but then in every match, u'll see at least 1-2 L/M pokemon on the field then u'll find out the their. I believe at the battle tower there’s someone you can speak to in order to make a transferred Pokemon legal allowing you to play online with itI'm okay with genned pokemon, as long as they are legitimate (ie- they are legal within the game's rules). Difference of legit, legal and illegal: Legit: Pokémon was obtained through official gameplay with no third-party tool involvement. Cloned pokemon are simple: just 'legit' clones. This is an excerpt from the VGC rules document that all players and organisers have to operate by for running VGC tournaments. Pokemon really lacking on the genned pokemon. I used it once, its awful. Although they are almost impossible, I am not responsible for any potential bans, temporary or permanent, or suspensions. I have a few shiny locked pokemon I keep in pkswrd boxes for collection purposes that I have never used online. If you like to grind, that's great, but as long as the hacked pokemon's stats. Abusing the game to get perfect Pokémon has always been a thing-- if we're shouting out Ray Rizzo, where's the mention of VGC 2014's World Champion Se Jun Park and his Follow. A hacked Pokémon and a generated Pokémon are the same thing basically. It's genned / hacked. Is it cheating? Genning describes generating a Pokemon that could also be obtained through an event in game. However the people who are selling stuff are. Nature can be influenced by Synchronise but lots of people forget to use it and it only has something like a 50% effectiveness rate. There are Pokémon that are not legal because of for example being shiny or having the incorrect pokeball, for example shiny keldeo or. You can still use them online if you want. Idk ill play competitive and have time to spend with others I guess. Minor edits to a pokemon such as changing its nature shouldn't harm your game, but things such as changing a forme of a pokemon, giving it illegal moves, or hatching a legendary from an. Stwokey • 3 yr. First I transfed it to a HGSS save via emulators, then I copied the data through a well-known software of Pokémon data management used for genning and dupping that I don't know if i can say the name HEre (X). No. However, it is possible to generate legal pokémon with characteristics that are not banned, making them viable for online-play, differentiating them from illegal. Pokemon sold in the store do not have nicknames. Giving a blanket pass to say "genned/hacked pokemon are legal", that's straight up a lie. Kimnilsson1992 • 1 yr. An illegal Pokemon unreleased/unobtainable Pokemon, Pokemon with illegal moves/abilities, illegal stats, etc. 24. Especially not a switch ban. So all the surprise trade mons are completely safe. There is literally no chance on this planet that you will get banned for having a LEGAL genned (hacked is such a harsh term) pokemon. If you're honest and upfront about the Pokémon being hacked or genned or whatever, then I don't think there's a problem. Legal Pokemon are made through outside sources but are no different than anything you can find in game. )Keep in mind that these are all genned but otherwise legal. May 11, 2017. these were genned. Hacked pokemon usually shows something that would be deemed as impossible. Season 12 will continue to use the Regulation E Ruleset which will be in place until January 2nd, 2024. Over the years, Game Freak has shown that it basically doesn’t care about genned Pokemon and I kinda don’t blame them. We only deliver 100% legit and our service is 5 stars (check out our reviews). I honestly never had anything against people genning and using genned pokemon until the Urlmon started showing up. Unless you have a straight up illegal hacked pokemon don't worry at all. Repeat violations will result in a ban. Just because your angry that I didnt hVr to spend days no lifing the game to get a good team doesnt mean my teams illegit ReplyYou can do it. If a genned pokemon was illegal, it would get picked up by the ingame system. But it comes with a ban risk if you trigger any of the servers checks. The creator of pkhex, the program we used to make the “hacked” aka genned pokemon, is also publicly against it. ) - the reason being i Love to Just build Potential fun Teams See If they Work yada yada so i wanted to Play a Team using SS-urshifu which i dont have since i picked RS in my Pokemon shield and i do not have the time to Just Play through Pokemon shield again just to get that one mon i dont even. if it's a genned pokemon, there are millions of them all over the world. No. We now also have our Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl subreddit, r/Pokemon_BDSP! More information about it here. Genned Pokemon can either be “legal” (Proper moveset, correct Pokeball, whether it can or can’t be shiny, correct ribbons, etc. But if you're battling competitively, then you definitely should not be allowed to have illegal moves, Abilities, etc. genned pokemon and pokemon that are created but basically follow every rule that pokemon/game has (so you can, for example, import a pokemon with a legal pokemon showdown team bc if youre able to use it on showdown, it can exist within the. Have fun with your shiny! Scrumf • 2 yr. A ‘genned’ Pokemon, aka ‘generated Pokemon,’ is a term used to classify a mon that has been generated or created using unauthorized means, such as hacking or with the use of third-party. It's safe to just not use them. It is cheating, it might not be detectable, but it's still cheating. I've gotten shiny locked legends/myths through wonder trade. 