esoteric editionprevious >>58665579
got a nosepass, onix and rhydon from friend safari today ^_^
>>58678173Congratulations Anon!
>>58678100Is anyone actually hunting Shinies to use in ranked? Or is everyone just autistically going for full Shiny Dex entries?
>>58678178All my hunts are for use in ranked
>>58678178i'm doing ribbon master autism
>>58678178My shinies are so I can have a shiny of whatever I'm going after.
>>58678178I use them in ranked but I don't only use shinies.
>>58678100should I take the easy route and use the meta eevee my roommate caught or go for my own to feel better I did it myself?
>>58678178Im hunting so I can use them in Champions. I dont care about ZA's competitive scene since its pretty retarded. Its ridiculously easy to shiny hunt, EV train, Hyper Train, and level up, so im taking advantage of it.
Who is your prime shiny hunt target for the DLC? I’m going for Kecleon
>>58678315Hoenn starters, galarian yamask, golurk, golisopod, baxcalibur, primape, all alpha shiny of course for starters. Probably Baxcalibur first but depends which one shows up first.
>>58678315The starters + their alpha, Feebas, Milotic. This roster is kinda shit desu, who knows when we can get shiny legendary.
>>58678315Gimmighoul or Mudkip.
>>58678315Porygon. Most of the things here have meh shinies and the few that have standout ones are some I have plenty of
>>58678315if only we could hunt legendaries...
>>58678315>Shiny Golurk>Shiny Cofagrigus>Shiny Palossand
>>58678363>shiny alpha Primal Groudon
>>58678315>tinkaton's shiny is just it's weapon>the weapon barely matches corviknights shinyMy girl can't be saved.
>>58678315Golurk, Tatsugiri, Golisopod, and Scovillan
>>58678315wigglytuff, my all-time favorite
>>58678588That's my favorite Galvantula card.
>>58678315I'd like to go for Yamask/Cofagrigus, but that's about itMost of these Pokemon don't interest me, the Gen 9 ones are redundant because of how piss easy it is to shiny hunt in those games, and we know the Legendaries/Mythicals are going to be shiny locked anywaysHonestly, I'm more excited for the prospect of potentially being able to catch the Mythicals and Roaming Form Gimmighoul in a Beast Ball, at least then it'd be something rare and hard to get
>>58678592its great art
do we know who all the new megas are?
HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO HUNT SHINY ALPHA CHARMANDER!!!???
>>58678631Overload mostly + maybe some precision despawning if you are desperated.And luck.
>>58678627Yes
>>58678315>Hoenn starters>All leaked DLC megas>Mr Rime line (I feel like it's going to beast Ranked)Also I can't believe I'm saying this, but I might actually go for the Gimmighoul line even though the shiny is shit. Never cared for it in SV so now might be the best chance to do it.
>>58678642>3 already got mega.Where tf is my Flygon mega?
>>58678646>Where tf is my Flygon megaThey gave it to Garchomp (again)
>>58678642 interesting choices
>>58678646They couldn't think of anything. His design is too good.
>>58678725>>58678646Mega evolution is usually them incorporating design elements from across the whole evolution line into the form, but Flygon's whole line is so different from each other they probably struggled to incorporate all the different elements without it looking like a clusterfuck.
>>58678725With all the atrocious mega designs, I'm glad they didn't
>>58678642>scovillainRip. There goes any chance of another evo.
>>58678241I ended up hackchecking and it was gennedguess I will continue hunting
>>58678788How do you hack check?
>>58678788>My roommate screwed me over and lied to meMust be fun when rent is due.
Shine on me
>>58678735>mega evolution is usually [HEADCANON]There's more examples of a mega evolution expanding on the design of the final stage getting the ME than there is pokés who devolve to ME. That's generally a result of Game Freak judging the pokémon getting a megas' public perception and we KNOW this because of M Raichu X/Y and M Feraligatr. Raichu's self-explanitory, it's been an unloved superfluous evolution since Lt. Surge's got its shit pushed in by a Pikachu (instead of Ash catching a Diglett/Dugtrio like you were SUPPOSED to in the games), M Feraligatr being what it was while its stablemate (and generally perceived as "worst grass starter until decidueye got revealed) ignored ITS cuter base stage to expand on themes the final stage added (more flower growths spaced evenly along its neck). Because as much as the western internet dislikes it for being average, it's still more loved than a ganky shitmon who peaked at base stage.
They need to give us more space in Home
>>58679318Haha, it's not like you pay for it, just be happy with the service, goy
>>58678178I have my team of Gardevoir, Emboar and Gyarados shiny hunted and I'm at 214/227 so take a guess
>>58678315Mr. Rime. Look at this gooby bitch. Alternatively Gholdengo if it's possible. I tried for one every time the Gimmighoul event popped up but I never got one and I'm still salty as hell about that.
>>58678631https://youtu.be/82OFemepiaw?si=Ux9lcfD2oO3a003z
20 dinos and counting.
>>58679876Play Go lol
>>58680218Sorry, I'm not gay.
>>58680226Neither are my TPC Certified Legit Gimmis
>Wonder what to use 15 Fast Balls on>Random Shalpha Fletchinder in WZ7
>>58678178I went from not caring about Shinies to wanting to make a Living Dex after playing PLA. ZA gives me easier access to the monkeys, Furfrou, and Watchog line as well. Bad thing is I have to play LGPE for Fearow and Raticate.
7 Clefairy but 0 Cleffa or Drampa.
anyone hunted for a pichu in zone 1 by fast travel?what are the pokemon that can be shiny doing this?
>>58680401If you're traveling to the research lab. Pichu, Pidgey, Mareep.
>>58680405I see. So I guess I'm just being unlucky since I haven't gotten a single shiny in almost 1000 fast travelswell, that's to be expected I'm hunting full odds
>>58680415If you've never done the quest for a shiny Mareep. The Mareep is shiny locked so I wouldn't feel too bad about that.
>>58680438yes, I know that and I already did it so no worries about thatI guess bench resets spoiled me because I used to get a shiny every 50-100 bench resets
>>58679886>TEE-pigthese people i swear
Does the bench on wild area 15 work for Larvitar or is their spawn too high up anons? I'm trying to get a small shiny Pumpkaboo but it would be nice if worked for Larvitar as well.
>>58680687Too high. The larvitar people bench for is near the group of monkeys and an alpha monkey behind the weepinbell/trevanent wild zone, but it’s only one so will be slower than just running back and forth with the three spawns.
>>58680687Bench won't work for Pumpkaboo
Which zone is worst for shiny hunting?Is it the one with the alpha clawitzer?
Isn't taking a shiny worse in ranked? The shine affect draws attention, no?
>>58680731what, you want to hide while everyone else kill each other?
>>58680718When I get a Pumpkaboo I'll just run then. The path is straight so it shouldn't be hard to get one.>>58680721Wait why? they spawn like 10m-20m from it.
>>58680737No I want to hide, while everyone else gets close to killing each other, and then take the kills
>>58680741The way they spawn works differently, each day or each night have their own sizes and so they won't be saved. Bench resetting will only work if you check every reset. It's better to fast travel to Ultimo. As long as its within the same day or the same night you can fast travel as many times as you like as long as you catch the shiny before the day/night ends.
>>58680762That's good to know, thanks anon! I don't mind teleporting, the only annoying part is that the Pumpkaboo right in front of the cafe sometimes sees you so you can't spam the fast travel all the time.
>>58680741>Wait why? they spawn like 10m-20m from it.height
>>58680742xerneas chandelure glaceonit's the most common and most obnoxious playstyle because people are genuinely retarded and see the strongest pokemon ever and go "hmm I'm going to ignore it because it's boosted and go after the guy going after him"
I think I just used up my luck for the rest of my life, I just got Shalpha Ttar and Garchomp at the same time in the middle of wild zone 20I was specifically hunting for Ttar, and Garchomp was one of the ones I wanted the most too
my hunt for shiny pichu ended up with only 2 shiny pidgeys... it's always these stupid birds that shine firsthope I get at least a mareep tomorrow
>>58680813You can't escape the birds anon, they always find you.
I've only been hunting for an hour and I found a shiny cleffa before finding a XS Cleffa. If you want a free S Cleffa let me know.
>>58680862Never mind I found one but it's male.
>>58680777What are the height spawn mechanics? I am trying to hunt a few awkward things and feel like things that are below you spawn fine but above you just don't
>>58680931>things that are below you spawn fine but above you just don'tthat's pretty much it, you spawn everything 50 meters around you and infinitely below, but not above
>>58680931I've heard it's 10m above. Not sure on what the despawn is though, or if it's exploitable where you could climb a long ladder over and over to spawn/despawn a pokemon and hunt that way.
I have started knocking out shiny pidgey and fletchling and I'm not sorry about it.
>>58680994I trestart my game when I see regular shiny charmander...
If I can see the alpha spawning in when I'm running back and forth but I can't see the regular, they're still spawning and it's shit draw distance, right?
>>58681121you'll always be able to see regular pokemon spawning in and out, unless you're outside a wild area, and they're inside, which I assume it's your case. Alphas and shiny you can see at all times as long as you're in spawning range, so if you're seeing the alpha spawning and despawning, everything at the same distance is doing the same thing, even if you can't see them
>>58681137Outside, yeah. Larvitar hunting on the roof, I'm running 45~80 and only seeing the Alpha pop in for a brief second.
