https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2RRs5qTzKo
post shiny fails/shiny fail stories
sometimes, shinys dont work with us and we gotta prepare for that
here's a classic
>oh my god
>fuck
>fuck
i feel like such an ass for smirking so fucking hard
>>28791422
>>28791422
Anyone got that one of that idiot who used bide when fighting a shiny?
I hatched a Shiny Beldum completely on accident, literally the DAY the Shiny Beldum event started. I have two Shiny Metagrosses now. I'm not entirely sure how to feel about the whole situation.
>>28791609
Wait. One month earlier. Weird. My memory is
broken. Still funky.
>implying I've ever failed with a shiny
>>28791422
Also how the fuck does this even happen?
i lost shiny luc@rio from r@d@r, but i get two @fter
>>28791645
you can fail at safari or if the shiny flees
>>28791660
the fuck are you doing
I'd been playing the series since the start, and never saw a shiny until D/P, a Quagsire.
Unfortunately, it was in the Great Marsh. It ran on the first turn. I didn't see another shiny until B/W2.
>says he'll use the Master Ball
>doesn't
Balltism, not even once.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QZb2y8aNggM
>mom walks in
>>28791422
I don't think I've ever fucked up as bad as the kid in the video, but I've lost at least a couple shinies to recoil-inducing moves like takedown.
I killed the shiny Gyarados in silver, and I thought my life was over because my friend told me that you could only get it once. I have about four of the fuckers now since I keep finding shiny Magikarps on accident.
>>28791422
>>28791719
These both rule because they're 100% the guys' faults for being a dumbass.
>>28791422
OKAY I'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS FOR A LONG TIMEI'M GOING TO USE BIDE
>hunting shines
>no beefy False Swiper
>>28791719
>using bide against a shiny legend
what did he mean by this?
>>28791799
>using false swipe
just para that shit and throw balls, minimizes the chance of you fucking up
only time false swipe should be considered is against shit with pitiful catch rates
>>28791422
Haven't failed a shiny yet fortunately but I keep thinking I'm going to find a shiny electrode and it's going to boom on me.
>>28791873
carrying something with damp, then
>>28791609
>hasty
>>28791701
Is there a scenario worse than this one, besides a shiny showing up in a catching tutorial or something? There's literally nothing you can do.
Not a failure but
https://youtu.be/MN8VpxmJkdg?t=107
This kid's reaction at this time kills me. It's almost THERE IT IS levels of excitement
>>28791910
yes
a scenario where you don't have a master ball and a shiny defies all odds to kill itself before being caught
i can't imagine how painful that would be
Why do people care so much about shinies? To me they're just a curiosity. Chances of finding a shiny of one of my favourite Pokemon are so slim that I don't care at all. To date I've caught a shiny Geodude, a shiny Buizel and seen a shiny Flabebe. Three Pokemon I could not care any less about.
>>28791968
But you can prepare for that and do your best to avoid it. In the Safari Zone, there's literally nothing you can do. I really don't miss it, and hope it doesn't come back.
>>28791938
>BOCK TO BOCK SHOYNIES
>SRing and leading with a synchronize Abra
>catch a shiny legendary
>it doesn't have the nature you wanted
>>28791910
Wally accidentally fainting the shiny Ralts encounter CAN happen. Don't think it's been recorded yet though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAWl4xmfRj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERTYBk3Txk
>>28791609
>shiny metagross is one of my favorites
>missed ORAS event
>Still no shiny metagross
Every day I'm closer to suicide.
>>28792265
>have balltism
>can't breed a shiny beldum since it'll be in a regular pokeball
>>28791422
>No False Swiper
>No status inflicter
>Team full of shit mons
>No bulky mons
>Doesn't use master ball after saying he'll use it
>Taps A non stop
I'm glad he suffered
>>28791422
>No False Swiper
>No status inflicter
>Team full of shit mons
>No bulky mons
>Doesn't use master ball after saying he'll use it
>Taps A non stop
I'm glad he suffered
>>28792319
Oh God I forgot about that too
It just keeps getting worse
>>28792319
Same thing happens to me with shedinja
A shiny Zangoose appeared in a horde once in Y.
The Servipers naturally chose to only attack him and he died before I had a chance to kill them all.
>>28791910
The only one I'd say is worse is getting a shiny Zangoose/Seviper in a horde of the opposites. You have to be lucky and have a mon with Heal Pulse with you, and even then I'm not sure if it's possible.
>>28792387
You could probably use a move like follow me too.
I wish I had a Pokemon with those moves with me when it happened to me.
>>28792420
I thought of an even better one - getting 2+ shinies in a single horde. You have no choice but to faint all but one of them.
