4th Gen Pokemon Chaining Questions

Have you caught a shiny before with or without an pokeradar?

  • I have caught a shiny

    Votes: 98 54.7%

  • I have not caught a shiny yet

    Votes: 81 45.3%
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ThePlaya

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    For those who use the Pokeradar, what is your biggest chain of Pokemon, and what Pokemon was it? Did you end up with a Shiny?

    Have you ever seen or caught a shiny without using a pokeradar??

    heres a video i found...it's really helped me with chaining....i suggest wathching it if you don't know how to chain.tell me if this video helped you.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkeKPlBYYbs

    By the way, just post here anytime if you have a new high chain or the latest shinys you have caught:)
    Ha just post here whenever you want.
     
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    ThePlaya said:
    For those who use the Pokeradar, what is your biggest chain of Pokemon, and what Pokemon was it? Did you end up with a Shiny?Has any one ever seen or caught a shiny without using a pokeradar??
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    My biggest chain was 24 on a bidoof... lul. Nope, I didnt end up haveing a shiny.
    Shiny Chikorita...I kept reseting for it...lul. But if ur talking about wild...no, but it would be most unlikely with it's 0.00000000001% (1/8195)
     
    Highest Chain 113, Slakoth, 8 shinies.
     
    My highest is 6 Buizel's which I did twice

    I only started yesterday, so no shinies for me... yet
     
    11 Chains of Electrike and 1 shiny >.<
     
    22 nosepasses (I curse all ponytas) I didn't end up with a shiny unfortunatley. and i hatched a shiny cleffa
     
    Highest Chain 113, Slakoth, 8 shinies.
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    Here are all the formulas for calculating the chances of a shiney from chaining, the best you can get it to is 1/200. Making the chances of getting 8 shineys in a chain of 113 slakoth one in several billion.

    Chaining for Shinies

    Ps = 1/(200*(41-nc))

    Ps: Probability of a shiny Pokémon
    nc: Current chain, capped at 40

    Example:
    After chaining 40 shinies, the probability of getting a shiny is:

    1/(200*(41-40))
    = 1/200 = 0.5%
     
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    Mazumia said:
    22 nosepasses (I curse all ponytas) I didn't end up with a shiny unfortunatley. and i hatched a shiny cleffa
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    my swarm for today is nosepass too. i keep getting my chains broken by anything like geodudes or ponyta (i even tried chaining ponyta, and it was broken by nosepass o_O ). the only thing i dont understand is WHY?!?! ive spent like an hr so far, but im going to try later today before my swarm changes
     
    I Highly doubt you got 7 shiny ponytas in that chain. As I explained and gave an example of before, the best you can get the chances of a shiney down to is 1/200. That means you seeing 8 shiney ponytas would be next to impossible. 1/several billion. No way, no how.
     
    Mmm yeah, you did not just accuse me of lying. D:

    Please tell me how the horsies got in my box then 'cause they are there and legit. If you'd like, I'll show you most of them in a wifi trade. I don't think my camera can do a clear picture of them. And for the record, I don't have an AR yet for the DS. So you tell me how I just owned a 1/several billion chance. I know a hunter who got 18 shinies in a chain of Togepi. And another hunter got 13 Lickitung, 12 Larvitar, and 10 Shinx to her name. It's not a load of bull; it's dedication, patience, and luck. That single chain took me 3 hours and I got them at: 43, 50, 65, 68, 73, 83 killed, 84, 98. The average is about 71, so maybe 40 isn't the best shiny rate. So maybe try experimenting and researching a whole lot more before you preach like I do.

    I take things too seriously desu. Dun push my little buttons and make me ooze out gravy ever again. :<
     
    Dude, reset the radar at any number and eventually you can get a Shiny, you will keep getting shinies so long as you keep reseting the radar and the chain doesn't break. I have 8 Shiny Slakoths, and it's not impossible to get 8 of the same shiny without cloning, none of mine have the same exact IVs and they're all different. I usually stop at 2, but sometimes I'll go higher.
     
    Highest chain is 45 with Banette and it prized me with two shinies

    You just need to be patient

    First time i tried chaining i thought "this is rubbish, what's the point"

    But when i gave it another shot i understood it better and put more effort into it and i now have 12 shiny pokemon for my troubles, 3 of which have earned me a Birth Island Deoxys :D
     
    well i tried chaining for doduo and got up to 34...really proud:)....until a freaking bidoof broke it:(....
     
    I'm not accusing you of lying, i'm using facts. Those are the ACTUAL released calculations in chaining pokemon, and I've taken college courses on statistics. You can tell me I'm full of bull, but the numbers aren't going to lie. Its way too easy for people to make up information to make themselves look better. You can't prove yourself up against the math.
     
    Tell that to my 6 Shiny Starly's, my 8 Shiny Slakoths, and my other multiple shiny Pokemon and even just any of my Shiny Pokemon besides Spinda and Budew because those 2 were not caught on the Pokeradar.
     
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