Breeding for egg moves
On various websites such as bulbapedia and serebii, the parents for egg moves are listed. But, lets say I want to breed for an Absol that knows play rough. In order to do this, I would have to first start out with another pokemon, say, a (male) mawile, that knows play rough. Once I get an absol that knows play rough, though, can I further breed this 'play rough absol' with another absol / ditto to get more absols that know play rough? Or would I need to keep using mawile?
Best Answer
According to the Bulbapedia page regarding egg moves, if the male parent knows a move that the child can learn via egg move, the child will learn it.
The key here is that the egg move has to be on the male parent. So if you breed a male absol with play rough and continue breeding with a ditto (or absol) you can pass this move onto more absols.
This is the driving factor for chain breeding.
As an example proving this will work, I'll use my method for getting a Sneasel with Ice Punch. Start with Hitmonchan with icepunch and breed with female Buneary. Resulting male Buneary can then breed with female Sneasel to get a Sneasel with ice punch.
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How do you breed egg moves?
Breeding. To get an Egg Move through breeding, you need to have a female version of the species you want to breed and a male Pok\xe9mon from the same Egg Group that knows the move you want the offspring to learn. For the above example, get a female Feebas or Milotic and a male Inkay or Malamar with Hypnosis.Which parent gives egg moves?
Breeding. If either parent (only the male parent prior to Generation VI) knows a move that is an Egg Move for the child's species, that child will be born knowing the move.How do you breed multiple egg moves?
Breeding for Egg Moves If a person wishes to put in a certain amount of effort into breeding it is possible to breed a Tyrogue inheriting moves from each of its evolved forms (Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, & Hitmontop) by carefully breeding of several Tyrogue's.How to BREED and TRANSFER EGG MOVES - Pokemon Sword and Shield
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