Shiny Pokémon

There is a new method of getting Shiny Pokemon. Consecutive Fishing.

On Route 16 in the fishermans shack with the guy who gives you the Super Rod there is another guy who challenges you to break his streak of 7 Pokemon fished in a row. When you do he gives you some dive balls and says

"This is just a rumor, but word is that you can catch some rare Pokemon through consecutive fishing!"

He is referring to consecutive fishing, which improves the chance of getting a Shiny Pokemon

You have to continuously hook a Pokemon and for each Pokemon you hook the odds of it been a Shiny improve. You can't reel it in too fast, reel it in too slow, get a message to say nothing is biting. You also can't move from the spot you are in. All of these break the chain and reset it to 0.

To improve the chances of getting a Pokemon on the hook every time there is a couple of things you can do. Using a Pokemon with the Ability Suction Cups such as Inkay, Malamar or Octillery makes it easier to get a bite every time.

It also helps to pick a section of water is surrounded on multiple sides. Underneath Ambrette Town is a good spot. Go as far south as possible, surf out into the water and face the rocks. I tried it on Route 3 in the pictured spot.

During the battle you can make the Pokemon faint or you can actually run from the battle. You can't catch the Pokemon however as this also seems to break the chain. Also encountering and catching a Shiny Pokemon also seems to end the chain

You can use any rod you like but can't change from rods during the streak. So a good rod on Route 3 will get Goldeen or Corphish and a Super Rod gets you Gyarados, Seaking or Crawdaunt. I've been trying on Route 3 since last night. My first streak was 84 and broke when I reeled in too late. My second streak was 131 but broke when I accidentally moved in the water. My third attempt only got to 32 when a Shiny Corphish appeared.

I don't know the exact percentages involved as this method was only discovered in the last few days but most people seem to find a Shiny after around 30 consecutive bites. It's not a guarantee but it works and makes encountering a Shiny Pokemon a little bit easier

About 45 minutes. Fish, battle, run, repeat. Takes a lot of concentration though so the longer it goes on, the more likely you'll mess up.

Just caught a Shiny Gyarados on the same route with the Super Rod

CianRyan wrote: »

Yeah but they're not cool thanks to G/S/C

I know, I already have a Shiny Gyarados from SoulSilver. I was aiming for a Seaking or a Crawdaunt. Lucky for me I got a Shiny Seaking a few minutes ago

I've had no luck finding a shiny with the chain fishing method. my highest chain was 80, but messed it up by clicking A too early...

!No! You Reeled In Too Slow!" message pops up quite a bit, in my head I'm thinking they are shinies...

The pokeradar makes a return post game and is available from the lab in lumiose city and can still be used to chain shinies. I haven't had much luck with it though. You need to find a big patch of grass, don't approach shaking grass on the edges, go for ones that are about 4 tiles away from you and they've also added in a feature where sometimes shaking grass won't have a pokemon in it so it's a lot harder. I think the chances max out at around chain 40.

The masuda method still works as before too.

I never understood this whole shiny stuff at all. I'm fairly sure I've just ran, or killed one or two in my play through of X so far. They aren't stronger or anything, are they..?

Mister Man wrote: »

I never understood this whole shiny stuff at all. I'm fairly sure I've just ran, or killed one or two in my play through of X so far. They aren't stronger or anything, are they..?

No they're just the same stat wise as regular pokemon you encounter except there's only a 1/8192 chance of running into one under normal circumstances.

I like to have a few shinies and will breed or pokeradar for some if I've nothing else to do. I've only ever hatched one shiny which was a feebas in pearl.

If shinies had better chance of maxing IVs I'd be all over them.
The easiest way of having the strongest Pokémon, that's what I like!

I should train properly again, I want to do the VGCs again.

Chain fishing finally pays off, this one took 15 casts.

shiny Clauncher finally pops up, it took 20 casts.

decided to chain for a Poliwhirl, 17 casts for this one. from having no luck fish chaining, to catching three shinies in the same night and all on low chains.

staryu looks clayuss

The chain fishing finally worked for me today. Managed to catch a shiny Horsea with the Good Rod. By my count it was 18 goes but it may have been a bit more.

Has anyone had any luck getting a shiny with the Poke Radar method? My best effort involved a chain of about 14 Flabebes in a row but then I messed up.

Brilliant. ^ I'd love to hatch a shiny. Did you use that Masuda method?

I caught two more shinies today in horde battles. A Wingull and a Bellsprout. I used Combee's Sweet Scent and got lucky both times. My real aim was for a shiny Ekans so that hunt must go on.

I caught a shiny Stunky today in another horde battle. It's a nice scarlet type colour.

I haven't had much luck with the fishing of late, though, and that Poke Radar method has been dreadful for me.

My first was a shiny red Gyarados. Following that, a shiny Nuzleaf in Sapphire. Then I figured out how to chain hunt Pokemon in Diamond.

I've tried soft resetting for shinies once or twice. What a waste of time.

Fun fact: there are no shinies in Gen. 1.