Pokemon XY - Advanced Breeding Tutorial (Time Machine Method)

[@Moon666RPG]

Thank for the help, Now I have a 4IV Pikachu and a 5IV shiny Sylveon through this method. The Sylveon will be a present for my little sister since she loves fairy types.

[@cyrusnoob6121]

That's very nice!

[@anakinthecavoodle6652]

Nameless User why breed when you can use Pkhex and hack any pokemkn you want it will take a few king yes breeding is stupid

[@Nayohs]

Oh my god... after 5 days trying to hatch the ideal 5 IV Charmander, I gave this method a shot and had my perfect poke within 30 minutes. I love you. Instant subscription + fave. Love your stuff man, thank you so much!

[@Nayohs]

***** I'm aware of that process, and that's what I was doing actually. I was just having a string of horrible luck. It was to the point where I had a male with 31/31/31/x/31/31, and a female with x/31/31/31/31/31 breeding together. I was hunting for a 31/31/x/31/31/31 charmander though, and was unsuccessful for 5 days (granted I only played about 1-2 hours each day, but still...). I have a backstock of 3 boxes full of 5IV charmanders but only one with the results I actually wanted, thanks to this tutorial.

[@cxsss]

DarkNayohs Why would you want x in defence? O.o in my opinion the first is actually perfect.

[@Afrofoodie]

DarkNayohs Would you happen to have any remaining charmanders you would be willing to part with? I'm not sure what you'd want in return for one but I would like one.

[@Nayohs]

Chris Alford Sure, I have a bunch! They're all Lonely nature, but some come with DDance, DPulse, and/or AncientPower, some may come with normal movesets. What kind of IV spread are you looking for, I'll let you know what I've got :)

[@Afrofoodie]

DarkNayohs I was just looking for a Ddance one for Charizard X if you have any left.

[@ShermTank7272]

This is mentioned in the smogon link in the description but I'll mention it here for you guys. This method (i.e. using the Magikarps) does *not* exactly work with mono-gendered (i.e. Kangaskhan, Hitmons) or genderless Pokemon (i.e. Beldum, Magnemite). It *can* work, but you need to modify the strategy. The game generates 2 IV inheritance spreads: one for dual-gendered pokemon (including the Nidorans and Volbeat/Illumise), and one for mono-gendered and genderless pokemon. To use this method for a perfect Mega Kang, you need to use this method: Find a random Kang and a random Ditto (or compatible equivalent). Using the Power Items, generate 6 eggs (one for each stat) to determine what IVs Ditto will pass down. Then use the Destiny Knot and Everstone and use this method as normal, using the same Ditto and same Kang instead of the Magikarps. For genderless Pokemon, Ditto is always the female and the other Pokemon is always the male. For gendered Pokemon (including mono-gender), Ditto is always the opposite gender.

[@themadrecon5575]

Could you get me a 6iv kang ? Im trying my ass of but it wont work.... i got a 5iv and a bunch of 4s

[@ShermTank7272]

Even with this method, a 6IV pokemon is a pretty tall order. You really don't need a 6IV Kang; she's not usually a mixed attacker. If possible, try to get a 5IV kang missing a 31 Special Attack IV and you should be all set if you're using the standard set.

[@themadrecon5575]

ShermTank7272 well im new to all this and i got a 5iv kang -speed on GTS and i dont know how i can turn it into a 5iv - spatk . Could you help me with that?

[@ShermTank7272]