>>28792265
>>28792319
Best bet is using friend safaris since the shiny rate is higher and you can use any pokeball there.
>>28791719
>That gasp
The mom is qt as fuck
Saw a shiny oddish in a horde in AS a couple of months ago, wasn't thinking and attacked the left most one first, which happened to be the shiny.
Was pretty buttblasted
>>28792442
One using a move like take down or explosion can be pretty brutal.
I'm glad my shiny Gravler didn't break out of the ball at full health.
>>28791422
Why do shiny hunters slam their (3)DS lid down when they find shinies? If I remember rightly there's a giratina video where a guy slams his DS down and it freezes
>>28792742
So they can change their soiled underpants.
>>28792777
Ohhh boy. I have failed far more shinies than I would have liked to, sooo...
Pinsir in Bug Catching Contest because I was a fucktard and let my Pokemon get paralyzed and weakened earlier.
Weedle in Bug Catching Contest because I accidentally hit run.
Koffing in Omega Ruby because I didn't check to see if it was shiny (only noticed in PokeDex).
Rattata in Safari Zone, ran.
Abra in Safari Zone, ran.
I still plan to reclaim all of these. Already reclaimed Koffing, albeit in SoulSilver.
>>28791828
>minimizes the chance of you fucking up
What's there to fuck up with
>Hypnosis
>False swipe
>Throw preferred ball
>Hypnosis again if it wakes up
My first ever wild shiny was a month ago in X, i was catching gravelers and haunters for wonder trading, then suddenly a shiny graveler appeared! Immediate suicide.
>>28792895
Why didn't you Master Ball it?
>>28792251
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfbQDP2X4QE
holy shit, watching these is torture. worse than a horror movie
>>28791422
Why would you even use any method of shiny hunting besides MM?
>>28793163
For some people, Full Odds feels more rewarding, and other methods like Fish Chaining for Friend Safari are generally seen as faster because encounters are a lot faster than eggs.
>>28793163
Believe it or not, people who aren't shiny hunters and just play the game regularly occasionally encounter shinies also.
>>28793193
*or Friend Safari
Not for, ignore my terrible typing skills.
>>28792824
I've played every Ge since Blue and only ever met a shiny Tentacool in Sapphire.
How do you people meet so many shinies
>>28793209
I hunt for shinies. I hunt for a lot of shinies. I've gathered a little over 30 full odds shinies which, admittedly, isn't a lot. I think I've got around 45 including methods shinies.
>>28793198
Yes but I did not ask about those people.
If you run two or three gameboys parallel to eachother you might as well just watch a Netflix series and just breed eggs while doing so
>>28793240
Ah, I didn't realize you were specifically referring to the video. Sarcasm withdrawn.
>>28791671
I think he raged so hard he broke his a
>>28793293
Well, MM isn't available on GameBoy, so...
Nitpicking aside, it's likely he just wants to get it full odds. Plenty of shiny hunters are like that, it's just a preference.
2 days ago I found a shiny lanturn in Crystal Kaizo
was grinding with it sped up though so I barely saw it, its kind of a lame shiny in gen 2 though
>>28792319
>Caught shiny beldum in Platinum using a premier ball
It's so easy with shiny chaining too.
>>28791719
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRumLNsR36o
another one, kek
>>28793433
>"holy shinx guys"
>>28793433
Fuck, I felt so bad for that dude when I first saw it. He reclaimed it later which was great though.
>get a bug safari for the first time in X
>like 5-6 encounters get a blue pinsir
>dont know its move set
>false swipe it
>Pinsir used Submission
i just slowly closed the 3ds and walked away for awhile, got another one a few months later tho
>>28793528
People should be researching move sets when they find something.
>>28791719
>>28793556
i was just so excited at the time.
>>28792928
I'm not talking about catching fampai.
I'm talking Wally FAINTING it, which a total possibility.
>>28791422
Fucking kids
>>28793770
What app is that?
One time I almost shat myself. I was trying to fish a Seadra in Y, when a shiny Dragalge appeared. As I was trying to capture a mon, I had a lvl 90 false swipper Haxorus in the party. So I used it once and I tried catching it 5 times with ultra, but nothing.
So I changed to mywaifuGardevoir to use hypnosis, but it failed and he poisoned me, and my fucking Gardevoir had synchronize, and I was like fuck fuck fuck, but fortunately he's poison, so he was not poisoned.
In the end I caught him.
>>28793770
What the fuck he was trying to do is beyond my imagination
Any recommendations for shinies via eggs? I've never shiny hunted before but I really want to get a shiny pinsir. I have a foreign ditto, once I get a suitable mom I can start, but in ORAS, where is a good spot? Is there a place like the subway in black where it's a circle?
