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Official New and Improved General Shiny Thread

Shinyhunter1990

Shiny Hunter 4 life

Team Volt Grunt

Pokémon Collector
This whole time I didn't realize you have to inspect a berry pile before it rustles. /)_- I was SR'ing for nothing and when I got tired of it, I started hunting for Bagon to SOS hunt.

I managed to get a Salamence to appear and decided I had to catch it. It was Hasty with Intimidate, which helps with SOS'ing, so I'm glad I did. I transferred it to Sun to give it some better moves, then tracked down another Bagon to begin SOS chaining again. I had a really decent streak going all day yesterday and this morning, then got distracted by the dog this morning and when I looked at my DS again, I was standing in the tall grass :'(

I went to the Pokemon Center to heal up and start a new chain. I hit the berry bush on Route 2 on my way back to route 3 hoping for Leppa Berries and a Crabrawler attacked, so now I'm back to Crabrawler as my target. Good luck on your hunts!

Do you think it is faster to run away and keep encountering or to SOS for a shiny Crabrawler?


Edit: Look what sparkled after defeating only 21 Crabrawler before him!

[IMG139]http://i.imgur.com/dkNj5kzm.jpg[/IMG139]
[IMG139]http://i.imgur.com/gNCcIvbl.jpg[/IMG139]

I nicknamed him Riemelt after Max Riemelt (Wolfgang) from Sense8. He's Bashful and likes to thrash about. He has his hidden ability (which I might try and change) and should have 3 perfect IVs, one likely being attack, due to the SOS chain. After all that time spent on Bagon, I can't believe this was so quick! Time to take on Hala and start thinking about my next hunt. I might go with Rockruff since it continues to elude me in my Sun MM.
 
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Kalosian

So long
Sun continues to be my lucky game, it seems. Not only when it comes to finding rare Pokemon quickly, but in terms of shinies as well. Yesterday, I was in the Abandoned Megamart, looking for a Mimikyu. Before finding one (which happened quite quickly after I found the one this post is about), I ran into something else that is more rare... or more common, depending on how you see it. Due to the way the wild Pokemon appear in this area, I saw that it was a shiny immediately, long before the sparkles appeared.

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This is my third shiny on Sun, and my third shiny of this year. Unlike the previous two, this is not a Pokemon from Gen 1, which I appreciate. I should mention that I have completed the Pokedex on both of my 7th Gen games since my last post here, so I have the Shiny Charm now.

Congrats to everyone on your recent shinies and good luck on your hunts.
 

WishIhadaManafi5

To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before.
Staff member
Moderator
Congrats on all of the catches! :) I'm in the middle of a hunt for a shiny Magikarp. No luck on it yet, but I'm not giving up on the egg hatching.
 

Cyberra

pain in the ***
This whole time I didn't realize you have to inspect a berry pile before it rustles. /)_- I was SR'ing for nothing and when I got tired of it, I started hunting for Bagon to SOS hunt.

I managed to get a Salamence to appear and decided I had to catch it. It was Hasty with Intimidate, which helps with SOS'ing, so I'm glad I did. I transferred it to Sun to give it some better moves, then tracked down another Bagon to begin SOS chaining again. I had a really decent streak going all day yesterday and this morning, then got distracted by the dog this morning and when I looked at my DS again, I was standing in the tall grass :'(

I went to the Pokemon Center to heal up and start a new chain. I hit the berry bush on Route 2 on my way back to route 3 hoping for Leppa Berries and a Crabrawler attacked, so now I'm back to Crabrawler as my target. Good luck on your hunts!

Do you think it is faster to run away and keep encountering or to SOS for a shiny Crabrawler?


Edit: Look what sparkled after defeating only 21 Crabrawler before him!

[IMG139]http://i.imgur.com/dkNj5kzm.jpg[/IMG139]
[IMG139]http://i.imgur.com/gNCcIvbl.jpg[/IMG139]

I nicknamed him Riemelt after Max Riemelt (Wolfgang) from Sense8. He's Bashful and likes to thrash about. He has his hidden ability (which I might try and change) and should have 3 perfect IVs, one likely being attack, due to the SOS chain. After all that time spent on Bagon, I can't believe this was so quick! Time to take on Hala and start thinking about my next hunt. I might go with Rockruff since it continues to elude me in my Sun MM.

