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User talk:Pokemonfan

2009-07-02T04:13:47Z

Pokemonfan:

== Wiki Articles ==

Particluarly to your Wiki article on EP573, they shouldn't be containing opinion unless it's specifically for opinion. The summary of an episode is NOT the proper place ti say "it's basically filler."

And what's with all the "Credits" sections you're putting in? They don't make any sense for a Wiki. [[User:Randomspot555|Randomspot555]] 04:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I'll rethink the way I write my articles

--[[User:Pokemonfan|Pokemonfan]] 04:13, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Pokemonfan

2009-07-02T04:12:26Z

Pokemonfan:

== Wiki Articles ==

Particluarly to your Wiki article on EP573, they shouldn't be containing opinion unless it's specifically for opinion. The summary of an episode is NOT the proper place ti say "it's basically filler."

And what's with all the "Credits" sections you're putting in? They don't make any sense for a Wiki. [[User:Randomspot555|Randomspot555]] 04:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
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Alright then I'll rethink the way I write those articles.
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File:Ivysaur M shiny.png

2009-06-21T05:48:44Z

Pokemonfan: shiny ivysaur pic

== Summary ==
shiny ivysaur pic
== Copyright status: ==
??
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's pokedex

File:Ivysaur M.png

2009-06-21T05:48:02Z

Pokemonfan: Ivysaur pic

== Summary ==
Ivysaur pic
== Copyright status: ==
??
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's pokedex

File:Charmander M shiny.png

2009-06-21T02:18:13Z

Pokemonfan: Shiny charmander sprite for "Charmander (pokemon)" article

== Summary ==
Shiny charmander sprite for "Charmander (pokemon)" article
== Copyright status: ==
??
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

File:Charmander M.png

2009-06-21T02:17:18Z

Pokemonfan: Charmander sprite for "charmander (pokemon)" article

== Summary ==
Charmander sprite for "charmander (pokemon)" article
== Copyright status: ==
??
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

File:Blastoise.png

2009-06-21T02:05:15Z

Pokemonfan: Blastoise sprite taken from the project pokemon's pokedex

== Summary ==
Blastoise sprite taken from the project pokemon's pokedex
== Copyright status: ==
??
== Licensing: ==
{{subst:No license from license selector|Don't know}}
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

File:Wartortle.png

2009-06-21T02:04:13Z

Pokemonfan: Wartortle sprite taken from project pokemon's pokedex

== Summary ==
Wartortle sprite taken from project pokemon's pokedex
== Copyright status: ==
??
== Licensing: ==
{{subst:No license from license selector|Don't know}}
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

File:Squirtle.png

2009-06-21T02:02:45Z

Pokemonfan: Squirtle sprite, taken from the project pokemon pokedex and is to be implemented for use in the indepth pokedex article. I do not know the license or its copyright status

== Summary ==
Squirtle sprite, taken from the project pokemon pokedex and is to be implemented for use in the indepth pokedex article. I do not know the license or its copyright status
== Copyright status: ==
??
== Licensing: ==
{{subst:No license from license selector|Don't know}}
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

File:Charizard small.png

2009-06-21T01:45:13Z

Pokemonfan: Charizard sprite..from project pokemon's pokedex. I figured it was ok to use in another wiki article. I dont exactly know the license though.

== Summary ==
Charizard sprite..from project pokemon's pokedex. I figured it was ok to use in another wiki article. I dont exactly know the license though.
== Copyright status: ==
Project pokemon? I'm not sure what to put here
== Licensing: ==
{{subst:No license from license selector|Don't know}}
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

File:Charmeleon small.png

2009-06-21T01:43:44Z

Pokemonfan: A charmeleon sprite for a wiki article. This was from the project pokemon pokedex.

== Summary ==
A charmeleon sprite for a wiki article. This was from the project pokemon pokedex.
== Copyright status: ==
Project pokemon? I'm not sure what to put here
== Licensing: ==
{{subst:No license from license selector|Don't know}}
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

File:Charmander.png

2009-06-18T19:35:41Z

Pokemonfan: A pic of charmander that I got from our site's pokedex. I figured since the image would be reused on the site it was ok to use it.

== Summary ==
A pic of charmander that I got from our site's pokedex. I figured since the image would be reused on the site it was ok to use it.
== Copyright status: ==

== Licensing: ==
{{subst:No license from license selector|Somewebsite}}
== Source: ==
Project Pokemon's Pokedex

Main Page

2009-06-17T02:53:16Z

Pokemonfan: added a new link to a breeding page

<big>'''Welcome To Project Pokemon's Wiki.'''</big>

==Our Goal==
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Giving credit where credit is due is important to us and as such we ask that each page contain all appropriate credits.
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==Navigation==

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2009-06-15T18:17:39Z

Pokemonfan: I'm not sure if I can do this edit...but I added a link to a page I find useful

<big>'''Welcome To Project Pokemon's Wiki.'''</big>

==Our Goal==
This wiki is not only dedicated to in-game discoveries, but also everything Pokémon related! Feel free to write an Anime guide, a Pokédex entry, etc.

Giving credit where credit is due is important to us and as such we ask that each page contain all appropriate credits.
In cases where there are lists like: [[Notable Breakpoints]], this can be done by adding a column for credits. Otherwise a credits section at the bottom of the page is preferred.


==Navigation==

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:::[[EV guide ]]
:::[[TMs and HMs ]]
:::[[Priority ]]
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:'''Video Game Series'''
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:::[[Kanto Guides|Series Guides]]
:::[[Kantodex|Pokedex]]
::Gold/Silver/Crystal ( G/S/C )
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Talk:AttackDex

2009-06-01T22:06:22Z

Pokemonfan:

Maybe you should wait for the one on the site to be done. It will be out in a few days or less. You can see a preview [http://projectpokemon.org/pokedex/moves.php?id=001 MoveDex] [[User:SCV|SCV]] 15:18, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Ok then, thanks for the update!

-pokemonfan

Pokerus

2009-05-30T02:57:30Z

Pokemonfan: A guide to pokerus!

== What is pokerus? ==

Pokerus, is a pokemon virus, and combined this makes the word pokerus. Pokemon-virus Poke + rus. Now this disease helps the pokemon that has it grow faster. However, it doesn't gain experience faster, it gains EVs faster. It actually doubles the EVs, so lets say that....

Empoleon-pokerus fights a gastly. Of course the empoleon would gain experience just like normal, but then the EV gain would be doubled. So instead of getting one special attack EV you would get 2 EVs towards special attack. So it is really a nice thing to have in training, you could have an awesome level 50 pokemon that could take down pokemon that out level you.

== Where and how do you get pokerus? ==

There is no specific place that you can get pokerus, you can get pokerus from wild pokemon. You could either luckily catch a pokemon with pokerus and then spread it to the rest of your party. If you battle a wild pokemon that has pokerus, odds are that you are going to get it. You wont know if the wild pokemon has it, until you get it. The odds are just a little bit better then encountering a shiny pokemon. So not very good odds.

