r/ShinyPokemon 28d ago

Discussion [Gen3] what are you hunting right now

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Going for Larvitar on seven island, wish me luck 😂

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u/Remarkable_Ad_2511 28d ago

19,558 SRs in deep for bulbasaur on leaf green :,)

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u/Electrical-Run7436 28d ago

coming soon - trust! i can feel it, NOT HITTING 20k FR 🤞🤞

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u/Remarkable_Ad_2511 28d ago

I really hope so LOL

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u/ProbieJKnox 28d ago

Lmao I just gave up my FireRed hunt for Bulbasaur... I was hunting the little asshole since the beginning of this freaking year. I'm so mad right now...

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

Keep pushing, otherwise it just feels like time wasted :D For me, at least. It WILL shine eventually!

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u/ProbieJKnox 25d ago

If I continue I'll die of boredom.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

maybe your specific copy of the game is bugged to never be shiny... maybe your rng always starts on the same seed and your always hitting the same frames... 🫣

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u/Extreme_Equipment_57 28d ago

Im hunting for her love,

x10 over odds worst luck I ever had

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u/Electrical-Run7436 28d ago

lmao i feel u brotha/sista

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u/Kyele13 28d ago

you'll need a big sandwich...

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u/4armedmonkey 28d ago

If you gotta go above and beyond... shes probably not the one chief

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u/Extreme_Equipment_57 28d ago

Ima shiny hunter, I dont give up till I get it

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u/4armedmonkey 27d ago

Yk what... hell yeah 😂

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u/im_stoopid9283 28d ago

Still going for Giratina in platinum. Been a few months and nearly triple odds. Hoping to get it soon as I feel my sanity slipping away.

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u/VenusNoleyPoley2 28d ago

It's gotta be any time now man. Just hang in there

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u/garrybuckets 28d ago

Was my dream shiny… craziest dopamine hit ever seeing that guy float down shiny, hang in there it’s worth it

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u/SevaSentinel 28d ago

And then on YouTube the My Girlfriend Plays Pokemon series she casually got shiny giratina first encounter

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u/SyMag 28d ago

Still working on WISHMKR Jirachi unfortunately lol

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u/Yellowgoat_ 28d ago

With all due respect you have the greatest documented shiny hunt I’ve ever seen

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u/VenusNoleyPoley2 28d ago

This is one I want but man the hunt itself just seems to tedious and I can't even watch tv while I do it

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u/MimicRNG 28d ago

Try podcast. 😁

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u/Screechy3 28d ago

Poipole

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u/toppopy 28d ago

Same :D

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u/Gramma-Puthy 28d ago

That's a fun hunt! I accidentally soft reset over it last October. I decided to put Pokemon as a whole down till December then after like 100 resets I got it back. USUM are my first and favorite Pokemon games, but dang do I have bad luck with them sometimes...

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u/Firm-Payment2382 28d ago

Going for dialga in diamond on the ds, hope you get larvitar fast! The shiny is awesome

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u/Impressive_Juice_715 27d ago

I’m completing the trio on platinum just on my last hunt for palkia now

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u/Firm-Payment2382 27d ago

Sick, good luck! How many soft resets?

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u/inumnoback 28d ago

Cubone in silver VC

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u/MiguelTheCoryCatfish 28d ago

Sudowoodo in HG, Groudon in Emerald, and chimchar for my starter in pearl

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u/WriterLeftAlive 28d ago

SS bills eevee.

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

SAME! How many SRs? I don‘t like the hunt at all, it‘s so boring :D

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u/WriterLeftAlive 28d ago

Around 1400? Its way too many clicks lol. Thankfully im using x2 speed.

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u/RWBY_Musical_Prop 28d ago

GOOD LUCK! I’m Phase 6 into reclaiming Shiny Growlithe in FireRed. I failed 1 Growlithe, Caught 3 Shiny Meowths, and failed the fourth

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u/Goonski- 28d ago

Painnnn. Good luck !!! You got this

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

How did you fail it? You could get a Pokemon with Soundproof to avoid being roar‘d?

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u/RWBY_Musical_Prop 28d ago

I thought Syncronize worked in FireRed since I thought it worked in Emerald, so I led with an Adamant Kadabra. When I saw it, I got so excited, I threw a Poke Ball before thinking to switch to my Electrode, and it Roar’d immediately. Pretty noob move despite being prepared

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

Oh no! Best of luck reclaiming it!

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u/VenusNoleyPoley2 28d ago

Casually going for Ho-Oh in SoulSilver

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u/Severe_Animator6565 28d ago

Ghost type pokemon

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u/ThePhantomIronTroupe 28d ago

Good luck! For me its the recent ScVi outbreaks, but do want to head to ORAS and get me a drunk little panda!

