Speaking as a dude who bred for competitive in Gen 6 (before PKHeX), how is Gen 3 breeding? I bet it's a blast having something to do and gain, looking back at how earlier generational mechanics worked; makes me remember my recent FireRed playthrough, where I lugged around a Pickup Meowth that always seemed to lucky enough to farm Rare Candy.
Might just make that true and final Platinum file for keeps where I do the same, and get that same value I had as a kid (before Action Replay).
There's a stat judge at the Battle Frontier that lets you know if your pokemon have perfect IVs.
Depending on what you have, this is what he'll tell you.
| "This one, overall, I would describe as being of average ability." | 0 to 90 |
| "This one, overall, I would describe as having better-than-average ability." | 91 to 120 |
| "This one, overall, I would say is quite impressive in ability!" | 121 to 150 |
| "This one, overall, I would say is wonderfully outstanding in ability!" | 151 to 186 |
And, for the stats.
| "That stat is relatively good. ...Hmm... That's how I call it." | 0 to 15 |
| "That stat is quite impressive. ...Hmm... That's how I call it." | 16 to 25 |
| "That stat is outstanding! ...Hmm... That's how I call it." | 26 to 30 |
| "It's flawless! A thing of perfection! ...Hmm... That's how I call it." | 31 |
Other than that, it's the usual Ditto+Everstone method. The fact of the matter is, I was lucky enough to catch some with the right natures and perfect IVs. It helps that I can accelerate the emulator and load save states to start over whenever I fail in catching just one Ditto with the right stats and nature. For that, I use a Ralts with Synchronize.
I also use cheats admittedly, but not too much because it'll corrupt the save file or crash the emulator.
This is the generation where the physical/special split was still in its infancy.
Ex. Normal type attacks are always Physical barring phasers.
As such, I always breed Adamant for Physical attackers, Modest or Timid for Specials, and sponges like my Blissey is Bold to be able to tank since it has shit Def. Dedicated EV training to where you want to invest points is where it gets tricky. I mostly glean builds from Smogon, and so far, a lot of them are pretty solid.
I'm still busy catching more Ditto to cover more bases, but other than that, this is what I mostly got.
I also use cheats to catch Lv 2-3 Legendaries and Mythicals to enter more powerful stuff in my matches at the Battle Frontier.
You can probably get the rest, so how does that compare to you?