1. Self-explanatory. If enough top players admitted. People have been genning since like gen 5 with completely legal stats and those pkmn are still used today in lots of places. Illegal pokemon do in fact slip through wonder trade. For example, a jolly Garchomp will always be faster than an adamant Garchomp. Etc. Shiny Paradox Pokemon with six IVs are a good example since. Pokémon must have the black Galar symbol on their summary screen to signify that they originated in the Galar region, or the battle-ready symbol. You just assume it’s genned if it’s flooding the market like wildfire. If it's legal, it's legal. The chances of something bad happening as a function of you using the Pokemon are zero. Genned mons are identical in every way to naturally spawning versions, the only difference being the names. You can tell it is 100% legal if it was traded online, as it undergoes a legality check. Generated (Genned) means the Pokémon was made from thin air. That being said, I don't believe there's a chance in hell that using a genned pokemon will get you banned for several reasons. Offline do whatever. This is why I make it my business to breed any mons I receive in trades with strangers. ) - legit (Pokemon that are fully raised/trained without any outside influence like PKSM, PKHex, Powersaves. Legal - all data matches a legit pokemon, but obtained via non-traditional methods. CryptoI'll always try to obtain fully legitimate non-cloned (and non-genned, obviously) Pokemon, but I do make a few exceptions for cloned events in certain instances. Name and OT can be different for hacked Pokemon, in terms of events. Genned pokemon: They are. And it's especially egregious BECAUSE it's just a kids game with "digital animals" lol. People will take your Pokemon you traded through a legit poke checker cause playing hacked "legal" mons are considered "frowned upon" for competitive play but last i recall back in the B/W meta a lot of players at one regional back then used "Legal Genned Pokemon from pokesav" Not exactly genned pokemon which are just mirrors of actual real pokemon that are legally obtainable. It doesn't affect the other player anyway, especially in online battles. But the shiny zacian's origin game is Sword, so in order for it to be in SV, it must have gone through HOME and thus must already have a tracker. Pokemon that are just plain not legal is one really good example. No more access to online features. Another disgusting pratice is official paying event like the LGPE Mew one. In the sense that if 2 different trainers hatch the same pokemon from a cloned egg, these 2 won't be 'exact clones': stats will be the same, but will be different because different ot. Is there any way to change the settings of these pokemon to make them look legit in WIFI battles? It is nearly impossible to tell if some Pokémon are illegally modified because certain values that these official hack checks look for are completely hidden from the player or come down to some. In general the most important things to consider are: - Use the newest version of PkHex - Check if PkHex says the mon is legal. Hacked Pokemon: A pokemon that has been generated outside of pokemon games, with imposible movements or habilities , impossible shinies bcs of shiny locks, and pokemons that can cause you trouble if you use them in PVP bcs obvious reasons. are not what the species can normally learn, for example, a Pikachu with the Libero ability). Plus they've stated they won't ban people for getting pokemon like that via trades or anything like that. is hyertrainded to 31. Genned Pokemon in ranked battles. ago. There’s no telling if it is genned or not. The more things that make it a "perfect" pokemon the more likely it is to be genned. Many ribbons take time and effort to get, so lots of ribbons can be suspicious. Best answer. It's a legal hack. ago. Yeah. Please note, this game is still new, and the legality is still hard to get down, so I will need time to make sure each encounter is legal simply due to each pokemon needing to be accurately within a certain level range, a certain location and need to check each pokemon's ball legality. If theyre legal, theres generally no risk, but never know when theyll start to target people with tons of website named/ot pokemon. The question is. Genned mons are identical in every way to naturally spawning versions, the only difference being the names. About regular Pokemon, in Gen 8 they regularized it. Genned Pokemon are explicitly mentioned by the Pokemon team as being illegal. hacked pokemon are ones with illegal moves, items, stats, etc and those cant be traded. Genning is prohibited in pokemon games and especially in tournaments, so if a person does it, it shows how little that person cares about rules. If you got it through a trade, that means it passed ninendto's baseline legality tests. I’m not sure why this is a big rumor in the community but you can literally buy an entire comp team for under $40 and run it in an official tournament 10 seconds later. 