How can I breed for perfect IVs on Tauros, an exclusively male Pokemon? (Gen 6)?
So let’s say I’m trying to get five or six perfect IVs on a Tauros. Tauros are only male, so I’m limited to using a Ditto if I want to hatch Tauros eggs. Ideally, I would want that Ditto to have at least five perfect IVs already. The problem there is that Ditto can’t breed with itself, so it seems that my best bet on that front is to hope I get incredibly lucky catching one in the wild or receiving one from a trade. Lastly, even with a five IV Ditto holding a destiny knot, it seems to me that I’d still have to rely on luck in order to hatch the optimal Tauros. I could increase my odds over time by replacing the parent Tauros with ones that have more and more perfect IVs as I hatch them, but that still leaves the issue of finding that serendipitous parent Ditto in the first place.
Is there any way I could tilt these odds in my favor? Advice on any step of the process would be greatly appreciated. I’m relatively new to IV breeding (and breeding in general) so there may be strategies that I’m not aware of. The reason I asked here specifically is that I haven’t been able to find any guides for a situation like this (breeding with a 100% male Pokemon) already in existence. Please let me know if there is anything I’m missing.
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The reason you haven’t found a guide for breeding male-only Pokemon is that the process for breeding male-only Pokemon isn’t much different than for any other Pokemon. The only difference is that if you want tonotbreed with Ditto, then you can’t do that. But everybody breeds with Ditto anyway.
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to get a 6 IV Ditto, especially not in X/Y. The main two methods of getting a high IV Ditto in X/Y that don’t involve trading are:
The best option if you’re willing to trade is historicallyr/morebreedingdittos, but they don’t seem to be active currently. You can maybe try their Discord (details in theirFAQ). You can also tryr/PokemonTradesor a different online trading forum, but you’ll probably not have much luck asking for 6 IV Ditto in places like that (especially for Gen 6).
The option that’s most likely to get results of some kind is PokeRadar chaining, so I’d go for that. If you can get a 4 IV Ditto, you’ll probably be able to grind out a 5 IV Tauros with imperfect SpA after a few hours. Unfortunately, nothing comes easy with breeding Ditto, so you’ll need to be very patient.
even with a five IV Ditto holding a destiny knot, it seems to me that I’d still have to rely on luck in order to hatch the optimal Tauros
That’s right. You can’t guarantee hatching a 5 IV or 6 IV Pokemon. If you want to breed a competitive standard Pokemon, you will have to hatch lots of eggs and replace the parent as you described.
