Can a Pokemon be bred with an ability other than its own?

Dec. 31, 2016

Okay, so I got a Mareanie from the GTS with the ability Limber. Everything was fine, until I learned that Mareanie has an exclusive ability: Merciless. My Toxapex would be perfect with that ability, considering the moveset I had planned for it. I’m pretty sure that in X/Y a Pokemon would be bred and have it’s second ability, and then bred again to get it’s hidden ability. (I never did breeding for certain abilities, so I’m not sure.) I wanted to know if I could still get Merciless from breeding my Toxapex with a Ditto, even though it has its second ability already.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Yes, you can get a secondary ability by breeding. If you breed a female with a male of the same species, or a Ditto, there is a higher chance of the offspring having the same ability as the mother. So keep hatching, and eventually you’ll get a Merciless Mareanie.

Keep in mind thatHidden Abilities cannot be obtained by breeding regularly.At least one of the parents must already have the Hidden Ability, preferably the female.