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Darkpoké001 September 23rd, 2018 6:10 AM

Been having a busy weekend, but on Friday I managed to Dexnav up a Shiny Larvesta in a mirage spot! took around 120 chains but eventually it popped up. Shiny Volcarona looks really cool??.

https://i.postimg.cc/q7X1TLrw/tmp-cam--2127058446.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/RVS6sLp9/tmp-cam-1282273384.jpg

DarkTorchic September 27th, 2018 6:31 AM

Vulpix: 523 dexnavs
Sandshrew: 505 hordes
Magnemite: 51 dexnavs

Finally new mauville yielded the next shiny another voltorb. I evolved into an electrode completing the evolution line. Now that I completed the voltorb line, I'll just dexnav for magnemite so I don't get any more voltorb.

UPDATE

Dexnaving magnemite isn't the easiest thing to do with them having the sturdy ability, but I managed to get myself a magnemite after 119 dexnavs, I'm continueing the hunt to get another one, to complete the evolution line.

Proof of shinies

https://i.imgur.com/e3tv8Di.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/JiJ1Pa2.jpg

Spoiler:
Been having a busy weekend, but on Friday I managed to Dexnav up a Shiny Larvesta in a mirage spot! took around 120 chains but eventually it popped up. Shiny Volcarona looks really cool������.

Congrats on the volcarona! :D

As always good luck on the hunts, sending shiny vibes ^^

G-Money September 30th, 2018 11:25 PM

Hey SHC!! I wasn't able to post for a while there since I was super busy with school, and then I went to Seattle to find a Mariners T-shirt...their letters are really shiny!!! :laugh: And do I ever have shiny news - not only did I find one shiny during the last couple of months, but I actually managed to find two!!!!!

What was the first shiny I found? Why, it was a shiny Chikorita!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "lol" what else did you think it was going to be??? :pink_laugh: I've honestly lost track of how many shiny Chikorita I have now...I think this one is like, 5, maybe? :laugh-squinted: :pink_boogie: :boogie: :pink_laugh: I love collecting these things!!! Chikorita's one of my absolute favorite Pokémon (as in, top 5 all-time!), so I'm always thrilled to add another one, "lol!" So now I have like 5 shiny Chikorita, 3 shiny Totodile (I think!), and no shiny Cyndaquil! I've already traded Holly - this Chikorita was female!!! - to SoulSilver and reset to keep on the hunt! Cyndaquil's my all-time favorite Pokémon (as in, like, #1, hahahahaha!) and the SRs don't take long, so I'm going to keep hunting until I have three shiny Cyndaquil as well. I really love the Johto starters and always defend them in the "best starter set" debates, so I certainly don't mind getting more of these things, hahahahahahahaha!

Holly was Johto starter #4389, and I found her on July 27th, 2018 at 2:06 AM.

But that's not all!!!
There's more!

When I was flying back from Seattle to Boston, I continued my shiny hunts (as I did on the plane ride there, and lots of other times too, "lol!")! I was looking for that alleged shiny Sableye in Challenger's Cave in Black, and I ran into...

SHINY WOOBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woot woot!!! "lol" another shiny Woobat for me!! This concludes Phase II of my Sableye hunt, and now I have two shiny Woobat to show for it!! That shiny Sableye gets closer every day*!!! As for Woobat, I named him PDT 553, since I caught him at 5:53 Pacific Daylight Time**, and there was no way I was going to remember that for the whole plane ride without a computer to write that into a text file so I'd have the info for my next post at the SHC, "lol!" At first I thought it'd just be a temporary thing and that I'd give him a real nickname after I got off the plane and made this post, but it actually sounds kinda cool...like a secret agent name or something! :happy2:

I caught PDT 553 on September 26th, just north of Bismarck, North Dakota. That's my first shiny caught in North Dakota airspace!!! "lol" I bet there aren't too many of those! :laugh-squinted: It came exactly on encounter #5300 of Phase II, and encounter #23833 of my Sableye hunt overall. :pink_eek:

*Well, technically it doesn't, with the independence of Bernoulli randomly distributed events and all...but, y'know, I could get away with saying that if you think about a future G-Money (OMG future G-Money is so cool!!!! :tongue-poke: ) who definitely catches that infamous shiny Sableye, and then the present G-Money is getting closer to catching that shiny not because the shiny is physically, geographically, or mathematically getting closer, but because present G-Money is getting closer to future G-Money, and because future G-Money is super cool and awesome (I mean, he's from the future!!!), present G-Money is becoming even more super cool and awesome than he already is (y'all didn't think that was even possible, did you? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!), and so present G-Money is certain to find that shiny Sableye...in the future!!! :pink_laugh:

**I know that North Dakota isn't in the Pacific Time Zone, but my watch was still set to that!! I wasn't going to change my watch for like half an hour or whatever while the plane was in each time zone, and "CDT 753" is like a bazillion times lamer than "PDT 553" as a name for a cool flying lime-green bat shiny!!!