OOOOOHHHH SHIT! What ball for this absolute unit? Dive Ball? Lure ball?
>>58681185Dive. I don't really like the orange on the lure. it's kinda wierd.
>>58681185man I'm so jealous, this is what I've been chasing for so long... with that being said, keep it in the game until you get the 3 safari ball rewards from season 3
>>58681185moon ball obviously, fits the mega perfectly
>>58681194>>58681196>>58681199I used a Dive Ball, I considering a Heavy Ball for a second
I feel bad for my starter
>>58678100
Is there a reason not to evolve an XS Eevee? Is there a Ranked build or Eviolite build for it?
>>58681218Faithful Tepig 3.
>>58681252LOL fr!And I hate it when that happens. Saving this, Anon!
>>58681252xD bro please delete this I can't breathe!
>>58681185Craziest fucking luck of my entire life. 2 shalphas back to back. The overload spawn method is way too OP.
>>58681310Not real shinies.
>>58681310Best ball for this one? Consdering I'm gonna use him as a Mega Charizard X? I was thinking Luxury. Maybe Heavy or Moon?
>>58681318This. Any time I see Wild Zone 20 Alpha Shiny Pokemon in Ranked, I know exactly how the shitter got them.
>>58680233if it has a GO regulation mark then it means you're a faggot.
>>58681337I ended up using a Moon ball
>>58680401I used the bench by the holovator. Think it took me half a day?>>58680509A lot of them do it intentionally because it gets people to comment on the video which increases engagement, even if the engagement is you calling them a retarded faggot who can't pronounce the names of Pokemon correctly.
>>58681436>I used the bench by the holovatorI'd rather not get more kakunas to be honest. I already have the whole line + an alpha breedill so I'm good
>>58681453Just ignore them. I know it sounds like sacrilege, but you don't HAVE to catch every shiny. There's only 9 mons in range of the bench, the Pichu, the three Buneary in the cage (supposed to only be two but if one of them is shiny then two more can spawn, and you can get all three of them shiny), the Trubbish and the four Kakuna on the meme tree. You can leave it on for a couple hours, catch the Pichu (if it's there) and just leave the rest if you don't want them.
>>58681463>Just ignore themthat's what I do. I got 2 pidgeys while hunting pichu and I still haven't caught them >>58680813
about to buckle down in a gabite + dragonair friend safari, looking for 2 male 2 female gabits and 2 dragonairs what synchronizer should i run? good ol jolly kadabra?
>>58681579adamant
Anyone want to trade a dream ball for a shiny alpha male Fennekin? You can choose the ball I catch it in.
>>58681598Why didn't you get the A rank man
>>58681603I need more.
>>58680401>>58680447>>58681436>>58681453I just hunted it ytd, go in and out of the lab, much faster than benching, Pichu and Mareep within range.
Am I trippin' or are the benches in zone 5 like a single meter too far for the Froakie spawn to register?
>>58681598I would love to, give me a couple hours.
>>58681659Definitely. anything over 50 range, I just set macro tp to zone 5, much faster.
>>58681598>>58681663>Trading an incredibly rare limited Season release "Dream Ball">For a bench AFK'd Fennekin>Non Female Fennekin>Non Alpha>Non XS/vp/ is retarted.
>>58681659You can do it faster by autofiring A and pressing start every few seconds. The warp is close enough that pressing A will bring you inside of Zone 5 and that moves the cursor over the fast travel point in the map screen, which your autofire will automatically mash. It's not AFK, but it's actually doable unlike the bench.
>Catch level 6 Pikachu>No "Best!" stat in IVs>Train it up to 50 to use bottlecaps>Special Attack now reads "best!"This is my only Pikachu and I'm looking at the screen shot of when I caught it. It never had a "best!" IV. How did this happen? Can you train up IVs not using bottle caps?
>>58681727>Can you train up IVs not using bottle caps?not really
>>58678315Cofag, Sawk, Throh, Golett and Clobbopus prob.
>>58678178I'm trying to get whichever shiny I can get, a full dex of shinies would be ideal, but too tiring for me.
>>58681676I fucked up and traded a Lure Ball Medicham for a random Patrat, which I didnt have at the time, hope the kid at least is happy about it. No use crying over spilled milk.
>>58680813I was shiny hunting goomy once. Ran down to further spawn to check to see if it was shiny or just rendering weird with the bush. Got a shiny sparkle and sound.It was a pidgey on the railing.
>almost 2026>still no Slump, Teary, Ferocious, or Teary shiny>don't even hunt in SV any moreI'm not gonna make it
>>58681676Its Alpha tho.
>>58681799>I'm not gonna make itthe game isn't gonna disappear, anonit took me 6 years to complete my Dream team quest on pokemon shield because I stopped playing pokemon for like 4 years
>>58681598Im ready with the Dream ball.Whats the best ball to catch it lol? Im not gonna evolve it, Lux feel right but looks cheap on it.
