Topic: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee!

@Eel would you say it's a open world game

@Fizza yup I got my shiny Diglett!

And then I found another one in Pokémon Go a few days later...!

I GOT A SHINY PIKACHU ON 32 CATCHES!!!!!! MY FIRST LET'S GO SHINY!!!!!!

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!

@Kermit1 ah that was a quick hunt! Congrats

@Kermit1 Ooh, that's a good one! Do you plan on evolving it into a Raichu? I'm a big fan of shiny Raichu personally, the bright saturated orange really works for me.

@Fizza yep!

@RubyCarbuncle have you been catching all of them or just respawning them?

Having the shiny charm and a lure active also helps

@RubyCarbuncle Oof, that's some rotten luck. I know that kind of pain myself, I went for a shiny Yamask in Shield through the encounter method and it took me over 1900 encounters to find it. It drove me to insanity but the payoff did admittedly feel extremely vindicating.

Are you maintaining a catch combo by catching only Eevee and nothing else? Getting to a catch combo of 31 gives you the best shiny odds but you can only get there if you make sure the Pokemon you're chaining doesn't run away or you don't catch another Pokemon like a random Rattata for instance during it since both of those break it (in addition to turning the game off but that's a given). Hopefully this helps!

In Let's Go, it's now known that the improved odds from chaining are only applied to the next pokemon that spawns right after increasing the chain, so in order to keep the best odds, you gotta keep building the chain up.

In my experience, complaining to someone usually makes the shiny appear sooner 😅

So good luck! I'm sure it won't be too long now.

@RubyCarbuncle If you want to save yourself a fair few headaches, once you get to 31, you don't need to catch any more (I know this may be coming a bit too late for you but I hope the thought counts at least), that combo will retain throughout the entire game regardless of what you go do until any of the three things I listed above happens. All you would need to then is, once you get there, pop open a lure, hop onto something that flies like Charizard and keep reseting the area over and over again until your magical white dog/cat/fox-chimera....thing? (probably best not to question it) appears.

@Fizza That's a good idea! the flying part anyway

Uh. As I mentioned a few posts ago, it was recently found out that you do indeed need to continue the chain, the "stop at 31" tip doesn't actually seem to work.

I GOT A SHINY KAKUNA WITH NORMAL ODDS, I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR HIM BUT I"LL TAKE IT!!!!

@Kermit1 you’re on a roll!

That shiny living dex is taking shape

@Eel Then tragedy struck... A Duglit ran away from my 78 chain 😥

@Kermit1 oof. It’s worth looking at their movements. If they seem to do some unusual animation, different from the usual loop, they’re about to run away.

Another option is always running away after three or so failed throws.

I forgot to save after catching that shiny Kakuna oof, but I didget a shiny caterpie

Always save after the shiny, it's a rule

When it comes to this 'new' method, the thing I'm concerned about is the resource management needed through constantly chucking Pokeballs. To anyone here who's attempted it: is it a fun way to hunt? As someone who hasn't done any shiny hunting yet in Let's Go, I'm worried it'll get quite taxing (both literally and metaphorically). I'll probably stick to the old method even if it doesn't work as well as we thought since, if I have both the Shiny Charm and a place to constantly keep resetting the area (Mt. Moon, Seafoam Islands, Pokemon Road, etc.), there'll be so many spawns on the screen that it won't really matter at that point. Definitely doing the better method for mons with Alolan Forms like Rattata though since I really want to attempt those shiny trades.