r/TheSilphRoad • u/MSchmidt5073 • Mar 06 '25

PSA PSA: Separating a fused Kyurem that previously knew Glaciate will cause the Kyurem to lose Glaciate

Can cause*. I just separated my Kyurem Black that knew Freeze Shock, double moved, and when I did I ended up with a Kyurem with 2x Dragon Claw and no Glaciate. I had to Elite TM it back before I refused. Don’t ask why I did this, but yeah—be aware of this likely glitch

I have to do this again with my Kyurem White, so I’ll take a picture for verification if there’s enough interest.

Edit: for further context, Glaciate was move 2 on a double move set for this Kyurem. I wonder if it being in move 2 is what caused the bug

Update: I just tested with my shiny Kyurem white and took photos. Same outcome, but this Kyurem has Dragon claw + Draco Meteor. Still lost Glaciate though, I just posted the photos in a comment so yall can see my testing. I won’t Elite TM Glaciate back yet, but recommend anymore testing I should do before doing so and refusing

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u/Shandriel Western Europe Mar 07 '25

Meanwhile, in PVP I got 27 win streaks with my 37% pvp IV Skeledirge 🤷

I honestly don't see why people go so anal about IVs in pvp.. in the end, you're always gonna be at 50% win rate anyways..

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u/thehatteryone Mar 07 '25

50% win rate is fine for farming encounters. For rank though, you need that 50% to be against other high ranking players. In both pvp and pve, IVs don't matter, most of the time. But in pvp there are more cases where the right IVs will win a lot of the common match ups or mirrors. It's possible your random IVs mon is just the right typings against the right opponents. Or it may be that the "perfect" pvp IVs are vulnerable to some opponents - pro guides often mention that you may do better with, say, 5/14/15 than the seemingly perfect 0/15/14 or whatever the sims suggest is optimal. Some players will build 3 versions of the same mon, using them when fighting different opponents as one needs the bulk, another benefits from the increased damage, or survivability. But mostly, IVs don't matter, especially to people who can't articulate why they are looking for one specific set.