Shiny Pokémon Chaining Guide + Shiny Shinx (Generation 4)
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This video has been in the works for AGES, due to me getting the sickest I've been in years over the past week or so. Just check the date that I captured that Shinx!
If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to comment or message me for help!
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ALSO, I've no idea who drew the Shinx in my thumbnail, but I'd love to give credit - so if this is your artwork, please let me know! - เกม
Remember to not breath while you do a shiny hunting, it will break your chain.
Also, that Shinx weighs one hundred fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar, custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute?
This made me laugh out loud
I almost died but I got my Shinx anyway, thanks
Noted
D-ray It costs $400,000 to use this Shinx for twelve seconds
i swear everyones first chain attempt is shinx
ikr
I got it in random encounter back in the days i almost knew nothing about shinyes
My first chain attempt was for Buneary.
Mine was a hoppip and I hit the 1/8192 odds on a non shiny patch
jokes on u my first chain is a smeargle :3
Time to play Platinum again..
Again :)
Eric STAR PLATINUM OVER HEAVEN
Wait, you stopped? You’re insane and probably needs to be kept away to protect the rest of humanity.
Yep
hey yo Oshie, thank you bro
hey yo Callum, appreciate you bro
one tip is to not go to 4 sqares away and not go 123or4 in another direction
lockdowns have meant that im revisiting all my old games and its wild to see how many features i missed out on growing up. thanks for sharing this guide!
I'm happy you enjoyed it, make the most of all the free time by blitzing your old collection haha!
5:35 Nintendo: "hmm we've added a way to make shiny pokemon and obtaining specific pokemon easier, what should we do to it to improve it further?"
"Make it inconsistent in all cases"
Dont u mean gamefreak
Hmm, shiny charm in gen 5 (b/w & b2/w2)
Thanks for the guide, it's the best 4th gen radar guide on TH-cam. Helped me catch three shiny Machops. Two are Adamant, one is Lax. None of 'em got No Guard though, which is a shame. Still happy though!
That's fantastic to hear, my man!
Thanks a ton for the kind words, I'm glad it helped you out - You just gotta keep at it to get that No Guard, unfortunately. BUT, you can do it, I believe in ya!
Oshie You deserve 1MIL subs
Oshie thank you so much thank to you I got my first shiny sentret
The highest chain I can get is 9.
I once found a random shiny Machoke in victory road but had no pokeballs as I sold them for full restores. I was 8. 😭
Great guide, but here's a couple of things I'd suggest adding based on some observations I've made hunting with the Pokeradar for a while:
- Super Repels are much, much better than Max Repels. They have less steps individually, but you get more steps for your money when you buy them in bulk.
- The type of grass you enter will generally indicate what rarity of Pokemon you will find. If you're looking for a Pokemon that's rarer in the area (Gastly in Eterna Forest, for example) the fast-shaking patches are better because they have a higher chance of having Pokemon with a lower encounter rate. If you're looking for a Pokemon that's more common in the area, you're more likely to find it in the slow-shaking normal patches.
- If your patches are really spread out or really, really close together, there's a higher chance to break your chain even if you have a patch that seems like it'd be good. It's safer to reset your patches if your patches are clumped up or spread out, especially if you're already far into your chain.
- You should avoid entering patches that are directly next to other patches, even if one of them is four steps away. These have an increased chance of breaking your chain as well.
- Patches that border NPCs or items that haven't been picked up yet also increase the chance of breaking your chain.
- You should always research the Pokemon you're hunting to make sure you have everything you need before you start hunting. Nothing is worse than finally getting a patch with a shiny Houndour only to find you don't have a Pokemon with Soundproof or Taunt and it to uses Roar and breaks your chain. This also goes for having a Ghost Pokemon for things with Takedown or the Damp ability for things with Explosion or Selfdestruct.
Thank you for the extra infomation, I'll keep this comment near the top for future viewers! :D
No problem, dude. Didn't want to step on your toes, but I just thought I could maybe help some people who were maybe encountering a little extra trouble with their chains breaking.