I've only made 5 posts this year (gosh, has the Curse afflicted me!?!?), so here's a brief recap of my hunting status:

Primary Goal: Shiny Ghost Quest

I'm trying to get shiny Sableye in Challenger's Cave in Black, which has a 1/81920 chance, "lol!" Now that it's fall, I'm going to do a little bit of hunting for Pumpkaboo and Phantump in X, too! One day, I'll have all of the shiny Ghosts!! Then I'll be able to surround myself with shiny Ghosts as I laugh maniacally and make evil plans to conquer worlds!!! ALL THE SHINY GHOSTS!!!!!

Perpetual Secondary Hunt: Snivy

I like to dual-hunt or triple-hunt with multiple DSes at once, so I'm pretty much always SRing for Snivy on my second DS alongside whatever I'm hunting, "lol." I'm up to 7864 SRs for Snivy on White, and once I get it, I'll probs go for Oshawott and Tepig to continue down my starter tree. Then I'll just need Cyndaquil, Turtwig, the GenVI starters, the GenVII starters, the GenVIII starters, and the GenIX starters, and then I'll have all of them! If GenX gets released before I get all my starters...well, then future G-Money will just go out and catch shinies of all the GenX starters too, hahahahaha!

Setup Hunt: HeartGold

I really, really, really love how the Pokémon follow you around in HeartGold and SoulSilver, so for a long time, I've really wanted HG to be my primary hunting game, so then I'd get to have all my shinies there follow me around and be super awesome and all, haha! But first, I need to get my three shiny Cyndaquil - so that I can have one of each! - and then maybe SR one final time for shiny Chikorita (#509 by that point, "lol!") to play the game with and get tons of cool shinies. The Johto pokes are generally my faves, so I'm really looking forward to having a cool shiny team to follow me around, hahaha! So for now, my tertiary hunt is SRing for the Johto starters in HG.

Good luck to everyone on all of your shiny hunts, be they your primary, secondary, tertiary, or whatever hunts!!! Congrats on all the new shinies, and may the future yous have more shinies than the present yous!!! :tongue-poke:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chr. Draco (Post 9897091)
SHINY GHOST HYPE!

"lol"

DarkTorchic October 1st, 2018 4:35 AM

Vulpix: 600 dexnavs
Sandshrew 650 hordes

Managed to get myself another magnemite, dang that sturdy ability. Got this sucker at 213 dexnavs. Evolved it to a magneton, completing the gen I evolution line.

UPDATE

Caught myself a sandshrew at 652 hordes, keeping up the horde hunt to get a second one.


https://i.imgur.com/wlPRqin.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/afCwYTt.jpg

Spoiler:
Quote:

Originally Posted by G-Money (Post 9931757)
Hey SHC!! I wasn't able to post for a while there since I was super busy with school, and then I went to Seattle to find a Mariners T-shirt...their letters are really shiny!!! :laugh: And do I ever have shiny news - not only did I find one shiny during the last couple of months, but I actually managed to find two!!!!!

What was the first shiny I found? Why, it was a shiny Chikorita!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "lol" what else did you think it was going to be??? :pink_laugh: I've honestly lost track of how many shiny Chikorita I have now...I think this one is like, 5, maybe? :laugh-squinted: :pink_boogie: :boogie: :pink_laugh: I love collecting these things!!! Chikorita's one of my absolute favorite Pokémon (as in, top 5 all-time!), so I'm always thrilled to add another one, "lol!" So now I have like 5 shiny Chikorita, 3 shiny Totodile (I think!), and no shiny Cyndaquil! I've already traded Holly - this Chikorita was female!!! - to SoulSilver and reset to keep on the hunt! Cyndaquil's my all-time favorite Pokémon (as in, like, #1, hahahahaha!) and the SRs don't take long, so I'm going to keep hunting until I have three shiny Cyndaquil as well. I really love the Johto starters and always defend them in the "best starter set" debates, so I certainly don't mind getting more of these things, hahahahahahahaha!

Holly was Johto starter #4389, and I found her on July 27th, 2018 at 2:06 AM.

But that's not all!!!
There's more!

When I was flying back from Seattle to Boston, I continued my shiny hunts (as I did on the plane ride there, and lots of other times too, "lol!")! I was looking for that alleged shiny Sableye in Challenger's Cave in Black, and I ran into...

SHINY WOOBAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woot woot!!! "lol" another shiny Woobat for me!! This concludes Phase II of my Sableye hunt, and now I have two shiny Woobat to show for it!! That shiny Sableye gets closer every day*!!! As for Woobat, I named him PDT 553, since I caught him at 5:53 Pacific Daylight Time**, and there was no way I was going to remember that for the whole plane ride without a computer to write that into a text file so I'd have the info for my next post at the SHC, "lol!" At first I thought it'd just be a temporary thing and that I'd give him a real nickname after I got off the plane and made this post, but it actually sounds kinda cool...like a secret agent name or something! :happy2:

I caught PDT 553 on September 26th, just north of Bismarck, North Dakota. That's my first shiny caught in North Dakota airspace!!! "lol" I bet there aren't too many of those! :laugh-squinted: It came exactly on encounter #5300 of Phase II, and encounter #23833 of my Sableye hunt overall. :pink_eek:

