Sword/Shield: Shiny Thread

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#31 Post by I love squirtle line » Wed Apr 28, 2021 1:02 pm

That's cool. About your brother.
About your failed shiny GMAX drednaw:
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#32 Post by NovariusHaze » Fri May 07, 2021 12:54 am

If you failed it on a Ycom raid then it’s meh. If you failed it in one of your own dens then rip. Remember to save before a raid battle just in case it’s shiny because you can rebattle it if you reload your game.
At least if you have the DLC, you can give any Pokémon that can Gmax (except Melmetal) the Gmax factor with max soup.

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#33 Post by I love squirtle line » Fri May 07, 2021 12:41 pm

yep. Melmetal is only possible to gmax connecting pokemon go to pokemon home and sending a pokemon to pokemon home from pokemon go.
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#34 Post by NovariusHaze » Sat May 08, 2021 12:48 am

TL:DR Gmax Melmetal can only be obtained as a gift from Home.

In other news, I’m at 3,422 random encounters and still no shiny in SwSh. I have 500 battled in all Pokémon in the area except Indeedee, and me and Slix have determined that with 500 battled and shiny charm, it should be a 1/512 odds for a shiny (unless the official Pokémon website is wrong), so I’m about 6.6 times over odds right now. Either that or I missed a shiny. So I’m kinda bummed out at the moment.

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#35 Post by Oshi » Mon May 10, 2021 10:02 am

Looks at Emolgas.

First time?

Some times that is how Luck would be. You find a shiny in less then 10 attempts, or you never find one. That's the fun of it. I think.
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#36 Post by NovariusHaze » Mon May 10, 2021 9:17 pm

@Oshi But you don’t know the odds for a shiny on Poliwager. It could be 1/4096 for all we know. Even if it’s like 1/512, Poliwager has a VERY low encounter rate.

Do you know how many you’ve hatched? 🤔

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#37 Post by Oshi » Tue May 11, 2021 5:18 am

Why do you always assume that it is in Poliwager? Tou know what they say when you assume.
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#38 Post by NovariusHaze » Wed May 12, 2021 4:00 am

Because the only Pokémon games you play is Poliwager and ROM hacks.

When you assume, your heart will bloom. UωU

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#39 Post by I love squirtle line » Wed May 12, 2021 10:30 am

I have hatched two shinies. They both were on community weekends.
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#40 Post by NovariusHaze » Thu May 13, 2021 2:44 pm

Nice! Do you plan to transfer them to Pokémon Home?

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