Natures and Breeding question

Blackjack Gabbiani

Blackjack Gabbiani

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OK, so I just went all over the place trying to find another Ditto because my first one didn't like my Anorith, but they wound up having an egg anyway.

But then I decided to breed my Shuckle. She has a Careful nature, and so does one of the Dittos. Match made in heaven, right? Well, these two don't like each other EITHER! I thought having the same nature would make them compatable!

So how is compatability determined if not by natures then?
 
That's weird, I thought that anything could breed with dittos.....like no matter what (unless they were unbreedable)
 
Nature doesn't determine compatability. egg groups do. it still should be able to breed with ditto. the only way 2 pokes won't breed is if the daycare man tells you that they would rather play with other pokemon than each other
 
As far as I know, a Pokemon matched with Ditto will never get a "They seem to really like eachother" message. Ever.
 
Um just be patient. Good things come to those who wait...erm or walk 500 steps or so. The same thing happened with my Eevee, I just had to walk a bit more.
 
The_Goat's_Nectar said:
I think wether they like eachother or not is completely random. (except for incompatible crosses)
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Here are the possible breeding-time combinations (barring incompatibles):

- Different species (even w/in same evo line), same OT IDNo. (slowest; "don't seem to like each other much")

These two are the same: ("seem to get along")
- Same species, same OT IDNo.
- Different species, different OT IDNos.

- Same species, different OT IDNos. (fastest; "seem to get along very well")

Thus trading is encouraged.

When I get to the point in my breeding schemes where it's time to breed the desired nature into my lines, I use Ditto+Everstone to get the nature on at least one female Pokemon of my desired species, and then give her the Everstone and cross her with my chosen male of the same species (I'll have several from earlier steps in the breeding plan). Then you're breeding two of the same species together for natures ("seem to get along"), and thus you're not waiting around forever for eggs from the "don't seem to like each other much" group. If this is part of a breeding chain toward good stats, always make sure that you hatch at least one female possessing your desired nature before you break up a given pair--the daughter may have better stats than the mother, and she can then pass on both stats AND the right nature.
 
Blackjack Gabbiani said:
Everstone passes on the nature? I didn't know that.
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Only in Emerald version. But only females and Ditto can pass on the nature. I thought maybe that's what you were trying to do by matching them up, was to pass on the nature you wanted. :)

I should have mentioned that the breeding time scheme depends FIRST on whether two species are compatible at all (i.e. they are in the same "Egg Group," which arc440 had already mentioned). Check anybody's PokeDex or MetalKid's program for what Pokemon belong to what Egg Groups.

Similarly, you can hatch eggs in about half the time if you have a Pokemon with the Magma Armor or Flame Body ability with you in your party, cutting down the sheer time investment of breeding--but again, this only works in Emerald. There's also a bug with stat inheritance in R/S that's been fixed in Emerald. Needless to say, I do all my breeding now on Emerald. :-D
 
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