*Well, technically it doesn't, with the independence of Bernoulli randomly distributed events and all...but, y'know, I could get away with saying that if you think about a future G-Money (OMG future G-Money is so cool!!!! :tongue-poke: ) who definitely catches that infamous shiny Sableye, and then the present G-Money is getting closer to catching that shiny not because the shiny is physically, geographically, or mathematically getting closer, but because present G-Money is getting closer to future G-Money, and because future G-Money is super cool and awesome (I mean, he's from the future!!!), present G-Money is becoming even more super cool and awesome than he already is (y'all didn't think that was even possible, did you? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!), and so present G-Money is certain to find that shiny Sableye...in the future!!! :pink_laugh:

**I know that North Dakota isn't in the Pacific Time Zone, but my watch was still set to that!! I wasn't going to change my watch for like half an hour or whatever while the plane was in each time zone, and "CDT 753" is like a bazillion times lamer than "PDT 553" as a name for a cool flying lime-green bat shiny!!!


I've only made 5 posts this year (gosh, has the Curse afflicted me!?!?), so here's a brief recap of my hunting status:

Primary Goal: Shiny Ghost Quest

I'm trying to get shiny Sableye in Challenger's Cave in Black, which has a 1/81920 chance, "lol!" Now that it's fall, I'm going to do a little bit of hunting for Pumpkaboo and Phantump in X, too! One day, I'll have all of the shiny Ghosts!! Then I'll be able to surround myself with shiny Ghosts as I laugh maniacally and make evil plans to conquer worlds!!! ALL THE SHINY GHOSTS!!!!!

Perpetual Secondary Hunt: Snivy

I like to dual-hunt or triple-hunt with multiple DSes at once, so I'm pretty much always SRing for Snivy on my second DS alongside whatever I'm hunting, "lol." I'm up to 7864 SRs for Snivy on White, and once I get it, I'll probs go for Oshawott and Tepig to continue down my starter tree. Then I'll just need Cyndaquil, Turtwig, the GenVI starters, the GenVII starters, the GenVIII starters, and the GenIX starters, and then I'll have all of them! If GenX gets released before I get all my starters...well, then future G-Money will just go out and catch shinies of all the GenX starters too, hahahahaha!

Setup Hunt: HeartGold

I really, really, really love how the Pokémon follow you around in HeartGold and SoulSilver, so for a long time, I've really wanted HG to be my primary hunting game, so then I'd get to have all my shinies there follow me around and be super awesome and all, haha! But first, I need to get my three shiny Cyndaquil - so that I can have one of each! - and then maybe SR one final time for shiny Chikorita (#509 by that point, "lol!") to play the game with and get tons of cool shinies. The Johto pokes are generally my faves, so I'm really looking forward to having a cool shiny team to follow me around, hahaha! So for now, my tertiary hunt is SRing for the Johto starters in HG.

Good luck to everyone on all of your shiny hunts, be they your primary, secondary, tertiary, or whatever hunts!!! Congrats on all the new shinies, and may the future yous have more shinies than the present yous!!! :tongue-poke:



"lol"



AH the master himself returns ^^
Congrats on those shinies G and good luck on the future hunts.

Sending shiny vibes to all ^^

Maserati777 October 4th, 2018 7:59 PM

I haven't posted since the Smoochum, I have been shiny hunting since then.

I lost my Omega Ruby game in July but found it again in September.

I continued my hunt for Cacnea and Baltoy #2 and got a shiny Sandshrew in 426 Dexnav's and then shiny Cacnea in 502 Dexnav's both on Sept 17th. I don't need the Sandshrew but typically encounter every Pokemon that pops up. Was worried about Cacnea having Sticky Barb so just threw a quick ball and it caught.

I've been double full odds random encounter hunting for Exeggcute in Azure Bay and Jynx and Haunter in Frost Cavern. I'm at 2021 for Exeggcute and 2470 for Jynx/Haunter

I've also done some friend safari hunts again, found a 3rd shiny Volbeat, a 2nd shiny Dedenne and a shiny Gothorita in 450 FS encounters.

Darkpoké001 October 6th, 2018 2:56 AM

I've just turned on Pokémon Moon, and I was surfing on Ula Ula Island, and my FIRST wild encounter of the day was a Shiny Tentacool?!! I've only ever had a small few actual random encounter shinies (not hunting) and although there's better shinies (I found one on Omega Ruby too) it's my first I've find in the wild on Moon! A really nice suprise as I wasn't haven't a very good day.

Darkpoké001 October 11th, 2018 8:53 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/hGFQW5mR/tmp-cam-1143566445.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/Bv8pNk0W/tmp-cam-1208235711.jpg

Guys I have AMAZING News!!!! I decided to hunt my first shiny legendary (normally get S/Ring for me gets very tedious) and after just over a HUNDRED S/Rs I encountered a SHINY KYUREM!! I false swiped it with Scizor and it literally refused to he caught and I was so scared of it using struggle after chucking 40- 50 balls at it I resorted to the Master Ball (never would've forgave myself for losing this) I'm currently over the moon as you can imagine and am feeling so lucky������������������

icycatelf October 12th, 2018 7:01 PM

I don't think I've got any new Shinies to show-off, but here's a little game that I thought some of my fellow Shiny-hunters might enjoy. It's meant to be sort of like those games where you use random Pokémon generator to make your team, but is instead determined by your full-odds Shiny encounters.

https://i.imgur.com/JFlbfA6.jpg

I think this would be my team. It was tough choosing only six, but in the end, I ruled-out a couple on account of not being able to visualize myself having them IRL (like Froslass and A-Sandslash).

