Question about Pokemon Breeding

[Micah]

How does it work exactly? I have a female Fennekin and a male Delphox. If I put them both in the daycare, is there a possibility they'd produce an egg that would hatch a Fennekin?

 

[MyLifeIsCake]

Yes~ I've put two Frogadiers in, and they've kept having froakies. Be kinda wierd if it had something else though... o-o

 

[Micah]

Haha, you never know.

 

[Farobi]

Yes~ I've put two Frogadiers in, and they've kept having froakies. Be kinda wierd if it had something else though... o-o

As long as theyre in the same egg group (just google it~) then it can still have a chance to produce the female's species.

 

[Unidentified Floor Orange]

It's guaranteed that the egg will be a Fennekin in that case (female Fennekin, male Delphox)

Other ways to get Fennekin:
female Fennekin x any male that is in the same egg group (field egg group): http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Field_(Egg_Group)

male Delphox x Ditto

 

[Farobi]

Although it is much harder to breed different species

 

[MyLifeIsCake]

Although it is much harder to breed different species

Well, my Japanese ditto and female Zoroark seem to be doing just fine. Though with dittos, it doesn't matter with gender, does it?

 

[Unidentified Floor Orange]

Well, my Japanese ditto and female Zoroark seem to be doing just fine. Though with dittos, it doesn't matter with gender, does it?

It doesn't, they are equal opportunity when it comes to mating lol

 

[Farobi]

Heres a helpful little guide that was brought to me by Google

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_breeding

 

[Unidentified Floor Orange]

One thing to note is that some changes have been made to breeding in gen VI: http://www.serebii.net/xy/breeding.shtml

 

[Silversea]

Breeding question cause I'm a noob:
I have a female X with its hidden ability. I want to breed one not only with its hidden ability but with the egg move "Move1".

So I have a Y (male) with Move1 and it can be transferred to offspring that are X. If I breed Y with X is the hidden ability passed down, and will it get Move1?

 

[KarlaKGB]

X is a female with the hidden ability. Y is a male with an egg move. Z, the offspring will have a chance of having the hidden ability of X, and is guaranteed to receive the egg move from Y. Subsequent offspring with Z as a mother will also have the egg move, as mothers can now pass down egg moves as well. This has eliminated the problem of incompatible egg moves that were in previous generations.

 

[Silversea]

Ah ok, thanks. So what is the chance of the hidden ability being passed down?

I'm not going to get into IVs cause that's going to get super technical.

 

[KarlaKGB]

I don't what the chances are, but in my experience, it's around 50%.

Breeding for IVs is not conceptually difficult, nor is it as time consuming and a battle against the odds like it used to be.

 

[Midoriya]

I haven't done it at all, but I know that you can get various advantages from breeding.

 

[Silversea]

I can't decide whether its worth trying to force 4 31 IVs from my friend safari X or not. I guess we'll see how far my patience goes lol.

 

[KarlaKGB]

If, for example, you're aiming for a 31/x/31/31/31/31, use the appropriate dittos from Safari to create parents with 31/x/31/x/31/x and x/x/x/31/31/31 or something like that. Basically have two parents that have the perfect IVs between them. Set them to work, and eventually you will start getting offspring that are superior to one of the parents, eg. a 31/x/31/x/31/31. In that case, replace the old parent with the offspring. Make sure you keep track of the parents, to ensure you still have all the relevant stats covered. Eventually you will have two parents with spreads like 31/x/31/31/x/31 and x/x/31/31/31/31, at which point getting your 31/x/31/31/31/31 will be a trivial matter of waiting.

This becomes troublesome with genderless Pokemon, as one of your parents will always be a Ditto with only two perfect IVs (unless you've been lucky enough to find a Ditto with more than two). It's still feasible, it will just take a LOT more time.

 

[Silversea]

If, for example, you're aiming for a 31/x/31/31/31/31, use the appropriate dittos from Safari to create parents with 31/x/31/x/31/x and x/x/x/31/31/31 or something like that. Basically have two parents that have the perfect IVs between them. Set them to work, and eventually you will start getting offspring that are superior to one of the parents, eg. a 31/x/31/x/31/31. In that case, replace the old parent with the offspring. Make sure you keep track of the parents, to ensure you still have all the relevant stats covered. Eventually you will have two parents with spreads like 31/x/31/31/x/31 and x/x/31/31/31/31, at which point getting your 31/x/31/31/31/31 will be a trivial matter of waiting.

This becomes troublesome with genderless Pokemon, as one of your parents will always be a Ditto with only two perfect IVs (unless you've been lucky enough to find a Ditto with more than two). It's still feasible, it will just take a LOT more time.

I can't say I've found anyone on any forums with a ditto safari? They surely exist somewhere. Anyway, I don't know if I have this much time to invest in it :c. I'll just try and replicate my X's ivs and live with that.

 

[Dr J]

I can't say I've found anyone on any forums with a ditto safari? They surely exist somewhere. Anyway, I don't know if I have this much time to invest in it :c. I'll just try and replicate my X's ivs and live with that.

Try the gamefaqs boards. I see ditto safari people looking for other safari's all the time there.