Thank you! I’ll do what I can. I appreciate the words of encouragement so soon.
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You are going to die trying to get a shiny cressilia
Exactly why I’m not trading it away. No way in hecc I’m giving that thing to someone else if I get it.
Alright. The starter I’ve decided to pick for this run is none other than Delta Bulbasaur. I figure I might as well shiny hunt it for the sake of the Pokemon Lab shiny. I’ll also use this to gauge the luck of the run I guess. Stay tuned for when I finally get it!
Well God luck
you need to get it first before trading it away. the chance of you getting a shiny cressilia with charm is roughly 1/20k
and this is with charm. in reality it is not possible to hunt them with charm cuz once they’re registered in the dex, they can no longer randomly spawn. so actually the chances of you encountering as shiny cressilia are 1/64k, which is absolutely mad. your best bet is pokepon, which is incredibly slow.
I understand that the math behind shiny Cresselia is ludicrous, which is why I will emphasize the point of this playthrough: I am going to be shiny hunting all legendary and mythical pokemon. That is the ultimate objective regardless of how painful it might be. Cresselia is one of those ones that is so stupid to hunt that I would never trade it away under any circustances, hence the main reason why it is listed as not up for trade for when I theoretically get it. When I say “I’m not giving that thing to someone else”, I’m saying that from a future perspective because yeah, it’s gonna be a rough ride. Yeah, I don’t have it yet, so I can’t trade it away, but the whole point of this playthrough is to go through the process of getting it in the first place.
It might seem stupid to go for something like that even by itself, and I’ll admit that it probably is. Regardless, I’m going to see this challenge through to whatever end I can muster. Maybe I burn out before I can even make it to Cresselia. Who knows. I’ll at least try.
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i admire your determination. GL
it would probably be smart to leave cresselia for last lol
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Yeah that’s the plan. I’m saving that thing for when I have practically nothing else to hunt for. The other roamers will precede it since their encounter rates can be boosted. Long way out until I get there, but hopefully I do and hopefully it goes fairly well.
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Hey @CreeperG i’m trying to do that too! Hard work, and i want to thank you for giving me Touch trades so i can have better encounters with shiny charm!
Dang. Well, I’ve been at it for quite some time now. I’ve been on and off of the resetting, but I’ve spent at least a couple of hours every day resetting for this thing. I’m not the one to count the individual resets or encounters when I’m hunting for shinies, but this shiny delta bulbasaur has taken a considerable number of hours to not show up. It is particularly elusive for me. I’ll keep going for a few more days and see if I can get one of these shiny bulbs to kickstart my shiny hunting adventure. After that, I’ll initiate an otherwise fairly normal playthrough. The next reset I’m gearing for is probably delta grimer. Stay tuned for when this playthrough begins, and don’t forget that you (the forums community) can request once-per-save stuff from me during my adventure if you make it in time. Stay tuned for some more hunting and a hard insurgence playthrough in the future!
dang, my d.charmander took only 3 days. GL anyways
i suggest using PKounter to count your encounters. its pretty good except the times it crashes and deletes itself
nah im kidding but it does sometimes randomly stop showing the pokemon your hunting. the counter works perfectly tho. Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ShinyPokemon/comments/8r73i3/discuss_pkounter_the_shiny_hunting_counters/
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If I can figure it out I’ll give it a try for a few different encounters here and there. Thanks for linking it. Not sure how often I’d use this tbh, but you never know.
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By once per save you mean legends and like , other static encounters? Or only legends? Just curious.
Depends on what people want. One of the examples that I used in my initial post was shiny axew from mission one. Basically anything that you’d only be able to get once per save, not just legends and mythicals.
Alright 
Do mons in hidden grottos count as one time things? Or no because they can respawn?
Yes and no. I don’t consider them one time encounters because the grottos can reset, therefore they are not unique to one save. However, it’s still static encounters of mons that are worth hunting in general, so I wouldn’t be opposed to trying to reset for mons on grottos, especially in a save where all of the grottos aren’t broken (I only broke a few in my main save).
Alright
id like to request something
a timid shiny treecko in a friend ball lmao
You can hunt it anytime you want kek. It’s in route9’s hidden grotto.
As for what I can give, just ask for any regular shiny tbh , and I’ll try to hunt it( note though , on my file I’m still only on the first slot for safari pokes kek). I’d give my foongus but its nature sux, soo.
I’ll have to make haste then. I can probably just do that on my main save, which is part of why I consider hidden grotto mons as not something specific to this playthrough. I can do that on my main before your deltalocke is up (if you don’t lose ig). Otherwise I’d have to power through or just avoid endless shiny resets on a bunch of deltas all the way to route 9.