MightyMike I'll help you, but this is gonna be a long post: First things first, go to the Friend Safari and catch a lot of Dittos. If you don't know anyone with a ditto safari, check the Reddit Friend Safari page. -Why these Dittos, you ask? Friend Safari pokemon are guaranteed to have at least 2 perfect IVs in their stats, which is essential for breeding a perfect IV pokemon *If you are using a dual-gendered Pokemon, a Nidoran, or Volbeat/Illumise, you can stop reading here and basically just follow the steps in this video* Next, once you have a Ditto with the desired nature (check Bulbapedia for a list of natures), breed it with your Kangaskhan, having the Ditto hold the Everstone and the Kangaskhan hold the Destiny Knot. Chances are, this baby will have 2-4 perfect IVs, but the important part is that you have the desired nature, as the Everstone passed down the nature of the Ditto to the baby Kangaskhan. Next, if you have any egg moves you want to pass onto the Kangaskhan, breed those onto the Kangaskhan, again making sure you have the Kangaskhan in the pairing always hold the Everstone. Now, to get your spread templates. I recommend writing this down like Justin does in this video or using an Excel spreadsheet. 1. First, pick a random Kangaskhan out of your box (not the Kangaskhan you just bred). In this example, I will refer to it as "Mama Kang". Mama Kang can be of any nature and with any random assortment of IVs. After making sure Mama Kang has 0 EVs (either use berries or the reset bag), put her in the Battle Institute and record the stats she has. These stats will be the stats that the Mother in the pair will pass down (Kangaskhan in this example, or Ditto when paired with a genderless Pokemon or a Pokemon whose species is male-only). Make sure to save right before you go in so that you can reset and not have to go through a lot of trainer battles. 2. Find a random Ditto. In this example, I will call it "Dad Ditto". Preferably, you want one that isn't from the Friend Safari so that you'll know when a 6th perfect IV is generated (if that doesn't make sense now it will soon). 3. This is the sorta tricky part. Give Mama Kang the Everstone so she passes down her nature, then breed Mama Kang with Dad Ditto six times, and each time, have Dad Ditto hold a different Power Item (i.e. Breed a Kangaskhan with Dad Ditto holding the Power Weight, pull him out of the daycare and give him the Power Lens, then put him back in, etc.). -The Power Items will guarantee that Ditto will pass down its IV for each Power Item's stat (i.e. the Power Lens will pass down Special Attack). -I strongly recommend doing these one at a time to keep things straight and/or labeling each hatched Kangaskhan with whatever stat it inherited from Dad Ditto. 4. Still with me here? Put each hatched Kangaskhan into the Battle Institute (you have to do this one at a time since duplicate Pokemon aren't allowed in there). For each Kangaskhan, write down its stat that it inherited from Dad Ditto (i.e. write down the Special Attack stat of the Kang that was bred when Dad Ditto was holding the Power Lens). These stats will be the stats that the Father in the pair will pass down (Ditto in this example, or the non-Ditto pokemon when paired with a genderless Pokemon or a Pokemon whose species is male-only). 5. If the Mother spreads and the Father spreads share a statistic, you should find a replacement pokemon (I recommend catching a replacement Mama Kang), and repeat the respective step. -Why? If the two pokemon are sharing an IV then you'll never be able to tell which parent passed on the stat to the child. There. Now your setup is complete. From here on out, just follow the instructions in the video, using Mama Kang and Dad Ditto instead of the two Magikarps. However, make sure Mama Kang is holding the Everstone when you're generating the spreads, otherwise the baby's nature might result in the stats not fitting into your inheritance spreads you just generated. Again, just want to reiterate that the method I just detailed only works with mono-gendered and genderless pokemon. For pokemon that can be dual-gendered (no matter the gender ratio), as well as Nidoran and Volbeat/Illumise, use the video above.

[@themadrecon5575]

ShermTank7272 adamant 5iv kang -SpAtk.... not gonna happen . I really dont get it.... isnt there an easy way ? Do you have one ? Xd ill give you a shiny 3iv greninja for it xd . Oh and thnx anyway . When i need help ill read youre explanation

[@PDWinnall]

First found this method on Reddit and didn't understand it, however this was explained perfectly, good job man, fantastic video!

[@KryXOXO]

True

[@KryXOXO]

But I don't use reddit I get these turtorials from jflynn

[@ShonkyLegs]

"It's only fantastic; it's not even that good."

[@Stogdad17]

Two things: 1.) You've changed breeding for me! Now I can literally breed from any Pokemon I have already, as opposed to being limited to the ones with decent stats I had obtained through Wonder Trading or matching up Egg Groups. 2.) You really consider me a Master Breeder 😱🤓 Seriously though, this one of the greatest and most useful exploits I have run across ever in breeding! It's taken me years already, but you've opened every door now! It's a completely different way of breeding, because now I can MAKE my own Pokemon legitimately! You've removed a significant portion of blind-luck that breeding entails, and I am grateful.

[@BurstFlare]

"Let's see if we can get a female Ditto-" Dittos are genderless ._.

[@rewty]

I remember watching this live! Your stream was a great time. I saw myself comment at 1:22

[@darkshadow7241]

who else bought a 3DS just for pokemon... I did

[@redpikmin2269]

Darkshadow me

[@lauraungureanu2270]

Me, same for the Switch

[@epicrohan]

THANKS SO MUCH! Took at least 3-4 hours per pokemon by passing down IV's the hard way. Now it's just taking a maximum of 45 minutes. Again, thanks so much!

[@TRNFloyd]

Great video man! Just one thing made me lol. 23:34 "lets see if I can get a female ditto.." ..female ditto.. lol

[@SCHero8]

I think I know why this might work... The destiny knot passes down 5 random IVs from the parents. If you "went back in time" those IVs would be set to occur next within the daycare. You would know which IV's the destiny knot would pass down IN THE FUTURE because the destiny knot is set to assign them! Brilliant!

[@plaguedoct0r]

Lol, camp Friar town. *BRO TIPS*: your test magikarp _must_ have the same nature. Your test magikarp _must_ be fresh caught - never battled (no EVs) If you're breeding genderless (eg, rotom or porygon) then ditto is the dad

[@thecramp8]

Thanks! Bro tip no. 1 must be why I get 2-3 "Wildcards"! I think I have 1 adamant and 1 modest or something. Thanks again!