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/shiny/mothim.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/wartortle.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/lickitung.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/furret.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/porygon2.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/misdreavus.gif

Shiny Mothim: For a little over a year, I haven't been able to help but imagine Mothim as my partner in the Pokémon world. I've been interested in moths and taking photos of different intriguing species for the past four years or so. I chose to keep it as my Shiny not only because it's my favorite aesthetic Shiny, but also because I actually have seen a moth over this time with colors seemingly unusual for its species.

Wartortle: My favorite Pokémon design. One could even say that Squirtle was my Starter Pokémon. It may not have been my first in the games, but it was supposedly my first Pokémon toy (in the form of a candy dispenser). I also remember catching a turtle when I was younger and keeping it as a pet (though I ended up turning it loose).

Lickitung: My original favorite and still a very special and nostalgic Pokémon to me.

Furret: Sentret (non-Shiny) was the first Pokémon I ever caught in the games, so I feel that Furret fits. I also think it would be adorable IRL.

Porygon2: I feel that the Porygon line would be like virtual pets, but with actual consciousness. I could imagine it going back and forth between a computer or handheld device and the real world. (I was actually tempted to choose Magneton here since I used to daydream about having a Magnemite IRL, but with as much as I like using electronics, that may not be a healthy Pokémon to have around!)

Misdreavus: This one might be too spooky for me IRL, but it's such a cutie in 2D! I don't know why, but I remember fantasizing about training Ghost-Type Pokémon. It wasn't until I found a Shiny Misdreavus in VC Gold that I started seeing it as a potential partner though.

I'll likely change this team if I ever complete the hunts I've currently got my eyes on. I need a cat-like Pokémon.

G-Money October 14th, 2018 3:05 PM

OMG SHINY CYNDAQUIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

My favorite Pokémon!!!!! In shiny!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BOO-YEAH!!!!!! Shiny Cyndaquil is mine!!!!! Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaa!!!!!! :pink_boogie:

Yeah! I found shiny Cyndaquil at 10:03 PM on October 12th, 2018. I now have all of the shiny Johto starters!!!!! I wasn't counting the SRs. This is super awesome - the one Pokémon I wanted most, and I now have it shiny!!! :nod: Oh yeah!

I've already traded it over to SoulSilver and hard reset to begin the hunt for my next shiny Cyndaquil. Just two more, and then I'll be able to have all its forms and begin my real HG save file! Then will begin my SHINEOUT!!!

Since it's fall, I've resumed my hunt on X in Mélancolie Path, searching for shiny Pumpkaboo and Phantump for Halloween. I have 6003 encounters already from past years, but maybe this year one of 'em will shine! :pink_love: As always, my other two hunts are Snivy and Challenger's Cave. Cyndaquil's yet another shiny I've caught while looking at non-shiny Snivy on my other DS, "lol!"

Quote:

Originally Posted by icycatelf (Post 9935839)
...here's a little game that I thought some of my fellow Shiny-hunters might enjoy. It's meant to be sort of like those games where you use random Pokémon generator to make your team, but is instead determined by your full-odds Shiny encounters.

https://i.imgur.com/JFlbfA6.jpg

What a fantastic idea!! It's been, like, forever since we've had a club topic (probs over a decade, "lol!"), and this is an amazing thing. I'm totally playing!!!

Here's what my team would be:

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/shiny/misdreavus.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/cyndaquil.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/chikorita.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/bulbasaur.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/mankey.gifhttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/mantyke.gif

The first three were super easy for me to decide, and then I figured out the fourth one not long after, but 5 and 6 took me a while to think about. I actually had to go look through all the shinies I've gotten and really reflect on which ones I'd like to have walking around with me. Luckily my sig was updated relatively recently (like, within the last three years, haha!)! :laugh-squinted:

Shiny Misdreavus: Misdreavus was super easy. If I could have any one Pokémon, this'd probably be it. Not only is it super cool, but it's also emblematic of Ghost-types and Ghost trainers, and it's fitting for me to have a Ghost shiny, since I'm the guy who's out looking for shiny Ghosts. Of course, I'd def pick it to be my shiny, since shiny Misdreavus looks incredibly cool - I mean, it's a floating gold Ghost!!! How awesome is that, right? :pink_laugh: And also, it's the perfect size to have as a Pokémon partner. You wouldn't want something like a Wailord or a Cutiefly accompanying you down the street! :laugh:

Cyndaquil: OMG did you guys know I have a shiny Cyndaquil??? :tongue-poke: I'm so glad icycatelf came up with this now, since just a couple of days ago I wouldn't have been able to have my favorite Pokémon with me, haha! Cyndaquil would definitely be my starter, and anytime I think about what Poké I'd have beside me on a journey, it's always Cyndaquil. Like Misdreavus, he's the perfect size, and having a cute thing walking alongside you whose back can spontaneously ignite into a wicked-awesome flame is just the dopest thing ever.

