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Official New and Improved General Shiny Thread

breetel03

New Member
After over a year and a half of trying on and off... I have finally obtained a shiny Chikorita. Now that I have done this I can actually play through Heart Gold for the first time. :)
 

Cyberra

pain in the ***
Round 3 for houndour ended without a blue demon-dog showing itself. I'm about two and a half boxes into egg collection for round 4. I was right in guessing that this would be one of the longer hunts...

Tonight, though, I'm not gathering houndour eggs, nor am I horde hunting like I usually do at night. Black 2 is not even turned on. I'm concentrating solely on my espurr MM (I'm up to 974 eggs for male espurr now). I want to get it finished; I have a shiny honedge breeding request to work on next.

I've been stat-checking all the male espurrs I've hatched for the last 374 eggs, and not a single one has had more than 5IVs. Not sure about the 600 before that, since I hadn't thought to check... One thing I have noticed, though, is that every time I hatch a "relatively superior" male espurr, it rarely has more than 3IVs (usually HP, SpATK, and SpDEF), and never more than four (the fourth IV switches between DEF and SPD; I have yet to see ATK). Most of the "outstanding" espurrs are 4- or 5-stat, but always missing that one stat that would make them 6IV. It's a tad frustrating... I'm breeding two 5IV pokemon with opposing bad IVs (one missing ATK, the other missing DEF); you'd think one espurr male would have inherited all six good stats by now.

Edit: Holy scrap I just got my 6IV male espurr! It is NOT shiny, unfortunately... Sassy nature and Keen Eye, but still, 6IVs!
 
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Serris

Specialist Operator
Man, I wish ya luck in that Espurr endeavor. It's not sounding like it's going your way. But watch, that one 6IV one will be the shiny. Luck will fall upon you.

I have been hunting Frogadier all night, finding one Shiny Quagsire on the way. I didn't record this one, as I only want a max of 2 of the same shiny on my channel, and I've already recorded two Quagsire captures.

Good luck everyone else! I'm hoping watching The Desolation of Smaug will give me some good luck in getting me my shiny frog.
 

Roseheart95

El Psy Congroo
Congratulations to KittyKitty3308 on Gastly, Hawlucha, Hoppip, Pidgeyx2, Feebas, Trapinch, Shelgon, Beldum and Kirlia, Pluski on Duosion and Karrablast, Missingno. Master on Yanma, oarfish on Dragonair, maskofsanity1998 on Pancham, Gligari on Eevee and Zorua, Iwanuq on Munna, Lapras, Girafarig, Snorunt and Squirtle, Nerboyiam on Pineco, Crygonal and Lileep, Mays on Riolu, Ivysaur and Skarmory, breetel03 on Chikorita (have fun in HG!) and Serris on Quagsire!

Yesterday, after about two hours of hunting, I made it to 11,456 encounters on Route 32. I'm hoping that something will shine closer to 10,000 than 20,000, but we'll see how that goes... I've still got a long way to go in terms of the Badge Quest itself, so there's no point getting discouraged now :)

Good luck to everyone still hunting!
 

Serris

Specialist Operator
No freaking way, guys. Here I am, watching Desolation of Smaug, and just as I was about to finish up for the night, as the movie was coming to an end, Frogadier shines! It had Protean, which was even more amazing, however it's Bold. I don't even care. I got him. So happy. Now I can go back to trying for Heracross, after my next race, of course!

Good luck everyone! Also, if you'd like to race, hit me up! All my races will eventually find their way to my YouTube, which is where you'll be seeing the last 8 shinies soon!
 

eiger

Shiny Hunter
Good luck to everyone with their recent shinies! Happy for you breetel03, respect for youre persistance :D.

I am SR for shiny Ho-Oh in SS since today.
Non shiny related I am SR for a perfect 5IV Timid Mewtwo in Pokémon Village
 
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Nakashima

Well-Known Member
Congrats to Gligari on Zorua (That shiny is one of my favorites!), Mays on Riolu Skarmory and Ivysaur, breetel03 on Chikorita, and Serris on Quagsire and Frogadier!