>>28793433
why the fuck do people spam buttons like that drives me up the wall theres no point to it same with slamming the damn thing shut i hope they break on people
>>28793946
the battle resort island moves and you can go in a straight line
>>28793898
poke info
best app i've ever used, has team builder and everything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9lCIxLLsFk
Once, Found a random Shiny Dratini in the Kanto Safari (LF)
And.. you know what happened
>>28794036
not the anon that asked but i just got it
this app is dope.
they good about keeping it up to date im assuming?
>>28794049
You know you're soft resetting for a shiny and you don't prepare yourself at all.
How are people so retarded?
>>28794049
>resting legendarys
>>28794097
actually i am that anon lol i used my phone to post it cuz i just screenshotted it lol anyway im not sure how up to date they are will know once sun and moon come out
>>28791422
My cartridge with all my shiny and event mons was stolen if that counts.
Also the shiny Graveler used selfdestruct meme happened to me back in HG.
>>28794121
its his fault for using Zapdos and not a dedicated catcher. Especially since Zapdos eats PP with Pressure.
>>28794254
And he was purposely soft resetting for the fucking thing. God it pisses me off so much. How can someone be so stupid and then cry about it on camera?
>>28794254
>Pressure.
oh my fucking god i didn't even realize that until you said it, i'm even more mad now
>>28791938
I love it
My first fail was in the Safari Zone in Ruby. Ran into a Doduo that proceeded to run away from me.
Second happened a few days ago, in the Friend Safari. Red Pancham appeared, I tried to weaken it, then it used Circle Throw and got away.
>>28794420
Circle Throw only works if the wild pokemon is higher level.
You fucked up
i killed lake of rage gyarados as a kid
>its a different color
>it must be a boss
>>28791422
Not really sure if it's a fail but I hatched a shiny Love Ball Buneary and it was a male.
>>28794486
>trap bunny
>>28794450
I have this tendency to use a weak Nuzzle to catch things sometimes and Dedenne happened to be lower than 30.
God dammit...
2 fail stories:
I encountered a shiny Weedle in SoulSilver on the way to Mr. Pokemon's house.
It was before I could even have Poke Balls so I was forced to run away since I couldn't bear to KO it.
Second was during a run of FireRed. I was playing on my old Gameboy SP and found a shiny Onix. I was so surprised I dropped my SP and it shut off.
That was more of my fault but I'm still pissed about the Weedle
>>28793455
this is the worst
>>28793433
>>28793455
You gotta seriously be shinxing me right now
>>28794459
>Pearl
>Trying to complete pokedex.
>Hunting a cleffa in the Backlot mansion.
I've been at this for a while, and my pokemon are getting pretty badly worn down.
>SUDDENLY
>First shiny encounter in the wild: a shiny roselia!
>jesus take the wheel, i know exactly what to do.
>False swipe, doesn't even do half.
>Bastard has poison point, my swiper is poisoned.
>It's okay. Just swap out.
>Bring in my hypnosis user.
>Bastard starts petal dance.
>Petal dance hits like a freight train, probably because i'm using a Polywrath for hypnosis.
>Shit, gotta heal my 'wrath.
>hyper potion.
>Petal dance
>hyper potion
>Petal Dance
>Hyper potion.
>Petal dance ends, confusion sets in.
>Oh thank gods, now, all i have to do is hypnotize it then-
>It starts petal dance again.
>FUCK!
>Try to hypnotize.
>it outspeeds me
>Petal dance crits.
>Polywrath goes down.
>Fuck.
>Switch in Poisoned pokemon.
>Confusion hits the Roserade.
POW.
>it's okay, it still has a little health left- just.
>Confusion hits.
POW
>It's okay! it's in the red! maybe it'll just catch-
>Throw ultra ball.
>It pops.
>Roselia is confused.
Roselia hurt itself in it's confusion.
Roselia fainted.
I should have just chucked ultra-balls while it was at full health... i didn't come prepared.
Mine is pretty classic.
When I was a kid, playing Silver version, I saw my first ever shiny pokemon. It was a Graveler, and I freaked out. Mind you, I had no idea shiny pokemon was a thing, (I hadn't reached red garydos yet)
I just thought there was something super special about it, so threw an ultra-ball...
It failed...
Graveler immediately self destructed.
I didn't catch a shiny pokemon until Daimond came out.
...That time it was a bidoof...
>playing Emerald on an emulator so this is less of a blow, but
>outside Rustboro
>training up the Pokemon
>run out of PokeBalls
>Well, better go get some more. What's the worst that can happen?
