For Violet/Scarlet, if you let your Pokémon auto battle, they REFUSE to attack a shiny. It's a great way to find them when they're hard to distinguish.
Thank you for this comment! I just got Violet and I was sooo anxious to either miss a shiny or my auto-battle Pokemon knocking it out. I was already wondering if the devs thought about this, turns out they did!
@@Drago-I-guessJust a quick note in case you didn't know though. In the last dlc (indigo disk) , when syncing up with your Pokémon , your Pokémon (when you're controlling them) can knock them out. Don't know why the Devs make it so you can't kill it when controlling them, but it's something to keep in mind. I'm glad that auto battling doesn't kill mons though. Saved me multiple times
Fun fact, there's a very easy way to get a shiny Ditto in Gold and Silver with a glitch. You need a Gen 1 game to trade with though. Take the Red Gyarados (or any other shiny) and trade it to a Gen 1 game, then teach it Mimic. Then encounter a Ditto in the wild and have it transform into the Pokemon you traded, have it use Mimic on you, then catch it. Trade the Ditto to Gen 2 and it will be shiny! Gen 1 is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
Make sure the shiny you use to catch the Ditto knows only Mimic. The trick is to get the transformed ditto to use mimic on your Pokémon, so that way, the Ditto copies the stats of your shiny Pokémon. The DVs on your shiny is what makes it shiny in Gen 2.
ive been trying to figure out how to raise the level of the glitch mew from 7 to 10 because if its possible to do that, the mew learns transform and a consistent way to get a shiny mew is possible using this same method. but in the way we know, you can only lower its level with growl, and because theres no other ways to raise the level that i know of i dont think its possible but itd be cool
Funny story is that is pretty much what happened in an argument between my friend and I. I had gotten a Helioptile plush and they got an Articuno one. Somehow we got into an argument over which was better and my friend was like "I bet your therapist would agree with me" And when I asked my therapist she was like "That blue bird looks so mean and aggressive. I don't like him."
Tips for chain fishing: surf first and then fish at a water tile surrounded by three rock tiles to increase the probablity of continuing the chain. Bringing a pokemon with an ability to help fishing (Suction Cups and Sticky Hold) is also important! The chain fishing works both in XY and ORAS.
@@Blackcheddarit definitely worked. I caught tons of stuff in ORAS with it and I don’t know that I ever saw a chain break unless I intentionally broke it.
In BW2 you actually forgot an overlooked extra method: the use of Lucky Power 3 obtained via the Entralink, which doubles the odds to 1/4096 without the Shiny Charm or 1/2048 with Shiny Charm
pretty sure that's unobtainable now without online play accessiblity, unless you have a LOT of nearby friends with the game to help you level up those pass orbs
@@danieldavies3092 You just need a copy of both versions and a 2nd DS I just got Lucky Power 3 myself all you need to do is join with the game that started the mission
I'm kinda sad not to see Horde hunting in the Gen 6 games, gotta be my favourite method even if it's not super efficient. Loved this though, was great to see!
@@falsnamae3511Agreed, I used that as a method for nearly every 'mon that appeared in hordes over both X/Y and ORAS. One of the first methods I could wrap my head around
One method that was missed out on was Friend safari back in XY which have a significantly increased odds because all mons in there get extra checks, I believe its around masuda method odds
No joke, I've been soft resetting in Virtual Console Pokemon Crystal for a shiny Totodile starter for about a week now, and I put this video on to watch again because I like watching other shiny hunting stuff while I'm shiny hunting myself, and *while your totodile hatched on screen* I finally got my shiny starter after 3,982 resets. This video is good luck.
I remember trying to 100% my Pokedex to get the shiny charm in Sun and Moon, I was having a nightmare catching this one pokemon and while fishing for it encountered a shiny Magikarp.
I like how when he encountered the multiple shiny Pokémon in HG/SS, all those shinies he encountered in that short time had the same color scheme goin on
@@user-vk2cd9qw7iIt's happened. There are threads on GameFaqs and similar sites where people talked about encountering the glitch on their own, over a decade before there was any documentation of the exploit online. It boiled down to people saying "hey I started encountering crazy amounts of shinies when I put this random Igglybuff at the front of my party, anyone know what's up with that?" And every time they got accused of making it up. Obviously it's incredibly unlikely, but there is documented proof online that there were people who encountered it legitimately.
@@user-vk2cd9qw7i i mean... how do you think it was discovered? I highly doubt dataminers back then were reverse engineering the game's cute charm algorithm to figure out how it altered wild mons' PIDs. Even if this guy didn't get that accidentally, someone out there almost certainly did.
its a 1/8192 chance to get it per save file you start, in every gen 4 game. if anything theres less documented cases of it happening randomly than there should be.
You're the reason I started shiny hunting in the first place. As I watch this, I was soft resetting for a Shiny Regice in Ruby and found it! I've been searching for this thing since November! Thanks for the amazing content! Love your videos!
Tip for chain fishing: when you cast your rod, close your eyes so you can press A based on the audio instead of the audio and visual. Also in all gen 4 games, if your TID and SID aren't close, Cute Charm actually makes shiny Pokemon rarer
@@winnipeginstinct if that's true, that's neat trivia, and even more of a reason to not use a Pokemon with cute charm as your active Pokemon if shiny hunting.