Ok, so I lied when I said Id stop hunting for the day yesterday. Was going to be doing some other stuff, but that fell through, so I had another few hours to hunt! I started dual hunting Route 2, with both X and Y games, and I got that up to 1300 REs, which isnt bad for a days work if I do say so myself. I wasnt going to hunt for that route on X because I dont like Weedle as much as Caterpie, but I figured what the heck, if I can love shiny Wormadam, I can love Beedril. As for Tepig, he's still refusing to shine, and he is now at 5370 SRs, meaning I did a total of 500 yesterday, which has been quite taxing on my wrist.. So not sure how long i'll be able to keep up momentum. Anyways, I really hope Tepig shines soon. I know 5370 isnt even close to the odds yet, but the SRs take sooo long, I want to be able to start that darn BadgeQuest already! xP

Good luck on your hunts, everyone!
 

maldoror

Well-Known Member
Congrats to all on your recent shinies.

It was a good weekend of hunting for me. I found a shiny Psyduck in a RE horde on Saturday morning and a shiny Venomoth in FS on Saturday evening. Yesterday I had a passerby battle and registered a new FS. It is ground type with Dugtrio, Phanpy, and Gastrodon. I really want a Dugtrio and a Gastrodon, so I was pretty happy. Instead, I have already found my second and third Phanpys. On my White 2 I found a shiny Druddigon last night.
 

Oblivion_Bliss

New Member
Hello People :)
I have a few shinys- most notable among them a gastly.
I'm currently going for a shiny ekans but got side-tracked and am attempting to get the oval charm for increased efficiency (some of those little guys continue to allude me :/ )
 

Twilit Dragoon

*omnious thunderstorm*
Yesterday was an extremely lucky day. There was a 14 hour power outage yesterday, to upgrade the system, so I was without power all day. I charged all my game systems the night before, and decided I was going to spend most it shiny hunting.

In Platinum, I was leveling Emperor my shiny Piplup in the Oreburgh gate. I was just randomly running around beating everything I saw, but a mere 5 REs later:



Shiny Psyduck appeared! Needless to say, I was stunned, I wasn't even hunting, I was just training my shiny to evolve xD. He was quite the bugger to catch, as I didn't have a Pokemon low enough, so I just lobbed Pokeballs at it until I caught it.

More pics:

Sparkles
Shiny Psyduck
Lax nature

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After I got shiny Psyduck, I spent most of my day SRing for a shiny Suicune in HeartGold. I was originally REing, but I got bored, so I started SRing Suicune. By this time the power came back on, so I started quad hunting, and one of the games hit paydirt:



Less than 800 SRs into the hunt, shiny Suicune appeared! Now this thing was HELL to catch, I ended up trading over 60 Dive Balls(which took forever), and pretty much blew through all of them.

I had Suicune down to Yellow HP and Paralyzed, so I was just lobbing balls at it. I was down to 12, so I crossed my fingers. One shake, two shakes, three shakes, *click*, shiny Suicune was caught! My Bold synch worked and shiny Suicune ended up with a Bold nature and it could have flawless HP.

Sparkles
Shinydex
Bold nature
Trainer ID

I totally wasn't expecting either of these yesterday, but at least they made the power outage more bearable. Congrats to TheMaster on Silcoon, Nakashima on Pikachu and everyone else on their new shinies!
 

Skobby

Fairy Slayer
I was in a normal safari just to catch dunsparce and then suddenly a shiny smeargle appeared, it was the second time I have ever seen a shiny, it was crazy. I started lashing ultra balls at it but no luck. The worst part is that after it used sketch it started using struggle so its HP was going down pretty quick, I got really scared and I just had to use my master ball at the last moment possible, I don't regret it though :)

shiny smeargle.jpg


Edit: Just caught a shiny Emolga in the friend safari about 30 minutes after the smeargle, completely random! Is it just my weird luck or does friend safari have a higher shiny encounter rate?
 
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Missingno. Master

Poison-type Trainer
I was in a normal safari just to catch dunsparce and then suddenly a shiny smeargle appeared, it was the second time I have ever seen a shiny, it was crazy. I started lashing ultra balls at it but no luck. The worst part is that after it used sketch it started using struggle so its HP was going down pretty quick, I got really scared and I just had to use my master ball at the last moment possible, I don't regret it though :)

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Nice! And good thinking, springing for the Master Ball- as far as I'm concerned, that's exactly the kind of emergency one ought to save them for in the first place.

No luck in Connecting Cave yet, by the way. Also, I'm probably going to resume my XD hunt at some point this week. Finally, congrats to everyone else with new Shinies!

