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Shiny Pokemon Experience

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Shiny Pokemon Experience




Ahh, Shiny Pokemon. The phenomenon that has plagued Pokemon ever since Generation II. First intended to make use of the Gameboy Colors color texture. (I believe) Now regarded as a different set of sport to this day. With only a 1 in 8192 of appearing before you (1 in 4096 in X and Y) it has been valued as a trophy. That's what it basically is; a trophy. But for what? Maybe it's to acknowledge your perseverance in finding it. Or maybe it's to show that your lucky. It's not any more rarer or stronger than it's main species, (But it's certainly more valuable) so that's all it is regarded as. A trophy.

Despite easier ways of finding a Shiny Pokemon. They are still hard to come by. Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, X, and Y gave us the Pokeradar. Black 2 and White 2 gave us the Shiny Charm. Generation IV onward gave us the Masuda Method. Generation VI gave us the Consecutive Fishing. Even with these new mechanics, they will seldom be seen. (The Pokeradar is probably by far the easiest way to find one with the Consecutive Fishing coming second.)

But enough of that. Let's talk about the times Lady Luck really shined (literally) on us.

I'm only going to talk about my shinies in Pokemon X.

Shiny number 1: Doduo.

After leaving Lumiose and getting towards my Third Badge, I decided to look for an Abra to fill up my Pokedex. Having a hard time finding an Abra, I was about to call it quits when all of a sudden, a Doduo appeared on my next encounter. Now this Doduo wasn't just any Doduo. It was a shiny Doduo! Seriously, that is when I figured out that Lady Luck was with me in this game. I mean, even in previous games, I only found Shiny Pokemon until after I defeat the Elite 4. It still sitting in the PC to this day. I'm going to get around to training and evolving it, but until I finish training my other Pokemon, it will stay there.

Shiny number 2: Ditto.

So I finally defeated the Elite 4 and gained access to the Friend Safari. I didn't have any friends at the time, so I looked into my circle of friends I have on this site. (Which isn't much) So I found a Normal Safari and began to search what I may find in it. Imagine my surprise when the first Pokemon I saw was a Shiny Ditto! Not just any Shiny Ditto. This Ditto had Imposter! (Which means I can only marvel at it's shininess for a few seconds until it Transforms.) Oh, and I think there was Aipom and Kecleon in there too...

Shiny number 3: Gothorita.

Few hours after finding the Shiny Ditto. I went to the Pokemon Village because it was Thursday and I went to go look for a Banette. Along the way, I went into an encounter. Saw an Amoonguss, which was a bane of my existence ever since it was introduce, mind you. Anyways, I fled from battle and arrived at the Pokemon Village. I was about to check the first box when I went into another random encounter. It was a horde of Lombre. Damn things only come around when I don't need them! They would give an easy pool of EV's. So I fled and continued my way towards the first box. Now at this time, I was thinking of using a Repel so I can look at the boxes without interference, but decided against it. Sure enough after that, I ran into another encounter with a Gothorita. I thought it was just a Gothorita (I wasn't looking when I ran into it) and was about to run away. (My volume was down too) Then I took a close look and noticed that this Gothorita had purple eyes! Gothorita's normally have blue eyes! When I first saw the shiny Gothita family, I thought it was only a lighter shade of color. This game showed me that the shiny Gothia family also have purple eyes. So I captured it upon that discovery. I can't say I found two shinies in one day, (Which I haven't accomplished yet.) because it was past midnight when I saw the shiny Gothorita. With a spare Rare Candy, I evolved it into Gothitelle.

Shiny number 4: Grumpig.

A few days later of trying to find a shiny Ponyta, Larvesta, or Braixen. I added another friend which was a psychic Field. I took upon the first step in and what was the first thing to appear? If you guessed a random non-shiny Pokemon, you are wrong! My first encounter in this field was a Shiny Grumpig! I wasn't even looking for a shiny at the time because I was reserving the next shiny status for the three aforementioned Pokemon before this damn pig stole the spotlight! Still, Shinies a Shiny, so it still has a spot in my memories.

Shiny number 5: Braixen.

So after finding the Shiny pig, I went back to my previous search and began looking. Now this one was taking a LOT longer then previous ones, because three days passed until I decided to play some Call of Duty: Ghosts while I hunt. Played a few games between kicking ass and getting mine kicked. So it was about two or three o'clock in the morning when I decided to play Search and Destroy. I was the last human standing, (Damn team mates went Leeroy Jenkins while I hid and watched a box. It was at this time when Lady Luck shone on me and I encountered a Shiny Braixen! Distracted, I stood in place in Search and Destroy and got killed while I went on in capturing Braixen. Got yelled at by my team mates, but who cares? I got a shiny Braixen! I even responded by those exact words at my team mates who messaged me to yell at me.

