EeveeEmpire

Good luck with the shiny breeding! Btw, get the Shiny Charm, it will increase the chance of shinies. Only problem is that you need to complete the National Pokedex (that's having every pokemon except for event legendaries).

Yeah, 5 IVs + 5 IVs is enough.

Of course, we can trade now if you want.

Yeah sure, i'm gonna breed for a Jolteon and it will probably get some more Eevees.

I'm gonna eat now, but you can give me anything.

6IVs are not required, but makes things easier. I have a 5 IVs Male Eevee if you want.

Yes, people prefer 5 IVs because most pokemon usually don't use one stat (like Espeon, it has an extremely low Attack stat, so its useless).

Now, let me explain what the Destiny Knot does:

Let's say, you a 6IVs male Eevee and a 6IVs female Eevee

Male Eevee Female Eevee
HP - 31 IVs HP - 31 IVs
Attack - 31 IVs Attack - 31 IVs
Defense - 31 IVs Defense - 31 IVs
Special Attack - 31 IVs Special Attack - 31 IVs
Special Defense - 31 IVs Special Defense - 31 IVs
Speed - 31 IVs Speed - 31 IVs

What Destiny Knot does is, it will pick 5 random stats from both the male Eevee and the female Eevee and the baby will have those IVs:

Baby Eevee
HP - 31 IVs - from the father
Attack - 12 IVs - from neither parents
Defense - 31 IVs - from the mother
Special Attack - 31 IVs - from the mother
Special Defense - 31 IVs - from the father
Speed - 31 IVs - from the father

Let me explain IVs in detail:

A pokemon can have a max of 186 IVs, that's 31 X 6 (for each stat), a perfect 6IV Eevee is like this:

HP - 31 IVs
Attack - 31 IVs
Defense - 31 IVs
Special Attack - 31 IVs
Special Defense - 31 IVs
Speed - 31 IVs

The judge (the guy with the purple hair) will list the stats that have the most IVs, in care of your Shiny Eevee the stat that has the most IVs is HP with 31 IVs.

For a 6 IV, he would list every stat and say "they can't be beat".

Your Shiny Flareon doesn't have a single stat with 31 IVs, it has between 26 to 30 IVs in Speed.

Your Shiny Eevee has 31 IVs only in HP, all the other stats don't have 31 IVs.

Your Shiny Eeevee only one stat with 31 IVs, it's only 1IV.

Does it say "it can't be beat" in HP and Speed?

Which stat is he talking about? HP, Attack?

Can you type exactly what he says? So i can understand a little better.

Wait, what did the guy actualy say about your Flareon?

Actualy, IVs and natures don't matter if you are not into competitive battling (battling against another human players), IVs and natures matter the most in competitive battling.

But people in this forum only trade for IVs and natures, even if they are not into competitve battling, so it's better to have some Pokemon with perfect IVs and natures to trade around the forum.

It was a lot of information to take in, sorry xD Pokemon is rather complex for a game that it's targeted at a younger audience. I'm gonna start breeding for a Jolteon tomorrow, will warn you if i get some extra Eevees.

Don't worry, it took me a while to get the hang of it, you'll get there.

Individual values - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia just read it to get some more clearity.

Btw, i'm going to breed a Jolteon and will probably get some extra Eevees, i can give you some to help with your thread.

Natures, ability and IVs really depends on which Eeeveelution you choose for your Eevee.

The parents don't have to be shiny to breed for shinies, just a regular one with a regular foreign and it will have an higher chance to breed a shiny pokemon. Just have one hold the Everstone to pass the nature and the other holding Destiny Knot and you can breed for a perfect shiny. I don't suggest this though, it takes a long time.

The parents don't have to be shiny to breed for perfect IVs, it just takes a long time to get a shiny with 5 stats with 31 IVs.