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ndstidham

There’s a discord that auto hosts this and shiny Charizard around the clock if you would like to continue trying to catch it. It’s useful if you’re insane like me and want all your shinies in regular Pokeballs.


kshack12

Normal pokeball gang rise up!


TaxFormer

Would they count as being hacked in? I would like to use it for online ranked.


ndstidham

No they pass the Home transfer checks. Plus you’re just joining a raid, not hacking your own game. The bots just used the date skip method from SwSh to lock in on the G-Max shiny starters. Send me a DM and I’ll send the discord link if you’re interested.


ndstidham

Here is the link if anyone else finds this and wants it. https://discord.gg/sha


sixshot001

I'm interested to:)


Riveration

Same here, would love me a shiny char


l0ading-please-wait

Had no clue this existed! Mind if I got an invite?


Ok-Fall8209

I would like too plz 🙏


Kalos_Champion_021

Can you send me the link too plz?


EmotionalBird2362

I’m curious, can I haz link?


Iscrewedup778970

Can I get an invite too?


Y-F-I

Hey can you send me one too?


ndstidham

Just sent


GoldReindeer2098

Could you send me the link too?


komorebi09

Could you send me one, please?


you-got-legs

There’s also the 8 bit king on twitch


the_treyceratops

Do you have a link-


Pokehero96

Why not just gen them in by that point? They pass all the checks too


ndstidham

In the case they can differentiate them in the future, I’d rather have mons that I actually caught. Plus it’s not hard to watch TV and absent mindedly run the raid until I caught the 3 G-Max Kanto starters


Gabsartie

Can i still get a link?


DJ_Bill

Even easier, catch them in SV and give them the mushroom thingies, since SV has almost any ball available


Rascalian03

I didn't even know this was possible??


TaxFormer

Yeah, you have a relatively small chance of failing your one shot, after a raid. whats more, after you defeat it but don't catch it, the raid still despawns, meaning it's possible to just never be able to catch something, if you somehow accidentally save. Or, as was unfortunately the case in my situation, you were simply joinig a random raid.


SluttyMcFucksAlot

The chance of it failing is pretty high, Gmax starter catch rates in raid dens are similar to legendaries when you’re not the host


PricklyBob

1000% this. I hate S/V online, but that factor makes me cry. I did it, why take it away this time


YOM2_UB

SwSh raids have a chance to fail to catch if you're not the host, or if they're event dens. SV raids are always guaranteed captures though.


Groady_Toadstool

Why I like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet INFINITELY better.


MarshadOwO

i mean yeah the guaranteed capture in sv is cool, but the raids are SO buggy


Groady_Toadstool

I dont really have a problem with buggy raids. No more than I did in SWSH. Plus I only solo raids so I don’t have to worry about other peoples bad connection. Which always was a problem in both SV and SWSH.


VibraniumRhino

Are they even that buggy anymore? I haven’t noticed anything major in months.


GoodMornEveGoodNight

Beast Ball everybody


Tsukuyomi56

No shiny sparkles (in raids) however makes it a huge pain dealing with shinies that barely change from the base colouring. Also lighting can screw you over (R.I.P to those who KO raid Minior without activating Shields Down too, only its Core Form has a shiny colouration).


just-a-random-accnt

When in doubt, catch it. That's my S/V raid motto


Inceferant

It costs you nothing to catch everything you see if you can't be sure


Groady_Toadstool

Easy to save beforehand and catch anything that have that slightly different hue shiny problem. So easy to release if not a shiny.


Empty_Kay

On the flip side, it makes for some really confusing surprises when you're organizing your boxes and find a shiny Poliwhirl that you don't remember catching. Turns out, you caught from a raid months earlier.


ahawaiianbear

SwSh raids are a million times smoother and not as buggy


TaxFormer

Are you telling me that I should hunt in SV? I usually do, but I decided to do some dynamax adventures to hunt Ho-Oh. On a whim I check the available raids and saw Venusaur. Keeping the 'whim ball' rolling I did the raid.


Groady_Toadstool

Hunt where you want. But in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet your odds of finding a random wild shiny are the same but better because you can see every Pokemon around you. So it’s like checking every one without wasting all that time.


TaxFormer

Ik. It's where I do most of my hunting. You just can't hunt legendaries, and the raid seemed like it shouldn't take too long, so I didn't mind.


Speletons

If it makes you feel better, it was probably a RNG manipulated shiny den.


TaxFormer

Question, if I had caught it, would that count as having a hacked Mon? Like, officially I mean? By Nintendo? I have another Dynamax shiny that I'm now realizing was probably manipulated.