Chikorita: Chikorita is right up there in my top 3 favorites ever, and it's just super amazing. It's, again, a perfect size for walking alongside a trainer, and I bet Razor Leaf would look amazing irl. The necklace kinda thing around Chikorita's neck looks really cool, and having four tiny legs makes for a cool traveling companion.

Bulbasaur: I know I already have a small Grass-type on my team, but Bulba is just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too cool to leave off. This was a no-brainer for me, as Bulbasaur fits my criteria perfectly and seems like a really cool Pokémon to have around. I think that Bulbasaur was one of Ash's best Pokémon in the anime, and in my opinion, it's probably the most underrated Pokémon overall. I mean, a dinosaur/plant thing that can basically shoot laser beams from its back??? And shoot leaves at opponents and whip them with vines??? Too cool. Irl, I think those attributes would really play up, and I would absolutely love to see a Solar Beam irl, haha. It would be so cool! Bulbasaur's #1!

Now this is where it really gets hard. I came up with ten Pokémon for these last two spots, "lol!" My favorite among them is by far Beldum, but I wouldn't want that to be my companion. I'd want my Pokémon to follow me around outside their PokéBalls, and I just can't imagine a Beldum walking by my side down the sidewalk, haha.

Mankey: This is a pretty unconventional choice for me since I don't particularly like Mankey or even consider it among my 100 faves overall, but I think it fits nicely for an irl team. It's that perfect size to have as a pet who'll follow you around a region (size seems to be my primary criterion, "lol"), and as a Fighting-type, it helps balance the team quite a bit by adding a new type that can hit Normals and Darks pretty hard. I considered Hitmonchan for this spot, but 1) it's too tall ("lol") and 2) it seems like more of a late-game Poké, whereas I like having lots of evolvable early-gamers on my team that stick with me for the whole run, so I can kinda bond with them and see them grow over the course of the journey. Mankey fits that bill pretty well, since you can get him on the second available route in FRLG and he can evolve into a very usable, late-game-viable battler.

Mantyke: Another weird choice from me! This one was really hard, and I considered a bunch of possibilities: Shuppet, Litwick, Spiritomb, Golett, Mudkip, Koffing, and Mantyke were the finalists. Shuppet was my first hunted shiny and I spent hundreds of hours looking for it before I had even confirmed that shinies could really be hunted, and it's also that perfect size (OMG I had no idea how much size mattered for irl teams...like, it's something I've literally never thought about in the games - not even once! - but it's a major component for this analysis, hahahaha!) and it has a super-cool crystalline color, but I already am carrying a pretty weak Ghost on my team, so I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to compete in trainer battles carrying two small Ghosts and two small Grasses. That eliminates Shuppet, Spiritomb, Golett, and Litwick. Litwick's fire would have been useful, but even though its Special Attack isn't all that bad in the games, irl I'd imagine it as just having that weak little flame on top, and that'd be super weak, haha. Koffing would be cool because it fits the size criterion and it's more of a status specialist that can help catch new Pokémon and weaken strong opponents so my sweepers could take them out, but I ultimately went with Mantyke. I wanted a Water-type to cover my weakness to Fire (carrying two Grass is a really bad idea, "lol!" ...but I just can't give up on either Chiko or Bulba), so it came down to Mudkip or Mantyke. Mudkip is probably in my top-10 overall and I've played multiple Hoenn runs with it as my partner, but I already have two starters on my team and there's one other factor to consider: familiarity. I've literally never used Mantyke or Mantine in any capacity whatsoever, so I really don't know anything about them. In contrast, I've played like hundreds of hours with Mudkip/Marshtomp/Swampert on my team, and I like trying out new Pokémon I've never used before. So I think it would be a fun change to try out cool Pokés I'm not familiar with like Mantyke and Mankey for a fun new adventure! :happy:

"lol" that went way longer than I intended, haha. But it was super fun thinking it through! Looking back like that really makes me appreciate my shinies more in a way I'd never thought about. Maybe if some of you guys want we could try having a battle on like Showdown or Wifi sometime with the teams we made, haha. It could encourage us to go out and start hunting OU shinies! :pink_laugh:

Spoiler:
Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkTorchic (Post 9931792)
Vulpix: 600 dexnavs
Sandshrew 650 hordes

Managed to get myself another magnemite, dang that sturdy ability. Got this sucker at 213 dexnavs. Evolved it to a magneton, completing the gen I evolution line.

UPDATE

Caught myself a sandshrew at 652 hordes, keeping up the horde hunt to get a second one.


AH the master himself returns ^^
Congrats on those shinies G and good luck on the future hunts.

Sending shiny vibes to all ^^

Congrats on those shinies, DarkTorchic!! What are you going to hunt for next?

And thanks for those shiny vibes - they helped me get my Cyndaquil!!! :boogie:

*sends shiny vibes to rest of SHC*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maserati777 (Post 9933237)
I haven't posted since the Smoochum, I have been shiny hunting since then.

I lost my Omega Ruby game in July but found it again in September.

I continued my hunt for Cacnea and Baltoy #2 and got a shiny Sandshrew in 426 Dexnav's and then shiny Cacnea in 502 Dexnav's both on Sept 17th. I don't need the Sandshrew but typically encounter every Pokemon that pops up. Was worried about Cacnea having Sticky Barb so just threw a quick ball and it caught.

