Breeding

**Breeding** is a mechanic of Myuu bot that allows your Pokémon to produce new Pokémon that have controlled stats, natures, and abilities, thus are more competitively viable than those caught in the wild.

Note that this article has been rewritten. You can still read the old article here.

## Commands

The command to send Pokémon in your team to the daycare is:

.raise [Pokémon 1], [Pokémon 2]
The command to check your Pokémon in the daycare is:

.daycarepk [Pokémon]
The command to take your egg(s) out of the daycare is:

.get egg
The command to take your Pokémon out of the daycare is:

.get [Pokémon]
Notes:

* You must send 2 Pokémon to the daycare at the same time.
* The daycare can only contain hold 2 Pokémon at most at the same time.
* You can only take your Pokémon out of the daycare individually.

## Breeding Requirements

The parents must be of different genders.
This rule does not apply to Ditto breeding.
The parents must share at least one egg group, and it must not be Undiscovered.
This rule does not apply to Ditto breeding.
The parents must be of different species.
This is restricted because you can’t have two of the same Pokémon on your team. You can, however, breed two Pokémon from the same evolution line (i.e. a Scyther with a Scizor, a Charmeleon with a Charizard, etc.). This means that Pokémon currently having no evolution in Myuu, such as Lapras or Farfetch’d, can only be bred with either a Ditto or a Pokémon of the same egg group.
*See also: Egg Group*

## Basics

After sending your Pokémon to the daycare, you'll get one of the 3 following messages:

* "The two seem to get along."
* "The two don't really seem to like each other very much."
* "The two prefer to play with other Pokémon more than with each other."

The first two messages imply the Pokémon you sent meet all the requirements of breeding above, and will start producing an egg. The timer will be faster for the first message. The third message implies the Pokémon you sent do not meet all the requirements of breeding.

The Pokémon hatched will be the first species of the evolution line of the female and inherit several traits from both its parents, including IVs, nature, ability, and egg moves.

## In-depth Guide

The main purpose of breeding is to breed competitively viable Pokémon. Since unplanned breeding would produce Pokémon with random traits, they wouldn't have any advantage over those that are naturally caught. However, said traits can be controlled via the use of held items, resulting in more favorable stats, natures, abilities, and moves.

### IVs

Let's start with Individual Values, also known as IVs. They are unchangeable numbers that would add to the Pokémon total stats and are given to a Pokémon at birth or when encountered in the wild. Every Pokémon has 6 IVs corresponding to its 6 stats. Every IV can range from 0 to 31, with 31 usually being the desirable number we want for our eggs.

When breeding, 3 random IVs of the parents would pass down to the child. Thus, the better the parents' IVs, the better the child's.

**Example 1: Male Gengar with six 31 IVs and female Chandelure with six 30 IVs**
Assume that neither parent held any item, Gengar passed down its Speed, and Special Defense IVs and Chandelure passed down its Special Attack IV. The Litwick hatched from their egg would inherit 31 Speed, 31 Special Defense, and 30 Special Attack IVs, with the other three IVs totally random.
It should be noted that in some cases, the child can inherit only two IVs from its parents. This is because IVs of the same stat can be chosen from both parents, and only either is passed down to the child. In the best scenario in which non-duplicated stat IVs are passed down, the child will inherit 3 separate IVs from its parents like in the first example.

**Example 2: Male Gengar with six 31 IVs and female Chandelure with six 30 IVs**
Assume that neither parent held any item, the Gengar passd down its Speed and Special Defense IVs, and Chandelure passed down its Speed IV. Since the Speed IVs inherited from Gengar and Chandelure overlapped each other, only either of them was chosen. In the case that Chandelure's 30 Speed IV was chosen over Gengar's, the Litwick hatched from their egg would inherit 30 Speed and 31 Special Defense IVs, with the other four IVs totally random.
The held item that affects the IVs passed down to the child is the Destiny Knot. When held by either parent, the child would receive 5 random IVs from the parents instead of 3. Note that the effect does NOT stack, so only one parent needs to hold a Destiny Knot to gain its effect.

**Example 3: Male Gengar with six 31 IVs and female Chandelure with six 30 IVs**
Assume that either the Gengar or the Chandelure held a Destiny Knot, the Gengar passed down its Speed, Special Defense, Special Attack, and Defense IVs, and the Chandelure passed down its Attack IV. The Litwick hatched from their egg would inherit 31 Speed, 31 Special Defense, 31 Special Attack, 31 Defense, and 30 Attack IVs, with the last HP IV totally random.
**Example 4: Gengar with six 31 IVs and female Chandelure with six 30 IVs**
Assume that either the Gengar or the Chandelure held a Destiny Knot, the Gengar passed down its Speed, Special Defense, Special Attack, and Defense IVs, and the Chandelure passed down its Speed IV. Because the Speed IVs from the parents overlapped each other, only either of them was chosen. In the case that Chandelure's 30 Speed IV was chosen over Gengar's, the Litwick hatched from their egg would inherit 30 Speed, 31 Special Defense, 31 Special Attack, and 31 Defense IVs, with the other two IVs totally random.
Duplicating IVs cannot be prevented, so your only option is to keep breeding until you have a Pokémon with a desirable IV spread.