@@CoffeeFlavoredMilk from what I've understood (which is very flawed, there are amazing sources, mainly I'd recommend the Smogon page on it): Depending on the difference between your TID and PID, you'll have a need for a different gender lead, and get different boosted natures. From what I remember, it had a span of like a couple hundred (again, look it up), and because your TID (and most likely SID) have a range of 00000 or 00001 to 65536 (number is coding related I'm pretty sure), most saves are screwed should you use a Cute Charm Mon lead
for me the best part about shiny hunting in scarvio is the fact that it's pretty easy to max all your pokemon's IVs after catching, teach egg moves, etc
Yup, i shiny hunted with this method and i got a random encounter shiny in less than an hour. Now, it's a 1/2048 chance, so i still got extremely lucky
An even better feature of breeding in gen 2 is that Stadium 2 shows shiny eggs without having to hatch them. Between this and shiny hunting being possible in RBY, it's literally possible to get a shiny living dex in GSC.
Yeah, for legendary gen 1 pokemon you have to cath them and check their stats, and if they fit those of a shiny one you transfer it. Idk if glitch Mew IVs are random, if they are it would be slow af to get one, and I also dont know if IVs are randomised in the egg glitch. Also, theres the coin case glitch exclusive to english Gold and Silver where you can force a pokemon to become any pokemon and you can chose the ivs, so you can turn any pokemon shiny Still, all shiny legendaries were given as events, I think it didnt include Celebi but its event can be activated via glitches
For Gen 2, I wanna add that, if you use a shiny parent for hunting, you will have to continually breed through egg groups in order to hunt for the Pokémon you want. Say you start with the Lake of Rage Gyarados (100% shiny rate), and you want a shiny Eevee. You would have to calculate and find the correct chain to go from the Dragon egg group all the way down to the Field egg group, which from me doing that in the past, will take you about 6-7 different egg groups to breed down to. Plus, compatibility is HUGE for egg encounter rates. The easiest thing to do is trade a Pokémon with a different OT name. It’s complicated, but if you’re just going for random shinies, then you do you. (PS: starter Pokémon shinies, Eevee, and any Pokémon that has the 85%-15% male to female ratio can only be a male shiny. Which is good if you need a shiny parent to filter down to a specific Pokémon.
@@CheeseThePurpleDragon If you do some highly specific frame picking and hit the right frame in Emerald you can manipulate when Pokémon appear shiny. Starters, legendaries etc if its in Emerald you can hit the shiny frame. Its a LOT more complex than this and has a shit tonne of nuance and weirdness to it so I recommend watching a video but its genuinely interesting how Emerald's shinies work and tbh the only reliable way to shiny hunt in Gen 3 R/S/E specifically. Forgot to say its based on your trainer ID too so if you started off and got a 'bad' ID number your chances of finding a shiny are slim to none.
I was surprised to not see a starter soft reset method. I thing that being able to hunt all 3 starters in HGSS would have been a nice addition to this video.
@@joelsifilis also to add some more elaboration, it’s why he didn’t touch Horde Hunting in Gen6 at all, because it’s just full odds only with 5 rolls rather then 1.
I remember being at work lurking and you getting a shiny every time I sat down and checked stream out that day. Loved watching these reactions live and great seeing them all come together. You killed it, dude. Pro streamer for sure!
i like the simple hunting methods the most. soft resets and random encounters. thats so i can watch something while hunting. currently going for my last dream team member in black, pawniard.
Chain fishing in gen 6 is easier if you make sure to get in a tile that is enclosed around it (so the tile you’re on is covered with your player and then the other three tiles around the space you’re fishing on have things like land or rocks to block those tiles). Also lead with something that has suction cups for the ability (I used to use Octillery). Do that and your chain pretty much won’t ever break unless you intentionally break it. I got like 3 shiny Luvdisc in 90 encounters straight in like an hour and a half
Another correction for radar hunting if you capture a Pokémon it only boosts the NEXT shakes similar to Let’s go Pikachu Eevee, any new “radar” launches resets it back to 88% instead of 98% after a capture
Seeing the PokeRadar section of the video makes me happy because I learned a LOT about how that mechanic works in order to find my dream shiny which I got late March this year. I must have done 100+ Radar attempts to get it.
I think my favorite way to Shiny hunt has to be Horde Encounters in Generation VI, especially when combined with the Shiny Charm. It's just so easy to do compared to basically every other method in the series─just stand there and keep using Sweet Scent until you find one!
I say earning a shiny gibble/dratini via the black city/white forest facility in BW2 could’ve counted as a method. There’s not a lot of other places where you can obtain a shiny as a reward for battling. In generation 1 (and Let’s Go) there’s also the in game trade shiny hunting method. Which seems like something only a mad man would try.
Fantastic video as always, John! My most recent shiny hunt in Violet yielded a shiny Eevee in, I kid you not, EIGHT EGGS. I used Masuda Method and the shiny charm and was kind of expecting it to take awhile but there he was! So I finally have my shiny Umbreon.
It never fails to amuse me how I’ve managed to find 5 shiny Pokémon in Gen 3 over the past 15 years, one of which I found randomly in Ruby LAST NIGHT as of writing this, and still not one between Gen 4 and Gen 7
I remember when I chain fished for days just catching shinies and such. So many Relicanths... but I ultimately got myself a wonderful shiny Skrelp LOL Chain Fishing was so much fun and I miss being able to do it. I had so much fun with it to XD Even more fond memories from Sun/Moon where I did an SOS hunt for a Shiny Rockruff before beating the game and ever getting the shiny charm. I named her Wind Tiger (After Tiger of the Wind from the Monster Hunter anime >>)
You probably won't see this, but your videos are the most high quality videos on RUclips. I have rewatched multiple of your videos over 5 times, they're AMAZING!!!