I just started this whole Thing and i have a Problem: when i Start a chain and after a while no tile is favorable. - i press the Radar again from the Center of the Patch to have greater Chances of a propper tile BUT if i Do that more than one time in a row, meaning i press the poke Radar more than one Consecutive time without fighting a chain pokemon in between, it seems to break the chain. - is that true or am i just unlucky?
Remember to ALWAYS have repels. I got to a 40 chain and ran out of repels... felt so bad
Nice thank you.
You say "18 failed chains" like it's a bad thing. I have like, 50+ failed chains trying to get a shiny Starly. Bidoof ruins everything.
I'm looking for a shiny bidoof and I WILL call it Lord Bidoof
Good luck I haven't caught it yet
bunnybee 98 Random encountered a shiny Bibarel on my last Platinum playthrough. Shat bricks
I got a 38 long chain for a starly, then got a bidoof
bunnybee 98 Did you catch it in the end?
This is a really good guide. For any new chainers, super repels are actually more cost effective than max repels (the extra 200 only buys you 50 more repelled steps making supers way better)
Thank you, I'm really glad my guide has been so helpful for so many people!!
Yes but it‘s annoying cuz you need to put them on more often and you need to be concentraded and focused during shiny chaining. It’s allready annoying with max. repels cuz you need to recharge your pokeradar constantly with stepps. I don’t recommend doing that while doing this but for regular gameplay this tipp can be usefull.
the only video that helped
so far I have gotten 3 shinx, 2 budew, starly and a bidoof
EDIT: they're shinies
Shiny Congratulations, holy crap!
well he didnt say if they were shiny or not xD
Shiny he was obviously referring that they're shinies even without stating that they are, but oh well
jere luokkanen lol true xD
*whispers in a dumb voice* "Hey yo, oshie, thank you bro"
Hey yo, Shadowpulse, you're welcome bro!
This guide is incredibly helpful. Within an hour of watching it I had a chain of 40 and was resetting for the shiny patch. A short while later BAM shiny Shinx. Thanks for posting.
Most comprehensive and easy to understand Radar Chain Shiny Hunting Guide I’ve ever seen.
3 years late but the best chaining vid out there, good stuff
Thank you so much!
Hi so I know you posted this 4 years ago but I just feel obligated to come back and thank you. I’ve been practicing this strat for a couple days and I was finally able to get myself a shiny houndour so thank you so much I could not have done it without you
Thank you very much for the nice comment, I'm happy that you're seeing some success buddy!
DUDE I LITERALLY JUST CAUGHT A SHINY STARLY 2nd ENCOUNTER WATCHING THIS VIDEO
King G lol
Wtf
Lol watching this video must somehow increase your chain or maybe directly affect the odds 😉
damm when u can say nice on the comment and the likes the ooooodddds
@@revenevan11 I'm surprised it didn't just break the chain!
Two years late to the party
Same
More like 12
Sameeee
Juppp
Haha same, but i recently found my old DS charging cable so I'm playing platinum again! Thanks for the video, I haven't got the poke radar yet but I'm sure to try this when I do.
i come back to this video at least once a month because i can't explain why but this video brings me so much joy it's literally my comfort video thank you so much
That's lovely, I'm glad you enjoy it!
“ so now you know the basics” *me going back to rewind the video*
I know this is old but thank you so much for helping me get my first ever Platnium shiny, on the day that Platnium was released! I shall cherish this shiny Budew forever, and look back on this video every time I send my flower princess to battle!
I have you to thank for Succulent's existence, she shall slay in your name!
I accidentally chained 3 shiny shellos as a little kid, but I killed one of them thinking the game glitched. I caught the other two though.
It seems like people that don’t know what a shiny think it’s a glitch but please tell me you got one in the end
yes but aactuely no
Actually super helpful. Always loved the sinnoh games and never really understood how the pokeradar worked. Getting back into it again and you couldn’t have explained it better. Thank you so much
How the heck do you only have 2k subscribers?!?!?! You sound so much more professional and stuff and definitely by the info given, deserve a lot more than that!!!
