How does a Pokemon gain its Hidden Ability?

Nov. 30, 2014

What ways can make it possible for a Sylveon to have Pixilate,an Aromatisse to have Aroma Veil and et cetera?

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A Pokemon can’t “gain” a hidden ability. A Pokemon has to be born or caught with its hidden ability.

E.g. you want a Sylveon with Pixilate. In that case, you must have an Eevee with Anticipation and evolve it into a Sylveon, whose ability will then turn into Pixilate.

To do this, either need to:i) get an Eevee from a friend safari that has Anticipationii) transfer an Eevee from Gen V that had Anticipationiii) trade for an Eevee that has Anticipation.

In order to breed hidden abilities, the parentmusthave the hidden ability already in order for the offspring to have a chance of inheriting it (it’s not 100% that the offspring will inherit the hidden ability). There are 2 possible ways to do this:i) have a male & female pair and thefemalemust have her hidden abilityii) have a male and Ditto pair and themalemust have his hidden ability.