I feel like John missed swarm hunting in gen 6, yes it's just a better version of double battle grass for b/w but I think it was a very viable option for that gen if the pokemon you wanted could be found in swarms
Ive definitely had the best luck with the ultra wormhole, but s.o.s. is still my favorite method because of how many more options you have in comparison.
XY chain fishing gave me my first non red gyarados shiny. A corsola, I was fishing for dex completion when she appeared. Love her blueness to this day. Horde in XY was my second , a trevenant.
You forgot one. Two words: friend safari. Combining shiny charm with kalos’ friend safari, you have about a 1/585 chance to find shiny pokemon of 2 or 3 different species that vary depending on varying factors. Also if youve unlocked the third pokemon, they will also have their hidden ability too, making them even more special!
My current favorite Shiny Hunting method "gimmick" that I found was doing a Normal Type Sandwich and going to where Cyclizar spawn and standing in one spot until the shiny appears by itself!
I LOVE DEXNAV HUNTING! Back in high school, I did a DexNav hunt during my Geometry class and ended up getting a shiny Ralts, who I evolved into my favorite Pokemon, Gardevoir. Still have her in Pokemon HOME to this day despite losing my copy of Alpha Sapphire.
You missed out on three other methods: Horde Battles (XY) Shaking Grass/Wind/Water (Black/White) Isolated Encounters such as Paras in Mt. Moon and Zubat/Others in Altering Cave or Unown in the handful of places they appear. There is also the Abilities that draw out certain Pokémon based on their type example: Static to draw electric types 50% of the time. Has been around since Pokemon Emerald however Scarlet and Violet removed all abilities to have secondary effects outside of battle with the exception of Flame Body and Magma Armor for hatching eggs. Hilariously Illuminate, though in the system no Pokémon in the game will ever have it. Otherwise, there are two methods in which you can receive a shiny based on GIFT and Purchase. In Leaf Green and Fire Red you can buy a whole bunch of Abra and fill a few boxes with a chance they'll be shiny since it only costs 120 coins. This can be done in Gold/Silver however that method would take a much longer time to check. In Heart Gold and Soul Silver, you can get stuck in Cianwood City by depositing your flying Pokémon and Surfing Pokémon in the daycare and teleport back to Cianwood. A man will gift you a Tentacool which has the chance of being shiny.
21:40 So that's why i managed to get Luvdisc shiny when i played X last time i played it through. i was just grinding and boom a yellow heart shaped cutiepie appeared. it's been a year or 2, but i remember also having a full odds shiny Fennekin and Wingull in that save too. just for the extra flex :D
I did a play through once of ORAS where I filled my party with a shiny from every method. Soft reset my starter, found a random encounter, fishing chained, dexnav chained, swarmed, and revived a fossil. I think it would be fun to watch you stream that + the play through.
A few shiny hunting methods that you missed: The gen 3 games have some pretty easy RNG manipulations you can do to hunt shiny Pokémon. Also Community Day in Pokémon Go is an extremely easy way to get Shiny Pokémon.
12:00 This might be the best shiny hunting method by far. 22:45 Man that iconic theme brings ne back, the nostalgia 🥲 24:13 pAlso might be the best shiny hunting method.
Hey man, I'm happy you are confident showing your face now but I absolutely despise random cuts to live reactions from a twitch stream. It's really frustrating when you're trying to watch something calming and you randomly or just louder and more energetic for no reason. I'm probably in the minority, but it's likely I'll have to stop watching your content if I can't fall asleep to it.
I am under the belief that john is trying to make a complete living shiny dex. If you look at all of his most recent videos he seems to be dropping hints everytime he runs into a Shiny, If John does this it would be one of the greatest achievements in Pokemon history
Great video! I love seeing people post Shiny Pokémon videos that actually explain the hunts and methods rather than just cheap reaction videos. I did note a few things, though: -Gen II: the Ditto/Pokémon you use doesn’t have to be Shiny to shiny breed, but it does have to have the Shiny Gene (which is having a Defense IV of 10 AND a Special IV of either 2 or 10). The easiest solution for max odds is to catch a Ditto with the Shiny Gene, which is a 1/128 chance, and you can tell a Ditto has the Shiny Gene really easily. Just place it and the Shiny Gyarados into the Daycare and talk to one of the Pokémon. If it says it’s brimming with energy, you’ll know you have a Shiny Gene Ditto. -Gen IV: With PokeRadar, you have to go into the same patch type as the one you started with or your chain has a very high chance to break. Also, the 2% break chance only applies to the set of patches immediately after catching a Pokémon. If you reset the radar, your odds of breaking the chain randomly go from 2% to 12%. -Gen VI: DexNav’s a beast to understand, but you got the basics of it. For hunting anywhere where the Pokémon moves, the Pokémon will follow a pattern of where they’ll move to and when they’ll pop up (instead of being an empty dust cloud), and that pattern can be learned easily, so follow that. -Gen VII: Sun and Moon’s SOS odds are the exact same as Ultra Sun and Moon’s. What you stated in the video is old information. There is a difference between the two games, though. The odds will reset every 255 encounters and you’ll need to knock another 30 out to get back to 1/273. My personal favorite hunting method is PokeRadar in Gen IV. It’s so easy to complete entire lines of Shiny Pokémon with that method.