EDIT: No new Shinies to report yet, but I've overhauled my Shiny banner- finally replaced all the sprites with the 3D models from X/Y! Most of them I got from the main site's Pokédex, except the one for my Shiny Blue-Striped Basculin- that particular one isn't in the Pokédex, so I had to Google it. Also, the empty squares have grey backgrounds now instead of white.
 
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2rsa

Shiny Hunter
Congratulations to KittyKitty3308 on Gastly, Hawlucha, Hoppip, Pidgeyx2, Feebas, Trapinch, Shelgon, Beldum and Kirlia, Pluski on Duosion and Karrablast, Missingno. Master on Yanma, oarfish on Dragonair, maskofsanity1998 on Pancham, Gligari on Eevee and Zorua, Iwanuq on Munna, Lapras, Girafarig, Snorunt and Squirtle, Nerboyiam on Pineco, Crygonal and Lileep, Mays on Riolu, Ivysaur and Skarmory, breetel03 on Chikorita, Serris on Quagsire and Frogadier, maldoror on Psyduck, Venomoth and Druddigon, Storm_Dragoon on Suicune and Psyduck and Skobby on Smeargle and Emolga! Those are all nice shines!! ^_^

No new shiny for me at the moment. Well, I haven't been really hunting, But Since I got my Shiny Charm on X I thought I might get something while breeding or leveling my Pokemons up. I have no luck the FS or the Shiny Charm! XD

Anyways. I'm in the middle of my exams but I started to SR for a shiny Snivy on my White 2. I want to start a badge quest hopefully. It will be my first time playing BW2 so I'm pretty excited. ^_^

Good Luck everyone!! ^_~
 

SlowPokeBroKing

Future Gym Leader
Okay, so the fiancé and I need help breeding shinies. I need to know the best and quickest ways. I know of the Masuda Method and all with the differing countries of origin but I need to know what the highest probability is of breeding a shiny and how to achieve that. We are very close to getting the Shiny Charm.

So, do breeding two Pokémon that are shiny increase chances of producing a shiny?
Is there an easier way to tell than breeding and hatching? Like chain fishing that I've heard of? What's that?
Please help. We're looking to breed more shinies in the hope of one worthy of trading for an event Pokémon.

We already have shinies (obtained through trading) of Sunkern, Skarmory, Lugia, Torterra, Umbreon, and Flareon. If any of this info helps, let me know.
 

professorj15

Well-Known Member
slowpokebroking, breeding two shinies does not increase the odds for finding a shiny (although I think it did in gold and silver?). And yes, chain fishing is a thing and it is super easy to do, but because it's so easy, those shinies don't typically grant very useful trades if that's what you're looking to do. I think sticking to Masudaing is your best bet.

Congrats on the shinies everyone! My game has been kind to me in the weeks since I last posted--got horde shinies nidoran male, stunky, and nose pass. However, my game is being not so kind to me in terms of pokeradar. I'm a crazy person and have been trying to chain hawlucha and houndour--got up to a chain of 35 before it broke, I was so mad. Haha hope to find these suckers soon.
 

Pluski

Well-Known Member
Congratulations on all those great shinies, everyone!

Today, I decided to take a break from shiny hunting in White 2, and instead continue on my egg hunt for shiny Vulpix in Y. I picked up 95 eggs at the day care and went to Lumiose City to hatch them. After my longest Masuda hunt ever, a shiny Vulpix hatched at egg number 1293. Then, I got another one at egg number 1364!

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Now, I can continue hunting for shinies at the Village Bridge in White 2.
 

StrongBad456

Beginning Trainer
No new shinies for me. I'm still trying for a shiny Zorua and I think I'm nearing at least 1,500 eggs, maybe more. I've decided to switch things up and instead of using a Japanese Ditto and American Zorua, I'm now using an American Ditto and a Japanese Zorua. The first pair was just getting me nowhere. Good luck to everyone hunting for shinies.
 

