IV breeding guide

IV stands for Individual Value. Put simply, they are values that range from 0-31 that are set on a pokemon in each of it's stats. The higher the value, the higher your stat will be. At level 100, these values become very important as they can result in a 31 point boost or drop in a stat. These values are defined permenantly when you receive an egg or catch a pokemon. They can never be changed. This is why people breed for IVs, as they want the best possible result that can never be changed. They're like pokemon Genes.

IVs are hidden in game and the only way to find them is with an online IV calculator. I will leave a couple of links for those later.

So to demonstrate IVs I'll give you an example. I'll use Heracross.

These are the stats of a Hardy Heracross at level 100, with no EVs. I'm using Hardy so that the stats stay completely neutral and therefore display IVs in a clearer way. For this set, my Heracross has an IV of 0 in every stat.

HP: 270
Atk: 255
Def: 155
Spa: 85
SpDef: 195
Spe: 175

Now to show you what a Hardy Heracross looks like with every IV at 31.

HP: 301
Atk: 286
Def: 186
Spa: 116
SpDef: 226
Spe: 206

You can see that the second Heracross is MUCH better than the first, as it has what is called perfect IVs (i.e an IV of 31 in every stat). This is the Heracross that I'd much rather take into a fight with me, as it's stats are much higher thanks to the IVs.

Unfortunitely, IVs are never so straightforward. An IV spread is completely random, decided by a random number generator, so the best you can do is manipulate the results to suit you. The best way to do this is by breeding for those perfect IVs, which I will cover later.

With legendary pokemon you only receive once, people tend to do what is called soft resetting. This is saving in front of the pokemon, catching it, checking the IVs then if you are unsatisfied with what is presented to you, you press Start + Select + L + R all at once, catch it again and check the IVs again. Keep doing this until you are happy with the IVs of your Pokemon. This goes for all legendaries save wondering legendaries. The wondering pokemon are pre-determined so there's nothing you can do about them. Feel free to soft reset for Dialga / Giratina / Palkia / Heatran and other event legendaries.
2.Checking your IVs.


Yeah, this can be kind of tricky. In game there is only one hint as to what your highest IV is and this is the flavour text given. "Likes to thrash about" and "impetuous and silly" are examples. This is the most immediate clue as to what your IVs are. As we haven't fragmented the text in a while with a nice list, here's a nice helpful list.

In game, finding your highest IV:

HP IV Value

31-Often dozes off
30-Loves to Eat
29-Likes to Relax
28-Likes to scatter things
27-Often Naps

Attack IV Value

31-Likes to thrash about
30-Proud of its' Power
29-Hot Tempered
28-Quick tempered
27-A little Quick-Tempered

Defense IV Value

31-Capable of taking hits
30-Sturdy Body
29-Good perseverance
28-Good endurance
27-Highly persistent

Speed IV Value

31-Alert to sounds
30-Likes to run
29-Quick to flee
28-Somewhat of a clown
27-Impetuous and silly

Special Attack IV Value

31-Mischievous
30-Highly Curious
29-Very Finicky
28-Often lost in thought
27-Thoroughly cunning

Special Defense IV Value

31-Somewhat Vain
30-Strong Willed
29-Somewhat Stubborn
28-Hates to lose
27-Strongly Defiant

Using this, you can read off your pokemon what their highest IV is.

The only problem with this list is that all of those characteristics correspond to a set of possible IVs. For example, in the HP category "often dozes off" could possibly mean a 31 IV, however, it could also possibly be 26, 21, 16, 11, 6 or 1. The thing is, considering the best IV for a bred pokemon; it's pretty unlikely that a pokemon's best stat will be 16, 11, 6 or 1. Just bare that in mind. Usually that list is spot on.

If you have access to lots of rare candies then you can (SAVE THE GAME FIRST) rare candy the pokemon to level 100, use an IV calculator to calculate the IVs of the pokemon. Write them down somewhere then reset the game

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[RocketAdmin1]

hi can anyone plz trade me an adamant ditto with 31 iv in every stat i dont care if its hacked i can give you shiny pokes fully legit

[NeroAngelo616]

AFTER FUCKING MONTHS OF EVERYTHING I THAT I HAVE CHANGED FOR IT. I STILL HAVENT GOT A "OFTEN DOZES OFF" IMPISH NATURE SKARMORY WHEN ITS PARENTS ARE BOTH IMPISH SKARMORIES WITH HOLDING A POWER WEIGHT AND EVERSTONE. BUT NO! ALL I KEEP GETTING ARE THE SAME FUCKING IV'S LIKE "SOMEWHAT VAIN" OR OTHER BULLSHIT SPECIAL ATTACK IV OUT OF IT! I HAVE NO CLUE WHY AM I GETTING THIS AND HELP WOULD BE GREATLY ASSURED PLEASE!!!!!

[zZhippyZz]

O MY FUCKING GOD thank you ahhhhhhh thank you so much

[sbtristopher]

@NeroAngelo616 the parent holding the powerweight will pass down its iv in that stat.. if the parent skarmory holding the powerweight doesn't have a 31 in hp, the chances you will get it are very slim.

[FieryPhoenix511]

@RocketAdmin1 i have it if you still want it?

[mniehl93]

please read: if you breed a pokémon and both parents are holding an item its nature and ivs will be random.

[Hydroophilic]

awesome ! thank you so much this is helpful the music helps me read better lol

[finnandjakes]

I thought the IV stood for 4 in roman numerals but then I read the description.

[Messuduppotatoasia]

@NeroAngelo616 Just because it's "Somewhat vain" doesn't mean it doesn't have perfect Defense as well.

[Yug18111]

@NeroAngelo616 cool brave bird is a good move and whirlwind is probably better than what I went with, roar, but whatever. I named mine kinzoku japanese for steel. I'll probably change it

[NeroAngelo616]

@Yug18111 Well if I remember correctly, my Skarmory has something like Brave Bird, Whirlwind, Spikes and Roost I think???

Yet still not sure again, I think the former two moves were the bred over ones with also having the Keen Eye ability. His name's GLIGAMESH. :)

[Yug18111]

@NeroAngelo616 well that sucks. At that point what I do is compare who has the best IV stats of all the ones with impish natures and ev train from there. BUt normally I just get the nature I want on the pokemon then ev train it and use the cloning glitch in emerald to raise it to level 100 and then use it to defeat the frontier brains or something. But did you consider having drill peck on your skarmory?? That's whats on mine actually I just finished (and started) ev training for it two days ago