>as if God decided to teach me a lesson in humility, a shiny Poochyena appears
>have to KO it
That really stung though. Nothing I could do about it.
To be honest I have never encountered a shiny before. I dont care if I fail the first one, I just want to have that legendary experience I never had years ago when I first started playing the games.
Killed a shiny golbat I found in pokemon crystal. Thought it was going to drop something like the red gyrados I killed at the lake of rage. I was only a kid back then...
>>28791422
>Fire Red randomizer
>Shiny Weezing
>Fucking love Weezing
>Friends say "you lucky shit" and all that good stuff, one brings up the fact that I caught it on an emulator and so it doesn't really matter
>Really.png?
>Find a GBA save backup tool for my R4
>Take the randomizer's save and put it on my cart
>Show my friends the next day
>Tfw I get to make a smart ass eat their words and be jealous of me
>>28791723
Kek, shiny gyarados are not that rare
Havent had a fail yet but speaking of magikarps, I found an adamant shiny fishing today
So happy
>>28791719
This will always be the perfect shiny fail video.
>doesnt have Foresight/False Swipe/Spore
>doesn't KO a nonshiny and encounter it at Turnback Cave for more control over his team
>underleveled for a shiny attempt
>implies he's done practice catches before, but with Bide, a method that would have about a 1/8 chance of working, entirely dependent on the Giratina's IVs and whether or not a crit happens
>using Bide against a shiny
>using Bide against anything
>despite all this, he doesn't use his Master Ball on a shinyi can understand balltism but that's not the time for it
>mom walks in and fakes surprise
OK EVERYBODY, GATHER ROUND, GATHER ROUND
HERE YOU SHALL SEE EVERY EXAMPLE OF WHAT NOT TO DO WHILE SHINY HUNTING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bX1lecmk70
GET COMFY
SIT BACK
RELAX
AND ENJOY
>>28791828
Here's how you do it, at least for legendaries
>synch
>full PP Ups on False Swipe and Spore
>Damp Parasect holding lefties
>Attract if going against a gendered legendary
>spore spam=less pp used per turn=more balls to throw
>count down the pp turn by turn
>if balltism, try until it hits 50% PP then chuck Timer Balls
ez
I once false swiped a shiny audino that was asleep. It instantly woke up and used Secret Power. Caught it and nearly shit myself when i saw Take Down in that moveset
>>28794049
>shiny hunting with a legendary
>that has pressure
>tfw have no shiny fail stories because I haven't even encountered a shiny
I've been playing Pokemon since gen 2 and still no shiny.
It,s not a total fail... Well, it contains both fail and win:
>playing Pokémon Gold on emulator with a shitty translation, just for some hours to keep my hype under control
>found the red Gyarados and thought
>2 hours later I found a green Zubat but killed him accidentally
>some months later bought a copy of the game
>I play normally until I catch the Red Gyarados
>Thought "Hey, maybe that Green Zubat is in the same spot as in my emulator run"
>go there and FOUND THE FREAKING GREEN ZUBAT IN THE SAME GRASS SECTION
>keep playing for 400 hours thinking that shinys are bound to appear in a concrete spot
>ask another kids with shinys where they found theirs
>only able to find a golden Growlithe... IN THE EXACT PLACE A KID TOLD ME WHERE HE FOUND A SHINY GROWLITHE!!
Later I found in the internet that I was wrong and a lucky bastard.
>>28798194
-found the red Gyarados and thought "Wow, those different colour Pokémon are awesome!"
>>28798180
Put the Repels down, head the the friend safari, or just chain fish for a bit
I ran into a shiny Sandshrew in the safari zone of SS. It broke out of 4 balls then ran.
>>28791879
Tough Claws Grass Knot is kinda useful.
>>28794300
>>28794109
this is the silliest move I've seen
https://youtu.be/7lskR2AZALI
>I'm gonna try and weaken it
>lv100 neutral effectiveness pure power STAB zen headbutt
>>28792387
In the case of the Zangoose, it's possible if you have something with Earthquake strong enough to kill the Seviper but not the Zangoose. That's how I got a Toxic Boost one.
Other way around... Probably do the same with Petal Blizzard or something? Something resisted by Poison.
>>28792335
>>28792319
S-Sun and moon will let you change pokeballs r-right?
>tfw I still get PTSD when thinking about trying to chain shiny Beldums in Platinum
Take Down + literally legendary catch rate is fucking ridiculous. I still caught two of them, although I used my Master Ball for one of them.
>>28798078
I think your post made me laugh more. I never knew Balltism had its own word, because I suffer from that shit BAD but god I'd never risk a shiny legendary. Or even a regular shiny. MB that shit and call it a day.
