I am trying to breed for a Togepi (preferably female) with Serene Grace as its ability. All that is hatching, though, is male Togepis with Hustle (the other ability – neither of them are hidden). In the day care right now is a male Togetic with Hustle and a Soothe Bell and a Ditto without any items.
Bulbapedia and Serebii mention something about inheriting ability slots from the mother, but this Togetic is male and Bulbapedia takes care to mention that a Ditto as a parent negates this possibility.
I have bred fifteen Togepis so far. Every single one of them has turned out male and with Hustle. The chance of not a single one of them having Serene Grace, assuming the chance for either ability is 50%, is about 0.003%. This doesn't really seem probable – is there something I am doing wrong?
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That's just tough luck you had there =P
But yes, that can happen. I've been breeding Togetic with Hustle and they've given me some Serene Grace Togepi all right.
There's a 'workaround' with the Ability Capsule which lets you change the ability of your Pokemon to another ability it can have (except if that other ability is a Hidden Ability), that is, if you have enough Battle Points (BP) to pay for one at the Battle Maison.