What am I doing wrong with Glitzer Popping?

I’ve been attempting the Pomeg Berry Glitch in Pokemon Emerald for a while now and I feel like I’m doing something wrong;

I caught a fresh Makuhita from VIctory Road(no EVs), taught it Rock Smash as it’s first move(which would produce a Lugia due to the number of the move), and cloned it many times using the Battle Frontier cloning glitch.

I placed them in Box 1 and 2(labeled Pomeg 1 and 2 respectivally) in a lined pattern, each line next to a line of cloned versions of the in-game trade Plusle PLUSES with no EVs and the only move being Growl(I did this as a corruption initiator).

I performed the glitchlotsof times but I whenever I get a Makuhita to turn into a regular egg, it hatches into another Makuhita instead of a Lugia.

I was using a Breloom as the Pokemon I used the Pomeg Berry on, a Rayquaza as a fainted flyer(in case the map data gets corrupted) and a Gardevoir as the Pokemon I switch into battle right before I use the berry then put in my PC.

In case it matters, whenever PLUSES turnes into a regular egg, it hatches into a Vileplume.

I’ve gone on every site and watched every video on it(mainly Werster’s) but I still can’t find an answer.

Am I doing something wrong or am I just gettingsuperunlucky?? Please answer I need this glitch to work for my Livingdex.

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Have you seenthis video? It gives the best explanation I’ve seen on how to get started with Glitzer Popping. I have a bit of experience with this glitch, so I’ll also give my own rundown.

It sounds like you just caught a random Makuhita off of Victory Road. If that’s the case, then there’s your problem. In order for the glitch to work properly, you need to know the Pokémon’s PID value, which for any Pokémon other than ingame trades, can only really be found by using anRNG Reporter.This videogoes over why the PID is important and how to use the RNG Reporter to obtain desirable PIDs. However, this is only really useful for more advanced Glitzer Popping, and is unnecessary if all you want is a specific Pokémon like a legendary. For simplicity, I would recommend just using the ingame trade Pokémon Pluses the Plusle and Dots the Seedot (or Nuzleaf/Shiftry; it doesn’t matter if it’s evolved).

Here’s a simple list of what you need to do: