Guide on IV breeding

[Mysticjason]

Originally Posted by The Jr Trainer

What Pokemon was it?

Oops.Forgot to mention it. It's Growlithe (adamant). So I don't even need that 25IVs for sp. attack. lol

[Zodeon]

Rather lucky indeed, clone it incase you mess up when training.

[pokemaster1111]

But what if you get a pokemon from the GTS and you put in it's stats in the IV calculator. So I did so and it said incorrect stats and it give me a range of the stat that the pokemon should have(ex:245-275). Mine exceeded that and had 342, but I don't know how much EVs the OT originally put into it.....so what do I do? Please anyone, any help would be very helpful.

[Cool Kid 94]

Originally Posted by pokemaster1111

But what if you get a pokemon from the GTS and you put in it's stats in the IV calculator. So I did so and it said incorrect stats and it give me a range of the stat that the pokemon should have(ex:245-275). Mine exceeded that and had 342, but I don't know how much EVs the OT originally put into it.....so what do I do? Please anyone, any help would be very helpful.

Because it's touched. You HAVE to know the EVs of a Pokemon when checking IVs.

[Wingull]

Originally Posted by pokemaster1111

But what if you get a pokemon from the GTS and you put in it's stats in the IV calculator. So I did so and it said incorrect stats and it give me a range of the stat that the pokemon should have(ex:245-275). Mine exceeded that and had 342, but I don't know how much EVs the OT originally put into it.....so what do I do? Please anyone, any help would be very helpful.

Not to be mean or anything, but this Thread has been dead for atleast 2 months (Sort of)
So you shouldn't have revived it.

[pokemaster1111]

Originally Posted by Cool Kid 94

Because it's touched. You HAVE to know the EVs of a Pokemon when checking IVs.

Aren't there berries that decrease the stats that have Evs

Originally Posted by Wingull

Not to be mean or anything, but this Thread has been dead for atleast 2 months (Sort of)
So you shouldn't have revived it.

Yeah but this was an urgent thing.

[Cool Kid 94]

Originally Posted by pokemaster1111

Aren't there berries that decrease the stats that have Evs

Yes, but you'll need up to 11 of them.

[Ulazlo]

Originally Posted by pokemaster1111

Aren't there berries that decrease the stats that have Evs


Yeah but this was an urgent thing.

yes there are the

kelpsy berries
hondew
tamato
grepa(something like that)
pomeg

that each reduce ev's for their specific stat. you get them from the native sinnoh trees, or from the berry master near hearthrome.

but cool kid is right that, if they fully ev trained a stat then you would need 11 berries to get rid of all the ev's.

[Stubby Boardman]

nice guide thisll help me

[barnz]

Originally Posted by Wingull

Not to be mean or anything, but this Thread has been dead for atleast 2 months (Sort of)
So you shouldn't have revived it.

but this isn't really a real thread, it's a guide, and I think it's the only guide on IV breeding on the entire site, so I think more people will notice and use this guide now since it's back on the front page. Not to mention it's a good guide.

[Spartan777]

i hate iv breeding i got 31 speed in iv's on my timid charmander but it's hidden power is fire i need grass, electric, or ice.

[pikachufan25]

This may sound dumb and be in the wrong the place, but what is the difference between IV breeding and EV training?

[Jet226]

Nicee

I going to go look at your other guides if I have time..

[Sigma_]

Originally Posted by pikachufan25

This may sound dumb and be in the wrong the place, but what is the difference between IV breeding and EV training?

Read the "Explanation of IV's" in the first post.

Also, this is a much better calculator:

http://www.metalkid.info/Pokemon/Onl...lators/IV.aspx

About the article: It is very lacking, imo. It didn't cover chain IV breeding. You don't cover what the characteristics such as "Likes to thrash about" and "Somewhat vain" mean. Some of the information is wrong as well. Such as the "3 random IV's being passed down" part. Not just any 3 random IV's are passed.

"The IVs for the baby are first created at random. Then, a random IV from either parent is inherited to the baby. Then, any random IV except an HP IV is selected from either parent and is passed to the baby. Finally, any random IV except an HP or Defense IV is selected from either parent and passed to the baby. These three random IVs may overlap, that is, the same random IV can be chosen to be inherited in the second, or third, IV transfer."

This is from a breeding article on Smogon: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20653

[pikachufan25]

Originally Posted by Sigma_

Read the "Explanation of IV's" in the first post.

Also, this is a much better calculator:

http://www.metalkid.info/Pokemon/Onl...lators/IV.aspx

About the article: It is very lacking, imo. It didn't cover chain IV breeding. You don't cover what the characteristics such as "Likes to thrash about" and "Somewhat vain" mean. Some of the information is wrong as well. Such as the "3 random IV's being passed down" part. Not just any 3 random IV's are passed.

"The IVs for the baby are first created at random. Then, a random IV from either parent is inherited to the baby. Then, any random IV except an HP IV is selected from either parent and is passed to the baby. Finally, any random IV except an HP or Defense IV is selected from either parent and passed to the baby. These three random IVs may overlap, that is, the same random IV can be chosen to be inherited in the second, or third, IV transfer."

This is from a breeding guide on a different website, if anyone wants to see it, PM me, because I don't know if I should advertise like that.

Thanks, I will definetly have to check it out some time.