Contest condition

There are five different categories of contests, used in Pokémon Contests and Super Contests. These Contest categories, also called Contest conditions, are: Coolness, Beauty, Cuteness, Smartness, and Toughness.

Each Pokémon move is categorized under one of these five categories, corresponding generally with the nature of the move, with certain types of moves generally becoming certain Contest categories. In addition, Berry flavors, Pokéblock colors, Poffin flavors, and Pokémon natures are associated with certain Contest categories.

In Pokémon Contests, Pokémon with a raised Contest condition in the category of Contest entered will score higher in the primary judging. In Pokémon Super Contests, Pokémon with a raised Contest condition in the category of Contest entered will score higher in the dress-up round.

Feebas's evolution is based on its Beauty condition. Beautiful Feebas will evolve into Milotic upon leveling up. In Generation V, the Prism Scale was introduced; trading a Feebas holding a Prism Scale will also cause it to evolve into Milotic. This is due to a lack of means to increase Beauty in these games. However, beautiful Feebas transferred from games where Contest conditions can be raised to games where they cannot will still evolve into Milotic upon leveling up, because Contest conditions are still in the code of these games.

Contest categories
Category	Flavor	Color	Enhancement
Cool	Spicy	Red	Attack
Beauty	Dry	Blue	Special Attack
Cute	Sweet	Pink	Speed
Smart	Bitter	Green	Special Defense
Tough	Sour	Yellow	Defense

Natures

In a similar fashion to its effect on EV's, a Pokémon's nature has an effect on the ability to raise the stats of a specific category.

Contest categories
Nature	Cool/Spicy/Red	Tough/Sour/Yellow	Beauty/Dry/Blue	Smart/Bitter/Green	Cute/Sweet/Pink
Hardy	-	-	-	-	-
Lonely	Easy	-	-	-	Hard
Adamant	Easy	Hard	-	-	-
Naughty	Easy	-	-	Hard	-
Brave	Easy	-	Hard	-	-
Bold	Hard	Easy	-	-	-
Docile	-	-	-	-	-
Impish	-	Easy	Hard	-	-
Lax	-	Easy	-	Hard	-
Relaxed	-	Easy	-	-	Hard
Modest	Hard	-	Easy	-	-
Mild	-	Hard	Easy	-	-
Bashful	-	-	-	-	-
Rash	-	-	Easy	Hard	-
Quiet	-	-	Easy	-	Hard
Calm	Hard	-	-	Hard	-
Gentle	-	Hard	-	Easy	-
Careful	-	-	Hard	Easy	-
Quirky	-	-	-	-	-
Sassy	-	-	-	Easy	Hard
Timid	Hard	-	-	-	Easy
Hasty	-	Hard	-	-	Easy
Jolly	-	-	Hard	-	Easy
Naive	-	-	-	Hard	Easy
Serious	-	-	-	-	-

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