Can somebody explain Pokerus to me? ^-^

[keybrdkid09]

Greetings all.


*Spoiler Alert*

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So I noticed that the latest Christmas Mystery Gift had two Pokemon: Fafurr and Antarki. Both of mine which were infected with Pokerus! Yay! But wait... I don't know what to do with Pokerus. -_-. Since I have never encountered it before in game although I knew what it was. Supposedly it will double EV efforts of your pokemon for a short time (1-4 days.) So I have placed the pokemon in the PC for the time being till I figure something out.

So here is my Fafurr with a virus:



And here is my problem:

This is how my Pokemon were arranged before a battle. Disregard the fainted minicorn. I mistakenly battled it at level 1 haha.



Now supposedly according to Wiki, the normal Pokemon directly adjacent to the infected pokemon in your lineup will contract Pokerus after a battle. I wasn't sure how this was strictly defined, since google's definition of adjacent is 'next to.' So I put a pokemon on all sides of the Infected Fafurr to see which would end up contracting the virus after a battle. And as it turns out, the lucky winner was Minicorn! So naturally I assumed that the pokemon in battle order right after the infected one would be the contract-ee. However, I tested this again with the same pokemon in a different order and got no new infected Pokemon. 

huh?

I then got to thinking. My only conclusion is that the pokemon have to be a different gender since the only pokemon in my lineup that is female (Fafurr is male) is Minicorn. And Urayne is a genderless pokemon. Is my thinking correct? Or is this a bug in the Pokerus System? I haven't tested this yet with another female, but just wondered if anyone else had had this problem.

My newly infected Minicorn:



help? thx. 

-Key

[Dragonstrike]

Pokerus is simple (once you've got it, that is).  Here's a bulletpoint list of the important things to know about it.

- Finding it randomly on a wild pokemon makes farming shinies look like a joke.  Easiest way to get it if you ever lose it is trade for a mon infected with it.

- Spreading it isn't that hard.  Only requirement is that you have an infected pokemon in the party and you win a battle.  It doesn't always spread after a battle though.  It might take 2-3 to work (kinda like how Pickup works). It is recommended you put the infected mon(s) in slots 2-4 of the party to optimize the chances pkrs spreads.

- It permanently gives the pokemon double EV gains, even after it's 'cured'.  This stacks with (and doubles) the effect of power items.

- Finally, it can only be 'cured' if the pokemon isn't boxed.  Always keep at least one infected mon in the PC, and you'll never have to worry about losing it.  In addition, it is only 'cured' when the clock strikes midnight, so make sure to deposit any mons you want to keep infected before then.

[keybrdkid09]

- It permanently gives the pokemon double EV gains, even after it's 'cured'.  This stacks with (and doubles) the effect of power items.

Can you elaborate on this? For example, assuming we are talking about the same thing (correct me if I'm wrong,) what happens if I've already EV trained a pokemon to its max 252 with berries ect. What is being gained?

[Dragonstrike]

- It permanently gives the pokemon double EV gains, even after it's 'cured'.  This stacks with (and doubles) the effect of power items.

Can you elaborate on this? For example, assuming we are talking about the same thing (correct me if I'm wrong,) what happens if I've already EV trained a pokemon to its max 252 with berries ect. What is being gained?

If a stat already has 255 (not 252, 255.  252 is only the max if using the Ninjas' punching bag minigame to maximize the stat) EVs in it (or if the pokemon has all 510 evs accumulated) and would gain more evs from defeating a pokemon, nothing happens.  No evs are gained if the pokemon is EV trained fully.

The part I'm talking about with this is the process of gaining EVs, and it's the main reason you want Pokerus in the first place.  If a pokemon that's been infected/'cured' of pokerus beats a pokemon, they gain double the EVs they normally would.  If they beat a Chyinmunk, for example, they would gain 2 Defense EVs instead of 1 (1*2=2).  If they beat a Chyinmunk while holding a Macho Brace, they'd gain 4 EVs instead of 1 (1*2*2=4).  And if they beat a Chyinmunk while holding a Power item, they'd gain 2 Def evs and 8 evs in the stat the power item is boosting for a total of 10 evs instead of the 1 Def and 4 from the Power item for a total of 5 EVs. (1*2 + 4*2 = 10)

Basically, it halves the time needed to fully EV train a pokemon.  (though it should also be noted that Pokerus has 0 effect on the results of the Ninjas' punching bag minigame)

[tigerlittle9]

/Hi, how did you get your faffur looking like that? is ther a new update or skin for the christmas season?

[Dragonstrike]

/Hi, how did you get your faffur looking like that? is ther a new update or skin for the christmas season?

It's definitely a Christmas Mystery Gift.  Seems the event's gone live, but there's been no official announcements yet.  Excited to see the new skins.  Seems the mons are also setup to be competitively viable if you raise them properly, too!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

/Hi, how did you get your faffur looking like that? is ther a new update or skin for the christmas season?

I just checked out of curiosity, and there's indeed a new suprise-Mystery Gift available! In fact, there are two!

[keybrdkid09]

- It permanently gives the pokemon double EV gains, even after it's 'cured'.  This stacks with (and doubles) the effect of power items.

Can you elaborate on this? For example, assuming we are talking about the same thing (correct me if I'm wrong,) what happens if I've already EV trained a pokemon to its max 252 with berries ect. What is being gained?

If a stat already has 255 (not 252, 255.  252 is only the max if using the Ninjas' punching bag minigame to maximize the stat) EVs in it (or if the pokemon has all 510 evs accumulated) and would gain more evs from defeating a pokemon, nothing happens.  No evs are gained if the pokemon is EV trained fully.

The part I'm talking about with this is the process of gaining EVs, and it's the main reason you want Pokerus in the first place.  If a pokemon that's been infected/'cured' of pokerus beats a pokemon, they gain double the EVs they normally would.  If they beat a Chyinmunk, for example, they would gain 2 Defense EVs instead of 1 (1*2=2).  If they beat a Chyinmunk while holding a Macho Brace, they'd gain 4 EVs instead of 1 (1*2*2=4).  And if they beat a Chyinmunk while holding a Power item, they'd gain 2 Def evs and 8 evs in the stat the power item is boosting for a total of 10 evs instead of the 1 Def and 4 from the Power item for a total of 5 EVs. (1*2 + 4*2 = 10)

Basically, it halves the time needed to fully EV train a pokemon.  (though it should also be noted that Pokerus has 0 effect on the results of the Ninjas' punching bag minigame)

Thanks Dragonstrike. That was very informative. I will have to put that information to good use. 

/Hi, how did you get your faffur looking like that? is ther a new update or skin for the christmas season?

It's definitely a Christmas Mystery Gift.  Seems the event's gone live, but there's been no official announcements yet.  Excited to see the new skins.  Seems the mons are also setup to be competitively viable if you raise them properly, too!

/Hi, how did you get your faffur looking like that? is ther a new update or skin for the christmas season?

I just checked out of curiosity, and there's indeed a new suprise-Mystery Gift available! In fact, there are two!

And yes, there actually was an official announcement pin (that's how I found out about it.) But it seems the official announcement was done through the Discord Server and not through the forums. Interesting. Glad to have been of service to those of you that read this post and got some surprise gifts.

Oh and...

Spoiler

Here is the other mystery gift pokemon Antarki

-Key