They Say the Battle Tower Cheats. I Tested It With 0 IVs.

Video Description

Can clever strategy and careful play reveal some truths about the cheating claims in the Tower? How hard is the tower anyway? 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Team Introduction 04:20 - Does the Tower Counter-team? 05:30 - Palmer 1 (Silver Print) 09:25 - Luck In Pokemon 11:00 - Trainer Lookup 14:01 - Giving no quarter 15:27 - Palmer 2 (Gold Print) 20:30 - Potential Substitutions In this video, I get the gold print with a 0iv team. This marks the start of my mini series in the 0iv challenge. I'll be using it to double as both an introduction and a tutorial - of sorts - to the Generation 4 Frontier. I already have footage for going above 100 wins but it will take a while to edit the video Very Helpful links: Mow's Battle Tower Trainer set Lookup: https://pokemow.com/Gen4/Tower/ Frontier trainer and pokemon set spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bkSy88owMfp80sXgDvzSSVVGstzQmeuuDYBeafnbTT0/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Bulbapedia listing of trainers and sets: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Battle_Frontier_Trainers_in_Generation_IV Damage calculators with pre-loaded frontier sets: https://eisencalc.com/ https://turskain.github.io/ Anyone looking to copy this does not need to worry about IVs. Ideally, you use 31iv mons via RNG manipulation in breeding. This is not necessary, but it makes things easier. The intention is that (given I did this with 0 IV) - you do not need to do that. Team: I recommend only training pokemon with the correct ability, and without negative natures (so, not -atk or -speed for garchomp/scizor. And not -spatt or -speed for starmie) Starmie @ Focus Sash Ability: Natural Cure EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe - Surf (HM) - Psychic (repeatable Game Corner TM) - Ice Beam (repeatable Game Corner TM) - Thunderbolt (repeatable Game Corner TM) Garchomp @ Lum Berry EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe - Outrage (Can be bought at the Frontier) - Earthquake (Can be bought at the Frontier) - Swords Dance (repeatable Game Corner TM) - Substitute (repeatable Game Corner TM) Scizor @ Leftovers Ability: Technician EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk - Bug Bite (Bought at the Frontier) - Bullet Punch (Level-up move in HGSS) - Swords Dance (Level-up move in HGSS) - Superpower (Bought at the Frontier) Slightly better EV spreads than this exist, but are irrelevant for anyone only going for gold print. The EV spreads above are recommended due to how simple they are to train. The next Tower video will look at how to optimize teambuilding for the Frontier, which is something that the vast majority of players do not need to worry about if you only want Gold print or 100 wins for the trainer card. I will be doing a lot of mythbusting there as well as going into how the player is able to use 2025 decomp knowledge to outplay the enemy AI. Link to that video: Check me out on Twitch: twitch.tv/Magpielabs Check out my 2nd YT (VOD) channel: https://www.youtube.com/@magpiepokemonlabs Check out my Discord (Battle Frontier specific): https://discord.gg/7AfpxXArWv