My Shiny hunting method of choice is Masuda Method. It’s the easiest for me to not worry about missing or killing the Shiny while doing it. Though I have done a fair few SOS chaining hunts, so I would consider that my second favorite method.
I feel like legends' dex ranks are a great way to do shiny hunting. Since you're veing rewarded for something that's a part of the main game play loop instead of deviating to go do some lengthy grinding method. No charm required, no breeding, no preformance enhancing foods, no technology, just a good old fashioned hunt.
Amazing video! I haven't shiny hunted a while, so I haven't tried the newest methods. I liked the chain fishing, it was pretty easy. It was somewhat about luck, but pokémon with suction cup ability helped. Also closing your eyes and just listening helped too. Unfortunately, you obviously can catch just some water pokémon with it. I liked sos-method too. It was simple and you could watch videos or do something else while hunting. In newest gen I don't like that it doesn't give the shiny sound or show sparkles in overworld. I wonder how many shinies I have missed... (I haven't shiny hunted, but found a few when playing.)
Not even exaggerating when I say that the Altaria is one of my favorite shiny hunting clips of all time. Gotta go big mode for the big bird
It is easily one of the shiny reactions ever
Hi matt
@@JohnstoneYT we need a absolblogs and Johnstone shiny hunting crossover
i like both of these guys content :D
@@UnseenTorn28 yes
For Violet/Scarlet, if you let your Pokémon auto battle, they REFUSE to attack a shiny. It's a great way to find them when they're hard to distinguish.
Thank you for this comment! I just got Violet and I was sooo anxious to either miss a shiny or my auto-battle Pokemon knocking it out. I was already wondering if the devs thought about this, turns out they did!
@@Drago-I-guessJust a quick note in case you didn't know though. In the last dlc (indigo disk) , when syncing up with your Pokémon , your Pokémon (when you're controlling them) can knock them out. Don't know why the Devs make it so you can't kill it when controlling them, but it's something to keep in mind.
I'm glad that auto battling doesn't kill mons though. Saved me multiple times
@@matsu8518During sync it's best to kill them anyway because the shiny will despawn when you unsymc
Make sure to turn autosave off in ScarVi if you’re actively hunting as well!
@@DerpySnekyou can lead them to you if their aggressive
Fun fact, there's a very easy way to get a shiny Ditto in Gold and Silver with a glitch. You need a Gen 1 game to trade with though. Take the Red Gyarados (or any other shiny) and trade it to a Gen 1 game, then teach it Mimic. Then encounter a Ditto in the wild and have it transform into the Pokemon you traded, have it use Mimic on you, then catch it. Trade the Ditto to Gen 2 and it will be shiny! Gen 1 is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
you missed the import step
have shiny pokemon and teach it mimic, and mimic on ditto and use transform
Make sure the shiny you use to catch the Ditto knows only Mimic. The trick is to get the transformed ditto to use mimic on your Pokémon, so that way, the Ditto copies the stats of your shiny Pokémon. The DVs on your shiny is what makes it shiny in Gen 2.
@@kmjl93 Thanks, I forgot that step!
@@dj0tiny Edited my original comment to add that, thank you.
ive been trying to figure out how to raise the level of the glitch mew from 7 to 10 because if its possible to do that, the mew learns transform and a consistent way to get a shiny mew is possible using this same method.
but in the way we know, you can only lower its level with growl, and because theres no other ways to raise the level that i know of i dont think its possible but itd be cool
"Why DON'T you like the other one?"
"Because it's aggressive."
10/10 mom response.
Funny story is that is pretty much what happened in an argument between my friend and I.
I had gotten a Helioptile plush and they got an Articuno one.
Somehow we got into an argument over which was better and my friend was like
"I bet your therapist would agree with me"
And when I asked my therapist she was like "That blue bird looks so mean and aggressive. I don't like him."
Tips for chain fishing: surf first and then fish at a water tile surrounded by three rock tiles to increase the probablity of continuing the chain. Bringing a pokemon with an ability to help fishing (Suction Cups and Sticky Hold) is also important! The chain fishing works both in XY and ORAS.
Thank you! Was just about to look up tips for chain fishing so I can try it out myself!
Afaik this was never confirmed to work in oras?
Chain fishing works in bw and bw2 also
@@Blackcheddarit definitely worked. I caught tons of stuff in ORAS with it and I don’t know that I ever saw a chain break unless I intentionally broke it.
In BW2 you actually forgot an overlooked extra method: the use of Lucky Power 3 obtained via the Entralink, which doubles the odds to 1/4096 without the Shiny Charm or 1/2048 with Shiny Charm
pretty sure that's unobtainable now without online play accessiblity, unless you have a LOT of nearby friends with the game to help you level up those pass orbs
@@danieldavies3092 You just need a copy of both versions and a 2nd DS I just got Lucky Power 3 myself all you need to do is join with the game that started the mission
He considered it but it was way too much hassle to set up, so Shiny Charm random encounter was easier
He also skipped Friend Safari in XY.
Lucky power just increases your chances of finding rare pokemon. I can't find anything that says it increases shiny odds. I'd love a source.
I'm kinda sad not to see Horde hunting in the Gen 6 games, gotta be my favourite method even if it's not super efficient. Loved this though, was great to see!
