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Official New and Improved General Shiny Thread

Paraqua

Beginning Trainer
Congratulations to Crimson Penguin on Scatterbug, Pawniard and Vulpix, Shinyhunter1990 on Ryhorn and Absol, Phillies on the Spinda and Swablu, ebevan91 on Swablu, Shade on Lugia and Suicune, Cpchris on Skitty, LilyValley on Eevee, wobbanut on Wooper, Dragalge on Elgyem and Druddigon, Cyberra on Giratina, Poochyena, Chatot and Wingtroll, Laurelai on Reshiram, Pluski on Terrakion, maldoror on Cacnea, Swirlix and Flowette, Conquering Storm on Eevee, Zenn of Ascensio on Cresselia and to Ascended Dialga on Weedle.

I did some dex naving this week and came out with the following results:

- Yesterday morning:
Shiny Bronzor (Lv. 47)
Nicknamed Verde
Brave Nature
Levitate
Metal Coat

- This morning:
Shiny Skarmory (Lv. 19)
Female
Nicknamed Titania
Hardy Nature
Sturdy

Still need to check out their IV's though

Good luck to all future shinies
 
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maldoror

Well-Known Member
Congrats to all on your recent shinies and good luck in your ongoing hunts!

Late yesterday Frillish hatched shiny! He is bold with 4 perfect IVs (missing Attack and Defense). I am now working on setting up a Vullaby MM. I have the nature, but need to get a parent with the right IVs. Kirlia still eludes in the Friend Safari on my Y cart.
 

Laurelai

Well-Known Member
Yay! Shiny Latias popped up yesterday and that completes the shiny legendaries for my OR cartridge. Of the legendaries available, I have them all except for Groudon and Latios,(which I hadn't begun doing legendary SRs yet) and Ho-Oh (I SRd for that one to be competition worthy to counter all those Groudons out there!!). With Latias, I can now chill (for three days lol) until Sun/Moon is released. Just for fun, I've picked up the Kangaskahn MM that I was working on and set aside for the time being. Anyway, Latias modest sync worked and it has perfect IVs in HP, ATK ( :( ) and DEF. Her name is taken from an Italian plane manufacturer. She took about 700-ish SRs.

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*EDIT*
Nakashima- Yeek! I don't even know how to unlock shinies, and I don't hack 'em :D All mine are the product of blood, sweat, tears and luck!
 
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Nakashima

Well-Known Member
*EDIT*
Nakashima- Yeek! I don't even know how to unlock shinies, and I don't hack 'em :D All mine are the product of blood, sweat, tears and luck!

Oh I wasnt accusing you of such! I just remember back in gen5, Reshi and Zekrom were shiny locked. BUT, you could remove the shiny lock in a french rom, meaning you could then put in the blood sweat and tears to hunt for it :) It was done pretty often, just wondered if you did it that way and then transfered it to gen 6 or not. Thats all! ^^ It merely removed the inability for it to appear shiny, didnt take away from the hunt whatsoever, just added another hunt people could do.
 

Manakete-Girl

'Cause Dragon Types
Well I have been away for like nearly 2 years having jumped onto Monster Hunter but as I deiced as Sun and Moon is out soon to do one more MM hunt before I can get my 6IV Japanese Ditto to Pokemon Moon,

It will be a Naughty Natured and hopefully Super Luck Pidove. Currently at 360 eggs.
 

Bowlbasaur

Well-Known Member
I so admire the patience of those who soft reset so many times for legendaries!

I've recently started shiny collecting through DexNav and breeding, and I absolutely love it! I've bred a Houndour for me, and a Gastly, Vulpix, Solosis, and Charmander for some friends. I'm addicted.

My next task is a Hawlucha for myself--65 eggs in so far!
 

Pluski

Well-Known Member
Congratulations on all new shinies that you have obtained since my last post!

Cobalion has now reached a total of 380 SR's, while Virizion has reached 475. I'm planning to SR some more for Virizion later, so I will update this post if it shines today. Since I have been very good at avoiding Sun and Moon spoilers, I will take a break from the forums starting tomorrow and will not return until I have beaten the game. In other words, if I obtain a shiny after today, I will not post it until my return in probably 10-14 days.

Good luck on your hunts!

EDIT: After 580 SR's, a shiny Virizion appeared!

[img139]http://i.imgur.com/KRizOXc.jpg[/img139]

Because of it's typing, my usual strategy of using Vivillon's Sleep Powder would not work, and so I had to use Magnetric to paralyze it instead. Despite this, it was a easy capture.

[img139]http://i.imgur.com/CfrVYWJ.jpg[/img139]

[img139]http://i.imgur.com/VvTOg5A.jpg[/img139]
 
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Cyberra

pain in the ***
I actually maxed out the search total on the DexNavg for pidove and had to start using a calculator on my computer. I've seen over 1,100 pidove and the thing is still stubbornly not shining for me.
 

Manakete-Girl

'Cause Dragon Types
Finally on the 544th egg...

I got a 5 IV (Missing defence) Super Luck Male Shiny Pidove. It was the best result I could get there!

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blasian amtrax

Well-Known Member
4 hours into my initial playthrough of moon, and this little guy decides to make an appearance, and is now a previously unexpected member of my team for the story.
HgASTP9.jpg
 

I Pink Elephant

Shiny Hunter
Congratulations to all the recent shiny Pokemon that have found new homes!