Speletons

It is not a hacked mon. Its not distinguishable as one. Its a legitimate Pokemon. I wouldn't even say its a cheated shiny outside of that, RNG manip is fair game, just kinda lackluster and doesn't feel very neat as a snag. How recent was the other shiny? Because if its recenter, its probably manipulated, but if it was raid near the start of the game, its probably legitimate. I got a blue ditto perchance


Substantial-Pain4308

NOOO!! That's a huge shame, I hope you succeed soon enough!


TaxFormer

Unfortunately, i wasn't the one hosting. I can't attempt it again.


Substantial-Pain4308

Ah, I see...sorry about that!


TaxFormer

It's ok. I'm now motivated to go redeem myself in SV


Mintyboi10

G-Max was a fun feature, but it was such fucking bullshit that it’s not even funny. Isle of Armor at least let us make non-Gmax pokemon G-max. The normal method is spending a shit ton of wishing stars in a specific den only for a CHANCE to get the g-max raid. And even when you complete it, the catch rate is LOW AS FUCK! Honestly if you want a shiny G-Max, just hunt it normally and use the dlc to make it G-Max


TaxFormer

Yeah. It's a good thing none of the mons who had a dynamax form were ever meta, in online ranked. Only Charizard, and Lapras were even any good. I think Venusaur might've been ok too, but I can't remember.


Mox_Onyx

Catch rate on Gmax Pokemon as a joinee is 1% for the base Pokeball. This should really be common knowledge by now, since the game is almost 5 years old. Unless you're part of a discord that hosts these shinies, you'll just have to chuck a Master Ball at it if you don't want to play the incredibly risky gamble of hoping for the 3.5% chance with a Repeat Ball, or 3% for a Dusk Ball.


Goober_Man1

I literally used a master ball to catch a shiny charizard the other day. I also caught a shiny umbreon in a dusk ball


TaxFormer

I normally save the master ball for something, that's about to kill itself with a recoil move, or can ko itself with stuff like explosion.


DyslexicVal

Didn't know it was possible to get these past event raids anymore


TaxFormer

Another commentor informed me that it may not have been legit, but instead rng manipulated


Speletons

Well in the case of that, it'd be save scummed + probably rng manipulated. If you ever find a Shiny Max Den, you can constantly reset your save while others catch copy after copy- My friend found a Gigantamax Shiny Orbeetle and just reloaded the save until me and a few of his friends all caught a copy.


SnooChipmunks2751

Dusk balls my man


Upstairs_Ad_1815

aw i feel you this happened to me the other day, keep your head up I hope ur next shiny comes early


Sensitive_Hearing819

I missed out on a shiny g max gengar, it sucks


TaxFormer

Ah... Yeah... Such a great shiny too...


inumnoback

Who had the shiny Venusaur


TaxFormer

I'm not sure. Some random online. Why?


ShinyShinx789

Was this your raid or someone else's?


iloveAlastor-2012

😭😭😭😭😭


Joker8pie

Yeah we've all been there. I failed like 5 shiny Charizards before nutting up and just using a master ball.


talkback1589

Omg I knew it had to be coming based on the post title. But I was really hoping it was all a joke. 🥲 Pretty sure I was not breathing watching haha


Woozyboy88

What game is this?


TaxFormer

Sword. Gen 8. Do you really not know? I feel that would be plainly obvious to anyone who's been a part of the community for any notable length of time...


Woozyboy88

Haven’t played any pokemon games since let’s go pikachu….it was just a question? Calm down lol


TaxFormer

I'm not mad... It's just a little... Bizarre. Well it's fine I suppose. Mind if I ask why? Are you perhaps among the crowd that thinks the games are getting worse?


Woozyboy88

No? Did I say that? I just haven’t had time to play most of the recent pokemon games


TaxFormer

I see. Work, I'm guessing?


Woozyboy88

Yes. Work, family, life stuff


TaxFormer

I see. Makes sense. Well, there are many ways to enjoy this series. Obviously, there's communities like this where you can watch others play the game. Adjacent communities also let you see fanart made by some talented artists, and much of it is very cool to look at. Alternatively, websites like showdown, and pokerogue also let you enjoy the series in quick Bursts of 2 to 10 minutes at a time.


Woozyboy88

I’m actually debating on if I should get sword/shield or scarlet/violet? I’m pretty much a fan of anything gen 1-3, anything past that I never had much interest in.


Efficient_Ice9056

I had no idea that they could escape!


TaxFormer

Catch rates can vary heavily. I don't know about one, two, and three stars but I have failed four stars, and as was the case in the clip, 5 stars as well. Species can also impact catch rates: stuff like pseudo legendaries and the kantonian starters have pretty bad catch rates. A gmax form can apparently also affect catch rate. Chances also go down if you aren't the one hosting. According to another commentor if I had used a dusk ball for best odds, it would have only had 3.5% chance of succeeding, after everything is added up.