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4th Gen Pokemon Chaining Questions

Have you caught a shiny before with or without an pokeradar?

  • I have caught a shiny

    Votes: 98 54.7%

  • I have not caught a shiny yet

    Votes: 81 45.3%
  • Total voters
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Lady Nicole

hello o.o
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    Lumine said:
    I wouldn't want to battle that Mime with awesome IVs.....XD


    Anyways on average whats the number of chains to see a shiny? cause I caught a shiny after like 10 chains ish while others took like 40 chains
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    Umm...I'm assuming you want to know the probabilities. Well if you read my posts on page 7 you can find out more of that kind of stuff. Post #154 tells you how to chain, post #160 shows you a graph of the probabilities, post #169 tells you exactly how the game generates a shiny pokemon. And if you're annoyed at the game saying "the grassy patch remained quiet" or the normal music plays after a battle read post #114 on page 5 lol. Sorry, it's just that I don't want to repeat all that :laugh:

    The chances of getting a shiny at a chain of 10 is tiny. I forget the formula right now but your chances of getting a shiny patch of grass at a chain of 40 is 1/200.
    DO NOT make a chain higher than 40 or you're risking your chain because the probability doesn't increase any more. If I am wrong about this I will make a public apology, but I'm sure it's true ^_^

    Yeah, My battle Mr. Mime is awesome! :P
     

    Gibbo

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    Today I got a chain of both Smoochum and Smeargle above 40 and broke them by accident, stupid!
     

    Gibbo

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    Well the smoochum one I was resetting for ages and I wanted to get into a battle so I could take a break, but it was a Psyduck. >.<
    And the Smeargle one I had just reached 40 and while getting enough steps to reset I ran into a patch by accident!
     

    ThePlaya

    I Am The Charizard Master
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    man that sucks:(.....that has happend to me about three times while i was chaining, i walked into a patch that i didn't see shake and it broke my chain:(.....I HATE THAT!!!
     

    ThePlaya

    I Am The Charizard Master
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    Guess what ppl.......i caught some new shinys while pokecommunity was donw:)
    I managed to get all of them at chain 40 and it didnt break....but it did a little while after.Im so happy
     

    Gibbo

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    Yeah I got quite a few while PC was down.
    I managed to get all my targets too, which both Bagon and Eevee had annoyed me for awhile. ^_^

    Lady Nicole said:
    Yeah, I know exactly what you mean about the homework, ShadowTails, cos I do applied mathematics which is looooooooads of work. I have to practice piano as well which takes up even more time :\ I simply don't have time for chaining :(
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    Haha, are you doing maths at A level?
    The work is killer... but I never do it...
     

    ThePlaya

    I Am The Charizard Master
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    i had lots of time since pokecommunity wasnt working because i looked for battle,trades, or just talk here.
    But since i didnt do that for a while it gave me more time w/chaining.:)
    And gibbo....i cant chain a bagon yet...Lucky you;)
     

    Lady Nicole

    hello o.o
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    Cool, well done for catching all your new shinies =)
    Shiny Bagon...*drools* lol.

    Gibbo said:
    Haha, are you doing maths at A level?
    The work is killer... but I never do it...
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    Lol no I've already done maths A level. This year I'm doing further maths >.<
     

    Vie

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    Hey...could someone help me, please? I tried chaining with floatzel, staravia, skuntank and ponyta. I never got higher than eight. What is wrong? I just caught 3 shinys (bidoof, tentacool and swellow) but that was coincidence. I tried to breed with them, and now I have 8 vulpix...no shinys... Help me...........
     

    Bigmaclover07

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    i chain all the time but im an event hunter :D

    my 3 highest chains are:
    70 krabbys - 3 shinies
    64 cubone - 2 shinies
    59 beldum - 4 shinies

    ive been chaining for a week and have got 16 shinies already!!! ive caught some good ones like adament shiny beldum and impish shiny aron. with awesome IVs so they are now a lovely aggron and metagross :P EV trained of course! :D

    but im on a chain of 54 electrikes at the moment :D
     

    Gibbo

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    Yeah thanks, Bagon was Adamant nature too.
    In order I got a Mareep, 2 Eevees, a Budew, Gastly, Zigzagoon and lastly Bagon.
    It's been a good week, haha.

    Lady Nicole said:
    Lol no I've already done maths A level. This year I'm doing further maths >.<
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    Wow, so you when did you actually do your A level? I mean you the same age as me...
    We have a group about 6 guys at our school doing it along with normal maths for the twos years, yeah, I would never do that...
     

    ItzMike

    Has made a triumphant comeback
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    Lol i got a shiny heatran first go and no saving and turning off

    I was very pleased cause i also only needed 1 ultra ball for it
     

    Zanacross

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    • Seen Jan 25, 2022
    My ds Broke so i cant remember my last chain i think it was 11 on nidorino
     

    Lady Nicole

    hello o.o
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    PsychoKinetics said:
    Lol i got a shiny heatran first go and no saving and turning off

    I was very pleased cause i also only needed 1 ultra ball for it
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    Wow. I must say I'm impressed at your luck. I've been contantly soft-resetting Castform on my Sapphire version for weeks and still no luck :(

    Gibbo said:
    Wow, so you when did you actually do your A level? I mean you the same age as me...
    We have a group about 6 guys at our school doing it along with normal maths for the twos years, yeah, I would never do that...
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    I did my A level last year. And I'm one of only two people at my school doing further maths, yup. Wait till you get to the differential equations in C4...lovely. But remember - if ever you need help with any questions just PM me :) (don't worry I got an A so I won't ruin everything lol)

    DarkAkuma said:
    Hey...could someone help me, please? I tried chaining with floatzel, staravia, skuntank and ponyta. I never got higher than eight. What is wrong? I just caught 3 shinys (bidoof, tentacool and swellow) but that was coincidence. I tried to breed with them, and now I have 8 vulpix...no shinys... Help me...........
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    Ummm try checking my post on page 7 (post # 154) I think I explained all of it fully there.
     
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