Friday, December 7, 2018

shiny hunting guide: how to shiny hunt smeargle and catch WITHOUT FAIL [experts only - s&m + us&um]

this is how to shiny hunt smeargle and never fail at catching one when it shows shiny.
these steps are for the sun/moon and ultra games, but also work for shiny hunting smeargle in general as they can be used in all generations since smeargle was introduced. choice items can be subbed simply for more base speed.
PART 1:
1. get two pokemon that know transform [use ditto or catch two normal smeargle first, pref. one with the technician ability]
2. get an item that boosts speed [choice items are best]
3. have one of the pokemon that know transform also know false swipe AND one decent attacking move [mew works perfect. if no mew, then refer to step one]
4. send out the sole at the head of the party.
5. find a wild smeargle
PART 2:
now this is the complicated part.
1. use transform on the wild smeargle using the pokemon that ONLY knows transform. [smeargle will sketch the move]
2. IMMEDIATELY switch to the pokemon with the transform, false swipe, and attacking move. [smeargle will transform INTO this pokemon, copying its 5-stat total. which is why youll need speed items].
3. in all generations prior to the sun/moon games you have to soft reset or random encounter. in sun/moon simply false swipe the current smeargle and kill the others that show up till you get a second sos shiny [or hidden moody].
4. once the shiny or moody shows its bob ross head, repeat the same steps as 1-3 from above part 2.

this works because every time smeargle uses transform it turns into your pokemon and gives itself 5 pp. meaning there is a 1 in 3 chance each turn it will reset its pp and after 10 turns MAX it will be GUARANTEED to use transform and reset its pp again. so it never struggles to death and with false swipe and pp restores you can keep from killing it offensively.
whats more is this creates a scenario where in x/y and sun/moon you can transform into any of the smeargle you DONT want, allowing smeargle to KEEP TRANSFORMING even if this WONT work via the basic steps above. ESPECIALLY in x/y where hoardes show and shiny hunting can be a pain. the entire hoarde will get virtually infinite pp.

SECONDARY TIP:
here are some pokemon shiny hunting tips that can help newbs or pros:
when hunting seviper/zangoose, carbink/sableye, sudowoodo/trevanent bring the opposite of the pokemon you want [or a secret easter egg]
seviper: bring zangoose, zangoose: bring seviper, carbink: bring a carbink, trevanent: bring a water or grass type, sudowoodo: bring a fire type.
reason is zangoose/seviper fight each other. when hunting one, the other will attack it if it shows. wild zangoose attack sevipers and vice/versa.
and in carbinks case, sableye EATS gemstones and WILL SPAWN when trying to catch a carbink. and it WILL attack it, ANY carbink.
trevenants case is because sudowoodo spawns INSIDE trevanent hoardes. so fire wont do much anything to sudowoodo, meanwhile water and grass can kill it.

my next shiny guide may have others. though cubones spawning kangaskans in sos seems a little TOO coincidental. its a cubone. calling for help. which they ONLY cry to their mothers. and then big momma kangaskans come show up. and kangaskans are born holding babies, and cubones share a similar biome as kangas. though i still say cubones are charmanders whose tail fires have went out and they just "evolved and adapted". nuff said.

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