I've been double full odds random encounter hunting for Exeggcute in Azure Bay and Jynx and Haunter in Frost Cavern. I'm at 2021 for Exeggcute and 2470 for Jynx/Haunter

I've also done some friend safari hunts again, found a 3rd shiny Volbeat, a 2nd shiny Dedenne and a shiny Gothorita in 450 FS encounters.

Congrats, Maserati! You don't hear of too many people hunting the desert shinies, so it's pretty neat that you were able to get that Cacnea.

Good luck on your Exeggcute hunt! I never liked the originals all that much, but Alolan Exeggcutor gave me a newfound appreciation of the line and now it's one of my absolute favorite Pokémon of all-time. My friends totally hate on it, but honestly, if I had a shiny one, it'd go right on my team for icycatelf's game, haha! :laugh:

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Originally Posted by Darkpoké001 (Post 9933590)
I've just turned on Pokémon Moon, and I was surfing on Ula Ula Island, and my FIRST wild encounter of the day was a Shiny Tentacool?!! I've only ever had a small few actual random encounter shinies (not hunting) and although there's better shinies (I found one on Omega Ruby too) it's my first I've find in the wild on Moon! A really nice suprise as I wasn't haven't a very good day.

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Originally Posted by Darkpoké001 (Post 9935327)
Guys I have AMAZING News!!!! I decided to hunt my first shiny legendary (normally get S/Ring for me gets very tedious) and after just over a HUNDRED S/Rs I encountered a SHINY KYUREM!! I false swiped it with Scizor and it literally refused to he caught and I was so scared of it using struggle after chucking 40- 50 balls at it I resorted to the Master Ball (never would've forgave myself for losing this) I'm currently over the moon as you can imagine and am feeling so lucky������������������

Woah, congrats on those shinies!!! Sounds like you got some amazing shiny vibes there too, haha! Getting a shiny on the very first encounter of the day sounds totally surreal!!!

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Originally Posted by icycatelf (Post 9935839)
I also remember catching a turtle when I was younger and keeping it as a pet

"lol!" Dude, you actually ARE a Pokémon trainer irl!!! :laugh-squinted:

icycatelf October 15th, 2018 8:29 AM

Super awesome congrats on that Cyndaquil, and good luck getting two more to complete the line! I personally love Shiny Quilava, at least with the shade of brown used on its 3DS model. Good luck on your Phantump/Pumpkaboo hunt as well!

Fun team! Your explanations make mine look lazy. I don't think the height factor of Hitmonchan really bother me that much, but its humanoid qualities would probably make me uncomfortable (one of the reasons I can't see myself with Froslass IRL). Mantyke is an interesting choice. Personally, I have a hard time seeing myself with fish Pokémon since, unlike in-game, many of them could only follow me/battle in water.

A tourney based on this idea could be fun!

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EDIT: Not one of the cat-like Pokémon I've had my eyes on lately, but I'll take it! I ended up using the Luxury Ball I had planned for a Shiny Nincada/Shedinja because it looks so cool.

https://i.imgur.com/2fdbPAS.jpg

While Zangoose is clearly inspired by mongooses, I feel that they deliberately made it look more cat-like as a reference to the literal translation of the Japanese word for mongoose, "cat-ferret."

I got his nickname from Kyanite (a blue gemstone), but I'm pronouncing it as Kian (kee-in). Not sure which game I'll train him in yet, but I'll eventually transfer him to SoulSilver to join Noa (my Shiny Furret). I could totally ship these two — they even have the same Nature!

G-Money October 21st, 2018 3:09 PM

Guys, I've found the key to shiny hunting!!! It's...it's...it's...

Spoiler:
SHINY KLEFKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:laugh:


I ran into this guy last night, October 20th, at exactly 5:00 PM. It came on encounter #8258 in the Mélancolie Path on X - I've finally finished Phase I of my pumpkin-picking hunt after many, many years! :laugh-squinted: It was raining in-game that day, and shiny Klefki kinda looks like rusted keys that've been left outside, "lol." I thought the color scheme went perfectly with a Quick Ball, so I used Hypnosis and then caught him on Quick Ball attempt number three. I named him Clay, since that's how you pronounce "keys" in French, and Kalos is kinda like France and all that! :pink_love:

Back to Pumpkaboo picking!!! :boogie:

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Originally Posted by icycatelf (Post 9936933)
Super awesome congrats on that Cyndaquil, and good luck getting two more to complete the line! I personally love Shiny Quilava, at least with the shade of brown used on its 3DS model. Good luck on your Phantump/Pumpkaboo hunt as well!

Fun team! Your explanations make mine look lazy. I don't think the height factor of Hitmonchan really bother me that much, but its humanoid qualities would probably make me uncomfortable (one of the reasons I can't see myself with Froslass IRL). Mantyke is an interesting choice. Personally, I have a hard time seeing myself with fish Pokémon since, unlike in-game, many of them could only follow me/battle in water.

A tourney based on this idea could be fun!

