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Dragneil August 12th, 2014 6:26 PM

decided to shiny hunt charmeleon in friend safari after months of not playing got one within 30min of turning on my ds. I think the game is reeling me back in xD

Judge Rapier19 August 14th, 2014 10:42 AM

Got a Shiny Horsea after 5 minutes of chain fishing (first time i tried it). Hopefully get this lucky again as looking for a Shiny Dratini (Like the look of the shiny Dragonair) :)

Akuryou Inushii August 21st, 2014 10:22 AM

Hahah, maybe it is. cx So, I'm thinking of doing a Shiny Emporium for trading, I have a reliable method of cloning. What do you guys think?

Rageon August 22nd, 2014 12:47 AM

How Do You Get Shinies!?
 
Hi Trainers, I see people boasting about there "Limited Edition Max IV Shiny Mew" and I wonder how do they do it. All the experienced Shiny Hunters out there, could you give me some tips? People will say "It's just Luck" but you see people with about 200 shinies so there has to be something to it! So if you have any tips (good places to luck etc.) I'd be grateful!

Howmander August 22nd, 2014 1:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Rageon (Post 8410220)
Hi Trainers, I see people boasting about there "Limited Edition Max IV Shiny Mew" and I wonder how do they do it. All the experienced Shiny Hunters out there, could you give me some tips? People will say "It's just Luck" but you see people with about 200 shinies so there has to be something to it! So if you have any tips (good places to luck etc.) I'd be grateful!

Unless you cheat, it really is all up to luck. This gen I found shinies are infinitely easier to get (I only ever got one while playing the entire GameBoy Advance generation games and this gen I have probably a couple dozen) When you complete the Pokedex you get a Shiny Charm (I think that's what it's called) that doubles the chance of finding a shiny, and when you breed using at least 1 parent from a different region as you you get an increased chance of the offspring being shiny, but that's pretty much all you can do.

I personally have been finding a shiny pokemon approximately 1 every 100 hours of gameplay, but I have gotten lucky such as breeding both a shiny Fennekin and a shiny Chespin within an hour of each other, and a few days ago finding a shiny Hoppip in a horde and then a little while later that same session finding a shiny Skiddo. My luck though has been due to grinding. I level up all my pokemon from level 1 through battling. And not 1 pokemon battling with the Exp Share turned on either, but rather each and every single pokemon fights in battles itself to level itself up (I do use the Lucky Egg though) and because of the sheer number of battles I'm fighting all the time I am running into shinies every once in a while. There's things you can do to increase the odds (as I had previously mentioned, such as the shiny charm and breeding pokemon from different regions) but no matter what you do, it's not going to be a quick thing. It's going to take a lot of time so you're better off doing other things (such as levelling up, battling for money, etc, etc) and while you're not thinking about it, you'll eventually run into a shiny once in a while.

Cyclone August 22nd, 2014 6:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rageon (Post 8410220)
Hi Trainers, I see people boasting about there "Limited Edition Max IV Shiny Mew" and I wonder how do they do it. All the experienced Shiny Hunters out there, could you give me some tips? People will say "It's just Luck" but you see people with about 200 shinies so there has to be something to it! So if you have any tips (good places to luck etc.) I'd be grateful!

Mew cannot be bred, nor can it be caught in-game. There has also not been a Mew event since way back in 2010. Therefore, I have every reason to believe that the Mew you speak of is a hack and is not something that should be asked for help finding. Forget the Max IV part of it; the Shiny part, and even the very fact that it supposedly appears within Kalos, is a hack.

Leòmhann teine August 22nd, 2014 8:23 AM

I haven't had any luck in catching shiny Pokemon in X but I get 31 iv Pokemon left and right I do however have awesome luck catching shiny Pokemon in my emerald game for me 3rd gen and lower is easiest to catch shiny Pokemon in I got a shiny Linoone and Spinda!

DemoBoy August 22nd, 2014 9:04 AM

I found my second shiny this morning before going to work. The last time I found a shiny it was in pkmn sapphire about 10 years ago. I couldn't believe it when I found a shiny sigilygh in the friend safari.

Leòmhann teine August 22nd, 2014 9:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DemoBoy (Post 8410561)
I found my second shiny this morning before going to work. The last time I found a shiny it was in pkmn sapphire about 10 years ago. I couldn't believe it when I found a shiny sigilygh in the friend safari.


Really wow can you post a pic I've never seen a Shiny Sigilygh?

Cyclone August 22nd, 2014 2:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Obsideon (Post 8410588)
Really wow can you post a pic I've never seen a Shiny Sigilygh?

How about a video?

Set to start right around the time, so I'm putting a Youtube link instead.

Akuryou Inushii August 22nd, 2014 6:26 PM

Hey guys!

I've had luck recently in the Friend Safari again, after a long hiatus of not hunting.

So I was wandering around in an Electric-type safari, with Emolga, Pikachu, and my favorite electric type, Manectric. I was on Skype with my boyfriend, and all the sudden I see sparkles. I look over, and it was a shiny Manectric! I was speechless, since I had never had particularly good luck in that safari, I'd gone in there a lot in the past, couldn't find anything.

So, in honor of the shiny Manectric, I decided to clone it while it was holding a Master Ball. I'm giving them away, first come, first serve! Let me know if you'd like one. <3

(I only have six of them.)

Steadydippin August 22nd, 2014 7:16 PM

My Very first shiny after playing every generation was about a week ago. i caught a shiny azuril! cutest freaking pokemon ever! i then evolved him into a azumaril and quickly lost interest. traded him on gts for a yveltal for my dex. then yesterday as i was breeding for a naughty trubbish, i was wonder trading a few of my non naughtys lol and got a shiny frillish! traded that to. i really want a shiny aegislash!

Akuryou Inushii August 23rd, 2014 1:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Steadydippin (Post 8411204)
My Very first shiny after playing every generation was about a week ago. i caught a shiny azuril! cutest freaking pokemon ever! i then evolved him into a azumaril and quickly lost interest. traded him on gts for a yveltal for my dex. then yesterday as i was breeding for a naughty trubbish, i was wonder trading a few of my non naughtys lol and got a shiny frillish! traded that to. i really want a shiny aegislash!

I can definitely get you one, if you so desire. ^^ I added your friend code also, and I got your PM about one of the Manectrics.

Steadydippin August 24th, 2014 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Akuryou Inushii (Post 8411977)
I can definitely get you one, if you so desire. ^^ I added your friend code also, and I got your PM about one of the Manectrics.

That would be great! :) ive beenn breeding for one forever!

Akuryou Inushii August 24th, 2014 2:17 PM

Awesome! I'll work on getting one for you. =3

DemoBoy August 25th, 2014 12:15 AM

I just caught ANOTHER shiny Sigilyph lol. Friend Safari is treating me well :P

Friend Code if anyone wants to add me: 3325-3565-8033

Leòmhann teine August 25th, 2014 6:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DemoBoy (Post 8413733)
I just caught ANOTHER shiny Sigilyph lol. Friend Safari is treating me well :P

Friend Code if anyone wants to add me: 3325-3565-8033

I would except my DS won't connect to my wifi. :(

Akuryou Inushii August 25th, 2014 9:15 AM

So I decided to do some testing in the Friend Safari after reading some data on Smogon about the shiny rates in there. So, it's approximated that the shiny rate is 1/512. The shiny charm has no effect. To test this, I did a tally chart in a notebook during my hunt in a Fire-type safari. After around 90 encounters, I found a shiny Charmeleon.

Leòmhann teine August 25th, 2014 4:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Akuryou Inushii (Post 8414222)
So I decided to do some testing in the Friend Safari after reading some data on Smogon about the shiny rates in there. So, it's approximated that the shiny rate is 1/512. The shiny charm has no effect. To test this, I did a tally chart in a notebook during my hunt in a Fire-type safari. After around 90 encounters, I found a shiny Charmeleon.

And what did you come up with in your tally chart? Nice what ivs does it have maxed out?

Akuryou Inushii August 25th, 2014 5:26 PM

I had roughly 50 encounters logged before going to lay down in bed, and it seems that tipping has no effect either. If demand is great, I may put the link to the data here.

I haven't checked it yet, I will soon though!

yosuke49 August 26th, 2014 2:55 AM

Finnaly got my first shinny, a shinny Meowth
even thought is not very different from the regular version (is like a tanned meowth) it is still a shinny
so many emotions with my first shinny of all times *--------*
would love to trade for a legendary though, i only have pokemon y so i have only pokemon y legendaries (Yvetal, Zygarde, Mewtwo, Diancie, Darkrai, Celebi)

Akuryou Inushii August 26th, 2014 1:37 PM

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Originally Posted by yosuke49 (Post 8415256)
Finnaly got my first shinny, a shinny Meowth
even thought is not very different from the regular version (is like a tanned meowth) it is still a shinny
so many emotions with my first shinny of all times *--------*
would love to trade for a legendary though, i only have pokemon y so i have only pokemon y legendaries (Yvetal, Zygarde, Mewtwo, Diancie, Darkrai, Celebi)

Congratulations on your first shiny! Getting your very first one is always an exciting experience. =)

Leòmhann teine August 26th, 2014 4:29 PM

My very first was a Rapidash it was so freaking cool then I lost the game it was on. I had never heard of a shiny Pokemon before when I caught it and freaked out thinking I caught some event Pokemon thing lol! Congrats on yours and may there be many many more to come its awesome when you catch your first shiny!

yosuke49 August 27th, 2014 6:06 AM

exctly sooo awesome, i'm trying to complete the pokedex now so that i can get the shinny charm and get a lot of them, i've heard that the charm makes a loot easier to get shinnies

ps: thanks guys, what was your first shinny inushii?

yosuke49 August 27th, 2014 6:11 AM

btw, how lucky you guys are using the masuda method ? i've alread breed over 100 dratinis but no shiny so far


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