[@plaguedoct0r]

crampy man You can still get several bad stats, sometimes it will, for example, take the parents attack stat and give the baby the same value in both attack and another stat. You're welcome for the tips, it took me half a day to figure out what I was doing wrong -_-

[@Shizu_Kare]

For when you're actually breeding do you need to have your pokemon you want to have perfect IVs and Ditto both have the same nature as well?

[@plaguedoct0r]

PokemonMasterAlpha Nope. If a pokemon holds an everstone when it's in the daycare, all of the babies will have the exact same nature as it - without fail. The other parents nature doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't have an everstone too. If both parents have an everstone, the baby will have a 50% chance of getting either nature, but will never have a completely new nature.

[@CartoonEric]

Are you certain that in the case of breeding genderless Pokemon with this method that Ditto is the "father" and genderless Pokemon is the "mother"?

[@Saavedra765]

Damn I remember grinding the hell outta this game, it’s already been 8 years

[@grayven123]

I know the Iv distribution may be set, but what about abilities?

[@wiehoff96]

And natures?

[@panq8904]

Holy crap! I just hatched a 6 perfect IV Horsea (while just trying to get 5) using this! Thanks! You've made this method easier than a lot of other people trying to explain it.

[@lolcheeserofl]

Awesome video Justin! Q - But for some reason...I'm following the exact steps you gave in the video. Sometimes I don't get ANY stats passed down, and the times that I do (For example, Attack and Speed on female) Only one stat gets passed down! I am getting so confused and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Could you provide some insight?

[@lukasblignaut]

of course the easier way to do all of this is to bring in a 6 IV ditto and a 6 IV pokemon of your choice using pokedit and then breed them until you have your own "legit" 6 IV pokemon. This reduces the generations from 2(if you get really lucky) - 4+(if you start out with 1 perfect IV per parent) down to 1 and you won't have to do any of the above running around a checking stats, just destiny knot + everstone + bike and breed until the rng shines favorably upon you because only 5 IVs are passed down and those are guaranteed to be perfect and the sixth is guaranteed to be random.

[@TheIgDemon]

... This confused me so badly. .______. I'll stick to the IV breeding that I know.

[@Raigeko]

same haha

[@steviemanroel9233]

What if the pokemon you wanna breed Is only female? Like mandibuzz ;-;

[@Blah1007]

This method works for genderless as well, but you have to make sure your test parents are genderless as well (ie Rotom and a Ditto). This works for gender as well as long as your test parents have the same gender ratio of the mon you want. If it doesn't have the same gender % then the stats work but not the gender.

[@XxSpYxX123]

does this method also work with shinys? lets say the egg i took after saving at the day-care is a shiny... if i do a reset and breed another pokemon, is this gonna be a shiny too?

[@thejustinflynn]

unfortunately no

[@devinbrimmer7614]

thejustinflynn what is your friend code

[@benshaw3891]

Hi, too anyone else wondering there actually is footage on youtube of a guy using this method to get a shiny, in oras.

[@cassandrafulller3627]

+devin brimmer I think it is 148~577~490

[@ldemarchi6821]

I think if you have the IVs set already, then all the pokemon you breed will have the same perfect IVs no matter how many times you reset. Only /after/ you get the IVs right you can try for the shiny. So no, after that reset, you should probably lose the shiny but not the Ivs.

[@d0minican0milan0]

I've come a long way since a week ago with this lol... Something to note that you should probably include in the description: If you are attempting this with pokemon that are genderless i.e Rotom, or monogender i.e Kangashkan Chansey ect...You can not use Magikarp as the test parents. Gender ratio affects the whole process, so in order to do this method with genderless or 100% male or 100% female pokemon you must use a test egg that will always be male, female, or genderless. So if you wanted to do this for say Kangashkan you could use Ditto and Flabebe as test parents instead of 2 Magikarps. One big piece of advice...if you are using two different species of pokemon as test parents use an IV checker to compare the stats. Hope this helps someone out! Again you can use 2 Magikarps for everything BUT genderless and monogender pokemon.

[@GOKK999]

wow this was extremely useful, thank you should be added in description

[@d0minican0milan0]

Glad I could help :)

[@cockgobbler8963]

I had this video playing while shiny hunting. and I caught my first shiny. it was a phanpy

[@moist603]

I watched a video on this last night and it made no sense at all, but i would like to thank you for taking the time to make a detailed video, it helped a lot. Cheers man.

[@georgeofnewyork]

This doesn't work anymore, i think the latest patch changed the inheritance with each egg. I bred 3 Garchomps and the each had different stat inheritance. I also tested this with the Magikarps and got the same results.

[@DemonicMonkey88]

did u use destiny knot?