tui

moon upon a stick
Congrats to: Pluski on Vulpix, Duosion, Karrablast, Onix and Zebstrika, maskofsanity1998 on Pancham, Croagunk and Beldum, Cyberra on Trevenant and Espurr (though I'm wishing you luck for a male!), Serris on Frogadier, Quagsire x3, Krabby, Tyrogue and Galvantula, Sutittaja on Hounrdour, Foongus and Nosepass (good luck on getting your Yanma!), mellowrush on Caterpie, ohjeezitskim on Weepinbell and Murkrow (I'm jealous! Pink Murkrow looks super nice), Hexin' Wishes on Charmander, TheMaster327 on Silcoon, Mays on Riolu, Ivysaur, Skarmory, Lapras and Dedenne, Sydwinx on Hoppip and Vivillon x4, Shy on dual Mareep, Scrufox86 on Xatu, Drowzee, Toxicroak x2 and Espurr x3, Greedy Chibi on Foongus, Absolutely Absol on Geodude, pokemaster13 on Bunnelby, tonyg44x on Chimchar x2, Keovix on Ariados, Nakashima on Pikachu (I'm surprised at the difference of colours in Pikachu for gen 6! In previous gens the shiny colour change was so so subtle -.- Gorgeous shiny!), Keyblade_cub on Cacturne (one of the best shinies IMO!) and Combee, Blastonite on Pichu, KittyKitty3308 on Gastly, Hawlucha, Hoppip, Pidgey x2, Feebas, Trapinch, Shelgon, Beldum and Kirlia (what a horde!), Missingno. Master on Yanma, oarfish on Dragonair, Gligari on Eevee and Zorua, Iwanuq on Munna, Lapras x2, Girafarig, Snorunt and Squirtle, Nerdboyjam on Pineco, Cryogonal and Lileep, breetel03 on Chikorita, maldoror on Psyduck, Venomoth, Phanpy x2 and Druddigon, Storm_Dragoon on Psyduck and Suicune, Skobby on Smeargle and Emolga, professorj15 on Nidoran, Stunky and Nosepass, and anyone else I've missed!

And Kokuei, I haven't got Combee yet! Though thank you anyway c:
Also, AquaRegisteel, I hope you have fun with Eterna! Though I personally prefer hunting in Diamond/Pearl there (no risk of Bidoof), it's a really nice place to hunt in!
And ShinyMisty, I hope you start feeling better soon. Though that's probably not the thing to say to depression, I hope everything improves for you.

I was finding it really hard to focus my mind on a suitable plan for smearing the honey on trees, and so decided to try and push my Cranidos hunt to a finish. I'm not at 6,500 SRs, and hoping for at least another couple hundred tonight. My BQ is on 700 REs, though currently that's just a side hunt whilst I try and finish Cranidos! I eve took my DS to school today to do some SRs, aha.

After Cranidos and the CH, I want to set myself the challenge of getting every fossil shiny I can (through SR) - so Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Lileep, Anorith, Cranidos and Shieldon. I like all of these a lot except for Omanyte - but I've got to try and complete the challenge! I might also throw Nincada in there, because due to Shedinja I always mistook it for a fossil pokemon.

I also managed to make myself a shiny card! It's in my signature c: I started to use SAI without realising - SAI doesn't have a font tool, so I had to write all the letters by hand! Oh well, I'm pretty pleased with it for now. It's a bit bright, I hope it's easily visible without any eye strain x_x.

Anyway, good luck to everybody hunting! As an off-topic curiosity, did anyone sit the AQA Higher Tier GCSE Maths paper today? It was absolutely horrendous.
 
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Nakashima

Well-Known Member
Congrats to Maldoror on Psyduck and Druddigon, Storm_Dragoon on Psyduck and Suicune (You lucky lucky woman!), professorj15 on Nidoran Stunky and Nosepass, and Plsuki on both Vulpix!

Skobby, the friend safari has a really high shiny rate. Congrats on your shinies though.

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I just got ANOTHER shiny! This is crazy lol, i've never had shinies back to back like this. 3 in 9 days is a LOT for me.
I was really hoping Tepig would be the next one to shine, but the little piggy still isnt feeling up to that quite yet. Instead, I got a shiny Pidgey on my pokemon X!

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I'm thrilled to get this beautiful shiny ^^ She wasnt what I was hunting for, but I'm sure as hell not going to say no to a beautiful Pidgey!

Not sure which route I'll hunt next as a side hunt to Tepig, I dont want to risk doubles just yet, so I doubt I'll stay in the same route.

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OMG! ANOTHER SHINY! Decided to do a horde hunt, and omg, no joke, something shone after only 60 hordes!!

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