Hordes aren't really a method since they're still the same odds as random encounters, just with 5 PIDs being rolled for instead
@@falsnamae3511Agreed, I used that as a method for nearly every 'mon that appeared in hordes over both X/Y and ORAS. One of the first methods I could wrap my head around
I loved it until I spent like 6 months looking for a Wingull and never got one
lol not true hordes area shiny hunt methode man, every og shiny hunter used that methode @@Whiteythereaper
While I agree horde hunting is fun, I got PTSD from stressing over which Mon to attack lol.
One method that was missed out on was Friend safari back in XY which have a significantly increased odds because all mons in there get extra checks, I believe its around masuda method odds
Dude I caught SO many shinies in the Friend Safari. Friend Safari shiny hunting my beloved.
I have like so many random people friended on my old 3ds just specifically for the Friend Safari
It's ~1/800 without charm and ~1/500 with (5 and 7/4096 respectively)
Missed the horde encounters as well. Gosh XY had great methods
He was only doing one method hunt per game and chain fishing is a lot quicker
No joke, I've been soft resetting in Virtual Console Pokemon Crystal for a shiny Totodile starter for about a week now, and I put this video on to watch again because I like watching other shiny hunting stuff while I'm shiny hunting myself, and *while your totodile hatched on screen* I finally got my shiny starter after 3,982 resets. This video is good luck.
Congrats :D
currently going through this too (it's been like +1000 SRs)
I remember trying to 100% my Pokedex to get the shiny charm in Sun and Moon, I was having a nightmare catching this one pokemon and while fishing for it encountered a shiny Magikarp.
I like how when he encountered the multiple shiny Pokémon in HG/SS, all those shinies he encountered in that short time had the same color scheme goin on
The Wigglytuff thing caught me so off guard the first time I got it. I kept getting shinier and I’m just like “uhhhhhh am I the greatest?”
No you weren’t lol you don’t get that accidentally
@@user-vk2cd9qw7iIt's happened. There are threads on GameFaqs and similar sites where people talked about encountering the glitch on their own, over a decade before there was any documentation of the exploit online. It boiled down to people saying "hey I started encountering crazy amounts of shinies when I put this random Igglybuff at the front of my party, anyone know what's up with that?" And every time they got accused of making it up.
Obviously it's incredibly unlikely, but there is documented proof online that there were people who encountered it legitimately.
@@user-vk2cd9qw7i mad cuz bad?
@@user-vk2cd9qw7i i mean... how do you think it was discovered?
I highly doubt dataminers back then were reverse engineering the game's cute charm algorithm to figure out how it altered wild mons' PIDs. Even if this guy didn't get that accidentally, someone out there almost certainly did.
its a 1/8192 chance to get it per save file you start, in every gen 4 game. if anything theres less documented cases of it happening randomly than there should be.
You're the reason I started shiny hunting in the first place. As I watch this, I was soft resetting for a Shiny Regice in Ruby and found it! I've been searching for this thing since November! Thanks for the amazing content! Love your videos!
Tip for chain fishing: when you cast your rod, close your eyes so you can press A based on the audio instead of the audio and visual.
Also in all gen 4 games, if your TID and SID aren't close, Cute Charm actually makes shiny Pokemon rarer
I think in some cases your tid and sid can make a shiny impossible in gen 4 with cute charm
@@winnipeginstinct if that's true, that's neat trivia, and even more of a reason to not use a Pokemon with cute charm as your active Pokemon if shiny hunting.
I wonder if you know how much the gap has to be before shiny odds get noticeably worse.
@@CoffeeFlavoredMilk from what I've understood (which is very flawed, there are amazing sources, mainly I'd recommend the Smogon page on it):
Depending on the difference between your TID and PID, you'll have a need for a different gender lead, and get different boosted natures. From what I remember, it had a span of like a couple hundred (again, look it up), and because your TID (and most likely SID) have a range of 00000 or 00001 to 65536 (number is coding related I'm pretty sure), most saves are screwed should you use a Cute Charm Mon lead
@@winnipeginstinct in almost every case this is true.
for me the best part about shiny hunting in scarvio is the fact that it's pretty easy to max all your pokemon's IVs after catching, teach egg moves, etc
John's luck with the gen 6 hunts was insane. Banger content as always John :)
Nah, gen VI is just shinies popping everywhere
Kinda relevant, a few years ago I got coballion in similar encounters.
with Legends he didn't even try the method he planned. the game was lile.. "here, have this" 😂
Black and white 2 do have a new method. If you use the lucky pass power it halves the shiny rate as well.
Yup, i shiny hunted with this method and i got a random encounter shiny in less than an hour.
Now, it's a 1/2048 chance, so i still got extremely lucky
He missed a bunch of methods, horde encounters, lucky power, soft resetting etc.
@alucard8433 he did methods that made odds higher Sr don't do that
@@5TLKED The title to the video straight up said "i caught a Pokemon using every shiny hunting method" which is a lie.
@@alucard8433yea its more like "i caught a shiny in every game that has a method" but only one method per game
johnstone is awfully human-like. maybe he isn’t a stone after all
JOHNSTONE UPLOAD
Ik crazy right
And here I taught Batman uploaded a video
@@Shadowxx98 No worries, just letting you know. We all need a little help sometimes. Nothing to be ashamed about. :D
Lets gooooo
would love to see other shiny hunters take on this challenge. make "method quest" a thing!
Another absolute BANGER from Johnstone!
Amazing finds, and great video!!
