Shiny Charm and Masuda Method

I see people complaining about "high" sey egg streaks. It took me 2500 eggs to get my mawile! And boy was it worth it. It even had flawless ivs! After that I got another one in he same batch 70 eggs later, and 600 or something later 2 mudkips in the same streak. My point is, luck WILL turn. Just keep going, you'll get your satisfying shiny! I'll speak to people again after they passed 2500 :P

anyway taking a bit of a break of breeding. Will probably start in 2 weeks for a ralts.

i have a feeling im gunna be waiting that long rn. :(
 
End of the day (November 4th) numbers:

Total of eggs hatched: 1213

Total of shinies: You wanna know a thing guys → 1

(egg# 1119) Klink

For the next Pokémon, I'm on a doubt between Maractus, Tynamo, Dedenne, Plusle, Spiritomb, Stunfisk and Cottonee.

Edit: In the end I didn't hatched 1313, but 1213 eggs. I was counting them 100 eggs ahead of what was the real number of eggs I hatched. So that means that my shiny Klink hatched in the egg 1119. I was already making this mistake even before I sign up here in Smogon and decided to join this project, so all the numbers I said here were 100 eggs higher then the reality.
 
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Actually it'd be much easier for me if you simply replied to your own post after updating or posting updates. Going back over every page is very time consuming and frustrating lol and MCScizorite I fixed the sheet so all saves should be on there with correct stats ^_^ everyone else has been updated! Thanx for joining Faust2391 and TheProtobabe you've been added to the sheet now. Happy Hatching everyone!
Yes, I'll do that! I completely understand. I'm used to keeping threads uncluttered lol
Also I realize I never posted my goal. My initial goal will be 1500 eggs.

Current Results (Japanese Ditto/English Porygon):
1.0: 0 shinies of 150 eggs
 
End of the day (November 4th) numbers:

Total of eggs hatched: 1313

Total of shinies: You wanna know a thing guys → 1

(egg# 1219) Klink

For the next Pokémon, I'm on a doubt between Maractus, Tynamo, Dedenne, Plusle, Spiritomb, Stunfisk and Cottonee.
Congratulation! You finally get it.
For your next project, i vote for Cottone. Can't get enough of Whimsicott cuteness.
So....How do I make a snazzy signature like that? With shiny doodads and pokes a plenty?
If you mean like my sig, first open this page http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani-shiny/
then choose the sprite you want, drag it to your signature. I assume you already know how to edit your signaturehttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani-shiny/
 
Updating :(
I'm on quite a dry spell right now. This hunt has been going on for months to the point where I hiatus'd pokemon for a while in frustration. I actually got my first random encounter shiny ever today that was not intentional.
The number is a slight bit off, since my calculations were based off of my absol hunt (which ended in 300 w/o the shiny charm) plus my approximate number of other eggs hatched (I gave myself 100- which is actually a really high estimate. It's likely slightly lower) minus my total hatched eggs. This resulted in the number 900, but it could be a little higher depending on various factors. It's close enough that it shouldn't add or subtract to the overall study.



1100/1100 eggs || No shinies.

Upping pledge to 1200

Well I started this post, but it got deleted ;-; at least I have my count. I've hatched a LOT more eggs from last update. This is a sob story for the ages everyone. This is literally seven times the amount of eggs that it took for me to get my absol WITHOUT the shining charm :/ Anyone have any advice?

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Creds:
Shining charm: Yes
Pokemon: 6iv JPN Ditto, 6iv ENG Eevee (Batch 2 was 6iv FRE ditto, 5iv ENG Eevee)
Everstore: No (Yes for batch 2, which was on timid)
Destiny Knot: Yes
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Total Eggs hatched: 1960
Total Shinies: 0 lol

I have an odd feeling that this is going to go on for a while. I want to change over to a different pokemon, but I'm so adamant on this, that I think it'll be another 3000 eggs before I reach my goal ;-;
I don't have a particular pledge at this time. I think I'll just sob for each egg I hatch right now.
 
Well I started this post, but it got deleted ;-; at least I have my count. I've hatched a LOT more eggs from last update. This is a sob story for the ages everyone. This is literally seven times the amount of eggs that it took for me to get my absol WITHOUT the shining charm :/ Anyone have any advice?

