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KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
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#3526: Apr 15th 2019 at 8:48:09 PM

Then those Luckies are "legacy" Luckies. Early in trading's life cycle, Niantic decided not to have a floor at all other than what you got from you friend rank (well, actually, worse, they screwed it up so badly that it rolled each stat from 0 to 15, regardless of friend rank). This led to people getting low-IV Luckies that were made of pure disappointment. I happen to have a few of those too. One of the patches not too long after that set the 80% floor, so it is now impossible to get less than that.

Edited by KuroiTsubasaTenshi on Apr 15th 2019 at 9:51:36 AM

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#3527: Apr 16th 2019 at 4:59:13 AM

Well crap....damn you sub-80 Machamp and Aerodactyl! *shakes fist*

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#3528: Apr 18th 2019 at 8:40:12 AM

I literally only had five minutes of CD action, due to family obligations... but luckily, my one Bagon caught in that 5 minutes was shiny, so I have that going for me. Sure, a sub-20% shiny Bagon, but still!

That said, when I did finally get a chance to raid, my second Latios was a 98% (just a point shy of perfect in stamina), so that's pretty sweet. Also, for my time in England, I did run into one Volbeat (just the one sadly), so at least I have that regional off my list.

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#3529: Apr 18th 2019 at 8:55:38 AM

i do feel like every Shiny from these events is guaranteed to be bottom of the barrel when it comes to IVs, the best i've ever received in the wild during an event was only barely above average with around 60% IVs, and that was a Castform from the Lotad Day

Edited by Stolen_Moment on Apr 18th 2019 at 8:56:30 AM

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#3530: Apr 18th 2019 at 9:20:05 AM

I have a few good shinies from events, although most of them are from the earliest Community Days. That said, I've usually had the best luck with the starters - I have a "caught my attention" shiny Sceptile, Ampharos, Espeon, and Typhlosion (also, a shiny Rapidash of that quality that I caught around that time). My last "wonder" shiny was one of the Pinsir I caught on the day that was released.

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#3531: Apr 18th 2019 at 11:42:19 AM

Even the shinies I got from raids are subpar 70's. The best shiny I have right now is an 80% Lugia.

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#3532: Apr 18th 2019 at 11:42:26 AM

I was lucky enough to get a 91% shiny Bagon, which is unusually good for me. I also got a 100% non-shiny Bagon, but it was level 4. I won't bother powering it up; I have dragons aplenty already, and my dust is reserved for PvP, though I did evolve during CD hours it in case I change my mind later.

Anyway, next CD is Torchic as expected.

Edited by Anura on Apr 18th 2019 at 7:44:57 PM

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#3533: Apr 18th 2019 at 11:53:10 AM

Wild shinies are likely to be not so hot just by statistics. Thanks to each stat being rolled individually, you're pretty unlikely to get a 0 to 15 roll to hit in the upper echelon three times. Add on the shiny roll chance and even getting that to all line up in the 67% range is a bit of a feat.

Even removing the shiny chance, just finding a high-IV wild Pokémon can easily take dozens upon dozens of catches.

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#3534: Apr 18th 2019 at 11:57:04 AM

I'm usually pretty lucky when it comes to the stats of my raid shinies. That aforementioned 98% Latios is shiny (and weather-boosted!), so I'm going to burn the candies/dust to power that up. Though I'm probably going to spend the TMs to give it the double Dragon set, because its current set (double Psychic) just won't be all that useful outside of next gen's Musketeer legendary raids (and only for 75% of those; I'll be using Fighting, Ground, and Fire against Cobalion like everyone else).

Also, in terms of mild disappointment, I finally got a Smeargle to photobomb me while I took a pick of my best Clefable (Zen Headbutt/Moonblast/Meteor Mash). Not only was it sub-50%, but for some reason, it did not have the extra move that I paid for (it lacks Meteor Mash). I mean, it's a bit moot in that we all know I'd never use said Smeargle outside of showing off in gyms/raids, but I thought it was supposed to have the second charge move since the copied 'mon had it.

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#3535: Apr 18th 2019 at 1:05:30 PM

Just another Niantic bug, I guess.

Raid/egg/task rewards have a floor of 67%, so you're a bit more likely to get something good, though 98% is indeed very lucky (especially a shiny one). Haven't gotten a shiny in my hunts yet, but the game did cough up a 98% and 96%, both weather boosted, so I guess mine are of the functional variety. Of course, it also gave me friend am 100% weather boost just after I got my 98%. tongue

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#3536: Apr 18th 2019 at 7:51:48 PM

I got lots of high IVs from catch via weather. Speaking of which I hate how it is borked sometimes. Like it's sweltering hot with the sun so high yet apparently it's cloudy.

