I want to start breeding for a certain shiny Pokémon. One way to go about it would be to obtain another Pokémon of the same species but opposite gender and a different language tag. But on top of that I want my shiny to, possibly, have competitive stats so I want the foreign Pokémon to have similar stats to my own.
One way I thought of doing this would be to pre-hatch an egg of mine that would hatch with the stats I'm looking for, ask someone to hatch it in their foreign game and then tradeback. As far as I know the egg would hatch with the new owner's OT, but I don't know if it gets the foreign language tag – if it could be used for the Masuda Method when traded back.
I've looked it up in Bulbapedia and Google but the answers I found were unclear or offered no proof.
Would this work, or do I need a 100% foreign Pokémon for the Masuda Method?
Best Answer
The pokemon would be hatched in for foreign's game will have his language tag. As soon as an egg is created all its stats will be set(IVs, Natures, Ability e.g.).
But there is an easier way to start with the Masuda method. Since it only requires a pokemon from a different region. (Asian is the most common used). And there are a lot of Facebook groups which will give you a free 6IV Asian Ditto with Destiny Knot. I am in one of those groups myself.
Secondly. And as a piece of advice. Recently there is a new Discovery regarding Shiny Breeding with the Masuda Method. Which will result in the faster breeding of shinies. You can find the explanation here It explains that, in Sun & Moon. The result of the egg(it being shiny or not) is already set within the game as you start breeding. With this knowledge you can chain hatch Magikarps(Pokemon with the least amounts of steps required to hatch) and as soon as you hatch a shiny you can soft reset and the X egg(the number that hatched the shiny Magikarp) will now hatch a shiny X pokemon.
Ofcourse there are some exceptions(genderless or 100%ratio gender pokemon)