Hi everyone! Sorry I have not found the time post here recently. Hunting/Uni has kept me from doing so. I am going to make an effort to post here more often though, as this is a wonderful topic with lovely people.
Anyway, congratulations to *takes in deep breath* nickM, mellowrush, Shadowkrow, missastronaut, Kingzard, Dangertrout, maldoror, Psychic, Laurelai, Iwanuq, Keyblade_Cub, Kyle Clarthy, Cyberra, TVDex, StrongBad456, Genfried, Keane, AquaRegisteel, ClipOwl, Psynergy, missastronaut, ElectricBassClef, KantoPkmnMaster, JohnNiles, 1rkhachatryan, Solfatara, pokemaster13, Missingno. Master, Burakoru, Kreis, Blastonite, missastronaut, Laurelai, Nerdboyiam, Miltank+ Dragonite=evil, ShiningKnightXY, MultiDarkShadow777, Frost Mage, Roseheart95, Doryuzu, Sito, KantoMasta, DoctorYuyi, Greedy Chibi, Jessara, missastronaut, AmazingChi, Shine, Sir Marly, Scrufox86, Super Pichu Chan, ShinyMisty, Eclair~, AuraChannelerChris, Ponymon, eiger, NeohopeSTF, Storm_Dragoon, tonyg44x, professorj15, geag-a, maskofsanity1998, Zekromaster826, Crimson Penguin, Meowth City, KingSnorlax, ArdhiS, silver_phoenix, ShachonianX, Shao-May, Tyrantrum, blue8arman, ClipOwl, shinyclauncher1234, TheMaster327, Navarch, ohjeezitskim, Master Leo, Bolt the Cat's Avatar, sonjamjams, Keovix, Zed3, Kelv, varanus_komodoensis, RedJirachi, Ajduk, Drakonekoshi, Zivinolette, taufik386, and LullabyVullaby (Please forgive me if I have missed anyone out!) on all their shiny Pokemon since I last posted!
What a beautiful shiny Lilith is! OoO
Congrats on all these shinies.
Thanks! She has kinda become my favorite shiny!
So, last time I posted I said was going to hunt for a Kangaskhan, and I did for around 40+ eggs. However my heart was not in that hunt, which is a bit odd because I do like the Pokemon and I do eventually hope to have every Mega Pokemon in shiny form. But I was distracted by a Japanese 5IV Koffing I received via Wonder Trader. I have always liked Koffing/Weezing, so I decided on a whim to pause my Kangaskhan hunt and instead concentrate on getting me a shiny Koffing! And, to my immense luck, Kieren appeared after around 80 eggs!
Not only is it a wonderful shiny (I love the pink smoke) but I was also lucky in that it hatched with 5IVs! (Everything excluding Attack!) The fact that I bread from a foreign female Koffing meant that I could actually breed for a 5IV male to go with it. Normally I just try to get one vital IV, mostly because I have really only bred using foreign FS Dittos in the past. I think I will be making a bit more effort in the future to try and have high IV parents, although in the end IV count will always come second to the actual shiny hunt! Back to Kieren (Named after the main character of my favorite TV show
In the Flesh) I have used her in quite a few battles now, and she makes for a fantastic Wall with some great tricks up its sleeve via Pain Split and Will-O-Wisp. Very happy!
After that I decided to go through my Boxs, and check all the IVs of the Pokemon I have gathered via Wonder Trader and the game since I started back in October. I found a few interesting ones which I have put aside for future hunts, but the one that most caught my attention most was a 5IV Japanese Goomy. Given how I have recently come to really appreciate Wall/Tank Pokemon, and the fact I had a 5IV Tyrunt, I decided to make this my next hunt!
So, over the last few weeks I have been hunting for a shiny Goomy and, well, it became my longest MM hunt, but Saturday night, after 1,050+ eggs, Conchita finally hatched!
Here he is, fully evolved!
I was lucky again, in that it has 5IVs! The only IV it is lacking in is Special Attack... which is a bit of a bugger, as I am using it as an Assault Vest Pokemon, but the fact it can take an Ice Beam and still stay in the green whilst fighting back with a strong attack is really cool! Besides, I would still be just as happy if it had just one IV, for me they are just nice extras when it comes to the thrill of the hunt! I named him Conchita as I had
just finished watching Eurovision when he hatched! Again, very happy!
At one point, I did take a little brake from my Goomy hunt. For the most part I really enjoy the process of hunting Shiny Pokemon (Which may be down to my Asperger syndrome...) and I know that to many people 1k eggs is nothing (Believe me, whenever I find a shiny I feel very lucky, no matter how long the hunt has taken!) but this hunt did drain me a bit. So during this little brake, I went hunting for a HA Pinsir in a FS for a potential IV trade, and after just two minutes a Paras appeared! Here it as a Parasect!
I am very happy with Fungi (I know, not very original, but it felt right!), partly because it has some not bad stats (Bold with IVs in Attack and Defense) but also because Paras/Parasect has always been one of my favorite Pokemon. I remember having one on my very first even Pokemon team back in Blue 15+ years ago!
Now though, I am plagued by the dilemma that hits me every time I finish a shiny hunt. What do I hunt for next? Part of me wants to go for the community hunt, as Blaziken and Blissey are two Pokemon I would
love to have in shiny form and it would be great to finally complete one. I also had the idea that, to celebrate the announcement of the Hoenn remakes, I could hunt for shiny versions of the starters, but I am not sure if my heart would be in it much (Love Torchic, the others... not so much). Another idea I had was perhaps hunting for a shiny Caterpie. I would
love a shiny Butterfree, mostly because it was the first non-event shiny I ever saw (It was back in
Gold. It got away from me at the time, but it was such a thrill finding it. At the time I didn't even know shiny Pokemon existed outside Gyarados!) so it would be lovely to have one of them.
However... as I said before, I would love to get all the Mega evolutions in shiny form, and one that has particularly interested me is Medicham. Its mega form is just wonderful, and I have noticed that my shiny teams are lacking a hard hitting Attack based sweeper. Not only that, but my recent obsession with
I Dream of Jeannie (Yep, the old 60s/70s sitcom) has given me the perfect name for one!
Anyway, I am to tired to decided now... any ideas or advice would be welcomed!
Good luck to everyone on their hunts, and have fun!