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Creds:
Shining charm: Yes
Pokemon: 6iv JPN Ditto, 6iv ENG Eevee (Batch 2 was 6iv FRE ditto, 5iv ENG Eevee)
Everstore: No (Yes for batch 2, which was on timid)
Destiny Knot: Yes
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Total Eggs hatched: 1960
Total Shinies: 0 lol

I have an odd feeling that this is going to go on for a while. I want to change over to a different pokemon, but I'm so adamant on this, that I think it'll be another 3000 eggs before I reach my goal ;-;
I don't have a particular pledge at this time. I think I'll just sob for each egg I hatch right now.
Seeing you hatched quite a few shinies already i don't think you need any advice now.
Every eggs had the same ratio and it won't increase the more egg you hacth. just like playing lotto game every time
Hatched 1960 eggs but still found no shiny is quite bad (esp for the long hacth eevee) but trust me, you're not alone to feel that. Me and several peoples here too.
I can only suggest you should try combine with hatching o power lv3. It really speed up the process.
Or take a break before your morale drop to high and return sometime later
 
Seeing you hatched quite a few shinies already i don't think you need any advice now.
Every eggs had the same ratio and it won't increase the more egg you hacth. just like playing lotto game every time
Hatched 1960 eggs but still found no shiny is quite bad (esp for the long hacth eevee) but trust me, you're not alone to feel that. Me and several peoples here too.
I can only suggest you should try combine with hatching o power lv3. It really speed up the process.
Or take a break before your morale drop to high and return sometime later
I've actually only hatched one, I apologize if my signature is misleading. (It was the Absol- and it was after 300 eggs without the Shining Charm. The rest were from hunts outside of MM. I should specify that hehe)
I am aware of that- in fact I know the game mechanics like my life depended on it. I spend several years studying what I could of breeding for black and white, including learning the RNG (which helps understanding).

I really appreciate the advice! May I ask- What's your hatching strategy? I've tried two in particular:
* Collect 6 eggs, hatch and release
* Collect several boxes of eggs, hatch, check then release

I know I'll get it eventually, And I thank you so much for the boost of confidence. I really needed that, as I almost ended my eevee hunt last night, but I think I'll keep going! Thanks :)
 
I know you didn't ask me, but I'm going to answer anyways. :D

I always collect several boxes of eggs (I'm working with six at the moment), then I go to Lumiose City and cycle around the Central Plaza.
It's personal of course, but I find that collecting six eggs at a time slows down the process immensely. When you have multiple eggs in your box, you can just pick up some new ones and hatch those. When you only have six, you must return to the day-care and wait until a new egg appears.

I hope your Eevee hatches soon. I'm working on an Eevee as well at the moment! :D
 
Roxie Since I don't really just hatch to look for shinies (I usually do breeding projects etc. for other people and IVs are important to me), I always collect five at a time and hatch, check for IVs, deposit them and carry on. Even playing one or two hours every day I can do up to three boxes.

If you don't care about IVs though, collecting a lot of eggs and then hatching them all at once does sound like a good idea, but then your O-Power will run out really fast even if it's at max regenerating power. That's what I like about checking IVs and depositing before picking up new eggs.

I also suggest not getting too worked up about the numbers! My goal in breeding is normally to get perfect IVs or save eggs for SV hatching so a shiny is just a nice bonus and not the end game. Then I don't get too mad, I hardly even noticed when I went a couple of thousand eggs without any shinies (I just checked my egg total while battling ... over 8000 eggs. I'm not even at max time yet and that's not counting using the Time Machine method either!). If I need to regenerate O-Powers I go and play at the Battle Maison, battle other people, SR legendaries or events and so on. Don't focus on your shiny rate too much, there lies the road to madness and it's a short one.

Oops why did I ramble like that. tl;dr: Don't give up and don't work yourself up about it ;)
 
I've actually only hatched one, I apologize if my signature is misleading. (It was the Absol- and it was after 300 eggs without the Shining Charm. The rest were from hunts outside of MM. I should specify that hehe)
I am aware of that- in fact I know the game mechanics like my life depended on it. I spend several years studying what I could of breeding for black and white, including learning the RNG (which helps understanding).

I really appreciate the advice! May I ask- What's your hatching strategy? I've tried two in particular:
* Collect 6 eggs, hatch and release
* Collect several boxes of eggs, hatch, check then release

I know I'll get it eventually, And I thank you so much for the boost of confidence. I really needed that, as I almost ended my eevee hunt last night, but I think I'll keep going! Thanks :)
My hatching is nothing speacial. It hardy can even call "strategy" but since you ask i guess i can share:
First i need 4000+steps count on my 3ds. Just shaking about 20-30 mins is enough. Or you just put it to your pocket and walk around for some time. This need to max out the o power recharge rate and because it reset at night you best do it as soon as possible.
Second is every time i load my game, i take out both the parents out the day-care and send them back. Just for the MM reactive (not sure about this but better then nothing). Suck for eggs move i know so you can ingore this. After all there is no proof.
After that i just stock the eggs with me (no store it in the box) and active the hatching o power lv3 after i get full six eggs and bike around at route 7. After two eggs hatched (or one if that pokemon took long time to hatch) i visit the day care and release it and get the new eggs to hatch. I believe this is faster than collect several box then hatch at Lumisoe City.
And after that, it all depend on your patience and luck. My longest hun is Timburr, took me around 2000 eggs and fastest is Bagon, just 3 eggs.
Well, i think i now in the second place in this topic who hatched the most eggs at around 20000 now. And about 8000 non-shiny charm put me around 28000 eggs hatch
 