Thanks for the amazing guide btw:)
Simple, straightforward, short, and very helpful! Thank you for explaning the gen 4 mechanics. They're actually a little different from gen 6. Good vid!
@Oshie this was a really good tutorial. I've been radar chaining for a while. My first was a shiny Snubull from a Swarm in Pokemon Diamond. I have gotten a few Starly, Eevee, Ponyta and a Shinx from radar chaining on 4th Gen. For some reason, I have a really hard time keeping my chain now that I'm getting back into it. The fact that you get a 10% boost after catching a Pokemon is SUPER helpful. Gonna try that next time I chain. Shiny Tyrogue, I'm coming for ya!!
Thanks man! I had been looking for a well-done guide like this one for a while. Great job!
The amount of detail and effort put into this guide is absolutely amazing. Subject Matter Expert level of understanding. Thank you!
Thank you so much, I'm happy you enjoyed!!
I'm very late to the gen 4 when gen 8 is around the corner, but im glad that videos like this one are both still up and gives a good description.
Hey Ochie, its been 4 years but still... Thanks bro !
You're welcome, bro!
Thanks for sticking with it :D
The AoT nicks are the cherry on top. Thank you very much for this guide!
This guide is a huge help cause it's been forever since I played through this game and I needed something like this to help me out
Prob one of the best chaining guides so far. After i have beaten platinum again im going to try this
Thank you very much Oshie! I just catched three shiny starly, one shiny ralts, 2 shiny ponytas and 1 shiny pichu in minus than 1 week
Seriously, thank you very much!
I’ve watched a lot of different videos about radar hunting but this video was the best one I’ve seen? For some reason other videos confused me about what I can and can’t do but dang Oshie, I finally get it. Thanks man
Most definitely the best guide I've seen for gen 4 "my personal favorite" thanks a lot
just watched this cuz I'm a PokeRadar NOOB. Good tutorial
Oshie same I tryed hunting for a nincada in diamond and I kept breaking my chain:(
So we’re not gonna talk about how you have the same name ?
new to shiny hunting! thanks for this!
Just wanted to say thanks. When I was younger this seemed like one of those ridiculously hard to grasp things but you made this mechanic so easy to understand.
Thanks you for this; very simple yet informative video. Four years after its upload you helped me get my first chain shiny.
I'm just getting into shiny hunting, this was very helpful. Thank you!
My pleasure, and best of luck to you!
If this guide helps you out, please consider checking out the rest of my channel!
It'd really help me out, and I'm still creating shiny Pokémon content, aswell as Pokémon TCG unboxings and guides! ✌
I'm aiming to hit 3,000 subs before 2021, and we are very very very close to hitting that target!!
Love the video, very helpful guide. It gave me the determination I needed to try chaining again. I actually got to a chain of 40 for Shinx myself yesterday after only 5-6 failed hunts, which isn't that bad. It took me about two hours of resetting the radar to find the Shiny Patch. xD
I've always loved Shinx's Shiny form, and its evolutions look awesome as well. I'm so happy I managed to find and catch one yesterday. Thank you!
This guide gave me a lot of info and everything was explained very well for me and really helped. Thanks! 👍🏻
If you look on the bottom screen, at your current chain on top of the bottom screen, when you encounter the wrong pokemon on your chain, it will disappear a tick before you enter battle.
@K1ttyPop Queen do a pro gamer move and chain bidoof instead so it can't break your chain
Yo great guide. You got me to pick up my gen 4 game again!
Same here!
Thank you for this video! Don't know if you're still reading these comments, but this vid explained chaining as concisely as any I've watched. My friends and I are jumping back into Pokemon (after decades lol) and this vid has become the standard whenever we have to try to explain chaining to someone new. Much appreciated.
This helped so much thanks Oshi. Keep up the good work
Thank you so much for this guide!!! I was able to get my first shiny, a Shinx just like you did!! 😊😊 I'm gonna name it Oshie☺️
I feel honoured, nice job!!
