mother****ing DRAGON up in this place. Now, your rival will throw a tantrum when you attempt to leave and fight you. Clearly, you should whoop his ass and make him cry like a hussy. Upon doing so, he'll throw a uguufit. From here, simply head on out of town and go level up that Pokemon of yours! Once you've had fun whaling on rats and chickens, head up to the Viridian City, and visit the Pokecenter to heal up your likely bruised and battered Pokemon, before moving on to the Pokemart. Here, you'll enter a scripted sequence and acquire a package for Oak. Immediately take it back to Oak, and you'll recieve a Pokedex and five free Pokeballs! Hooray for free stuph! Your rival will throw another fit of angst and run home to get a map. Simply leave the lab, go to the building North of the lab and collect a map from the girl in the building. Congratulations! You've started playing Pokemon! Enjoy your new non-existant life style! Have fun! -Kingsley

Basic teambuilding Overview: (use ctrl+f to find the selections) 1 Basic info when you build a team 1:1 Introduction 1:2 Roles 1:3 Lead 1:4 Team types 1:5 Counters 1:6 Tiers 2 Moves 2:1 Meta/type coverage 2:2 Stab 2:3 Nyi moves 2:4 Status effects 2:5 Priority 1:1 Introduction This wall of text will cover the usual aspects of teambuilding aimed towards new players. If you feel that you are an advanced player you could probably learn something from this too if not feel free to comment about something below. There is some things I will add later such as clauses and the advanced part, I am basicly online everyday so it should be here within a week since I have several exams this week. 1:2 Roles When you pick a pokemon it is important to ask yourself, Why did I pick this one? Because you like it is not really a good awnser, does it have high base stats? Good move pool? Does it counter common threats? Ehh, back to roles, there is a few common roles most teams will have. Lead: The pokemon in the first slot in your team, there is a section just about your lead below. Physical sweeper: This role is considered one of the most fun roles within your team, it is a high attack attacker(derp) it could be anything from gyarados, tauros or dragonite. What is common with physical sweepers but not needed is a boost move that boosts attack such as swords dance, or attack an speed such as dragon dance. If you use these sort of moves it is called a setup as you prepare to sweep. Special sweeper: (everyones favorite role?) The special sweeper works as the physical sweeper but with special attacks, this role can be filled with many many pokemons. A few common ones is exxegutor, alakazam or gengar. Walls: They do what the name says. They wall off the enemy pokemon with moves such as refect, heal up with recover or wish. These pokemon usually have a high hp and high defensive stats. Chansey/blissey is a very common wall with its redicilous amount of hp and special defence. Snorlax is another special wall who can not live for as long as blissey but can learn selfdestruct which is a great move when low on hp (if you will survive or predict a switch in) Forretress and Cloyster both have high defence but cloyster sort of lack hp and has sort of bad typing, although he can break through substites with ease. Tanks: See walls. 1:3 Lead Your lead is a very important role and pokemon as this is what either, atleast most likely, gives either you or your opponent an advantage. If you start off with, for example Starmie, and they with Jolteon, you should switch out which gives them a chance to either try to kill your starmie or predict what you will switch into. Starmie according to me, and other experienced players are a decent but still bad lead since it can not scare away anything, and it can get in a blissey, and do what? Give it paralyzis? If you do blissey will cheer at you. Gengar on the other hand, can put starmie to sleep, giga drain him, he can most likely kill a blissey with hypnosis with a bit of luck and so forth. Jolteon is the fastest pokemon around basicly and with his amazing speed and special attack he can wreck some normal leads such as starmie. This site shows you some common leads and why they are good or bad. http://www.smogon.com/rs/articles/your_starter_pokemon 1:4 Team types Balanced teams: These teams contains a combination of walls and sweepers. Stall teams: These teams contains more walls to try to kill with slow things such as toxic and survive. Offensive teams: More sweepers less walls simple enough. 