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EDIT: Not one of the cat-like Pokémon I've had my eyes on lately, but I'll take it! I ended up using the Luxury Ball I had planned for a Shiny Nincada/Shedinja because it looks so cool.

https://i.imgur.com/2fdbPAS.jpg

While Zangoose is clearly inspired by mongooses, I feel that they deliberately made it look more cat-like as a reference to the literal translation of the Japanese word for mongoose, "cat-ferret."

I got his nickname from Kyanite (a blue gemstone), but I'm pronouncing it as Kian (kee-in). Not sure which game I'll train him in yet, but I'll eventually transfer him to SoulSilver to join Noa (my Shiny Furret). I could totally ship these two — they even have the same Nature!

Thanks, man! Good point about Mantyke not being able to walk around because he's a fish creature, "lol!" And you're totally right about the humanoid Pokémon being creepy to walk with - I think that's part of why having really small Pokémon is so appealing for me, haha.

Huge congrats on your Zangoose!! You always come up with the best names, haha. Good luck getting your Nincada and your cat-like shiny! You have lots of options, like Meowth, Skitty, Purrloin, Eevee...

*crowd arrives with pitchforks after hearing Eevee in a discussion of cats*

icycatelf October 21st, 2018 3:42 PM

No prob, and congrats on the Shiny keychain! I could've seen myself with a Klefki when I was younger since I went through a key-collecting phase. I wonder how long it was after I curiously stuck them in an electric outlet that I stopped collecting them...

Thanks! I hope you get that purple pumpkin!

It's funny that you should mention Eevee since that's the one I'd most like it get. I don't see Eevee itself as a cat-like Pokémon, but Leafeon looks so much like a Siamese cat! We actually got a Siamese (or part-Siamese) kitten a couple months ago and I just want to tape leaves to her ears and tail! xD If I get particularly lucky and score a female, I'd probably name the Leafeon after her. I may just try for Meowth/Persian though since this would be for my SoulSilver team and the only way to get a Shiny Eevee would be to SR for it. I don't like SRing. Dx

icycatelf October 24th, 2018 5:40 AM

I was doing some quick Shiny-hunting before bed (100 encounters), planning to leave Dark Cave after 25 to hunt elsewhere. Just as I was about to exit, #25 shined!

https://i.imgur.com/Dw5M97i.jpg

His nickname is Japanese for "angel," referencing one of Dunsparce's Abilities in later Gens., Serene Grace (Heavenly Blessing in the Japanese games), as well as his little white wings. Tenchi (heaven and earth) may have been more suitable, referencing the former as well as Dunsparce's burrowing habits, but I don't want to think of Tenchi Masaki every time I see him. xD

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lSRNrC6cRYg/U_xsKUCxHOI/AAAAAAAAAfk/OEgZQfhzKqE/s1600/tenchi_masaki_of_tenchi_muyo-14157.jpg

I'm ecstatic about this one. Shiny Dunsparce had been my favorite Pokémon for ages and I'd been trying for a full-odds one on-and-off for close to a year I think. I had only recently started considering Wartortle my favorite, but I wonder if finding this guy will encourage me to bump Dunsparce back up to #1?

Of course, now I've got to have Dunsparce on my team for the anime game. I guess I'll drop Misdreavus for him.

Darkpoké001 October 25th, 2018 12:35 PM

Jumped back onto Pokémon Y as I'd not really played it too much recently. Was just absent mindedly hunting in the friend safari and eventually ran into a HA shiny Braixen! Very happy with this as you could imagine, wanted shiny Delphox for awhile ��

https://i.imgur.com/VIqgksc.jpg

-UPDATE-

Started my first SOS chain hunt yesterday night on Moon (to minimal sucess) but continued today for a good couple of hours and eventually I got Bounsweet to shine!! Getting incredibly lucky at the moment and im happy with my first 7th gen shiny pokemon ����
(4IVs and an Adamant nature too!!😲)

https://i.imgur.com/NDRJzwj.jpg

GreninjaShurken October 27th, 2018 2:42 PM

This is my first post

Darkpoké001 October 29th, 2018 6:29 PM

I've just had THE most tense shiny battle I've ever had! After hunting for the past 3 hours I finally SOS'ed up a shiny Exeggcute!!

So I false swiped it and fainted the ally and then, for the next 40 ish turns it kept calling a new ally (brought NO pokemon with status inflicting moves with me so really thought I might lose it a silly error on my part).

Eventually it failed to call and I caught it but I'll have to be more prepared next time. Stressful.

Also, I managed to chain a shiny Wishiwashi yesterday too! I really like the schooling form with the gold details. Getting really good luck lately with the chain battles ��

https://i.imgur.com/slKK4zO.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Da7ytAc.jpg

-UPDATE-

I decided to go on a little hunt for Halloween and after around just an hour I can gladly say I can add a shiny Rockruff to my shiny list! �� The blue looks so amazing on it and was my quickest SOS hunt yet I believe.

https://i.imgur.com/uoCpzK4.jpg

And... now after 4 hours S/Ring I've finally had a shiny Chikorita come up for my new SoulSilver save! When I originally played I got a shiny Totodile on my first ever run and as I've decided to replay the game again I'm so happy to be able to use a shiny starter again!

https://i.imgur.com/rkatwPb.jpg

icycatelf November 9th, 2018 6:27 AM

My second full-odds Shiny in Ultra Sun!

https://i.imgur.com/0k8EMzl.jpg

I was trying for a better-natured Shiny Froslass, but I'll take it! I'm thinking about naming her Alaska or Zefir.

