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ive tried to breed a ditto with my mewtwo and it wont work

Did you know if you have an adamant parent you can give them an everstone and the resulting offspring will have a chance at being adamant? I think it's like a 50/50 chance so it's good chances you'll get it - you could try breeding a ralts with an adament father and then giving the offspring the tm will o wisp if it works

No one is saying it isnt...

but i gotta admit i'm trying to breed a Will-o-whisp Ralts sicne their whole family lacks defense but no one seems to pass it down, they say a shuppet will but has yet to
any tips are gonna be tried out

going on a stat bash out?

anywyas i need to add this::

THere are levels on which breeding will happen:
Like each other --- the highest i've seen, they will breed quickly, but can take their tme
Dont like Each other Much --- takes a long time, but tey will breed, many G/S/C player found this as a surprising change, i know i did
prefer others - only level on which they wont breed - most all legendaries are here, save for manaphy to obtain Phione

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Except for Manaphy, which breeds into Phione, all Legendaries are in the no-eggs groups, that includes these three birds.

no-eggs means they wont breed with anything

Manaphy will breed with a ditto but it'll take a long time, and the result is Phione, a non-evolving pokemon

thats why, the mother determine the specieis, in this case ponyta or rapidash being female will ---only--- give pontyta but you could breed some f chimchar's moves onto it as males pass down moves

Hmm or a ditto

but if it says 'dont like each other much' the ditto will still mate, but it'll take forever

as fr female chimchars, i might check the GTS for this search criteria:
pokemon: Chimchar, monfenro or nfernape,
gender: female
level: any
(but be careful, some people ask outrages prices for female starters)

Miss-dark: If you're in Diamond, go to the small patch of grass outside Canalave City. If you use the Poke Radar there, you can sometimes find a Ditto! If you're lucky, they'll sometimes be holding Quick Powder, which is an item specifically used by Ditto to boost its speed.

As far as breeding goes, I tend to be more of a collector. I pretty much only breed to get pokemon that don't appear in the game, or to get a complete evolutionary set. sweatdrop

I think you guys have covered most of the basics, though. To summarize:

~ The female pokemon determines species.

~ If the female is holding an Everstone, it's highly likely that the baby will have the mother's nature. This is apparently only true of the female; I don't think it will have any effect if the male is holding it.

~ Moves that both parents know are most likely to be transferred to the baby. Example: Honchkrow and Murkrow that both know Dark Pulse = Murkrow that hatches knows Dark Pulse.

~ If you breed a pokemon with Ditto, it will only learn egg moves, usually the same moves it would know if caught in the wild. I have never had a Ditto-bred pokemon that knows anything beyond those starter moves.

~ Legendaries cannot breed with Ditto, with the exception of Manaphy. Breeding Ditto and Manaphy will result in Phione, which does not evolve.

~ Certain incense items are needed to breed certain pokemon. I cannot remember them all off the top of my head, but one example is to get a Happiny, you have to breed a Chansey that's holding a Luck Incense. (I'm 90% certain that's correct.) Other pokemon like this include Mantine, Bonsly, Marill, and Snorlax. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!!)

~ Pichu can learn a special Egg-only move called Volt Tackle if a Level 25 Pikachu is bred with a pokemon from the Fairy group while holding a Light Orb. I've never found a Light Orb in the game, but supposedly Pichu and Pikachu both sometimes carry it.