Lickitung, the Licking Pokemon

Well, this guy just looks like a pervert in the making, but....he has a use.

Belly Drum
Thief
Rest
Rollout(will be replaced with Explosion)

EVs: 252 HP, 160 Attack, 96 Defense (maximize HP, give a good hunk to Attack, and give to defenses based on IVs/Nature)

Lickilicky is the only Pokemon that gets a STAB from Explosion, which already has 250 power, so that's 375 power after the STAB. Belly Drum maximizes your Attack stat, which means physical attacks have their power quadrupled. So that 375 power becomes 1500. Now have it hold the Normal Gem to double that. 3000 power with a single attack. There is no typo there, my friends. 3000 power is still 750 with a 1/4 resistance, and 750 is the equivalent of 5 Hyper Beams. Catch your breath while I tell you how to get this A-bomb.

1) Breed a female Lickitung that knows Rollout with a male Snorlax that knows Thief, Rollout, and Belly Drum. Aim for the Ability Own Tempo and a Sp. Attack-lowering Nature.
2) Raise the baby Lickitung to lv2 and replace Rollout with Explosion via TM48.

A small flaw is that Explosion is Normal, so it cannot affect Ghost-types. However, Thief after using Belly Drum has 160 power, and is super-effective against Ghost-types, making it 320 power, so that helps with that. And it helps that Ghost-types are more about their offenses than their defenses. Rest is there for support against those scarce defensive Ghost-types.

This is essentially a one-hit KO for the enemy, and is useful against those Pokemon that just won't die(have you ever fought a Milotic? Those guys are nearly impossible to kill in my experience).

Is it semi-clear I'm a fan of sacrificing my own men to inflict damage on the enemy? Would you believe I'm not Japanese? Was that racist stereotyping? Do you have any questions or comments? Here's a hint: the answer to all of those questions are the same.

Brock out.

Venonat, the Insect Pokemon

Alrighty, who loves Bug-type Pokemon? ME NEITHER!!! But let's do one anyhow. Here's a Venonat:

Giga Drain
Quiver Dance
Baton Pass
Signal Beam

Well, it's fairly straight-forward. Quiver Dance is there to up your Special Attack and Special Defense and Speed. Signal Beam confuses. Giga Drain heals. Baton Pass is there to preserve the effects of Quiver Dance. You'll be fast enough to get it off if you're low on health and want to pass on the effects to another Pokemon. 

How to get him:

1) Breed a male Surskit that knows Giga Drain(Gen IV TM or Dream World move only) and Baton Pass(learns at lv43, but only as a Surskit, not a Masquerain) with a female Venonat/Venomoth.

2) Aim for an Attack-lowering Nature, either Bold, Timid, Modest, or Calm. Either Ability is fine, it is up to preference, I'd probably go for Shield Dust and a Nature, just to maximize it's low Defense.

3) Level up the spawn to teach it Signal Beam and Quiver Dance.

EVs: Spread as you will, but I'd put it between his HP, Defense, and Sp. Defense.

I think the best way to use this guy is to pump up the Quiver Dance as much as you can, and then Baton Pass to the Cottonee I posted a while ago. That Whimsicott becomes a force to be reckoned with after it uses Cotton Guard twice. 

As always, comments and suggestions are welcome. 

Brock out.

Aipom, the Long Tail Pokemon

Monkeys are freaking awesome. Especially this one.

Fake Out
Double Hit
U-Turn
Acrobatics

EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP

Hold a Normal Gem, and have the Technician Ability. Observe Fake Out. This Attack is guaranteed to make the opponent flinch if it hits. Between the STAB, Technician, and the Normal Gem, Fake Out will deliver a blow of 180, AND make the target flinch, allowing you to deliver another attack without worrying about fainting beforehand. A Double Hit will do 2 hits of 61 power each, so that isn't bad. Acrobatics will have a power of 165 now that you are no longer holding the Normal Gem. U-Turn will only have 70 power, BUT it will switch you out, meaning you can use Fake Out again later in the battle. Keep in mind that Ambipom has a respectable Attack stat.

To get the little simian of destruction, just...

1) Breed a female Aipom with a male Smeargle that knows Double Hit, U-Turn, Acrobatics, and Fake Out.
2) Aim for the Run Away Ability(it will become Technician upon evolving) and an Adamant Nature.

Double Hit is really only there so Aipom can evolve at lv 2, after that, you're free to get rid of it for something else, perhaps Low Sweep or Covet. Just remember his purpose is to kill on the second turn. If you don't think you'll kill the target on the second turn, it is recommended that you use U-Turn in order to get out of there. Ideas and thoughts and so forth are always welcome.

Brock out.

Spheal, the Clap Pokemon

First, I'm sure "Clap" refers to the action, so get your mind out of the gutter. Now this guy is designed as a bulky powerhouse.

