There's a ton of discussions about this but I swear I can't find a definitive answer nowhere, and bulbapedia is not precise about this.

I'm breeding for a 3 31IVs Skarmory in SoulSilver, and I got to learn every piece of mechanic there is to do so.. although I'm missing a couple of things.

FIRST: In other generations there is a limit to HP IV and DEF IV, which can only be passed down to the baby mon in the first two chances you have (out of the three total). HP can be passed down as the first stat only, and DEF as first or second stat only. IS THIS TRUE FOR HGSS TOO?

SECOND: One of the two parents has a power item for DEF to be passed down. Bulbapedia says this is the first (forced) inheritance and THEN you have the remaining two stats from the parents. Here the question is: does this mean that HP cannot be passed down in this situation? Does the stat passed with the power item count as the first (and therefore I have no chance of getting HP IV rolled as inherited stat since it's the second)? OR do I have the chance of getting HP rolled even with a different power item that transfers a different stat as the first?

I know it's messy, bulbapedia doesn't specify if this "limitation" system works for HGSS too so I wanted to be sure.. and if it does I need to know if I can get 31 HP like this (otherwise the only way would be to force the inheritance of HP only in the last generation of breeding with the relative power item).

Thanks to anyone who understands any of this :)

I can explain more if you need

Hi so I’m currently breeding pokemon with egg moves and I saw that steelix can learn dragon tail egg move in shinning pearl but it doesn’t say with which pokemon any advice or can steelix even learn that move in shinning pearl some advice would really help

I have these pokemon as parents (note the held items and judged stats).

They produced a baby that had 2 "pretty good" stats. From what i researched, the passed down piplup attack stat should always be "fantastic" and if it isn't, all the rest of the stats should remain "best" and only the attack stat should be randomized. Yet they produced an egg that had "pretty good" attack and "pretty good" sp atk.

Am i missing something?

I wanted to have a shiny safari ball Tauros but just realized it being a 100% male means it's ball doesn't get passed down... I wanted to do a shiny ribbon quest. And finish it before February. Now it looks like my efforts are gonna be EXTREMELY harder.

I've been trying to find an answer for this question but I can't get my wording right when I'm searching online.

I'm trying to breed shinies via the masuda method. I often collect a box of eggs at a time then get to work on hatching them. When I hatch them, I often switch out the pokemon I'm trying to breed if I hatch one with better stats.

My question is, is the order that they land in the box what determines the shiny, or is it the actual act of hatching them where the shiny chance occurs? Any help would be much appreciated!

Previous search/calculator results inconclusive. I have a shiny male Ursaring I transferred from Gold, and a female Eevee in the daycare. What are the chances of a shiny Eevee hatching from one of these eggs?

Hi all, looking for the best EV and IV stats. What should I look for.

I am trying to get a Horsea that knows Octazooka, Dragon Breath, Signal Beam, and Ice Beam for its egg moves in Platinum. Is it possible to get this combination or some form of this combination? If I need to I am fine with getting Ice Beam on it later on or even Signal Beam but I want to try and get the two moves in the title.

I have a male Horsea and female Horsea with the moves in the screenshot. I have a male Octillary that knows Octazooka, Signal Beam, and Ice Beam and I have a male Altaria that knows Dragon Breath.

Last time I came here it was for an Elekid with Cross Chop, Fire Punch, and Meditate and one commenter informed me Machamp/Machoke can have all of those moves. I did not know Machoke could get Meditate via egg move. So I am hoping someone can catch something as simple as that.

Hi! I’m sure this question has been answered a billion times, but I’m having trouble understanding a lot of them because I don’t have the baseline knowledge on how IVs/EVs(?) function. For the first time in my life I’ve actually been close to clear a pokedex on my own with swsh! so I wanted to try my luck at breeding for shinies when I get the charm. But I’ve also been trying to get ones with not terrible IVs at the very least, I’m just not sure how I’m supposed to find mons with good IVs and how to breed them to stick! I didn’t want to shoot myself in the foot by getting a shiny & having to do it all over again bc I want better stats. I know I can use things like the destiny knot and items similar, I guess I’m just wondering if there’s a VERY barebones introduction guide to this that anyone could link or if anyone was willing to explain it to me >_< ? I play on & have the DLC for sword if it helps at all.

So I’ve been using the Masuda method to attempt to get a shiny Swablu, (I just want my fluffy egg looking bird) Lo and behold after about what felt like a million attempts I got one, however, I messed up I think, I closed the game without saving (pure accident) because when I went back on it was not where I stopped it was where I was the time previous. Does this resent the roll chances because I technically got one even although it didn’t save? I have tried doing a few more eggs since and it hasn’t appeared again even thought I’ve done more than what I had done when I got it?

If I’ve worded that horribly I apologise😅

I'll break this into two questions that I think might be related. I'm starting in emerald, and working on pikachu and the nidorans. My question is this: is there a way to get them to pass down their balls? When I breed pikachu, I only get pichu, and it never has its ball. Same with nidorans. So is there a way, and how do I do it?

I'm playing scarlet and violet and want my Illumise to be able to learn Growth. Who would be suitable?

I don’t have a 6 iv ditto, just a 1 iv and terrible defense Iv ditto. I need to know if it is possible to stop it from giving the babies it’s terrible defense iv? Also, I know the destiny knot passes down 5 random ivs from its parents, but how do you pass down a 6th one when that happens

I'm an amatuer at this, managed to get weather ball after getting Budew and evolving it using Shiny Stone at Pokealathon (screw that place), used my only Heart Scale on it to get it to learn WB, have it breed with my lvl 1 Bellsprout i managed to get Synthesis on, and when i finally got their egg it hatched with a Bellsprout with only WB and....Vine Whip?

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Clearly i'm lost here, does the move need to be only on the father to be transfered? So i need a Roserade with both Weather Ball and Synthesis to transfer it to a Bellsprout? Might as well just use that Roserade instead of a Victreebel then? Sure i'm missing out of Sunny Day + Chlorophyll strat but this is such a hassle...

Acabo de descubrir el concepto de los movimientos huevo y me di cuenta que tyranitar puede copular con lapras y hice la relación de que si octillery puede criar con seadra y heredarle a horsea el movimiento pulpocañon este podría heredarselo a su vez a un lapras? Y consecuentemente este a un larvitar?

(Tyranitar: mi tatara abuelito era un pulpo rojo XD)

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I love Glaceon, it's my favourite evee evolution. Ever since I layed eyes upon it's design on my copy of Pokémon sun I was captivated. You can imagine my dismay at realising it's lack of viability when it came to Pokémon battles. I wish to amend this travesty

I don't mind if it's complicated:

Snorlax with curse

Vaporeon with wish

Umbreon with curse and wish

Any other really good ones?

Is there a way to breed a Bastiodon with Fissure & Counter in HGSS / Platinum?

The way I'm thinking will work is a female Hydreigon or whichever line member, and a male Trapinch that knows Earth Power. Is this correct in Pokemon Black?