Shiny number 6 and 7: 2x Clauncher.

After hearing of the Consecutive Fishing, (At the time, it was unconfirmed that it actually helped you find Shiny Pokemon via fishing.) I decided to give it a try. Went to Azure Bay to catch me an Octillery with Suction Cups and went to Route 8 to try it out. After many failures, I was about to call it quits when I decided to go for one more chain. (Previous ones broke because I reeled in too slow or too fast. Or the rare chance of "Not a nibble today") Upon the 20's chain fishing, I came across this Red Clauncher. So I was wondering if I was just lucky (I caught a shiny Finneon back in Black 2 after 3-5 fishing) or if it was true. So I decided to go for another chain (Apparently, the chain also breaks upon encounter a Shiny Pokemon) after not even double digits of chaining. I came across another Shiny Clauncher. So I figured it was true. I offered one shiny Clauncher onto the GTS for a Skrelp with the exact words. "Shiny for shiny?" Guess what happened? Bastard gave me a regular Skrelp. (But I found another friend who wanted a Shiny Clauncher and even offered a Shiny Skrelp, so I got my Shiny Skrelp after all.)

Shiny number 8: Staryu.

Actually, after finding a Shiny Clauncher, I wanted to capture a Shiny Staryu. So I was a bit disappointed after finding the second Shiny Clauncher. I attempted the third chain for a Shiny Staryu, but drowsiness got the best of me and called it quits for the night after I missed a bite. The next morning, I attempted again and once again, not even in double digits, I came across a Shiny Staryu! Leveled it up to 52 to get Hydro Pump and evolved it to Starmie. (It's even EV trained!) I attempted and still am trying for a Shiny Magikarp, but so far, no luck. -_-

Shiny number 9: Honedge.

After looking at someone's Youtube video at them finding a Shiny Honedge using Magneton's Magnet Pull, I decided to attempt the same. I started by trying to find a Magneton with Magnet Pull, but wasn't having any luck as Magneton is surprisingly hard to find. All other Magneton's I found had a different ability. (I have a Gardevoir with Trace to find out the ability so I don't waste Pokeballs and time) Then I remembered I caught a Pikachu back at the start of the game which had Static. So I figured that Magneton will still be attracted by Static, so I got my Pikachu, gave it a Smokeball, and started to look for a Magnet Pull Magneton. Finally I found one and went to the Route where Honedge is found. It took a while, so I decided to watch several videos on my laptop while I looked. After five half-hour videos, I finally heard the ping and the sound of a sword unsheathing. I widened my eyes. I looked at my 3DS and behold! A Shiny Honedge. This is also special because I finally found the exact Shiny Pokemon I was looking for. (The aforementioned pig stealing the number from Braixen) It is now a Shiny Aegislash!

Shiny number 10: Amaura.

For my tenth Shiny, I decided to try the Masuda Method. I went into GTS and looked for a foreign Ditto, which was quite hard since PEOPLE ARE STILL ASKING FOR IMPOSSIBLE POKEMON LIKE LEVEL 1 MEWTWO!!! Finally, I found a Japanese Ditto in exchange for a Pokemon I actually had. I looked online to see if any egg moves for Amaura has been discovered and saw it learned Mirror Coat from the Squirtle family. So I went on another amazing adventure on GTS for a female Squirtle. Not finding one, I went on looking for one with a Pokemon I can easily get. Fortunately, I found one asking for a Pokemon I can easily evolve. So I evolved said Pokemon and went back on and got the female Squirtle. Now I looked online again and looked for the appropriate father to teach it Mirror Coat. Now, the Pokemon Bank and Transport is still not available, so I became discouraged when I didn't find the Pokemon I can find in the Kalos Region. So I added another friend so I can figure out how to get a Mirror Coat Squirtle and began to dismiss the idea of passing Mirror Coat to Amaura. The friend I added had a Water Safari and my first Pokemon was a Male Corsola! Now encouraged to give Mirror Coat to Amaura, I bred the Male Corsola with the Female Squirtle and got a Squirtle with Mirror Coat. My Aurorus which I got at the beginning of the game and stayed with it, was female, fortunately enough. So I went ahead and bred the two and got an Amaura with Mirror Coat.