== How do I know when I have pokerus? ==

This is easy, all you have to do is click on your pokemon's summary and then look up in the top right hand corner of your pokemon's picture and see if there is a purple block there, if there is then on that block should be the letters PKRS pokerus just abbreviated.

Also, if a pokemon has already has pokerus then there should a smiley face by their picture.

== What if my pokemon has already has pokerus but it has a smiley face? ==

In that case then you can no longer spread the disease using that pokemon. The effects of pokerus are still working, it just is no longer contagious.

== How do I spread pokerus? ==

This is quite simple I made up a way to do this effectively.

Member 1: pokerus: Member 2: Member3: Member 4: Member 5: Member 6:

So Member 1 has pokerus have it battle a few times then member 2 should get it which is perfect. Once member 2 has it then switch member 2 and member three around so it will look like this

Member 1: pokerus: Member 3: Member 2: Pokerus: Member 4: Member 5: member 6:

Then battle some more and when member 3 gets pokerus member 4 will too. So then you switch member 3 and member 5.

Member 1: pokerus: Member 5 Member 2: pokerus: Member 4: Pokerus Member 3: pokerus: Member 6:

Then battle a few more times and all of the pokemon should have pokerus in your party. Be warned at midnight any pokemon with pokerus in your party will be cured at midnight. If the pokemon is in your PC though it wont be cured, so to keep pokemon uncured, put them into your party before midnight so they can continue spreading it to other pokemon.

This technique was also posted in the EV guide part of the wiki.

== When does pokerus stop being contagious? ==

When its been in your party for 24 hours. Or if its in your party at midnight.

== Is pokerus something I want to have? ==

Just in case you missed this, the answer is yes. If you thought it was a bad thing then read through the guide again.

== Credits ==

Sign your name here if you worked on it:
:Pokemonfan (for original creation)

Shiny pokemon

2009-04-28T21:02:47Z

Pokemonfan: /* "Chaining" In-Depth */

== Intro ==

This page is concerning shiny pokemon. Information on these rare creatures is scattered about all over the web. I thought that it might be a good idea to have this information located in one place for our users.

== General Information ==

Shiny Pokemon are Pokemon with a different color scheme then normal ones. They are extremely rare and commonly sought after because of their rarity. Shiny Pokemon have a different color scheme and are different from other shiny Pokemon. A shiny Drifloon would not have the same colors as a shiny Pikachu, for example. A shiny Drifloon is yellow where it would normally be purple, and blue where it would normally be. A shiny pikachu is red instead of yellow.

Apart from the coloration, a shiny Pokemon will have a red star and Pokedex number its summary screen.

== Location ==

There is no location, throughout any of the games, that has a higher rate of encountering shiny Pokemon. This is a commonly asked question among those seeking shiny Pokemon; however, a place like this does not exist.

The chances are of finding a shiny Pokemon are consistent and small (the exact chance is 1/8192).

== Increasing the Odds ==

Through use of the Pokeradar, a trainer can dramatically improve his odds of encountering a shiny Pokemon. This is done by attempting to encounter the same species of Pokemon consecutively, a process often referred to as "chaining." With every Pokemon encountered, the chance of finding a shiny Pokemon rises.

Using a Poketch app and the Repel item, trainers can extend the length of their "chain" to forty or more consecutive Pokemon.

== "Chaining" In-Depth ==

A more specific guide to "chaining" Pokemon:

*Obtain the Pokeradar from Dawn after completing the Sinnoh-dex.
*Obtain the Trainer Counter Poketch app from Professor Oak in the Pal Park.
*Have a large stock of Repels/Super Repels/Max Repels.
*Go to the route where the desired Pokemon can be found.
*Use a Repel.
*Use the Pokeradar and enter a grass patch that moved or flashed.
*Note whether the patch entered moved or whether it flashed.
*If the encountered Pokemon is not shiny, defeat it to keep the Pokeradar active.
*When the Pokeradar goes off again, enter grass of the same type. The best odds of finding consecutive Pokemon lie with patches that are more than four spaces away.
*Repeat until you have defeated forty Pokemon of the same type. The odds of encountering a shiny Pokemon are now at their highest.
*Keep reseting the Pokeradar until you see a sparkling patch of grass, which indicates a shiny Pokemon.

== Types of Patches ==

:Basic - These will shake for slightly less than a second.
:Flashing - These will shake and flash foe slightly less than a second.
:Sparkling - These always indicate a shiny Pokemon and will sparkle and shake for longer than the Basic and Flashing patches.

== Shiny Legendary Pokemon ==

Legendary Pokemon can not be "chained" using the Pokeradar. The only way to encounter a shiny Legendary Pokemon is by the original 1/8192 chance. Many trainers save before approaching the Pokemon and reset their games until it appears as a shiny.

Shiny pokemon

2009-04-27T23:34:53Z

Pokemonfan: Created page with '== Intro == This page is going to be all about shiny pokemon. Information on these rare creatures is scattered about all over the web. I thought that it might be a good idea to ...'

== Intro ==

This page is going to be all about shiny pokemon. Information on these rare creatures is scattered about all over the web. I thought that it might be a good idea to have this information located in one place for our users.

== What are shiny pokemon? ==

Shiny pokemon are pokemon with a different color scheme then normal ones. They are extremely rare and commonly sought after because of their rareness. Leave it to the typical human to want what is rare or want what others lack. Now, how do they differ? Well shiny pokemon have the different color scheme and are all different from other shinies. A shiny drifloon would not have the same colors as a shiny pikachu. A shiny drifloon is yellow where purple should be, and blue where yellow should be. A shiny pikachu is red. See different colors of the normal pokemon cousins however, not the same colors as other shinies.

== Where do you find shiny pokemon? ==

There is no location, throughout any of the games, that has a higher rate of shiny pokemon. This is a commonly asked question for, people want shiny pokemon, so they want to increase there chances of finding one by going to an area where the percentage of shiny populace is higher, however, this is not so and a place like this does not exist.

== What are the chances of me finding a shiny? ==

Not good to say the least. The exact number is 1/8192 so not very good odds. Most people have never encountered a shiny pokemon, some few unlucky folks have encountered shiny trainer pokemon and they could not catch them. I think, that it would be the absolute worst to see a shiny pokemon belong to another in game trainer.

== Is there a way to increase those horrible chances? ==

The answer to that is....yes! Through chaining pokemon, the only catch is, you have to have a pokeradar which requires you, at least in D/P/Pt to complete the sinnoh dex and then talk to dawn. She should give you the pokeradar and she should show you how to use it. You will also need a certain poketch application to track your training. I believe it is the one with the stands of first second and third. Then there is a window above that with a pokemon you saw in the pokeradar and then a number of how many times. That number represents the times in a row for that is chaining. If you chain a pokemon 40 times your odds go from 1/8192 to 1/200. That is much better odds!

== How exactly do I chain pokemon? ==

Well I mentioned earlier that you need a pokeradar and a certain poketch app. to track your chaining. I described the app in the paragraph above so there is no need to describe it again. I forget what it is called so sorry. Chaining is actually fairly simple, you just cant mess it up by encountering another pokemon. I will show it in steps.