Actually I’ve tried a few different things and can hopefully dispel a few myths. 1: you can actually step out of your grass field without breaking the chain, you just can’t have your closest shaking patch go offscreen. 2 in a pinch, you can close your DS into sleep mode In either then menu or the over world. As long as you still hear the music, your chain is not broken. Trust me, I tried this a number of times to make darn sure.
This was so helpful! Thank you not many people I see explain this too well.
I come back to this guide over and over again. It really helps.
Thanks so much bro....!! Just got my first shiny and it was a shinx....got it in just 21 chain encounters too....
Awesome video man, really insightful and educational, I'm gonna try my luck so...wish me luck lol I'll try not to pull all of my hair out while attempting this
Honestly the best and simplest breakdown I’ve heard, thanks man!
Thank you for the guide! I perfected radar hunting in XY so now I wanted I see what I can get in gen 4. This helps a lot!
8:06 Yes, I like this new weapon - Heavy
Thanks so much dude! Thanks to you I got 2 shiny Starly in the same chain! Big thanks again :)
You did it yourself, my dude! No need to thank me~
Well, you explained how the radar works, and the needed items/how to use them :)
And I have a question:
I really want to catch specific pokemon in "in shiny form", but the only place where I can catch these pokemon is where the pokemon are a very high level; 25+. This makes it very hard to catch them, and I don't have a pokemon with false swipe, or the TM to teach the move to a pokemon, but I want to increase the chance of keeping my chain. Do you know anything that helps when i'm trying to catch a high level pokemon without Attacking it?
Holy shit this really helped me, Thanks a bunch for posting/taking the time to make this! I'm in the middle of playing Platinum now (it was a birthday gift from a friend) and when I learned about chaining I really wanted to try it, but all the guides I saw before this one didnt go over it and explain it nearly as well as you did, I really understand it now Thanks to your video sir and see now what I've been doing wrong, so Thank you!
This was very helpful.
Thank you Oshie!
Oh, one more thing you forgot to mention: do NOT go to any of the Grass Patches directly diagonal to the edge either. I learned that the hard way when chaining first Tyrogue. Doing so has a chance of breaking your chain, even if you encounter the Pokémon you are chaining.
i caught 3 shiny shinx, im very pleased :D
Congratulations!
This is the best tutorial in YT. Thanks! Really nice contents!!
This guide really helped me, it even got me my first shiny. Thank you oshie.
I love the pokeradar! I've gotten 3 of the same species for Ponyta, Shinx, and Starly! It's extremely annoying though, when the forced 12% makes me break a chain at 25 or higher. I'm gonna go after Chansey next! Lucky eggs and shinies are awesome. Together, they'll be the perfect hunt.
Update. I got some lucky eggs and 3 shiny Chanseys :)
I'm in this video
A wild shiny Shinx lol
A wild shiny Shinx i’ll be hunting for you soon, so pop up early ok!
no shit sherlock
I got u x5 yesterday man
Why are u everywhere
hey yo Oshie, thank you bro
For real though I used to chain way back in the day and I needed the refresher, never knew the 2 different types of grass shaking was a thing. Thanks!
My pleasure, homeslice!
This guide helped me understand this waaay better without being too vague. I practiced on sentret, and while the chain was broken, that's alright since I chained like 15. You've earned yourself a sub!
I'm really happy that my video has helped you aha! Best of luck with your hunts, I've had crazy luck lately 🎉
one of the best guides on youtube dude. nice work
ArcticBluejay 97 Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This is actually super duper helpful. Come back milk boi. Love u c:
no
This is so much more helpful than other videos I've found
Thanks for the guide! I've watched several gen 4 pokeradar chaining guides before, but this had some stuff in it that no one had mentioned.
Oooh, really?
I just tried to cover as much as I could, but keep it as simple as possible at the same time!