Nice to see you hear
An even better feature of breeding in gen 2 is that Stadium 2 shows shiny eggs without having to hatch them. Between this and shiny hunting being possible in RBY, it's literally possible to get a shiny living dex in GSC.
Yeah, for legendary gen 1 pokemon you have to cath them and check their stats, and if they fit those of a shiny one you transfer it. Idk if glitch Mew IVs are random, if they are it would be slow af to get one, and I also dont know if IVs are randomised in the egg glitch. Also, theres the coin case glitch exclusive to english Gold and Silver where you can force a pokemon to become any pokemon and you can chose the ivs, so you can turn any pokemon shiny
Still, all shiny legendaries were given as events, I think it didnt include Celebi but its event can be activated via glitches
The pokeradar method was my favorite method to shiny hunt. Super technical and rewarding ^^
For Gen 2, I wanna add that, if you use a shiny parent for hunting, you will have to continually breed through egg groups in order to hunt for the Pokémon you want. Say you start with the Lake of Rage Gyarados (100% shiny rate), and you want a shiny Eevee. You would have to calculate and find the correct chain to go from the Dragon egg group all the way down to the Field egg group, which from me doing that in the past, will take you about 6-7 different egg groups to breed down to. Plus, compatibility is HUGE for egg encounter rates. The easiest thing to do is trade a Pokémon with a different OT name. It’s complicated, but if you’re just going for random shinies, then you do you.
(PS: starter Pokémon shinies, Eevee, and any Pokémon that has the 85%-15% male to female ratio can only be a male shiny. Which is good if you need a shiny parent to filter down to a specific Pokémon.
"The entirety of Gen 3 didn't have a shiny method"
*Laughs in Pokemon Emerald broken shiny odds*
fr fr replaying Emerald right now and almost my entire team is shiny.
I’ve never heard of it being broken, what’s that about?
@@CheeseThePurpleDragon If you do some highly specific frame picking and hit the right frame in Emerald you can manipulate when Pokémon appear shiny. Starters, legendaries etc if its in Emerald you can hit the shiny frame. Its a LOT more complex than this and has a shit tonne of nuance and weirdness to it so I recommend watching a video but its genuinely interesting how Emerald's shinies work and tbh the only reliable way to shiny hunt in Gen 3 R/S/E specifically. Forgot to say its based on your trainer ID too so if you started off and got a 'bad' ID number your chances of finding a shiny are slim to none.
I was surprised to not see a starter soft reset method. I thing that being able to hunt all 3 starters in HGSS would have been a nice addition to this video.
think that would´ve been the way to include Gen 3 - just reset for a shiny mudkip
He only did shiny methods with increased odds
@@Blizz4rd92 he left out KO method in gen 8… mentioned it, but just skipped it 😂
@@joelsifilis he was going for the best shiny hunt method in game/generation. Raid Den Adventures is the best way in SwSh.
@@joelsifilis also to add some more elaboration, it’s why he didn’t touch Horde Hunting in Gen6 at all, because it’s just full odds only with 5 rolls rather then 1.
surprised you didn't mention the friend safari in X and Y lol
Or the XY poke radar
Can’t wait for the twenty hour complete living dex shiny video
I remember being at work lurking and you getting a shiny every time I sat down and checked stream out that day. Loved watching these reactions live and great seeing them all come together. You killed it, dude. Pro streamer for sure!
Man I love your energy, you seem like such a genuinely nice person. Your smile and laugh is so contagious, you’re amazing and don’t you forget it
Happy to see other content this weekend besides Zelda TOTK 😂 keep it up 👌
John's nack for story telling is always my favorite part about the videos
now hunt for a shiny costume on stadium
I just wanted to finally say that your videos have helped me tremendously in not giving up on my shiny hunts.
it’s always a good day when John uploads
Glad to see this video is finally complete, I can't wait for your next big project! It was fun accompanying your journey.
Every time I feel demotivated to shiny hunt or play the game at all, you show up and give me that motivation :)
i like the simple hunting methods the most. soft resets and random encounters. thats so i can watch something while hunting. currently going for my last dream team member in black, pawniard.
The wigglytuff thing was wild, I imagine you need a bit of hacking to get your IDs right for it though which is why it wasn’t the number one option
I was surprised not to see the Friend Safari for X and Y, since that was probably my go-to back then
Seems like John wasn’t around much for Gen 6. Which makes sense, he started his channel during Gen 7
Chain fishing faster
This makes me want to do older gen shiny hunts again. Thank you for rekindling my love for shiny hunting!
Chain fishing in gen 6 is easier if you make sure to get in a tile that is enclosed around it (so the tile you’re on is covered with your player and then the other three tiles around the space you’re fishing on have things like land or rocks to block those tiles). Also lead with something that has suction cups for the ability (I used to use Octillery). Do that and your chain pretty much won’t ever break unless you intentionally break it. I got like 3 shiny Luvdisc in 90 encounters straight in like an hour and a half
Another correction for radar hunting if you capture a Pokémon it only boosts the NEXT shakes similar to Let’s go Pikachu Eevee, any new “radar” launches resets it back to 88% instead of 98% after a capture
Seeing the PokeRadar section of the video makes me happy because I learned a LOT about how that mechanic works in order to find my dream shiny which I got late March this year. I must have done 100+ Radar attempts to get it.
One of my first shiny Pokemon was Relicanth in Y. Nice to see him again :)
I think my favorite way to Shiny hunt has to be Horde Encounters in Generation VI, especially when combined with the Shiny Charm. It's just so easy to do compared to basically every other method in the series─just stand there and keep using Sweet Scent until you find one!
