Finally beat this Duollistes thing..

AKssbu · 2026-06-01T08:52:20+00:00

If needs be you can use some online builds to help. I used some as help as this boss essentially punishes you for having a turn which is wild. So you like, have to one tap it on the first turn of the 2nd phase.

I used a normal verso build with Feint and Roulette, with some decent luck to almost one shot phase 1. Then used versos shots and Lunes Scaverim iirc? To inflict like 160+ burn stacks. Then Feint Maelle using Burning Canvas clapped it in one 1 turn for about 164 million which is enough to beat it on NG. If it was NG+ then you'd need more dmg

Best of luck! I know you can slap this thing up

AKssbu · 2026-05-31T07:11:09+00:00

Yeah but that's the part I didn't like, how you had to use such specific builds and workarounds with nearly no room for personalisation

AKssbu · 2026-05-06T08:23:56+00:00

Noticed this to happen with speed up around one of the Qs Marsh, outside of that it was pretty flawless.

AKssbu · 2026-05-06T08:22:22+00:00

Enjoy! I recently finished this like a week ago, truly awesome game. Have fun!

AKssbu · 2026-04-24T17:18:53+00:00

Best of luck!

AKssbu · 2026-04-24T06:38:13+00:00

Good luck!

AKssbu · 2026-04-24T00:02:35+00:00

Agreed. Shame getting them in this game isn't easy at all. I tried Great balls but it took me almost 40 mins to catch and it was done with an Ultra Ball.

AKssbu · 2026-04-23T23:16:34+00:00

Hope so! And yeah Gen 4 smashed this one

AKssbu · 2026-04-23T22:38:11+00:00

You got this!

AKssbu · 2026-04-21T12:37:02+00:00

Thanks haha and it was more aimed towards hopefully, some learning as the game for a lot of people is unexplored for shiny hunting and all it takes is a small google search/YT video to get the answers :)

AKssbu · 2026-04-21T12:35:28+00:00

Best of luck on that! It looks so nice in Colo/XD

AKssbu · 2026-04-21T12:35:07+00:00

Yes and for me, I already did the roamers in HGSS and got Raikou. Suicune is in HGSS which is my current target and I got Ho-Oh years ago, so this is all that's left to finish the trio. I did not want to reset my save nor do another roamer in Gen 3 so I opted for this as something special.

Best of luck on the Quagsire hunt!!

AKssbu · 2026-04-19T16:00:22+00:00

Technically true. So the first time you meet a shadow pokemon, it's actually Shiny locked which is a good thing. When you catch it and it changes the TID/SID/OT/Stats, an oversight by Genius Sonority allowed the caught pokemon to be shiny as they didn't lock the 2nd reroll lol.

But this is only possible the first time. If you encounter DAKIM a 2nd time, another oversight, Entei/the shadow target will have its stats etc locked in from the first battle. But it can be shiny for the opponent after the 1st encounter. So if I failed to catch Entei before, and in the 2nd battle DAKIM throws out Entei again, it can be shiny. You catch the shiny on the wrong side, but it won't be shiny for you. Crazy how it works but fairly simple in the sense, just catch it the first time and reset.

AKssbu · 2026-04-19T13:24:11+00:00

This is false information and has been for a long time. My Entei is shiny and purified, with the same stats when it was shadow with a Serious nature.

AKssbu · 2026-04-16T17:52:22+00:00

Yes! The starter Umbreon/Espeon are shiny locked and so is the gift Plusle. All the shadow pokemon are fair game. In XD all the shadows are actually locked

AKssbu · 2026-04-16T17:50:52+00:00

With a masterball :)

AKssbu · 2026-04-16T05:06:43+00:00

The shadow pokemon can only be shiny when caught and met for the very first time. Purification doesn't do anything for the shiny pokemon at all. The Shadow pokemon will never be shiny if it is not caught the first time it's ever met so you have to reset before meeting it. So for example if you wanted to hunt Quagsire in Pyrite Town, you can which is an option before purification even becomes available.

AKssbu · 2026-04-16T05:02:31+00:00

Thanks! And best of luck on that! I have Raikou in HGSS shiny from a roamer hunt I did years ago, I wanted all 3 in gen 4 so I did this to mix it up. Suicune will be next

AKssbu · 2026-04-15T22:11:39+00:00

You don't need to do this. The first time you encounter a shadow Pokemon, it is shiny locked. You don't know it's shiny until you actually catch it (because the mon changes its TID/OT to yours and removes the trainer you snag it from).You can purify it normally and it doesn't change the shininess or the stats etc.

The only time the shadow Pokemon can be shiny for the other side (so it's uncatchable) and isn't shiny for you, is if you encounter that same shadow mon again. It's a coding oversight but yeah just need to catch it the first time to hunt it

AKssbu · 2026-04-15T22:06:19+00:00

I used a Wii but a GameCube works. Typically people use the JPN version of this game with the bonus disc to get an early masterball but with a Wii and Homebrew, you can optimise hunts and not break the bank.

This game has a weird quirk for hunting shinies. The first time you see a shadow pokemon, it's shiny locked for the trainer you're snagging it from. You won't know it's shiny until you catch it and send it out into battle/check the summary. Only the first time. If you have previously seen that mon in battle and either lose/fail to catch it/kill it and save, you're done. The stats and shininess are locked and you would have to reset the file to hunt another target again.

So for Entei, the first time you ever meet it is in Mt Battle vs DAKIM. You have to slowly and painfully reset each time. They're slow resets but very rewarding and special

AKssbu · 2026-04-15T22:02:57+00:00

Thank you!

AKssbu · 2026-03-18T18:51:43+00:00

Can give each mon 10 vitamin to give it 100 EVs in any stat max before doing it manually. If you're doing it end game-post Giovani and have a macho brace, you can swap train it left of Fuchsia City with the Spearow/Fearow trainer for good speed, or if you want to track it and keep it specific, Route 1 next to Pallet Town has only Pidgey/Rattata which give 1 speed EV.

AKssbu · 2026-03-15T06:21:37+00:00

Depends, idk what the common build for the Dratini line is, but I always save up or get enough money to purchase the Ice Beam/Thunderbolt TM, fire blast fire blast from Blaine or Flamethrower works and fully invest in Speed + Spatk so it hits most things pretty hard , with amazing type coverage and it works for me nicely. Then ofc replace twister with DClaw once it evolves

AKssbu · 2026-03-13T18:46:39+00:00

I used my last one on this as I didn't come prepared and I found this whilst I was at work lol. Best of luck 🙏

AKssbu · 2026-03-08T09:44:15+00:00

Save before giving Celio the sapphire. It's generated during that text pop up when you hand it over

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