I don't remember anyone stating the percentage chance of breaking a chain based on how far it is from you, much less catching the pokemon making it more likely to not break the chain, or even bringing up that hunting in a place with a higher rate of encountering the pokemon you want would be better so you don't break your chain as often by running into the wrong patch. Thanks!
u made me determinated so... thank you bro :3
Dreamy Darkrai You're very welcome, good luck!
Dreamy Darkrai jkji
Hey dude i just got a shiny shinx thanks by you. Thank you =)
I know I'm super late, but I wanna say thank you for this guide. I've been trying to chain successfully for years and only after watching this video did I get a chain of 40 not only for the first time, but on the first try. Unfortunately, something made my game freeze so i didn't get the shiny patch nor the shiny, but it happened none the less. Thanks again!
"Hey yo, Oshie! Thank you" ^^
But seriously, great video! Short, not overly complicated and simple explaination!
Thanks! :D
Managed to catch my first shiny Roselia the other day, so many failed attempts and it made me so mad but wow the feeling of satisfaction was worth it...
Thank you Oshi-sama
You're welcome! :>
This is the best detailed vlogs of how to gen 4 shiny hunt tyvm
Great job on the video and having all the steps in the correct order. What I didn’t know, is that the odds increase to 1/200 after the 40 chain! That’s awesome!
Thank you very much man!
I remember once I just started Pearl and I went North from Jublife City and my first encounter was a shiny Bidoof
Thanks man.
I wish I could've reached this video much earlier 😑😑
Currently doing a project for college where I have to write out step by step instructions, detailing to someone how to perform an act they've never done before. I chose to show people how to shiny hunt. Thank you so much for this video it saved me an ungodly amount of time in regards to researching! Bless ya son
Very happy to help, good luck with your project!
Thank you so much for this video! I've always wanted to find a shiny Shinx so I hope this method works out for me!
This helped me so much, I even found a shiny ralts!!!
Did you know, Sasha is the name given to Ash in the french translation of the Pokemon anime !
I didn't know that, that's a pretty awesome tidbit, thanks for sharing! :D
I watched this video and it really helped just this morning I got a shiny bidoof and I know that’s a common and pretty bad Pokémon but I was happy to get it so thank you for making this video!
Got my first ever shiny in that patch using the method from this video. Very exciting moment when you see the shiny grass. Very informative video. It made the learning experience very forgivable. So excited to raise my shiny Kricketot!
i get most of this but I need to watch it a few more times.BTW I'm going name all my shinys oshie
Just double checking, you need to beat the E4 as well as complete your Sinnoh dex? I’m almost finished my dex. Just a few more pesky evolutions to go. Thank so much for the awesome guide! I look forward to attending gen 4 shiny hunting. I have a random encounter shiny crobat in my soul silver game. Her name is Glitzy.
Diary of a Goat-Lass so does this method work for heartgold and soulsilver as well?
Michael white no. The poke radar only exists in diamond, pearl and platinum. Believe me, I think Game Freak messed up royally not adding the pokeradar to HG/SS. 😢
This was really helpful since I’m replaying all of these games
Great guide! You just got yourself another subscriber!
I feel I got lucky, I started playing through diamond on my birthday, found a shiny starly, then a shiny wurmple and the next morning a shiny geodude. The starly is in its 2nd evolution, the wurmple evolved into dustox and geodude is a golem now
I have never heard about the 10% increase in patch success when capturing the Pokemon before. Do you have a source for that information? @Oshie
Thanks for the help man, I'm gonna try it out and whatever I get I'll let you know
Thank you so much!
I watched this video about 30 minutes ago after watching your vid I got a shiny bidoof!Thanks so much,didnt know that getting shiny pokemon were fun!
Hey jo Oshie, thank you bruh 😘
I was just watching this vid, when i thought “let’s try to get a shiny”. So i flew to twinleaf, didnt have a chain and i came across a bibarel AND IT WAS SHINY
Not even a joke
I haven’t got a shiny since then
@@joep2456 woww nice
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I might actually try shiny chaining again after seeing this video. Great Guide!
Thanks for the guide, this is the best pokeradar tutorial, I just got FIVE shiny shinx, thank you