Yes, exactly! And the odds are so good too
My sound volume watching someone like KSI: 20%
My sound volume watching Johnstone: 150%
fun fact: you can just jump straight into area zero without having to go into the building
We've been waiting for ages! Another banger from Mr. Johnstone.
I say earning a shiny gibble/dratini via the black city/white forest facility in BW2 could’ve counted as a method. There’s not a lot of other places where you can obtain a shiny as a reward for battling.
In generation 1 (and Let’s Go) there’s also the in game trade shiny hunting method. Which seems like something only a mad man would try.
horde hunt fans rn: 🤬🤬🤬
I love alternate color pokemon a moderate amount 👍, Great video Mr.Stone
Theres also Lucky Power+++ in gen 5 for increased shiny odds.
And Masuda you could’ve done in gen 4.
I was about to say that, myself.
@@shiningragnaroksblaze9600 Great minds think alike xD
Johnstone's old videos used to be so calm and professional and that's why I liked them. I can't do with the over the top streamer yelling
Fantastic video as always, John! My most recent shiny hunt in Violet yielded a shiny Eevee in, I kid you not, EIGHT EGGS. I used Masuda Method and the shiny charm and was kind of expecting it to take awhile but there he was! So I finally have my shiny Umbreon.
Absolutely loving all the shiny content! Looking forward to what shiny content you have planned for the future! :)
BW2 technically has another shiny increasing option with the lucky pass powers.
It never fails to amuse me how I’ve managed to find 5 shiny Pokémon in Gen 3 over the past 15 years, one of which I found randomly in Ruby LAST NIGHT as of writing this, and still not one between Gen 4 and Gen 7
I remember when I chain fished for days just catching shinies and such. So many Relicanths... but I ultimately got myself a wonderful shiny Skrelp LOL Chain Fishing was so much fun and I miss being able to do it. I had so much fun with it to XD Even more fond memories from Sun/Moon where I did an SOS hunt for a Shiny Rockruff before beating the game and ever getting the shiny charm. I named her Wind Tiger (After Tiger of the Wind from the Monster Hunter anime >>)
You probably won't see this, but your videos are the most high quality videos on RUclips. I have rewatched multiple of your videos over 5 times, they're AMAZING!!!
I feel like John missed swarm hunting in gen 6, yes it's just a better version of double battle grass for b/w but I think it was a very viable option for that gen if the pokemon you wanted could be found in swarms
What is the shadowy cutout standing behind John at 19:13
Ive definitely had the best luck with the ultra wormhole, but s.o.s. is still my favorite method because of how many more options you have in comparison.
you’re the new david attenborough. i play your videos and it helps me fall asleep
not because your boring, i just fuck wit the voice
XY chain fishing gave me my first non red gyarados shiny. A corsola, I was fishing for dex completion when she appeared. Love her blueness to this day. Horde in XY was my second , a trevenant.
I love that you got your shiny zorua while giving us Pokémon trivia 17:06
The amount of John luck he's getting that I'm surprised he hasn't complete a Shiny Living Dex
If there's one thing I learned in Scarlet/Violet, you will find Shinies when you least expect it and never the one you really want.
You forgot one. Two words: friend safari. Combining shiny charm with kalos’ friend safari, you have about a 1/585 chance to find shiny pokemon of 2 or 3 different species that vary depending on varying factors. Also if youve unlocked the third pokemon, they will also have their hidden ability too, making them even more special!
My current favorite Shiny Hunting method "gimmick" that I found was doing a Normal Type Sandwich and going to where Cyclizar spawn and standing in one spot until the shiny appears by itself!
This video is amazing because it shows me all the easy hunts
I LOVE DEXNAV HUNTING! Back in high school, I did a DexNav hunt during my Geometry class and ended up getting a shiny Ralts, who I evolved into my favorite Pokemon, Gardevoir. Still have her in Pokemon HOME to this day despite losing my copy of Alpha Sapphire.
This was extremely cool, but you should challenge yourself to get a full odds shiny in every game now
Altaria is my favorite Pokemon of all time, and the fact that you caught SHINY ALTARIA is amazing. Take your crown king 👑
You missed out on three other methods:
Horde Battles (XY)
Shaking Grass/Wind/Water (Black/White)
Isolated Encounters such as Paras in Mt. Moon and Zubat/Others in Altering Cave or Unown in the handful of places they appear.
There is also the Abilities that draw out certain Pokémon based on their type example: Static to draw electric types 50% of the time. Has been around since Pokemon Emerald however Scarlet and Violet removed all abilities to have secondary effects outside of battle with the exception of Flame Body and Magma Armor for hatching eggs. Hilariously Illuminate, though in the system no Pokémon in the game will ever have it.
Otherwise, there are two methods in which you can receive a shiny based on GIFT and Purchase.
In Leaf Green and Fire Red you can buy a whole bunch of Abra and fill a few boxes with a chance they'll be shiny since it only costs 120 coins. This can be done in Gold/Silver however that method would take a much longer time to check.
In Heart Gold and Soul Silver, you can get stuck in Cianwood City by depositing your flying Pokémon and Surfing Pokémon in the daycare and teleport back to Cianwood. A man will gift you a Tentacool which has the chance of being shiny.
Those aren't methods that increase shiny odds so they aren't applicable here....
