INTRODUCTION:
Giratina, Palkia, Dialga, Darkrai, and the fabled Bidoof. They're all such awesome
legendaries to recruit, pokemons that have fanboys/fangirls/fanvestites drooling all day.
However, there is one incredibly strong, yet overlooked pokemon that you can recruit. In
EoS, it is one of the hardest pokemons to recruit. This pokemon in question is none other
than Kecleon. Yes, Kecleon, that odd little lizard. In most mystery dungeons you can find
at least one shop in there. Kecleon is so strong and hard to beat, that the second you
steal from him him, you are faced with an infinite amount of Kecleon's many, many, many,
MANY brothers (I'm not even going to ask what his mom was up to). It is very possible to
defeat Kecleon and steal from him, but the difficulty of that pales in comparison to
actually recruiting Kecleon. So, without further ado, I present your very own guide to
recruiting Kecleon.
**(If you want to just speed read this, I have capitalized key words you will need to
know)
UPPING YOUR RECRUITMENT RATE:
Lets get into statistics and recruitment rates. Kecleon, assuming you have no equipment,
IQ skills, or level to modify recruitment rate, Kecleon has a -49.5% chance of being
recruited. No, that's not a typo, the negative sign is supposed to be there. So, let's
assume you have a GOLDEN MASK. This should up the chance of recruiting him by 24%. So, now
that's a -25.5% chance of recruiting him. Now let's assume you have a LEVEL 91+. This adds
a 25% boost. So now, that's a -0.5% chance. Finally, you have the FAST FRIEND IQ SKILL.
This adds a 1% boost. You now have a 0.5% chance of recruiting him. Sadly, this is the
highest recruitment rate you're going to have. So in summary you're going to need:
- GOLDEN MASK
- LEVEL 91+
- FAST FRIEND IQ SKILL
In order to get a 1 in 200 chance of recruiting Kecleon. Statistically, the chances of
winning the lottery is better. I think. Anyways, chances are you don't have all these
things just laying on you. If you want to go the sleazy way, you can use a wondermail
generator to create easy missions in order to get a golden mask, and a bunch of golden
seeds/joy seeds. Getting the Fast Friend IQ Skill is a whole other thing, so I've actually
created a whole other section for getting the Fast Friend IQ Skill.
GETTING THE FAST FRIEND IQ SKILL:
There are IQ groups that pokemon are divided into. Certain IQ Skills can only be learned
by certain IQ groups. Group H can learn the Fast Friend IQ Skill. A certain pokemon that
is one of my favorite pokemon happens to be a Group H pokemon... MEW! Mew can be recruited
easily if you have unlocked Mystery Jungle. Just beat MYSTERY JUNGLE and defeat Mew. If
you are lucky, he will join your team the first time you defeat him. If you are unlucky,
you have to go through Mystery Jungle again and defeat Mew again. Now that you've got Mew,
you have three options to get gummis for Mew: You can do missions for gummis, buy gummis,
or go to Marine Resort. Personally, I prefer the Marine Resort method, as I get 15-20
gummis every trip I make there. You can use all of the methods if you'd like. I'd estimate
that you'd need to make about 5-10 trips to Marine Resort. You need to get a LOT of
gummis. Now go to SPINDA'S CAFE and MAKE DRINKS FOR MEW using gummis. This will get Mew's
stats up, and his IQ. If you are lucky, Spinda will start singing "I've Got A Feeling" or
freak out about the coming of the messiah drink or something. Just keep getting gummis for
him until he has the IQ Skill Fast Friend.
ITEMS:
Okay, well, I guess I'll just list these off
- Golden Mask
- 10 Evasion Orbs
- 1 or 2 violent seeds
- 1 One Room Orb
- 1 Trapbust Orb
- 1 Drought Orb
- 1 Hail Orb
- (Optional) 2+ All-Mach Orbs/Quick Seeds/Quick Orbs
- 1 or 2 Huge Apples/ 1 Golden Apple
- (Optional) Life Ring
- (Optional) A bunch of Ginsengs to make your moves stronger
- 5+ Max Elixirs
- 10+ Oran Berries
STRATEGY:
You need to make sure Mew has these moves: DARK PULSE, BLIZZARD, PSYCHIC. Now, go to
either Apple Woods, or Mystifying Forest, since they usually have Kecleon Shops. Have Mew
(which should be the leader and lv 91+) stand on a Kecleon Shop. Use the One-Room Orb, the
Drought Orb, the Trapbust Orb, and finally, the Hail Orb. The Hail Orb ensures Blizzard
never misses, and the the other orbs make it basically one big giant room without traps.
Then, use your 10 Evasion Orbs to make it so that most of Kecleon's move will miss on you.
Equip your Golden Mask. Now, eat your 1 or 2 violent seeds and use Blizzard. Blizzard will
kill most or all non- Kecleons. Now, pick up anything you'd like from the shop, and get
off of it. When he asks if you'd like to pay for it, say no. Now, the fun part. Keep using
Psychic on Kecleon until he dies. However, there will be more and more Kecleons. Use
Psychic as your main move against them, and if there are 2 or more Kecleons surrounding
you, use Dark Pulse. If ther are a bunch of Kecleons in the room, just use Blizzard to
kill or hurt some of them. Watch out for Faint Attack, because it hits very high, and will
hit you no matter how high your evasiveness is. Use Max Elixirs and Oran Berries when
necessary. A 200+ HP is recomennded, and your stats should each be at least 150+. Also,
you should have a 4th move that I haven't said what to do with. You can make this 4th move
whatever you want, and use it against Kecleon as you'd like. Have fun getting him on your
team!