Hail
Aqua Ring
Blizzard
Earthquake

EV's: 252 HP, 128 Defense(or Attack), 128 Sp. Defense(or Sp. Attack)

To get the little sphere of never-ending destruction...

1) Breed a male Seel that knows Aqua Ring, Hail, and Blizzard with a female Spheal until you get a male.
2) Teach the hatchling Earthquake via TM.
3) Breed that male Spheal with the female Spheal(because incest is fun!). Aim for a Speed-reducing Nature and the Ice Body Ability.

Much like with the Snover I posted, this build performs best in Hail. Blizzard will never miss(and of course have that lovely STAB, pushing it to 180 power), and Ice Body will recover some of your HP each turn. Aqua Ring will also recover some of your HP each turn. Earthquake is another powerful attack that takes care of two of your weaknesses. Between Blizzard and Earthquake, you are super-effective against 9 types, not too shabby for just two attacks. Have it hold Leftovers to further increase it's healing ability, or perhaps a Life Orb if you go more for the powerhouse version, in which case the Aqua Ring and Ice Body would be compensating for the HP lost from Life Orb.

So that's the Clap Pokemon. On a side-note, I've now officially touched on at least 1 Pokemon of each of the 17 types. Woot. Any comments/suggestions?

Brock out.

Scyther, the Mantis Pokemon

I think we can all agree that Scyther ranks high amongst the coolest pokemon. To many he is just another sweeper. But if you're smart enough to be reading this, he is a GOD.

Fury Cutter
Aerial Ace
Endure
Reversal

EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP

How do you get this tank of a bug? Simply.

1) Breed a female Scyther with a male Heracross that knows Reversal, Aerial Ace, and Endure. Aim for a Jolly or Adamant Nature and the Technician Ability.
2) Level up to learn Fury Cutter.

Hold the Eviolite. This will give Scyther greater defenses than his evolve form. Do not evolve him. Although Scizor has 20 more Attack power, his Speed is lowered too much to really make it work, and the Defenses are met with the Eviolite. Fury Cutter will receive a STAB and a Technician bonus. Use it once, its power will be 45, then 120, then 120(it loses the Technician bonus after the 2nd turn because the base power would exceed 60), then 240 after that until you change moves. Aerial Ace will have 135 power and never miss, so that's a useful attack in many scenarios. Use Endure if you think you will be killed, you'll go down to 1 HP. When you have 1 HP, Reversal's power is maxed, at 200. And since Scyther has beautiful Speed, you'll likely get to use Reversal on the enemy before he can kill you. And he can keep using that on any pokemon the opponent sends out afterwards, just keep killing with Reversal. Scyther's high Attack stat will make for incredible power on any of his attacks.

Screw Arceus, you worship Scyther now! Any questions/comments?

Brock out.

Timburr, the Muscular Pokemon

Looking for a powerhouse, something powerful but also something that can take a hit? You need Timburr!

Mach Punch
Hammer Arm
Payback
Dig

EVs: 252 Attack, 252 HP, 4 Defense

How can we get this adorable destruction machine? Easily, that's how.

1) Breed a female Timburr with a male Infernape that knows Mach Punch, Payback, and Dig.
2) Aim for an Adamant Nature, and the Sheer Force Ability. Level up the spawn to learn Hammer Arm.

Between those 4 moves, he'll be super-effective against 10 different types. Be certain to have Timburr hold the Life Orb. Hammer Arm is a powerful Fighting move that will lower your Speed, one of his lesser stats that's not worth anything anyhow. Between the STAB, Sheer Force, and Life Orb, Hammer Arm will deliver a blow of 254 power. Mach Punch will let you attack first, and between the same 3 effects will have 102 power. That attack will get you out of some tight situations since you can deliver a fairly powerful attack before your opponent can react. Payback is there for the Ghost types, mostly, it will have 169 power, assuming you attack after the opponent. Dig will have 135 power(Though you may want to teach it Earthquake instead, for 169 power, but Conkeldurr will have to learn that via TM because Timburr cannot). And keep in mind that Conkeldurr has a beautiful Attack stat.

Why hold the Life Orb? Because Sheer Force has a hidden little effect. It will negate the damage taken while holding the Life Orb while still giving you the 30% attack bonus. It has to do with how the damage bonus is applied during the attack and the damage is taken after the attack, I don't quite understand it, but it works.

So enjoy the powerhouse Timburr! Questions/comments?

Brock out.

Miscellaneous Breeding Notes

If you've been reading the blog from the beginning, then you know just about everything there is to know. This post is merely going to wrap up the loose ends that I left out because, on their own, they cannot make for a good update.

Baby Pokemon

Baby Pokemon were introduced in Generation II, and were released in the following Generations as well. These are often not found in the wild, while their evolutions are. Baby Pokemon cannot breed until they evolve. They include....

Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Tyrogue, Smoochum, Elekid, Magby, Azurill, Wynaut, Budew, Chingling, Bonsly, Mime Jr., Happiny, Munchlax, Riolu, and Mantyke

Some of them can simply be bred for, but some can only be bred if the mother holds one of the Incense items.   To get an Azurill, the Marill/Azumarill parent must hold the Sea Incense. To get a Wynaut, the Wobbuffet parent must hold the Lax Incense. To get a Budew, the Roselia/Roserade parent must hold the Rose Incense. To get Chingling, the Chimecho parent must hold the Pure Incense. To get a Bonsly, the Sudowoodo parent must hold the Rock Incense. To get Mime Jr., the Mr. Mime parent must hold the Odd Incense. To get Happiny, the Chansey/Blissey parent must hold the Luck Incense. To get a Munchlax, the Snorlax parent must hold the Full Incense. To get Mantyke, the Mantine parent must hold the Wave Incense.

If you breed without the Incense items, you will not get the Baby Pokemon, but rather the next stage of evolution. Baby Pokemon often have different Egg Moves than if the Incense item was not held. Budew can learn Extrasensory as an Egg Move, but Roselia cannot learn it as an Egg Move.

Dual-Species Pokemon

4 Pokemon are actually just 2 families of Pokemon. Nidoran♀ can be bred with a compatible Pokemon, and if the result is a female, it will be Nidoran♀, but if the result is male, it will be a Nidoran♂, a different evolution line entirely. A similar result if you breed a Nidoran♂ with a Ditto.

The other family is Illumise and Volbeat. If you breed Illumise with a compatible Pokemon, a female baby will be an Illumise, but a male will be a Volbeat. Again, a similar result if you breed Volbeat with a Ditto.

And it should be noted that while a Nidoran♀ can have Eggs, Nidorina and Nidoqueen may not. No reason has been given for this, but it is just something that should be noted. Nidorino and Nidoking are able to produce an Egg.

The Dream World & Breeding

The Dream World does not have a huge part in breeding, just one thing worthy of mentioning. If you breed a female Dream World Pokemon, there is a 60% that the Dream World Ability will pass down to the Egg. It's difficult to find a female in the Dream World, only about a 25% chance. Any Dream World attacks will not carry through.

Breeding for Shiny Pokemon

In case you are unaware, a Shiny Pokemon is a Pokemon that has a different color than it's supposed to have.  The first Shiny Pokemon most all of us know of is the red Gyarados from the Lake of Rage in Generation II(and the Generation IV remakes). This Gyarados, like all Shiny Pokemon, had no special Ability, no unique attacks, he had the same potential as any other Gyarados. But he was Shiny. Shiny is rare. If you are a person who likes to have something rare, you want a Shiny Pokemon.

The mighty red Gyarados that lives in the Lake of Rage

Before Generation IV, the chance for hatching a Shiny Pokemon from an Egg was the same as your chance of finding it in the wild, 1/8192, or .01%. When the Generation IV games were created, however, the Director of the game, Junichi Masuda created a way to increase those chances dramatically. The Masuda Method, as it has come to be known as, is a way to increase the chances of getting a Shiny Pokemon through the Egg. If you breed 2 Pokemon from different language games, your chance goes from 1/8192 to 1/1639, or .06%. That may not seem like much, but it's still a better chance that may as well be taken advantage of. To make things better, come Generation V, the Masuda Method's success rate went from 1/1639 to 1/1366, or .07%.

Yeah, the chances still are not great, but you are 7 times more likely to get a Shiny Pokemon if you use this method. It was probably put into the game to make people want to use the GTS more, and that's just fine. Try to get a Ditto from another language, it may very well make your life easier. Misty got a Japanese Ditto.

Graduation

Congrats, you are now well-versed in the art of Pokemon Breeding! *"Pomp and Circumstance" plays*

There is nothing more for me to teach you. Not that I know of. If I find anything out, I will of course post it to this blog. So far, I've posted a lesson, then 2 examples of Masterbred Pokemon. From here on, unless I learn something else, it will just be example Pokemon, and if they occur, some videos of some good battles I was a part of.

You may have noticed a few changes in the format of the blog. At the bottom, you can see that there are ways to follow the blog via email, as well as buttons to share it via Facebook and Twitter. I also added a Labels display at the top-right of the blog. There are currently 2 Labels, "Breeding Guide Posts" will make the site display only the lessons, and "Masterbreeding Demonstrations" will take you to the example Pokemon. This way, no matter how many examples I put up from here on, you'll be able to quickly get to the lessons if you are new or just need a reminder.

Thank you for your continual patronage, and for boosting my ego! If you have any questions or comments on anything covered in this post, just leave a comment below.

Brock out.