The Celadon hunts continue for me! 2900 Dratini, 1450 Clefairy, and 5961 Eevee so far.
I would really love to join the Shiny Hunters and signed up on PC just to give it a shot!
I would like to join this group if it's okay.
Welcome to the SHC!!
At this point, replacing the male Nincada with the second Japanese Ditto would slightly lower the chances of the perfect Nincada, but it would dramatically increase the odds of a Shiny. Replacing it with the first would certainly tank the IVs, but you'd know you acquired it yourself via in-game means.
What would you do, personally?
- Would you use the second Ditto, since you've gotten to a point where the full max IVs don't make a difference?
- Would you use a specific Ditto, or either Ditto, since the primary objective is getting a Shiny, even risking the desired IVs?
- Would you not use the Ditto because you didn't earn it via trading and/or because a downloaded Ditto feels illegal?
- Would you not use the Ditto to squeeze the maximum IV potential out of it?
Lastly, disregarding the legality of the second Ditto:
- Would you in any way feel bad about getting the Shiny with the second Ditto as a parent?
I have been rather intrigued over my personal thoughts and determinations on this and would like to see your thoughts, as well.
Thanks for reading and have a nice time hunting!
I would definitely keep doing what you've been doing, using two parents that you acquired yourself. For me, using the second Ditto would take away from the legitimacy of the shiny, since I wouldn't have fully acquired it myself - I'd rather have 2 perfect IVs that I got using only my own Pokemon rather than 3 or 4 perfect IVs that are a result of trading and using someone else's Pokemon. It's a lot more rewarding to be able to say, "Hey, I got this 2 perfect-IVed shiny from scratch!"
As for the first Ditto, you'd be sacrificing your chances of getting the Shedinja you want in exchange for shorter time spent getting it (and by "it", I mean a shiny Shedinja without awesome stats). You'd basically be punting the more valuable, but harder to obtain Shedinja so that you don't need to spend as much time hatching...since you wouldn't be getting the "ideal Shedinja" that you've worked so hard for, I don't think this option is really worth it, either.
It all comes down to two questions:
1) Would you give up your chances of getting a really great competitive shiny Shedinja if it meant that you don't have to hatch as many eggs?
2) If so, would you use a Pokemon not obtained through natural means to increase your chances of getting a competitively decent - but still not great - shiny Shedinja?
I would personally say no to both of them, but I can see how someone might want to use the first Ditto if they were less interested in hunting for a competitively awesome Shedinja and just wanted a shiny. It all depends on what you're hunting for (but a competitively awesome shiny Shedinja with a perfect nature and excellent IVs would be really cool!).