Is pokerus bad or good in Pokemon Pearl?

Question

One of my pokemon has it what will it do.

Answer 1

Pokérus (a portmanteau of Pokémon and virus) is a rare virus introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver. It is extremely infectious in nature, being able to spread between Pokémon of different species. The only cure for Pokérus is to wait for a period of 24 hours. Infected Pokémon can be traded to Pokémon Red and Blue, but because Pokérus does not exist in these games, it cannot be contracted or spread when traded. However, the effects of the Pokérus are still applied. Similarly, a Pokémon with the Pokérus cannot be cured while in these two games. In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Pokérus is displayed as a purple rectangle stating Pokérus in the Summary window.

Despite being a virus, Pokérus is beneficial to its hosts. Pokérus accelerates the hidden statistical development of Pokémon (that is, its training) by making it gain effort values at twice the speed. This effect is cumulative with the Macho Brace, and an infected Pokémon with such an item effectively trains at four times its normal rate. In the third generation games, where training is capped to a maximum, the Pokérus does not raise this maximum limit. The overall effect on a Pokémon's strength is thus negligible, as a Pokémon can be fully trained with or without Pokérus. It is, however, easier to fully develop a Pokémon's skills with Pokérus because it reduces the number of battles needed to fully train the Pokémon.

Pokérus is mainly contracted from battles; there is a 2 in 65,535 chance of contracting Pokérus in battle. If a Pokémon in the active party has Pokérus, in each round of battle there is a 1 in 2 chance (1 in 3 in the third generation) that an adjacent Pokémon on the team will contract the Pokérus. The active Pokémon can also contract Pokérus in this manner if the first "bench member" has the Pokérus.

Pokérus is cured after 24 hours on the party from the time of infection; Pokémon cannot be cured of Pokérus if left in a PC box or are traded to Pokémon Stadium 2 or Pokémon Box. It also appears that Pokérus will not stop being contagius even after twenty-four hours in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Once Pokérus' effects end, the host develops an immunity to it and pokerus can no longer be transmitted. However, the accelerated stat growth remains; the Pokémon only loses the ability to spread it.well hope this helps you phew took me 30 mins to write that lol

Answer 2

Also, put the Pokemon with Pokerus in the middle of your team and battle. It'll migrate to the other members of your team. You might want to box one of the pokemon with Pokerus, as normally around midnight, the pokerus status will disappear from any pokemon outside of the box. They will still get the 2x bonus, but won't be able to give it to other pokemon. I keep a Blissey with it. There is a slight chance you'll keep the ability to pass it on for a while, my Bidoof kept it as catchy for five days before it became benign.

Answer 3

Pokerus is a virus that doubles the rate of Effort Value (EV's) gained during battle. (It's also rarer then finding a shiny so congratulations!)

If you've never heard of EV's I suggest reading this
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/45193

Its one of the hidden values of the game that can dramaticly affect your pokemon's stats

It's also highly sought after, so its worth some shinies if you want to trade the pokes you have, which are contaminated with it.

Answer 4

shall we get this in the present day, pokerus doesnt supply the pokemon greater exp, it provides it 2x the EVs, and it spreads by skill of combating with the contaminated pokemon and with a view to avert the little pink pokerus situation from goin away is to place it on your container in the past the date alterations, reason in case you keep doin that, the pink thingy will proceed to be there continuously