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Shiny Advice and Theory
I'm not sure if someone's already said this, but I figured I'd give a heads up and perhaps hopefully get some people who agree in order to solidate this theory.
So, I'm pretty sure searching for shinies in your friend safari drastically increases your chance of finding shinies. I've found like, 9... there? Something like that. Recently I added a new friend, however, with a Charmeleon safari. Me and him have never been on at the same time, unfortunately. So whenever I go to the safari, I see the silhouette of her face on the friend select menu and a question mark. I literally searched for a shiny charmeleon for like 12-14 hours and found nothing (I have no life right now, but that's for another day)... In a normal safari, however, where i've been online at the same time as my friends, I can find one shiny every 1-2 hours. And as soon as I left the Charmeleon safari, surely enough I find a shiny Sigilyph within the hour. So anyone looking for shinies, I just thought I'd give a heads up on this theory. I'm almost 100% sure that it helps if you've been online with the friend. |
That would explain why I spent like 5 times as long in a Charmeleon safari than the others without finding anything...
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Another way to increase the rate of your shiny encounter is, according to rumor, by giving people tips. It hasn't actually been confirmed, though, since nobody's been able to look into the game's code to see if it is real. d: I've given tips to about two - three people, but so far, I haven't been able to encounter any shiny at all. My friend, on the other hand—she ran into a shiny Bunnelby eight to nine minutes after giving some tips to the guy at Parfum Palace. I'm not exactly sure if this is true or made-up, but I'll lean more towards believing her. xD
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But that's why I made this thread, to figure out the validity/disprove behind the theories and what else people have found. So hearing your perspective and those of others would be really interesting. =) It also helps ease tension and anticipation imo if you go in with the intention of EV training pokemon rather than just looking for shinies. It makes time go by faster haha. |
What exactly do you mean by "Charmeleon" Safari, if I may ask?
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Just any safari that has a Charmeleon in it. It's not an important part of the shiny theory or anything, it just happens to be a coincidence between Cassie and I.
(Since we're both looking for a shiny Charizard) |
Oh, okay. :P The way it was typed made it seem like certain Safaris will be different from others when using this theory. I'll go try this out in a bit!
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this seems very likely, thanks for the advice (btw, did you consider hatching a charmander?with the taonflame thing, egg runs dont take that much anymore for me XD)
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My fastest shiny was actually from a friend safari where it was blacked out like that. I had just added the person and we hadn't connected/been online together, but I knew they had some good Pokemon so I went in regardless. I caught a shiny kirlia in less than 10 encounters.
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i think its just pure luck, i got 3 shinys back to back the other night, Ivysaurs....but i spent 6-8 hours in there looking for a Female ivysaur which i never got...
Its just the fact that its only 3 pokemon, its just a higher increase of chance to encounter the pokemon over and over and get lucky with a shiny. |
I guess it still technically means there's a better chance, but a question on that: Do you have to use the PokeRadar to increase the chance of a shiny or is it getting the same species in a row improves it?
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You cant use pokeradar in friend safari
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Likewise, you can't really base a trend off of what happens with one person either. For that person who finds no shinies in the friend safari, there might be another person who finds 8 in the same amount of time. Taking the average would lead us closer to an actual ratio. |
i've spent quite a good period of time in the friend safaris and not one has shown up... ; n;
and i dont think the tip theory is true because i tip all the time??? and my masuda breeding method isnt working well for me either [ 7 boxes of espurrs, not one ; n; ] i'm being patient of course, but man, finding my first shiny ever would be awesome uvu maybe i'm just not destined to have a shiny :'( but i'll keep looking, maybe i just need to spend more time there x wx |
Hmmm...well, I was online with some person that I had exchanged FC's with, and began to hunt for a shiny Hawlucha. VERY QUICKLY I got a Shiny Pidgey. Since then, I haven't been able to get any shinies...
I've been bunting in the Fire Safari, and not one has shown up! Same goes with my Masuda Method Hawlucha's, and from what I'm hearing, MM takes longer this gen than the previous ones. |
Well, I got my first(and unique shiny, by the way) at a friend safari. I was just catching ditto's for natures, and suddenly a blue ditto appears. I was in the safari for like a hour or so...And i'm unlucky with the masuda also. 7 boxes of eevees already...
After the ditto encounter i started to actually hunt for those shinies. No luck at all with all the methods(masuda, chaining, even fish chain...)I spend four hours or so into a water safari trying to get a shiny Wartotle... So yeah, guess it's person based... |
Don't give up Numix! We're all disbelievers until it happens.. trust me that fish chaining thing. Anyone can do it. Here's a guide: http://yellowfur.tumblr.com/post/64778388247/prguitarman-fishing-chain-is-no-joke-thats
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Settings (Bottom Right) -> Battle Effects Off. It doesn't increase your shiny rate, but I was able to a least go through more Pokemon in a limited time span. I also increased text speed. I'm not sure if this was luck, or killing actually is better than running away. Hence pokeradar killing.
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spend hours in the safari and didn't find any shinies.
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This could be my problem as I've unlocked most friends Hidden Abilities by being online at the same time in the past but I don't have steady internet service which my explain my lack of Shinies in the Friend Safari. My only Shiny so far are from Breeding. So far nothing from chain fishing as I haven't really done it. Quote:
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