Ruko
Bearded Trout Warrior
This is how to chain for Shinies, or EVs using the PokeRadar. Normally there's only a 1 in 8000-something chance of getting a shiny, but the radar improves that. The longer of a chain you get, the more likely a shiny is to appear on the radar.
When you use the Radar, random patches of grass move in one of two ways. One way is slow, and lasts a while. The other is fast, easier to notice, but more abrupt. The faster moving grass SHOULD be rarer pokemon, and the slower should be less rare, but I've found this to seem sketchy.
Go to the patch corresponding with what you want to encounter, and if it is right, you either must faint, or capture the Pokemon. Running from battle will break the chain, and so will getting on your bike between battles. To keep the chain going, go to the patch of grass farthest from your current location that matches the movement of the previous grass patch.
Here are step by step instructions:
1) Stock up on Super Repel. [max repel are a rip-off]
2) Get a pokemon in your team that is higher leveled than any of the wild pokemon in the region you are chaining.
3) [for shinies] It really helps to have False Swipe available, so get something in your party with it.
4) Use a Repel, and use more every time one runs out IMMEDIATELY. *
5) Switch to PokeApp 20 on your watch if you have it... **
6) Go to the center of a decent sized grass patch, and use the radar.
7) Walk onto one of the patches that moved, and try to remember whether it moved in one of two ways... ***
If you encountered what you wanted then ignore this step, if you encountered something else, just run and recharge your PokeRadar's Battery then try again.
9) Now that you have encountered what you want to, you have to either kill it, or catch it; running will break a chain.
10) After battle pay attention to the grass. If the chain is kept going then more grass will move as if you instantly re-used the radar. ****
Look for a patch that moved the same way as the first one did, and go to the one that is the farthest away without running into any of the others along the way.
if there are no patches of grass that matched the movement of the one you're chaining with, or if the ones that do match seem to be too close, run around without leaving the patch and re-use the radar. different patches will move
one final note, when you're moving towards the patch of grass you want a battle from, avoid walking on the patch directly above you. If it rustled, your head will block the view of it and you won't know.
I think that's it... but now for the * notes
*Even though the radar is in use, random battles can still occur and regardless of what appears will instantly break a chain. USE REPEL!
The patches of grass that move will spark a battle even if repel is in use
** App 20 will tell you what your longest chains in the past were, and tell you what your current chain is if you have one going.
*** The grass will actually move in three ways, the third being a bright flash indicating a shiny is there... but memorize and learn to differentiate the two types of movement. One should be faster, one should be slower and more subtle.
**** If the patch doesn't move, and the music reverts to normal, you have either broken the chain, or you patch of grass was so small that the game's programming didn't randomly place anymore rustling. If you have 'etch app 20, you can check to see if the chain is broken or not.
[edit]
thanks to Filb.de, I now have a probability formula for shinies with radar.
All chains after forty have the same probability as a chain at forty.
              14747 - 40(n) Â
Probability(shiny) = ------------------Â Â Â Â n = Chain length
             2621440 x (41 - n) Â
When you use the Radar, random patches of grass move in one of two ways. One way is slow, and lasts a while. The other is fast, easier to notice, but more abrupt. The faster moving grass SHOULD be rarer pokemon, and the slower should be less rare, but I've found this to seem sketchy.
Go to the patch corresponding with what you want to encounter, and if it is right, you either must faint, or capture the Pokemon. Running from battle will break the chain, and so will getting on your bike between battles. To keep the chain going, go to the patch of grass farthest from your current location that matches the movement of the previous grass patch.
Here are step by step instructions:
1) Stock up on Super Repel. [max repel are a rip-off]
2) Get a pokemon in your team that is higher leveled than any of the wild pokemon in the region you are chaining.
3) [for shinies] It really helps to have False Swipe available, so get something in your party with it.
4) Use a Repel, and use more every time one runs out IMMEDIATELY. *
5) Switch to PokeApp 20 on your watch if you have it... **
6) Go to the center of a decent sized grass patch, and use the radar.
7) Walk onto one of the patches that moved, and try to remember whether it moved in one of two ways... ***
If you encountered what you wanted then ignore this step, if you encountered something else, just run and recharge your PokeRadar's Battery then try again.9) Now that you have encountered what you want to, you have to either kill it, or catch it; running will break a chain.
10) After battle pay attention to the grass. If the chain is kept going then more grass will move as if you instantly re-used the radar. ****
Look for a patch that moved the same way as the first one did, and go to the one that is the farthest away without running into any of the others along the way.
if there are no patches of grass that matched the movement of the one you're chaining with, or if the ones that do match seem to be too close, run around without leaving the patch and re-use the radar. different patches will move
one final note, when you're moving towards the patch of grass you want a battle from, avoid walking on the patch directly above you. If it rustled, your head will block the view of it and you won't know.
I think that's it... but now for the * notes
*Even though the radar is in use, random battles can still occur and regardless of what appears will instantly break a chain. USE REPEL!
The patches of grass that move will spark a battle even if repel is in use
** App 20 will tell you what your longest chains in the past were, and tell you what your current chain is if you have one going.
*** The grass will actually move in three ways, the third being a bright flash indicating a shiny is there... but memorize and learn to differentiate the two types of movement. One should be faster, one should be slower and more subtle.
**** If the patch doesn't move, and the music reverts to normal, you have either broken the chain, or you patch of grass was so small that the game's programming didn't randomly place anymore rustling. If you have 'etch app 20, you can check to see if the chain is broken or not.
[edit]
thanks to Filb.de, I now have a probability formula for shinies with radar.
All chains after forty have the same probability as a chain at forty.
              14747 - 40(n) Â
Probability(shiny) = ------------------Â Â Â Â n = Chain length
             2621440 x (41 - n) Â
