Do I need a shiny Ditto to do the Gen 2 shiny hunt?

Sorry I’m not totally sure what to title this.

Um so, I read online that breeding with a Ditto would make it so that the offspring has the dittos Ivs and thus can’t be shiny if the ditto isn’t shiny. I was hoping to breed my shiny female Pikachu with a regular ditto to get a shiny male Pichu, to breed for a shiny Eevee. But, would this work? Gen 2 shiny mechanics are confusing me

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Short answer:NoLong answer:Alright, so first let’s discuss how shiny stats are passed down. If the male parent has shiny stats, then the female children will inherit these (and vise versa), and said children have about a1/64chance of being a shiny. This gives you about a 1/128 chance as the other gender Pokemon doesn’t have 1/64 odds.

Now this brings us to Ditto.If ditto is a parent,allchildren get it’s stats. That means when a shiny ditto is bred, all children have 1/64 odds. However, a regular ditto won’t letanyPokémon get the shiny stats, even if the other parent is shiny. Shiny ditto is surely helpful, but not required.

It would be better to breed your Pikachu with something other than a Ditto.

Sources:Experience,this,andthis