Making Perfect Pals

Hello, All!

I just recently acquired the game so I've been following this community to get some ideas and tips on the game. I've seen a lot of posts and threads where people show off their perfectly (or almost perfectly) curated Pals with the ideal combination of Passive Skills.

This lead me to a question- exactly how is everyone acquiring these perfect pals? Are you catching a boatload until you find that one perfect find, is this the result of countless breeding attempts, does this come from clever use of the essence condenser, or D- None of the Above?

There's no doubt these are impressive accomplishments, but the threads rarely explain what the person did to acquire those pals. That part would be really helpful.