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John Salerno wrote:
> There is an FAQ at
http://www.gamefaqs.com that tells you what you
> will get, but I find it to be wrong a lot of the time. Probably like
> you said, it tells you the color you'll get, and it even says what
> conditions that particular color will improve, but even when I do
> get that color, it usually works on different conditions than the
> FAQ says.
(nods) It's actually a pretty simple pattern; based on my own
experimentation, on bits and pieces of data from other FAQs, and on
anticipating the trends, I've completed a chart for the first 40
berries. If anyone out there has berries numbered past 40 (Starf and
Lansat, for instance), let me know! With just a few minutes of your
time, I can add entries for those berries to the chart.
By the way, the short version of the chart is: for the best results,
use berries in the 36-40 range, ground at Lilycove (giving you level
60 pokeblocks, on average, with a 34 feel). This chart shows you
what colors the blocks have, and thus which stats they raise:
R B P G Y
Liechi * * * R = Red = Cool
Ganlon * * * B = Blue = Beauty
Salac * * * P = Pink = Cute
Petaya * * * G = Green = Smart
Apicot * * * Y = Yellow = Tough
If you want, say, a cute pokemon, you can alternate Liechi and Apicot
blocks; four of each will fill your pokemon up and give him a 480
cuteness (at least in theory; where do stats cap?) and 240 in each of
his other stats. (This is before any modifiers for personality.)
With stats like that, your pokemon ought to crush the competition.
(BTW, anybody know how to get my hands on a Liechi berry? It's the
one of those five you CAN'T get from Colosseum.)
Next-best, if you don't have Colosseum or don't want to wait weeks and
weeks to grow and harvest berries, is, surprisingly, the fast-growing
21-25 group. Check this chart for the results of grinding at
Slateport (NOT Lilycove):
R B P G Y
Pomeg * * * R = Red = Cool
Kelpsy * * * B = Blue = Beauty
Qualot * * * P = Pink = Cute
Hondew * * * G = Green = Smart
Grepa * * * Y = Yellow = Tough
So if you want a cute pokemon, alternate feeding Pomegs and Grepas.
Each boosts the marked stats 23 for a cost of 20, so you can raise
your cuteness to 276 and the remainder of your stats to 138 for 240
feel points (six of each), which should be pretty decent.
Want to focus just on cuteness, and don't care about your other stats?
Group 36-40 is still the best (follow the regimen I already
described), but next best is group 31-35, giving level 50, feel 32
blocks at Lilycove. Here's the relevant chart:
R B P G Y
Spelon * * R = Red = Cool
Pamtre * * B = Blue = Beauty
Watmel * * P = Pink = Cute
Durin * * G = Green = Smart
Belue * * Y = Yellow = Tough
Using 8 Watmel or Belue blocks will give you a cuteness of 400, but
your beauty and smartness, secondary stats for a cuteness contest,
won't rise at all. You can also try grinding the 21-25 group at
Lilycove for the better feel, giving up the third stat boost; seven
each of Qualot and Grepa blocks will give you a 322, but won't help
your beauty or smartness at all. Me, I'd use one of the two recipes
I started with.
If you have any input, let me know!