*obtain the pokeradar from dawn
**obtain the certain poketch app I believe from the guy in jubilife who gives them
***go to the any store and buy as many repels/super repels/max repels as possible!
****Got to the route where your favorite pokemon is usually located
*****Use the repel
******Use the pokeradar and go to any grass patch that moved/flashed
*******Make sure to note whether the patch you went into just moved or whether or not it flashed
********if it isn't a shiny kill that pokemon so that the pokeradar will stay active
*********Then when the pokeradar goes again after the battle go into the same type of patch that you went into last time and make sure it is the farthest possible away because then the chances of you getting the same pokemon you did last time and continuing the chain are almost guaranteed.
**********Keep doing this until you reach 40 after that if you still cant find a shiny you either keep the chain going (it wont increase odds) or restart it.
***********Make sure to keep using repels as soon as the other one wears off otherwise a random wild pokemon could mess up your whole chain

== types of patches ==
:basic ones-basic ones are the ones that just move
:Flashing ones-they flash for not even a second
:Shiny ones!-these are the patches that flash except for a longer time these are the ones you are looking for, so for your first patch I'd try to make sure that it is a flashing one so that you dont need to get mixed up between the other patches and you could stumble upon a shiny one easier because flashers and shinies are hard to distinguish apart.

== What about legendaries? ==

Well, legendaries, unfortunately have no way of ever using chaining to increase the odds of shinyness. So then you are going to have to soft reset until it is shiny or cheat. So save the game before enounterment of legendary, then talk to it, battle, if not shiny soft reset your game and do it till shiny.

== What is soft reset? ==

Soft reset is resetting your game so you go back to your last saving point. Of course that is what turning on and off does but this is quicker.

== How do you do soft reset? ==

L+R+select+start or L+R+start+select. I'm not sure which one it is.

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:Sources:
:Youtube
:Yahoo answers
:Own experience
:Gamefaqs

Pokemon breeding

2009-04-11T00:54:24Z

Pokemonfan: All about breeding

Now, as you may know, I have written a few guides to a few things on the project pokemon forums and I thought this guide was pretty good and in depth so I put it here. I edited it a little to make it more suitable for Wiki.

I hope all readers appreciate it and find it helpful

'''Intro'''

Now, breeding is an invaluable tool to say the least, it can help you create more of rare pokemon, and it can help you design pokemon without using pokesav and doing it legally. However, you must reach a certain point in the game in order to take advantage of this tool. This point is Solaceon Town. At least for D/P/PT it is. I know that breeding is also a feature in 3rd generation games for sure but beyond that point my knowledge on breeding grows foggier. So if you are not at solaceon town yet then ignore this guide for now but you should use it later on in your adventure when you do gain access to the pokemon day care.

== What Breeding is: ==

Breeding is putting two pokemon in the pokemon day care that are of the same egg group and have opposite genders. Or you put an any gender pokemon in with a ditto. If these pokemon are non legendary and they have an egg group, same species or not they will mate and have a pokemon egg. This is breeding and it can be used to: create more of a rare pokemon, get rare egg moves onto a pokemon, and create a legit pokemon for a special purpose on your team.

== How does it happen: ==

It is not confirmed exactly how breeding takes place, but we do know it happens to any opposite gender pokemon in the day care with the same egg group. Either that or using a ditto.

== Ditto? What is the significance? ==

Well ditto, is an omnicompatible pokemon when it comes to breeding. His egg group is ditto but it is compatible with all of the other pokemon egg groups so it is The pokemon love machine. Since it can breed with any pokemon it is excellent for making more of rare pokemon and mass producing pokemon. However, ditto can not pass on moves and this is a huge down fall in pokemon breeding if it can't pass on moves.

==
'''Gender Contributions:''' ==

Only the male can pass on moves with but one awesome exception. The exception is level up moves. Pokemon can only learn on level 1 level up moves if both parents know it. So if you bred to empoleons together that both knew Hydropump you could realistically get a level one [[piplup]] with hydropump, yet another beauty of breeding.

The Female on the other hand determines the species of the baby pokemon so if gastly bred with a [[drifloon]] and the [[drifloon]] was female you would get a baby [[drifloon]]. The female ( only in pokemon emerald) can determine the nature of the pokemon if she is holding an everstone, however in D/P/PT I believe the nature is random. Additionally if the pokemon being bred together are the same species there is a higher chance of the baby inheriting the female's ability, however, this is no guarantee.

Both parents can pass on IVs to their little darling baby. In previous games the baby would inherit IVs for one stat from both their parents in all stats but this lead to weaker pokemon so it eventually was taken out of the game so now the HP IV for example is going to be received by either the mother or the father not both. That is four 4th generation games for sure. IVs will be explained later in the guide so either skip to that part or just wait and keep reading.

There are 14 egg groups if you don't count Ditto's for it can become compatible with any egg group of a pokemon. Here is a list that was obtained from the bulba garden forums big round of applause there *Applause echoes*
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8114] :This list too is ok correct, I got it off of their forums:

Amorphous
Bug
Dragon
Fairy
Field
Flying
Grass
Human Like
Mineral
Monster
None-legendaries, babies, and the unknowns.
Water1
water2
Water3

So if a pokemon doesn't have an egg group it can't breed so just give up on that one. Now if a pokemon doesn't have a gender there still is hope as long as they have an egg group for ditto can breed with them because he has no gender. I hope that solves some problems right there.

== Now is there anything that can help me in my breeding? Or items that are designed for breeding? ==

That question,which I purposefully wrote to help myself and the reader to tell whats coming next, brings up a very good point. To answer it I would say yes now I will tell you what they are.

~An everstone (it was mentioned earlier in this guide and is only really useful in emerald)
~A bike: This can help you hatch eggs once you have them
~A light ball, if a female pikachu is holding it when it is breeding the babie pichu will know volt tackle
~A pokemon with either flame body or magma armor ability: When a pokemon with either ability is in your party the steps it takes to hatch the egg/eggs is cut in half. No this effect does not build based on how many pokemon like that are in your party

Those things really are not necessary but can assist you in getting the best type of pokemon possible.

== '''
Egg move breeding:''' ==

These are moves that can only be taught to a pokemon via breeding with another pokemon in the same egg group that knows that move. So using [[drifloon]] as an example I will inform you on how I did it. If you want specifics on a certain pokemon and a certain egg move then private message me.

==
What I did step one: ==

Well first I went to this link: [http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond...kedex/drifloon] to find out what egg group my beloved [[drifloon]] was in. So it should say in the description-egg group-*name of egg group*-then you click on it to see which pokemon are also in the same egg group and are compatible with your pokemon's egg group.

== What I did step 2: ==

Then I looked down in the moves and found hypnosis and then I clicked on it to find out which pokemon could learn it. Then it should tell you on the side whether or not a pokemon can learn the move via TM/HM, leveling up (and what level), egg, or move tutor. So I compared the two lists and found a pokemon that could learn the move through level up, had the same egg group, and was easily accessible. This one so happened to be a gastly.