4. People have used genned Pokémon for years, even in major competitions, nothing has happened to those people. In certain places around the Region, for example besides the TV in Hop's room, a Croagunk statuette can be found; this is a reference to the Croagunk statuette placed on the counter of the Pastoria City Poké Mart, in the Sinnoh Region, and is therefore almost certainly a reference and hint to the Generation 4 remakes that were being. For all intents and purposes, the genned pokemon here is completely legal, and the game wouldn't be able to differentiate if you actually grew it yourself or cheated for it. A Pokémon could be legal but could be cloned/ genned- in this case it may be fine to use if it was cloned properly. It's genned, but if it looks legal on the surface, it should be fine. Hacked mons can be either generated or overwritten pokemon (usually via save file editors or even with pokemon generation tools). ) It's bad form to trade someone a legal genned Pokemon if they don't know about it, but I've done giveaways on holidays with. A PP Max = 3 PP Ups, so the maximum is 3 per move. Also though it's understandable that the pokemon company wouldn't want to promote genning pokemon when a core part of the game is the effort put into training them etc. For example, if a gen 5 pokemon has a ribbon that is exclusive to gen 4, then you know that it is 100% fake. This Pokemon is 99. Sep 30, 2023. The accessible movepools will be those that are currently legal in the most recent patch of the mainline games/VGC format. So it doesn’t have any stats/moves/etc. First let me clarify that I personally don’t care if people gen their teams and I’d be fine if legal. Here you can choose the Nature, Ability, Item, Level, Friendship, and whether or not it has pokerus. However, with current checks It's not likely to. Arceus is holding a master all which is a calling card for a genned Mon. Because it is a clone of an original Pokemon, clones are typically accepted as legitimate on these trading boards. Voltorb in Apriballs or something like that, but it looks like there wasnt an event. I've been playing gen 9 using strictly the pokemon I train myself from scratch and it's been fun/felt rewarding, but I feel like I wasted my time tbh. They won’t trade a Pokémon to you unless it’s legal. Reply. I have nothing wrong with genned pokemon, I actually saw the post you got downvoted for, did he ever post that picture of 6ivs? I didn't see it if he did. The giveaway closes tomorrow (5/10/23) at 11am EST. Legitimate suggests that the pokemon was obtained through legal means, and is itself legal in every mean. The end result of the manipulation is a pokemon that was generated by the game and nothing else which to gamefreak counts as a legal since no 3rd party modifications took place. I might take some time to answer, either for logistical problems or due to the. It's complicated. Genning is the answer. Idk, but if it is a Caterpie with fissure, then yeah, you should be banned. Yes, this is a thing that actually happens. Who knows if those pokemon were really bred properly, but doesn't matter because those pokemon's builds will still work. Any cheating caused by generating Pokemon occurs offline in the Single Player game, and is related only to the manner of acquisition of the Pokemon. 3DS FC - 2466-7420-0136 / Switch FC - SW-0907-1312-2712. If your Ditto says it was caught in Legends Arceus, then it’s both illegitimate and illegal - illegitimate because it was hacked/genned, and illegal because Ditto can’t be caught in Legends Arceus so it’s obvious that it’s hacked/genned. 99% not legit. But yeah it should be safe, otherwise I'd have probably noticed an issue way sooner with. Genned Pokemon are still legal by the games definition lol. ago. Genned Pokemon are explicitly mentioned by the Pokemon team as being illegal. Even perfect IVs on legendaries that only legit come with 3 doesn’t trip anything. Tested it out and they all still seem to be good on GTS/wondertrade. The subreddit dedicated to the Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Sword and…You don't get in trouble if you breed with a hacked/genned/etc. I never use them. Considering you didn't mention what game, I can't provide specific details for your. and check all the boxes with that regard will be considered “legitimate” in games and will not affect the games or your account. 667K subscribers in the PokemonSwordAndShield community. Since it is possible to get a 6 IV Shiny Bagon, it will work perfectly fine in competitive. For Gamefreak to be able to distinguish a Genned Pokemon from a non-genned one the would need to keep track of that individual Pokemon characteristically stats (Personality Id (which is an overly convoluted stat tbh), Stat Id, name-nickname Is, location and spot-id, etc) and. It's impossible to find perfect iv L/M pokemon in the wild unless you hypertrain e. After receiving several hacked 'mons earlier this week, I did some digging and found out Pokemon Sword & Shield still has a massive hacking problem. Genned pokemon are the ones generated with certain software, but completely legit, legal and usable online. The VGC rules say any modified pokemon are illegal. there is no "legal" hacked pokemon so yes you should get banned for it hope you get that aswell if you have used acked pokemon online. That may sound like nitpicking but it is important for many online battling and trading threads and communities. “Should have gotten my mons myself! Half my team was modified/genned. The official sexyness connoisseur~ xyzman 11 months ago #5. So they can be used online. A genned pokemon is a generated pokemon. You can basically create your own Pokemon and save them to a file. I personally…If you made your mons legal with PKHex, it can't redflag your account. Genned Pokemon can either be “legal” (Proper moveset, correct Pokeball, whether it can or can’t be shiny, correct ribbons, etc. There's no way for the game to know if a genned pokemon is illegal if you're able to receive it through any online method because it has already been marked as legal at that point. I want to avoid doing two things: -getting banned -Going through and finding all the legit pokemon one by one Thanks in advanceSome pokemon with it are NOT legit, or even legal. Long story short my OLED is bricked in a Save Transfer loop, only way out seems a full initialise. Think of apples. Hacked/ Genned Pokémon The general consensus for hacked or genned (generated) pokémon are that they are generated externally using third-party tools and imported into the game. Everyone, except for the pokemon that are shiny locked, are shiny and legal. ) What is the difference between Genned and hacked Pokemon? Genning and hacking are effectively the same thing, but hacking is where you use some sort of device to hack the game and genning is using a program to. just getting traded a genned pokemon will not get you banned or punished, otherwise there would be hundreds/thousands of people getting punished for getting a surprise trade they didn't have any control over. HEY, NEW USERS! Remember to read The Wiki for the basics! Check the FAQ for basic questions! Threads created for basic questions will be removed, so ask them in that thread. This process is really easy but a lot of people forget to do these simple steps, be sure to follow through. Genned mons are basically the same as hacked mons, so yes, they can be flagged when transferred to home. The issue - I assume - people have with him is that he's unapologetic about using hacked legal 'mons and use of exploits (however AJP also uses exploits). I have never gotten a genned pokemon (at least an obvious one) from a surprise trade, but I also rarely do them to begin. Kimnilsson1992 • 1 yr. I'm not bothered about people using genned Pokemon against me, their game, they can do whatever they want with it. Pokemon generated by other. What I do have a problem with is genned Pokemon that can't breed. Most people do not know that you can still have legal mons that were generated via bots or various other methods. Obviously no one is giving you a shiny, 6IV, Masterball holding Pokémon. These mons although weren’t legitimately caught still pass all the checks and therefore are legal. Due to event Pokemon and the changing availability of moves between generations, certain characteristics which are legal for a given species can hint that they are, in fact, hacked if they are paired with other legal traits which happen to be impossible to get at the same time. There's a difference between an genned Pokemon and an illegal Pokemon. The data looked at recent teams fielded by pros and found that barely 50 percent of them were legal under the current rules of the game. ) Anyone can get a genned pokemon without even knowing it since GTS and wondertrade are a thing. According to Smith, half of his team was “genned,” meaning those Pokémon were illegally created and obtained. The bots are design to only trade legal pokemon. Well online. it's hard to avoid them on surprise trade. He also send back the file of the pokemon you have send so you can modify your pokemon and trade it back. A new hack check was implemented by The Pokémon Company in the World Championship which looked into Pokémon’s “HOME Tracker”, a 63-number utilized to. Clones of legit pokemon are also considered more valuable than genned pokemon. 12. Here are my thoughts. You can’t breed 2 genderless Pokémon with each other, just with Ditto. You'll only get banned if the pokemon is impossible to get (e. 99% not legit. Even the World Champ used a genned Pokemon from the creator of Sysbot, Sibuna_Switch, in the championships and won with it. (Look at the increasing amount of rants about it, even Nintendo is conscious of this). *Note: * From u/Wulfre: When using a flashcart, you can get the genned Pokemon with just the flashcart and a retail. com" pokemon online and pretty sure some of the pros use one or two genned pokemon. The import feature will have a back-end data check while applying the unique ID to confirm whether or not the imported Pokemon was. This looks like a genned legal pokemon which is completely different. ) What is the difference between Genned and hacked Pokemon? Genning and hacking are effectively the same thing, but hacking is where you use some sort of device to hack the game and genning is using a program to. Giving a blanket pass to say "genned/hacked pokemon are legal", that's straight up a lie. but pretty much any serious competitive player will use genned pokemon unless they want to be at a. pkx (x are generally the generation) file to the bot and he create them and send you the pokemon. 