How does breeding work in Pokemon XY?

I’m new to breeding, and I don’t really know what to look for or how to breed a good Pokemon ect. All I know is the ditto breeding.

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Pokémon breeding is a method of obtaining a new Pokémon by producing and hatching an Egg. In the anime, it also refers to Pokémon grooming and caretaking.

First thing you will need to know when breeding is if the Pokemon arecompatible, if you will.There are groups known as[egg groups][1], and Pokemon belong in certain egg groups. One Pokemon can be in more than just one egg group.

Why is this important?Only Pokemon in the same egg group can breed.There are 16 egg groups, one of those consist of Pokemon whocannotbreed at all(legendary Pokemon and baby Pokemon), it is called the undiscovered egg group. Most likely if you are trying to breed you won’t pay much attention to this one.

Ditto just does not care about that and can breed with anything.

Pokemon can be bred by leaving two compatible Pokemon at the Pokemon Day Care center, located in specific location in every generation after generation 2.

If you know Ditto breeding, well then you know how breeding goes. It is exactly the same, after you leave two Pokemon in the day care center they will produce an egg and after a while it will hatch.

The Pokemon you get from the egg willalwaysbe the same species as thefemaleparent.There is something called “breeding rate”, which tells you how likely you are to get an egg.

The time it takes for eggs to hatch depends on the Pokemon’s species' required number of egg cycles. One egg cycle is 255 steps.[Here][2]is a list of all Pokemon and how many cycles/steps are required for them to hatch.

That is the simple side of breeding, the more complex side of it is breeding for competitive Pokemon.You have to watch out for IVs, inheriting natures, inheriting abilities and passing down moves.

PASSING DOWN MOVES:

INHERITING STATS

You can check if any one of your parents has any perfect IVs in different cities throughout the games.By default, the baby Pokemon will inherit3 random IV statsfrom the parents. In generation VI you can give one of the parents the Destiny knot and it will pass down 5 random IVs instead of 3.

INHERITING NATURES

From Black 2 and White 2 onward if any of the parents is holding an Everstone itwillpass down the nature without fail. If both are holding one it is random whose nature it will get.

INHERITING ABILITIES

In Generation VI, any Pokemon, including male and genderless Pokemon, can pass down their Hidden Ability when bred with Ditto.If the male is bred with another Pokemon from the same egg group, Hidden Abilities will not be passed down.

Female Pokémon with Hidden Abilities have a 60% chance of passing on the Hidden Ability to their offspring when bred with a male Pokémon from the same Egg Group.

Sources: Lots of Bulbapedia and did lots of breeding as wellI hope I answered most of your questions because it took a while to write up, lol.

Anyways, hope I helped![1]:http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Egg_Group[2]:http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Egg_cycles

The basics are fairly easy. Get two Pokemon; different genders, not legendary obviously and the same egg group (no undiscovered). Put these together in the day care, cycle around with your bike until you see the daycare man facing you. Talk to him and you will get a new egg. A new Pokemon related to your female Pokemon will pop out of the egg when you have walked enough steps. There are, however, different chances for getting an egg after an amount of steps (different for different Pokemon).

If you have an oval charm, the chances will instead be 87.8%, 79.5%, 39.3% and 0%, respectively.

There are many exceptions and much more advanced stuff.Pokemon DB’s breeding guideis perfect for everything you want to know about breeding. That guide will help you with competitive breeding like IV breeding, EV breeding, breeding for natures and how the baby Pokemon mechanics work.