[@georgeofnewyork]

yes, it passes 5 iv's however it inherits different stats every time

[@DemonicMonkey88]

georgeofnewyork you chain it, it takes a while to get 5 perfect iv's. use an everstone if u want to keep natures and ability with the other pokemon!

[@georgeofnewyork]

DemonicMonkey88 I know that, but the point of the video is that it supposed to inherit the same IV stats the previous Pokemon (the one you tested for) did.

[@DemonicMonkey88]

georgeofnewyork meaning this videos a fake.

[@Freakland4You]

I can't believe this actually works, I got 2 6perfect IVs in like 2 and a half hours I'm amazed, thanks a lot, it's much easier way to learn when you look at it.

[@MetalLuigiTime]

Holy shit its Jesus!!!

[@nitrodavid]

i think i found the problem most people are having, your 2 testing magikarps might have a non neutral nature. i caught 2 magikarps with neutral natures and gave one of them the destiny knot and the other the stone. i got 5 IV showing up on the child 100% of the time. FYI neutral natures are Bashful, Docile, Hardy, Quirky, Serious

[@hsasuke1147]

Did any1 else see some1 say "Hi future me" at the beginning e.e

[@cassyc5742]

I did

[@adipap13able]

I have been doing some research of my own, & I have found out what to do if you have two or more wild cards on your Pokemon. First, check that the destiny knot is there. Then, remember how natures affect stats. It may be useful to check the nature BEFORE the battle, since you can't do it during it. As HP is not nature dependent, it is 100% your wildcard if it is different. If 2 others are skewed, it is the cause of the natures. I cant explain more than 3 stats skewed, other than a possible EV gain you didnt notice.

[@fascilime]

This seems really over complicated.

[@Verlisify]

So the idea is to see which pokemon would pass down which IVs and then swap the parents since the next egg will generate the game way?

[@shadowlugia6209]

This is far too complicated for normal breeding and should only be used for hidden powers

[@derekwalter4238]

I agree

[@KitMin211]

Yeah in the time this tutorial took I would usually have a few 5 IV

[@nuloom]

Shadow Lugia it’s quite a nice technique and hidden powers can’t be determined by it because one of stats is still random and hidden powers are determined by even or uneven numbers on ivs

[@95angel100]

You can also use the teambuilder on Showdown to figure out a Pokemon's IVs by changing its level down to lv50 as it is in the game under the Battle Institute battle. Then when you check its stats in the game while you're in the battle, you change its IVs on Showdown until they fully match. Also make sure it has not been EV trained, and remember to set the same nature on it as it is in the game.

[@adud6764]

Thats like the worst tutorial I have ever seen. You have a better chance to learn something watching howtobasic. Some steps aren't even needed and over complicate the whole process.

[@XchampionXFTW]

Actually no, you are just stupid apparently. This was very easy for me and I only know a tiny bit about breeding.

[@adud6764]

XchampionXFTW And I know quite a lot about breeding and also know how this method works. Therefor I say he overcomplicates the whole process and has very bad explanations. He repeats himself very often and slows down the whole tutorial because he isnt prepared for this. Not to mention the steps he does that arent even required.

[@vaquishers]

XD that guy who put that "hi future me! *troll face*" thing, laughed my ass off

[@VoidDankest]

10 minutes into the video. I don't understand how this is any different from normal breeding or how it can be better in any way? 20 minutes into the video and I still don't get why or how this is any better than normal breeding? If you're interesting in finding out IV's just ask the IV guy. 21:20 So that's why. Fucking O man this could be handy!!! Brb, gonna hatch alot of 5IV pokemon ;) Aw.. Why does every breeding guide involve dittos. I don't have a ditto safari :( I made all of my perfect IV pokemon from other methods.

[@VoidDankest]

***** Yes I got that after a while, but this method requires a ditto safari, something that I and alot of people don't have. In my case, it would be faster to get a 5IV Lucario by breeding a female lucario with a male 5IV blaziken. Breeding is all about speed and efficiency. I got a 5IV Pokemon in every possible egg group. It's faster to breed within egg groups than it is to breed with a ditto like most people do.

[@Lowryda24]

***** Pretty sure most serious breeders have 5/6IV males for every egg group by now. This was posted November 7th, when people were still in the midst of breeding and a lot of people were figuring out any new tricks etc.

[@VoidDankest]

Darth Haider Yes that is true I suppose. I just feel that they should make new videos regarding the within egg breeding concept since alot of people always assume that you need a ditto safari in order to breed properly.That's just my 2 cents.

[@diekedrake]

Ah i dont have a ditto safari either. I found all my ditto's on the GTC just search for ditto with level requirement 21-30.

[@DemonicMonkey88]

it's not. just iv breed. if u want, get me a light ball and i'll give u a 4iv snezel.

