4th Gen chaining chat

[Lady Nicole]

well im so unlucky i havent got a shiny yet my biggest chain is 30 i would do starleys but arent swarm pokemon ezier to chain then any random pokemon

Unlucky? I got a chain in the 100s of Surskit and I never got a shiny one. That chain took more than 4 hours. There were probably loads of shiny patches which I missed; I blame my terrible eyes. No-one is that unlucky, not even me... I must have kept missing them. Then I found out you should stop at 40 >.<

I tried chaining Pidgey for 18 collective hours. Started at 4am, finished at midnight when the swarm was over. I was so determined to get a shiny one that I chained until the swarm was over. (You don't know how insanely adamant I can get; the longer I can't do something for, the more determined I become to do it. I can't help it... I never give up.)

I tried chaining Shinx for 15 collective hours. I ended up going to bed in a very bad mood.

I chained Geodude for 12 collective hours. I got 8 shinies =D I only saw the shiny patches because I happened to be looking at that exact spot at the moment they appeared. My peripheral vision is well umm... let's just say chaining is NOT the best idea for someone with eyes like mine. Geodude in route 207 is the easiest Pokemon to chain because it's something like 55% encounter rate. Not only that, it's a nice easy patch of grass to chain in, and because the ground is so dark, the shiny patches are easy to see too.

At that point I promised myself never to chain ever again.

 

[umbros]

Wow... I feel really stupid. How do you chain? I'm not even sure what this is. My best guess after reading these posts is that you just use the pokeradar and hope to run into the same pokemon repeatedly? And apparently this helps get shinies more easily?

 

[TwilightBlade]

There is already a nice thread about chaining here and any questions or chatting can go there. I believe there's also a chaining guide in the FAQ and at a number of 20, your odds are still very low. You have to be at 40 or anything higher to get a 1/200 chance of finding a shiny.

Closed~