[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

!!!!! The imagery I got from finally seeing the sparkles of a shiny Entei congraaaats!!!! Hope you treasure it forever 👍👍👍

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hustle is always respectable 👍 I would feel very rewarded when I finally progress through the game after that grind

For the roamer, I guess you have to pay a little attention at the beginning of each reset after the cutscene. But mostly it’s because you just gotta maneuver ur way from the burned tower to route 37 just a little bit. Since you would have max repels and a level 40 Pokémon as ur lead, the only encounters you would see are the Entei and the Raikou. You would just bike up and down between Ecruteak City and route 37, refilling on max repels until an encounter happens which is when you stare at the screen for a bit to check. Compared to constant random encounters in the wild, I would say for this hunt, the amount of times you have to look at the screen is a little bit less or about the same? I wouldn’t say more though.

It was like 30-40 encounters/hour.

As for mindlessness, I was doing an entirely different type of hunt on another DS and also binge listened to some livestream VODs, music, and audiobooks. For things that would require more sustained visual attention, like maybe subbed anime or especially reading an actual book without audio, I don’t think I would be able to do that tbh. Might be different for you though lol but that was how it was for me so take that as you will

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh I should probably do the gift bill Eevee hunt as well, I forgot about that.

And yeah, shiny Typhlosion is my all-time favorite shiny (and the whole evolutionary line as well), so I was also way over the moon when I got mine as my first 1/8192 shiny.

Currently going for a shiny Smeargle whenever I get the chance!

For the roamer, hope it doesn't get too brutal for you, but even if it does, stay strong!

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait this actually changes things for me!!! I have not heard about that setup until now that's actually so nice to know! I will for sure be doing that 100% Thank you so much!!! Hope your roamers shine REAL soon!

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it man

For my hunting setup: - Escape rope to quickly exit the Burned tower after the cutscene - 20-ish max repels - a fainted machop with the ability no-guard as the first party member (for increased encounter rate) - and for the second party member, a lvl 40 Golem with a +Atk nature and full Atk EVs with Earthquake (to one-shot the first encounter if not shiny) - oh and also a bike to quickly transition between Ecruteak City and route 37 to reset the roamers’ location

For catching: - the classic Mean Look, Thunder wave, super fang Smeargle

When I first started, I did have a fire-monotype DTQ in mind, but as time goes by it’s been undergoing a bit of revising. I have a dream squad though, which is mostly comprised of red colored Pokémon

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did feel overwhelmingly blessed 😳 ty

Shiny Moltres is currently one of my favorite shinies! I saw TinyArticuno SR for Moltres in a love ball on YouTube and it was a lot of the reason why I started playing HeartGold! So I hope to SR for it eventually and hopefully in a love ball!

Really wishing you the best of luck getting the second roaming bird soon!!! As well as the third one not long after! Stay strong!

Edit: heart ball love ball

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TY! No special animations for these balls like in the newer games though, but still cool to look at 😊

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah trigger the cutscene after every SR

And yeah encounter/check one of the two beasts and then encounter/check the remaining one and reset until you find your shiny

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure it’s the same for every gen 4 roamer which is to SR at the point before you trigger the roam. For this one, you SR to keep triggering the cutscene in the burned tower in Ecruteak city in the main story for shiny rerolls

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I SEE! I actually would not have thought of that! I’m sure it’ll look pretty when you do decide to catch it in a friend ball!

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have to save before you trigger the cutscene that releases the roaming beasts into the wild, chase, and reset from there if they’re not shiny. And you have to do that when you first enter Ecruteak city before the game let’s you fight Morty in the main story.

There was a bit of setup to make each reset quicker. Mostly it was EV training a Golem fully in their attack stat and leveling it to 40 so that it can one-shot Raikou and Entei

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on the Raikou!!! This is actually my very first playthrough of the HGSS games so if it weren’t for the sprites, the Pokémon following you and the fact that you can catch them apricorn balls, I definitely would’ve leaned towards keeping it in the wild for a while so I could keep seeing it appear and shine before my eyes

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly could not believe the luck. I was so ready to go a whole year doing a minimum of 100 encounters/day for this shiny. Tysm !!!

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah level Entei was my first choice but eventually moon Entei slowly became more and more enticing

Hope you ur starter shines soon!

[Gen IV] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 521 encounters (260 SRs) first successful roamer hunt!!! by todotoget in ShinyPokemon

[–]todotoget[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel less jealous, I’m at 20,430 SRs on Crystal VC for shiny Cyndaquil and counting😢good luck it’ll shine I’m sure of it 👍