>>28802039
use a ghost type niggaI chained for them too, wish I'd thought of that at the time
>>28794049
>He's browsing 4chan
>>28791782
This killed me lmao
>>28794049
I just don't get how you can commit yourself to something as time intensive as shiny hunting and
1. Not know about PP issues. That Rayquaza has 3 low PP moves and can easily get PP stalled if you have something with pressure
2. Not be carrying a master ball for emergencies
3. Barring a a master ball, not carrying a heal pulse user for emergencies
4. Not be using a synchronize user to ensure a good nature
Basically if you want to hunt shinies, you should carry a suction cups Octillery both for the fishing boost and as something that can stay in against pokemon with phaze moves, a lv100 smeargle with spore, false swipe, heal pulse and thunder wave, the appropriate kind of synchronize user and if you're looking for ghosts something with foresight.
Reading this thread while shiny safari hunting just for fun and bam
>>28806022
I had a close call with a shiny encounter
>Be me lvling up pokes for living dex
>shiny zweilois pops up
>thief ut goes down to 30% health
>Attacks my flame body Talonflame
>Gets fucking burned and goes down to about 15%
>no prob quick ball should do the trick
>luckily gets caught
Turns out quickball turns into a regular pokeball after the first turn so i gambled big time...pic related
>>28805637
>lv100 smeargle with spore, false swipe, heal pulse and thunder wave
I would replace thunder wave for soak in case a shiny grass and/or ghost type appears.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1p18r3/guide_to_creating_the_ultimate_catcher_for_friend/
>try out dedicated SRing for the first time
>try it on Virizon in Black 2
>After about a month, encounter one
>Critical hit it to death
>keep trying for another month
>find it again
>threw a Heal Ball right away
>gets caught
Also check out Latias's PPs
>>28802168
I think it's worth risking, as long as you're counting the PP of the legendary down turn by turn. If you catch it in a non Master Ball before it hits 1-2PP left, great, you saved a Master Ball. If not, well you tried and can throw the Master Ball
>>28806953
Living life on the edge, anon. Nice get
>decide before I go in to be ultra determined to get shiny slugma
>catch shiny growlithe/ponyta/max speed, ha fletchinder before I get slugma
>patience is a virtue
Also
>building national dex, hatch a shiny on accident
>its bidoof
>im keeping it a lvl 100 shiny bidoof
>protip: bidoof can learn bolt/beam
>Playing Platinum
>Route 206
>Not paying attention
>Encounter Gligar
>Freak out when I look back, thinking I found a shiny
>Didn't know Gen 4 fucked with Gligar's colour palette
Felt like a real idiot once I caught it.
>>28791938
OH MY GOD SHINY CHARMANDER OH MY FUCKING GOD
>Bold nature
Glad I injected my shinies instead of wasting hours of my life for pieces of trash with the wrong natures.
>>28792064
Yeah that was clearly the best one
>>28807274
Symchronize+Friend safari with two guranteed 31 IVs and with SuMo coming out with hyper training, wyanut?
>>28791422
>hunting a Pokemon with a less than 10% chance of actually capturing it when its at 1HP and Asleep, using a Dusk Ball at night
>not having a Master Ball on himself
He brought that upon himself.
>>28798089
who is the qt at 10 mins in
>>28806807
Kill yourself
>>28796067
I encountered 2 Shinies in Friend Safari and apparently there's a high shiny chance there so get going boy
>No one has posted this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjB5USTKu6g
>>28810749
>using Quick Ball after the first turn
>>28793433
>what would posses my game to freeze?
>>28810849
He was trying to balltism. That being said, only a fucking idiot would try to balltism an exploding shiny without a Dampmon
>>28810749
I can't believe this baddie cried for 4 minutes without weakening it at all. What a retard
>>28791422
In my original White playthrough, I had three shiny encounters, being a Yamask, Zebstrika, and a Rufflet. When the Zebstrika came around, I thought it would be fun to use my regular Zebstrika to weaken it so I could replace him with his shiny counterpart. I brought it down to the yellow with two stomps, and a third wouldn't have killed. Crit stomp. Zippy did not want to be replaced, but I released him for doing such a horrible thing to me.
>>28791719
I KILLED HIM MOM
*fake gasp*
>>28793433
>jeer-a-teena
he deserved that freeze
>>28792465
this tbqh
I started playing Pokémon back when Red came out. I don't know how many years later I still play Pokémon but have never encountered a shiny.
I feel like the odds should be on my side.
Lost a shiny charm Magby in ORAS, wasn't that upset.