Now the stage was set. As I prepared to repopulate Amaura (POKEMON NEED A REPOPULATION GROUP!!!) I got myself a big cup of tea and some Pringles. Set it on my desk and began for the long journey for a Shiny Amaura. Got the first batch of eggs and began hatching. The first egg hatched. Wasn't shiny so I went all, "One of many to come." and began to hatch another egg. Finally, the second egg hatched and lo and behold. It was a SHINY AMAURA!!! The second egg hatched Shiny! It was unbelievable! I was all "GAWD DAMN!!!" I mean, I didn't even open my Pringles yet. I immediately saved several times, (A habit I had since I was a kid) and checked it out immediately. Unbelievable, an Albino Amaura (It fits!) on the second egg. I immediately checked if I can have this kind of luck with an Aerodactyle, but nope. No Shiny for the first few eggs. It is now an Aurorus (A walrus?) with Mirror Coat. Unbelievable...

Shiny number 11: Poliwhirl

Continuing with the Consecutive Fishing, I went on to look for a Shiny Dratini (I always wanted one!) and deposited my fully evolved and trained (Not to level 100 yet) Aurorus and retrieved my Suction Cups Octillery. I went to the Route where Dratini can be found and began my chaining. I kept on encountering Basculin in which I sort of feared it would be a Shiny Basculin. Not that I mind, but Basculin are incredibly common and they too have been a bane of my existence ever since they were introduced. I would find very few Dratini's which were unfortunately not Shiny. Poliwhirls were in the middle of the two as I would find more Poliwhirls then Dratinis but more Basculins then Poliwhirls. Upon the 30's, I finally encountered a Shiny Poliwhirl. I breathed a sigh of relief that I didn't find a Shiny Basculin, but was sort of disappointed that it wasn't a Shiny Dratini. But nevertheless, A Shiny is a Shiny. (Which I probably would still say if it was a Shiny Basculin) It is still unevolved and untouched. But I'll get to it.

Shiny number 12: Dragonair

My recent Shiny. I continued a Shiny search for several Pokemon. I tried finding a Shiny Espurr, no luck. Then I went on to find a Shiny Frogadier...no luck. Then I went to find a Shiny Golurk...zilch. Finally, I went to find my first horde Shiny Axew. (Still haven't found one yet) Then I decided it was time I added more friends as I seem to find Shinies more upon first encounters. I only had one Dragon Safari so I went on for a search for another Dragon Safari. Finally, I found one and went in it. The first encounter was a Fraxure, which wasn't Shiny, but it was still cool. Fled and looked for what else lied in this Safari Zone. Found another Fraxure, fled and continued looking. Found a Druddigon, not shiny, but still cool. Finally I came across a Dragonair. Not just any Dragonair. A Shiny Dragonair. Not just any Shiny Dragonair. A Multiscale Shiny Dragonair! .....okay, the last part was a lie, but it's still a Shiny Dragonair, but it has Shed Skin as opposed to the more better Multiscale. But hey! I always wanted a Shiny Dratini, what better way to accomplish that then have a Shiny Dragonair? I used my Masterball on it, since I only had a low-leveled Fletchinder, as I was still and am still trying to get a Shiny Aerodactyle and I didn't want to risk losing it via fainting or fainting it. It's still untouched, but I will get to it.




So that's my Shinies so far. What about you? What was your first Shiny? What was your recent Shiny? What was your unbelievable Shiny? For me, my first Shiny being Doduo, my recent being Dragonair, and my unbelievable being Amaura. I'm still processing that I hatched a Shiny on the Second Egg!

Before you ask. No, I will not trade any of them.

I still have some Friend Codes open, so if you want my Friend Code, just comment with yours and I'll add you.

My FC is 0602-6717-6414 and my Safari Zone is Dark Type with Vullaby, Sandile, and Inkay. I think...

On that note, I fully memorized my FC. I can't even memorize my own phone number. (Which is quite troublesome in various situations.)

On another note. Is there a way to delete friends? I added a lot of people, but only half of them added me back. I would like to remove them to make room.
Just a list of the Shiny Pokemon I have encountered so far in Pokemon X.
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Gwestioo77's avatar
I wont trade my shinies either. I got 5 of em. Dragalge was my first shiny. Golett was my unbeliveable shiny and my basculin was my recent one.    The other 2 are clauncher (now a clawitzer ) and a gyarados.