[@shoelesblondlady]

if you go to the center of lumiose city go to the middle of the circular lane and get on your bike and stick a dime on the side of your swivel stick so it is pointing directly right it will let you go straight for as long as you want because of the changing directions in the middle of lumiose. while hitting left you can infinitely go in circles till the egg hatches. his way you have to actually be there turning the stick but you dont have to. then again his way is quick and he might not feel the need to stick a dime under the stick and let it go for a few minutes. if u breed in mass like me its helpful though

[@retsamekop10]

It's only fantastic. LOL

[@alexanderdotel7905]

This actually works, only things i wasnt successful with was with genderless pokes. Also for anyone wondering if you hatch a female magikarp, w/e poke you try to rng is not guaranteed to be a female.

[@unwantedparadox]

This really helped me out! I've never been good at figuring out how IV/EV works, but this video helped to explain it in a way that I could understand it. Thanks! :)

[@MajorBlitz]

I like your commentary and voice is well projected. New subscriber here.

[@PicholaPr0duct10nZ]

Dude ever since I saw your first vid I was like this guy is awesome and you have the sickest tuts! Keep it up bro! Thanks for This

[@nelsonjr16]

It worked!! Looks like I'll be saving myself a couple hundred hours or so. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video :) happy new year indeed

[@jibbyjackjoe]

The first time I did this, it worked fine. Now, I'm having trouble. I have 2 untrained magikarp, I checked their stats @ 50, i put them in to breed. I discard the first egg. I save. I hatch the second egg. This time I got unknown on Defense, Sp Att and Speed. I'm thinking it can pick the same stat twice, each from the mom and dad. This would explain why so many people are having a wide variety of results. Example: Picks female HP, then overwrites it w/ male (Thats 2 from the Destiny Knot) Then male Att, then overwrites it w/ female (2 more) Then finally picks male Sp Def. That leaves 3 stats that didn't get passed ( 2 because they got duplicated, and one will always be random because destiny knot only transfers 5).

[@rrrandy]

Hopefully i understand the process, So, you are suposed to go battle place, write down both stats of your male and female you are going to breed Then from there breed the 2 pokemon, take the egg, hatch the egg, and then go back to battle place with the newborn and check the baby's stats and from there u check which stats are the same from the parents. ex: the baby had HP, ATK, SPEED from dad and SP.ATT, SP.DEF, DEF, from mom from there u restart your game and now you know which stats the egg that comes out of the daycare will pass down

[@jibbyjackjoe]

That is the gist of it. Here are some more tips. 1) Make sure you write down the stats of 2 pokemon that are the same species and will breed and yield the same. Don't use Pikachu cuz your baby will be a pichu. 2) If you use Magikarp, understand that the only Ability you will get will be the first one. Magikarp only has one ability, so the first one is the only one it can pass (i haven't tried this using hidden ability pokes yet). 3) If you need to have the other ability, I'm using Zigzagoon because it seems to be the lowest hatch rate of pokes w/ 2 abilities (again, not hidden abilities). 4) I'm having a really hard time using this method with genderless pokemon. The bronzor's I'm currently breeding aren't following this pattern at all (I'm assuming the bronzor will be the female, and the ditto will be the male). The Male (ditto) stats are coming across, but the Bronzor (female) stats aren't. 5) after you get a couple with 4 perfect IVs, and they don't all overlap, just put them both in and hatch about 10 of them. You should end up w/ a 5 IV one soon. 6) introduce egg moves at the end of your breeding.

[@Reddyedwolf]

Ok this actually explain a lot. I just did this and I only had two transfer over HP and Atk (dunno how that's possible, if what you were saying is that there should in theory be three if it doubles up on stats)

[@jibbyjackjoe]

A lot of this was trial and error, especially beyond 2 IVs. The destiny knot is a cool tool. I would use this method to get a couple pokes up to 3 or 4 IVs, but I would use regular breeding after that, using my good but opposite IVs or filling in the gaps with iv dittos. I may write a guide. Breeding gender less pokemon has proven to not work too well. Can't get a handle on the pattern. Seems like the ditto acts as the male, but the other poke doesn't always act as the female. Maybe.

[@Reddyedwolf]

I just destiny knotted and only one passed down. This is so frustrating. All of my friends are getting great results. I'm going to come up a way to make this work somehow.

[@MrKillzy]

Interesting method. However, it's effectiveness isn't really that great if you don't have any pokemon with perfect IV's to begin with, so for those of you that are just starting out, you're probably going to need to get some friend codes and visit a pokemon safari. As I've experienced, pokemon caught in the friend safari are guaranteed to have at least 2 perfect IV's. You may be limited to your friend's pokemon in their safari, but it's a start. You just need to learn how to chain your breeding into different egg groups in order to gain the IV's you want on any pokemon in the same egg group.

