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4th Gen Soft Reset Shinys

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celebi72

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    Ok, You know the elder with the Dratini With Extreme Speed, I'm Trying to soft reset for a shiny one so far no luck. So how many times does it take to soft reset a shiny? for some one with alot of time could you plz test this for me and tell me how long it takes for YOU to get the pink Dratini :) it will be my 2nd obtained shiny. Thanx in advance Celebi72
     
    From Bulbapedia (https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shiny_Pokémon#Generation_V):

    The secret ID and Trainer ID bytewords are first xored together, and then the first byteword of the personality value is xored with the second byteword of the personality value. If the xor of these two results is less than eight, then the Pokémon is Shiny. This results in a probability of 8 in 65536; simplified as 1/8192 (2-13, or approximately 0.012207%), just as in Generation II


    So, it's a matter of probability, which is, very low (1/8192)
     
    Yeh, it can take a lot of hours to recieve a shiny Unless you're very very lucky.. . lol (-Yoak explained that so perfectly-)
     
    You have to be extremely lucky.

    I've done it before on my 2nd try with Dialga.
     
    With Yoak's given answer, I assume that pretty much answers your question the best way possible. :]

    If you have anymore questions, please use the HG/SS Help Thread.

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