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4th Gen Trying to get shiny starter

Andyb4325

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i think it affects the stats, i think it gains lvls faster too if im not mistaken
 

-Jared-

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Andyb4325 said:
i think it affects the stats, i think it gains lvls faster too if im not mistaken
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I'm sorry, but I think you are mistaken...shiny pokemon just look cool (well, it depends...>__>) Other than looking different, there is nothing special about the except the extreme rarity. ^__^

On topic however, I have never SR'ed for a shiny. It sounds VERY tedious. >__<
 

Klinny

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Hewitt said:
Noob question, does a shiny affect a pokemon's stats, or is it just there to look cool?
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In the Generation IV games, Shinies are identical to regular Pokemon regarding stats. They have the same chance to get good IVs as regular Pokemon. In Crystal/Gold/Silver I believe they had higher individual values than regular Pokemon, but that is no longer the case.

Anywho, I've never soft-reset for Shinies. I just can't sit there resetting over and over and over again... XD I do chain for Shinies in Platinum though, and have learned to RNG for them.. >.>
 

Surmonter

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Kip said:
The exact likelihood of encountering a shiny in the wild is 1 in 8192, or 0.012207%. Presumably the chance of getting a shiny starter is the same, so you are going to have to try at the very least 8,192 times, though in reality you will probably have to try a lot more.
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It doesn't work like that.

Anyway, I have tried. I got to around 500 resets then gave up and decided to just reset for a female Cyndaquil. XD
 

Klinny

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Tangela said:
I think i read somewhere that just because odds are 1 in 8,192 doesnt mean you'll get one on the 8,192nd try. Right?
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How it works is that every time the Pokemon is generated, there is a 1 in 8,192 chance that the Pokemon will be Shiny. This does not mean that you are guaranteed a Shiny after 8,129 attempts.

To simplify this idea, think about flipping a coin. There is a 1 in 2 chance that the coin will be Tails. But as you know, this does not mean that you are guaranteed to get a Tails after two flips. It could be Tails the first time you flip, the second, neither, or both. All it means is that every time you flip there is a 50% chance you'll get Tails, and the more often you flip the greater the likelihood that you'll come across Tails.

So it may take 10,000 attempts, or it could just take 1. It's just incredibly unlikely that you'll get one on the first couple tries. The percentage doesn't rise after each attempt, just with more tries you are more likely to come across one.
 
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KURURUPON

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Kip said:
The exact likelihood of encountering a shiny in the wild is 1 in 8192, or 0.012207%. Presumably the chance of getting a shiny starter is the same, so you are going to have to try at the very least 8,192 times, though in reality you will probably have to try a lot more.
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This ^

But there are some that think that you will get it guaranteed on your 8,192nd try, but keep in mind that every try is a 1 on 8,192 chance. You could get it on your first try (very unlikely but technically it is possible) or you can never get it, it's simply a matter of luck.

I think you should use the RNG method, it's accurate and you geta lvl 1 Pokémon, so you can raise it the way you want.

Klinny said:
How it works is that every time the Pokemon is generated, there is a 1 in 8,192 chance that the Pokemon will be Shiny. This does not mean that you are guaranteed a Shiny after 8,129 attempts.

To simplify this idea, think about flipping a coin. There is a 1 in 2 chance that the coin will be Tails. But as you know, this does not mean that you are guaranteed to get a Tails after two flips. It could be Tails the first time you flip, the second, neither, or both. All it means is that every time you flip there is a 50% chance you'll get Tails, and the more often you flip the greater the likelihood that you'll come across Tails.

So it may take 10,000 attempts, or it could just take 1. It's just incredibly unlikely that you'll get one on the first couple tries. The percentage doesn't rise after each attempt, just with more tries you are more likely to come across one.
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And we just said exactly the same at the same moment, lol, I'm sorry XD
 
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