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4th Gen A guide to chaining

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yes, I have got 2 shiny legendaries myself (rayquaza and latias through soft resetting)
 
I might update the pictures, I don't know if I can trust my guide being on route 201... seeing how every time I personally chain there it's a disaster.

"Wild Nidoran(m) Appeared!" *Chain Breaks* "Wild Nidoran(m) Appeared" o_0

Anyways, I'll try making new pictures for route 202 that should work better and be easier to work on if you're using the pictures as a reference.
 
202 is an excellent route to chain on, I also suggest rt. 230
 
after following your guide to the very last word, I have managed to chain up to around 20 shinx's (sometimes 18 sometimes 22) but everytime i break the chain with a starly or a kricketot!
Any tips for a new chainer? :]
 
ufo said:
no matter how careful you are there are no 100% guaranteed spaces to continue a streak (that are currently known of, there may be some unknown strategy to guarantee continuing a streak but nobody knows it as of now)
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I think that can help you, it just takes a lot of practice, I'm currently sitting on a 60 chain of Spoink and I have only seen one Shiny so far, caught it and it's the nature I wanted (one of the natures I wanted) It just takes a lot of patience and practice, a keen eye too.
 
after following your guide to the very last word, I have managed to chain up to around 20 shinx's (sometimes 18 sometimes 22) but everytime i break the chain with a starly or a kricketot!
Any tips for a new chainer? :]
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there is no other tip. Its basically on luck in my opinion. Whether you find a shiny on your 2nd or 78th. Or if you find your 20th starly and the 21st ends up as another Pokemon. Its all about luck


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Help!!!!

I'm currently on a chain of 41 phanpys; what now? how do i know its a shiny patch?
 
I hope you got your shiny, unless you left your DS on this long, anyways, shiny patches usually have 4 or 3 what look like glimmering spots on the grass, I've seen it a lot of times and I still can't quite describe it, of course, when you're chaining the 1/8000 something chance apparently still works, I walked into a Shiny Chansey patch didn't even know it was shiny O_O.
 
The other day I was chaining skitty and my 9th was shiny, then the chain broke shortly after that. I chained again but up to 68 and didn't get another shiny. Bad luck D8

I also seem to be good at chaining snubbull, my highest is 81. Is snubbull considered easy to chain?
 
I find Pokeradar Pokemon easiest to chain, usually some other common stuff (like swarm Pokemon) are easy to chain, but I don't always get a Shiny, I wasn't even trying to get a Shiny Chansey I was just trying to raise up my Donphan a few levels (needs to be at least level 50 so I can use it to it's full potential i.e. Battle Tower/Moveset). I usually just reset the radar if I get high enough but I really wasn't expecting a Shiny Chansey at all.
 
fantastic guide. im gonna go try and catch my 1st shiny and hopefully, i'll be fortunate.
i have a question though, before i go play, 4 patches have to shake right? i heard somewhere that if its 3, u have to keep resetting it until 4 patches shake
 
zer0vrs said:
fantastic guide. im gonna go try and catch my 1st shiny and hopefully, i'll be fortunate.
i have a question though, before i go play, 4 patches have to shake right? i heard somewhere that if its 3, u have to keep resetting it until 4 patches shake
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That usually works out, most of the time if I only see three, I just assume the patch right above me shook.
 
interesting. well, im gonna go try and catch a shiny with all this info now. thanks again for a super guide!

EDIT: ALRIGHT!! i just got a shiny pichu!! ^_^ (1st shiny ever)
i got it on my 8th! and i was actually looking for Eevee!
 
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Musashi-Kun said:
This thread is actually starting to become a shiny discussion, rather than it being a guide itself. If you want to talk about shinies, I believe this thread is best to use.

Back on topic now!
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Well, seeing how the majority of people want to take up chaining to increase their chances to find a Shiny, I can see how they get it mixed up. I don't mind people talking about their first Pokeradar shiny, I mean that's the general goal from this guide.
 
hey i just want to ask can you like chain legendaries???well what i mean is can you just stand in front of like.........regigigas and keep fighting it until hes shiny???sorry if you cant really understand this
 
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hey i just want to ask can you like chain legendaries???well what i mean is can you just stand in front of like.........regigigas and keep fighting it until hes shiny???sorry if you cant really understand this
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Well no you can't 'chain' legendaries. You can save just before you reach a legendary, and then when you battle you can keep restarting the DS until it appears as a shiny. You have to be EXTREMELY lucky to get one though. Often it takes weeks/months for one to appear. My friend did it with Palkia once and it took 2 months for it to appear in shiny form after thousands of restarts. Unless your extremely desperate, I would just search for shiny legends here at the forum.
 
i tried to get a shiny articuno once.. but then after a few hours of resetting i was like.. wait.. i wonder if i could even tell the difference
articuno shiny's are like.. the same colors.
i tried on zapdos and moltres for a bit. moltres shiny looks rad
 
I added to the first post, I added a new NEVER and a new "good tip."

Anyways, if you don't feel like searching through the post, it's about Rare Candies and Eggs, which when you use them/it hatches the radar will reset afterwards. Which I can only think of the whole Egg thing if you find the shiny patch then your egg hatches.
 
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