Male Scyther (Adamant) w/ Everstone + Female Scyther (29 ATT IV) w/Power bracer = 100% chance of offspring with 29 ATT IV, and 50% chance of it being Adamant. Correct?
no. males pass moves, females pass natures & species. the power item only works on HG/SS, & if placed on the female, cancels out the nature percentage. it's totally random what nature you'll get with that combo. you would need to save & SR before taking the egg & rehatch until you get adamant.
your best chance of adamant nature would be Male Scyther (hopefully good ATT IV) w/ Power bracer + Female Scyther (Adamant) w/Everstone = 100% chance of offspring with hopefully good ATT IV, and 50% chance of it being Adamant.
its not that the nature passing is cancelled out. the previous poster was mistaken as it appears they thought females pass nature without the help of everstone, the rest is correct though
Ah, I see. So if the male was Adamant and holding an Everstone, and the female had the excellent IV and holding the Power Item, would that be less likely to pass down the IV?reading their post gives the impression the females pass nature regardless of any hold item and that putting a power item on them would cancel it out. that was mistaken
your best chance of adamant nature would be Male Scyther (hopefully good ATT IV) w/ Power bracer + Female Scyther (Adamant) w/Everstone = 100% chance of offspring with hopefully good ATT IV, and 50% chance of it being Adamant.
that bit was still correct though
the iv would be passed down regardless, gender doesnt affect the power items. the female is the only one that can determine nature i believe though
Only I found this when researching it, which would appear to suggest that either can pass down on HG/SS?
its not that the nature passing is cancelled out. the previous poster was mistaken as it appears they thought females pass nature without the help of everstone, the rest is correct though
Ok, another question - if I have a male/female Scyther with two IV's that I want to pass down (namely 29 Att and 31 Def) how do I go about it? And is there a way to dictate the nature of the offspring with the two IV's?
in this case you'd want to go with power belt held by the pokemon with the high defence stat, since defence is harder to pass down than attack (google it if you don't believe me, can't remember the %...) and the other parent holding everstone if it has the nature that you want, because in my experience 2 stats can't be 100% passed down with power items. if i remember correctly, if both parents hold a power item, it's 50/50 chance which stat will get passed and the other one will be passed by chance.
^^Yes. Although since bred pokemon's IV's are (as a rule) generally higher than those in the wild, it will be fairly quick.
Is it possible to get pineco with toxic spikes AND power trick. I'm thinking:
-Get a shuckle to pass down power trick to pineco
-Evolve pineco and use a heart scale to give it toxic spikes
-Use forretress to pass down both egg moves to a pineco.
Will it work?