It's been a week so feel free to be a bit more open about pre-post game stuff.
This is the Pokemon X and Y general thread, where we talk about the game and the meta of it, while actually playing it. The announcement thread has almost reached the posting cap, so it would be best to start our discussion afresh in a new one.
Friend CodesPost your preferred name, friend code and game version and I'll add it to the table below.
Name | Friend Code | Version | IGN |
Bio | 1134-7894-2606 | X | Noire |
Suikama | 4425-1491-5645 | Y | |
Trance | 3883-5561-7702 | X | Serika |
Chaore | 4570-7511-6543 | Y | Puream |
Keegster2 | 1418-7215-7869 | Y | |
Matsuri | 3067-4906-0948 | X | |
Nobu | 4270-0718-2053 | X | Nobuko/Himeko |
Xan | 3222-5806-1297 | X | |
commandercool | 2964-8587-9806 | Y | Blue |
Raikaria | 0834-1782-2667 | Y | Elly |
Red Frost | 0388-0205-2932 | Y | Cecilia |
Skye | 3738-0956-7708 | Y | Keila |
Phlegeth | 3282-2913-0504 | Y | Phlegeth |
BSoD | 2895-7562-2562 | Y | |
Edible | 4227-0814-4208 | X | |
Molten | 3265-5274-1401 | Y | |
Savory | 0387-9578-4918 | X | |
sol35 | 5284-1917-5071 | X | Eienko |
Esifex | 5429-7181-7829 | Y | Erik |
Bardiche | 3926-5588-0324 | ? | |
Pasu | 1950-7975-8774 | X | |
capt. h | 1435-3539-1313 | Y | |
Shadou | 0490-5728-2527 | X | |
Dibble | 3282-2247-4077 | Y | |
Genso | 4038-6283-8806 | Y | |
Mister Sanity | 4425-2614-3093 | X | |
T-A-C | 2165-5266-6153 | X | |
Zork787 | 0748-2156-8970 | X | |
Alchemist | 5429-6759-3085 | X |
Catherpie | 3024-5730-0545 | Y | |
Minch | 2423-2597-4752 | X | |
Polaris | 2251-5199-2177 | X | Xavier |
Bound | 3136-6552-0029 | X | |
Patorikku | 2449-4726-9834 | X | Nate Varner |
Fast Fanatic | 2578-3937-3854 | Y | |
Alex | 1392-5223-9479 | X | Maribel |
Yaersulf | 5343-9023-2973 | Y | |
Kwr32 | 3480-3530-4357 | X | |
triangles | 1676-5051-9468 | ? | |
JT | 1392-4443-0026 | ? |
FamilyTeam | 3668-8814-5063 | Y | Team |
Nick G | 0662-3160-6397 | ? | Nicktendonick |
EyeM | 3282-3148-5064 | X | Cirnobyl |
SirBlueberry | 1418-7034-4502 | Y | IF |
Adol Christin | 3153-4846-2473 | X | Alex |
Jana | 0946-3424-2598 | X | Jana |
Endless Hunger | 1822-0626-7569 | ? | |
Yookie | 1822-0710-3636 | ? | |
Vivillon TradingIf you don't already know, Vivillon's pattern in the game is dependent on the 3DS's country, with there being a few many patterns for each country in the world. One single pattern is selected out of the possible pool when you first load the game, so to get the others in your pool, and other ones not in your pool, there's only one thing to do; trade.
And what better way to do it than with an international community!
Mega Stone/ Version Exclusives TradingSome Mega Stones are unique to one version, and as usual there are version exclusives. Most notably, the Larvitar and Aron lines are unique to version, while their Mega Stone can only be found in the other version. Another excellent marketing ploy by Game Freak.
Steps for Breeding Perfect PokemonFirstly, a good supply of Dittos is never a bad thing. Catch multiple in different natures and then use the Stat Checker in the Kiloude City Pokemon Center to see if they have perfect IVs. I usually them nickname them with the IV they have 31 of. Now you can go catch the Pokemon you want anywhere in the wild, though the Friend Safari guarantees a few max IVs and also the Hidden ability if that is required.
Pokemon abilities have a 80% chance to be inherited from the female, and when breeding in the same egg group, the offspring species' will be of the mother. Hidden abilities will now also be able to be passed down regardless of the gender of the parent having the ability when bred with a Ditto, but females will still only be able to pass them down when bred normally.
Everstones can be used to transfer the nature of any of the parents to the child and Power items (such as the Power Anklet) can be used to transfer that particular IV from the parent down to the child. New in generation VI is that the Destiny Knot makes it so that 5 IVs are chosen to be inherited to the child (though this does not stop Speed from being chosen all 5 times) making it much easier to pass multiple perfect IVs down.
The easiest way to go about is by giving a Everstone to an appropriate natured Ditto with max IVs in the stats you want and then giving a Destiny Knot to the other Pokemon, which you should have calculated the IVs off. Whenever you breed an offspring with better IVs switch it for the one currently in the Daycare. Once you have a couple of superior-outstanding Pokemon, you can simply just replace the Ditto if one of them is better than the Ditto.
Of course you do not need the Everstone and instead may choose to use a Power item to transfer a specific IV over, speeding up the total process in achieving 31 across the board, but I prefer using an Everstone so that I don't need to play the RNG again to get the appropriate nature.
If you have a perfect Pokemon in another egg group, then you simply have to breed this perfection across to Pokemon in another egg group and bridge the gap between the perfect Pokemon and the one you want.