Why is a foreign Ditto better?

The reason Ditto is so important is because it can breed with almost any other Pokémon - if you get a foreign Ditto and have it breed with any Pokémon you catch in-game, you can get a 1/512 chance of the baby being Shiny.
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Does having a foreign Ditto increase shiny chance?

Since Ditto can be bred with anything, using this code to find someone with a foreign language Ditto is a good way to up your Shiny chances.
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How does foreign Ditto work?

It has no gender, so it can breed with any other Pokemon regardless of gender. It is one of the most versatile and powerful Pokemon in the game, and it can be used to produce a variety of powerful Pokemon, including Shiny Pokemons. Foreign Ditto is a type found in the game from other regions.
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Does it have to be a foreign Ditto?

Dittos from another region, or foreign Dittos as the community often calls them, are a requirement in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for those looking to cut the odds of getting a Shiny Pokémon in-game.
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Does foreign Ditto work for Masuda method?

If you want a foreign Ditto, head to the link trading screen and Masuda Ditto link code – 4448 4448. Now, there are hundreds, and at peak times, thousands of players doing the same thing. MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE CODE IS DIFFERENT FROM YOURS.
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How to Get a Foreign Ditto In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet!



Why does everyone want a foreign Ditto?

The reason Ditto is so important is because it can breed with almost any other Pokémon - if you get a foreign Ditto and have it breed with any Pokémon you catch in-game, you can get a 1/512 chance of the baby being Shiny.
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How do you get 6 IV Ditto?

The best opportunity to get a six-IV Ditto comes from six-star Tera Raid battles, which can be unlocked in the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet post-game. Pokemon caught in six-star raids are guaranteed to have five perfect IVs with their sixth stat being a random IV between 0 and 31.
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Can you breed 2 Ditto together?

Unfortunately, Ditto cannot breed with other Ditto. The members of the Ditto Egg Group cannot breed with each other, which means that the only way to acquire a Ditto is through catching them in the wild, trading with another player, or through claiming one in a special event.
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How rare is a wild Ditto?

Ditto only has a 3% encounter rate.
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What happens if you breed two foreign Pokemon?

The Masuda method involves breeding two Pokémon created in games of different languages. An Egg resulting from such a pairing will have a higher likelihood of being Shiny.
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Does breeding with a shiny increase shiny odds?

@qwertyk31 Breeding shinies together does not increase your chance of getting a shiny kid. About the Masuda method, both parents must come from a game with different language. For instance, if your game is in English and both parents are Japanese, the Masuda method will not work.
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How rare is a perfect shiny Ditto?

Thankfully, the chances of a shiny Ditto are higher than most other creatures - with Silph Road reddit estimates placing it at around a 1 in 64 chance.
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How rare is wild shiny Ditto?

Around 2% of all Pokémon disguise species encountered in the wild are Ditto. Ditto likely uses the permaboosted shiny rate of 1 in 64.
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What happens if you breed a shiny Ditto?

Yes, breeding with a shiny Ditto gives you a 1 in 64 chance that the offspring will be shiny, compared to a 1 in 8192 chance of encountering a shiny Pokèmon in the wild. In the second generation, whether a Pokêmon was shiny or not is determined by the its Individual Values, or IVs.
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Is Ditto a failed copy of Mew?

Conversation. Ditto: Mew's Clone There's a long-running fan theory that Ditto's actually a failed clone of Mew. But in a 2016 interview, series director Junichi Masuda (who's been at Game Freak since before Gen 1) debunked the theory.
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Is Ditto just a failed Mew?

Even if Pokémon didn't intend for Ditto to be a failed clone of Mew at its conception, there's enough evidence to support it that they could just retroactively declare it to be fact.
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Are Dittos worth keeping?

Yes, Ditto is absolutely invaluable when it comes to breeding. It's able to breed with every Pokémon capable of doing so (the only exception being those in the Undiscovered egg group and other Dittos), and can also pass on its Nature and some IVs when holding the right item.
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Does gender matter with Ditto?

If you capture a Ditto, its genetically volatile nature and lack of gender allows it to breed with any other species. Even if you breed Ditto with a male Pokémon, the egg that it produces will hatch into the father's form. This is particularly useful when it comes to the starter Pokémon.
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Can Ditto breed with Legendaries?

Ditto is also the only Pokémon that can breed with a legendary Pokémon or its offspring, as well as the only one who can breed with genderless Pokémon at all. Ditto also cannot breed with itself. It can breed with any Pokémon other than the Pokémon in the Undiscovered group and itself [...]
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How do you breed perfect IVs?

Breeding Pokémon with good IVs

To get a parent Pokémon 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.
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Why is Ditto 0 Speed IV?

0 Speed IVs with a Relaxed nature aim to create the slowest untransformed Ditto. 252 Defense EVs are used with the Relaxed nature to minimize the amount of damage taken from opposing Struggle, while 4 Attack EVs give a slight boost to the damage output of Struggle.
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