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Shiny Pokémon with the Pokéradar

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ShinyFlareon

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I thought Catbus was the bus in 'My Neighbour Totoro' anime movie.

It is, but apparently it's someone's username, too :-/

No chance to look for shiny blue Shellos. :-/ I'm stuck on Gardenia, of all people. My three main pokemon, Prinplup, Luxio, and Budew (who will NOT evolve, even though it's lvl 24! >.<) just can't handle Grass-types right now. I caught a random Zubat just for this battle, because of the X4 resistance to Grass, and ended up getting a Lonely one. Not shiny, but might make for a worthwhile consideration for a competitive Crobat.
 

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It is, but apparently it's someone's username, too :-/

No chance to look for shiny blue Shellos. :-/ I'm stuck on Gardenia, of all people. My three main pokemon, Prinplup, Luxio, and Budew (who will NOT evolve, even though it's lvl 24! >.<) just can't handle Grass-types right now. I caught a random Zubat just for this battle, because of the X4 resistance to Grass, and ended up getting a Lonely one. Not shiny, but might make for a worthwhile consideration for a competitive Crobat.

Wait... are you using the run around in the grass method, or chaining for it in your other game? Because if you're hoping for a 1/8192 chance shiny, and the chance that it's a Shellos, my advice to you is to just play the game. :p

Off-topic, but you think that's bad... my team of Empoleon, Staraptor, Garchomp, and Luxray against Candice was pretty fail. Her Snover sets up permanent hail and then her Frosslass has Blizzard. After having my butt handed to me, I still wanted to be able to beat her without leaving the gym (cuz I hate those snowballs)... so, I looked to see if I had a weather TM... and the only one I had was Sunny Day. Staraptor was the only one who learned it, so I let her set up and then deal with Snover, and then Garchomp was able to sweep the rest with Fire Fang... lol.

More on topic... what are everyone's first chaining targets for Platinum? I see Wiil is going after Magmar (I plan to do that eventually too). I think I'm going to start off with the difficult challenge of Croagunk. I find it hard to see in the rain, that patch of grass on his route is totally small and crappy, and he seems to be pretty rare. In fact, does anyone know of a website that tells you the appearance rates in Platinum?
 

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Okay I got my cubone chain to 35 so far =P I think I'll keep going to 40 and then watch where I'm going (Since running around not looking broke my last chains that got past 40)
Adament Marowak ftw !

EDIT: Stupid chain broke at 39 because , Well idk why. Stupid cubone, *SIGHS* I guess I'll start all over again =[
 
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Chaining in Platinum is weirddd. o_O
 
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Yay! I caught my first Platinum shiny today! <3
It's a Houndour! :D
 

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Yay! I caught my first Platinum shiny today! <3
It's a Houndour! :D

LUCKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait... are you using the run around in the grass method, or chaining for it in your other game? Because if you're hoping for a 1/8192 chance shiny, and the chance that it's a Shellos, my advice to you is to just play the game. :p

Erm..run around in the grass method ^_^;;; I really want one, though, and I want to play through Platinum without importing anything, so...if I want a shiny blue Shellos, I'll just have to test my luck. I'm probably going to need to level grind, anyway.

Off-topic, but you think that's bad... my team of Empoleon, Staraptor, Garchomp, and Luxray against Candice was pretty fail. Her Snover sets up permanent hail and then her Frosslass has Blizzard. After having my butt handed to me, I still wanted to be able to beat her without leaving the gym (cuz I hate those snowballs)... so, I looked to see if I had a weather TM... and the only one I had was Sunny Day. Staraptor was the only one who learned it, so I let her set up and then deal with Snover, and then Garchomp was able to sweep the rest with Fire Fang... lol.

Ah, yeah, I hate those snowballs too. But that's what I'm going to catch a Houndour for! ^_^
 
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Yay! I caught my first Platinum shiny today! <3
It's a Houndour! :D

Ah congrats! My first was a random shiny machop encounter! and refering to your above post what do you mean platinum chining is weird?
 

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I am going to try and restart my luck =] Maybe this time I will get shinies..
I havent been able to start platinum yet due to school work, but now I will , WISH ME LUCK =]
 

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I am going to try and restart my luck =] Maybe this time I will get shinies..
I havent been able to start platinum yet due to school work, but now I will , WISH ME LUCK =]

Good Luck!! I hope you get many shinies :)
 

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I currently have a chain of 40 cubone and over 300 super repels and an adament syc. =] How many shinys will I get =P
 

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Game Froze >8-( bye bye shiny cubone........
 

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Im trying again....
I released my hacked omastar since I think thats what caused the freeze.
Shiny Cubone I'm on da way =]
 

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I want to chain croagunk, but I dont know what a good nature for them would be?
 

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Totoro -- great guide -- I'm really, really glad your doing it. Here's a couple of notes I jotted down as I read it.

That's right Duke, I don't follow the 4th ring (or box as Skye calls it) rule. I follow Skye's suggestion to go to the farthest shaking patch which sometimes occurs in the 3rd box. As Skye says in post #1501 --- "Now I know. In situations like this I go to box three since five is obviously higher than four."

But also, remember, it's not just Skye's suggestion -- it's in the game itself. Remember when Rowan gives you the Poke Radar and then you talk with your friend out in front of the lab and your friend has all those great suggestions? Your friend mentions something about using the Poke Radar to go to "the farthest patch" and you'll find something special. I can't remember the exact words but it certainly is nothing like "go to the 4th ring" or anything like that -- my recollection is that it's definitely something about the farthest patch. That's one of the things I'm looking forward to paying attention to as I progress through Platinum.

Thanks Crownfire, glad you liked what I started. I haven't had time to get back to it lately, but will soon hopefully.

As for the 4th ring rule, I'll stick with it. Obviously, there are plenty of rules we have added that aren't in your rival's advice about chaining for shinies (e.g., the edge rule, the same type of patch rule, etc...). My rules aren't absolute... they can all be broken with success. Rather, they are my observations about the best way to chain, and in my opinion, the few times that a 3rd ring patch is farther than a 4th ring patch are not worth taking. They may have worked for you, but plenty have broken my chains, so...sorry, my rules stand. :D

I thought Catbus was the bus in 'My Neighbour Totoro' anime movie.

You're right, but he's so much more...

It is, but apparently it's someone's username, too :-/

Catbus is my user name on many other forums. It's a fallback for me when Totoro is taken... :D

Yay! I caught my first Platinum shiny today! <3
It's a Houndour! :D

Congratulations Jolty!

I want to chain croagunk, but I dont know what a good nature for them would be?

I like to use Smogon U as a guide for natures when chaining. Here's the link for Toxicroak: http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/toxicroak. Hope that helps.
 

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Yay, thanks, guys. ^^
After I caught that houndour, I looked for another, and I saw another shiny patch. It was a girl! But to my dismay, it roared me away. :C

Good luck to the rest of you guys! ^^
 

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Yay, thanks, guys. ^^
After I caught that houndour, I looked for another, and I saw another shiny patch. It was a girl! But to my dismay, it roared me away. :C

Good luck to the rest of you guys! ^^

Yeah, that's why you need a lead pokemon that has the suction cups ability when going after pokemon that can learn roar.
 

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Thanks!
I hope I can catch a shiny.
 
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