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Uh oh.
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Battle Stadium currently is using the same RNG seed for every battle.
This allows us to choose moves to ensure that OHKO moves such as Sheer Cold always hit!
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Shiny hunters will enjoy Pokémon Legends: Arceus! Along with the Shiny Charm, many new mechanics can further improve your chances of finding a shiny from the base 1/4096 rate.
Here are your shiny rates as of version 1.0.1.
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Still confused about shiny hunting Mass Outbreaks in Scarlet/Violet or purging spawns with picnics? Here's an FAQ.
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There's a lot of superstition about distortions in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. We looked at them in-depth and here's how they work.
Have fun waiting!
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Good morning! Here are your Pokémon Scarlet/Violet shiny rates for version 1.0.1.
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus v 1.1.0 (Daybreak) introduces Massive Mass Outbreaks, which are widespread outbreaks across a map. They have a modestly higher shiny rate than regular wild Pokémon.
Here are the revised shiny rates for the new patch!
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I took a break from LA to finish up some old research on SWSH curry Pokémon. This is probably the least well-known and most tedious method of shiny hunting in Pokémon Sword/Shield. Here's a megathread with all the findings in one place.
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Outbreaks in SV grant 2 extra shiny rolls once you have cleared at least 60 Pokémon. At that point, you can simply despawn/respawn them until you get a shiny.
Combine with Sparkling Power for better results.
Walking works, but here's a demo of using picnics to purge the field.
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus pretty much saves all the spawns in the overworld when you're in a map. This means that if you find a shiny and die, you can go back to it and it will still be there!
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How to shiny hunt the Swords:
1) Encounter the Pokemon.
2) Run away.
3) Go into camp and back out.
4) Sword should respawn on top of you! twitter.com/mdashswitchacc…
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Some hax involved. #PokemonSwordShield #NintendoSwitch
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Let's talk about the Porto Marinada auctions, where you can find rare Poké Balls, evolution items, and bulk training items!
This thread will cover the item tables and NPC bidding mechanics.
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Reminder that Legends: Arceus hasn't been updated to fix the issue where shiny Origin Forme Giratina using Shadow Force causes a game crash. Altered Forme works normally.
The animation is different between shiny and regular Giratina, so this is likely due to missing assets.
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There's been some interest in my recent research over the last 2-3 months into Brilliant Pokémon and chain fishing in Sword/Shield, so I'll share my findings in greater detail here.
It's long and math/data heavy, so skip to the end of the thread if you only want the summary.
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The reason the critical catch rate seems so high in Scarlet/Violet is this:
Once you've registered a Pokémon species in your Pokédex, future successful captures of that species display as critical captures, even if they were regular captures.
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I've been looking more into LGPE spawn mechanics over the last couple of weeks in the hopes of finding some shiny wild legendary birds.
It's important to understand how the game spawns Pokémon to shiny hunt effectively! Here's a thread of what I've learned.
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There's a new bug in Pokémon Scarlet/Violet with Ditto's capture rates that isn't present in SWSH/BDSP.
If Ditto transforms in battle into any non-base-form Pokémon such as Fancy Vivillon, it is impossible to catch except with Heavy or Master Ball.
This is active in v1.1.0.
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Here are all the BDSP v1.1.1 shiny rates on one page in the same format as my SWSH table. See the notes for common "what about" questions.
It's a good day if you're a full-odds shiny hunter.
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The exact conditions for the Partner Mark are:
- The Pokémon must have 200 or higher friendship.
- Every 10000 steps, party Pokémon that qualify have a 1/100 chance to gain the Mark.
The Mark is automatically affixed when gained, so you'll see the title when it's sent out.
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While the Tera Raid boss's shield is active, your final damage is reduced in this way:
- Not Terastallized = 20%
- Terastallized + move is different type = 35%
- Terastallized + move is same type = 75%
This damage value is rounded normally (0.5 rounds up, otherwise round down).
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Some battle mechanics science...
Houndstone's Last Respects move starts at 50 Base Power and gains 50 Base Power for every KO from your party.
It caps out at 100 KOs, or 5050 Base Power, if you can manage to get that many in a single battle.
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Small detail that explains people waiting longer than 40 minutes for distortions...
If the distortion appear timer runs out while the weather is Intense Sun, Snowstorm, or Thunderstorm, the game skips the distortion and schedules a new distortion in 5, 10, 15, 25, or 40 minutes.
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Good morning! I updated my shiny rates table for Pokémon Scarlet/Violet version 1.1.0.
Shiny rates didn't change compared to 1.0.1. This table includes the new category of fixed symbol encounters and clarifies some wording.
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I looked into LGPE's chain combo mechanism. It turns out the Catch Combo bonus only applies once to the next spawn of the chained species after one is captured.
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Beware! There's a bug in ALL Gen 8 Pokémon games involving maliciously-crafted Pokémon. It's possible to receive these Pokémon through trades in various games or HOME.
The games fail to correctly render invalid markings; BDSP glitches and forces a reboot, SWSH/Legends crash.
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