Assignment 20 -Sam Vandiver: How to get a shiny Pokemon

     So you've done it. You've finally caught 'em all and yet you are still unfulfilled. You still want to be the very best that no one every was. You still have that burning passion in your gut that channels Daft Punk and says "Work it harder, make it better, do it faster, makes us stronger. More than ever, hour after our work is never over." You have decided that you now have to pursue the second most elusive aspect of any Pokemon game (right behind Pokerus): the shiny Pokemon. Here's how to do it.

     Without this guide, your chances of happening upon a shiny in the wild is 1/8,192 per encounter. Good luck. However, your chances can go up to 1/2,048, 1/1365.3, or even higher (depending on the generation) with the Masuda Method or your chance can be calculated with the formula 'Chance = (14747- 40*ChainNumber)/2621440(41-ChainNumber)' while chaining with the PokeRadar.

     First things first, I'll explain the Masuda Method. This entails breeding two Pokemon from different countries in the Day Care Center. This increase the chance of an egg containing a shiny Pokemon from 1/8,192 all the way up to 1/1,024 if done in VI gen up with the Shiny Charm (obtained after beating the game). 

     Chaining involves walking around a patch of grass with a repel in effect, not touching certain patches while using the PokeRadar whenever it recharges and moving into the shaky patches of grass until you see a shiny patch of grass. That will contain your shiny Pokemon. The more shaking patches of grass that you encounter without breaking the chain (explained better here), the higher the chance that a shiny will appear. You can also chain while fishing by standing in the same spot, knocking out or running from every Pokemon you hook and reeling in every cast.  Both of these methods were introduced in Generation IV.

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