Nov 28, 2014, 04:40 PM
(This post was last modified: Nov 29, 2014, 05:12 PM by nintendosfinestnerd.)
Entry #1
So many have speculated that catching a shiny pokemon is done through chaining in the dex nav, thanks to the lovely video that Justin Flynn himself had posted. Now after doing many tedious hours of game play to try and confirm I was at a loss and to be quiet honest I had little high hopes that it was a true thing. I did not give up however, I did notice if you use the dex nav in the grass rather than a patch that pokemon can't appear out of it is more than likely the dex nav won't pick it up, sometimes it does but normally it doesn't. Now the search level does help on getting stars and hidden abilities with your pokemon and I believe the higher the search level the better the pokemon you are chaining gets. Here are some tips that seemed to help me keep up my chains, take a patch in the very corner and search from there each time because more than likely you only will have one or two patches of grass to look through (or whatever terain you are in). To lower the amount of patches to go through will make it alot easier on you as the pokemon when they appear are on a timer of at least 20-30seconds roughly. Make sure you kill the pokemon you are trying to chain each time you find it, unless it is shiny, if another pokemon you aren't chaining appears don't fret kill it and you will be able to continue the chain (however the pokemon you just killed does not count towards the chain). To answer a couple questions.
1.Can you switch pokemon in your party or will it break your chain?
A: as long as you don't leave the area your chain is in tact.
2.Do you use the dex nav directly after you kill the pokemon?
A:you can but I found better results running back to the point where I first started the search.
3.How do you know the chaining is working?
A: I will use an example of the shiny eevee I caught when doing this method. Eevee starts at level 8, so when you chain 5 times by the 5th time the eevee should be level 18 then on the 6th chain it adds a level to the base making it level 9 for the remaining 4 chains then up to level 19 on the 10th chain. So every 5 chains the level will increase then the 6th chain will be +1 the base of the level you first fainted, if that makes any sense.
4.Is there another method of chaining?
A: as far as I can tell no not really.
I would like to say that this isn't completely confirmed yet, just posting my findings after spending 72hrs to get a shiny eevee which I successfully completed on Chain #1 search level 405. If it does not work don't fret just keep at it, more than likely this is the actual method but I hope this helps :D By the way if you feel like having a challenge and want to search in more than one patch of grass or what ever terrain you are in try to not use headphones.
Entry #2
So what I have discovered chaining at a high search level (100+) is alot easier compared to chaining at a low search level (1-99) not sure why but I have tested a couple theories, catch all pokemon in the area before shiny hunting your specified pokemon, after I did this it made things alot easier, though i do noticed that the lower the search level the harder the it may be to find your shiny pokemon, so try to get your search level to at least 100 as it will serve to make chaining a lot easier on you. Proof: Shiny hunting for Zorua, Vulpix, and Elgyem all started on search level 1 but it was really hard till I got Zorua search level to 186 now it's easy Zorua appears 98% of the time. As for vulpix and elgyem still testing the theory out, I will let you know further details when I do more testing.
Entry #3
I have caught a shiny vulpix at search level 96 so as I said it would be hard to chain lower than search level 100 it's not necessarily impossible to do. I have found another method that might work but honestly I wouldn't try it out unless you have patience because it's a probability factor, not that anything else isn't. The method I am speaking of is not killing the pokemon that appears that isn't your pokemon you are trying to chain but instead running out of the area just slightly so the pokemon dex nav says that the pokemon can't be read, then go back to your point and search and your pokemon you are trying to chain appears again and the chain shouldn't be broken, this is how I got my vulpix, but to be honest, I want to debunk this theory as it was rather difficult to maintain because I have broken the chain twice doing this but some other times I kept it up. So I would advise only doing this method unless you have alot of patience. I did not but still I was able to do it.
So many have speculated that catching a shiny pokemon is done through chaining in the dex nav, thanks to the lovely video that Justin Flynn himself had posted. Now after doing many tedious hours of game play to try and confirm I was at a loss and to be quiet honest I had little high hopes that it was a true thing. I did not give up however, I did notice if you use the dex nav in the grass rather than a patch that pokemon can't appear out of it is more than likely the dex nav won't pick it up, sometimes it does but normally it doesn't. Now the search level does help on getting stars and hidden abilities with your pokemon and I believe the higher the search level the better the pokemon you are chaining gets. Here are some tips that seemed to help me keep up my chains, take a patch in the very corner and search from there each time because more than likely you only will have one or two patches of grass to look through (or whatever terain you are in). To lower the amount of patches to go through will make it alot easier on you as the pokemon when they appear are on a timer of at least 20-30seconds roughly. Make sure you kill the pokemon you are trying to chain each time you find it, unless it is shiny, if another pokemon you aren't chaining appears don't fret kill it and you will be able to continue the chain (however the pokemon you just killed does not count towards the chain). To answer a couple questions.
1.Can you switch pokemon in your party or will it break your chain?
A: as long as you don't leave the area your chain is in tact.
2.Do you use the dex nav directly after you kill the pokemon?
A:you can but I found better results running back to the point where I first started the search.
3.How do you know the chaining is working?
A: I will use an example of the shiny eevee I caught when doing this method. Eevee starts at level 8, so when you chain 5 times by the 5th time the eevee should be level 18 then on the 6th chain it adds a level to the base making it level 9 for the remaining 4 chains then up to level 19 on the 10th chain. So every 5 chains the level will increase then the 6th chain will be +1 the base of the level you first fainted, if that makes any sense.
4.Is there another method of chaining?
A: as far as I can tell no not really.
I would like to say that this isn't completely confirmed yet, just posting my findings after spending 72hrs to get a shiny eevee which I successfully completed on Chain #1 search level 405. If it does not work don't fret just keep at it, more than likely this is the actual method but I hope this helps :D By the way if you feel like having a challenge and want to search in more than one patch of grass or what ever terrain you are in try to not use headphones.
Entry #2
So what I have discovered chaining at a high search level (100+) is alot easier compared to chaining at a low search level (1-99) not sure why but I have tested a couple theories, catch all pokemon in the area before shiny hunting your specified pokemon, after I did this it made things alot easier, though i do noticed that the lower the search level the harder the it may be to find your shiny pokemon, so try to get your search level to at least 100 as it will serve to make chaining a lot easier on you. Proof: Shiny hunting for Zorua, Vulpix, and Elgyem all started on search level 1 but it was really hard till I got Zorua search level to 186 now it's easy Zorua appears 98% of the time. As for vulpix and elgyem still testing the theory out, I will let you know further details when I do more testing.
Entry #3
I have caught a shiny vulpix at search level 96 so as I said it would be hard to chain lower than search level 100 it's not necessarily impossible to do. I have found another method that might work but honestly I wouldn't try it out unless you have patience because it's a probability factor, not that anything else isn't. The method I am speaking of is not killing the pokemon that appears that isn't your pokemon you are trying to chain but instead running out of the area just slightly so the pokemon dex nav says that the pokemon can't be read, then go back to your point and search and your pokemon you are trying to chain appears again and the chain shouldn't be broken, this is how I got my vulpix, but to be honest, I want to debunk this theory as it was rather difficult to maintain because I have broken the chain twice doing this but some other times I kept it up. So I would advise only doing this method unless you have alot of patience. I did not but still I was able to do it.