It's a shame that Snow Warning is only available as a Hidden Ability, but I'll probably raise her for use on a casual Ice-Monotype team anyway.

EDIT: Settled on Zefir and got her evolved and EV-trained. Now to level-up and work on her moveset! (Hopefully I can get that Snorunt/Froslass in the process.)

https://i.imgur.com/PvWLbe6.jpg

Iceshadow3317 November 12th, 2018 8:41 PM

Hello all!! With this weekends community day in Pokemon Go, I got Shiny Cydaquil, which is now Typhlosion, which FINALLY bring my Rainbow Challenge to a close after almost exactly 10 months.. Grey was originally supposed to be this, but with ti dead in the center, I decided to cut it. I also caught Shiny Chikorita (Now Maganium) back in September.

Green: Minun
Purple: Swanna
Blue: Braviary
Cyan: Squirtle (Now Blastoise)
Black: Sandygast
White: Eevee
Pink: Barbaracle
Yellow: Floatzel
Orange: Charmander (Now a Charizard)
Red: Cyndaquil (Now Typhlosion)

Finished just in time for Let's Go. My original plan after I finished this, was to start Dragon Shiny Hunting, but I decided not to do that, so I don't know what I will do next. Maybe the legendary birds if they aren't shiny locked in Let's Go. Possibly also a Snorlax and Dragonite.

I might even make it a Kanto Quest, since we will be stuck in Kanto for the next year at least most likely.

Lrachelr5 November 19th, 2018 9:45 AM

So I decided to dabble in the new hunting method in Let's GO and have been successful in catching a shiny Nidoran Male (now Nidorino will be Nioking) and a shiny Vulpix who is now a beautiful shiny Ninetales

Maserati777 November 23rd, 2018 10:39 AM

I recently found a shiny Duskull in 90 Dexnav encounters.

icycatelf November 27th, 2018 6:07 PM

Not what I was hunting, but I found a Shiny Zigzagoon in Ruby. I named him Aki after an old tanuki OC of mine.

I suppose I'll take a little break from my Nincada hunt to EV-train him in LeafGreen, hoping to score a Shiny Meowth/Persian or Yanma in the process.

Darkpoké001 December 1st, 2018 3:12 AM

Hi guys, I've been away soft resetting on SoulSilver and, this morning, my patience paid off.

https://i.imgur.com/sHWU90B.jpg

After well over a week of soft resetting, Lugia finally shined! The colour is interesting to say the least but I'm so happy I've finally completed this hunt, and caught my first same game cover-legend shiny! (was an absolute pain to catch to and after Ampharos critically hit it I was really on edge)

https://i.imgur.com/CBmIi7z.jpg

icycatelf December 13th, 2018 7:47 AM

I didn't get that Shiny Meowth/Persian or Yanma while training my Shiny Zigzagoon/Linoone, but I did finally get my Shiny Nincada/Shedinja!

https://i.imgur.com/PO7CboH.jpg

I named Shedinja "Nimbus" after an old Shedinja of mine from the RSE days. It's now a member of my main team on Ultra Sun, but I cloned it a few times before transferring so that I could still use it on some of my older games (something I regret not doing with my Shiny Mothim). I finished leveling it up in SoulSilver hoping for a Shiny Sneasel, but no dice.

I also found a Shiny Pidgey while EV-training it in LeafGreen. I evolved my previous Shiny Pidgey (from HeartGold) into Pidgeotto, so I fully evolved this one into Pidgeot. I'm still in the process of EV-training Pidgeotto (no nickname yet), still hoping for Meowth/Persian, but I've been bouncing between hunts on other games.

Additionally, I caught Pokérus twice in the past few weeks (once in Ruby and once in SoulSilver). I didn't notice until after it expired, though. Dx

Maserati777 December 13th, 2018 4:59 PM

On the 22nd I found shiny Bellsprout #5 in 479 hordes, on the 24th I found shiny Weepinbell #3 in 182 hordes. I’m hunting for Ekans and Arbok.

On Dec 4th I found shiny Vanillite #10 in 3,846 random encounters in Frost Cavern hunting for Jynx.

On Dec 5th I found shiny Jynx in 3,989 random encounters, continuing from Vanillite. I previously found a shiny Smoochum back in Aug at the start of this hunt.

I found shiny Bellsprout #6 in 670 hordes on the 9th

I decided to take a break from horde hunting and jumped into friend safari going for Luxio. Found shiny Dedenne #2 on the 11th in 437, then #3 in 68 on the 12th and then #4 today in 44.

icycatelf December 16th, 2018 7:54 AM

Found a Shiny Ursaring in SoulSilver while hunting Sneasel:

https://i.imgur.com/qel5wGA.jpg

I've got mixed feelings about this one. Although I'm a fan of green, it seems out-of-place on Ursaring. Then again, the green kind of makes it look like some sort of nature spirit which is kind of cool. I imagine it looking like a mossy boulder at rest.


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