[@marleneupton9314]

From my own practice, I've learned that it does not matter if they have beneficial natures. If you were wondering why the baby magikarp has several Wildcards, you should deny the first three eggs (in my opinion). Also, if you were wondering why natures don't always carry over, even if you give the pokemon an everstone, it's because (if I'm not mistaken), there's a 50% chance of it passing down that parents nature.

[@evillgouki]

Hello, Do you know something about abilities? I can have a Chespin with 5VI, but it always has Overgrow (I restted 5 times)

[@marleneupton9314]

evillgouki I read that if the female has a hidden ability, there's a 60% it will be passed down. But if you just have a regular Chespin that has overgrow, there's no chance it will pass down a hidden ability. Again, I could be wrong, but I believe I am correct in this.

[@evillgouki]

Marlene Upton No youre right, if you put a female wich have a hidden ability with a male, there is actually 60% chance. But now in X/Y, the male can pass down hidden ability, but only with a Ditto And that's what I'm doing since 20 min, ut it seems the ability cannot be changed ( 7 resets) Too bad :'(

[@marleneupton9314]

evillgouki If the egg is already received, I'm pretty sure all it's info is already decided

[@areelperson]

so instead of taking years to breed for the perfect IVS you want it would only take like an hour from simply checking and recording numbers ---> AWESOME :O Like

[@roytoy11829]

THIS IS A QUICK WRITTEN GUIDE OF THE METHOD SHOWN PREPERATION: Get Flawless Dittos (Safari - go look it up) 2 Magikarps (Male+Female) Fletchinder Flamebody bird teach Fly Know how to reset (L+R+Start+Select) Know the Battle institute (Luminose) Know the Daycare (Left of Camphire Town) Accept that an eggs stats passed down are pre-determined so this works! PROCESS: Take 2 Magikarp (Male+Female) Go to Battle insitute SAVE BEFORE BATTLE Battle (Note stats@ level 50)+RESET Repeat for each Magikarp (Noting stats down of each at level 50) Attach destiny knot to Female Attach Everstone to Male Put in Daycare Decline egg #1+SAVE Accept egg #2+Hatch Go to Battle institute with Hatched Pokemon SAVE BEFORE BATTLE Battle noting passed stats to the Hatched Pokemon at level 50 5 stats from parents will be passed down note which parent (1 stat is wild) RESET GAME IF Stats passed bad: (Under 3 desired stats from 1 Parent) Reject egg #2+SAVE Accept egg #3+Hatch etc... IF Stats passed good: Use flawless Ditto with the desired stats Use Pokemon with desired Nature (Must be opposite Gender to stats passing down) Ditto with Destiny knot Pokemon with Everstone for Nature Those stats will be passed on That Nature will be passed on RESULT: Enjoy your 3 (Maybe even 4 if you're lucky) Flawless stat Pokemon! Repeat process to hatch another Pokemon Hope this helps with making a better team! Give it a thumbs up so people can see!

[@glargomargo78]

EVERYBODY USING THIS METHOD, READ THIS COMMENT! There is one very very very very very very very very very very very very very very important thing that the man in the video forgot to mention. All Magikarps used for breeding MUST be Hardy, Docile, Serious, Bashful, or Quirky. Also, one of the Magikarps must be holding an everstone and the other one, of course, must hold the destiny knot. Here is the reasoning behind this; if the Magikarp that is hatched from the egg from the two Magikarps has a nature that is not neutral, You will have THREE wild card statistics, rather than only one. This is because the 10% stat increase and decrease will change what the stat is from the two pokémon and you will not be able to tell if the iv was passed or not. I hope this makes sense. (edit): sorry, the natures do not necessarily need to be neutral, they just need to be the same for the mother Magikarp, the father Magikarp, and the child Magikarp.

[@jeyre80]

I think it might be important to point out, that if after you check the stats of your Magikarp, and then you reset, if the Pokémon you are trying to breed with are a Ditto, and a genderless Pokémon, the Ditto will always pass down the female Magikarp stats, and the genderless Pokémon will always pass down the male Magikarp stats.

[@EaglesgotTALONS]

A slow and gracious clap with a hat tip to you sir. Saved me so much time!

[@ThePoetGrimm]

for people finding different numbers make sure exp share is off when catching the magikarps cuz evs will make numbers off

[@JYDeAlberto]

hey guys! im using the method justin explained on this video, and i have a question: are ivs,gender,nature,and hidden ability passing or not things that are set when you reject the egg? or only the ivs? I mean if i test my parents and get the desired iv spread, reset and put my good parents in day care, accept and hatch egg and got the desired iv spread on the just born pokemon but with wrong ability or gender...could i just reset and hope that the right ability and gender passes down this time again? Thank you

[@PengyGoy]

Only one stat was passed down. I was 100% sure I did everything right, and then I read the description. Neither of my magikarp have hardy, docile, serious, bashful, or quirky natures, so would that be the reason it didn't work for me? If that is the case, MAKE SURE EVERYONE THAT YOUR MAGIKARP HAVE THOSE NATURES.