Where to find ditto, and his exceptions in relations to breeding

Well you know how I said that the pokemon has to be in the same egg group to breed. Well that isn't always the case. There is one pokemon called ditto which you can catch in the grass patch right outside Canalave city using the pokeradar they are just really rare. Now these guys can breed with any non baby non legendary pokemon. So these are an invaluable breeding tool. I use ditto's a lot. The only problem is they cant pass on moves for they can only learn the move transform and it just doesn't work that way. So ditto's good but not for egg moves entirely.

== What I did step 3: ==

It turns out that gastly learns hypnosis at a level one. So I breed gastly with my ditto to get a gastly egg because ditto cant make himself ever. I do this a bunch of times because I need a male gastly so I need to make sure that its male. So I rode around for a while till my egg appeared I took it and eventually hatched it.

== What I did step 4: ==

Yay! Its a male so then since it knows hypnosis it will breed with my [[drifloon]] and then baby [[drifloon]] will know hypnosis. However, you have to make sure that the day care doesnt foolishly make gastly forget hypnosis by replacing it with a new move when it levels up. So to prevent that select the move in the pokemon summary and move it lower down on the list because they delete from top to bottom because game programmers just cant put that in a game where the programs choose for the best. Plus then there is the whole intention of the person for sticking it in the day care and strategies and well it would just be impossible so the delete default is from top to bottom.

''I mentioned earlier that......

I needed a male gastly level one. This is because the female decides the species of the pokemon. So I needed a female [[drifloon]] to get the baby [[drifloon]] with hypnosis. So... what are the gender contributions well that is next.''

== What I did step 5: ==

Well I repeated this step multiple times so I could get the good nature and hypnosis so I could have the desired awesome [[drifloon]]. I did this a while and then I finally got a nature I wanted it was rash because it boosts special attack and my [[drifloon]] is going to know all special moves. So now I am training my newly hatched [[drifloon]] in the old chateau in platinum for it has a lot of gastlies and if you are focusing on special attack gastlies are the way to go.

==
Why would I want an egg move? ==

Rarity, goes along with another move it can learn by HM/TM or leveling up. I wanted a [[drifloon]] with hypnosis because I wanted to teach my [[drifloon]] dream eater. Plus hypnosis puts the foe to sleep and what better pokemon to have it on then your favorite. [[Drifloon]] is the best in my opinion.

'''
== The Beauty of Breeding Chains: ==
'''

Now you know how some pokemon have two egg groups well those are the links. (please don't think of that in having any relation to that of the missing link referred to in the theory of evolution. For goodness sakes when I write that don't let it get into your mind.) These special pokemon serve as links from one egg group to another. So if a pokemon can learn an egg move that you want it might not learn it in its species or egg group but a different egg group that is linked by a dual egg group pokemon. These pokemon are rarer then most and extremely valuable. Some moves are harder to get on a pokemon through breeding and you might have to breed through several links and egg groups to get the move you want. It may take a while and a whole lot more effort but it is possible to get moves that you never would have thought onto your beloved pokemon. That is the beauty of breeding chains.
'''

== IV breeding: ==
'''

I'm first going to explain what IVs are. IVs are individual values and they are hidden from the view of the trainer. However with IV calculators you can find on the internet you can find out your pokemon's IVs. These individual values are what makes every pokemon different. Our friendly gamers have tried their best to make sure that pokemon originality can vary greatly and is hard to duplicate without cheating or hacking. These individual values are numbers that range from 0-31 and there is a number for each stat.

HP:
Atk:
Def:
Spd:
Sp.atk:
Sp.def:

Depending on the number the pokemon's IV numbers can effect the growth of a pokemon in certain areas of their stats. Now at the end of the IV breeding section I'm going to give a link to an IV calculator online so don't worry about that if your were even considering IV breeding and taking on such a tremendous task.

IV breeding is possibly the most tedious breeding possible and it will take a lot of effort and research. What I am going to tell you here in this guide is my basic understanding of IV breeding, I really don't know if there is more to it. Now if you want a pokemon with good IVs or a higher IV number in their stats it could take a while. You are going to have to catch and raise a lot of different pokemon either of the same species or same egg group of the pokemon that you are trying to get with good IVs. Then once you have done this you should check your IVs with the IV calculator. Then if the stats turn out like this in lets say a momma [[drifloon]] and a daddy [[drifloon]]: (for IVs)

Mom Dad:
HP: 28 HP: 22
Atk: 29 atk: 25
Def: 19 def: 27
Spd: 25 spd:26
Sp. Atk: 29 sp. Atk: 30
Sp. Def: 21 sp. def: 27

Now I don't know if these are even realistic numbers but lets just say for teaching purposes that they are. Ok and they are your best over all pokemon that you could breed with to create a baby [[drifloon]] with good IVs then breed them together, hatch the egg, level up the child a couple of times and then calculate the IVs if you aren't satisfied I'd say, although this is in a way perverted, cross it with the parent whose had a high IV stat that you didn't get onto the original offspring. Keep repeating this until you get the pokemon with the desirable IVs make sure to level up a bit before you check the babies IVs. Individual values are tricky things and I prefer to not mess with them for it takes a lot of time to get good ones. Here is that link I promised:
[http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml]
Note: you may want to take a look at this before actually beginning your IV breeding.

Breeding elite:

This can be considered even more tedious then IV breeding because it can involve IV breeding and more! If you include IV breeding as a factor into this type of breeding equation I think that you would become way in over your head and you would have to posses a lot of time to kill.

Now this type of breeding involves getting the pokemon you want without cheating. So it basically incorporates all the aspects of breeding and throws them all into one wrapped package. This can involve:

~Getting the right nature
~Right egg or level up moves
~Right ability
~Right species!
~and last but not least right IVs

When I do this type of breeding I leave out the IVs because they make it extremely complicated to track. Now the nature you want should be based on the class of the moves you want. Whether they be special or physical attacks. Special moves deal with special attack stat and physical deal with the normal attack stat. So make sure you have your moves chosen and pokemon chosen so that you can choose the best possible nature.

Here are a list of natures courtesy of: Sui89 and his guide: (This list is ok right?)

Hardy - Nothing raised or lowered.
Lonely - Attack raised. Defense lowered.
Brave - Attack raised. Speed lowered.
Adamant - Attack raised. Special attack lowered.
Naughty - Attack raised. Special defense lowered.
Bold - Defense raised. Attack lowered.
Docile - Nothing raised or lowered.
Relaxed - Defense raised. Speed lowered.
Impish - Defense raised. Special attack lowered.
Lax - Defense raised. Special defense lowered.
Timid - Speed raised. Attack lowered.
Hasty - Speed raised. Defense lowered.
Serious - Nothing raised or lowered.
Jolly - Speed raised. Special attack lowered.
Naive - Speed raised. Special defense lowered.
Modest - Special attack raised. Attack lowered.
Mild - Special attack raised. Defense lowered.
Quiet - Special attack raised. Speed lowered.
Bashful - Nothing raised or lowered.
Rash - Special attack raised. Special defense lowered.
Calm - Special defense raised. Attack lowered.
Gentle - Special defense raised. Defense lowered
Sassy - Special defense raised. Speed lowered.
Careful - Special defense raised. Special attack lowered.
Quirky - Nothing raised or lowered.