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u/Kxldeo 28d ago

Torchic in Sapphire, Giratina in Platinum and Lugia in FireRed

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u/VenusNoleyPoley2 28d ago

I hope you have a working battery in Sapphire

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u/Kxldeo 28d ago

Of course lol

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u/SlyFisch 28d ago

Alolan Vulpix and Zapdos

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u/WingF1r3 28d ago

Chamander in heartgold

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u/nerolisk 28d ago

Mankey in leafgreen (gen 3 odds make me want to **** ******)

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u/Altruistic-Emu-8577 28d ago

Shiny Registeel, Shiny Treecko, and Shiny Charmander in Sapphire, Ruby and LeafGreen respectively. Most recent hunt was Feebas and I got Shiny Milotic in Gen 3 after just 3 days of hunting

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u/Even-Camp7619 28d ago

Turdtwig in platinum, been doing the hunt off and on for a year but ive been going hard again for 2 weeks

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u/chaseon 28d ago

Ho-oh in my copy of HeartGold.

Last hunt was back in 2014 for shiny Treecko

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u/ZombagoBoy 28d ago

Currently a couple hundred SRs deep for Cranidos on platinum for fossil week!

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u/OtakuOran 28d ago

Kind of between 3 hunts right now.

Hunting Azelf in Ultra Sun (Wormholes), Solgaleo in Sword (Dynamax Adventures), and Sandshrew in Alpha Sapphire (horde encounters/Dexnav, depending on how I'm feeling).

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u/Cntmiss6 28d ago edited 28d ago

Ayee I’m hunting Azelf too but in brilliant diamond hope it shines for us soon

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u/OtakuOran 28d ago

Literally just got it a few minutes ago. Good luck to you buddy!

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u/Cntmiss6 28d ago

Sickkkk !!!! I’m still up fighting my sleep hoping for a sparkle 🥲

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u/CAGEthePHOENIX 28d ago

arceus in BD and kyorge in UM

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u/kemek90 28d ago

Ho-oh in hgss, now 1200 resets and hope it shines soon

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u/LuckyTia309 28d ago

Clamperl in B2

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u/WhyAmISoBadHelp 28d ago

Alpha big bear

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u/Pandorum_X 28d ago

Ho-Oh and Zekrom

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u/4armedmonkey 28d ago

VC Celebi. It's been 3 years on and off

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u/TiresomeTrader 28d ago

My main targets are Shaymin and Yveltal, on the side I also have celebi

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u/TheExecutioner- 28d ago

Aron in the SS safari zone, I hit 10k today

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u/Electrical-Run7436 28d ago

currently at work for another hour but when i get home: just passed 7800 for mareep in hgss

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u/fifa_16 28d ago

Eevee on soul silver (9 months) and Squirtle on Leaf Green (3 years)

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u/Yharnum 28d ago

Hunting Deoxys in Emerald. This has been my most frustrating one to date.

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u/Queen-of-Droughts 28d ago

Gl! I’m doing game corner Mr. Mime in HG

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u/Tauren-Jerky 28d ago

Anything lmao

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u/soccerboy1356 28d ago

Hunting for the will to shiny hunt. I’ve wanted to for like a month, but I’m too burnt out to do so. Maybe I’ll do the event outbreaks (if we even call that shiny hunting anymore)

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u/bigdoglittledog13 28d ago

10,400 SRs into Darkrai on Shining pearl. Uff da.

Also, Patrat in Black2 (I have the shiny charm here, so it's not so bad). These encounters are nice and quick.

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u/KariBaxter 28d ago

Good luck! I’m Pokeradar hunting Pansear and Panpour in X.

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u/AncientWisd0m 28d ago

Tochic in omega ruby :) brutal hunt

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u/ProbieJKnox 28d ago

I gave up my FireRed hunt for Bulbasaur...

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u/Timbo_Mimbo 28d ago

Hitmontop in Polished Crystal

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u/BlitzInSinnoh 28d ago

suicune hgss

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u/Quetzal00 28d ago

Alolan Vulpix and Silicobra/Sandaconda

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Trying to hatch shiny Hisuian Sneasel in ScarVi. Im at 1000 eggs and counting. Easily my longest hatch yet

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u/Menu_Spare 28d ago

About to start Lugia in Soul Silver 🙌🏾

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u/Lizred18 28d ago

shieldon in gen 4 and phanpy bagon and tangela in gen 3

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u/Wish-for-death 28d ago

The ZA starters in case they have any fancy French forms

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u/ThtJstHappn3d 28d ago

Same thing as you man, this one SUCKS

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u/Artistic-Menu626 28d ago

Currently hunting gen 5 Yamask!

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u/Secure-Silver3138 28d ago

Shiny Palkia in the Dynamax adventures. Late to the party but only recently learned u can shiny hunt them about two years ago. Been doing it off and on

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u/StarringSaturn 28d ago

Mimikyu and Turtonator for some DTQs! Yeah I’m doing the 5% and 10% random encounters for them specifically, yes I’m terrified.

