Mistakes in breeding

I'll quickly relate my most recent breeding idea...

Lucario. It's fast, with good stats. Normally, I've always trained it to specialize in the Attack stat, and use its large varieties of options for Attack-based moves. I decided this time - let's make a Special Attacker, and get some quality eggs for friends.

Female Lucario are rare - a 1 in 8 chance. I was breeding a male Lucario with a Modest Ditto (+Everstone), hoping to get one. I bred a lot of Riolu - not only is the female 1 in 8, the Everstone only gives you a 50-50 chance for getting the right nature. The breeding took about 2 hours of time, riding buses + watching a DVD.

My thought was - level up both Pokemon so they get their level 47 Dragon Pulse move, so they can pass down all of their level-up moves. Specifically:

Aura Sphere
Dark Pulse
Dragon Pulse
Vacuum Wave (I didn't Egg move this - I grabbed had the father learn it through the Move Tutor)

If you don't see the train wreck coming, you've seen some slight hints.

The tricks for breeding moves into offspring:
1. HM/TM's breed from their father, if it's on the offspring's list.
2. Move Tutor moves do not breed down, unless it's on the offspring's list.
3. Level-up moves only breed down if both parents have them, and it's on the offspring's list.
4. Custom moves do not breed down. (Event Pikachu with Surf is an example.)

I failed in #3. Yes, if Lucario + Lucario bred into Lucario, I was aces. Instead, they breed little Riolu's, which don't have any of those moves except for Vacuum Wave. (This topic was also covered in a previous discussion of Gyarados+Magikarp. I was too excited to breed a special attack Lucario, methinks.)

A related hassle is breeding something like Bronzors - they only breed with Dittos, so you can't pass down Level-up Moves - both parents can't have the moves.

That is today's admitted mistake. Stay tuned for my next installment, "Of How Mistakes Are Made..."