23:06 John needs to be the new pogchamp emote
You can technically use ACE in RBY or GSC as a shiny hunting method. You just have to transfer the pokemon up if you're doing RBY
21:40
So that's why i managed to get Luvdisc shiny when i played X last time i played it through.
i was just grinding and boom a yellow heart shaped cutiepie appeared.
it's been a year or 2, but i remember also having a full odds shiny Fennekin and Wingull in that save too.
just for the extra flex :D
I did a play through once of ORAS where I filled my party with a shiny from every method. Soft reset my starter, found a random encounter, fishing chained, dexnav chained, swarmed, and revived a fossil.
I think it would be fun to watch you stream that + the play through.
My soul is melting at this man running from shinies
Can we take time to appreciate how much time and effort has been put into this video
I love how once you play the 3D games you get three in one stream 😂
So when are you shiny hunting Manaphy in gen 4?
I've hatched 896 eggs in SV. The odds of the Masuda Method, with the Shiny Charm, are 512. I. Am. Suffering.
A few shiny hunting methods that you missed:
The gen 3 games have some pretty easy RNG manipulations you can do to hunt shiny Pokémon. Also Community Day in Pokémon Go is an extremely easy way to get Shiny Pokémon.
RNG manipping is a different thing from shiny hunting.
13:01 i never seen so angry about a shiny before
*Horde Encounters Left the Chat*
12:00 This might be the best shiny hunting method by far. 22:45 Man that iconic theme brings ne back, the nostalgia 🥲 24:13 pAlso might be the best shiny hunting method.
Hey man, I'm happy you are confident showing your face now but I absolutely despise random cuts to live reactions from a twitch stream. It's really frustrating when you're trying to watch something calming and you randomly or just louder and more energetic for no reason. I'm probably in the minority, but it's likely I'll have to stop watching your content if I can't fall asleep to it.
I am under the belief that john is trying to make a complete living shiny dex. If you look at all of his most recent videos he seems to be dropping hints everytime he runs into a Shiny, If John does this it would be one of the greatest achievements in Pokemon history
4:31 "what are the odds?"... you explained the odds 10 seconds ago.... do you have brain damage?
Bruh its just an expression no need to leave such a mean comment😭😭 It is not that serious
meanypoo
what are the odds of finding it as soon as he explains how the odds work is what he meant, stop being a smartass and pay attention
@@r.a.fgattaiguy845 thats not what he said, so stop beeing a dumbass and pay attention to what people are actually saying.
Bit hostile for no reason lol
Great video! I love seeing people post Shiny Pokémon videos that actually explain the hunts and methods rather than just cheap reaction videos.
I did note a few things, though:
-Gen II: the Ditto/Pokémon you use doesn’t have to be Shiny to shiny breed, but it does have to have the Shiny Gene (which is having a Defense IV of 10 AND a Special IV of either 2 or 10). The easiest solution for max odds is to catch a Ditto with the Shiny Gene, which is a 1/128 chance, and you can tell a Ditto has the Shiny Gene really easily. Just place it and the Shiny Gyarados into the Daycare and talk to one of the Pokémon. If it says it’s brimming with energy, you’ll know you have a Shiny Gene Ditto.
-Gen IV: With PokeRadar, you have to go into the same patch type as the one you started with or your chain has a very high chance to break. Also, the 2% break chance only applies to the set of patches immediately after catching a Pokémon. If you reset the radar, your odds of breaking the chain randomly go from 2% to 12%.
-Gen VI: DexNav’s a beast to understand, but you got the basics of it. For hunting anywhere where the Pokémon moves, the Pokémon will follow a pattern of where they’ll move to and when they’ll pop up (instead of being an empty dust cloud), and that pattern can be learned easily, so follow that.
-Gen VII: Sun and Moon’s SOS odds are the exact same as Ultra Sun and Moon’s. What you stated in the video is old information. There is a difference between the two games, though. The odds will reset every 255 encounters and you’ll need to knock another 30 out to get back to 1/273.
My personal favorite hunting method is PokeRadar in Gen IV. It’s so easy to complete entire lines of Shiny Pokémon with that method.
My Shiny hunting method of choice is Masuda Method. It’s the easiest for me to not worry about missing or killing the Shiny while doing it. Though I have done a fair few SOS chaining hunts, so I would consider that my second favorite method.
I feel like legends' dex ranks are a great way to do shiny hunting. Since you're veing rewarded for something that's a part of the main game play loop instead of deviating to go do some lengthy grinding method. No charm required, no breeding, no preformance enhancing foods, no technology, just a good old fashioned hunt.
Just saw the let’s go section. I’m hunting growlithe and am mad that you got it that fast. Please consider this a threat.
can we appreciate that at 9:27 the chat got so happy about being there when the shiny came
Grateful to be able to rewatch my comfort Johnstone video!
Thank you for being the dopest Poke-Tuber ever🤙
Amazing video!
I haven't shiny hunted a while, so I haven't tried the newest methods. I liked the chain fishing, it was pretty easy. It was somewhat about luck, but pokémon with suction cup ability helped. Also closing your eyes and just listening helped too. Unfortunately, you obviously can catch just some water pokémon with it.
I liked sos-method too. It was simple and you could watch videos or do something else while hunting.
In newest gen I don't like that it doesn't give the shiny sound or show sparkles in overworld. I wonder how many shinies I have missed... (I haven't shiny hunted, but found a few when playing.)
Glad you’re back John!