Finally good news.
Update: 120 more eggs (random, majority is amaura), shiny amaura.
Total 4260 eggs
4 shinies
738th shiny froakie
850th shiny tyrunt
1527th shiny phantump
4257th shiny amaura

It has modest nature and 31/31/XX/31/31/31 ivs, I hope the def ivs isn't lower than 30.
Edit: It has 1 def iv. *-*
 
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I've actually only hatched one, I apologize if my signature is misleading. (It was the Absol- and it was after 300 eggs without the Shining Charm. The rest were from hunts outside of MM. I should specify that hehe)
I am aware of that- in fact I know the game mechanics like my life depended on it. I spend several years studying what I could of breeding for black and white, including learning the RNG (which helps understanding).

I really appreciate the advice! May I ask- What's your hatching strategy? I've tried two in particular:
* Collect 6 eggs, hatch and release
* Collect several boxes of eggs, hatch, check then release

I know I'll get it eventually, And I thank you so much for the boost of confidence. I really needed that, as I almost ended my eevee hunt last night, but I think I'll keep going! Thanks :)

OKAY! So.
*useless anecdote* I was just shiny hunting for jokes half to procrastinate on my essay. I found my first shiny in BW- Which is the first full odds shiny I have ever found (Without MM, FS, SC) I started to cry. I finished writing my essay, and the first encounter was shiny! I was so floored that I actually found a shiny on a game other than X.
I decided to take advantage of my seed, and continued to hatch my last batch of eggs before bed while I shiny hunted in W2 and B in the same location.
Guess Who I hatched on egg #1864?

(Luxury ball) Timid, Stored power/Wish/Covet/Synchronize, Run away, male

Personal rate: 1:1864


I'm crying so hard right now guys! I need to name him and evolve him and love him. AHHH!
Sadly, he has runaway instead of Anticipation... Which is okay since he has 5ivs with only speed missing
I'm getting onto another shiny hunt now! Thank you all for your help! :)


Next hunt:
Growlithe.
I pledge 1000 more eggs <3
 
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I finally finished. I'll post when I feel like pledging again. >_>

Shinies in Current Batch: 1 / 150 (Froakie, on Egg #1)
Eggs Hatched: 570

Shiny Rate: 1/570
 
shinnies: 22

Growlithe: #1927th
Pumpkaboo: #2077th
Noibat: #2412th
Houndour: #3035th
Sableye: #4248th
Bagon: #4509th
Sneasel: #4649th
Treecko: #4741st
Mudkip: #4778th
Feebas: #4915th
Feebas: #5142nd
Swablu: #5459th
Bagon: #6748th sheer force
Slowpoke: #7148th
Numel: #7880th
Carvanha:# 8727th
Tyrunt: #8869th
Koffing: #9039th
Weedle: #9322nd
Pidgey: #9334th
Snorunt: #9690th
Onix: #9773rd
Charmander: (currently working on)


eggs hatched so far: 9774
 
End of the day (November 6th) numbers:

Total of Tynamo eggs hatched: 100

Total of general eggs hatched: 1313

Total of shinies: 1

(egg# 1119) Klink

More to come tomorrow.
 