Ok, if you want to know where to find a pokemon's move pool go to this link:
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/platinum/pokedex/list/sinnoh/]
They have a pokedex for pearl and diamond too I cant wait till this site has pokedexes or a pokedex.

I now IVs you do the same thing for IV breeding except you have to count in all the other stuff that is going into the pokemon. So now all the pokemon you are trying to get good IVs to breed should now know certain moves. Plus the offspring now not only has to have the right IVs it has to have the correct moves, the correct, nature, and ability. So, that could take a while.

If you want a more in depth guide on getting the pokemon you want: go to the following link *note: it doesn't include IVs in the equation at the link*

[http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?t=175]

That is about all I can think of
Thanks for reading and I hope I helped

Sources:
[http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/49620]
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8114]
[http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?t=175]
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/platinum/pokedex/list/sinnoh/]
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/pokedex]
[http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml]

User:Turtlekid2

2009-04-10T03:42:45Z

Pokemonfan: Created page with 'He is the one that started the EV guide that is currently on Project Pokemon Wiki. He posted it in the forums and lots of people posted comments and ideas for things to add to th...'

He is the one that started the EV guide that is currently on Project Pokemon Wiki. He posted it in the forums and lots of people posted comments and ideas for things to add to the guide. Eventually one person put all of the ideas together to create what is on the PP wiki today. I, pokemonfan, made the transfer from forums to Wiki. However, the gist of the credit should go to Turtlekid2.

That is what I have to say about him
Sincerely,
Pokemonfan

Pokemon breeding

2009-04-09T18:13:02Z

Pokemonfan: All about breeding

Now, as you may know, I have written a few guides to a few things on the project pokemon forums and I thought this guide was pretty good and in depth so I put it here. I edited it a little to make it more suitable for Wiki.

I hope all readers appreciate it and find it helpful

'''Intro'''

Now, breeding is an invaluable tool to say the least, it can help you create more of rare pokemon, and it can help you design pokemon without using pokesav and doing it legally. However, you must reach a certain point in the game in order to take advantage of this tool. This point is Solaceon Town. At least for D/P/PT it is. I know that breeding is also a feature in 3rd generation games for sure but beyond that point my knowledge on breeding grows foggier. So if you are not at solaceon town yet then ignore this guide for now but you should use it later on in your adventure when you do gain access to the pokemon day care.

== What Breeding is: ==

Breeding is putting two pokemon in the pokemon day care that are of the same egg group and have opposite genders. Or you put an any gender pokemon in with a ditto. If these pokemon are non legendary and they have an egg group, same species or not they will mate and have a pokemon egg. This is breeding and it can be used to: create more of a rare pokemon, get rare egg moves onto a pokemon, and create a legit pokemon for a special purpose on your team.

== How does it happen: ==

It is not confirmed exactly how breeding takes place, but we do know it happens to any opposite gender pokemon in the day care with the same egg group. Either that or using a ditto.

== Ditto? What is the significance? ==

Well ditto, is an omnicompatible pokemon when it comes to breeding. His egg group is ditto but it is compatible with all of the other pokemon egg groups so it is The pokemon love machine. Since it can breed with any pokemon it is excellent for making more of rare pokemon and mass producing pokemon. However, ditto can not pass on moves and this is a huge down fall in pokemon breeding if it can't pass on moves.

==
'''Gender Contributions:''' ==

Only the male can pass on moves with but one awesome exception. The exception is level up moves. Pokemon can only learn on level 1 level up moves if both parents know it. So if you bred to empoleons together that both knew Hydropump you could realistically get a level one piplup with hydropump, yet another beauty of breeding.

The Female on the other hand determines the species of the baby pokemon so if gastly bred with a [[drifloon]] and the [[drifloon]] was female you would get a baby [[drifloon]]. The female ( only in pokemon emerald) can determine the nature of the pokemon if she is holding an everstone, however in D/P/PT I believe the nature is random. Additionally if the pokemon being bred together are the same species there is a higher chance of the baby inheriting the female's ability, however, this is no guarantee.

Both parents can pass on IVs to their little darling baby. In previous games the baby would inherit IVs for one stat from both their parents in all stats but this lead to weaker pokemon so it eventually was taken out of the game so now the HP IV for example is going to be received by either the mother or the father not both. That is four 4th generation games for sure. IVs will be explained later in the guide so either skip to that part or just wait and keep reading.

There are 14 egg groups if you don't count Ditto's for it can become compatible with any egg group of a pokemon. Here is a list that was obtained from the bulba garden forums big round of applause there *Applause echoes*
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8114] :This list too is ok correct, I got it off of their forums:

Amorphous
Bug
Dragon
Fairy
Field
Flying
Grass
Human Like
Mineral
Monster
None-legendaries, babies, and the unknowns.
Water1
water2
Water3

So if a pokemon doesn't have an egg group it can't breed so just give up on that one. Now if a pokemon doesn't have a gender there still is hope as long as they have an egg group for ditto can breed with them because he has no gender. I hope that solves some problems right there.

== Now is there anything that can help me in my breeding? Or items that are designed for breeding? ==

That question,which I purposefully wrote to help myself and the reader to tell whats coming next, brings up a very good point. To answer it I would say yes now I will tell you what they are.

~An everstone (it was mentioned earlier in this guide and is only really useful in emerald)
~A bike: This can help you hatch eggs once you have them
~A light ball, if a female pikachu is holding it when it is breeding the babie pichu will know volt tackle
~A pokemon with either flame body or magma armor ability: When a pokemon with either ability is in your party the steps it takes to hatch the egg/eggs is cut in half. No this effect does not build based on how many pokemon like that are in your party

Those things really are not necessary but can assist you in getting the best type of pokemon possible.

== '''
Egg move breeding:''' ==

These are moves that can only be taught to a pokemon via breeding with another pokemon in the same egg group that knows that move. So using [[drifloon]] as an example I will inform you on how I did it. If you want specifics on a certain pokemon and a certain egg move then private message me.

==
What I did step one: ==

Well first I went to this link: [http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond...kedex/drifloon] to find out what egg group my beloved [[drifloon]] was in. So it should say in the description-egg group-*name of egg group*-then you click on it to see which pokemon are also in the same egg group and are compatible with your pokemon's egg group.

== What I did step 2: ==

Then I looked down in the moves and found hypnosis and then I clicked on it to find out which pokemon could learn it. Then it should tell you on the side whether or not a pokemon can learn the move via TM/HM, leveling up (and what level), egg, or move tutor. So I compared the two lists and found a pokemon that could learn the move through level up, had the same egg group, and was easily accessible. This one so happened to be a gastly.

Where to find ditto, and his exceptions in relations to breeding

Well you know how I said that the pokemon has to be in the same egg group to breed. Well that isn't always the case. There is one pokemon called ditto which you can catch in the grass patch right outside Canalave city using the pokeradar they are just really rare. Now these guys can breed with any non baby non legendary pokemon. So these are an invaluable breeding tool. I use ditto's a lot. The only problem is they cant pass on moves for they can only learn the move transform and it just doesn't work that way. So ditto's good but not for egg moves entirely.

