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笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sword and Shield guide: Breeding and catching high IV 笔辞办é尘辞苍

For those who are looking to min/max, this is the real endgame

A Ditto happily smiles in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sword and Shield Game Freak, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company/Nintendo via Polygon
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笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sword and Shield gives players three ways to get good IV 笔辞办é尘辞苍.

First off, IVs (or Individual Values) are stats that the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 are “born” with. They cannot be changed, with the exception of Hyper Training. A 笔辞办é尘辞苍 has anywhere from 0-31 IVs per stat.

This means a Togekiss with 0 special attack IVs will deal significantly less damage than a Togekiss with a perfect 31 special attack IVs.

This mainly matters for competitive battling and relies heavily on catching raid 笔辞办é尘辞苍 and breeding. If you’re just trying to beat the game with your rag-tag group of ‘mons, you don’t need to focus on IVs at all.

Catching 笔辞办é尘辞苍 with good IVs

After a successful Ditto Max Raid, the reward screen shows what the player gets Game Freak, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company/Nintendo via Polygon

Unless you get lucky, most wild 笔辞办é尘辞苍 you catch won’t have outstanding IVs. While getting a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 with maybe one or two 31 IVs isn’t completely unheard of, you’ll want to grab high IV 笔辞办é尘辞苍 through Max Raids.

The raid 笔辞办é尘辞苍 can have anywhere from one to four perfect IVs, depending on the difficulty of the Max Raid battle. The harder it is, the more perfect IVs it will have.

Even better, you can grab a Ditto from a harder raid to get a three or four IV one. From there, you can just breed whatever perfect IV 笔辞办é尘辞苍 you want.

Breeding 笔辞办é尘辞苍 with good IVs

A 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Trainer stands in front of a nursery in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sword and Shield Game Freak, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company/Nintendo via Polygon

Once you grab your good IV 笔辞办é尘辞苍 from a raid or get a Ditto with good IVs, the goal is to make a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 with at least five perfect IVs.

To get a parent 笔辞办é尘辞苍 to pass down IVs, give it a Destiny Knot to hold. This passes down five of their IVs to their child, randomly. Having a parent hold a power item that’s used for EV training will have the parent pass down the corresponding stat guaranteed. The Power Weight will pass down the HP IVs of the holder, the Power Bracer will pass down the attack IVs, and so forth. All of these items can be purchased from a NPC in the central Hammerlocke 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Center for 10 Battle Points each.

If your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 focuses on physical attacks, they won’t need a perfect special attack IV and vice-versa, though there’s nothing wrong with getting a fully perfect 笔辞办é尘辞苍 for the clout.

Hyper Training using Bottle Caps

A 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Trainer stands in the Battle Tower, talking to the NPC who Hyper Trains 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Game Freak, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company/Nintendo via Polygon

Once your 笔辞办é尘辞苍 is level 100 and you beat Leon in the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 League, you’ll get the option to Hyper Train it at the Battle Tower. In exchange for one Bottle Cap, the trainer will max out one of your 笔辞办é尘辞苍’s IV stats. This means if you pick HP, they’ll max out its HP IV to 31.

Note that Bottle Caps are extremely hard to come by, and you should use them wisely, like on Shiny 笔辞办é尘辞苍.

Gold Bottle Caps, which max out all the IVs for every stat for the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 of choice, are even more rare and only obtainable through competing in the Battle Tower and digging them up using the Digging Brothers.

Hyper Trained stats will not pass down through breeding, so making a Ditto with Hyper Trained perfect IVs will not work.

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