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ok, i am a newbie at breeding, but i think i know what i'm doing.

In the daycare i have a:
Fletchling w/ everstone, adamant, 31 / x / x / x / 31 / x (gale wings)
Ditto w/ destiny knot, nvm, x / 31 / x / x / x / 31

I have bread quite a few eggs, and so far, they have been gale wings, adamant, but only 31 / x / x / x / x / x OR x / x / x / x / x / 31

Am i doing some thing wrong, or am i just unlucky?

Edit: it must of been luck, i just got a 31 / 31 / x / x / 31 / 31 adamant gale wings!

copied from destinyknot.tk

Breeding parents 31/x/x/x/31/x and x/31/x/x/x/31
will produce a 31/31/x/x/31/31 Pokemon 2.3438% of the time or 1 out of every 42.6667 eggs!

as you can see with the parents you were using you had a very slim chance of getting the IVs you wanted, and that's before you consider the 60% chance to pass on the hidden ability! Just remember that the destiny knot does not guarantee that the perfect IVs will pass, it simply choses 5 of the IVs that the parents have, this includes their non-desirable ones. If you scroll up I tried explaining this to someone having a similar issue

Thirdly, the destiny knot passes down 5 IVs from both parents regardless of who is holding it, so the offspring can get a combination passed down from either parent, this isn't restricted to perfect IVs either, so you can still inherit junk IVs as well.

If for example you have your Ditto 1 breed with Zweilous:

Ditto: 31/26/13/10/8/31
Zweilous: 15/16/2 / 5 /6/28

Hypothetically the baby could be:

31 / 16 / 13 / 10 / 6 / 20

It inherited 5 IVs from the parents, the one that didn't get inherited got generated randomly.

that was an example of how a baby can get 5 IVs from the parents with the 6th generated at random. The best way to do it is to get parents that have a couple of perfect IVs in the same stats with a couple random perfect IVs that you hope the baby to pick up on. Have a scroll up and see how we worked it out before
 
copied from destinyknot.tk



as you can see with the parents you were using you had a very slim chance of getting the IVs you wanted, and that's before you consider the 60% chance to pass on the hidden ability! Just remember that the destiny knot does not guarantee that the perfect IVs will pass, it simply choses 5 of the IVs that the parents have, this includes their non-desirable ones. If you scroll up I tried explaining this to someone having a similar issue



that was an example of how a baby can get 5 IVs from the parents with the 6th generated at random. The best way to do it is to get parents that have a couple of perfect IVs in the same stats with a couple random perfect IVs that you hope the baby to pick up on. Have a scroll up and see how we worked it out before
Unlucky with the odds stacked against you to begin with.
Each stat has only a 50% chance of passing down from the 31 IV parent, and on top of that you have one stat that is still being rolled.

You might do well to poke around on the trade forum or IRC to see if anyone has any Flying group spitbacks. The Friend Safari IRC channel usually has plenty of breeders on so you should be able to pick up a 4IV pretty easily.

Thanks for the response. I think the reason I wasnt getting anywhere was because i thought the destiny knot passed down 5 iv's from the parent holding it, rather than both of them. I really need to read things more carefully...
 
Anyone has a good guide on Super Training? I'm trying the Secret Super Trainings, to get evo stones, but I apparently don't do well enough to be worthy one.
 
This beauty is in my box since it was hatched. Which is already like 10 days ago. Eevee problems! In which should I evolve her? Espeon? Vaporeon? Any other -eon? I am thinking about Espeon, but is Bold nature still useable when the metagame is fixed with PokéBank Pokés?

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(Shiny) Eevee ♀
31/x/31/31/31/31
Bold / Anticipation
Egg moves: Wish, Yawn, Curse, Stored Power
 
This beauty is in my box since it was hatched. Which is already like 10 days ago. Eevee problems! In which should I evolve her? Espeon? Vaporeon? Any other -eon? I am thinking about Espeon, but is Bold nature still useable when the metagame is fixed with PokéBank Pokés?

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Bag_Dive_Ball_Sprite.png

(Shiny) Eevee ♀
31/x/31/31/31/31
Bold / Anticipation
Egg moves: Wish, Yawn, Curse, Stored Power

This Eevee looks like a perfect Espeon candidate. With Bold and max HP/Def, it'll be pretty bulky on the physical side. Then it can boost its special stats with Calm Mind and go to town with Stored Power. Vaporeon and Umbreon would be great choices as well.
 
(Shiny) Eevee ♀
31/x/31/31/31/31
Bold / Anticipation
Egg moves: Wish, Yawn, Curse, Stored Power
That is awesome!

I'm not entirely certain which Eeveelution would be best, though, with a Bold nature and Hidden Ability. It's slightly wasted on Espeon (which can't take a physical hit, Bold or not) and Sylveon (which fares only slightly better and can't really get any use out of Pixilate without Hyper Voice)...

It's also unfortunate that most of Eevee's evolutions have, in my opinion, pretty cruddy alt colorations.

My feeling is that you could probably get a lot of mileage out of her if you made her into a Vaporeon. Not only does Vaporeon have a decent alt coloration (it's pink!), but you could run with Rain Dance, Scald, Rest, Toxic/Roar as a set and use it as a secondary rain setter on a rain team?

I believe Water Absorb is somewhat preferable to Hydration since rain is less prevalent these days...

Espeon would probably be your other choice, yeah, but I'm not as familiar with Espy so I can't offer much advice there.
 
for the rumoured beta competition rule set, what would be the number of EVs I would have to put in so a Pokémon at level 30 would gain a stat point,
 
This beauty is in my box since it was hatched. Which is already like 10 days ago. Eevee problems! In which should I evolve her? Espeon? Vaporeon? Any other -eon? I am thinking about Espeon, but is Bold nature still useable when the metagame is fixed with PokéBank Pokés?