== What I did step 3: ==

It turns out that gastly learns hypnosis at a level one. So I breed gastly with my ditto to get a gastly egg because ditto cant make himself ever. I do this a bunch of times because I need a male gastly so I need to make sure that its male. So I rode around for a while till my egg appeared I took it and eventually hatched it.

== What I did step 4: ==

Yay! Its a male so then since it knows hypnosis it will breed with my [[drifloon]] and then baby [[drifloon]] will know hypnosis. However, you have to make sure that the day care doesnt foolishly make gastly forget hypnosis by replacing it with a new move when it levels up. So to prevent that select the move in the pokemon summary and move it lower down on the list because they delete from top to bottom because game programmers just cant put that in a game where the programs choose for the best. Plus then there is the whole intention of the person for sticking it in the day care and strategies and well it would just be impossible so the delete default is from top to bottom.

''I mentioned earlier that......

I needed a male gastly level one. This is because the female decides the species of the pokemon. So I needed a female [[drifloon]] to get the baby [[drifloon]] with hypnosis. So... what are the gender contributions well that is next.''

== What I did step 5: ==

Well I repeated this step multiple times so I could get the good nature and hypnosis so I could have the desired awesome [[drifloon]]. I did this a while and then I finally got a nature I wanted it was rash because it boosts special attack and my [[drifloon]] is going to know all special moves. So now I am training my newly hatched [[drifloon]] in the old chateau in platinum for it has a lot of gastlies and if you are focusing on special attack gastlies are the way to go.

==
Why would I want an egg move? ==

Rarity, goes along with another move it can learn by HM/TM or leveling up. I wanted a [[drifloon]] with hypnosis because I wanted to teach my [[drifloon]] dream eater. Plus hypnosis puts the foe to sleep and what better pokemon to have it on then your favorite. [[Drifloon]] is the best in my opinion.

'''
== The Beauty of Breeding Chains: ==
'''

Now you know how some pokemon have two egg groups well those are the links. (please don't think of that in having any relation to that of the missing link referred to in the theory of evolution. For goodness sakes when I write that don't let it get into your mind.) These special pokemon serve as links from one egg group to another. So if a pokemon can learn an egg move that you want it might not learn it in its species or egg group but a different egg group that is linked by a dual egg group pokemon. These pokemon are rarer then most and extremely valuable. Some moves are harder to get on a pokemon through breeding and you might have to breed through several links and egg groups to get the move you want. It may take a while and a whole lot more effort but it is possible to get moves that you never would have thought onto your beloved pokemon. That is the beauty of breeding chains.
'''

== IV breeding: ==
'''

I'm first going to explain what IVs are. IVs are individual values and they are hidden from the view of the trainer. However with IV calculators you can find on the internet you can find out your pokemon's IVs. These individual values are what makes every pokemon different. Our friendly gamers have tried their best to make sure that pokemon originality can vary greatly and is hard to duplicate without cheating or hacking. These individual values are numbers that range from 0-31 and there is a number for each stat.

HP:
Atk:
Def:
Spd:
Sp.atk:
Sp.def:

Depending on the number the pokemon's IV numbers can effect the growth of a pokemon in certain areas of their stats. Now at the end of the IV breeding section I'm going to give a link to an IV calculator online so don't worry about that if your were even considering IV breeding and taking on such a tremendous task.

IV breeding is possibly the most tedious breeding possible and it will take a lot of effort and research. What I am going to tell you here in this guide is my basic understanding of IV breeding, I really don't know if there is more to it. Now if you want a pokemon with good IVs or a higher IV number in their stats it could take a while. You are going to have to catch and raise a lot of different pokemon either of the same species or same egg group of the pokemon that you are trying to get with good IVs. Then once you have done this you should check your IVs with the IV calculator. Then if the stats turn out like this in lets say a momma [[drifloon]] and a daddy [[drifloon]]: (for IVs)

Mom Dad:
HP: 28 HP: 22
Atk: 29 atk: 25
Def: 19 def: 27
Spd: 25 spd:26
Sp. Atk: 29 sp. Atk: 30
Sp. Def: 21 sp. def: 27

Now I don't know if these are even realistic numbers but lets just say for teaching purposes that they are. Ok and they are your best over all pokemon that you could breed with to create a baby [[drifloon]] with good IVs then breed them together, hatch the egg, level up the child a couple of times and then calculate the IVs if you aren't satisfied I'd say, although this is in a way perverted, cross it with the parent whose had a high IV stat that you didn't get onto the original offspring. Keep repeating this until you get the pokemon with the desirable IVs make sure to level up a bit before you check the babies IVs. Individual values are tricky things and I prefer to not mess with them for it takes a lot of time to get good ones. Here is that link I promised:
[http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml]
Note: you may want to take a look at this before actually beginning your IV breeding.

Breeding elite:

This can be considered even more tedious then IV breeding because it can involve IV breeding and more! If you include IV breeding as a factor into this type of breeding equation I think that you would become way in over your head and you would have to posses a lot of time to kill.

Now this type of breeding involves getting the pokemon you want without cheating. So it basically incorporates all the aspects of breeding and throws them all into one wrapped package. This can involve:

~Getting the right nature
~Right egg or level up moves
~Right ability
~Right species!
~and last but not least right IVs

When I do this type of breeding I leave out the IVs because they make it extremely complicated to track. Now the nature you want should be based on the class of the moves you want. Whether they be special or physical attacks. Special moves deal with special attack stat and physical deal with the normal attack stat. So make sure you have your moves chosen and pokemon chosen so that you can choose the best possible nature.

Here are a list of natures courtesy of: Sui89 and his guide: (This list is ok right?)

Hardy - Nothing raised or lowered.
Lonely - Attack raised. Defense lowered.
Brave - Attack raised. Speed lowered.
Adamant - Attack raised. Special attack lowered.
Naughty - Attack raised. Special defense lowered.
Bold - Defense raised. Attack lowered.
Docile - Nothing raised or lowered.
Relaxed - Defense raised. Speed lowered.
Impish - Defense raised. Special attack lowered.
Lax - Defense raised. Special defense lowered.
Timid - Speed raised. Attack lowered.
Hasty - Speed raised. Defense lowered.
Serious - Nothing raised or lowered.
Jolly - Speed raised. Special attack lowered.
Naive - Speed raised. Special defense lowered.
Modest - Special attack raised. Attack lowered.
Mild - Special attack raised. Defense lowered.
Quiet - Special attack raised. Speed lowered.
Bashful - Nothing raised or lowered.
Rash - Special attack raised. Special defense lowered.
Calm - Special defense raised. Attack lowered.
Gentle - Special defense raised. Defense lowered
Sassy - Special defense raised. Speed lowered.
Careful - Special defense raised. Special attack lowered.
Quirky - Nothing raised or lowered.

Ok, if you want to know where to find a pokemon's move pool go to this link:
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/platinum/pokedex/list/sinnoh/]
They have a pokedex for pearl and diamond too I cant wait till this site has pokedexes or a pokedex.

