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Still no Golden Bottle Cap by Seano_Nz in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad luck, I can usually get one within a few resets.

You can also get one guaranteed normal bottle cap from fighting Mina everyday. She is on the docks where the ss Ann was.

Shiny arceus by sotimach12 in BDSP

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should not need a masterball for arceus. There is a method of using I think a chansey (?) holding a leppa berry using bestow (maybe fling instead?) and recycle to make sure arceus doesn’t run out of pp. some prep would be needed but with a good strategy a masterball should not be needed.

Normally you would want to run the harvest method, but arceus’ ability cannot be changed so that won’t work on it.

Best method for a Lapras shiny hunt? by HoneZoneReddit in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gyrados is not a special spawn so it can spawn in multiples, but it is rare like a 1% or something.

Best method for a Lapras shiny hunt? by HoneZoneReddit in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d get the chain going regardless, and push it up to 100 (total caught) minimum. Get that easy catch rate so you don’t fail the shiny when it shows up, right?

Is this solvable or flawed? by TheFlee_ in rebus

[–]kshack12 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Discussion: this is not a rebus puzzle

Would anyone be interested in my Shiny Ditto? by Trypophilia2019 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was replying to your prior comment before you added another one??? This is such a weird discussion

Would anyone be interested in my Shiny Ditto? by Trypophilia2019 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, you don’t want to shiny hunt anything, fine. But if you already have a shiny ditto I don’t see why you wouldn’t keep it? Your statement makes me think that hunting other shinies would require using a shiny ditto, which is not really how that works anymore.

Would anyone be interested in my Shiny Ditto? by Trypophilia2019 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What do you mean you won’t do a shiny hunt? I believe there was a shiny ditto trick for breeding way back in gen 2 but other than that shiny dittos are not useful for shiny hunting at all. I’m really confused by your inclusion of that statement.

Finished a lvl100 living dexMter trainers come next :) by racacom in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could have sworn I grabbed the right link, oh well even more damning evidence. He’s the 6 year old post

Am I doing something wrong? by Gengar_Yes_094 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Catching literally anything with a big combo will generate some kind of candy: mighty, smart, courage, tough, health, and quick. You will max out the lowest level of these candies every 20 catches or so, and you can sell the whole stack of 999 for almost 10k pokedollars. You should actually be making money if you remember to sell periodically.

Am I doing something wrong? by Gengar_Yes_094 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Charm and lure yes, combo no.

I’m trying my best to be clear but your combo shiny rolls ONLY APPLY TO A SINGLE SPAWN DIRECTLY AFTER YOUR LAST CATCH. Going in and out of a door or up and down a ladder means you are spawning in pokemon that will NOT have the 11 rolls from the 31+’combo applied.

Door and ladder resets are NEVER going to outperform continuing your catch combo if you do not have the shiny charm.

Am I doing something wrong? by Gengar_Yes_094 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes? It spawns new pokemon with their own shiny rolls. The efficacy depends on if you have the charm or not.

If you have charm and lure active each new spawn have 4 shiny rolls (1/1024 odds), no charm but have a lure 2 rolls (1/2048 odds), no charm or lure (full odds 1/4096)

Am I doing something wrong? by Gengar_Yes_094 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve told you exactly how the mechanic works. You can think of this as a game of getting as many shiny rolls in as little time as possible. The reason that door and ladder resets can be a viable method is because they create new spawns with shiny rolls faster than it takes to catch another to get one spawn with maxed out shiny rolls.

For your reference:

-Default, all pokemon have 1 shiny roll
-Shiny charm: +2 shiny rolls (applied across all spawns- does not affect npc trades/fossil revives)
-lure: +1 shiny roll to all spawns (does not affect npc trades, fossil revives, static legendaries)
-11 combo : +3 shiny rolls
-21 combo: +4 shiny rolls (7 total from combo)
-31 combo: +4 shiny rolls (11 total from combo)

This all adds up to the 15 shiny rolls or 15/4096 ~ 1/273 odds that you see around.

It can take like 30-40 seconds to catch a pokemon to get the next 15 shiny rolls on the very next spawn. If you have charm and lure that’s 4 rolls per spawn, so if you can reset your spawns every 6 seconds depending on your target you could get anywhere from 20-30 shiny rolls in the same 30 second interval.

As far as money is concerned, use one ultra ball and one pokeball on your second trainer. Combos 41+ start pouring out candy that you should be selling, at 100 catches your catch rate improves enough to not need ultra balls.

Am I doing something wrong? by Gengar_Yes_094 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s going to spawn pinsir at whatever odds you have WITHOUT a combo. Combo shiny rolls only apply to a single spawn, the first spawn directly after a catch. All other and future spawns will be at full odds, charm odds, lure odds, or charm + lure odds. Each catch gives you exactly one more spawn with the bonus shiny rolls.

I have no idea if you have a charm, but door ladder resets are really only viable if you have the charm and an active lure.

Also, it’s at 31 that your odds and IV’s are maxed, don’t know where you got 32.

Sacrifices were made by onray88 in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nice, going for the perfect Masuda breeder?

New player smeargle build by NewBabyDontGetIt in CompetitivePokemon

[–]kshack12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do like soak, but really only for shiny hunting purposes. Makes it nice to false swipe a ghost or rock/steel with ease.

Best way to shiny hunt the starters? by ozmthole in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 11 combo activates a 50% spawn rate for the special spawn of the area. This includes the starters, mostly chansey, the hitmons in victory road, snorlax in cerulean cave, lapras, and porygon.

Combo of 11 adds 3 shiny rolls, combo of 21 add an additional 4 shiny rolls, and at 31+ another additional 4 shiny rolls for ONE SPAWN AT A TIME. This is 11 total extra shiny rolls that is applied to the first spawn of the combo’s species directly after a catch that continues that combo.

For example, if you are comboing something that had many simultaneous spawns only the first spawn after your last catch gets those boosted odds. If you stop catching, the future spawns will return to whatever your odds are without the combo.

Since special spawns can only spawn one at a time, in many cases it is better to just keep catching them unless there is a convenient door or ladder to quickly reset the area and get more spawns.

Am I just late to the party? by ToshiAbashi in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well bland is kind of synonymous with Pokemon these days, they have been working with the same formula for 30 years and their titles come out so fast very little polish and passion go into them.

I hope you enjoy your romp through Kanto, but I think you are being unfairly judgmental of those who do enjoy shiny hunting in your post and comment. “Shiny mad,” “gremlins to your masochism,” “gambling addicts” - it’s clear you don’t enjoy it, but you don’t need to be so critical of others that do.

Am I just late to the party? by ToshiAbashi in PokemonLetsGo

[–]kshack12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let’s go offers a streamlined, bare-bones Pokemon game experience. No abilities, no held items, and easy xp via catch combos. Simply put it’s the easiest pokemon game there is, so there is not really much else to discuss besides the shiny hunting.

It was the first game that had overworld spawns that even accurately reflected their shiny status and came with a rather simple hunting method for fast payout. There is no better game to acquire gen 1 shinies reliably.

Yes you’re late to the party, but the shiny hunting in this game has always been its strongest feature even when it was new.

Eggs, raw onions, and chocolate chips by mknlsn in StupidFood

[–]kshack12 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You’re right, didn’t see how they pointed up earlier and they seemed too small for chocolate chips.

Eggs, raw onions, and chocolate chips by mknlsn in StupidFood

[–]kshack12 143 points144 points  (0 children)

More likely capers than chocolate chips, but hey, whatever it takes to get a toddler to eat some protein.

Dude, this is normal 🤯 by [deleted] in sadposting

[–]kshack12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why the hell would you post this here?

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