15. Genned pokemon after being bred won't get you flagged, provided they're not passing down anything normally unobtainable. Yes, they absolutely do. Cloned and Genes Pokémon are legal though, most people online will trade cloned Pokémon and no real ones but there is really no diff between the 2If you get a pokemon that has a website as its name, take the item and release it. We are planning to release an update by the end of the month. Reply replyCurrently, the only way to get Hisuian Zoroark in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is through Pokemon Home. hacked pokemon are ones with illegal moves, items, stats, etc and those cant be traded. I’ve never understood why people make a huge deal about it either, you won’t get banned online with genned. But if a pokemon is shiny and 6iv that is very fishy, but it's still. ) Can you get banned for trading hacked Pokemon? Hacking has always been a major issue in Pokémon. Though if a Pokemon is caught through regular means and is then hacked to manipulate it's moveset or ability to ones that it can't normally have then it becomes an illegal Pokemon aka automatic ban. Anyway most of the hacked pokemon you see are the same as legit ones. If you make it outrageously obvious that its genned, for example, dream. Have seen everything from: - 6 perfect pokemon caught same day including correct 0s legends, often with a 'catch' date the day before or day of the monthly reset for rankedYou send a legit . On 1/6/2018 at 7:51 PM, IamAVeryNicePereson said: I genned a HA Glaceon that was hatched from an egg at Paniola Ranch in an Apricorn ball and HA. I'm pretty sure those have all. The discord server is a trade bot where you can make your own pokemon for free and trade it. Also note, the buyer covers paypal fees. 40. Subscribe to be a part of a great gaming community JOIN for GREEN name + emojis + secret discord. Japanese Pokemons have japanese names. Hey I wanted to make a legit Arceus, i looked for the events and found one named MICHINA Arceus which is the arceus with special rend roar of time and shadow force. Competetive breeding in Swsh has become child's play anyway because they removed all of the walls. Since Worlds took place last month with tons of hacking disqualifications, the Pokémon community has gone back and forth on hacked or “genned” Pokémon and why so many players break the rules. Voltorb is genderless. My genned mons are just as legit. Yeah this post should probably be stickied or something as it's like 99. Genned are 100% legal online. I personally havent heard of a proven ban from genned mons. I see it as roughly the same as the person giving me a code for the event, and everyone being able to download the exact same Pokemon is kind of cloning it anyway. Two Pokémon cannot hold the same item. Keep in mind these are Gen 1-7 mons (excluding. legal pokemon are genned with proper stats moves and everything . Scarlet & Violet allows you to change your Pokémon’s name through the Summary screen. 2. danielo13 • 1 yr. LEGAL on the otherhand simply means that the pokemon's specs abide by the rules of what a pokemon can potentially be. We're both going to be on "equal. Idc if people get that through a gen or not. 2 votes. Yes, a person could show up with genned Pokémon to an official tournament-- but as long as it doesn't have stats it shouldn't, or moves it shouldn't, it doesn't matter. g. I myself am using genned Pokemon (everything within legal Sets/stats/obtainability ofc. However, you can no longer change the names of any traded Pokémon. As long as it's a pokemon that could have been obtained legit then it doesn't matter how it's obtained since it doesn't give any advantage to the competitive player over others. Look at the "Illegal Pokemon" section under VGC rules, and it states: The use of external. ago. Genned Pokemon can either be “ legal ” (Proper moveset, correct Pokeball, whether it can or can’t be shiny, correct ribbons, etc. Genning pokemon is perfectly fine to me if your doing so to play on your own or with friends. Most hacked pokemon are genned on PC or other methods, the distributed through the system from that point, usually via surprise trades/wonder trades and by hackers in link trade who show off Pokemon in/with illegitimate balls/movesets. Invalid: Can't have ball for encounter type. ) Are Genned Pokemon Bannable? Officially, yes. Some Pokemon you encounter on your adventure seem too good to be true, and they probably are because they were created using Sysbots. They have accurate movesets, EVs and the like. You either hate it, don't hate it, or have no opinion. Weird that it would trigger after one trade, but hopefully it’s a short ban. It becomes literally impossible to differentiate it to a wild caught pokemon, and is even tradeable on the game and 99% likely the same on GTS home. 6,443. So that confirms it hacked/genned. CryptoIf it was easier to prepare pokemon for competitive we wouldn’t see as many hacked dittos or genned pokemon. And let's not forget people lose all the event pokemon they've collected and saved over the years. 