The other item(s) that affect the IVs passed down to the child are the Power Items. When held by a parent, the power item guarantees the corresponding IV stat of that parent to be passed down to the child. The IV is always included in the three random IVs normally passed down (five if the other parent holds Destiny Knot). When different power items are held by the parents, the effects work separately. When the same power items are held by both parents, they guarantee the corresponding IV of either parent to be passed down (50-50 chance).

**Example 5: Male Gengar with six 31 IVs and female Chandelure with six 30 IVs**
Assuming the Gengar held a Power Anklet (which corresponds to theSpeed stat), the Litwick hatched from their egg is guaranteed to inherit Gengar's 31 Speed IV. The other two IVs passed down will never be Chandelure's Speed IV (given that Chandelure was not also holding a Power Anklet).
Assuming that the Chandelure was also holding a Power Band (which corresponds to the Special Defense stat), the Litwick hatched from their Egg is guaranteed to have 31 Speed IV (from Gengar) and 30 Special Defense (from Chandelure). The last IV passed down would never be Chandelure's Speed or Gengar's Special Defense IV.
### Natures

Nature are unchangeable traits assigned to a Pokémon at birth or when encountered in the wild. You can read more about natures here.

The nature of the Pokémon hatched from an egg is chosen randomly from the 25 possible natures similarly to wild Pokémon. This can be controlled in breeding via the use of the held item Everstone. When held by a parent, it guarantees the nature of that parent to be passed down to the child. When held by both parents, it guarantees the nature of either parent (50-50 chance) to be passed down to the child.

### Abilities

The ability of the Pokémon hatched from eggs has a 60% chance to be in the same ability slot of the mother (or the parent in Ditto breeding). The other 40% is divided among ALL the possible abilities. Abilities cannot be controlled via items, so your only option is to have a female with the desired ability.

**Example 1: Male Gengar and female Chandelure with Flash Fire (normal ability)**

The Litwick hatched from their egg will have 78% (60% + 16%) chance to have Flash Fire, 16% to have Flame Body, and 8% to have Infiltrator.
**Example 2: Male Gengar and female Chandelure with Infiltrator (hidden ability)**

The Litwick hatched from their egg will have 68% (60% + 8%) chance to have Infiltrator, 16% to have Flash Fire, and 16% to have Flame Body.
**Example 3: Male Gengar and female Dusknoir with Pressure (normal ability)**

The Duskull hatched from their egg will have 92% (60% + 32%) chance to have Pressure and 8% to have Frisk.
### Moves

Certain moves can be passed down through breeding.

1. Egg moves are moves that a Pokémon can learn exclusively through breeding. Note that differently from the main game, both parents can pass down egg moves.

**Example 1: Male Gengar and female Chandelure**
Litwick has Clear Smog as one of its egg moves. If either Chandelure or Gengar knows Clear Smog before breeding, the Litwick hatched from their egg will also know Clear Smog.
2. Moves that can be learned with Move Keys can also be passed down, and they are not limited to the father.

**Example 2: Male Gengar and female Chandelure**
Chandelure can learn the move Trick, but it costs a Move Key every time you manually teach it. If either Chandelure or Gengar knows Trick before breeding, the Litwick hatched from their egg will also know Trick, saving you a Move Key.
3. If both parents know a move that the Pokémon can learn through leveling up, the hatched Pokémon will know it at level 1.

**Example 3: Male Gengar and female Chandelure**
Litwick can learn the move Will O' Wisp at level 16. If both the Gengar and Chandelure know Will O' Wisp, the hatched Litwick will know Will O' Wisp at level 1.
If the Pokémon can learn too many moves from the egg, they will learn them in this order, with the latter overwriting the former:

1. Moves that the Pokémon can learn at level 1
2. Moves that the Pokémon can learn by leveling up, if both parents have them
3. Moves that the Pokémon can learn by spending PKC (or Move Keys)
4. Egg moves

### Chain Breeding

*This section is still incomplete.*
Chain Breeding is a somewhat complex concept, which allows your Pokémon to learn an egg move it normally cannot.

**Example:**
We'll assume that the Weezing line cannot breed with Chandelure line although they are both in the Amorphous egg group; Weezing line can still be bred with Gengar line and Gengar line can be bred with Chandelure line.
In order for a Litwick to know Clear Smog as its egg move, you'd have to breed a female Chandelure with a male Pokémon that knows Clear Smog. Gengar can learn Clear Smog, but also only as its egg move. So we'll have to breed a Male Weezing, which learns Clear Smog by leveling up, with a female Gengar, until we have a male Gastly, which will know Clear Smog. If we breed the male Gastly with a female Chandelure, the Litwick hatched from their egg will know Clear Smog as its egg move.
### Baby Pokémon

Baby Pokémon are Pokémon at the lowest stage of Pokémon Evolution that cannot themselves breed. They can be classified by the following criteria:

* Must be obtainable by breeding
* Must be the lowest form in a family chain and must be able to evolve at least once
* Must belong to the Undiscovered Egg Group

Baby Pokémon can be obtained by giving the parent specific Incense:

*Check Baby Pokémon - Bulbapedia*
### Masuda Method

The Masuda method in Myuu involves breeding two Pokémon of different original trainers or "OTs". An egg resulting from such a pairing will have a higher likelihood of being Shiny. This will in turn making the shiny rate 1/653 instead of the standard 1/1365.