Total MM egg count: 35020

Shiny: 61
(1002th egg) Kricketot (Pokeball)
(1088th egg) Blitzle (Pokeball)
(2376th egg) Cottonee (Dusk Ball)
(3340th egg) Eevee (Love Ball)
(3840th egg) Misdreavus (Moon Ball)
(3841th egg) Shuppet (Moon Ball)
(5108th egg) Vulpix (Love Ball)
(5343th egg) Cherubi (Love Ball)
(5410th egg) Mawile (Moon Ball)
(5767th egg) Yamask (Moon Ball)
(6183th egg) Ralts (Love Ball)
(7623th egg) Fennekin (Pokeball)
(7852th egg) Sandshrew (Friend Ball)
(8167th egg) Roselia (Love Ball)
(9789th egg) Skorupi (Lure Ball) IVs: 27 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(10096th egg) Gligar (Moon Ball)
(10188th egg) Rotom (Pokeball)
(11461th egg) Mawile (Moon Ball)
(11558th egg) Mawile (Moon Ball)
(11621th egg) Charmander (Moon Ball) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(11857th egg) Sudowoodo (Safari Ball)
(12140th egg) Togepi (Love Ball) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 12 / 31 (Modest)
(12643th egg) Togepi (Love Ball) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 4 / 31 (Timid)
(14357th egg) Togepi (Love Ball) IVs: 31 / 31 / 19 / 31 / 31 / 31 (Calm)
(15449th egg) Wooper (Love Ball) (Impish) IVs: 31 / 31 / 22 / 31 / 31 / 3
(15841th egg) Ponyta (Moon Ball) (Jolly) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 9 / 31
(16859th egg) Sableye (Moon Ball) (Calm) IVs: 3 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(17515th egg) Mudkip (Moon Ball) (Adamant) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(18048th egg) Torchic (Fast Ball) (Adamant) IVs: 31 / 31 / 28, 29 / 31 / 31 / 31
(18253th egg) Beldum (Pokeball)(Adamant) IVs: 4, 5 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(19340th egg) Riolu (Moon Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 31 / 31 / 18 / 31 / 31 / 31
(20856th egg) Pichu (Fast Ball)(Calm) IVs: 8 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(21175th egg) Trapinch (Friend Ball)(Adamant) IVs: 31 / 6 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(21422th egg) Buneary (Love Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / XX / 31 / 31
(22008th egg) Bagon (Friend Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 27 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(22868th egg) Swablu (Moon Ball)(Calm)(860 eggs) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 11 / 31
(23413th egg) Slowpoke (Moon Ball)(Bold)(405 eggs) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 29 / 31 / 31
(23564th egg) Audino (Heavy Ball)(Careful)(105eggs) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / XX / 31
(24212th egg) Furfrou (Moon Ball)(Jolly)(560eggs)[HP: Ghost] IVs: 31 / 31 / 16 / 29 / 6 / 31
(24258th egg) Furfrou (Moon Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / XX / XX / XX
(24553th egg) Spiritomb (Moon Ball)(Modest) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / XX / XX / XX
(25288th egg) Carvanha (Level Ball)(Adamant) IVs: 31 / 31 / XX / 31 / 31 / 31
(25436th egg) Numel (Moon Ball)(Modest) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(25792th egg) Ralts (Moon Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / XX / 31
(27037th egg) Seedot (Friend Ball)(Adamant) IVs: 08 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(27578th egg) Lotad (Moon Ball)(Modest) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 00
(27611th egg) Snivy (Friend Ball)(Timid) IVs: 31 / 31 / 05 / 31 / 31 / 31
(27748th egg) Chikorita (Friend Ball)(Calm) IVs: 31 / 31 / 12 / 31 / 31 / 31
(28390th egg) Turtwig (Friend Ball)(Adamant) IVs: 14 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(28452th egg) Bulbasaur (Friend Ball)(Modest) IVs: 03 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(28713th egg) Cyndaquil (Fast Ball)(Timid) IVs: 12 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(28769th egg) Cyndaquil (Fast Ball)(Timid) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 21 / 31
(28994th egg) Chimchar (Fast Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / XX / 31
(29359th egg) Tepig (Fast Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 31 / 31 / 19 / 31 / 31 / 31
(29793th egg) Squirtle (Moon Ball)(Modest) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 09
(31272th egg) Totodile (Moon Ball)(Adamant) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(32370th egg) Piplup (Moon Ball)(Modest) IVs: 31 / 31 / 29 / 31 / 31 / 31
(32881th egg) Weedle (Friend Ball)(Adamant) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 26 / 31 / 31
(33582th egg) Pidgey (Fast Ball)(Timid) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 17 / 31
(34699th egg) Onix (Safari Ball)(Adamant) IVs: 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
(35004th egg) Snorunt (Moon Ball)(Jolly) IVs: 24 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
 
Yes, I got my shiny Eevee after just 81 eggs. It's so awesome and fluffeh. :3

Eggs hatched: 1095
Shinies: 6
Personal rate: 1/183

Edit:
Oh my god, I can't believe my luck. I just hatched the rest of my Eevee eggs, and I actually hatched another shiny! :D

New totals;
Eggs: 1168
Shinies: 7
Rate: 1/167

Still have to decide what to do next. Any suggestions?
 
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Update:

(Format is shinies/eggs hatched)
Japanese Ditto/English Porygon
1.0: 0/150
Japanese Ditto/English Slowpoke
1.1: 0/150
Total: 0/300

Fingers crossed for some luck soon...better get hatching :P
 

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