Looking for any female larvesta with egg moves.
Strange question kinda wanna friend safari catch a perfect ditto. Is there any reliable way or some tips that would help in trying to check speed and HP.
edit: yes I know buckert's soft resetting guide exists but I kinda want some tips...
edit edit: gonna try night shade.
Me and
cant say had a discussion about the Ditto hunting a while back, because we needed one with a pentagon.
So... I ran through a safari and caught a "flawless" Ditto a few weeks back and let me tell you, if you don't have enough Master Balls to waste, don't do it.
My target was iirc...
31/high as possible/31/x/x/0-3
Relaxed
1. If it auto-transforms turn 0, there is no way to check the Speed (Zorua/Zoroark in the lead would keep it from Impostering).
2. Half of them are holding a Quick Powder, which doubles their Speed while not transformed, so again... no reliable way to check the Speed.
You would have to confirm the Ability without it transforming, while getting rid of it's hold item to reliably check speed after.
THIS is not easy because it would obviously be spamming Transform until it struggles or succeeds.
Paralysis could help with confirming the ability, but the only way a Zorua could paralyze it is with Fling + Light Ball, which deals damage, so you would have to Heal Pulse it afterwards to check for HP.
I ended up just throwing Master Balls at everything that had Imposter and auto-transformed and caught this after two days:
Ditto
Imposter
Relaxed
31 / 21 / 31 /
18 /
14 / 1
Low Speed and high physical stats are relevant for the Ditto mirror match. 99.999% of the time HP is the only important stat.