1:5 Counters There is certain pokemon which shuts down a pokemon completely, this is called a counter. Hidden power can usually help with this, but it is not implemented yet, so some pokemon will lack type coverage a lot! Let's say I send out my lead, Jolteon, and you start with Dugtrio (Bad lead, better revenge killer), normally I would have Hidden power ice, but now I do not have it and you can one hit my jolteon with earthquake. At the very bottom at each pokemons info there is a checks/counters tab http://www.smogon.com/rs/pokemon/ 1:6 Tiers When you choose a pokemon it should be something that is not totally crap. Using a tierlist blindly is bad too, but picking something from Uber/OU/BL could be a good idea as they usually have good stats combinded with a good movepool, or an amazing movepool with worse stats and so forth. But why pick a pokemon with bad stats AND a bad movepool? Sorry as I wrote this on my mobile and I'm running out of battery I'll post this and keep writing as soon as possible. 2:1 Meta game/Type coverage It is quite common that I hear people who say, I play with this pokemon because I like him. Well, sure games should be fun, but then you could just as well stop reading this since I want to teach you how to build a good team. The meta game should, simplified, contain all the good pokemon and their counters. You can have a hint at the pokemon list at smogon. http://www.smogon.com/rs/tiers/ Uber = The very best pokemons OU = Over used = The very good pokemon BL = Borderline = Almost made it to OU UU = Under used, not good enough usually NU = Never used You should usually just pick pokemon from OU and BL, but do not forget that if their move are not yet implemented their effectivness can be quite bad. Type coverage is when you have pokemons AND moves who can cover the types of your opponent. If your gengar only knows ghost moves, he will be eaten alive(:P) by any normal type with hiddenpower ghost, like snorlax. But if he had gigadrain, hiddenpower flying or something he can take on most other types too. Starmie should learn thunder(bolt nyi) to cover some normal threats such as their starmie or aero. 2:2 Stab This is pretty basic, but still, it could be great for new players to learn. STAB is a common term which is a shortening for Same type attack bonus, and it is just what it sounds like. If you use an electric move on an electric pokemon you deal more damage.(50% to be exact) This is why most fire pokemons are bad. They have great attack and speed, worthless defensive stats. But their special attack is not that great, so finding a physical fire move that is not firepunch? Well yeah.. No stab moves for fire types that will hurt the opponent too much. While there is exceptions this is what most firetypes have a problem with. 2:3 Nyi moves There is some moves which is very common in other battle simulators etc. is entry hassards, spinners and spin blockers. Entry hassards is spikes, which damage the pokemon you switch into whenever you switch. Rapid spin removes spikes and deal some damage(low power normal attack) Spin blockers is ghost types since normal attacks can't hit them, thus making rapid spin worthless. Another very common move is Baton pass which lets you keep all stat changes and pass it to another pokemon. The move basicly lets you switch, without the priority(see 2:5) and pass your stat changes to whatever pokemon you want. 2:4 Status effects There is some very common status effects that most people should know about Burn, decreases your ____ the first round it gets applied, then it deals ___ damage each round. Poison is worthless... Badly poison is quite good as it gets worse (___)each round and after a few rounds you need to switch out. Freeze is like a better parazysis but much more unreliable as it can only be applied through ice attacks and a % chance. Sleep is arguably the best status effect as it renders you unable to act, with a few exceptions. You can still switch, but sometimes that is just bad.(Captain obvious) Paralyzis is a great status effect, it makes your pokemon just horribly slow, actually I'm not 100% sure on how slow, but I think it is half your speed. Also you have a chance of being ”fully paralyzed” and unable to do your attack. 2:5 Priority Who goes first in a battle is usually determined from the speed of the pokemon. But there is also something called priority which always goes before a lower priority move. Normal attacks have 0 priority, Quick attack have priority +1 and Persuit have a whooping +6. The whole list can be found here http://www.smogon.com/rs/articles/move_priority This list is to be extended.