I now IVs you do the same thing for IV breeding except you have to count in all the other stuff that is going into the pokemon. So now all the pokemon you are trying to get good IVs to breed should now know certain moves. Plus the offspring now not only has to have the right IVs it has to have the correct moves, the correct, nature, and ability. So, that could take a while.

If you want a more in depth guide on getting the pokemon you want: go to the following link *note: it doesn't include IVs in the equation at the link*

[http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?t=175]

That is about all I can think of
Thanks for reading and I hope I helped

Sources:
[http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/49620]
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8114]
[http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?t=175]
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/platinum/pokedex/list/sinnoh/]
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/pokedex]
[http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml]

User:Pokemonfan

2009-04-09T02:59:46Z

Pokemonfan: Created page with 'When I joined this site I chose it because I wanted to join something that was still growing so that I could contribute. So I have been contributing and I hope that it will make ...'

When I joined this site I chose it because I wanted to join something that was still growing so that I could contribute. So I have been contributing and I hope that it will make a difference in this site. Plus on the forums I'm shooting for the rank of contributor. So I have been working on pages and I will continue to work on pages.

Pokemon breeding

2009-04-09T01:54:42Z

Pokemonfan: An in depth guide to pokemon breeding and ways you can get pokemon through breeding that you really want without hacking or cheating

Now, as you may know, I have written a few guides to a few things on the project pokemon forums and I thought this guide was pretty good and in depth so I put it here. I edited it a little to make it more suitable for Wiki.

I hope all readers appreciate it and find it helpful

'''Intro'''

Now, breeding is an invaluable tool to say the least, it can help you create more of rare pokemon, and it can help you design pokemon without using pokesav and doing it legally. However, you must reach a certain point in the game in order to take advantage of this tool. This point is Solaceon Town. At least for D/P/PT it is. I know that breeding is also a feature in 3rd generation games for sure but beyond that point my knowledge on breeding grows foggier. So if you are not at solaceon town yet then ignore this guide for now but you should use it later on in your adventure when you do gain access to the pokemon day care.

== What Breeding is: ==

Breeding is putting two pokemon in the pokemon day care that are of the same egg group and have opposite genders. Or you put an any gender pokemon in with a ditto. If these pokemon are non legendary and they have an egg group, same species or not they will mate and have a pokemon egg. This is breeding and it can be used to: create more of a rare pokemon, get rare egg moves onto a pokemon, and create a legit pokemon for a special purpose on your team.

== How does it happen: ==

It is not confirmed exactly how breeding takes place, but we do know it happens to any opposite gender pokemon in the day care with the same egg group. Either that or using a ditto.

== Ditto? What is the significance? ==

Well ditto, is an omnicompatible pokemon when it comes to breeding. His egg group is ditto but it is compatible with all of the other pokemon egg groups so it is The pokemon love machine. Since it can breed with any pokemon it is excellent for making more of rare pokemon and mass producing pokemon. However, ditto can not pass on moves and this is a huge down fall in pokemon breeding if it can't pass on moves.

==
'''Gender Contributions:''' ==

Only the male can pass on moves with but one awesome exception. The exception is level up moves. Pokemon can only learn on level 1 level up moves if both parents know it. So if you bred to empoleons together that both knew Hydropump you could realistically get a level one piplup with hydropump, yet another beauty of breeding.

The Female on the other hand determines the species of the baby pokemon so if gastly bred with a drifloon and the drifloon was female you would get a baby drifloon. The female ( only in pokemon emerald) can determine the nature of the pokemon if she is holding an everstone, however in D/P/PT I believe the nature is random. Additionally if the pokemon being bred together are the same species there is a higher chance of the baby inheriting the female's ability, however, this is no guarantee.

Both parents can pass on IVs to their little darling baby. In previous games the baby would inherit IVs for one stat from both their parents in all stats but this lead to weaker pokemon so it eventually was taken out of the game so now the HP IV for example is going to be received by either the mother or the father not both. That is four 4th generation games for sure. IVs will be explained later in the guide so either skip to that part or just wait and keep reading.

There are 14 egg groups if you don't count Ditto's for it can become compatible with any egg group of a pokemon. Here is a list that was obtained from the bulba garden forums big round of applause there *Applause echoes*
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8114] :This list too is ok correct, I got it off of their forums:

Amorphous
Bug
Dragon
Fairy
Field
Flying
Grass
Human Like
Mineral
Monster
None-legendaries, babies, and the unknowns.
Water1
water2
Water3

So if a pokemon doesn't have an egg group it can't breed so just give up on that one. Now if a pokemon doesn't have a gender there still is hope as long as they have an egg group for ditto can breed with them because he has no gender. I hope that solves some problems right there.

== Now is there anything that can help me in my breeding? Or items that are designed for breeding? ==

That question,which I purposefully wrote to help myself and the reader to tell whats coming next, brings up a very good point. To answer it I would say yes now I will tell you what they are.

~An everstone (it was mentioned earlier in this guide and is only really useful in emerald)
~A bike: This can help you hatch eggs once you have them
~A light ball, if a female pikachu is holding it when it is breeding the babie pichu will know volt tackle
~A pokemon with either flame body or magma armor ability: When a pokemon with either ability is in your party the steps it takes to hatch the egg/eggs is cut in half. No this effect does not build based on how many pokemon like that are in your party

Those things really are not necessary but can assist you in getting the best type of pokemon possible.

== '''
Egg move breeding:''' ==

These are moves that can only be taught to a pokemon via breeding with another pokemon in the same egg group that knows that move. So using drifloon as an example I will inform you on how I did it. If you want specifics on a certain pokemon and a certain egg move then private message me.

==
What I did step one: ==

Well first I went to this link: [http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond...kedex/drifloon] to find out what egg group my beloved drifloon was in. So it should say in the description-egg group-*name of egg group*-then you click on it to see which pokemon are also in the same egg group and are compatible with your pokemon's egg group.

== What I did step 2: ==

Then I looked down in the moves and found hypnosis and then I clicked on it to find out which pokemon could learn it. Then it should tell you on the side whether or not a pokemon can learn the move via TM/HM, leveling up (and what level), egg, or move tutor. So I compared the two lists and found a pokemon that could learn the move through level up, had the same egg group, and was easily accessible. This one so happened to be a gastly.

Where to find ditto, and his exceptions in relations to breeding

Well you know how I said that the pokemon has to be in the same egg group to breed. Well that isn't always the case. There is one pokemon called ditto which you can catch in the grass patch right outside Canalave city using the pokeradar they are just really rare. Now these guys can breed with any non baby non legendary pokemon. So these are an invaluable breeding tool. I use ditto's a lot. The only problem is they cant pass on moves for they can only learn the move transform and it just doesn't work that way. So ditto's good but not for egg moves entirely.

== What I did step 3: ==

It turns out that gastly learns hypnosis at a level one. So I breed gastly with my ditto to get a gastly egg because ditto cant make himself ever. I do this a bunch of times because I need a male gastly so I need to make sure that its male. So I rode around for a while till my egg appeared I took it and eventually hatched it.

