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Altair November 24th, 2013 2:13 PM

I keep all shinies that I catch in a saved PC box for them. I don't ever trade them nor do I train/evolve them. I just keep them the way I got them, I think of them as trophies in a way haha...

Reecho November 24th, 2013 3:18 PM

I just caught my first Shiny today! She's a Poliwag and I think I'll add her to my party. Which should I evolve her into Poliwrath or Politoed? I can't decide!

Arlo November 24th, 2013 3:51 PM

I put them in their own box, unimaginatively labeled "Shiny".

The only one I used for any length of time in-game was my first - a Zubat in Leaf Green. It was a mainstay in my party all through the game, mostly as a Golbat, then I finally got to evolve it to a Crobat after I got the National Dex, and found that I really didn't like the Crobat shiny sprite much. Then I caught a bunch of shinies I wasn't much interested in anyway (Doduo, Tentacool, Spoink, Voltorb...). Some of them were cool shinies, but they weren't pokemon I actually use much, so I started just putting them away. That then became my habit, and since then, that's all I do. The only one I've even had in my party for any time since was a Swadloon I caught in Black, just because I wanted to evolve it to a Leavanny. Since it's a happiness evolution, I didn't actually use it at all - I just carried it around in my team and got it massages and such until it was happy enough, then fed it a rare candy and evolved it, then put it in the Shiny box.

Mega Missingno November 24th, 2013 4:12 PM

I usually leave them in their PC box. Sometimes, I'll train them, like my shiny Red Gyarados, who's just an absolute beast, but my shiny Lanturn gets the box.

KittenKoder November 25th, 2013 12:47 AM

I release them, unless it's a pokemon I don't have another of.

Arrow November 26th, 2013 1:35 PM

If it's a useless Pokemon, boxed. If it's handy, then I could consider using it. I use the Red Gyrados from the Lake of Rage but my shiny Luvdisc has been rotting in my PC.

braixen November 26th, 2013 2:33 PM

i keep them in my pc box, or train them how i want them to be and then use them to help train my other pokemon or use them in in-game battles.

Brendino November 29th, 2013 12:46 AM

The few shiny Pokemon I've found haven't been all that great, so I've mostly just left them sitting in the PC like quite a few others. I did try and put a lot of effort into my shiny Ducklett/Swanna in White 2, but I already had much better Water and Flying options on my team, so I just gave up on it.

Terff December 11th, 2013 8:00 PM

Keep em in my PC, I keep the ones that I have caught and trade away those that I haven't

Red_Spartan December 12th, 2013 12:58 AM

All I've got is a shiny FS Ditto, which I use for IV breeding until a superior offspring comes along. Hatched a 3IV shiny Charmander which is periodically a member of my team and is currently lv 65 Charizard, tough to use her though when my other level 60+ Charizard has 6IV's and is EV trained... I thought about using a reset bag and EV training my shiny, but I like her how she is and I don't use her competitively. Looks awesome with the Y mega evolution stone.
If I hatched a decent IV/natured shiny Tyrunt it'd be the happiest moment of my Pokemon 'career'.

Jessie December 12th, 2013 9:29 AM

Well, the only shiny that I've run into that was one I wasn't trying for was a Wingull, I tried to use that one in my team but I really just couldn't find a spot for her, so she stays in the PC mostly.

All the other shinies I have are ones I've bred because I want them on my team, so those I'm currently levelling up and using in gameplay.

Virtual Headache December 12th, 2013 5:36 PM

I treat my shinies like I treat my legendaries: I just box them and never touch them. I just see them as too valuable to do anything with them and I'm afraid that I might mess them up by training (even though you can delete EVs so that isn't the most important factor) or regret evolving them because that can't be reversed.


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