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6th Gen Pokéradar!

i cant get past like 6 chains. this is so frustrating im one of the most impatient people you will ever meet but no matter how mad i get i cant stop. but this is just really hard. i try to go into the ones that look identical to me but then a different one pops up

and 40 chains seems to be too much for a little fella like me :(
 
Magic Fox said:
I can't get past 10 or so. I'm having difficulty understanding the rules - some time they seem to apply but other times it doesn't seem to matter (for instance, going in to the piece of grass next to you instead of 4+ away).

So confused. It needs more ingame explanation ;-;
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If you're looking at old guides, ignore the stuff about 4 squares away, as that no longer applies from observations by other people. So you can go into squares next to you, as long as they shake the same way as the first patch you walked in.
 
I'm glad this returned because it makes it easier to find shinies, i suggest watching guides on how to do this. I saw one for diamond and pearl i went from chains of 6 to 19 in a day.
 
bobandbill said:
A friend of mine managed to hit a chain of 40 and get a shiny, and he had the following observations:
- 4-space rule doesn't seem to apply; you just need to enter a bush that shakes identically to the one you first stepped into
- Edges may be safe (interesting if so, and would explain why there aren't so many large patches of grass then)
- Bushes that rustle a tiny amount will kill the chain if stepped on

Hope that helps you guys. I'll be trying it out myself, but I won't beat the game anytime soon. =/
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This actually explains a lot. Might have to give it another go. Maybe start off simple with Static Dedenne.
 
I must not understand how to use the Pokeradar...Every time I try to use it I get "Not the time and place" Even when I'm in regular grass!
 
0mnipotence said:
I must not understand how to use the Pokeradar...Every time I try to use it I get "Not the time and place" Even when I'm in regular grass!
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You can't be on a bike or anything, also it has to charge by running around. I still haven't figured out my problem with not being able to encounter pokemon in the shaking grass even the fast shaking ones.
 
I actually used to be very good at chaining back in the gen IV games, but not in X and Y. It is good to know that the 4-steps away thing no longer applies, if it is true. The thing I have a hard time with is telling the regular shaking patch from the heavy shaking patch. Also, does anyone know which pokemon seems to be the easiest to chain so far? My chain always usually breaks around 30.
 
You get the poke radar after beating the champion (if Im correct), just go to the pokemon research lab F2 (I think) and talk to the guy on the computer in the far right.
Hope it helps!
 
If you want to learn chaining, I

HIGHLY

advise reading and following guides, and practicing on route 5 or 7.


I caught the first shiny I've ever seen in game in my life this morning, after 5 hours of learning the whole process, 1 hour of failing and 1 hour of actually keeping a decent chain. People could explain to you in this thread, but there are already guides way better than what anyone could explain in a thread.

That said, is it in place to request a thread lock? Hmm maybe not because he said thoughts on this and that. Then again weren't there several threads about the radar already? Not trying to mini-mod here though! EEP!
 
Just leaned from serebii.net that there is a new way to chain in pokemon x and y with a fishing rod. Here is exactly what serebii says...

"It turns out that if you manage to get a chain of consecuctive fishing hooks, it will gradually increase the likelihood of finding a Shiny Pokémon, with the exact figures still to come. The higher the amount of Pokémon hooked, the more likely you get a shiny Pokémon, but as with PokéRadar, this is not a guarantee.

There are a few things that will break this consecutive streak, however. If you move from the spot, the streak is broken. If you pull in the rod too early, the streak is broken. If you don't get a nibble, the streak is broken. With the latter being a possibility, it's logical to have a Pokémon with the ability Suction Cups as your lead in order to increase the likelihood of hooking a Pokémon."

I have tested this new way of chaining for myself, and it really works!! It is a lot easier than chaining with the pokeradar, but the only downside is that you can only get the pokemon from fishing. Still an easy way for shinies though.
 
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