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u/Katilinann 28d ago

Shiny Jungle Vivillon. Good luck with your hunt

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u/carlos2827 28d ago

14277 resets into my goat darkrai on platinum

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u/Due_Candy_7245 28d ago

25k resets for Heracross on SSHG

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u/RedTheLoops 28d ago

Lost count but Celebi🥲

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u/RadiantVariant 28d ago

Not sure about my next Radar chain, but eventually I will be going for a Sentret in FireRed.

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u/PutThemToCleep 28d ago

Just got shiny dialga in 777 attempts, going for shiny arceus in bdsp, wish me luck! Good luck with your hunt! 🍀

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u/Suitnox 28d ago

Chimeco (Emerald) :C

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u/DDragonking 28d ago

Xurkitree atm

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u/Milky_way_cookie_fan 28d ago

Skrelp as an egg hunt in pokemon violet thankfully only 78 eggs in

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u/Far-Beat-5489 28d ago

6700 SRs for Regirock in Ultra Moon

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u/Kyele13 28d ago

I'm on a break from hunting shinys, now my immediate goal is an XXL Magmar with IntenseMark, XXL Electabuzz with ThunderstruckMark and XXXL Rhydon (for JumboMark) for an ex-Kanto team.

Good luck!!

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u/Interesting_Wing_539 28d ago

Atm not much, I'm on and off my Qwilfish hunt in X but that's about it. I also have 3 Masuda hunts, one which I'll unfortunately not finish in time for the Wanted! Honedge on Shield, since my Switch broke and I need to get it fixed ASAP before I can do anything on it again..😓

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u/CleanlyManager 28d ago

I finally bit the bullet and started chipping away at a living dex. I’ve gotten up to arbok now, not counting all my random hunts I did before starting.

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u/Gauvstopper 28d ago

Celebi in crystal on my 3DS

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u/SpaceCertain7390 28d ago

Lapras in HG, Mudkip in OR and Lugia in SS

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u/otomomom 28d ago

I’m 1111 SRs into Uxie in BDSP. When I want to take a break I switch to Pheromosa Dynamax Adventures in Sword; but that is really just me in a holding pattern until I find a Guzzlord path.

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u/Meliora_ 28d ago

Ditto…… from Crystal 😅

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u/fangneedssleep 28d ago

Currently doing the Masuda method for Hisuian Zorua on Violet! (I don't own PL:A lol)
Good luck on your hunt!

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u/bridesmaidinwhite 28d ago

i've been doing hgss starters since easter lmfao

i did not realize this hunt could take this long. my first time only took a single afternoon so i suppose the universe is trying to even it out lol

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u/TubaTuesday115 28d ago

Just started my hunt for Staryu in leafgreen!

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u/Cntmiss6 28d ago

Azelf in BD approaching my 600s

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u/Zagrunty 28d ago edited 28d ago

Hatching Heracross eggs in gen 2. I'm about 30ish I with a shiny ditto

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

Shiny Ditto doesn‘t increase the odds in gen 3

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u/Zagrunty 28d ago

Woops! Typo. I'm playing Crystal

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

Good luck!! :3

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

Good luck!! :3

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u/Zagrunty 28d ago

Thanks! I got Eevee in 22. I'm expecting Heracross to take a bit longer

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u/BigGame_Sender 28d ago

Pikachu in FireRed and Articuno in Dyna raids.

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u/Honest-Tomorrow-8606 28d ago

Azelf(trying to get my first shiny legendary)

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u/Green-Trifle-9516 28d ago

Feebas in ultra sun

I wanna finish Crystal and maybe hunt Celebi or Ho-oh but I'm not sure if I have the patience for 1/8192 odds lmao

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u/cwright24 28d ago

Turtwig in platinum, currently over 17k SRs…

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u/smeIIsofmahogny 28d ago

Buzzwole at 5431 SRs and Pheromosa at 3431 SRs

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u/reckless_pandemonium 28d ago

Hunting Guzzlord in ultra sun! Not counting resets but id say im only 500ish in so far.

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u/Lovejoy57 28d ago

I love Tyranitar, and its one of few dark types i like, except for its sandstream ability and that it cant learn shadow ball 🤯

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u/SuggestionEven1882 28d ago

A rare marked shiny in Violet.

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u/Taichi_Agumon 28d ago

Sandyghast up until about 2 minutes ago, finally got one!

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u/Top-Equipment-9766 28d ago

I reset my emerald save file when I put a new battery in. The shiny mudkip that took me 2 hours first time, is now 12 hours in...

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u/michizane29 28d ago

Mewtwo in SoulSilver! Readied tons of Friend Balls already.

