Nobody said breeding was effortless. It takes some work, and some luck, but ultimately worth it. I honestly don't worry about IV's until I've got the desired moves.
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Indeed they didn't :p. It's so time consuming though.
But I believe you answered my other question to do with breeding as well, so again, thank you.
I have a question involving breeding:
When I bred my 31/31/31/x/31/31 Bagon with another 31/31/31/x/31/31 Bagon with destiny knot, I kept getting 4IVs!
Does anybody know why?
Edit:I just realized this, Destiny knot takes the Special Attack and takes the rest as perfect IVs
Morale of the story:Never breed 5iv with 5iv if you have a 6iv ditto
When I bred my 31/31/31/x/31/31 Bagon with another 31/31/31/x/31/31 Bagon with destiny knot, I kept getting 4IVs!
Does anybody know why?
Edit:I just realized this, Destiny knot takes the Special Attack and takes the rest as perfect IVs
Morale of the story:Never breed 5iv with 5iv if you have a 6iv ditto
Pokémon Link from the main menu; where you select Continue and New Game and all that.
ok thanks
Win a Contest.
Location: Slateport City
When you get to Slateport City, you get given the opportunity to participate in Pokémon Contests. After you have participated in your first one, a Pokémon Breeder will take you aside for a moment and offer you the special Pikachu which has clothes to match your Contest Clothes, Rock Star Pikachu if you're male or Pop Star Pikachu if you're female. This Pikachu has its Hidden Ability. In addition to that, it also has high stats for each of the Contest Types.
Click here for details on Cosplay Pikachu
Pikachu 
Level 20
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Lightning Rod
Hold Item:
None??? Nature.
Date of Receiving
Slateport City. Caught at Lv. 25
Quick Attack
Electro Ball
Thunder Wave
Meteor Mash
Pikachu
Level 20
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Lightning Rod
Hold Item:
None??? Nature.
Date of Receiving
Slateport City. Caught at Lv. 25
Quick Attack
Electro Ball
Thunder Wave
Draining Kiss
From Serebii
When you get to Slateport City, you get given the opportunity to participate in Pokémon Contests. After you have participated in your first one, a Pokémon Breeder will take you aside for a moment and offer you the special Pikachu which has clothes to match your Contest Clothes, Rock Star Pikachu if you're male or Pop Star Pikachu if you're female. This Pikachu has its Hidden Ability. In addition to that, it also has high stats for each of the Contest Types.
Click here for details on Cosplay Pikachu
Level 20
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Lightning Rod
Hold Item:
None??? Nature.
Date of Receiving
Slateport City. Caught at Lv. 25
Quick Attack
Electro Ball
Thunder Wave
Meteor Mash
Level 20
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Lightning Rod
Hold Item:
None??? Nature.
Date of Receiving
Slateport City. Caught at Lv. 25
Quick Attack
Electro Ball
Thunder Wave
Draining Kiss
From Serebii
You don't have to win. Just finish your first contest.
Awesome. Can I breed the Cosplay Pikachu to get more?Location: Slateport City
When you get to Slateport City, you get given the opportunity to participate in Pokémon Contests. After you have participated in your first one, a Pokémon Breeder will take you aside for a moment and offer you the special Pikachu which has clothes to match your Contest Clothes, Rock Star Pikachu if you're male or Pop Star Pikachu if you're female. This Pikachu has its Hidden Ability. In addition to that, it also has high stats for each of the Contest Types.
Click here for details on Cosplay Pikachu
Pikachu
Level 20
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Lightning Rod
Hold Item:
None??? Nature.
Date of Receiving
Slateport City. Caught at Lv. 25
Quick Attack
Electro Ball
Thunder Wave
Meteor Mash
Pikachu
Level 20
OT:Yours
ID:Yours
Ability:Lightning Rod
Hold Item:
None??? Nature.
Date of Receiving
Slateport City. Caught at Lv. 25
Quick Attack
Electro Ball
Thunder Wave
Draining Kiss
From Serebii
So, the only way to get decent IVs are SRing?
Correct. However, Synchronize works 100% of the time with it and the in-game Lati@s. And Pikachu's defenses are like wet tissue paper anyway, so you can just focus on getting the perfect IV's in the offensive stats and Speed.
One final question. Does the guy immediately appear and give you the Pikachu before you can save, or can you save before it?
CTNC
Doesn't know how to attack
You can save before getting it.
It's A girl with Altaria :)
Something that wasn't mentioned, and it's probably too late anyway, is that due to being unable to breed this specific Pikachu has a guaranteed 3 perfect IVs.
Does the Dusk Ball work (i.e. have the boosted catch rate) in mirage spots? I'm SRing a mirage spot legendary tonight and it tends to break free a tad too often for my taste :> I've already SRed Suicune in a Net Ball, which should have roughly the same capture odds as a Dusk Ball at night, and that one consistently went a lot easier, so that's why I'm asking. I started at 10 pm so that can't be it, and by now I think I also have a large enough sample size to rule out bad luck (especially when compared to Suicune), and considering the battleground isn't exactly 'dusky' it would make sense for the dusk ball not to work, so...
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Question I just got my omega ruby game and i never played gen 3 before who are all the gym leaders and elite 4?
Steel resists Flying *0.5
Electric resists Flying *0.5
Steels is weak to Fighting *2
=> *0.5
Electric resists Flying *0.5
Steels is weak to Fighting *2
=> *0.5
I know there's a list of Pokemon unobtainable in ORAS and I could just reverse-reference them but is there a list of obtainable Pokemon in ORAS, just to make my life that bit easier?
Oh and does the DexNav mean that every Pokemon catchable in ORAS can be found with its HA or are there restrictions?I feel like this is a dumb question. Sorry D:
Oh and does the DexNav mean that every Pokemon catchable in ORAS can be found with its HA or are there restrictions?
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