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Bag_Dive_Ball_Sprite.png

(Shiny) Eevee ♀
31/x/31/31/31/31
Bold / Anticipation
Egg moves: Wish, Yawn, Curse, Stored Power

so jealous

I would probably make it an Espeon. Bold with max HP/Def makes a great Baton Passer of Calm Minds, and you have Stored Power to hit stuff, and can't get whirlwinded/roared out because of Magic Bounce. It's shiny is green too

If you don't want Espeon then Bold Vaporeon with Wish/Protect/Scald/filler is effective, but Hydration isn't so great this gen, and if you decide to swap it to Water Absorb then that would just be a waste of it's hidden ability...

Blue striped Umbreon would look cool in the dive ball though, I suppose you could use some Curse set but yeah not so great competitively..
 
for the rumoured beta competition rule set, what would be the number of EVs I would have to put in so a Pokémon at level 30 would gain a stat point,

From enough EVs to have no left-over decimal after stat calculation, you need 4*100/Level EVs to increase the stat by one point. That would mean that 40 EVs would yield 3 stat points. Note that the first stat point may not always follow this rule.
 
so jealous

I would probably make it an Espeon. Bold with max HP/Def makes a great Baton Passer of Calm Minds, and you have Stored Power to hit stuff, and can't get whirlwinded/roared out because of Magic Bounce. It's shiny is green too

If you don't want Espeon then Bold Vaporeon with Wish/Protect/Scald/filler is effective, but Hydration isn't so great this gen, and if you decide to swap it to Water Absorb then that would just be a waste of it's hidden ability...

Blue striped Umbreon would look cool in the dive ball though, I suppose you could use some Curse set but yeah not so great competitively..

HAs can't be swapped out with the ability capsule, for what it's worth.
 
Hi All,

So i've finally gotten my 6IV modest Deino -- quite an interesting journey. Just a matter of getting better parents, swapping it over with the less-effective ones and re-breeding!

I've decided to be a little more ambitious this time and set my sights on a: Skarmory (Impish) with 'Sturdy' as an ability and 'Brave Bird' as an egg move.

My plan of attack is to:

1. Obtain a Skarmory (any gender) with Sturdy, hopefully with an impish nature, if not, I will breed one with a ditto until I eventually get the required nature
2. Capture/train/raise another flying type with the move brave bird (in X, I am thinking perhaps Talonflame as I have a level 30 fletchinder that I can level up to learn brave bird).
3. Breed the outcome of (1) with suitable parent from (2). Then use ditto breeding for IV's?

Does that sound practical?

If anyone has a 4 - 5IV skarmory that meets this brief, i have plenty of 5IV deino's and some CHarm's if you want to trade
 
Hi All,

So i've finally gotten my 6IV modest Deino -- quite an interesting journey. Just a matter of getting better parents, swapping it over with the less-effective ones and re-breeding!

I've decided to be a little more ambitious this time and set my sights on a: Skarmory (Impish) with 'Sturdy' as an ability and 'Brave Bird' as an egg move.

My plan of attack is to:

1. Obtain a Skarmory (any gender) with Sturdy, hopefully with an impish nature, if not, I will breed one with a ditto until I eventually get the required nature
2. Capture/train/raise another flying type with the move brave bird (in X, I am thinking perhaps Talonflame as I have a level 30 fletchinder that I can level up to learn brave bird).
3. Breed the outcome of (1) with suitable parent from (2). Then use ditto breeding for IV's?

Does that sound practical?

If anyone has a 4 - 5IV skarmory that meets this brief, i have plenty of 5IV deino's and some CHarm's if you want to trade

You might have better luck asking in this thread.
 
I'd like to know whether Zygarde is Shiny Locked or not. I've seen two pictures so far where one shows him as neon blue and the other as blood red, either one or both are fake but no one seems to have the answer yet. I've seen people say they got one but no pictures were posted. I already know for a fact that Xerneas, Yveltal and Mewtwo are shiny locked as no one has gotten one yet. But I've seen multiple posts about Zygarde so I'm asking if anyone knows whether he's shiny locked or not.
 
just hatched a HA gligar (immunity) from a FEMALE immunity gligar and a ditto as parents... am I dreaming or did I competely misunderstand the way Hidden abilites are passed down??
 
just hatched a HA gligar (immunity) from a FEMALE immunity gligar and a ditto as parents... am I dreaming or did I competely misunderstand the way Hidden abilites are passed down??

There's a 60% chance of the HA being passed down if the female has the ability.
 
In Gen V, there was 0% chance of passing down a HA when breeding with Ditto. In XY, though, it was changed so that breeding HA anything + ditto can now pass down the hidden ability.
 
if i dont have pokerus but all the power items how much battles do i have to complete to max my ev's?

510 max EVs
Power item battles give 5+ each (4 for the item, 1+ for the Pokemon beaten)

Minimum of 102.

If you do Horde Battles, it'll take you a bit over 20, with the trick being selecting the right Hordes and switching items at the appropriate time.
 
510 max EVs
Power item battles give 5+ each (4 for the item, 1+ for the Pokemon beaten)

Minimum of 102.

If you do Horde Battles, it'll take you a bit over 20, with the trick being selecting the right Hordes and switching items at the appropriate time.

Thanks.. So Say im trying to max out my koffing's spd i would fight over 20 mime jr hordes?
 
Thanks.. So Say im trying to max out my koffing's spd i would fight over 20 mime jr hordes?
10-11. EVs in any specific stat cap at 252.

For what it's worth if you do a Super Training for a stat when the stat is maxed and your overall EVs are not, the game will inform you that it's impossible to raise any further.
 
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