[@glargomargo78]

EVERYBODY, PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS GUY!

[@Mastermind122288]

He doesn't say this in the tutorial, but if you switch the two magikarps out for pokemon that have a different gender ratio, your seed will reset. For example, if you are using pokemon like Blaziken or Eevee, which have a 7:1 male to female ratio, you'll get a different spread of IVs from using the 1:1 gender ratio magikarps. The same applies to genderless and gender exclusive pokemon.

[@tevineggnacho]

♀Magikarp - 19 67 23 33 97 87 HP ♂Magikarp - 16 72 33 26 110 89 HP Child Magikarp - 26 54 25 37 86 90 HP Those are my Magikarps stats... How do I determine which goes where?

[@MrSethly]

the 19,500th subscriber, I feel special. Btw! Great video, cool method.

[@micahsthoughts6054]

thanks a lot this really does work i tried it yesterday after watching your video and i finally got my perfect eevee after months of frustration thank you your video really explained it well

[@Evangel666]

Or just get yourself a 6IV ditto from smogon, marilland, or elsewhere, and make your own 5-6iv pokemon in no time at all.

[@S98al1]

IT STILL WORKS! I JUST TESTED IT AND IT EVEN WORKS ON PATCH 1.2! but if you dont believe my its your loss :D

[@absol7713]

Useful, but seemingly complicated method. Use this method as much as you can, before there is a patch update! It may even be mandatory, b/c who knows?

[@Nomorehero07]

LOL! I was testing this method at the same time watching this vid and all of sudden I got my 5 iv magnemite using this method! Thanks J flynn! :)

[@gamebug3111]

It seems to be that many peopIe are simpIy copying the video step by step. everyone is forgetting about how natures effect pokemon stats. For this to work you need both your maIe and femaIe magikarp to have natures which don't effect their stats (Hardy,DociIe,Serious,BashfuI,Quirky)

[@thejustinflynn]

this is a great idea! if you're having trouble following the video. otherwise you need an everstone on the one with the effected stats.

[@chrissnider5864]

Thank You!!!!!!!! I think this may have solved my problem!!!

[@SuprBrian64]

Its also annoying when the parent magickarps have the same exact stats in a specific stat. The chances are low but i happened 3 times to me. If both magickarps have like 40 att at lvl 50 then you cant tell from which parent the iv is passed down from.

[@paddicusmaximus]

Ya'll are over complicating this. I hope people see this. I highly recommend using natures to pass this down. Using this method, nature, ability (hidden can be passed too), IVs passed per parent, and the random IV are all set BEFORE you even get the egg. All you need is a decent IV calculator, or 3 mons that have perfect IVs in different stats. For example, I have a 3 IV ditto (HP ATK DEF) and a 3 iv froakie (SPATK SPDF SPD) but I know exactly what gets passed down and it yields great results. Simply replace the parents with pokes (doesn't always work with genderless) that yield the IVs you want to pass and its done.

[@chrissnider5864]

Guys, if you are still having trouble with your magicarps do what it says above and put everstone on one and destiny knot on the other. Then the most complicated thing you have to worry about is the IVs lining up just right, which can take all of forever if you're trying to get a specific one, but this does work and after many long hours in which my eyes nearly burned out I have a nice 5 IV Snorlax :)

[@goxcpre]

IV Training Made Easy! Most useful video I've seen on this!

[@AriaSerif]

this isn't that confusing unless you're new to pkmn in general or don't know about breeding. this is more time consuming than anything, because you'd need to find the perfect egg shelled by the magikarps before being able to breed any other pkmn.

[@jadonmorrison5884]

Justin I'm getting desperate, im trying to get a shiny Pikachu, ive been looking for 6 days chaining, masuda, and friend safari what do I do?

[@chaosdivide9461]

*starts the video* justin : *laughs at the beginning* me : *laughs*

[@MrInvisibleJ]

this is pretty awesome, I never would've thought of something like this

[@crojashi]

AWESOME!!!!!! thanks justin

[@TheHikariOne]

Yep, got it on my first try using Electrike. The child Magikarp was Timid with 5 IVs inherited from its father (S.Def was the wild card). Replaced the father Karp with a 6IV Ditto and the mother Karp with a female Electrike, and look at that: a 5IV Timid Electrike was the child. Needless to say this will save me a metric @#%&ton of time during HP Breeding. The length of this video had me nervous, but it definitely works. Owe you one.

[@psovegeta]

Though it's pretty nifty to know exactly what stats are going to be passed on. It may be pretty useful when you start breeding but it may be problematic later on if your going for 5 perfect IVs., I usually replace the old parent with a new parent when I see the IVs are better. I try to get my parent pokemon to have at least 3 perfect IVs each before I start expecting the will crank out the golden child. Then I save the parents in case I need to breed another one later. When you have parents that make perfect pokemon. Breeding is even easier. It really helps if you can catch your wild pokemon in the friend safari first.