I RA'd mine, same as TheMaster327 did. Didn't take especially long. He got Iron Fist for his ability, which I am very happy about. I don't think you can change hidden abilities with ability capsules, unless GameFreak changed that since X/Y.

Still working on dewpider. 560 eggs and counting.

Anyone have a HA vulpix in a moon ball for a future MM? I was asking someone else here about one, but they never got back to me so I can only assume that fell through.
 

RedJirachi

Veteran member
I beat Illima and got the Normalium Z, so it's time to get my second shiny for my trial quest. I decided my next hunt is going to be on route 3 but I don't know if I want to try for Bagon or Crabrawler. Wish I could get False Swipe before taking on the kahuna. Maybe I'll transfer Dartrix to sun to teach him a couple TMs.



probably Virizion because it's my luckiest shiny ever.

What exactly do you mean by lucky? For me, the luckiest may be the 127 SR Cobalion
 

maldoror

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

After 408 eggs, Roggenrola shined! He has 5 perfect IVs (unfortunately inheriting the Ditto's perfect speed IV) and is in a heavy ball. I have now set up for a Cutiefly hunt and am collecting the first 7 boxes of eggs.
 

Team Volt Grunt

Pokémon Collector
Rockruff is making me work much harder than Crabrawler! It calls for help less often, doesn't receive help more often, and I've already defeated 40 Rockruff allies. I know getting a shiny Crabrawler on the 22nd ally was really lucky, but this chain with Rockruff is taking much longer because so many turns can go by without a new one appearing.

Edit: And after 49 allies called for help, a shiny Rockruff appeared!

[IMG139]http://i.imgur.com/5vh3THnm.jpg[/IMG139]
[IMG139]http://i.imgur.com/K9cqm4il.jpg[/IMG139]

I named him Akela after the leader of the wolf pack in Jungle Book. He's Modest (bummer) and takes plenty of siestas. He ended up with his hidden ability, Steadfast. Since he got his hidden ability and I've never used one before, I am leaning toward evolving him to Midnight form. Caught him in a Net Ball since I didn't have a Dive Ball yet. Time to leave Melemele Island. Good luck on your hunts!

What exactly do you mean by lucky? For me, the luckiest may be the 127 SR Cobalion

1 hard reset.

I encountered Virizion just intending to catch a normal one. I realized I had no way to inflict a status because it's immune to Spore, so I shut my 3DS off intending to come back to it later. Went to class and forgot all about it. When I rebooted my game to go find something and realized I was still saved in front of Virizion, I couldn't leave or I'd have to wait for the next time Virizion was available at the Mirage Spot. I taught thunder wave to a pokemon on my team. I encountered Virizion and it sparkled.
 
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JohnNiles

Well-Known Member
I haven't posted here in a while - I just haven't been very lucky lately. My Gen VI Heatran hunt is going nowhere.

I just stopped by to mention that there was a Nintendo Direct this morning, with two bits of news that are very relevant to shiny hunters.
 

Shinyhunter1990

Shiny Hunter 4 life
Can't wait for gold/silver version to come out on the 3ds family so might do a shiny hunt on my gold version



On a whim I went on a hunt for a Crabrawler and after about 85 I got one!!! It has Hyper Cutter and hasty nature IMG_1670.JPG


Second shiny of the day. A shiny rockruff again but this time she is sassy nature and 31 in hp Attack defense and sp. defense :)
 
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pokefreak2014

Shiny Hunter!
Finally

Hello, shiny hunters! It's been a LONG time since I last posted here, but I finally have a new shiny to post! After 7 long months and over 22000 soft resets....


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Rowlet has finally decided to shine on my Sun, which means I can FINALLY play the game! I'm definitely looking forward to it!

Nature: Modest

IVs:

HP: 14-27
Att: 7-23
Def: 27
Sp.Att: 0-16
Sp.Def: 17-27
Speed: 16-27

Not the best nature for the IVs given, but I might be able to make a defensive set-up. I'm just glad to finally be done!

Since I'm finally writing a post again, I can say congrats to everyone on your shinies, and good luck on all of your hunts!

EDIT: It's basically just me having a nerd-gasm, but here's my recording of the event if you'd like to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvm-CO_8ks
 
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KaleeyJ

Member
I've had considerable luck in the shiny department with OR. While fooling around in Dewford town , I fished up a shiny Tentacool. I've never found a shiny in the wild since the old gen 3 games. And then on the way to Fortree, I found a shiny Linoone. Not even trying, just looked up and hey... SHINYSHINYSHINYSHINY!!!!

I have a list of about 8 'mons I want as shiny, but I've ever been super dedicated to getting them. I'm glad they made the Shiny Charm the reward for the Alola dex, though. that national dex is a pain in the rear.
 

Cyberra

pain in the ***
Hello, shiny hunters! It's been a LONG time since I last posted here, but I finally have a new shiny to post! After 7 long months and over 22000 soft resets....

>.o Over 22,000 SRs? Ouch! Congrats on getting it though ^_^

Still working on dewpider... I'm getting sick of looking at the thing. The green color of the normal one is just... bleh. C'mon, you stupid water spider... just shine already!
 

RedJirachi

Veteran member
I feel that arduous task should be saved for a shiny legendary, because you only get one shot per game save file. Thankfully I have never had to do 20,000 SRs. I was very close to that number with my LG Shiny Mewtwo
 

AmethystLeslie

Well-Known Member
Still going after the 1mil mark of the global mission (have we reached that, I'm not sure. Last i checked it was 770k) when a shiny Magikarp appeared!

Female, Timid, level 24, Swift Swim, caught in Ultra Ball, Best/Pretty Good/Decent/Pretty Good/Pretty Good/Pretty Good. Her name is protonRaid (an emote in ProtonJon's Twitch chat, which is basically a RobocopXWaluigiXGuy from the parody Rambo film crossover holding a gun. Jon likes stupid things), since it was the most badass name I could think of.
 

maldoror

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

After 422 eggs, Cutiefly shined! She is Modest with Sweet Veil (thankfully she did not get Honey Gather) and 5 perfect IVs (missed SpA, darn). I still have 6+ boxes of eggs to hatch, so maybe she will have a friend.

Pic: http://i.imgur.com/ctbXWIJ.jpg?1

Not sure what to hunt next.
 

I Pink Elephant

Shiny Hunter
Congratulations on all the new shines! I have respect for anyone who takes up the mantle of Shiny Hunter, but I admire the patience of those who do that badge hunt/try and get shiny starters. I have tried before but end up giving up. In my mind, I would rather SR for a Legendary that can only be caught that way, over a starter or something which I can hatch for better IVs/Odds. Thats just me though.

Thats said I would love to start anew on a game and stick with doing a badge hunt sometime... which one though?

Just start SRing like a madman. I don't have the charm and it's worked well for me so far, lol. But the more logical choice is to complete the Dex because you don't want to miss out on that increased Shiny chance. It's worth it. I just haven't done it because I'm ridiculously lazy after moving my Pokemon to Sun/Moon.

National Dex on ORAS? Blergh, I only have the shiny charm on it as I had X and traded for the in game exclusives on Y and completed both OR and AS.

I'd probably just SR if I were you.

Thanks for the advice! I think, for the moment, I will get to Ho-Oh and try SR'ing her without the charm and if I get board with that, try for the shiny charm. I want to start filling up my bank anyway for UltraMoon/Sun, its just getting the Legendaries thats always a bugger...
 
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Mrs. Oreo

Banned
I did some extra soft resets this morning for my ongoing shiny Regigigas hunt cuz I couldn't sleep hee hee. I also wasted time on Y version doing both chain fishing and Friend Safari shiny hunting, tho I found nothing during those search attempts. Other than these shiny hunts, I've also manged to progress on my shiny Mareanie MM hunt and I also did trades for a few shiny starters.
 

V

Shiny Hunter
I got my little sister a shiny starter in HG last night. Female Cyndaquil, nicknamed Princess per her request, if I remember correctly it was Modest nature and Proud of its power. She's going to be thrilled, since that's exactly what she wanted (female Cyndaquil). I was rooting for Chikorita just because I think that she will like Meganium more than Typhlosion, but it's whatever, as long as she is happy about it.

I did this hunt for her as a little break from the boringness of this Entei/Raikou hunt. Pleeeease Arceus, Mew, Helix, all of the Poké-deities, just bless one of these beasts with the fabulous power of hair dye and glitter.
 
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