The Shiny Encounters Thread

[Kelleo]

I'm not lucky... I've played Black to death, yet I've had no critical captures and only one shiny, my Mandibuzz which I caught as a Vullaby. That was an awesome catch, though. Got it in a Great Ball at full health during a wild double battle (of course, I had to take out the Amoongus that was there with it first. Thing is, I was training a Frillish which is weak to dark type Vullaby and the rest of my team were too strong to attack the Vullaby without knocking it out). :D

[Silverwynde]

I hope to get a shiny Golett. Wish me luck.

The only shiny Pokémon I've caught, or even encountered, before was the shiny Gyarados.

Good luck on trying to get a shiny Golett and may it go easier for you than it has for me. The little bugger seems to be avoiding me for some reason.

Shiny Golett seems quite sought after :P

Well, it is adorable. (At least I think it is.)

All of my shinies (Feebas and Golett) have been in Pokemon White (I think that game is lucky)

............

I seriously hate you right now.
I kid, I kid. Congrats!

I had better luck with shinies on Pearl and Platinum. I mean, my luck was so great that my hubby was jealous of me. I was able to get my shiny Palkia in 35 resets, got a shiny Spiritomb in about three days, nabbed a shiny male Combee the same night I got my Spiritomb (I was resetting for a female Combee and well...) and got a shiny Giratina after two days of resets. Platinum was a little stingier but it randomly gave me a shiny Zubat in the Lost Tower. But Black has given me nothing, if you exclude all the shinies I've nailed from GTS. And boy, do I have a lot from the GTS.

Yeah, I have 72 shinies now...they're all from the GTS and they're all the exact same species. On top of that I'm trying to breed for one as well. Oh no, I'm not totally obsessed over here. Not at all...

[Unovian]

I thought the pokerader for getting shinies would be really easy for some reason XD

so much dissapoint lol

[Radiuh]

I thought the pokerader for getting shinies would be really easy for some reason XD

so much dissapoint lol

What's it like?

[Pokelova]

I thought the pokerader for getting shinies would be really easy for some reason XD

so much dissapoint lol

What's it like?

It's actually pretty difficult. There's a whole bunch of rules to follow if you want to keep the chain going. And you need a lot of Max Repels.
What can I say though, I got six of my Shiny Pokemon with the radar.

[Kelleo]

I've used repels and followed the rules and my chains still break early. I don't understand it. But I know the rules.

1. You want to use a large patch of grass. As big as you can find. This is because your chains are less likely to break when there are at least four bushes next to you at every direction (north, south, east, and west).

2. You want to go to the shaky/sparkly bush farthest from you. This bush has the highest chance of being the same Pokemon you met in the last shaky/sparkly bush.

3. You always have to defeat the Pokemon you find in the shaky/sparkly bush or else your chain will automatically end and you'll have to recharge the Pokeradar's battery and restart.

4. Of course, use lots of repels so you can make it to that far bush without a wild Pokemon in a non-shaky/sparkly bush interrupting.

I know all this, yet I've never been able to chain more than ten of one Pokemon...give or take.

[Jeneshisu Rapusōdosu]

When I was having fun breeding Pokemon, I got a shiny Charmander on my 6th egg. I was pleasantly surprised! I wasn't even really trying. :P

[Radiuh]

Just caught a shiny axew. Swag.

[Silverwynde]

I thought the pokerader for getting shinies would be really easy for some reason XD

so much dissapoint lol

I did too, until I started chaining. Then I discovered that it was full of "FUUUUUUU~!!" moments. One of my favorites: the patches of grass stay completely still, for no reason at all. There goes that chain. I've had that happen at least twice in the Trophey Garden. I swear, I will never ever get a shiny Eevee via chaining.

However, once you get a good chain going, it's great. I've gotten five shiny Pokemon--two Skitties, two Voltorbs (insert "blue balls" joke here) and an Elekid, now an Electivire--with chaining. It just takes a lot of patience and effort. But in the end, it's worth it.

[ShinyBreeder]

I thought the pokerader for getting shinies would be really easy for some reason XD

so much dissapoint lol

I did too, until I started chaining. Then I discovered that it was full of "FUUUUUUU~!!" moments. One of my favorites: the patches of grass stay completely still, for no reason at all. There goes that chain. I've had that happen at least twice in the Trophey Garden. I swear, I will never ever get a shiny Eevee via chaining.

However, once you get a good chain going, it's great. I've gotten five shiny Pokemon--two Skitties, two Voltorbs (insert "blue balls" joke here) and an Elekid, now an Electivire--with chaining. It just takes a lot of patience and effort. But in the end, it's worth it.

I've had my chains broken a number of ways but never just because the grass was quiet, well at least not that i can remember...

[Silverwynde]

I've had my chains broken a number of ways but never just because the grass was quiet, well at least not that i can remember...

It's happened to me and both were in the Trophy Garden. Heard the chime for the Radar and nothing happened, then a message that said "The patches of grass remained quiet" popped up. It's only happened twice and I have no explanation for it but it keeps me from ever trying to chain in that Garden again. It sucks, as I'd love to get a shiny Eevee but it doesn't want to happen in there.

I think maybe I'll MM for a shiny Eevee. :stares at her sig: Um, never mind.

[ShinyBreeder]

It is definately unfortunate that its happened and twice no less that is quite rough, i never tried to chain the random pokemon in the garden i ended up having to rng my 7 eevee

[QWERTYfry]

I'm walking around the dragon tower Ev training a victini and suddenly BLAM!W
SHINY GOLETT WITH NATURE I WANT!

I am now EV training it

[Dolce]

I love my black. <3 Last shinies I got were a stunfisk, ralts (male & adamant), and a woobat. Stunfisk & woobat were random encounters when I was ev training. And Ralts was a MM. Otherwise once I beat my Plat again I'm hoping to chain a buneary. ^^

[thechris146]

In soulsilver before the daycare center I found a shiny hypno. I didn't know much about pokemon and I ran worst mistake ever. then in heartgold i found a shiny charmander at oaks and got it now its a shiny charzard.