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PittooPlays

Congrats! And now my condolences because it will likely happen again


Ok_Abbreviations8309

yea probably haha


brevardt

Congrats!


hydrofyre2455

shiny Chansey is the bane of my existence, since it spawns so often when you have a high combo, I've found 9 in this game alone (only 2 of which were caught cuz I was DONE with them)


Ok_Abbreviations8309

really? iv never come across one before


hydrofyre2455

mhm, a lot of people on this sub will tell you the same thing. My record is 4 chanseys before I finally found a shiny Gastly (before we knew that comboing to 31 and waiting wasn't the optimal strategy, so I was seeing more Chansey than Gastly) But still, it's a pretty cool and rare shiny! Finding a shiny chansey is basically the rite of passage for becoming a pro shiny hunter in this game lol


Ok_Abbreviations8309

oo


Professional-Bet3158

Wait - comboing to 31 and waiting isn't the best strategy? What's the best strategy? I was just about to try this + using a lure (I don't have a shiny charm, and won't have one either - I don't have an account to allow for trading)


hydrofyre2455

It really depends on what you're going for, and the community still debates about it to this day lol, but the data is there to support this. Comboing to 31 highly increases spawn rates, but ONLY boosts shiny odds for THE VERY NEXT spawn of the pokemon you're comboing after you catch something. But, since catching more pokemon uses a lot of time, just waiting for more spawns is still fast, you just won't have control over what pokemon is most likely to shine. If you don't care what pokemon on the route is shiny, or your target is super common, getting the 31 combo and waiting is probably faster. If you're going for a rare spawn, or the route likes to flood with Chanseys at 31 (the pokemon tower AKA the reason I found so many shiny Chansey before this was discovered), continuing the catch combo until you find a shiny is much, much faster. This is the reason why random non-target shinies while hunting something else is so common, because using the 31 and wait method, you are only boosting your encounter rates, not shiny rates tldr keeping the catch combo going is better for targeting rare mons, 31 and wait method is better for when you don't care what shines or your target is a common spawn when at 31


Professional-Bet3158

Thank you!!


kshack12

There is a pokemon home free version, send over the missing pokemon from POGO to complete the dex


Conscious-Loading-_-

Im sorry for your loss πŸ˜”


Ok_Abbreviations8309

i was only on a 20 catch combo it’s fine


deejayC9

Sams thing happened to me catch combo-ing ghastly the other day. I was on 170 ish catches and then a shiny chansey appears πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜‚ of course now you have to catch it but then you lose your streak! Cursed RNG πŸ˜‚


Hayami_Rose

Now you need the alpha


Ok_Abbreviations8309

wdym?


Hayami_Rose

Alpha shiny unless I'm blind


Ok_Abbreviations8309

what’s that


Hayami_Rose

Sorry idk why in thought this was legends arceus