Okay! I honestly don't know what kind of title I should put and this post would be mainly about me asking dumb things about Pokémon X & Y. I hope you don't mind helping me out and such! >_<
1. Masuda Method
Okay, I understand that you need a foreign Pokémon and a USA Pokémon in order to breed/hatch a shiny Pokémon.
My first experience before I heard about the Masuda Method: I bred a English Ditto with a Japanese Male Noivern. I just received 3 eggs and ended it there. 2nd egg was a Shiny Male Noibat.
This was in October-November 2013.
End of July to Beginning of August 2014.
Second experience (I have both Shiny Charm and Oval Charm) : Japanese Ditto and Male Spiritomb. I honestly lost count of how many eggs I gotten (wonder traded most of them after I hatched it) 40 minutes, I got a Shiny Female Spiritomb.
3rd Attempt: 4+ hours with Female Spiritomb with HA and Japanese Ditto. I bred for several days (probably gave about 4+ hours on each day) and no shiny.
So I researched and looked at a few things about people's experience and all.. I guess it's just luck or something. There were some saying that the Shiny Charm "reduces" the chances, but I don't know. Honestly, without or even knowing about the Shiny Charm, I ran into 2 shinies before I face off the Elite4 and never really started Shiny Hunting or anything yet. I want to know what are your thoughts/opinions on this. Also, any advices if there are any to this trick I guess lol~
2. Breeding & IVs
So a friend and I are going to breed 6IVs and shinies. (we're pretty serious and just started) My friend knows about IVs a lot more than I do (I just recently knew about it but I'm still clueless and confused..) Anywho!
A Japanese Ditto works best [as I heard] holding a Destiny Bond (why? lol) and either Male/Female Pokémon (holding a Everstone? please explain!) you want to breed.
That and.. >_>
Does the Male/Female Pokémon have to have any IVs or will it be alright? Sorry for the dumb questions, I just want to make sure.
Oh! It just hit me. >u< I heard that a Shiny Ditto / Shiny Japanese Ditto is more accurate in breeding a shiny? Is that true or does it have the same chances? I'm not sure if its even true, but please share your thoughts with me. I appreciate your opinions and help! (: