Can you use Masuda method with a shiny?
The Masuda Method can indeed be used with a shiny Pokémon, and it’s a great way to increase the chances of getting a shiny offspring. By breeding a shiny Pokémon with another Pokémon from a different region, you can take advantage of the Masuda Method to boost your chances of getting a shiny Pokémon, with the base chance of finding a shiny increasing from 1 in 4092 to 1 in 682, or 1 in 512 if you have the Shiny Charm.
What is the Masuda Method?
The Masuda Method is a breeding strategy that involves breeding two Pokémon from different regions to increase the chances of getting a shiny Pokémon. This method is useful because it makes it easier to acquire a shiny of any Pokémon that players want, allowing a more focused search for the desired shiny.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Does the Masuda Method work with shiny Ditto?
The Masuda Method still works in this generation and with Ditto(s/es), and you don’t even need to use a Japanese Ditto. As long as one of the Pokémon is from a different region than the other, they have an increased chance of breeding a shiny Pokémon.
2. What are the odds of getting a shiny egg with Masuda method?
The Masuda Method multiplies the standard encounter rate for a shiny Pokémon by 5 or 6, depending on the generation, resulting in a significantly higher chance of getting a shiny egg.
3. Can you breed a shiny without the Masuda method?
It is possible to hatch shinies without the Masuda Method, but the chances of getting a shiny drastically increase when using the method.
4. Does breeding 2 shiny Pokémon increase chances?
Breeding with one or both of the parents being shiny does not increase the shiny odds outside of Gen II.
5. What is the shiny egg rate?
Even with Flame Body or Magma Armor, the odds are against you, with a 1 in 4096 (or 1 in 8192 in older games) chance of getting a shiny to hatch from the egg.
6. Do shiny sandwiches affect eggs?
Eggs and raids aren’t affected by sandwich power (sparkling), so you won’t get any benefits from using shiny sandwiches when breeding.
7. What counts as Masuda method?
The Masuda Method consists of putting two Pokémon from different regions of the real world together to breed, with its offspring having higher odds of being a shiny.
8. How many eggs does it take to hatch a shiny scarlet and violet?
You need to create new eggs, rather than saving and hatching the same eggs, as the decision on whether an egg will hatch into a shiny Pokémon is made when the egg is created.
9. What are the max odds for Masuda method?
The Masuda Method increases the base chance of finding a shiny from 1 in 4092 to 1 in 682, or 1 in 512 if you have the Shiny Charm.
10. How many eggs for Masuda?
The average amount of time it takes to get a shiny using the Masuda Method is somewhere between 300-500 eggs, although it could take more or less.
11. Can Ditto breed with Ditto?
Unfortunately, Ditto cannot breed with other Ditto, as the members of the Ditto Egg Group cannot breed with each other.
12. What happens if a shiny Ditto transforms?
Past Generation 4, whether Ditto is shiny or not, a Ditto will transform into the coloration of its opponent, so if the opponent is shiny, shiny Ditto will transform into shiny.
13. How do you know if a Ditto is Masuda?
To check if a Ditto is a Masuda Ditto, make sure the language code is different from yours, and you can check this by examining the summary screen of the Pokémon you’re trading with on the Link trade menu.
14. Does Japanese Ditto increase shiny chance?
Breeding any two Pokémon from different language games has a higher chance of producing shiny offspring, and having a foreign-language Ditto gives you the most possibilities since it can breed with everything.
15. Does beating 60 Pokémon increase shiny odds?
Using all of the methods available to you, it’s possible to drop the base shiny odds all the way down to 1/512, which requires the use of a Shiny Charm during a Mass Outbreak where over 60 Pokémon have been defeated or captured.