Alright, last time I was in here, the latest Shiny I'd gotten was... *checks last post* ...Venomoth?! Dear Arceus, we got some catching up to do. I mean, I like to space out my posts in this thread, but this is ridiculous! Alright, let's see what I got to report since then...
Well, we might as well start with the next Shiny I got after Venomoth, and that is Camerupt. I was horde hunting in the Fiery Path- originally was gonna go for it on Route 112, but then I realized the Fiery Path was the better option. Whereas Route 112 had a chance of getting me yet another Shiny Machop, the only possible repeat I could've had with the Fiery Path was Koffing, and, well, I wouldn't mind that one bit.
Nevertheless, a Shiny Numel showed up not too far into the hunt!
After that- remember how I said I'd try and DexNav chain another Shiny Ralts, one to evolve into Gardevoir? Well, that happened.
It didn't have Teleport or Memento, so no Master Ball was necessary. Not for this Shiny, anyway...
On a completely related note, the next one after that, I was in a mirage spot, DexNav chaining Kricketune. Only thing was, once the Shiny showed up, the chain was so high that the Kricketune was at a high enough level to know Perish Song, and it. USED. It. Original plan was to get it in an Ultra Ball, but we were down to the very last turn of Perish Song and nothing was working, so... well, I've always said I save Master Balls for real emergencies, and that's just what this was. Master Balled it. No regrets.
Skipping ahead to when I was on vacation, I'm passing the time one evening by hatching Chimecho. Wasn't even trying for a Shiny, though the Masuda Method was being invoked by the parents I was using. They were selected for nature, ball, and IVs, though- that they were different languages was just icing on the cake. Anyway, ended up inadvertently hatching a Shiny Chimecho in a Lure Ball.
Also on said vacation, I decide to go for a Shiny Mawile. So I grab my Magnet Pull Magneton and my Sweet Scent Illumise and make my way to the lowest level of Granite Cave. I do a bunch of horde encounters, and... a Shiny Zubat. Now a Crobat. Not what I was after, but a Shiny is a Shiny.
Continuing with aforementioned Mawile attempt, I kept doing horde encounters, and got... another... Shiny... Zubat. A Shiny is a Shiny. A Shiny is a Shiny. Caught the Zubat, but didn't let it evolve beyond the Golbat stage, give myself the illusion of diversity with recent Shinies.
After that, I figured a few non-Mawile hunts, preferably in areas with no Zubat whatsoever, would do me some good. My first stop, Route 116. I knew I'd run the risk of another Shiny Zigzagoon, but at the moment, as long as it wasn't Zubat, I was prepared to take that risk. Thankfully, the game graced me with the very Shiny I had set my sights on- Nincada! Two-for-one deal right there.
After that, my next hunt took me to Route 115. Horde hunting. No prizes for guessing what I got there.
For those of you who suck at route numbers, it was Swablu, by the way.
Once those two hunts were concluded, I felt up to resuming the Mawile hunt again, bracing myself for yet another Shiny Zubat... needlessly! The next Shiny I found was none other than the very Mawile I sought!
After that, I was leveling up a Heliolisk by Soaring- I had exhausted all my Blissey Base battles for the day, and it just needed a couple more levels to go, and O-Powers, including those of the Exp. Point variety, do not wear off while you're soaring. Useful little tip to remember, I'd say. Anyway, while up there, I came across a Shiny Wingull and a Shiny Murkrow within minutes of each other! Wingull came easily, but Murkrow was a nightmare. And not long after that, when doing this with a Venusaur, got a Shiny Pelipper!
Some time afterwards, I spent practically an entire day breeding a few Duskull. EV trained the first one, evolved it to Dusknoir, bred the second one (with the intention of keeping it a Dusclops), and started to EV train it. First damn horde, Shiny Whismur.
And now we come to this month's Shinies. First up, breeding Aerodactyl, hatch a good one, take parents out of the daycare, hatch remaining Eggs, BOOM! Shiny!
Next, breeding Sigilyph, get a good one from the very first Egg, take parents out of daycare, hatch remaining Eggs, BOOM! Shiny!
Next, breeding Woobat, get a good one, take parents out of daycare, hatch remaining Eggs, BOOM! ...nothing. EV training it, though- BOOM! Shiny Zubat.
Next, EV training a Cherubi I scored off of Wonder Trade- BOOM! Shiny Zubat. And as if that weren't enough, while EV training that same Shiny Zubat- BOOM! Shiny Shuppet! And these two just happened yesterday!
Finally, just earlier today, I'm in the process of breeding Karrablast, and I get a Shiny. Brave, No Guard, perfect HP, Attack, Defense, and Special Defense, and abysmal Speed. Between that and its Egg moves, it was absolute perfection! EV trained and evolved it, I'm leveling it up now.
Congrats on all recent Shinies, and good luck to anyone hunting!