3. They showed that they were legal in oras. If you want to fulfill genning/items requests, please read the following: Do not offer to gen a Pokemon or item at an insignificantly less price than a user has already offered. For all intents and purposes, the genned pokemon here is completely legal, and the game wouldn't be able to differentiate if you actually grew it yourself or cheated for it. ) Can you get banned for trading hacked. My saves are in the Cloud luckily, except of course Pokemon games. Pkhex says this, for word: Invalid: Hidden Ability mismatch for encounter type. but that shouldn't be a problem if you use PKHeX to make them legal. I‘ve asked because I thought in Japan was an event with H. Worse, you lost two ways to tell if a. Honestly?. doesn't metter if it was caught or genned "Legal" but still fake. In most cases people prefer clone of a legit event pokemon to genned pokemon. Every Pokémon is perfectly legal, just being the result of RNG manipulation (skipping switch days until you hit the correct shiny day for the den. The organizers of the event have a policy of zero tolerance for genned Pokemon. Mitsuki berichan and kevdog do streaming genned pokemon Reply. Legal: Pokémon can in theory be obtained through official gameplay. 1. Meaning if they look alright (no hacked moveset) they should be. Genning perfect shiny pokemon cheapens getting real ones. You’re upset that people dont want to spend 40 hours building a team that may or. It's easy and simple to check it out. Voltorb in Apriballs or something like that, but it looks like there wasnt an event. Hacked/ Genned Pokémon The general consensus for hacked or genned (generated) pokémon are that they are generated externally using third-party tools and imported into the game. Honestly? more fun to breed myself a good mon. I pretty sure he gives out genned mons but not 100% sure Reply replyThere are three sides, two major, one tiny. At least not if genned using the traditional methods of Pokegen etc. This is the place for most things Pokémon on Reddit—TV shows, video games, toys, trading cards, you name it!. It is therefor different from hacking, which is generating a Pokemon that can’t be obtained in a legal way. Genned Pokemons are Pokemon that have been altered in a legal way. Pancake598. 10+ shinies are not a big enough sample size to conclude that. 3. ReplyThere are definitely some cloned pokemon as well as genned but legal ones using the event option in pksm. It is perfectly fine and legal to use genned PokéIt isn't cheating, because the Pokemon are legal. You can decide everything about a genned pokemon, but at the end of the day, genned pokemon must be able to be obtained in the pokemon games. 12. You'd have to use external tools. Just being genned is not the issue. All genned Pokémon are in fact illegal in official competitions. If they have illegal moves or abilities or caught location, thats a different story tho. RebornGod • 1 yr. In Pokémon GO, you can transfer Pokémon using GO Transport Energy in order to send it across. The legality checker in pkhex for sword/shield is still in beta. There are no bans, never were any and never will, if a genned pokemon is tradable then it's "legal" and gamefreak won't even bother. You can still use them online if you want. Hacked pokemon are pokemon created by some third party means. I am aware and capable of the process of transerring saves. Genned pokemon after being bred won't get you flagged, provided they're not passing down anything normally unobtainable. hack-checkers and people can't differentiate between legal good genned pokemon and 100% legitimate pokemon "Legal genned Pokemon" LOL, get out. Using genned pokemon in competitive is perfectly fine as long as it's a legal gen. If you are having a problem with running games then make sure you have up-to-date sigpatches. 4. The most obvious ones possess combinations of abilities, moves, and base stats that are impossible in the actual games. The trainer, Brad. Look at the "Illegal Pokemon" section under VGC rules, and it states: The use of external devices, such as a mobile app, to modify or create items or Pokémon in a player’s Battle Team is expressly forbidden. Also, there is a difference between hacked and genned pokemon, but both of them produce 100% legitimate eggs. If the tournament/competition is for fun with no monetary prizes then I don't care so much as long as the genned pokemon are something that is actually possible to get, but if there IS a monetary prize and there are people using genned. Any pokemon that you're even able to achieve through online mechanics are safe to use, even genned pokemon. But reason dictates it's unlikely. You don't normally gen a non perfect mon. Usually if it's a "legal hack" people take. If you get it through wondertrade it was hacked properly to pass the checks. Look at the "Illegal Pokemon" section under VGC rules, and it states: The use of external. 2. Because upon reading all of these comments all I kept thinking was HOW were they going to enforce that when the genned Pokemon are practically indistinguishable from the legit ones. AutoModerator. Genned in Pokemon refers to Pokemon that were generated via some software (such as PkHex) and then put into the Pokemon games. It is cheating, it might not be detectable, but it's still cheating.