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6th Gen ~Shiny Hunters~

I have quite a few shinies in my X version.
First off the migrated ones from White 2. Those are mostly
legendaries. In X itself I hatched a shiny remoraid via the masuda method.
 
While I was building a hail theme team, I decided to get myself a shiny Snover through Matsuda method and braced myself for a long effort of hatching eggs, but I immediately got myself the shiny snover after hatching 5 eggs. Talk about a pleasant surprise cause the last pokemon that I MM'ed took around 1200+ eggs.
 
With the amount of breeding I was doing lately with my Jap Ditto I bred so many Shinies I didn't even want -.-
They all have good natures and good EV's though so it's not that bad.

When I EV train my pokémon trough hordes and I need to train 6 of my mons there is most likely always 1 horde to have a shiny pokémon in it. I don't know if it's confirmed that hordes have a higher shiny rate like the friend safari. But I thought it was kinda strange I encouter this many shinies in hordes and in my eggs.
 
SaintRocker said:
Man! I never know how you guys do it. Im on my 645th egg for a shiny Abra with Masuda Method. :'(
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Just keep it up..! You'll get your shiny Abra soon.. :)

Also, if you'd like, you could Pokeradar chain for it in Route 5. It's relatively easy, even for my impatient self..
 
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Achromatic said:
I'm curious, have you guys ever lost a shiny in X/Y? I had a friend who lost a Geodud in a horde after all of them used magnitude, but personally I haven't.
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Almost accidentally killed a shiny Gyarados who got confused and started killing herself..so I had to master ball it..
 
Achromatic said:
I'm curious, have you guys ever lost a shiny in X/Y? I had a friend who lost a Geodud in a horde after all of them used magnitude, but personally I haven't.
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I found a shiny male Pyroar in friend safari once... I was happy... Then I forgot they know take down and I used false swipe. Bleh. There goes my Mufasa. And I also lost a shiny Zangoose to a horde of angry Seviper. Oh, the sting of despair.
 
other than event gengar in X and Y from pokemon gold -AS I've never encountered a shiny never traded for one either as never had the legendary someone wanted for theirs lol

so my luck with shiny nonexistence lol
 
Achromatic said:
I'm curious, have you guys ever lost a shiny in X/Y? I had a friend who lost a Geodud in a horde after all of them used magnitude, but personally I haven't.
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I encountered a shiny vaniluxe in a horde battle but I KO'ed it because I didn't care about it and I was EV training my teams.
 
Recently i have been trying to get a shiny Eevee through the Masuda method so i could have a cool shiny umbreon! im on my sixteenth box
 
So, I was in a route using the Poke Radar. All fun and dandy, right? Then I ran into this fellow.
[PokeCommunity.com] ~Shiny Hunters~
 
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Achromatic said:
I'm curious, have you guys ever lost a shiny in X/Y? I had a friend who lost a Geodud in a horde after all of them used magnitude, but personally I haven't.
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I don't recall which Pokemon I've fainted that were shiny... I know at least twice I have used False Swipe, then had the darn thing use a move that they take damage themselves and faint. I feel like X/Y with Shiny charm has been lucky enough for me though, that the few times it's happened hasn't left me TOO heartbroken.


While trying to collect female-HA-Premier Ball pokemon through Horde battles I found a lot of shinies, close to a full box of them. I get so much on autopilot of running away if it's not a species that I am after that I once ran away from a shiny Murkrow.... only to encounter another two hordes later! Guess the game really wanted to make sure that I got my Murkrow!


Shiny hunting is like a side quest of mine. I do not try too hard (i.e. no chain fishing), but I do attempt to capture each one that I encounter.
 
I never ran into a single shiny or got one in a trade until Gen 6.

Knowing Shiny Chances were higher in Gen 6 I tried a few things:

Hatching eggs for a shiny Ralts using the Masuda method - No dice
Chain fishing - Nada
Running around for ages in tall grass - Nothing.

Then on Route 10 whilst rushing back to a Pokemon Center:
'A wild Golett appeared.'
The green eyed automaton Pokemon had stars come out of it.
I used my Sylveon to whittle it's health down and just avoided KOing it.
One Great ball later I had my first ever shiny.

I got a Shiny Crobat off someone for a spare Kyogre I got in a trade.
I wasn't feeling the pink colour scheme and already had a good regular bat.
Traded it for a Hoopa for Pokedex purposes.
Traded Hoopa for Shiny Gardevoir. I now had my favourite Pokemon in Shiny form.

I also found two shiny Gibles. One male, one female on consecutive days without looking for them. In fact the male was my first encounter in the Badlands and I didn't even know Gible was in the game. I caught both having my Pikachu weaken them.

The female has a 'Naughty' nature which means I will in time have a Magenta Mega Garchomp which hits even harder.

Two Gibles, A Gardevoir, A Crobat and a Golett. I've been really lucky.
 
I don't remember if I posted anything about my shiny badge quest on this club...

But I started a shiny badge quest a while ago and currently I have 5 shinies on it. Marshtomp, nuzleaf, hariyama , swablu, and numel are my current shinies for my OR
 
My first Gen 6 shiny was a shiny male Nidoran in a horde, I named him Beck from TV show Victorious
My most recent shiny was a shiny female Bunnelby on Route 5 I named her Alice from the anime Pandora Hearts
 
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My Shiny's since getting the Shiny Charm.

Female Yanma (Nicknamed Cinderella) -Hoard
Female Mime Jr - Hoard
Male Ralts - GTS for Klang
Male Zubat - GTS for a spare Zygarde I had.
Male Abra (Nicknamed Nostradamus) - Friend Safari
Female Flabebe (Nicknamed Lucky) - Random Encounter
 
Soo, I figured this thread might've died down over time, but I see you all remain as hardy as ever~ Life's changed a lot for me, and I haven't had much time to do shiny hunting...
 
I swear, this game has something against me ever hatching a shiny houndour.

I've bred hundreds upon hundreds and no dice (Masuda Method & Shiny Charm).
Once in a while I'll get bored and switch to breeding for a different shiny and BAM! Shiny within one box worth of eggs.
It's infuriating.
 
I've found a shiny Gurdurr and a shiny Floatzel in a horde battle. I almost missed the Floatze,l because its fur is just a lighter shade of orange, and that's on top of the fact that it doesn't do that "sparkle" effect when it's in a horde (oops GameFreak).

My experience with shinies has been amazing in X and Y! I'm glad they doubled the shiny ratio in 6th gen.
 
I managed to get a Shiny magcargo and a Shiny Shuckle in my first friend safari. I traded them for a shiny Sylveon with pokerus and a shiny mareep instead.
I got a shiny jolteon in WT, but traded it for a shiny Wailmer.
My BF bred me a shiny mudkip and traded it to me so it was a starter for me when I bought X.
I was also chain fishing one time and got frustrated so I stopped and the first pokemon I an into after that was a shiny Ursaring!! I was so excited.
I did manage to get a shiny poliwag yesterday by chain fishing. but I have a trade lined up to trade it for a shiny aerodactyl.
Basically, I am hunting for all the shiny pokemon that are pink.
 
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