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#3537: Apr 18th 2019 at 8:08:53 PM

Weather won't help you with IV, that's Pokemon level. You'll get stuff at higher CP because boosted Pokemon will cap at level 35 instead of 30. It's a good way to bypass that pesky large dust cost from 30 to 35.

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#3538: Apr 19th 2019 at 6:09:31 AM

I thought weather raised the IV floor? Not by much, to 5 or something (33%), but better than nothing.

Edited by Anura on Apr 19th 2019 at 2:10:52 PM

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#3539: Apr 19th 2019 at 9:05:22 AM

I only have anecdotal evidence to go on, but I do notice I'm more likely to catch higher IVs when there's a weather boost added (which applies to raid catches as well, in my experience). I'd have to see a code dive, but Anura's numbers at least feel correct in my experience with over a year's worth of weather boosted vs. standard catches.

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#3540: Apr 19th 2019 at 9:26:13 AM

[up]Raids raise the floor to 10 anyway, so they take precedence over weather.

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#3541: Apr 19th 2019 at 9:30:27 AM

I mean, I know that all IV scores are at a minimum of 10 for raid catches, but I swear, I see my best catches from raids when the target is weather boosted. I admit this is anecdotal, and I might just be seeing the result of random data scatter in my favor, but my experience suggests that they stack to some degree (although probably not straight additive - the effect isn't strong enough to suggest that).

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#3542: Apr 19th 2019 at 9:44:57 AM

Okay, there's an unannounced "legendary hour" type event happening today at 6pm in local time zones, so be ready for that.

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#3543: Apr 19th 2019 at 1:18:33 PM

Hmmm, yeah, I guess weather boost does bump the IVs a little. No one's ever mentioned that around me, but a little digging shows the range apparently goes up to 4-15. It's just marginally worse than a Best Friend trade boost. Your odds of finding stuff in the 90s is still pretty bad, but marginally better than usual is still better.

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#3544: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:39:54 AM

I'll just say that the mini-Shuckle event was everything I'd dream of - finally got to load up on candies for one of my all-time favorites, and I got a shiny almost immediately. Dreams come true after all.

Also, in terms of hitting the jackpot, I got a Chingling from a 2km egg over the weekend, so I definitely made out well from the egg event.

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#3545: Apr 22nd 2019 at 8:09:26 PM

I was just happy for the increased Exeggcute spawns, since I was at that point in Meltan research. They also fulfilled the final "Grass or Psychic" requirement for Celebi.

Edited by HeraldAlberich on Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:09:37 AM

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#3546: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:44:43 PM

Did 27 Latios and got one shiny. The first few had the aforementioned 98% and 96%, so not the worst deal, though also not amazing. The rest of the event stuff didn't turn up anything else. I guess at least the chain fast 2kms are worth a decent chunk of dust.

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#3547: Apr 23rd 2019 at 7:49:06 AM

Also, the combination of regular 2km egg spawns, doubled incubator effectiveness, and an increase in the "hatch 5 eggs" quest spawn rate means I've gotten way more Chansey encounters than I ever have before. That's been fun.

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#3548: Apr 29th 2019 at 7:15:28 PM

  • Earth Day was completely successful! Until the 2nd we'll get:
    • Increased Ground-type spawns, especially Diglett
    • Double candy and stardust for Ground-type catches
    • Shiny Diglett
    • Groudon in Tier 5 raids
  • The Lake Guardians are showing up in the wild, but are extremely rare.
    • Azelf has been confirmed in the Americas
    • Uxie has been confirmed in Japan, and presumably the rest of APAC
    • Mesprit, by process of elimination, is presumed to be findable in Europe and Africa.

Edited by Anura on Apr 29th 2019 at 3:15:43 PM

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#3549: Apr 30th 2019 at 7:02:51 AM

Wait... the lake trio are showing up as wild spawns? Not raid bosses? What the what?

It had been years since I had seen shiny Diglett, so I was all excited... and then I caught one this morning, and remembered that it's up there in terms of "most disappointing shiny form." I presume the Alolan forms are also available shiny, and they're only marginally more interesting. Ah well, I've been also seeing increased spawns of Sandshrew and Cubone; maybe I'll finally find the shiny of one of those two as well.

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#3550: Apr 30th 2019 at 7:55:11 AM

Not that much evidence given their rarity, but the lake trio are (fittingly enough) reported to spawn near large sources of water.

Also, Shellos was briefly released last night, with both its forms showing up everywhere. This lasted about 10 minutes. Probably a mistake on Niantic's end.

Edited by Anura on Apr 30th 2019 at 3:55:38 PM

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