10-11-2016, 09:20 AM
Hey folks,
I've been breeding some pokes, gettin' ready for some online battles. One spot I've been having difficulty with is getting a 6-IV poke from two 5-IV pokes. Now, normally this isn't a problem because 5-IV pkmn are often fine. I mean, why would Nucleon need a 31 in Atk, right? When I do want a 6-IV pkmn however, I usually end up in the following situation:
After breeding for the egg moves, ability, and nature I want on my pokemon, I start breeding for IV's. Whenever the offspring has more perfect IV's than the parent, I use the offspring for breeding. Eventually I end up with two 5-IV pkmn. However, since they are coming from the same breeding pool, they end up with the same imperfect IV. According to this breeding calculator, I have a .5% chance of getting a 6-IV pkmn when both 5-IV parents lack the same stat. When the parents' imperfect IV is on different stats, the chance for a perfect 'mon doubles to a little over 1%. Now, I realize the difference between .5% and 1% isn't that huge. When you're hatching 5 eggs at a time though, and the odds are 1 out of 192 is perfect or 1 out of 96 is perfect, respectively, it usually saves alotta time.
My question is this:
Is there an easy way to avoid this situation? Do I need to be more vigilant during the breeding process and keep an eye out for more diverse perfect IV spreads? Or, do I just need to be patient and wait for that 1 out of 192 eggs?
Thanks much!
I've been breeding some pokes, gettin' ready for some online battles. One spot I've been having difficulty with is getting a 6-IV poke from two 5-IV pokes. Now, normally this isn't a problem because 5-IV pkmn are often fine. I mean, why would Nucleon need a 31 in Atk, right? When I do want a 6-IV pkmn however, I usually end up in the following situation:
After breeding for the egg moves, ability, and nature I want on my pokemon, I start breeding for IV's. Whenever the offspring has more perfect IV's than the parent, I use the offspring for breeding. Eventually I end up with two 5-IV pkmn. However, since they are coming from the same breeding pool, they end up with the same imperfect IV. According to this breeding calculator, I have a .5% chance of getting a 6-IV pkmn when both 5-IV parents lack the same stat. When the parents' imperfect IV is on different stats, the chance for a perfect 'mon doubles to a little over 1%. Now, I realize the difference between .5% and 1% isn't that huge. When you're hatching 5 eggs at a time though, and the odds are 1 out of 192 is perfect or 1 out of 96 is perfect, respectively, it usually saves alotta time.
My question is this:
Is there an easy way to avoid this situation? Do I need to be more vigilant during the breeding process and keep an eye out for more diverse perfect IV spreads? Or, do I just need to be patient and wait for that 1 out of 192 eggs?
Thanks much!
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Current project: competitive pkmn breeding
Current project: competitive pkmn breeding
