Posted by NCJohn

The only shiny I've ever caught was a shiny Ho-oh in soulsilver after hundreds of attempts to fine one.

My first shiny was a Pidgey outside Pewter City. I raised him as my golden bird for the rest of the game <3. And I saw a shiny Scyther in the Safari Zone, but I failed to catch it. Those are my only two. Actually, I'm fairly sure I encountered another in Viridian Forest, but I couldn't catch it, so I've forgotten what it was.  

I think the only shiny I've ever had aside from the Red Gyarados is a shiny Gulpin. Not exactly amazing.  

I've had a blue numel, and some other random one that I can't remember. And ofc the red gyarados. And I also had my haunter in silver turn into a level 226 Lugia, never quite understood that. Anywho, I joined up on this  

Name?  

Posted by Psycher!

Name?

FroggyKrueger. Lol  

It's not letting me add you. ._.  

I'm not online, that could be why. Will be in just a bit though  

Oh. Ok then.  

On now  

Added!  

I've never seen a shiny before =(  

Shiny's are a 1/8000 chance, it will take a while.

I caught a few ones legitimately playing the official versions.

The thing is since this is an mmo if you catch a shiny everyone will know it's legit(since you can't hack to get them), so they will be worth a lot.

I should probably catch a low level in case I see a shiny and cant weaken it.

my team
lvl 15 squirtle
lvl 16 pidgey
lvl 14 nidoran  

Posted by Skill

Shiny's are a 1/8000 chance, it will take a while.

I caught a few ones legitimately playing the official versions.

The thing is since this is an mmo if you catch a shiny everyone will know it's legit(since you can't hack to get them), so they will be worth a lot.

I should probably catch a low level in case I see a shiny and cant weaken it.

my team
lvl 15 squirtle
lvl 16 pidgey
lvl 14 nidoran

If you can't weaken it, throw PokeBalls like there's no tomorrow.  

Shiny pokemon have a much lower catch rate, if I recall correctly. Unless you're working with special pokeballs(Dusk ball, for instance) you're gonna have a horribly rough time catching even normal pokemon if they're not weakened. There are few moves(or maybe one?) that always leave the pokemon with 1 health... I think.  

Posted by Dusty

Shiny pokemon have a much lower catch rate, if I recall correctly. Unless you're working with special pokeballs(Dusk ball, for instance) you're gonna have a horribly rough time catching even normal pokemon if they're not weakened. There are few moves(or maybe one?) that always leave the pokemon with 1 health... I think.

Only false swipe can damage a pokemon to 1 HP without KO'ing it. Although last time I checked it's realitivley weak.