== What I did step 4: ==

Yay! Its a male so then since it knows hypnosis it will breed with my drifloon and then baby drifloon will know hypnosis. However, you have to make sure that the day care doesnt foolishly make gastly forget hypnosis by replacing it with a new move when it levels up. So to prevent that select the move in the pokemon summary and move it lower down on the list because they delete from top to bottom because game programmers just cant put that in a game where the programs choose for the best. Plus then there is the whole intention of the person for sticking it in the day care and strategies and well it would just be impossible so the delete default is from top to bottom.

''I mentioned earlier that......

I needed a male gastly level one. This is because the female decides the species of the pokemon. So I needed a female drifloon to get the baby drifloon with hypnosis. So... what are the gender contributions well that is next.''

== What I did step 5: ==

Well I repeated this step multiple times so I could get the good nature and hypnosis so I could have the desired awesome drifloon. I did this a while and then I finally got a nature I wanted it was rash because it boosts special attack and my drifloon is going to know all special moves. So now I am training my newly hatched drifloon in the old chateau in platinum for it has a lot of gastlies and if you are focusing on special attack gastlies are the way to go.

==
Why would I want an egg move? ==

Rarity, goes along with another move it can learn by HM/TM or leveling up. I wanted a drifloon with hypnosis because I wanted to teach my drifloon dream eater. Plus hypnosis puts the foe to sleep and what better pokemon to have it on then your favorite. Drifloon is the best in my opinion.

'''
== The Beauty of Breeding Chains: ==
'''

Now you know how some pokemon have two egg groups well those are the links. (please don't think of that in having any relation to that of the missing link referred to in the theory of evolution. For goodness sakes when I write that don't let it get into your mind.) These special pokemon serve as links from one egg group to another. So if a pokemon can learn an egg move that you want it might not learn it in its species or egg group but a different egg group that is linked by a dual egg group pokemon. These pokemon are rarer then most and extremely valuable. Some moves are harder to get on a pokemon through breeding and you might have to breed through several links and egg groups to get the move you want. It may take a while and a whole lot more effort but it is possible to get moves that you never would have thought onto your beloved pokemon. That is the beauty of breeding chains.
'''

== IV breeding: ==
'''

I'm first going to explain what IVs are. IVs are individual values and they are hidden from the view of the trainer. However with IV calculators you can find on the internet you can find out your pokemon's IVs. These individual values are what makes every pokemon different. Our friendly gamers have tried their best to make sure that pokemon originality can vary greatly and is hard to duplicate without cheating or hacking. These individual values are numbers that range from 0-31 and there is a number for each stat.

HP:
Atk:
Def:
Spd:
Sp.atk:
Sp.def:

Depending on the number the pokemon's IV numbers can effect the growth of a pokemon in certain areas of their stats. Now at the end of the IV breeding section I'm going to give a link to an IV calculator online so don't worry about that if your were even considering IV breeding and taking on such a tremendous task.

IV breeding is possibly the most tedious breeding possible and it will take a lot of effort and research. What I am going to tell you here in this guide is my basic understanding of IV breeding, I really don't know if there is more to it. Now if you want a pokemon with good IVs or a higher IV number in their stats it could take a while. You are going to have to catch and raise a lot of different pokemon either of the same species or same egg group of the pokemon that you are trying to get with good IVs. Then once you have done this you should check your IVs with the IV calculator. Then if the stats turn out like this in lets say a momma drifloon and a daddy drifloon: (for IVs)

Mom Dad:
HP: 28 HP: 22
Atk: 29 atk: 25
Def: 19 def: 27
Spd: 25 spd:26
Sp. Atk: 29 sp. Atk: 30
Sp. Def: 21 sp. def: 27

Now I don't know if these are even realistic numbers but lets just say for teaching purposes that they are. Ok and they are your best over all pokemon that you could breed with to create a baby drifloon with good IVs then breed them together, hatch the egg, level up the child a couple of times and then calculate the IVs if you aren't satisfied I'd say, although this is in a way perverted, cross it with the parent whose had a high IV stat that you didn't get onto the original offspring. Keep repeating this until you get the pokemon with the desirable IVs make sure to level up a bit before you check the babies IVs. Individual values are tricky things and I prefer to not mess with them for it takes a lot of time to get good ones. Here is that link I promised:
[http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml]
Note: you may want to take a look at this before actually beginning your IV breeding.

Breeding elite:

This can be considered even more tedious then IV breeding because it can involve IV breeding and more! If you include IV breeding as a factor into this type of breeding equation I think that you would become way in over your head and you would have to posses a lot of time to kill.

Now this type of breeding involves getting the pokemon you want without cheating. So it basically incorporates all the aspects of breeding and throws them all into one wrapped package. This can involve:

~Getting the right nature
~Right egg or level up moves
~Right ability
~Right species!
~and last but not least right IVs

When I do this type of breeding I leave out the IVs because they make it extremely complicated to track. Now the nature you want should be based on the class of the moves you want. Whether they be special or physical attacks. Special moves deal with special attack stat and physical deal with the normal attack stat. So make sure you have your moves chosen and pokemon chosen so that you can choose the best possible nature.

Here are a list of natures courtesy of: Sui89 and his guide: (This list is ok right?)

Hardy - Nothing raised or lowered.
Lonely - Attack raised. Defense lowered.
Brave - Attack raised. Speed lowered.
Adamant - Attack raised. Special attack lowered.
Naughty - Attack raised. Special defense lowered.
Bold - Defense raised. Attack lowered.
Docile - Nothing raised or lowered.
Relaxed - Defense raised. Speed lowered.
Impish - Defense raised. Special attack lowered.
Lax - Defense raised. Special defense lowered.
Timid - Speed raised. Attack lowered.
Hasty - Speed raised. Defense lowered.
Serious - Nothing raised or lowered.
Jolly - Speed raised. Special attack lowered.
Naive - Speed raised. Special defense lowered.
Modest - Special attack raised. Attack lowered.
Mild - Special attack raised. Defense lowered.
Quiet - Special attack raised. Speed lowered.
Bashful - Nothing raised or lowered.
Rash - Special attack raised. Special defense lowered.
Calm - Special defense raised. Attack lowered.
Gentle - Special defense raised. Defense lowered
Sassy - Special defense raised. Speed lowered.
Careful - Special defense raised. Special attack lowered.
Quirky - Nothing raised or lowered.

Ok, if you want to know where to find a pokemon's move pool go to this link:
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/platinum/pokedex/list/sinnoh/]
They have a pokedex for pearl and diamond too I cant wait till this site has pokedexes or a pokedex.

I now IVs you do the same thing for IV breeding except you have to count in all the other stuff that is going into the pokemon. So now all the pokemon you are trying to get good IVs to breed should now know certain moves. Plus the offspring now not only has to have the right IVs it has to have the correct moves, the correct, nature, and ability. So, that could take a while.

If you want a more in depth guide on getting the pokemon you want: go to the following link *note: it doesn't include IVs in the equation at the link*

[http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?t=175]

That is about all I can think of
Thanks for reading and I hope I helped

Sources:
[http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/49620]
[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8114]
[http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?t=175]
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/platinum/pokedex/list/sinnoh/]
[http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/pokedex]
[http://www.serebii.net/games/iv-calcdp.shtml]