The breeding mechanics of Pokémon Insurgence do not follow the rules for any particular generation of the official Pokémon games, but instead incorporate different elements of the mechanics from Generations V and VI, along with its own system for deciding priority for inherited moves. The mechanics mostly follow those of Generation VI, with the notable exception of the inheritance of TM and HM moves, a feature that only existed up to Generation V in the official games.

Inheriting moves

A unique feature of Pokémon Insurgence is the passing down of TM and HM moves while still otherwise retaining the mechanics of Generation VI. However, for Original Pokémon while both the female and male Pokémon can pass down Egg Moves, only the male Pokémon can pass down a TM or HM move, as for Delta Pokémon since they are only able to breed with Delta Ditto there are no Moves passed down from both the male and female Delta Pokémon.

The priority for inheriting moves is as follows:

Male TMs and HMs pass first.

Female and Male Egg Moves pass second.

The moves inherited follow a reverse-alphabetical order, Z-A.

Examples

The following examples are taken from a series of tests performed by Reddit user Aboodie in version 1.1.6.

Pokémon Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Female Eevee Synchronoise (EM) Curse (EM) Yawn (EM) Wish (EM) Male Eevee •• Attract (TM) •• Hidden Power (TM) Covet (LM + EM) Charm (LM + EM) Offspring Wish (EM) Yawn (EM) •• Hidden Power (TM) •• Attract (TM)

Pokémon Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Female Eevee Wish (EM) Yawn (EM) Curse (EM) Synchronoise (EM) Male Eevee Charm (LM + EM) Covet (LM + EM) •• Hidden Power (TM) •• Attract (TM) Offspring Wish (EM) Yawn (EM) •• Hidden Power (TM) •• Attract (TM)

Pokémon Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Female Eevee Yawn (EM) Curse (EM) Synchronoise (EM) Male Eevee Charm (LM + EM) Covet (LM + EM) •• Hidden Power (TM) •• Attract (TM) Offspring Synchronoise (EM) Yawn (EM) •• Hidden Power (TM) •• Attract (TM)

Pokémon Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Female Eevee Wish (EM) Yawn (EM) Curse (EM) Synchronoise (EM) Male Eevee •• Protect (TM) •• Sunny Day (TM) •• Hidden Power (TM) •• Attract (TM) Offspring •• Hidden Power (TM) •• Sunny Day (TM) •• Protect (TM) •• Attract (TM)

Pokémon Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Female Eevee Wish (EM) Yawn (EM) Curse (EM) Synchronoise (EM) Male Phanpy Flail (EM) Endure (EM) Natural Gift (EM) •• Hidden Power (TM) Offspring Synchronoise (EM) Wish (EM) Yawn (EM) •• Hidden Power (TM)

Pokémon Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Female Eevee Wish (EM) Curse (EM) Male Phanpy •• Flail (EM) Endure (EM) •• Natural Gift (EM) •• Hidden Power (TM) Offspring •• Flail (EM) •• Natural Gift (EM) Wish (EM) •• Hidden Power (TM)

Pokémon Move 1 Move 2 Move 3 Move 4 Female Lapras Ancient Power (EM) Refresh (EM) Freeze Dry (EM) Whirlpool (EM) Male Lapras •• Surf (HM) •• Ice Beam (LM + TM) •• Thunderbolt (TM) Dragon Pulse (EM) Offspring Whirlpool (EM) •• Ice Beam (LM + TM) •• Thunderbolt (TM) •• Surf (HM)

Key:

Italics - move passed from mother

•• - move passed from father

LM - level-up move

EM - egg move

TM - Technical Machine

HM - Hidden Machine