>>58681831Here's what one balltism guide says but I probably wouldn't. I can do a regular pokeball if you want. Not evolving is pretty crazy.
>>58681845I have that guide but this is just silly, can you catch him in love ball? Color actually match Heavy ball but feel weird, Moonball is also an option but doesnt match any color.
>>58681845Delphox is my most hated final evolution of a starter. All of my Shalpha startes wont be evolved, just too fuckin big. Cant see shit with my Charizard flying half of the screen and got stuck.
>>58681867Heavy does fit the best colorwise but I don't really like how it looks.
>>58681898Yeah, Love Ball it is, if I ever change my mind and evolve, still match the theme somewhat.
>>58681802There is much to do, both in games and in real life, with more every day.
>>58681936you have until you're 80yo to do it, bwo
>>58681904Got it. 3699.
>>58681939Give me second.
>>58681939Thanks anon.
>>58681947Awesome. Thanks for the trade. Hope you enjoy shiny alpha Fennekin.
>>58681937Gen 26 gonna be out by then with 30 new extra exclusive marks and temporal species variations as well as finally adding a counter part to Alphas with Omegas.
Does anyone have a spare Friend Ball for trade?
Shiny Alpha Charmander just showed up basically at odds (saw 20 other shiny manders).I want to use a Moon Ball because of that "Shining Encounter" artwork, should I do it instead of a luxury ball?
>>58682143those kinds of shiny alphas are the rarest thing you can get in the game, get a moon ball in
>>58682143Seconding Moon.
>>58682166Well yeah, it was a 3 week hunt of single isolation. So many nights I'd start to fall asleep on my couch after just 2 day cycles.>>58682171Moon Ball is done.
can the Mareep in zone 1 really be shiny when you fast travel to the research lab? I swear that this fucking pichu and the mareep are shiny locked or somethingand yes, I did the shiny mareep mission already
>>58682195Zone 1 Mareep is locked I think.Zone 1 Pichu is tough because it's a single spawn.
>>58682200>Zone 1 Mareep is locked I think.they're locked only if you haven't done the shiny mareep side missionat least that's what I know
>>58682195I got 3 Mareep doing that b4 got the Pichu.
>>58682203since you can't see the mareep unless you get close to them, I'm just thinking that they do not respawn or something
>>58682208Only the one closest to the gate turn shiny, the further one away never for me.
>>58682212I see. Well, for now only these damn pidgeys shined for me and not the one I actually want...
>>58682208They always spawn, but if you're outside of the zone and they're in it, then they don't render if you're further than 10m away unless they're alpha or shiny.
>>58682195Yes, if you've done the mission they can be shiny by fast travel to research lab. I have one.
Messed up the timing on Drampa and it despawned twice and I swear both those times it would have been shiny.
>>58682166>those kinds of shiny alphas are the rarest thing you can get in the gameThat would be shiny XS (or non alpha XL but no one cares about those).
>>58682583Because of auto save, you can fuck youself with an S if not carefully measure, which they wont stop fucking killing you while you are at it.
Okay I have never even once gotten a shiny starter and I have 8 boxes of shinies at this point, does the fast travel method from Centrico just not work for them?
>>58682592It should work, The zone 20 itselft have 3 travel spots.Centrico Plaze close to bottom gate. Zone 20 is right gate, and pkm centre close to top gate.Some spots you have to walk inside to make them spawn. If you gonna using fast travel method or benching method, would recommend overload them first, basically give you guaranteed chance to spawn a starter every single reset.
I know that the Gourgeist there is always Medium but about the Alpha Pumpkaboos that spawn, are they also size locked by the day/night cycle (Small and Medium in day, Large and Jumbo at night) like the normal Pumpkaboos?
>>58682609Thats the "drag them out of their spawn and reset them" right? I tried that with Alpha Drilbur to get Gibles in 8 and it didn't seem particularly effective.
>>58682613It worked quite well for me desu, it would be harder to pull off on switch 2 because reasons. There is video out there if you want to know more, I was hunting Gibles on Switch 1, after get 6 holes, just walk in the gate and reset right away. You can also try to get 3 Gibles spawn on the right, walk to far left back and forth which basically reset those spawn every 5s.I also used the bench method and got 1 Gible after afk over night.
>>58682620Huh, guess Switch 2 is making it harder
>>58682623https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLf_PNF1okAIgnore the thumbnail, worth a watch to save some of your time in the future.
>>58682628Appreciated, anon!
>>58682628I'm glad an easier way was found but after 60+ shinies that weren't Gible on my hunt to find one this makes me look like a fool. At least finding Gabite should be easier.