[@daslayer5]

Failed to find shiny pokemon from your other tutorials but this vid made me sub

[@jstyledipset]

If you have a 6 0IV Magikarp it makes this so much easier

[@NewJayqwe2]

Thanks man, this method makes breeding so much easier, especially when you're breeding a pokemon which only has 12.5% chance of being female :/

[@nickconley6375]

4:13 "when we put the child in the Battle Institute" ... lol

[@GenJotsu]

Holy Ish, I came on here knowing about breeding and IVs, and about to leave with a freakin' headache. God, this guy can't explain worth crap.

[@JacynDUHH]

So, if you hatched the Magikarp (the one to check which traits got passed down), and it was shiny, since everything in that egg is pre-determined, could you soft-reset, put your preferred Pokemon in the daycare in replace of the Magikarps, and get a guaranteed shiny from that egg? Or does shininess work differently than that?

[@URaverageActor]

Ok explain. You can find out what stats will be passed on from the genders of ANY Pokemon using magikarp? So no matter the Pokemon, those stats that u wrote down that were passed from the male and female magikarp will be passed for say, a Chimchar? Am I getting this right?

[@TheRealKarmaquarius]

If the mother has a perfect speed, and the father has a perfect attack, the child has a % chance to obtain both, then breed the child with a pokemon with another stat you want, repeat.

[@raygevorkian2520]

Hey Flynn, Can you provide a short step by step method in the description? The video is really tedious to follow. Thanks in advance, Ray.

[@DeepVoiceBryan]

so many people only say flame body hatches eggs faster, but magma armor does the same thing too.

[@MrCheapRF]

Ahah. Thanks for this video. It really worked! I managed to get a 5 IV Froakie with Protean. Btw, do Hidden Abilities also apply when using this method? But anyway, liked and subbed.

[@KCBunne]

There is a 6 percent chance that the wildcard will match a parent stat, therefore not knowing the wildcard, so that's a thing.

[@CandiedMadness]

I had high hopes for this, but 42+ minutes!? Lord... I can't.

[@laura-zg8uf]

Guys what happened to him ?

[@alexliu5806]

quickest way to hatch egg is actually at centrico plaza, where you automatically turn since it's a circle.

[@malcolmjohnson6095]

totally didnt see the matching natures bit it took me a while but now... TimeLord Victorious :))

[@XxHelIsJanitorxX]

This is brilliant, great commentary. Subbed :)

[@1catak]

After a bit of thinking on my own its made a lot more sense thanks a lot man helped me a lot :), still going to take a while to catch them dittos

[@markokrizman1592]

You go back in time like crazy!

[@noitooks]

this is awesome, I figured it out at 10 minutes and am amazed i didnt try it before, despite having wondered about the game egg determining system before. I guess i was just too lazy to try it (and i didnt know about the battle institute)

[@homerunbase1]

So theoretically, if you have a ditto with 5 Perfect IV's in Hp/Atk/Def/Sp.A/Spe you could make any Pokemon have perfect IV's if your test hatch gave all the stats from one of the two parents? That's so sick! :D Thank you so much for the guide.

[@lilianaportello5650]

I'm Fennekin, original poster on Smogon (can confirm via my Smogon siggy). Can confirm the exact origin goes all the way back to japanese image boards. Anon just stole it and posted on 4chan.

[@teddybear2174]

after figuring out the statistics of that specific egg can i repeatively reset until i get a shiny with the desired statistics? or is it that the egg already determines whether the egg will be shiny or not? sorry if my question is a bit confusing ._.

[@jaime5279]

Great tutorial! Managed to get a 6 Perfect IV Froakie that's shiny!!! (after using the Masuda Method)

[@whitecat2015]

There is another way to get a destiny knot. You have to find this women in lumnoise city. who will talk about this guy she met, but he has left her. Then she will ask you if you know that pain. then click yes. After you won the battle. She will give you a destiny knot before she goes to another location in the city. She will be in one of the allyes.

[@chestersidd1626]

Awesome and great tutorial, but one quick question though. When doing the Time Machine Method, is the gender and the ability of the offspring already determined before receiving the egg? Since there are some Pokemon I want to IV breed, while having their hidden abilities. Also, how about breeding genderless pokemon. For example, if I'm breeding a metagross with a ditto, who takes the role of male or female parent?

[@luketama1]

The main thing your forgetting is you need a ditto with 3 perfect iv's

[@GOKK999]

is there any way to guarantee sex or ability? or is this method only work for manipulation of IVs?

[@Nicoleska665]

It's faster and easier to use the pokemon's markings to indicate which stats they have perfect IVs in, rather than renaming them.