Pokémon X and Y

[Samus Aran]

fuck rng manipulation

[Patrick Stickles]

i saw the thing about RNG manipulation but idk, it's so easy to breed good mons without it this gen, i don't see why you wouldn't just go legit with it

[PLEASEHELP1991]

fuck rng manipulation

i think it's just as much work as doing it legit though
it helps though if you mark which IVs are max in the summary screen so you can search the PC for which pokemon have the IVs you need

i saw the thing about RNG manipulation but idk, it's so easy to breed good mons without it this gen, i don't see why you wouldn't just go legit with it

without rng manipulation, the chance of getting a 5 IV from two four IV pokemon with different imperfect stats with destiny knot would be ~1/24
i had no need for a sp. atk max IV on sneasel since it primarily needs attack and speed

[Patrick Stickles]

1/24 is a pretty likely chance if you ask me, especially considering how many eggs you're getting

[Snowy]

Wait, how do you do that RNG manipulation?

[PLEASEHELP1991]

Wait, how do you do that RNG manipulation?

[spoiler][/spoiler]
this graphic explains it well

[Samus Aran]

it's unfortunate that breeding a perfect iv staryu more or less requires access to a ditto friend safari, and catching a ton of same-natured dittos with different maxed ivs

since staryu can only breed with ditto due to no gender

[PLEASEHELP1991]

it's unfortunate that breeding a perfect iv staryu more or less requires access to a ditto friend safari, and catching a ton of same-natured dittos with different maxed ivs

since staryu can only breed with ditto due to no gender

what nature do you want for ditto? i can help
synchronize helps a lot

[Samus Aran]

what nature do you want for ditto? i can help
synchronize helps a lot

you have access to a ditto friend safari? and yeah it does. i could easily just make a timid abra and find timid dittos that way in friend safari...if i had access to ditto in it to begin with.

at the moment, i need a bunch of timids

while i do have one timid, it has attack and defense maxed. even if i only went with two maxed ivs, these are not particularly good ones for staryu (well, defense is fine).

[Samus Aran]

the timid ditto i have passed its attack and defense maxed ivs to a baby staryu after literally only one try

so i'm already at a dead end and need timid dittos with different maxed ivs lol

[PLEASEHELP1991]

you have access to a ditto friend safari? and yeah it does. i could easily just make a timid abra and find timid dittos that way in friend safari...if i had access to ditto in it to begin with.

at the moment, i need a bunch of timids

while i do have one timid, it has attack and defense maxed. even if i only went with two maxed ivs, these are not particularly good ones for staryu (well, defense is fine).

yes i do have a ditto friend safari. i'll go check if i have a timid kirlia with synchronize

[bluaki]

it's unfortunate that breeding a perfect iv staryu more or less requires access to a ditto friend safari, and catching a ton of same-natured dittos with different maxed ivs

since staryu can only breed with ditto due to no gender

the dittos don't have to be same-natured

once you have a timid staryu, give it an everstone and get more timid staryu while giving destiny knot to the dittos

but it requires a lot more time or luck than gendered pokemon because you can't use 3 or 4 IV staryus as a second parent to replace ditto

[PLEASEHELP1991]

i'll just catch a lot of dittos for hell's sake

[Samus Aran]

the dittos don't have to be same-natured

once you have a timid staryu, give it an everstone and get more timid staryu while giving destiny knot to the dittos

but it requires a lot more time or luck than gendered pokemon because you can't use 3 or 4 IV staryus as a second parent to replace ditto

i was under the impression that ditto overrides the usual "either parent holding the everstone gives a one-hundred percent nature passing" thing. and that when breeding with ditto, you have to give the everstone to a natured ditto to be absolutely sure that it passes.

at least, that's what i'm pretty sure i read on bulbapedia at some point.

[PLEASEHELP1991]

caught one timid ditto