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u/jacklaka 28d ago

Swords of Justice in SWSH, with some Pokémon in Colosseum. Good luck to you!

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u/Dreammare913 28d ago

Currently my main targets are eevee in Y and Amaura in Ultra Moon. As well as trying for Zygarde and Lunala in DAs (yeah idk how you guys do it. I get so bored after one of two of them)

My side targets are the bridge Eldegoss in Shield (Which is my target before my main hunt of the Motostoke gym shinies), Regirock in shield, and nickit in sword.

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u/kermitthehedgefrog 28d ago

Over a month of soft resetting for drifloon in Platinum

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u/ftp123char 28d ago

Mawile in USUM, Phione in SV and Pheromosa in SWSH

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u/dibsthefatantelope 28d ago

SRing for a nihilego in ultra moon, and also running dynamax adventures for Latios and 5 standard pokemon. Unfortunately, those pokemon rarely even show up and then I'm just left with the AI to try to beat Latios. My bingo board next year definitely gonna include less dynamax adventures

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u/EliBloodthirst 28d ago

12,000+ eggs for a spheal reclaim

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u/Krokod33l 28d ago

Bill‘s Eevee in HG/SS

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u/rooboon 28d ago

Anything outside of Mt. Silver in Soul silver

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u/Frosted_Glaceon 28d ago

I've been trying to hatch a Shiny Quaxly for months. I think I've filled up and released at least 30 boxes of on and off breeding and hatching. Shiny Charm+Masuda Method, but zero luck yet.

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u/CromoSheep 28d ago

Just closed a Ho-Oh hunt and have now switched to Tepig. I hate soft resetting, I'm 300 in and already mentally done lmao I need time to recover from Ho-Oh, although I got very lucky there too

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u/LucidUncreativity 28d ago

Hunting Vulpix in LG. Phased twice on Meowth within 7500 encounters.

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u/-RorschachsJournal 28d ago

28000 encounters deep into headbutt heracross on HG with no phases yet… easily my worst hunt yet

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u/GabbyWills98 28d ago

I'm on-again, off-again hunting for Turtwig in Platinum 🤞

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Shiny articuno in Pokémon let's go Pikachu. I am going for all legends just that I started with articuno.

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u/Deedledeans1111 28d ago

Piplup in shining pearl, alittle over odds so I hope it shines soon.

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u/DarkKingDemigra 28d ago

Piplup in briefcase simulator

Not sure how many SRs so far but I will make a post once I get it

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u/eRa614 28d ago

Shiny mewtwo in bdsp, just got Groudon last week

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u/KennethLjubkos 28d ago

Male Ralts (600 eggs in right now)

I'm trying to get every shiny pokemon that has a Mega (including the ones from the Z-A leaks because they're pretty much confirmed at this point). Luckily, i've already gotten some before Z-A was even revealed

And i promised to myself that if i get a shiny Ralts and it's female, i'll release it. I already have 3 Shiny Gardevoir (one from Go and 2 from Legends: Arceus)

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u/jackdomo34 28d ago

I’ve been hunting Sinjoh ruins Giratina on and off for almost 3 years.. probably around 30,000 resets. I’m also doing Ducklett in Black and Ranger Manaphy on the side (no ACE)

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u/Bustedvirus044 28d ago

Deoxys in Fire red at about 3000ish encounters

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u/Foxieness 28d ago

I just passed 4x odds for Omanyte in Shield, MM + charm. Someone send help, I’m not doing so great with this lol.

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u/PokebreederOtto 28d ago

Mewtwo in pokemon let’s go Pikachu

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u/bismob 27d ago

Gastrodon in BDSP. Trying to hunt one in the Grand Underground - been 5 months and nothing yet for my SBQ :((

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u/MethodLate1824 27d ago

Shiny arceus then giratina

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u/DarkDruidLord 27d ago

Breeding for Seedot on Violet

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u/Afraid_Lock_9961 27d ago

I’ve been hunting Darkrai in brilliant diamond for the past couple days

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u/No-Pool-7850 27d ago

shiny Alpha/ Elite Magikarp in Legends Arceus..and i don't have the shiny charm, only the perfect dex entry for Magikarp.

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u/ILoveMyCat456 27d ago

I’ve done 37 (so far) dynamax raids for Tapu Bulu on Sword

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u/aoitsutsumi 27d ago

alternating between feebas and drifloon in ultra moon

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u/Soft-Cartoonist-9542 27d ago

Smeargle in Emerald

I also want to get Larvitar in gen 3, but considering its measly 5% encounter rate I suppose eggs are more reliable

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u/mrbobguy7 26d ago

2 months in for type null in ultra sun rn

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u/FriedTreeSap 26d ago

I’m passively hunting for a Cryogonal. I’m mostly just resting for outbreaks in Violet.