I have nothing to report in regards to my on-going hunt, trying to hatch a shiny Caterpie. It has, by far, been my longest egg run. I have been trying for months now. I am attempting to stay positive, telling myself that the next egg could be that golden bug! Its not easy though, and I keep getting tempted to pause it and go hunt some shiny Legendary Pokemon, specifically Regirock or Mesprit...

Anyway, good luck to you all! :)

The legendaries, UBs and Tapus are shiny locked. And yes, i am still very sad about that.

That is a shame! Have we heard any changes they have made to Shiny Pokemon this Gen? (Higher/lower rate, egg hatching changes?)

4 hours into my initial playthrough of moon, and this little guy decides to make an appearance, and is now a previously unexpected member of my team for the story.
HgASTP9.jpg

Wow, congratulations! I wonder if anything will pop during my run... have to wait five days to find out! :(
 

RedJirachi

Veteran member
Before we move on to the 7th generation, what are you guys' favorite Kalos shinies? For me the incredibly appropriate shiny of Slurpuff gets the gold, while Furfrou gets the silver and Trevenant gets the bronze
 

Auraninja

Eh, ragazzo!
I have Pokemon Moon right now.

Before 2 hours into the game, I found a shiny Wingull (Quiet/Takes Plenty of Siestas).

It has a "big star" animation.
 

I Pink Elephant

Shiny Hunter
Before we move on to the 7th generation, what are you guys' favorite Kalos shinies? For me the incredibly appropriate shiny of Slurpuff gets the gold, while Furfrou gets the silver and Trevenant gets the bronze

For me its...

Gold: Aegislash

Silver: Sylveon

Bronze: Greninja

I have Pokemon Moon right now.

Before 2 hours into the game, I found a shiny Wingull (Quiet/Takes Plenty of Siestas).

It has a "big star" animation.

Congratulations! :)
 

JohnNiles

Well-Known Member
It's been a while since I last posted, and I thought I would drop a giant update before the clock rolls over and Sun/Moon hits in the US.

Earlier this year I got bored and thought I would try a HeartGold run with an all-shiny team. I don't do badgequests because I don't have the patience to wait in between gyms, but I figured I could get 5-6 shinies before tackling the league. I had previously SRed a few legendaries and gotten some random shinies from grinding, but this was uncharted territory for me.

I started SRing at the end of July, and three weeks later, I got a shiny Cyndaquil.

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At the beginning of September, I started fishing for Magikarp. Gyarados has a bad rep among shiny hunters for obvious reasons, but it's a good poke to have and I thought I would have a leg up on Lance's Dragonites. Didn't take long - maybe a couple dozen tries.

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Four weeks later, I replaced a regular Flaaffy I had on my team with a shiny version, using Static's increased electric encounter rate.

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Took a bit of a break, and at the end of October, I caught a shiny Krabby while magnet pulling for a Steelix. I did a lot of hunting for a Steelix and resetting in the Game Corner for a Dratini, but that's what I wound up with.

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After that, I decided to get badges 6 and 7 and hopefully catch a Phanpy or Skarmory (which I later learned is not even present in HG). I got a random Zubat 4 days later while trying to catch Pokemon in a cave. I already have a Golbat and Crobat on another file, but oh well.

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And then while EV training 4 days later, I encountered a shiny Rattata. >_> My team sort of dipped in quality near the end, but I can't complain. I got a full team in less than 3 months of off-and-on play, much faster than I'd anticipated.

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So after some very painful EV training sessions, I tried SRing and REing some more, but I lost patience and decided it was time to beat the game. My team has 3 pokes weak to Electric, and as I feared, I ran into a brick wall when tackling Lance. I don't use items during battle, so revive tanking was not a viable strategy. It wasn't even the Dragonites that gave me the hardest time, it was his Aerodactyl- faster than anything I had on hand. My Kingler tanked its Thunder Fang surprising well, but most of the others died swiftly. I didn't help myself by passing up Dragon Dance on Gyarados in favor of keeping Dragon Rage, because I was stupidly looking ahead to more shiny hunting. Otherwise, I could've set up and easily killed 5 out of 6 of his team.

So I lost and reset the game around ten times, and finally got lucky and got away with switching around some weakened pokes, and finished off the last couple members of his team with a weakened Gyarados.


The victory screen: [IMG200]http://i.imgur.com/BRuqrwB.jpg[/IMG200]

I can now tackle Moon with a... clear conscience(?) Well, I got what I wanted done with a few days to spare. I'll still be playing HeartGold at some point after Sun/Moon- I haven't gotten the shinies I wanted the most, and I'm looking forward to picking up more shinies and tackling Red.
 
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Auraninja

Eh, ragazzo!
[img200]http://i.imgur.com/YHwqN20t.jpg[/img200]

Here it is, for those who were wondering about the shiny animation.
 

Mrs. Oreo

Banned
Well I finally began my shiny Giratina hunt in my Pearl version yesterday and did almost 80 soft resets, which is a decent starting effort hee hee. I've been sick all day so I didn't make much progress with this hunt today, but I might do more soft resets in the morning if I'm feeling better. I also need to do more chain fishing. :]
 
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