So, I've always played competitively on showdown. The entire concept of breeding and doing all this tedious horseshit just get 1 decent pokemon has always turned me off from doing it in game.
Now that it seems they've made certain things easier, I have a question.
If someone were to start playing competitively and they have essentially nothing to their name (meaning no 6 IV ditto, etc) then how would they go about it?
I'm just curious if this is too much work.
>inb4 hurr durr just inject
hurr durr just inject
>>30673837
>>30673813
find a shiny then trade it for a 6iv ditto with pokerus. grind at the battle tree for weights and anything else. breed using destiny knots and everstones. pray to the rng gods.
>>30673904
This, but it's really not that hard once you have a 6iv ditto.
Some anon gave me one and half an hour later I have my perfected zubat (I did spent a little extra time hunting down for hidden ability).
>>30673904
>>30673985
So is the key to getting perfect mons just pretty much 6IV ditto with Destiny knot?
I know you can also sort of use bottle caps to help you as well.
When hunting legendary pokemon are you pretty much just aiming for one with a decent nature? Seems like everything else is fixable.
>>30674082
breed anything that can be breed. If it can't or is a shiny pokemon already use bottle caps.
>>30674082
>So is the key to getting perfect mons just pretty much 6IV ditto with Destiny knot?
pretty much
I have a box full of synchonise abras with every nature to help look for the one I want. It only gives you a 50% chance though so if youre hunting for legendaries it might take a few saves/soft resets
Abilities is also a big deal though but something like skill swap while SOS chaining makes it pretty easy, depending on the pokemon ofc
>I know you can also sort of use bottle caps to help you as well.
Yeah, it's kinda a quick fix though. You can fix a shitmon's IVs but if you breed it itll breed based off the original stats
>>30674113
>>30674172
OK so I know the recycle trick with leppa berry to get a guaranteed 4 IV ditto. How do I go about making it a 6?
>>30674442
just ask an anon here in a giveaway thread