User avatar #9104 - ancientchaos (06/22/2012) [-] Is there a way
to reliably breed for IVs (that doesnt directly involve cheating
to hack the pokemon in)? all I know is that the ev items help
out in some way. Im trying to get maxed out hidden powers is why
User avatar #9105 to #9104 - dragontaming (06/22/2012) [-] IV's
determine the Pokemon's characteristic, and EV's don't affect
IV's. You'll have to stick with breeding User avatar #9107 to
#9105 - ancientchaos (06/22/2012) [-] But how does it all work
with breeding? Does it carry over? or is it completely random?
User avatar #9210 to #9107 - scottza (06/22/2012) [-] 3 IV's are
randomly selected from either parent to the child, and power
items pass certain ones on.  Doing that, I was able to hatch a
lot of eggs to get a Shroomish with 31 in HP, Defence, and
Speed. However, the other 3 are up to chance to hatch a lot of
eggs and look for the 3 IV's you wanna pass on (Generally HP,
Atk/SpAtk, and Speed). Then hope for the rest, but usually the
opposite attack s