Shadow Chaos, thanks for the welcome back. MetalMario, that's a beautiful shiny Drifloon! I want one! It's one of the prettier shiny Pokemon. I think they are all special, but some are just prettier than others. (like lapras and ditto ;) )
Kim
So I see you're a returning vet as well, Kim. ;) (Personally, I find shiny Lapras just isn't different enough for my tastes. Kinda mauvish, but that's about all.)
So anyway, here's my full status. I haven't been able to track down my old games yet, so I think it's time to rebuild my collection. I've bought a Pearl and a new Sapphire game, and will be getting Diamond some time shortly. I will be soft resetting for both Palkia and Dialga on these games, so it may be a little time before I've gotten the Pokéradar and can catch a new shiny Weavile and Seviper.
It seems unlikely that I'll obtain anything close in greatness to my shiny Rotom and Dialga; Rotom who was Timid and had a base-68 HP:Grass. Dialga had IVs averaging in their 20s and was Modest. I will most certainly try my hardest to re-obtain both of them, and I might even go after a second shiny Dialga if the first one I catch isn't any good. I am also going to purchase a new M3 card (my old one doesn't read anymore), which I will use to make backups of all my shinies, something I ought to have done in the first place, but, ironically, was too afraid of deleting them to do so.
Onto the Drifloon, here are the juicy details:
Last Friday, it occurred to me that I was far enough along in the game (just about to ascend Mt. Coronet) to catch Drifloon, and I had a Calm syncher in tow, so I saved in front of him with the Calm Kadabra, my Yawning Bibarel, and a random Snover in my box with Snow Warning, and did a small number of resets before heading to bed. I had a surprise work shift the next day and I brought my DS (which I now keep hidden in the store's safe), so on the bus ride home, I did a few more resets, and it was only Drifloon #36 or so that was that beautiful gold with blue feet! With camera phone in hand, I begin the battle. Off goes the Quick Ball, but she escapes! :O
Drifloon Stockpiles 1.
Out goes Bell, my Bibarel, now almost as trusted as my old dear friend, who Yawns.
Drifloon Stockpiles 2.
Switch to Snover, I do, and the Sinister Gold Balloon falls asleep.
Drifloon is pelted by Hail.
Go! Quick Ball!
*shake 1* *shake 2* *shake 3* It's in!!
OMG!! Yellow Drifloon Appeared!
First Quick Ball is thrown.
Snover is sent out!
It's in! Drifloon is caught!
SHINY DEX! Encyclopaedic pwnage!
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Relaxed. My Calm Syncher failed me, but at least it's a +Def nature, and Blim isn't outspeeding much anyway. Atermath is fun for going boom, and it's the ability I wanted, even if Unburden is more competitively useful.
Brawl, what Nature do you suggest for Palkia? Smogon says Hasty, but I was thinking Timid. I don't really like the Defense drop, and Palkia only really uses Physical moves to kill Blissey, which a quick Focus Punch on the switch ought to do, anyway, even with a -Atk nature.
Anyway, I've been playing more Brawl than Pokémon lately, so I may be in the shadows for a while longer. I'll do my best to keep a presence here, but you know how things can get.
